Matthew Gilman’s game
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Connect
Ideal
Flaccid
Tags: In and Out
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Achievement unlocked: Put my [redacted] in a jar of peanut butter.
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Funny, I don’t remember writing that.
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Why would it redact the word [redacted]?
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Hmm… Starts with a “pen”…
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Ends with a “cil.”
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Gives my peanut butter that nice wooden taste.
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Funny, I’d think it’d be more likely to make your [redacted] taste like peanut butter.
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You would have to tell me!
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That sounds like an awfully tempting offer.
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Oh wait… that’s really more Nibs’ thing.
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Man, screw the In and Out, I wanna play THIS game.
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Ha.
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Two can play that game.KG IS THE GREATEST AND THIS IS A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT TO SET FOR ALL OF US
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Here’s my Gomez whack at it:
Salvation
Bamboo
Xenotransplantation-
No, no, and no.
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Also, what’s a Gomez whack? Does it unlock an achievement?
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It’s generally a swing and a miss.
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Aha. Good to know.
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It’s generally a swing and a miss.
zinger.
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Orange
Poop
Dinosaur-
We may have to start future games with these three suggestions already answered. Like they do with RSTLN and E on Wheel of Fortune. Anyway:
No, no, and no.
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That would save me three guesses at the beginning of every game.
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The
When
It-
Another triple-nope.
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Righteous
Magic
Salvation-
Three Times Nope.
(Anyone know the reference there?)
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Parks and Rec?
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Nah. Old hip-hop group called Three Times Dope. Not exactly successful.
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Erect
Tile
Disfunction-
Uh. This is looking bad…no no and no.
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Also, Gilman, you aren’t by any chance from the city of the same name, are you?
Also, any interest in Werewolf?
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I was born in NYC, grew up in Connecticut, and moved here in ’94. So no.
And Werewolf is interesting, but I tend to prefer my psychological games when done in person. I’ll keep an open mind, though.
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I think you should give it a try. Of course, I’m trying to recruit people for the Arrested Development themed game, so there’s that.
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Destroy
Chess
Pop-
No, no, no.
How long before I should drop another three “in” words?
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Give us a little while.
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Okay.
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Interesting: This is the second site on google’s search results for the three words.
Also interesting: What will happen if someone checks my search history here at work.-
But my own personal humor blogs and my online portfolio barely see any google-driven traffic.
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Somebody found the site searching for “what challenges harrison bergeron face” today.
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Yeah, that was me.
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I tried searching just the first two, knowing full well ahead of time that it was a dumb idea.
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Knowing
Dumb
Idea-
No cubed.
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Not
Random
Words-
Ahhhahaha! Bwahhahaha!!! no no no.
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Boston
Baseball
Field-
Sorry. No, no, no.
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Three
More
Tries-
No, no, no
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Part
Of
Game-
No, no, YES!!!!!!!!!
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Electric
Boogie
Woogie-
No, no, no…
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Red
Sex
Marathon-
Commie
Pervert
RunnerNow that’s an insult!
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Nyet, nyet, nyet.
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No, no, no. I’m including this line just to avoid triggering the duplicate comment filter.
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injury
body
playing-
Nix, Naw, nuh-uh.
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Why
Not
Zoidberg-
Good news, everyone! Still all incorrect!
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Old
Man
River-
No.
Noo.
Nooo.
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Go
Away
Cookieman!-
Cookieman can stay.
But: no, no, and no.
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Liver
Stimulate
Plastic-
Still
Not
Right
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Huh… throwing out things really hasn’t worked. Still, I’ve got nothing else to try, and no one is calling me back at work…
Monopoly
Jump
Comment-
Thing is, a lot of words have been close. And it’s not a small category by any means; people are just getting unlucky.
These three are all no as well.
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Burgandy
Hand Job
5K-
No to the game. Yes to this weekend.
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Graft
Elephant
Bore-
Oy vey. Three no’s.
Is it nearing hint time?
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I think so.
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Try
Save
Play-
No
No
No.Hint to follow.
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Aftermath: Atlantic Reprise
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Sorry. Triple no.
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Okay, here are three more words that DO fit the category:
Milky
Cook
Patriarchal-
Wow, that didn’t help me at all.
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I promise it’s not “words I am thinking of right now.”
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Society
Reeds
Sister-
No no…no…
I am starting to feel badly about this.
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At the least maybe we’ll all get an inkling of what if feels like to be KG.
Save us Spooky!
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That’s kind of what I was thinking.
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This is actually more intriguing to me than the last one. I like the fact that no one has gotten anything right yet.
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The word “game”. That’s it.
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I got the first one right in the last one too. Look where it got me!
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Heh, these three new words still all fit in with my very first guess.
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Maybe that means you were close with those first ones…
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What the heck?
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Nah, looking at my first guess further, apparently the theme is very inclusive.
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Okay, never mind then.
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Roses
Free
Marbles-
Three no.
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Spook
Broil
Matriarchal-
No, no, yes.
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Alright!
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You suck.
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I suck for getting one right? You’re worse than a NY sports fan.
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Just wait to see what I do if you get in before me.
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Limp
Horse
Strain-
All three, en-to-tha-nizzo.
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Symmetry
Check
Social-
Triple Nope Social Club.
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Breast
Hut
Zombie-
Another triple miss.
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My Google search history continues to get stranger:
Strait
Theory
Finch-
Yo, that’s some straight theory, finch.
But no. No on all three.
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Congeal
Domestic
Hierarchy-
Yes, no, no.
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Just to recap:
Connect
Ideal
Flaccid
Milky
Cook
Patriarchal
Matriarchal
Congeal-
And game! Don’t forget game!
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I’m generous. Here’s three more:
Screwy
Pastrami
Hideout-
Ya, I think I’ll just let the rest of you figure this out.
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This is something we all should know, right?
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It’s probably just one of those thought-context differences. Like, when I realized what the previous game’s theme was, it was because I stopped thinking about the words one way and started thinking about them another way.
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Conflagrate
Hesitant
Contribute-
Three more no.
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I think I’ve officially given up.
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I’m really sorry you guys!
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That’s a mistake. You’re not allowed to show weakness at the casa.
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Don’t be. I just honestly have no guesses even. The first one I had some thoughts about… this, I’ve got nothing.
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Pair
Pear
Caste-
I wish I could say yes to any of these.
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Matthew, email me about the survivor challenge whenever you feel is appropriate. I’m out for the weekend. I’ll be thinking about In and Out the entire time, though.
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Did you not get my email from last night? Or is this a response to that email?
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What the hell is going on anyway?
I just logged on to make fun of greek.-
Obviously I got sidetracked.
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Me? KG is the one you should be making fun of.
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Fun
of
Greek-
No. All of them.
Maybe it’s time to retire this little challenge.
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Screwed
Butt
Wise-
Nooooooooooo
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No
Real
Theme-
No
Decent
Responses-
That’s probably true. Still… I think this one shall elude me.
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Xatriarchal
Gamey
Salami-
No no Nanette.
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I thought Xatriarchal would be in for sure.
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Nope, but I see what you did there.
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Republic
Cheese
Baseball-
No and no and also no. Baseball was already guessed, I think.
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Pale
Feminine
Makeup-
Three negative.
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Utter
Twitter
Flatter-
No three times
(on the ceiling if you waaaant meeeee)
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Pale
Male
Yale-
Know gnoe nough.
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Clean
Parrot
Sample-
no. none of ’em.
I am a lonesome man.
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May I recommend some peanut butter?
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Not crunchy though. You only make that mistake twice.
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Let me make it once. Just to be on the same level with y’all.
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Galaxy
Atom
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY-
No, No, Jenkins. (also no.)
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Leroy Jenkins. Man, that’s still funny.
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Butler
Heat
Wrench-
No, no, and no. Again.
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Eat
at
joe’s-
Your guesses are no.
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I’m curious about whether this is a “words from X” (like last time) or a “word describing X” or some other sort of category. I think that would help a lot. Or maybe not at all, because there isn’t really a theme.
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It’s a “words that are X” I guess.
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Guess
Random
Words-
No, no, no. I honestly think you’ve been on the right track with your recent guesses. (Prior to Leeeeroy, that is.)
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Sandwich
Throne
Treasure-
No thrice, Bo Bice.
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…aaaaand that’s how I alienated the entirety of Casa de Leche.
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Twins game started- I know that’s where a couple of us disappeared to. I’ll be back to try some more in a half-hour or so.
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Aged
Thief
Hall-
None of them are good.
I’ll work up a few more examples.
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Here’s an outpouring of “in” words. I sincerely hope people get this.
Matrimonial
Mollusc
Land
Paleobotany
Condemn
Walkabout
Scrutiny
Wine
Flaky
Coin
Valid
Invalid
Mind
Wand
Insecticide -
Under
Zoology
Institution-
The third one was close. But it’s still no for all.
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I’m going to get one word eventually, and I’ll call that a win.
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Australia
Method
Convention-
nnnnnnnnope
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OMG, finally.
Solemn, gizmo, fatwa
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Three Negative
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ah…now I got it you effer 🙂
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came, mound, lava
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Yes, yes, yes. You’re in, I do believe.
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foundation, science, way
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Adobery, you want to take this one?
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3 nos
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I’m so proud!
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Bravo on the theme Matthew. Going to lead to some….paranoia 😉
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Ha!
And thanks.
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Yep, no fuckin’ idea on this one. I’ve only spent an hour with it or so, but I already want to kick it square in the taint.
Taint
Grovel
Obsequious-
no-no-no
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Ceremonial
Matter
The-
nope-nope-nope
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This game is stupid.
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Your FACE is stupid.
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That’s it. You’re banned. Everyone is banned.
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Been saving that clip for a while, Mathew? It fits perfectly.
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Lemongrab is always there when I need him.
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Patrimonial
Mine
Institute-
Whoops. I meant to respond directly: Yes, yes, no.
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Yes, Yes, No.
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Walkabout and Paleobotany are really throwing me…
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Dunno what to tell you. If you think you have an idea, try some other guesses.
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See below. The first few patterns I was seeing did not really fit those two at all (and probably some more).
Now I want to list 100 of them! (I’ll wait though.)
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Got it!
Alecks
Correct
Paranoid-
If I am now in, can you confirm that “Car” is out?
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I actually would count that as in.
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Glad I asked
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altricial?
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Yep.
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Yes, yes, yes. You’re in.
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Mnemonic
Wang
Azalea-
No, no and no
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Scratch this. I’ve got it.
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Azaleas
Lanolin
Wind-
no, yes, yes
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Oh, for dumb, the first one isn’t. Hold on.
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Florid
Hide
LamaArgh, I can’t believe I did that with “azaleas.” Whoopsies
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Yes, Yes, and Yes
You’re in! -
yes x 3
Welcome to the party!
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Time away did it for me, too. Woke up, took a look, spotted it (in one place first, obviously, based on my initial guess this morning). Soon enough, finished the job.
I’d been looking in the right way for a while last night, at least.
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When it hits you it’s cool. I saw it differently than you first obviously.
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Awesome theme, Gilman.
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I concur with the spoonman.
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I heartily disagree.
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Because I don’t know what it is, not because the theme sucks.
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Thanks guys. Even you, Bret. Your hate is like rich pumpkin stew for my evil little heart.
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Smart
Wrong
Rye-
KG, KG, KG
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How can you have pastrami without rye? That’s just wrong.
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If you want a pastrami sandwich around here, ya gotta have it with some malooga.
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I just know enough to stay away from the peanut butter.
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Yep, peanut butter’s got nothin’ to offer here.
Walnut, though…you could put a walnut on it.
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Y’know what would make it even better? Spice it up with a little cayenne.
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adobery: Mawhata?
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not around here…you’re out
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He’s asking you what malooga is, dude.
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Ha ha, oops. It’s a Yemen flatbread.
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Yeah, see, we’re only up to Rwanda in my Breads of the World course at Cooks of Crocus Hill.
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Here, let me do it for you- no, no, no. See, I’m good at this part!
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And I’m good at the part where I revel in your frustration.
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I would like to do the next one of these, by the way, but it’s another day shift here so I’ll only do that if I can start at around 5 Pacific.
Anyway, only three people have gotten this one, I think, so I’ve got ample time to think of a better theme than the one I’ve got.
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Knock yourself out, whenever the time presents itself. I’m ready to go back to being not-in-the-know.
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I’ve got one. After I cracked this last night, I took my own and started writing out 50-100 words just to make sure that there were enough (and also to find some of the more fun ones). I’ll need to pick a night where I can be around as well.
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FUCK THIS GAME AND WHOEVER DECIDED TO BRING IT HERE!!11!!
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no, no, yes, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
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“game” was guessed already.
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Institute
Pond
Meme-
No, no, yesssssss.
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I picked Institute because you said Institution was close. I picked Pond because I was working on the theory that every word ending in “nd” was in. I don’t even remember why I picked Meme.
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Because Courage Wolf said to.
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It’s good advice, actually. Ben’s a very giving lover.
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I picked institute last night for the same reason.
So even if it was right, it was wrong.
I think you’ve close to cracking this.
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dotcom
jello
smacks-
We’re back to no, no, aaaaand no.
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bulb
greed
aplomb-
Sorry. Three strikes.
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rat
mint
pepsi-
Destiny’s Child says “No, no, no.”
Also, “Bills, bills, bills”
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bills
nth
periphery -
nuh-uh, nuh-uh, nuh-uh.
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So if somebody were to explain the theme to me, would I say “Oh, that makes sense” or is there a chance I would say “I have no fucking idea what that is”, cause right now, these all just seem like random words to me.
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No, if anyone tells you, you’ll go “Ohhh…. cool!”
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Thanks for the vote of confidence, AMR.
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Lands
Wines
Ozone-
HET, HET, HET (imagine those are Cyrillic letters).
But hey, each of those was sortof close!
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inertia
flame
media-
Welcome in, Greek. Welcome…….home.
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YEAH MOTHERFUCKERS!!! SUCK ON DEEZ NUTS!!!1!!11!!
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Dammit, I can’t believe I didn’t say “cocks”.
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Wow, it’s right there. I can’t believe it hasn’t been said yet either.
Well, I suppose it has now, but you know.
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Especially with people like–you know–me in the game.
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Yeah, I specifically meant you or me.
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Bland
College
BrowniesAnd I want greekhouse or spooky to tell me no, ’cause the rest of you bastards have had your turns.
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Okay, fine. Greek or Spooky, either of you wanna tell him he’s got all three wrong again?
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All wrong.
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Giving
Up
Now-
Don’t quit now, you’re so close!
Also, triple no.
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I haven’t figured this out at all. I haven’t spent much time looking at it, but I’m not coming up with any theme at all. I’m pretty sure this is one I’m not going to get. Unless… is there some particular threesome that would be helpful?
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There are a few posts I made of ONLY theme-positive words. Bunches of them. You may want to focus on the posts people made just before they “got it.” In those cases, they were onto something and testing possible theories. Looking those over might inspire some paths to explore for yourself. And don’t forget my response to your “words from X” question.
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Yeah, look at this post:
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/in-and-out-2/#comment-30171
The one that did it for me was “flaky” because that word just doesn’t seem to fit at all with the other words on that list.
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Just THAT word didn’t seem to fit with the rest?
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Especially that word. Looking closely at that word got me to the solution. Coin was another really weird one for me.
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It wasn’t any one word for me…it was the fact that the list was so damned random-looking, I had to make a doc with every acceptable word and stare at it. I’d noticed patterns the day before, but it wasn’t until yesterday morning that I saw what the patterns meant.
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When I started to get it, I would just look at the list and say “these words look like they go together and these words look like they go together”. But then I looked at flaky and said “WTF does that word go with?”
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Like i said above, it was “paleobotany” and “walkabout”.
I also could have come up with two more like “mine”, but I wasn’t sure how the longer words fit in, and it felt unfair to get in when I didn’t know whyat the pattern was.Also, the fact that the alternate spelling “mollusc” was chosen was a key clue to me.
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I know. This is exactly what I’ve been doing, keeping in mind the “words that are X”.
Every theory that pops into my head (and admittedly, it’s been few) has been one that doesn’t actually work.
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I wouldn’t think about that too hard. I’m not even sure I’d frame it that way…I think I’d say something like “Words with,” though it certainly can be done that way. In any event, it takes more than a few words to explain. Don’t spend much time thinking about that. The only thing I can say is: look at the entire list in every way you can think to do so.
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I officially give up. I’ve thought up about a dozen good ideas for future challenges though.
Gilman, I’d congratulate you on stumping me, but I’m an idiot, and especially so at these types of things.
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I’ll take what I can get.
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So Novak, would you say you concede?
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I just can’t find something that fits all the words. And I get that there have been all sorts of hints, but I’m not getting any closer… thanks though.
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Is there some sort of conditional rule? That’s where I’ve been thinking for a while, with no success.
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Just the condition that the words fit the theme.
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Acme
Inland
tinier-
no, yes, no
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Mace
Inflame
Incorrect-
No, Yes, Yes
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line
inline
wide-
No, Yes, Yes again
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the fuck?
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Sorry. I can’t tell if you’re really, really close or just the best guesser ever.
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One of the rare instances where you can be incorrect and correct and still be correct.
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Inertia
Rome
Shaky-
Yes No No
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hand
malice
placeholder-
Nope on all of these.
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no, no, no.
I get the feeling you guys are trying to mimic but still have no clue.
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does malice work or not?
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I get the feeling you suck at answering. MALICE IS A NO, BEEYOTCH
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Ya, I misread and had my submit button epiphany as always.
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I get the feeling you guys are trying to mimic but still have no clue.
No shit. How else do you suggest I go about it?
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Settle down, didn’t mean anything by it.
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This one is extremely frustrating, since there’s something about the words themselves, which means it’s staring us in the face.
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You two are really close. Even the ones that are wrong are almost right.
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That’s just a function of mimicking. Even if I’ve got all 3 right they wouldn’t be because I know it.
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That’s correct… every theory I come up with, I can find plenty of words that don’t fit it.
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Shin
Band
Shout-
No
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I don’t want to say all the theories I’ve eliminated, since some of them would make good categories in the future, but I’ve considered a metric ton of ideas. This is paintful. I don’t think any amount of more words will make me see what is there.
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The long list of words Matthew posted were the most helpful. It was more of a visual thing.
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I’ve considered a number of visual things… I’ll give it another shot.
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This one’s been going on a long time, and if you really do want to give up, it might be fine if I emailed you the answer.
In any event, I’ll probably put one up tomorrow morning or late tonight, so there’s no real reason to string it out forever.
Did hj ever find out what the first theme was?
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Give me the night.
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look
loin
lame-
No, no, and a yes.
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No, No, Yes.
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I think your best bet is to make the three words very similar and discover if some work while some don’t. D’ghost did that earlier, and it looked like a smart approach to me.
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fluke
fluky
fluid-
No Yes Yes’m
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my specialty!
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No, yes, yes.
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Are we absolutely sure that ‘line’ doesn’t work?
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yes we are.
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wacky
caulks
kayak-
except kayak. that word isn’t really there. hang on.
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Yep yep yippitty yep. So, you’re in, yeah?
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Ugh. My bad about kayak. It’s out.
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Dude, kayak. No.
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if kayak works, I guess not.
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I think whenever you post a new one you should post the answer to the last one. It feels kind of dickish to hold out on people if they can’t figure it out.
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I don’t have a problem with that.
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I’ll post both answers when I post mine tomorrow.
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Alright, I’m gonna go away from the computer for a while and not figure this out while I hang with my wife. See y’all tomorrow.
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This time for real.
vaseline
cane
meshugga-
You got it, mang. Well done.
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having a list of all the ‘in’ words was very helpful once I bothered to go through and put them all in one place.
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Indeed.
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Mega
Coal
Nemo-
And that was quite devious.
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Also, suck it, Novak.
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Hey, I’ve been nothing but supportive of you, you feeble-minded diaper-wearing, fractured-shard of humanity.
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I just wanted to celebrate with you, maybe with some peanut butter.
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yes, yes, yes, you’re in, in, in.
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I just imagined a much more difficult variation on this theme that would make me numb. Absent a change in rules, not even the Peyton Manning of “In &
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I wouldn’t?!
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Rewind
Infant
same-
WHY IS NO ONE AWAKE AT 5 AM TO TELL ME I STILL AM WRONG?!?
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You’re still:
wrong
wrong
wrong
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I know when I’ve been beat. I knew it several days ago, I just didn’t have the good sense to stop trying. This is pretty much how I predicted this game would go for me. I had nightmares about it last night. But it was pretty much a wash, since I also had a dream where Kelly had this jar of peanut butter…
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I’m just waiting to hear what the theme is so I know if I should smack myself in the forehead or just shrug and admit I would have never gotten it.
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I don’t think this one is forehead smacking worthy.
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With the number and depth of things I’ve considered (I mean, the phrases “parallel and intersecting lines” has entered my consciousness because of this one), I’m pretty sure I’ll not be smacking my forehead.
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I’d say it’s somewhere in the middle of those two. You shouldn’t feel bad for not getting it, but it’s not something that you might never figure out.
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I had a dream where Kelly and the Milkmaid were getting divorced, and she was taking him to the cleaners. It was really sad.
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