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I suppose it WOULD have been better to take the lawsuit to full term, win the money from TWI, AND be able to go public with the results. I assume that you're not implying that it's wrong to accept compensation for abuses suffered. George

Jack Lemmon was with Shirley MacLaine in "The Apartment." Shirley was with Peter Sellers in "Being There." Peter was with Deborah Kerr in "Casino Royale." I don't even know if this can be done, but see if you can connect William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy without using ANY Star Trek movies or shows. George

"Batman" Thomas Wayne: Martha, let's take Bruce to a movie tonight. Martha: I'm too tired. Let's stay in and watch TV. George

The file size is meant when it says the picture is "too large." Depending on the format, the same size (area) pictures may have vastly different file sizes. Bitmaps (BMP) are notoriously large; JPEGs are much smaller, file-size-wise. George

"Superman" Jor-el: Lara, the planet Krypton is going to explode! Lara: Well we could at least have saved our baby if you hadn't torn out that rocket engine to use in the barbecue grill! George

Sounds like Raf is up to his "subtle hints" game again. Sadly, they're too subtle for me. George

Sounds a little like Stevie Wonder (not to be confused with Little Stevie Wonder); but I'm probably way off. Chatty: no offense meant. It's just hard to catch up on this thread if you get a little behind. George

I think I need one or two myself. George

Indeed. DONKEY + ODIE = Don Quixote. I had to check IMDB to make sure there was actually a movie by that name. There have been a few "Man of La Mancha"s. No whining, Bluzeman! This time you must post. George

This should be easy. Someone will probably have the answer before i get home. George

Sorry for the minor edit, Belle; but I initially read your message as saying that the Bible was riddled with errors but somehow still inerrant. George

"A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine." A day without the Nostalgia Thread is like three pages of forum that no one has time to plow through! I've missed most of the song links, but Ican try to answer a couple of musical questions. "Syncopation" is like the color orange. It's easy to give examples but hard to explain. As mentioned previously, it refers to accenting a normally unaccented part of a beat or measure. As an example, if an ordinary 4/4 bar sounds like this: DAH DAH DAH DAH, a syncopated measure might sound like this: dit DAH DAH DAH dit, where the accents fall between the beats. "Dorian" mode has the same notes as a regular major scale, but starting on the second note of the major scale. For instance, playing from D to D, but using a C-major scale, would be D Dorian. Hence, a Dorian scale has a flat third and flat seventh relative to the major scale. It's very common in jazz. More information than you need: A "Phrygian" scale starts on the third note of the major scale; a "Lydian" scale starts on the fourth; a "Mixolydian" scale starts on the fifth; an "Aeolian" scale starts on the sixth; and a "Locrian" scale starts on the seventh. The major scale is also sometimes called the "Ionian" scale. The "Aeolian" scale is more commonly referred to as a "natural minor" scale. (C major = A minor.) George

"In and Out"? George

"The Perfect Score"? George

Great clues. Too bad I'd never heard of the movie. :unsure: George

Rick, I LIKE blues, but six minutes is a bit long, even for me. That sound of wiping dishes: was that actually sliding up and down the guitar strings? George

???? :unsure: Tough one. George

George A has a far more discerning ear than I. All I can say is I can't prove him wrong! George

You got it, Digi! (Sandra DEE + LIVER + ANTS = DELIVERANCE) Post one! George

Okay, here's one: George

The re-reward business actually started with Wierwille. And the pronunciation of the Greek requires a glottal stop between vowels not elided into a diphthong, which is fairly well approximated by the "ck" that Wierwille used. We don't have the same considertion in English, although consider the differences between "reel" and "reelect" or "coop" and "cooperate." We tend to fill the doubled vowels with another consonant, as well (reYelect or coWoperate). If you try to pronounce "reelect" or "cooperate" by simply stopping the sound with your throat, you would be using a glottal stop. George

This thread seems to have wandered a bit, so I'm going to stray a bit further before returning it where it belongs. Jonny's remark reminded me how we would chide someone if he hadn't been to Twig in a couple of weeks, but if he came back after several MONTHS, he was welcomed back like the prodigal son! A bit screwed up there, I think. Back to the topic. I was never in the Corps, though I was occasionally ratted on by Corps and other "believers." Near the end of my "tenure" with TWI, it had gotten to the point where I wouldn't share anything with ANYONE, because I knew I'd get hammered for it. George

I do think that this puzzle stretches the concept of Pictionary a bit, since the clues weren't really sound-oriented. I would have had trouble with that one if I didn't know how Raf thinks. (It's an acquired taste.) Rick, give us your best shot. George

My first impression was Rodney Dangerfield doing Elvis. Upon further review, I think it was Elvis doing Rodney Dangerfield! :D George

You're up, Digitalis. We usually use a different font to give a clue (bolder, larger, whatever). Using quotes helps, too! George