Four Letter Word Game - Page 296

David · 9 Jun 2015, 08:12 AM

That is a NICE way of putting it!

n5bb · 9 Jun 2015, 11:15 AM

Beware the MICE!

David · 11 Jun 2015, 09:12 AM

I was just contemplating picking up the MIKE but was not sure how to properly abbreviate it .....

n5bb · 11 Jun 2015, 12:23 PM

Do you LIKE to call CQ?

janusz · 15 Jun 2015, 12:45 AM

Any suggestions for a good chat up LINE one could use after calling CQ?

n5bb · 24 Jun 2015, 11:42 AM

It would be FINE if you visited a local Field Day!

janusz · 25 Jun 2015, 02:04 AM

Shall we start a FIVE letter word game?

spamsux · 26 Jun 2015, 12:22 AM

We should GIVE it some thought!

janusz · 26 Jun 2015, 04:48 AM

Another issue deserving some thoughts

Quote:

As I was going to St. IVES,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?:

n5bb · 26 Jun 2015, 12:17 PM

You put on your good VEST and went there, but there's no indication that those others were heading in the same direction. I'm guessing that you met that group walking the other way on the road who picked up all that loot in town.

spamsux · 26 Jun 2015, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by janusz

As I was going to St. IVES,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?:

1 man = 1
7 wives = 7
7 wives x 7 sacks = 49 sacks
49 sacks x 7 cats = 343 cats
343 cats x 7 = 2,401 kits

A total of 2,801 were going to St. Ives.
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Beware the IDES of March! <-- Now considered deleted... but it was a good one...

[ETA] Somebody beat me the punch ... so I have to change it to the following:

That's the BEST one yet!

n5bb · 26 Jun 2015, 12:32 PM

If you REST the early bird will grab the worm!
Sorry about that!

David · 26 Jun 2015, 01:19 PM

Lest I fail to respond to this important thread, I will merely add that the St Ives conundrum bothered me immensely, when I was just a few years old. I am still trying to figure it out!

n5bb · 26 Jun 2015, 01:30 PM

I will be a PEST and repeat my assertion that the man with seven wives was probably going in the opposite direction, and so not going to St Ives.

janusz · 26 Jun 2015, 04:34 PM

I bet the man with 7 wives was carrying PEAT to Newcastle .... oops, this doesn't look right, does it?....

9 Jun 2015, 08:12 AM	#4426
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	That is a NICE way of putting it!

9 Jun 2015, 11:15 AM	#4427
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	Beware the MICE!

11 Jun 2015, 09:12 AM	#4428
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	I was just contemplating picking up the MIKE but was not sure how to properly abbreviate it .....

11 Jun 2015, 12:23 PM	#4429
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	Do you LIKE to call CQ?

15 Jun 2015, 12:45 AM	#4430
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,944	Any suggestions for a good chat up LINE one could use after calling CQ?

24 Jun 2015, 11:42 AM	#4431
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	It would be FINE if you visited a local Field Day!

25 Jun 2015, 02:04 AM	#4432
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,944	Shall we start a FIVE letter word game?

26 Jun 2015, 12:22 AM	#4433
spamsux Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Eastern US Posts: 48	We should GIVE it some thought!

26 Jun 2015, 12:17 PM	#4435
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	You put on your good VEST and went there, but there's no indication that those others were heading in the same direction. I'm guessing that you met that group walking the other way on the road who picked up all that loot in town.

26 Jun 2015, 12:32 PM	#4437
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	If you REST the early bird will grab the worm! Sorry about that!

26 Jun 2015, 01:19 PM	#4438
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	Lest I fail to respond to this important thread, I will merely add that the St Ives conundrum bothered me immensely, when I was just a few years old. I am still trying to figure it out!

26 Jun 2015, 01:30 PM	#4439
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,929	I will be a PEST and repeat my assertion that the man with seven wives was probably going in the opposite direction, and so not going to St Ives.

26 Jun 2015, 04:34 PM	#4440
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,944	I bet the man with 7 wives was carrying PEAT to Newcastle .... oops, this doesn't look right, does it?....