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I don't really know, but I just know I hate pie. Yes, it's the most purchasable item, but it goes against the meta of the way this game has been played for over a year now.

Keep in mind also that IBD just clued a 1 with 2 to go. I really don't think he does that if our next in line is correct.

This last one is going to be obtuse. If I have to pick one, I'm going with second. No I don't love it.

Initially I liked attic, but with Window and Foam ours, I think we would have gotten an insulation clue for an easy 3.

I guess Halloween would be a close second? I don't love this car model idea (though they both are car models), and beat seems really meh.

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04-30-2024 , 09:29 AM

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Neil S

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Halloween is my nut low of this list. If it were purchase, yes, one makes Halloween purchases. But purchasable is very clearly describing the word itself, and Halloween is not purchasable.

Attic is not a purchasable element of a house.

I think second would be my second choice behind pie. I get the meta-logic for not going pie, but I think you have to weigh the plain meaning of the clue against it, and pie is so very, very obviously purchasable.

It's a 50/50 for the game.

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04-30-2024 , 09:49 AM

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eyebooger

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I'm fine with second.

I'm literally never going to be okay with pie, so if you like that better, we're at an impasse and just going to have to flip a coin for it.

Random thought: Can you buy a comet? I'm not sure they have any legitimacy (probably not), but I know there are those websites where you can buy naming rights to stars or exoplanets.

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04-30-2024 , 10:02 AM

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Neil S

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I know you can buy names of asteroids. Comets... maybe?

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04-30-2024 , 10:11 AM

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eyebooger

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It wouldn't surprise me. I'd be okay bolding it. Or second. It's a crapshoot imo.

I just can't with pie.

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04-30-2024 , 10:50 AM

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Neil S

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I'm utterly convinced it's pie. But it's a team effort, so if we can do your first choice and my second choice, that's the way to go.

second

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04-30-2024 , 12:23 PM

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IBeDrummin

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Nah, let’s just call it now.

It was pie. TBob just didn’t do the n-1 and I couldn’t figure out how to connect honey and attic. Closest I could think was Flowers - 2, but wasn’t sure how a VC Andrews reference would land and there are way too many music/band related connections to Flowers that I couldn’t do that with beat as the assassin.

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04-30-2024 , 12:25 PM

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Once I knew I was going to do a 1-clue I struggled with which one to keep and chose attic because of the blocker potential with window and foam. TBob came up with a great clue to get around attic, but I guess missed the n-1.

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04-30-2024 , 01:08 PM

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TBobLP

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I let you guys down, I'm sorry. I scrolled back and didn't see a list. Checked again after cluing and saw it and kicked myself. I'm sorry for wasting your time with what would've been a perfect clue had I given the right number.

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04-30-2024 , 01:16 PM

#4187

eyebooger

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Damn, wished Neil had taken me up on the coin flip offer.

All good TBob. I can eat some of the blame for being so militantly against it. I really thought the no n-1 plus IBD not even trying for the win was a bat signal that we were way off track.

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04-30-2024 , 01:29 PM

#4188

TBobLP

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Nah, you were right to stick to n-1. We need to preserve that as a "rule" because these considerations can also be wrong in the other direction. I found the perfect clue in what really looked like a hopeless game, and then blew it with the number. That's what hurts

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04-30-2024 , 02:22 PM

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eyebooger

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Originally Posted by IBeDrummin

and I couldn’t figure out how to connect honey and attic.

Does "beehive" work here?

Or does that just trigger me for attic from that time I had a wasp nest in my house?

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04-30-2024 , 02:34 PM

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Nicholasp27

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Beehive isn’t bad as a house of honey; not looking at board to see other blockers tho

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04-30-2024 , 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by eyebooger

Does "beehive" work here?

Or does that just trigger me for attic from that time I had a wasp nest in my house?

Yeah, I thought of that and exterminator as options. Either probably could’ve worked

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04-30-2024 , 05:18 PM

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Neil S

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Dang!

Good game all.

Game's hard!

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05-02-2024 , 09:23 AM

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IBeDrummin

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eb v Nich

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05-02-2024 , 01:17 PM

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eyebooger

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I'll go first if this is odd.

Ambulance
Bomb
Bond
Card
Cell
Chest
Face
Fly
Ice cream
Lawyer
Link
Missile
Mouth
Octopus
Park
Pistol
Pitch
Police
Rome
Root
Snow
Sound
Spring
Switch
Unicorn

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05-02-2024 , 01:19 PM

#4195

eyebooger

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plant - 4

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05-02-2024 , 02:32 PM

#4196

TBobLP

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Root
Cell
Spring

Park
Fly

Snow

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05-02-2024 , 03:35 PM

#4197

Neil S

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Park
Root
Spring
Cell

Fly
Police

We have a lot of overlap at least.

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05-03-2024 , 08:44 PM

#4198

IBeDrummin

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bump

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05-04-2024 , 09:15 AM

#4199

TBobLP

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Let's go with those 4 then. I don't like park being first, but police before snow seems fine.

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05-04-2024 , 01:12 PM

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Neil S

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Root
Cell
Spring
Park

Fly
Police
Snow

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