welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Still misty here. It's cleared slightly but I still can't see the hills
The Retirement Thread
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I read more of the guide. Blimey, some of those cryptic clues are mega-cryptic! Kind of example: a clue which requires you to spot an unusual usage of a word and find a synonym for it by taking alternate odd letters from a phrase and rearranging them!I read the first 2 chapters of my Times cryptic crossword guide, and then switched to the book containing 200 Times cryptic crosswords. I set about cryptic crossword puzzle #1 and to my amazement, after only 30 minutes of study those first 2 chapters of the guide had enabled me to solve...
... 0, zero, zilch, nought clues!
I had better carry on with the tutorial guide...
I decided that I would look at puzzle #1 for as long as it took for me to solve one clue. It took me a LONGGGGGGG time to spot the one below...
"Alert goalkeeper may dive thus" (2,3,4)
A lad I worked with shared a house at university with several (straight) female students. He mentioned them often and told me that he really liked them. He was going to have a reunion drink with those uni mates and asked if I'd like to join them. The women turned up and then one of his male pals. We had a jolly evening, and then it was time for the women to go off and catch their train home. My colleague stood up and gave each of them an affectionate hug and a kiss on the cheek. Eventually his male pal had to leave. My workmate leapt to his feet, got his mate in a very close hug, and gave him a passionate kiss. I'd had quite a lot to drink so my brain wasn't exactly working at full speed...
Colleague: "Oh, so that's my little secret finally out in the open then!"
Me: "Sorry?"
Colleague: "Did you notice what just happened?"
Me: "You said goodbye to your friends..."
Me: "... affectionately..."
Me: "... especially John..."
Colleague: "So...?"
Me: "Er............."
[My drunken brain whirred round trying to make sense of this information.]
Me: "So... How come you never fancied any of those women? They are very attractive."
My colleague smiled, shook his head slowly from side to side, and looked up in mock disbelief.
Me: "So, er..."
Me: "OH! Flipping heck, you're GAY!!!"
Colleague: "God, Col, for an intelligent guy you can be really slow-witted sometimes!"
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
I read more of the guide. Blimey, some of those cryptic clues are mega-cryptic! Kind of example: a clue which requires you to spot an unusual usage of a word and find a synonym for it by taking alternate odd letters from a phrase and rearranging them!
I decided that I would look at puzzle #1 for as long as it took for me to solve one clue. It took me a LONGGGGGGG time to spot the one below...
"Alert goalkeeper may dive thus" (2,3,4)
Have you no consideration! You give us the clue, and not the answer, I will be wondering all day now, if I got it right!
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I am soooo bored, nothing to do. 
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I can never understand anybody who has an internet connection saying that!I am soooo bored, nothing to do.
Learn another language. Watch/make movies. Listen to/make music. Read/write books. Play/write games. Study maps to plan future holidays/walks/bike rides...
And hundreds of other things. 10 lifetimes would not be enough to do all the interesting things that you could do...
classic33
Leg End Member
I'd be careful in what you throw away. Some I knew used to hide money in what looked like a piece of waste wood. It had over a IR£1000 in it when thrown on the fire. His thought was no-one would want to pinch a piece of wood.I have been tidying up/cleaning getting things hidden away from (you know who) to throw away when he goes for a walk.
classic33
Leg End Member
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Your wish is my command!Have you no consideration! You give us the clue, and not the answer, I will be wondering all day now, if I got it right!
On the ball
classic33
Leg End Member
Learn to ride a uni cycle, online.I am soooo bored, nothing to do.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkqkYkO83c
classic33
Leg End Member
Anywhere!I've been out on my trike....first time this year
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I knew someone years ago who bought a big chunk of cannabis resin. He had a few late night drinks and spliffs with his girlfriend and then they retired to bed. The girlfriend got up before him and decided to tidy up the detritus of the night before. She got a good open fire going and emptied the ashtrays into it. The contents of the ashtrays included the dope which had been placed in an ashtray for safe-keeping***!
*** It probably seemed like a good idea to a stoned ex-hippy!
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Deleted member 1258
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Oh dear @Mo1959 , you obviously have not been following the "words that annoy me for no reason" thread, you will annoy the aubergine farmer (aka Mudsticks), using the word "girls" to refer to adult women. It is OK, I will not "drop you in it"
I thought she got annoyed at everything.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
New one to me. Never heard of him before.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I've stayed in today just in case Mrs P is in a similar frame of mind!!!!!I have been tidying up/cleaning getting things hidden away from (you know who) to throw away when he goes for a walk.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
She does.I thought she got annoyed at everything.
