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    Drink gripe water.

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      Earth spins round

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        Woman voice choir

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          Could rider drown?

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            Fairy swaps viper.

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              Write dirty verse

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                Where birds breed?

                (I'm assuming there's no double-letter hazard on this circuit?)
                Last edited by Hot Orange; 24-03-2020, 11:10.

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                  Whose fries froze?

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                    Risen ghost nears!

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                      Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                      Just a quick question: Can we have imaginary trophies for each set of five races as well as one for the total cumulative scores? Not that I'll be bothering the leader board but for late-comers and those who can't play every day it would be some kind of incentive.

                      Thanks again for doing this! I feel about as useful as a pinball machine playing it but it's still great fun.
                      There will definitely be a 'week 2' imaginary trophy. (whatever comes between apertura and closura?) there are probably going to be more one-off trophies as well, once I think about them.

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                        I make it as 12 entries so far, race closes in about 9-10 hours as per usual pattern.

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                          Exert prime zebra

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                            Originally posted by Diable Rouge View Post
                            Exert prime zebra
                            Nice phrase but context (oh how mean and petty I am!)?

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                              Originally posted by Sporting View Post

                              Nice phrase but context (oh how mean and petty I am!)?
                              Well they do race camels in Dubai, so an African country could theoretically have contests between zebras!

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                                Objection withdrawn!

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                                  Tried ruddy toddy.

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                                    Adder bites udder

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                                      Plenty of time for anyone missing, which I make as delicatemoth , Kevin S , Patrick Thistle , ursus arctos.and Various Artist .

                                      and slackster, since I apparently can't read my own list.
                                      Last edited by matt j; 24-03-2020, 19:52.

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                                        Girls fixed bangs.

                                        (one for our US hairstylists)

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                                          Enjoy lupin feast

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                                            Weird wordy games

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                                              Race #7 results:

                                              In what will eventually be known as the Alex Trebek memorial race (but for obvious reasons, isn't yet), the word racers took their marks, got themselves set, had a long siesta, stopped by the coffee shops, had a loo break (long lines as only one was in service - yeah, give it a minute, it needs a minute), and eventually... went.

                                              It was the traditional hand on buzzer prank that you order from the back of the 1970s comic book, along with your sea monkeys, and 'x-ray' specs. Excelsior!

                                              Race #7 was a tale of two groups, first, those that provided their series of words for the race in the form of a question, amounting to only 5 racers (San Bernardhinault, Southport Zeb, lambers, Wouter D, and Hot Orange), and second, literally everyone else.

                                              Whether the second pack could make up ground on the first was yet to be seen, though early indication was: not very likely.

                                              In fact, the fearsome fivesome may have not needed the early separation, each putting down impressive pedals to the metals, all sails unfurled speeeeeeeed.

                                              Southport Zeb and Hot Orange were particularly impressive, their coffee appearing to have been 'special' - perhaps frothed with a nice shell or tree?, their loo breaks 'surprisingly refreshing', their engines purring as though recently oiled, massaged, and left to bake in the oven at 350 degrees.

                                              The Ess B and the big D also looked impressive in the early going, with lambers putting in a decent, if not quite as quick four-legged start.

                                              As for the lolly-gaggers, anchors dragging, barnacles lingering, parachutes still awkwardly deployed, you wouldn't have to look far to see both delicatemoth and andrew7160 still hanging around the start line.

                                              Onto the second leg, the leg which we would call "Double Jeopardy!" if we weren't infringing upon copy-right laws. (To be clear, we don't call it "Double Jeopardy!", please don't sue us Alex.)

                                              With the second group starting to gain ground, lambers finally found his mutton, shaving those corners of the California streets, nearly keeping pace with the dastardly runnings of Zeb, or as we call him, Zebediah.

                                              Local hombre San Bernardhinault perhaps saw some people he knew, stopped for a chat, and saw his initial lead nearly vanish.

                                              Of the second group, Patrick Thistle and his whistle, and Sead of the Sean of the Shed would certainly have kept pace, had they not been held back, physically, by the judge himself at the start. ("Punctuation!")

                                              The third leg, definitely not called "Final Jeopardy", that sounds stupid. No we call it the 'bonus round', and while we aren't allowed to use the rotating set that has a bunch of household goods that legitimately nobody wants and usually sells immediately, and even though we can't have Vanna White (she never returned our calls), we definitely can afford the rights to 'bonus round'.

                                              It's Zeb baby came into the final leg with a massive lead, perhaps gifting him with too much confidence, even Hot Orange, just barely pushing his contraption across the finish line with oars out managed a dubiously better effort.

                                              In truth, the third leg proved problematic for all the racers, perhaps not accustomed to the warmth of the Sun, that warm California Sun, where the girls and boys are really the most. Don't you wish they could all be California? Of the riders only the pasha Balderdasha and the notorious VTS seemed to find their groove thing.

                                              But in the end, finally, I mean, finally. How many words has this been, like 1000? The 1st groups advantage was too much. The trio of Hot Orange, Southport Zebediah, and lambers took their early lead right to the finish line, and claimed the podium spots in that order.

                                              Shen of the Sead of the Sean of the Shed found enough juice at the end to push past SB and Wouter D, both dawdling to squeak into 4th, just ahead of the wailing big-wheeled trike of VTS.

                                              Down at the bottom of the pack, it was a forgettable day for andrew7160, elguapo04, and delicatemoth, having been in the 2nd group, never really found enough motion in the ocean to mount a comeback. Also Sporting.

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                                                Team/User Place Race #7 Points Race #7
                                                Hot Orange 1 36
                                                Southport Zeb 2 34
                                                lambers 3 32
                                                Sean of the Shed 4 30
                                                San Bernardhinault 5 27
                                                Vicarious Thrillseeker 5 27
                                                Patrick Thistle 7 24
                                                Wouter D 8 22
                                                ad hoc 9 20
                                                Balderdasha 10 18
                                                sits 11 16
                                                nmrfox 12 12
                                                diable rouge 12 12
                                                slackster 12 12
                                                Sporting 15 8
                                                delicatemoth 16 6
                                                elguapo04 17 4
                                                andrew7160 18 2

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                                                  Team/User Week 1 points Race 6 points Race 7 points Week 2 Total Season Total
                                                  lambers 118 36 32 68 186
                                                  ad hoc 126 34 20 54 180
                                                  San Bernardhinault 82 26 27 53 135
                                                  Southport Zeb 68 16 34 50 118
                                                  hot orange 96 11 36 47 143
                                                  diable rouge 88 32 12 44 132
                                                  sean of the shed 122 14 30 44 166
                                                  slackster 68 30 12 42 110
                                                  sits 54 23 16 39 93
                                                  Balderdasha 14 19 18 37 51
                                                  Vicarious Thrillseeker 48 7 27 34 82
                                                  andrew7610 104 28 2 30 134
                                                  Wouter D 120 7 22 29 149
                                                  elguapo04 60 23 4 27 87
                                                  delicatemoth 88 19 6 25 113
                                                  Patrick Thistle 10 24 24 34
                                                  nmrfox 56 3 12 15 71
                                                  Sporting 68 3 8 11 79
                                                  ursus arctos 70 11 11 81
                                                  Kevin S 110 0 110
                                                  Various Artist 46 0 46

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                                                    Yay, it's back!

                                                    [looks at results]

                                                    Boo, I'm regressing to the mean!

                                                    Time to crack the code and whip out another Llull.

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