Another opportunity in my life that I will never have:
"I'll take 'Ho' for a thousand dollars"...
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I think you meant to say 'rake'.AlphaDummy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:40 pmAnother opportunity in my life that I will never have:
"I'll take 'Ho' for a thousand dollars"...
The internet code for Thailand is .th, so even if she did mean the internet code, she forgot the dot. If we start allowing use of ISO codes to stand in for countries, then I think we're just getting ridiculous.
Standard abbreviations should count. Those 2-letter abbreviations are used in a lot of i18n contexts, not just TLDs, and the dot is not part of them
Definitely one of those "knowing too much can hurt you" clues, but "elephant" is pavlovian for Thailandmas3cf wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:57 pm Coryat $45,200 (51R, 1W)
DD 2/3
FJ
+1 for falling for the India trap on FJ. Too slow on DD1, but if I had 1-2 extra seconds I would have gotten there. Not good enough to get credit.
In hindsight, I can see the (white) elephant --> Thailand connection, but the existence of a book with the same title that points to India makes it pinned on the date, which is a bit tough given that we aren't talking about a major literary work. Bah.
Helluva thing when we run out of letters in the Roman alphabet and have to start over using the Greek alphabet to keep count of the year's tropical storms. (said the guy who grew up on the Gulf Coast and went through a few of them).
Don’t worry, “around the world” is sure to make another appearance.AlphaDummy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:40 pmAnother opportunity in my life that I will never have:
"I'll take 'Ho' for a thousand dollars"...
TIL. Still though, there is literally a subspecies of elephant called the "Indian elephant."Robert K S wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 8:03 pmDefinitely one of those "knowing too much can hurt you" clues, but "elephant" is pavlovian for Thailandmas3cf wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:57 pm Coryat $45,200 (51R, 1W)
DD 2/3
FJ
+1 for falling for the India trap on FJ. Too slow on DD1, but if I had 1-2 extra seconds I would have gotten there. Not good enough to get credit.
In hindsight, I can see the (white) elephant --> Thailand connection, but the existence of a book with the same title that points to India makes it pinned on the date, which is a bit tough given that we aren't talking about a major literary work. Bah.
Actually, he didn't. If Dana hadn't helped him out by losing $2000 with her guess of noted American author Jean-Paul Sartre, Tyler would've remained locked out.MarkBarrett wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 1:59 pm Tyler found DD3 at clue 23 with a category and two $2000 clues remaining.
Dana: 23600
Tyler: 11200
Reshima: 3600
What to do? What to do? Tyler lost $4000 to have Dana in place for a lock. Tyler managed to do enough in the last 7 clues to prevent the runaway.
Well, if you read the other book, you'd presumably know that it didn't go back to 1833...
"Tiramisù was invented in this country."opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:18 pm
- Th should not be accepted, any more than Se or Ca should work for Sweden and Canada.
Should have watched the 2014 Cosmos premiere when you had the chance. Giordano Bruno's burning at the stake animation was really well done.talkingaway wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:00 pm I had the wrong method of Giordano Bruno's death - I went with defenestration because it would be cooler, but I clammed because I'd NHO Giordano Bruno.
As previously mentioned, there being no India in 1833 makes relations with it difficult to have.talkingaway wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:00 pm As far as the "India" response, I think 1833 is a reasonable attempt to pin the clue away from India. That's the year the US and Thailand established diplomatic relations - I don't know if 1833 has any significance in US/India relations. Plus, the book about India is about economics more than diplomacy. They could have done a better job of pinning it, but it was decent.
It's a coffee flavored Italian dessert, but that’s not important right now.mas3cf wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:25 pm"Tiramisù was invented in this country."opusthepenguin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 10:18 pm
- Th should not be accepted, any more than Se or Ca should work for Sweden and Canada.
"What is it?"
" Correct!"