Monday, January 25, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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Re: Monday, January 25, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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twelvefootboy wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:07 pm I Pavlov'd to Monaco, and groaned about it getting equal status as a country. I don't like gadget countries, planets, etc...
So you'd be happier if Monaco were re-designated as a dwarf country?
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opusthepenguin wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:31 pm
twelvefootboy wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:07 pm I Pavlov'd to Monaco, and groaned about it getting equal status as a country. I don't like gadget countries, planets, etc...
So you'd be happier if Monaco were re-designated as a dwarf country?
Nice one, Opus! :lol:
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seaborgium wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:30 am I didn't say make up a world capital name by that template, I said name a capital.
The clue didn't give a template though. It just said "Amstel blah blah blah blah". If you've NHO Amstel, it very well could be anywhere.
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Went with Morocco and Lebanon because I misread the clue and thought it wanted the two smallest countries. Considered Vatican City and San Marino but ignored Monaco. I was very tired Monday and Tuesday and I played very poorly. That's a good lesson to learn the easy way.
talkingaway wrote: Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:17 pm Anyone notice Elliot give an unintentional hat tip to the board by saying "it could be anything" about his response that kind of trailed off?
He could have picked up that mannerism anywhere.
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Re: Monday, January 25, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:03 pm
seaborgium wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:30 am I didn't say make up a world capital name by that template, I said name a capital.
The clue didn't give a template though. It just said "Amstel blah blah blah blah". If you've NHO Amstel, it very well could be anywhere.
It didn't say "Amstel blah blah blah" even figuratively. It's a $200 clue; if you've NHO Amstel you're supposed to go, "Oh, Amstel, sounds like Amsterdam, oh, a dam, like on a river, I get why it's called that now."

(I'd take this into the thread, but there are posts from today in there.)
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seaborgium wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:38 pm It didn't say "Amstel blah blah blah" even figuratively. It's a $200 clue; if you've NHO Amstel you're supposed to go, "Oh, Amstel, sounds like Amsterdam, oh, a dam, like on a river, I get why it's called that now."
Or just go "I've NHO Amstel,, and that's literally all you're giving me in the top box? There isn't even the vaguest hint anywhere in the clue, so without so much as a nudge, it might as well be anywhere in the world."
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Re: Monday, January 25, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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Name a world capital that starts with Amste.
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Bamaman wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:47 pm Name a world capital that starts with Amste.
Again, because world capitals always share part of a name with the river they're by, right?
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Re: Monday, January 25, 2021 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)

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TenPoundHammer wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:47 pm
Bamaman wrote: Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:47 pm Name a world capital that starts with Amste.
Again, because world capitals always share part of a name with the river they're by, right?
Hey, you're the one who came in here first saying what "Amstel" sounds like.
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