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Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables. The number to be used is in parentheses.
A BU ER GLE IM IN ISH JO NAV POV SET STEP SUN
1. Military horn (2)
2. Make poor (4)
3. American Indian (3)
4. Foot part (2)
5. Evening event (2)
A BU ER GLE IM IN ISH JO NAV POV SET STEP SUN
1. Military horn (2)
2. Make poor (4)
3. American Indian (3)
4. Foot part (2)
5. Evening event (2)
Answer
1. Bugle (Bu gle)2. Impoverish (Im pov er ish)
3. Navajo (Nav a jo)
4. Instep (In step)
5. Sunset (Sun set)
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This was fun! Nice job!
Thanks, great teaser.
Super easy, but fun.
easy, maybe clues were too good
EZ 1
Easy but fun! Thanks!
Nice teaser, easy but entertaining. Thanks for posting.
EZ, but who wants to think so hard on Friday! Very fun!!!
very easy, but fun!
very nice. thanks
That was easy, but it did require some thought. I liked it a lot! Thanks!
fun and easy!!!... this would make a great Monday morning teaser... ... keep up the good work!!!
Finally got one almost totally correct, sunset put the bug in the beer.
I keep on saying that I like easy, and this one was! Very enjoyable too.
This was a good one - easy and enjoyable - thanks!
Not much of a challenge.
Maybe a little too easy.
I like easy sometimes; don't we have other things to do??
Cute, but a little too easy.
My apologies to HABS.
I know in our recent PM (private message) conversations I promised you I would refrain from comments for one month as a test to determine my influence (if any) but I cannot resist this opportunity to point something out.
The TOTD of yesterday (#23615) had 47 comments in its first year of introduction.
FORTY-SEVEN !!!!
And the TOTD of today (this one) had 10 comments when introduced in 2009.
Now ... take a look at the last 30 or 40 teasers that have been posted here. Most have zero or one or two comments. A few might have six or seven. The average for the last 30 or 40 runs about three or four per.
All I'm asking for is a fair hearing to ask why membership and participation in Braingle is waning.
I don't think my comments (or those of Jay or Dad - who were censured for bringing up this issue) had any impact one way or the other on this.
That's it. I'll now go back to my original agreement with you to refrain from comments for the remainder of January.
LGM
I know in our recent PM (private message) conversations I promised you I would refrain from comments for one month as a test to determine my influence (if any) but I cannot resist this opportunity to point something out.
The TOTD of yesterday (#23615) had 47 comments in its first year of introduction.
FORTY-SEVEN !!!!
And the TOTD of today (this one) had 10 comments when introduced in 2009.
Now ... take a look at the last 30 or 40 teasers that have been posted here. Most have zero or one or two comments. A few might have six or seven. The average for the last 30 or 40 runs about three or four per.
All I'm asking for is a fair hearing to ask why membership and participation in Braingle is waning.
I don't think my comments (or those of Jay or Dad - who were censured for bringing up this issue) had any impact one way or the other on this.
That's it. I'll now go back to my original agreement with you to refrain from comments for the remainder of January.
LGM
LGM:
1) I don't care if you comment or not
2) Comments wane when a teaser it 10 years old.
3) Funny you mention "Jay" and your father. You do know you signed that PM to me 'Jay" right. BUSTED! (Not that any of us are stupid enough not to know that BB, BB02, BB03 and LGM are all the same person).
4) You will note that I did not respond to your PM
5) You argument may hold more water if you could count or read :
This teaser had ONE (1) comment when it was introduced in 2006 (not 2009).
Anyway, this will be the final time I waste my energy responding to you.
Doing is akin to arguing with a 3 year old who cannot yet understand logic and simple ideas. The last few teasers have been 5-10 years old most of us have commented in the past. And why would I comment on a Christmas teaser in January (there have been a couple).
New users are likely scared off by your guerrilla tactics and won't comment.
I'd suggest you were a bully, but then when you don't get your own way, you take your bat and ball and go home.
You're a troll. And nothing but a troll (Look u[ the internet meaning of that word will ya)
1) I don't care if you comment or not
2) Comments wane when a teaser it 10 years old.
3) Funny you mention "Jay" and your father. You do know you signed that PM to me 'Jay" right. BUSTED! (Not that any of us are stupid enough not to know that BB, BB02, BB03 and LGM are all the same person).
4) You will note that I did not respond to your PM
5) You argument may hold more water if you could count or read :
This teaser had ONE (1) comment when it was introduced in 2006 (not 2009).
Anyway, this will be the final time I waste my energy responding to you.
Doing is akin to arguing with a 3 year old who cannot yet understand logic and simple ideas. The last few teasers have been 5-10 years old most of us have commented in the past. And why would I comment on a Christmas teaser in January (there have been a couple).
New users are likely scared off by your guerrilla tactics and won't comment.
I'd suggest you were a bully, but then when you don't get your own way, you take your bat and ball and go home.
You're a troll. And nothing but a troll (Look u[ the internet meaning of that word will ya)
brand new comment; nice and easy!!!
I found this one to be rather easy.
to HABS -
(point-by-point, if you wish)
01 - I never stated that you should "care" if I comment. I only asked you to "care" about the health of Braingle.
02 - How could comments "wane" (after a certain number of years) when the TOTDs are presented - each year or so - to NEW groups of recently-joined Brainglers? And where did you get the "magic" number of 10 years?
Don't be so self-centered as to think you (as a golden-oldie Braingler) are the ONLY ones reading Teasers & Comments.
03 - Wrong, again. I signed the PM as "Jaye". My real name is Jaylene and my brother's name is Jason. We are only a year apart in age and resemble each other enough so we quickly became "J & J" or "JJ's" (as kids) which then evolved into "Jaye" for me and "Jay" for him (nicknames) which evolved further into more common use. I'll copy the PM correspondence and print it here, if you like.
04 - Wrong, again. You responded to it and even signed it "~Denisé~"
Again, I'll copy it and print it here, if you like.
05 - You correct. Me wrong. I missed the 2006 comment when I counted the 2009 comments.
At least, I admit when I'm wrong. You should try it, sometime.
Also ... (continuing with #05) You wrote "the last few teasers have been 5-10 years old".
If you had taken the time to read more carefully I was here talking about the last 40-50 teasers THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED ON BRAINGLE CURRENTLY !!!
Not ... TOTDs.
Also, I've clicked on "offensive" for your comment posting above.
I find it offensive to be called a "3-year old", "guerrilla", "bully", and "troll".
LGM (Jaye/Jalene)
(point-by-point, if you wish)
01 - I never stated that you should "care" if I comment. I only asked you to "care" about the health of Braingle.
02 - How could comments "wane" (after a certain number of years) when the TOTDs are presented - each year or so - to NEW groups of recently-joined Brainglers? And where did you get the "magic" number of 10 years?
Don't be so self-centered as to think you (as a golden-oldie Braingler) are the ONLY ones reading Teasers & Comments.
03 - Wrong, again. I signed the PM as "Jaye". My real name is Jaylene and my brother's name is Jason. We are only a year apart in age and resemble each other enough so we quickly became "J & J" or "JJ's" (as kids) which then evolved into "Jaye" for me and "Jay" for him (nicknames) which evolved further into more common use. I'll copy the PM correspondence and print it here, if you like.
04 - Wrong, again. You responded to it and even signed it "~Denisé~"
Again, I'll copy it and print it here, if you like.
05 - You correct. Me wrong. I missed the 2006 comment when I counted the 2009 comments.
At least, I admit when I'm wrong. You should try it, sometime.
Also ... (continuing with #05) You wrote "the last few teasers have been 5-10 years old".
If you had taken the time to read more carefully I was here talking about the last 40-50 teasers THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED ON BRAINGLE CURRENTLY !!!
Not ... TOTDs.
Also, I've clicked on "offensive" for your comment posting above.
I find it offensive to be called a "3-year old", "guerrilla", "bully", and "troll".
LGM (Jaye/Jalene)
I like this teaser, it was fun last time and I'm glad the old synapses are still firing. I have just one thing more to say.
"LGM just shut up! Seriously just stop"
And I really don't care if this gives me bad karma points.
"LGM just shut up! Seriously just stop"
And I really don't care if this gives me bad karma points.
No ... mepapa
No bait-and-switch this time. This might have worked with Dad or Jason, but it won't with me.
Besides, I find your comments neither offensive nor annoying.
Just hysterical and pointless.
I'll offer you the same deal I offered HABS ...
If you care so much about Braingle then tell me why you don't support the "contributors" (the writers who generate and post the new Teasers) with critical ("critical" can mean positive as well as negative) comments.
I've not seen your name, there.
This is when writers - old and new - are most vulnerable and most in need of positive support as well as helpful negative comments.
Telling me to "shut up" doesn't pay forward in answering the question of why Braingle's membership is dwindling and the support of extant membership is waning.
Thanks for reading this.
LGM
No bait-and-switch this time. This might have worked with Dad or Jason, but it won't with me.
Besides, I find your comments neither offensive nor annoying.
Just hysterical and pointless.
I'll offer you the same deal I offered HABS ...
If you care so much about Braingle then tell me why you don't support the "contributors" (the writers who generate and post the new Teasers) with critical ("critical" can mean positive as well as negative) comments.
I've not seen your name, there.
This is when writers - old and new - are most vulnerable and most in need of positive support as well as helpful negative comments.
Telling me to "shut up" doesn't pay forward in answering the question of why Braingle's membership is dwindling and the support of extant membership is waning.
Thanks for reading this.
LGM
Nice teaser, Peppamintp, It was easy, but then a good variety is what we need. I enjoyed it very much!
Easy-peasy.
Fun, easy and enjoyable teaser - maybe a little too easy.
Easy but fun nonetheless. Next time a few more words would make it a little more challenging, I think.
Fun and easy teaser; I got them all just as I did the first time I tried it.
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