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A first clue
First clue: The Old Ball Game (in the year of COVID - 19, sung with vigor please) Stay away from the ball game! Don’t go out ______ ______ _____! You’ll _____ _____ _____ on your Cracker Jack. It’s __
First clue: The Old Ball Game (in the year of COVID - 19, sung with vigor please) Stay away from the ball game! Don’t go out ______ ______ _____! You’ll _____ _____ _____ on your Cracker Jack. It’s __
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By Marilyn Van Driesen
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The Old Ball Game is still out there, but without fans in the stands.
"In the year of COVID-19" was meant to be a clue. Could someone let me know if they have begun work on it so I know whether to give another clue? Yes, it is baseball season, but what has befallen our
"In the year of COVID-19" was meant to be a clue. Could someone let me know if they have begun work on it so I know whether to give another clue? Yes, it is baseball season, but what has befallen our
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By Marilyn Van Driesen
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Rogue Riddle # 1039 'At the Old Ball Game'
Yes, it is baseball season, but what has befallen our teams? Spectators make the game, but alas, where are they ... what has happened? So here goes, easy as you please, fill-in-the-blanks. Though appr
Yes, it is baseball season, but what has befallen our teams? Spectators make the game, but alas, where are they ... what has happened? So here goes, easy as you please, fill-in-the-blanks. Though appr
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By Marilyn Van Driesen
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Rogue Riddle #1039 coming soon to a stadium near you.
Rogue Riddle #1039 coming soon to a stadium near you. It's still summer and on this holiday weekend, what better thing than to go to a good ol' baseball game ... except we may not. But that doesn't me
Rogue Riddle #1039 coming soon to a stadium near you. It's still summer and on this holiday weekend, what better thing than to go to a good ol' baseball game ... except we may not. But that doesn't me
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By Marilyn Van Driesen
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Charles Dickens was, in actual fact, an orange. 2 messages
Determining what book has enjoyed the most commercial success of all time turns out to be quite a challenge. Theoretically we can just look at the sales numbers and rank them. However, comparing the s
Determining what book has enjoyed the most commercial success of all time turns out to be quite a challenge. Theoretically we can just look at the sales numbers and rank them. However, comparing the s
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By One Sagan
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In honor of our dear friend Cynthia 3 messages
Cynthia will be missed. I only just now learned about her passing. I remember when George passed away and the Austin punsters got together to remember and honor him. But, under the circumstances I gue
Cynthia will be missed. I only just now learned about her passing. I remember when George passed away and the Austin punsters got together to remember and honor him. But, under the circumstances I gue
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By One Sagan
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It's A Bouillon Market: my brother's kipper
A herring anda whale were fine fanatic (and finatic) friends, and they even traveled in thesame school. On a rare occasion, another fish noticed the herring swimmingalone and asked where his compatrio
A herring anda whale were fine fanatic (and finatic) friends, and they even traveled in thesame school. On a rare occasion, another fish noticed the herring swimmingalone and asked where his compatrio
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By James Ertner
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It's A Bouillon Market 2 messages
If you had invested in dehydrated beef broth cubes back when they first went commercial, today you'd be a bouillonaire! I bought some beef stock along with a little bouillon to start my Broth IRA Doug
If you had invested in dehydrated beef broth cubes back when they first went commercial, today you'd be a bouillonaire! I bought some beef stock along with a little bouillon to start my Broth IRA Doug
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By doug
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#RogueRiddle 1038 (BINGO & REVEAL)
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We entertained seven players total this week, all making much early progress but much to my surprise, nobody was actually able to bring this one fully “home.” - Several players seemed to understand th
We entertained seven players total this week, all making much early progress but much to my surprise, nobody was actually able to bring this one fully “home.” - Several players seemed to understand th
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By gary hallock
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#RogueRiddle 1038 (Tuesday update & clues)
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Since Sunday we have had 6 players valiantly at work on this game but for some reason nobody has yet actually taken it all the way home. I suppose this could be due to the fact that my first verse con
Since Sunday we have had 6 players valiantly at work on this game but for some reason nobody has yet actually taken it all the way home. I suppose this could be due to the fact that my first verse con
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By gary hallock
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#RogueRiddle 1038
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ROGUE RIDDLE #1038 - Launched Sunday, August 30, 2020@ 11am central .^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^
ROGUE RIDDLE #1038 - Launched Sunday, August 30, 2020@ 11am central .^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^
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By gary hallock
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Neologism 4 messages
All, Herewith the results of this year’s neologism contest at the Washington Post. One or two seem familiar somehow .... ;-) Aloha, Lars ======================
All, Herewith the results of this year’s neologism contest at the Washington Post. One or two seem familiar somehow .... ;-) Aloha, Lars ======================
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By Lars Hanson
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RR #1038 (2 hour warning)
Expect to see Rogue Riddle #1038 in your mailbox at about 11am central. Again this week I have constructed a limerick-based game, which I suspect will fall fast, so if you are one of those players who
Expect to see Rogue Riddle #1038 in your mailbox at about 11am central. Again this week I have constructed a limerick-based game, which I suspect will fall fast, so if you are one of those players who
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By gary hallock
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Recalling Cynthia 4 messages
I can’t recall whether or not I mentioned this a month ago as Cynthia was passing, but it certainly bears repeating. About a year ago I interviewed Cynthia MacGregor on our podcast, “Pun Intensive.” I
I can’t recall whether or not I mentioned this a month ago as Cynthia was passing, but it certainly bears repeating. About a year ago I interviewed Cynthia MacGregor on our podcast, “Pun Intensive.” I
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By gary hallock
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Rogue Riddle 1037 - Winner Declared and Answers Revealed
All, Gary Hallock came in with a winning worksheet just as I sent out the previous status report. That brought us to six players this week. Gary had 17 clean kills, and so gets to host Rogue Riddle #1
All, Gary Hallock came in with a winning worksheet just as I sent out the previous status report. That brought us to six players this week. Gary had 17 clean kills, and so gets to host Rogue Riddle #1
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By Lars Hanson
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Rogue Riddle 1037 - Clue Set #3 --
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All, There are now five players this week. Herewith the third clue set. Hint: As the introduction indicates, all of this week’s riddles deal with animal names. Sometimes it may be easiest to begin the
All, There are now five players this week. Herewith the third clue set. Hint: As the introduction indicates, all of this week’s riddles deal with animal names. Sometimes it may be easiest to begin the
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By Lars Hanson
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Rogue Riddle 1037 - Status 4 and Clue Set 2 -
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All, PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THE PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION. I had omitted the magic subject line coding which returns guesses just to me instead of to the list. Thanks. There are now four players this week
All, PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THE PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION. I had omitted the magic subject line coding which returns guesses just to me instead of to the list. Thanks. There are now four players this week
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By Lars Hanson
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Rogue Riddle 1037 - Status 4 and Clue Set #2
All, There are now four players this week. Herewith the second clue set. Clue Set #1: The letter counts for the first ten riddles are provided below. Clue Set #1: The letter counts for the remaining t
All, There are now four players this week. Herewith the second clue set. Clue Set #1: The letter counts for the first ten riddles are provided below. Clue Set #1: The letter counts for the remaining t
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By Lars Hanson
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Rogue Riddle 1037 - Status 2 -
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All, There are now three players this week. It appears this set is giving people a bit more difficulty than anticipated, so herewith the first clue set. Clue Set #1: The letter counts for the first te
All, There are now three players this week. It appears this set is giving people a bit more difficulty than anticipated, so herewith the first clue set. Clue Set #1: The letter counts for the first te
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By Lars Hanson
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Rogue Riddle 1037 - Status --
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All, So far, just one player, Chris, who slew 13 of this week’s Rogue in one fell swoop just three hours after the riddles were posted. Well done, Chris! One person asked for examples, which I had not
All, So far, just one player, Chris, who slew 13 of this week’s Rogue in one fell swoop just three hours after the riddles were posted. Well done, Chris! One person asked for examples, which I had not
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By Lars Hanson
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