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10-25-2006, 03:06 PM
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Relic of Wandering Days
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Ho, Ho! A billhook sounds like some way to angle for cash, as for Hookbill though, I'm still trying to figure out what he's angling for.
 Hobytlass, all I can think of is LePetitChoux and I'd be seriously amazed if that's it! |
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10-25-2006, 03:27 PM
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 I'd add a guess, but LePetitChoux seems like the most obvious answer.
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10-26-2006, 12:55 PM
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Pilgrim Soul
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Well to a British mind it could be the reverse ..a way of getting the bill(check? ) from the waiter first ... we call our paper money notes..... two countries divided by a common tongue ....
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10-26-2006, 04:16 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Nope, not LePetitChoux.
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10-26-2006, 04:33 PM
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Relic of Wandering Days
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Yes, both terms 'bill' and 'check' I've heard used here, ( but I suppose I'm just stingy and would rather get money than give it), still one should never give notes to a waiter here unless one was fishing for something. A more generous slice of cake perhaps?
But I nearly fell out of my chair yesterday when I went looking for the precise definition of 'biosphere' in the Webster's dictionary, there was 'billhook' right on the opposite page! I can't even say, "if only I had seen it a few days before"! I'm sure I would have passed by it, since they don't sell them at our hardware store.  Hookbill, I'd heap you with laurels if I could, both for your witty paper and for the time you spend on it, but writing an article might take a bit longer for me. |
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11-01-2006, 01:57 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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a clue then,
it's a french way of spelling the name
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11-01-2006, 03:07 PM
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Relic of Wandering Days
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Merlilot?
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11-02-2006, 04:37 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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no, nice try though
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Holby is an actual flesh-and-blood person, right? Not, say a sock-puppet of Nilp’s, by any chance? ~Nerwen, WWCIII |
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11-02-2006, 05:12 AM
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Maundering Mage
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Lindolirian
Though I don't believe it matches your clue I can see how it may work.
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