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heartcream -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/11/2010 8:55:17 PM)


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ORIGINAL: poise

I've just returned from the inner workings of your mind, and what a journey it was!!!
Your explanation of your guesses is lovely...you seem such the romantic!
 
109 is the number of tulip species.
Lady is on of its classifications
Saadi wrote a famous poem about them.
Princess Juliana, in 1946, sent Canada 20,000 tulip bulbs as a thank you for giving her refuge.
Neat Story about that here
It also happens to be my favorite flower[:D]
 
So....Tulips is the answer, and you are now on a 3 win roll!
Im only sad it didnt take long enough guessing for me to throw in some of my infamous rapping,
or my Tulip joke that I was going to use an additional clue![:(]




Wow maing that is incredible! Wow.

Honestly poise please give us some of your perfect rapping. David Lettermen is on right now and Eminem and JayZ is the guests, they are bout to do some rooftop rapping. Join in?

My parents came from Holland to Canada, and my mom's dad was a tulip man, so please, please, tell the joke? I will promise to tell you the best Valentine's card a kid my mom usta babysit gave her and it was perfect for her Dutch Heritage!

"Ladies and Gentlemen when we get back JayZ will be here" ~D Lettermen, one minute ago




poise -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/11/2010 9:11:35 PM)

I'll save my farfromperfect rapping for a more decent hour.[8D]
And my joke isn't really that funny, and its old as can be, but it would have made a nice extra clue.
 
Whats better than a rose on your piano?.
Tulips on your organ!!!!
 
dodges tomatoes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tulips on your organ.




heartcream -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 1:34:08 AM)

Good one!

A kid my moms babysat gave her one of those cute kids Valentine's cards that come in a pack with different sayings and pictures. The one she got was so perfect saying, "Wooden Shoe Be Mine?" Love it!

Okay next one:

Pearls
Faberge Egg
Ships
Japan





poise -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 8:50:32 AM)

Awww, that is precious! Thanks for the smiles that gave me. :)
Off to research Pearls Faberge Eggs Ships and Japan !!!




LanceHughes -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 10:00:07 AM)

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1891 - Memory of Azov Egg
Dimensions: Length 9.3 cm (3.7 inches)

This egg is carved from a solid piece of heliotrope jasper, also known as bloodstone. It is decorated in the Lous XV style with a superimposed gold pattern of rococo scrolls, studded with diamonds and chased gold flowers. The clasp is set with a drop ruby and two diamonds. The egg's interior is lined with green velvet.

The surprise is a miniature replica of the cruiser Pamiat Azova (Memory of Azov), executed in red and yellow gold as well as platinum, with small diamonds for windows. The name "Azov" appears on the ship's stern. The ship is set on a piece of aquamarine representing the water. The aquamarine plate has a golden frame with a loop enabling the model to be removed from the egg.

The egg commemorates the voyage made by Czarevitch Nicolai and Grand Duke George to the Far East in 1890.

The trip was made after a suggestion by their parents to broaden the outlook of the future Czar and his brother. At the time, Grand Duke George was suffering from tuberculosis and the voyage only exacerbated it. Czarevitch Nicolai was also the victim of an attempted assassination whilst in Japan and sustained a serious head wound. The Czarina was presented with the egg before these events occurred and it was never one of her favorite eggs.

This is one of the few [Faberge] eggs that has never left Russia. It is currently held in the Kremlin Armoury Museum in Moscow.
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Pearls?  I got nuthin' AND the clue is "ships" plural.




heartcream -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 11:16:16 AM)

Okay Lance you kind of have it.

It is the Czarina Alexandria. She wore these long sautoir of pearls her husband gave her, that hung to her waist. I ought to have pluralized Faberge Eggs, she collected them, they collected her. Their fleet of Navy ships was attacked, in 1904 in their war with Japan. There were special icons sent by Alexandria on the fleet.

It is a tragedy how it went down but it was not the Japanese who attacked the ships. Due to a series of unfortunate events and a drunken Captain they gunned down a British fishing trawler, then hearing the guns he other Russian ships open-fired on each other, thinking and being misinformed, assuming the ships were Japanese ships. The chaplain had his head blown clean off. The fleet had been out less than a week. Russia paid big money in damages,

In 1905 the Japanese did take down a fleet of Russian ships in less than 3 quarters of an hour. The Russians lost 20 major warships and over 4,300 sailors were killed.

You win Lance!




LanceHughes -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 11:44:47 AM)

HUH?  Not sure how "kinda having it" wins.  However, a few times in the past, such a technique (declaring a "winner") was used when proposer was flat-out tired. LOL!

BRB




LanceHughes -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 12:21:15 PM)

1) Yellowstone
2) Colorado
3) Gunnison
4) Arkansas

Hints available no sooner than 6 hours.... gotta bunch of stuff to do until then. (Be back at 7 PM Mountain time.)




heartcream -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 2:11:19 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

HUH?  Not sure how "kinda having it" wins.  However, a few times in the past, such a technique (declaring a "winner") was used when proposer was flat-out tired. LOL!

BRB

Well you didnt guess her directly but mentioned "Czarina" that is the kinda part of it.

It was not about feeling tired, we just started the game!

Congratulations Lance!




heartcream -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 3:52:49 PM)

Now I see I could have said you had it almost and let the game go further. Next time.




igor2003 -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 4:28:44 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

1) Yellowstone
2) Colorado
3) Gunnison
4) Arkansas



Rivers with their headwaters along the east side of the continental divide?




LanceHughes -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 4:34:19 PM)

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ORIGINAL: igor2003
quote:

ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

1) Yellowstone
2) Colorado
3) Gunnison
4) Arkansas


Rivers with their headwaters along the east side of the continental divide?

True, but neither the Missouri nor the Mississippi could have been on the list.  I'm looking for a more substantial answer.




heartcream -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 6:12:25 PM)

Are they tidal estuaries?




LanceHughes -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 7:13:06 PM)

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ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

quote:

ORIGINAL: igor2003
quote:

ORIGINAL: LanceHughes

1) Yellowstone
2) Colorado
3) Gunnison
4) Arkansas


Rivers with their headwaters along the east side of the continental divide?

True, but neither the Missouri nor the Mississippi could have been on the list.  I'm looking for a more substantial answer.

BLEAH!  Actually, the Colorado is a Western slope river - exits into the Gulf of California (between the Baja Penisula and mainland Mexico.)

SO.... the answer to "Rivers with their headwaters along the east side of the continental divide?"  is "Nope.  The Colorado River does not."




poise -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 7:16:07 PM)

Hello up there!
Way to go on the win Lance!

it's about time a man won[:)]




poise -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 7:20:14 PM)

Now...for my answer. *clears throat* 
Really neat places to go fishing while naked?[&:]




LanceHughes -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 7:24:37 PM)

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ORIGINAL: heartcream
Are they tidal estuaries?

Nope.  The Arkansas River joins the Mississippi before the Mississippi enters Louisiana.
The Gunnison River joins the Colorado before the Colorado enters Utah.
So, two aren't tidal for sure.  I believe the Colorado is.

C'mon, folks..... I need a SUBSTANTIAL answer.  We're NOT talking little tidal pools, we're not talking east/west.  The answer could be resounding.....

Where's dcnovice?  He could get this off the hidden clues alone, I bet.  I'll go ring the doorbell on his CMail mailbox.  <Last sentence - no hidden clues>




LanceHughes -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 7:30:44 PM)

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ORIGINAL: poise
Now...for my answer. *clears throat* 
Really neat places to go fishing while naked?[&:]

That may be true, and your answer could probably be considered "substantial."  Is your answer "resoundingly" true?  I doubt it.  There are hundreds, if not thousands of such "naked fishing" spots.  There are only a handful of rivers (I do believe) that could be on this list.

Now, for an almost give-away hint......
poise: if you were fishing naked at the places on these rivers that I am looking for as an answer, you would only add to the scenic view.




poise -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 8:39:31 PM)

.....and probably only catch mosquitos too[:D]

hmmmm....places on the rivers.....river banks?...be back with more wild guesses soon!




LanceHughes -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (8/12/2010 9:08:42 PM)

See.... this is how the game is played.  The name of the game is "What Do these Things Have In Common?"

The tulip puzzle was more the reverse of "What Thing Has All These Things In Common?"
And the Czarina puzzle the same.

I guess I'm saying that the answer should be a PROPERTY, not an item.  List four items that have a property in common.  What the tulip and czarina puzzles were each a list of four properties and one was to guess the item.  That's why I was looking for ships and Faberge eggs and pearls.  There is an egg with a yatch and pearls.... close, but no cigar.  Once I had the eggs, I was going to look and see  if the years of presentation meant anything.... years of war with Japan?  Very odd for this old dog. LOL!

Poor dcnovice (who is the moderator for this game) was confused!

Here's a trivial example:

1) Broccoli
2) Green Beans
3) Zucchini
4) Green Peas

Ans: green vegetables

1) Broccoli
2) Cauliflower
3) I forget
4) Cabbage

Posted by fluff when she was discovering her cancer.... Ans: Cuniform vegetables....

ETC. 




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