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Common Phrases - hint added #1348947 07/11/25 11:12 AM 07/11/25 11:12 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,522 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,522 Upstate NY	These are all representations of common words, phrases, places or things. Can you figure them out? Only one solve per person, please. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348949 07/11/25 11:16 AM 07/11/25 11:16 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348950 07/11/25 11:21 AM 07/11/25 11:21 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348951 07/11/25 11:27 AM 07/11/25 11:27 AM
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curly Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 50,623 Ottawa Ontario CANADA	7. Two goes into eight four times Hi Sue. Why must the phrase, "It is none of my business", always be followed by, but?

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348953 07/11/25 11:51 AM 07/11/25 11:51 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348955 07/11/25 11:59 AM 07/11/25 11:59 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348956 07/11/25 12:02 PM 07/11/25 12:02 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348958 07/11/25 12:23 PM 07/11/25 12:23 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348959 07/11/25 12:56 PM 07/11/25 12:56 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1348964 07/11/25 04:14 PM 07/11/25 04:14 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,522 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,522 Upstate NY	All excellent solves! If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1349001 07/12/25 10:56 PM 07/12/25 10:56 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,522 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,522 Upstate NY	Hint for #6: s o a f l If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases - hint added [Re: Pandora] #1349002 07/13/25 03:33 AM 07/13/25 03:33 AM
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Lex Adept Boomer Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,657 Isle of Man	I had been thinking that it must be something "at first light" and the hint seems to support that... Life is what happens while you're making other plans.

Re: Common Phrases - hint added [Re: Pandora] #1349003 07/13/25 03:34 AM 07/13/25 03:34 AM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,657 Isle of Man Lex Adept Boomer
Lex Adept Boomer Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 12,657 Isle of Man	Set off at first light Life is what happens while you're making other plans.

Re: Common Phrases - hint added [Re: Pandora] #1349011 07/13/25 08:13 AM 07/13/25 08:13 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,522 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,522 Upstate NY	Love those lightbulb moments! Well done, Lex! If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases - hint added [Re: Pandora] #1349012 07/13/25 08:23 AM 07/13/25 08:23 AM
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