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Common Phrases #1372746 08/21/26 09:46 AM 08/21/26 09:46 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 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] #1372748 08/21/26 09:54 AM 08/21/26 09:54 AM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,063 Upper Arlington, Ohio Space Quest Fan Graduate Boomer
Space Quest Fan Graduate Boomer Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,063 Upper Arlington, Ohio	3. Sleepy Head It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372750 08/21/26 09:58 AM 08/21/26 09:58 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372751 08/21/26 10:01 AM 08/21/26 10:01 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 51,089 Ottawa Ontario CANADA curly Sonic Boomer
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372752 08/21/26 10:07 AM 08/21/26 10:07 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,027 Boston Jimbo Bell Addicted Boomer
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372756 08/21/26 10:39 AM 08/21/26 10:39 AM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372761 08/21/26 11:23 AM 08/21/26 11:23 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 24,918 Chicago oldbroad True Blue Boomer
oldbroad True Blue Boomer Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 24,918 Chicago	2. throw out the odds

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372762 08/21/26 11:47 AM 08/21/26 11:47 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 17,292 Bucks County, Pennsylvania Redz Graduate Boomer
Redz Graduate Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 17,292 Bucks County, Pennsylvania	9. location

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372764 08/21/26 12:06 PM 08/21/26 12:06 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY	Good solves! oldbroad, try again. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372765 08/21/26 12:27 PM 08/21/26 12:27 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372767 08/21/26 01:27 PM 08/21/26 01:27 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY	Spot on, Bernie! If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372768 08/21/26 01:47 PM 08/21/26 01:47 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 24,918 Chicago oldbroad True Blue Boomer
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372772 08/21/26 02:15 PM 08/21/26 02:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,900 Ohio michele rose Graduate Boomer
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372774 08/21/26 03:22 PM 08/21/26 03:22 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY	Yes! Only the one left now. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372782 08/21/26 07:37 PM 08/21/26 07:37 PM
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372786 08/21/26 08:51 PM 08/21/26 08:51 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY	I can see that as a possibility, LadyK. Let's see if somebody comes up with one of my three answers. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372801 08/22/26 06:44 AM 08/22/26 06:44 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 42,862 Alabama soot Puzzled Moderator
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Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372808 08/22/26 07:04 AM 08/22/26 07:04 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY	Because it's red? Could have been any color. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372809 08/22/26 07:59 AM 08/22/26 07:59 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 23,891 Bucks, England Urban Worrier True Blue Boomer
Urban Worrier True Blue Boomer Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 23,891 Bucks, England	5. Scruffily? To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372817 08/22/26 08:42 AM 08/22/26 08:42 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 42,862 Alabama soot Puzzled Moderator
soot Puzzled Moderator Sonic Boomer Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 42,862 Alabama	5. boldly or oddly Dan To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games & listen to whale music Stay Smart & Stay Safe

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372824 08/22/26 10:16 AM 08/22/26 10:16 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 24,918 Chicago oldbroad True Blue Boomer
oldbroad True Blue Boomer Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 24,918 Chicago	Readily is what had popped into my mind right away too

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372825 08/22/26 10:20 AM 08/22/26 10:20 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY	Soot's got two of the three! Well done! If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372834 08/22/26 10:57 AM 08/22/26 10:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,900 Ohio michele rose Graduate Boomer
michele rose Graduate Boomer Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,900 Ohio	5. leeward

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372840 08/22/26 11:38 AM 08/22/26 11:38 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 55,029 Upstate NY	I don't see that one working. Sorry. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1372869 08/23/26 05:54 AM 08/23/26 05:54 AM
Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,063 Upper Arlington, Ohio Space Quest Fan Graduate Boomer
Space Quest Fan Graduate Boomer Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,063 Upper Arlington, Ohio	That is a good one. Maybe awfully? It's nice to be important but it is much more important to be nice.

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