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Post by hartlikeawheel on May 31, 2008 7:32:35 GMT -5
It's gotta be the number 3.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on May 31, 2008 7:34:42 GMT -5
Oops. That means I'm suposed to say that Arcturus is the third wheel.
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Post by slb2 on May 31, 2008 16:02:38 GMT -5
Yes, anja, but do you know why Arcturus is excluded?
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Post by hartlikeawheel on May 31, 2008 17:15:12 GMT -5
I certainly sorta do, Ma'am.
The other three are third in a list of something and Arcturus is sumpin' else.
Um. A star? A galaxy? It's over my head. . .
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Post by hartlikeawheel on May 31, 2008 17:18:20 GMT -5
Wait a minute. "We never had to tell why in the A.C.T.", she whines.
Here are your clues:
1. "Hub-cap diamond star halo" 2. "Pompatous of love" 3. "Eeny, meeny, miney, moe" 4. "A-rama-lama-ding-dong
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Post by booklady on Jun 1, 2008 6:30:32 GMT -5
All right, like slb over in the alphabet game thread, I'm going to have to ask: anja, what is the A.C.T.?
Also, are we certain that your reason is the correct one? slb, what do you say? If so, I'm going to guess that "eeny meeny miney moe" is the Odd Man Out because all the other lines occur in rock and roll songs and that's a nursery rhyme or something.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jun 1, 2008 9:29:15 GMT -5
Nicely done, bl. You're up if I gave the correct answer.
The A.C.T. is a college entrance exam. I believe it is all multiple choice.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 1, 2008 11:51:29 GMT -5
I certainly sorta do, Ma'am. The other three are third in a list of something and Arcturus is sumpin' else. Um. A star? A galaxy? It's over my head. . . Close enough. The other three are the Third of something. Arcturus is the fourth brightest star in the skies.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jun 1, 2008 13:10:20 GMT -5
So then, I learned something today.
Orion was the first Constellation my mom pointed out to me. His kneecap, huh?
Guess bl is up then.
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Post by booklady on Jun 2, 2008 19:26:06 GMT -5
I forgot to come back and play this. Sorry.
1. Mary Oliver 2. Stanley Kunitz 3. Eugene O'Neill 4. William Styron
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Post by slb2 on Jun 2, 2008 20:01:41 GMT -5
Yummy, books. Look at those great names!
I don't have time to research my answer and don't want to look the fool in misspeaking/miss-speaking/mispeaking? well, anyway, giving the wrong answer so I'll come back in a while.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jun 2, 2008 22:00:32 GMT -5
My guess: Three of them were beleagured with depression.
Now, without googling, I can't get any further.
So, my question is, is googling allowed?
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Post by liriodendron on Jun 2, 2008 22:23:56 GMT -5
I forgot to come back and play this. Sorry. 1. Mary Oliver 2. Stanley Kunitz 3. Eugene O'Neill 4. William Styron Mary Oliver is a girl. Well, she is.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 3, 2008 0:20:01 GMT -5
My guess: Three of them were beleagured with depression. Now, without googling, I can't get any further. So, my question is, is googling allowed? anja, dear. That's like saying, "is the dictionary allowed?" Well, if one is playing Scrabble, I guess the dictionary's conditional. But this is my game and I google.....
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Post by booklady on Jun 3, 2008 4:08:38 GMT -5
Oh, sure, googling's allowed. That's one way we can learn something playing this game.
Neither anja nor lirio is correct in their (her?) guess(es). Don't bug me about grammar right now.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 3, 2008 8:48:34 GMT -5
lirio's not correct? I'd also always thought that Mary Oliver was a girl. ;D
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Post by slb2 on Jun 3, 2008 8:59:30 GMT -5
And a cursory google of
1. Mary Oliver 2. Stanley Kunitz 3. Eugene O'Neill 4. William Styron
did not reveal the answer to me.
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Post by Jane on Jun 3, 2008 10:35:45 GMT -5
OK, two poets, a playwright and a novelist. One gay, three not. Two depressions, two, no. One woman, three men. Two living, two dead. Alcohol? Not Mary Oliver, don't know about the others. Drugs? Don't think so. My brain hurts.
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Post by Thomas Scheuzger on Jun 3, 2008 15:09:24 GMT -5
And all Pulitzer Prize winners, but only O'Neill was born in the 1800s... Styron is a college drop out, as is Oliver. O'Neill was kicked out of Princeton, but Kunitz graduated from Havard...
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Post by booklady on Jun 3, 2008 18:23:14 GMT -5
I'm sorry to tell you that none of these ruminations is headed in the right direction.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 3, 2008 18:59:16 GMT -5
Fine. How's this: Mary has no nickname. Stan, Gene, Bill, but no Mare.
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Post by booklady on Jun 3, 2008 19:09:40 GMT -5
Even colder.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jun 3, 2008 19:13:15 GMT -5
I've enjoyed doing some research on these authors.
The first thought that came to mind after my first guess was that they all wrote symbolically about "night." The odd man out in this case would be Styron who called his particular night "darkness."
Then there is the issue of familial suicide. In that case my guess would be Ms. Oliver.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 3, 2008 19:13:33 GMT -5
Well, I live in Minnesota, after all. And as a matter of fact, it is cold here today! I've two shirts on, one being long-sleeved.
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Post by slb2 on Jun 3, 2008 19:15:16 GMT -5
Yes, I was trying to look at the suicide angle, too. My computer's been terrible these past few days, providing internet service about 50% of the time. And now the mouse is messed up.
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Post by booklady on Jun 3, 2008 19:48:26 GMT -5
No. The link/non-link is not where or how they ended up. Of course, Mary Oliver hasn't ended up yet. She still is. I don't think Stanley Kunitz was a suicide, having lived so very long. Styron suffered from depression but I didn't think he killed himself.
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Post by hartlikeawheel on Jun 3, 2008 22:00:02 GMT -5
Parental suicide. . .
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Post by booklady on Jun 4, 2008 18:44:55 GMT -5
You all need a hint.
Here's one: do you know where I live?
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Post by liriodendron on Jun 4, 2008 21:47:46 GMT -5
HA! Eugene O'Neill does not have a Cape Cod connection.
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Post by liriodendron on Jun 4, 2008 21:52:32 GMT -5
But Mary Oliver is still a girl.
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