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Forum: Main Forum 06-09-2013, 10:17 PM
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Posted By Barnabas
You gotta love Bansai's pics... and the story was...

You gotta love Bansai's pics... and the story was great, too. Posting what I had in mind seems like Justin Bieber taking the stage after a Led Zeppelin reunion has just ended its show:D Anyway......
Forum: Main Forum 06-09-2013, 09:44 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,057
Posted By Barnabas
Yesterday I began a puzzle... got called away on...

Yesterday I began a puzzle... got called away on business, and couldn't return for about an hour and forty five minutes. I had clicked out of the puzzle, but upon my return I checked in with "recent...
Forum: Main Forum 04-16-2013, 12:45 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,310
Posted By Barnabas
I once asked a gal who was working behind the...

I once asked a gal who was working behind the counter at a KFC what she was having for dinner? "I don't know," she replied, "but it sure as hell isn't going to be chicken!" :eek:

Makes me wonder...
Forum: Main Forum 04-15-2013, 10:32 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,310
Posted By Barnabas
"The meal isn't over when I'm full... the...

"The meal isn't over when I'm full... the meal is over when I hate myself!" - Louis C.K.

I think that quote is hilarious, especially in light of the fact that I baked you a cake, Lurker (so you...
Forum: Main Forum 03-05-2013, 01:04 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,456
Posted By Barnabas
Sure... but what would he do with his other arm?

Sure... but what would he do with his other arm?
Forum: Main Forum 02-15-2013, 11:25 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,456
Posted By Barnabas
I know Bansai occasionally folds a load of...

I know Bansai occasionally folds a load of laundry after he's begun a puzzle, which is why his solve time sometimes runs 13 or 14 seconds instead of the usual 6 or 7. :D
Forum: Main Forum 01-29-2013, 04:31 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,700
Posted By Barnabas
Always have liked this quote, and saw it again...

Always have liked this quote, and saw it again today. It may even be a quote that we might see in the cryptograms. Anyway, goes like this... "Courage does not always roar. Sometimes it is the...
Forum: Main Forum 01-09-2013, 01:10 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,700
Posted By Barnabas
"How coal is converted into 'clean coal:' ...

"How coal is converted into 'clean coal:' Step 1 - Start with coal. Step 2 - Add the word clean in front of it." - Stephen Colbert, from his book America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness We Never...
Forum: Main Forum 12-25-2012, 12:14 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,715
Posted By Barnabas
It's Christmas Eve. Time to go home and watch...

It's Christmas Eve. Time to go home and watch Peter Billingsley be 10 or 12 years old again for a couple of hours. Merry Christmas everyone, and may 2013 be filled with health and happiness to all...
Forum: Main Forum 12-21-2012, 04:52 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,700
Posted By Barnabas
Since it is December 21st, 2012.... "It's...

Since it is December 21st, 2012....

"It's the end of the world as we know it:eek: - I feel fine.":)
Forum: Main Forum 12-06-2012, 10:18 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,700
Posted By Barnabas
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/chadgumbo/m...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/chadgumbo/mossonline.jpg
...but when the judge came down, spun me around, poured whiskey on my head and said to the jury "convict this man he's drunk" well,...
Forum: Main Forum 11-21-2012, 06:58 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,700
Posted By Barnabas
I know you think that you understood what you...

I know you think that you understood what you thought I said, but I am not all that sure that you understand that I seldom say what I think and even less often do I mean what I say.
Forum: Main Forum 11-21-2012, 06:19 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,224
Posted By Barnabas
Like several of the others here, I started doing...

Like several of the others here, I started doing the daily "Cryptoquote" in the daily paper I subscribe to. I eventually stumbled onto this website, and of the few cryptogram websites I've been to,...
Forum: Main Forum 11-20-2012, 03:25 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,197
Posted By Barnabas
Belated but Happy Birthday greetings to you,...

Belated but Happy Birthday greetings to you, Bansai. May there be many more.;)
Forum: Main Forum 11-09-2012, 07:07 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,700
Posted By Barnabas
Quotes/Puzzles You May Never Have To Solve

I just completed the puzzle for H. Allen Smith's quote -

In the comments section, Nanrich had suggested that perhaps we list the "ten best" or the "ten hardest" or the "ten stupidest" quotes we've...
Forum: Main Forum 10-30-2012, 05:14 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,982
Posted By Barnabas
No Country for Old Men and The Road. Two great...

No Country for Old Men and The Road. Two great reads by Cormac McCarthy... neither containing anything that would even come close to resembling generally accepted punctuation. I believe the movie...
Forum: Main Forum 10-27-2012, 08:40 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,982
Posted By Barnabas
Monty - That I would be included in this list...

Monty -
That I would be included in this list is both humbling and touching. Know, too, that I consider you a distant friend somewhere out there on the landscape known as the internet. I...
Forum: Main Forum 10-23-2012, 12:41 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,982
Posted By Barnabas
Beagle wrote: I haven't poked around the site...

Beagle wrote:

I haven't poked around the site enough to consider myself an expert navigator, but as far as I know - no, there isn't. I did look at this month's top 100, and I see you're #7 at the...
Forum: Main Forum 10-19-2012, 12:53 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,982
Posted By Barnabas
You must be new around here, indeed. I believe...

You must be new around here, indeed. I believe you said your name was Roger Bannister - yes? Allow me to introduce you to Hicham El Guerrouj. He goes by the handle Bansaisequoia.:eek: ...and your...
Forum: Main Forum 08-30-2012, 08:01 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,290
Posted By Barnabas
I'm just guessing... but I think some solvers...

I'm just guessing... but I think some solvers rate a quote as edgy or offensive just to push the buttons of other solvers.:rolleyes: But as I reread your question, I see that I misunderstood it. ...
Forum: Main Forum 08-18-2012, 12:15 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,637
Posted By Barnabas
"She refused to be bored, chiefly because...

"She refused to be bored, chiefly because she wasn't boring." - Zelda Fitzgerald

One of the ways to get over the hump of the pompous and moralistic quotes you solve here is to add your own comments,...
Forum: Main Forum 08-15-2012, 06:33 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 20,270
Posted By Barnabas
Have you seen the pained expression on Carlyle's...

Have you seen the pained expression on Carlyle's face in the photo they use of him on this site? I think this quote certainly explains a lot. Maybe he had just finished saying this quote when that...
Forum: Main Forum 07-31-2012, 08:40 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 20,270
Posted By Barnabas
This is where I thank Pootie for reminding me...

This is where I thank Pootie for reminding me that the thread is called "obnoxiously difficult quotes" and that I should leave the postings here to the truly gifted solvers.:D So often I tell...
Forum: Main Forum 07-29-2012, 01:00 AM
Replies: 75
Views: 20,270
Posted By Barnabas
If you stand straight, do not fear crooked...

If you stand straight, do not fear crooked shadows. - I think it was a Chinese proverb. And I don't know if it would qualify as obnoxiously difficult, but it wasn't a gimme either.
Forum: Main Forum 07-27-2012, 07:28 PM
Replies: 75
Views: 20,270
Posted By Barnabas
I'm from Minnesota. Grew up in northern Iowa. ...

I'm from Minnesota. Grew up in northern Iowa. Went south to Texas for some of my college, and then returned to the area I had grown up in. Pretty much a lifer here.:eek:
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