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Orrex

(63,215 posts) Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:23 PM Jan 2018

Where were you when you realized "elapse," "please" and "asleep" are anagrams?

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Where were you when you realized "elapse," "please" and "asleep" are anagrams? (Original Post) Orrex Jan 2018 OP

playing scrabble unblock Jan 2018 #1

And I just learned that "Playing Scrabble" is an anagram of "A Crabby Spelling." Orrex Jan 2018 #2

! unblock Jan 2018 #6

Full disclosure: I cheated on that one Orrex Jan 2018 #7

Sitting in my chair at home...one minute ago. n/t SwissTony Jan 2018 #3

Having sex! 😢 Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2018 #4

poorly, evidently unblock Jan 2018 #8

Apparently! Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2018 #13

How does this Anna Graham person own words? underpants Jan 2018 #5

She bought them with the profits from her cracker empire. Orrex Jan 2018 #9

Right here, right now. That's where. Iggo Jan 2018 #10

Here, and then went on to find a sapele. mia Jan 2018 #11

... Orrex Jan 2018 #12

And where were you when . . . gratuitous Jan 2018 #14

Sitting in My Desk Chair in the Loft Leith Jan 2018 #15

after you did lol withoutapaddle Jan 2018 #16

wait, that was when. withoutapaddle Jan 2018 #17

You just Told Me Kristofer Bry Jan 2018 #18

unblock

(52,253 posts)

1. playing scrabble

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:25 PM

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Orrex

(63,215 posts)

2. And I just learned that "Playing Scrabble" is an anagram of "A Crabby Spelling."

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:33 PM

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unblock

(52,253 posts)

6. !

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:59 PM

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Orrex

(63,215 posts)

7. Full disclosure: I cheated on that one

Reply to unblock (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:00 PM

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I fed it into an Anagram Generator and grabbed a funny result.

But I stumbled upon elapse/please/asleep years ago by accident.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)

3. Sitting in my chair at home...one minute ago. n/t

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:33 PM

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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

4. Having sex! 😢

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:34 PM

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unblock

(52,253 posts)

8. poorly, evidently

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:01 PM

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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

13. Apparently!

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 04:20 PM

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underpants

(182,828 posts)

5. How does this Anna Graham person own words?

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:53 PM

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Orrex

(63,215 posts)

9. She bought them with the profits from her cracker empire.

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:01 PM

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Iggo

(47,558 posts)

10. Right here, right now. That's where.

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 03:58 PM

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mia

(8,361 posts)

11. Here, and then went on to find a sapele.

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 04:13 PM

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Orrex

(63,215 posts)

12. ...

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 04:15 PM

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gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

14. And where were you when . . .

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 04:43 PM

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You realized that beginning with the word "naive," you could remove each vowel, and rearrange the remaining four letters into homophones?

Leith

(7,809 posts)

15. Sitting in My Desk Chair in the Loft

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 06:52 PM

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reading a post on DU in the Lounge forum.

withoutapaddle

(263 posts)

16. after you did lol

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Mon Jan 22, 2018, 07:21 PM

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withoutapaddle

(263 posts)

17. wait, that was when.

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 07:22 PM

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you asked where. i need nap

Kristofer Bry

(175 posts)

18. You just Told Me

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 07:29 PM

Jan 2018

And now, I will never sleep peacefully again. DAMN YOU!

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