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[ShamuLovesMe]

I am wondering what 4 is. I would post my guess in white but its not on the drop down list and I dont know any other way.

Could you post the answer in White?

Cheers Jim

White's not in the dropdown list, but you can select another color and then just manually type "white" over whatever color you selected. Maybe the powers that be will add white to the list.

[RichardB]

I am wondering what 4 is. I would post my guess in white but its not on the drop down list and I dont know any other way.

Could you post the answer in White?

Cheers Jim

The answer is Death

[RichardB]

good grief richard those jokes are so old that I kicked hte training wheels of my 2 wheeler...

I'm selecting the easy ones....playing for the lowest common denominator. Just kidding, they aren't THAT easy, LOLOLOL. But if you'd like some that are a tad more difficult, I can arrainge that too! LOL

I think you need to come up with a hard one for Ms. Smartypants. If she feels brave enough to think without her training wheels, let's see what she can do.

And here it is

"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."

[kevininpo]

thats like the only word that has 4 pronouns in it

[kevininpo]

good grief richard those jokes are so old that I kicked hte training wheels of my 2 wheeler...

I'm selecting the easy ones....playing for the lowest common denominator. Just kidding, they aren't THAT easy, LOLOLOL. But if you'd like some that are a tad more difficult, I can arrainge that too! LOL

I think you need to come up with a hard one for Ms. Smartypants. If she feels brave enough to think without her training wheels, let's see what she can do.

And here it is

"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."

energy...you didn't state the order, or language is the third word in the phrase "the english language", which is what the question is asking...you choose

[RichardB]

energy...you didn't state the order

Nope, but a good guess......keep thinking about it!

[kevininpo]

see edited post for 2nd guess

[maninthesea]

There is a man who's painting is seen in a famous museum by almost every patron.
His name is not displayed anywhere in the vicinity of his work yet no one asks his name.

Who is he?

[maninthesea]

Got the white thing down after 3 tries. now here is the answer.

He is on the maint crew that paints the walls.

[RichardB]

see edited post for 2nd guess

The key is the statement "What is the third word in the English language....The first word is "the," second is "English," and the third word is "LANGUAGE." Good work!

[steelemagnolia6]

Name the one item in most homes and offices that Thomas Jefferson holds the patent for.


Lots of us have one. Do you know what it is???

[ScubaHawk]

Question 1

A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis:

The Wife said she was sleeping.
The Cook was cooking breakfast.
The Gardener was picking vegetables.
The Maid was getting the mail.
The Butler was cleaning the closet.

The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?

The maid was latter released after it was discovered that she was getting the mail fron the Saturday delivery. She brings it in on Sunday because Saturday is her day off. The wife was arrested and convicted. Sleeping? yea, right.

[slider2268]

only 3, don't think so

Aside from "angry" and "hungry" and words derived therefrom, there is
only one word ending with "-gry" in Webster's Third Unabridged: "aggry."
However, this word is defective in that it is part of a phrase "aggry beads."
The OED's usage examples all talk about "aggry beads."

Moving to older dictionaries, we find that "gry" itself is a word in Webster's
Second Unabridged (and the OED):

gry, n. [L. gry, a trifle; Gr. gry, a grunt]
1. a measure equal to one-tenth of a line. [Obs.] (Obs. = obsolete)
2. anything very small. [Rare.]

This is a list of 100 words, phrases and names ending in "gry":
[Explanation of references is given at the end of the list.]

aggry [OED:1:182; W2; W3]
Agry Dagh (Mount Agry) [EB11]
ahungry [OED:1:194; FW; W2]
angry [OED; FW; W2; W3]
anhungry [OED:1:332; W2]
Badagry [Johnston; EB11]
Ballingry [Bartholomew:40; CLG:151; RD:164, pl.49]
begry [OED:1:770,767]
bewgry [OED:1:1160]
bowgry [OED:1:1160]
braggry [OED:1:1047]
Bugry [TIG]
Chockpugry [Worcester]
Cogry [BBC]
cony-gry [OED:2:956]
conyngry [OED:2:956]
Croftangry [DFC, as "Chrystal Croftangry"]
dog-hungry [W2]
Dshagry [Stieler]
Dzagry [Andree]
eard-hungry [CED (see "yird"); CSD]
Echanuggry [Century:103-104, on inset map, Key 104 M 2]
Egry [France; TIG]
ever-angry [W2]
fire-angry [W2]
Gagry [EB11]
gry (from Latin _gry_) [OED:4/2:475; W2]
gry (from Romany _grai_) [W2]
haegry [EDD (see "hagery")]
half-angry [W2]
hangry [OED:1:329]
heart-angry [W2]
heart-hungry [W2]
higry pigry [OED:5/1:285]
hogry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD]
hogrymogry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD (as "hogry-mogry")]
hongry [OED:5/1:459; EDD:3:282]
huggrymuggry [EDD (see "huggerie"); CSD (as "huggry-muggry")]
hungry [OED; FW; W2; W3]
Hungry Bungry [Daily Illini, in ad for The Giraffe, Spring 1976]
iggry [OED]
Jagry [EB11]
kaingry [EDD (see "caingy")]
land-hungry [OED; W2]
leather-hungry [OED]
Langry [TIG; Times]
Lisnagry [Bartholomew:489]
MacLoingry [Phillips (as "Flaithbhertach MacLoingry")]
mad-angry [OED:6/2:14]
mad-hungry [OED:6/2:14]
magry [OED:6/2:36, 6/2:247-48]
malgry [OED:6/2:247]
man-hungry [OED]
Margry [Indians (see "Pierre Margry" in bibliog., v.2, p.1204)]
maugry [OED:6/2:247-48]
mawgry [OED:6/2:247]
meagry [OED:6/2:267]
meat-hungry [W2]
menagry [OED (see "managery")]
messagry [OED]
nangry [OED]
overangry [RH1; RH2]
Pelegry [CE (in main index as "Raymond de Pelegry")]
Pingry [Bio-Base; HPS:293-94, 120-21]
podagry [OED; W2 (below the line)]
Pongry [Andree (Supplement, p.572)]
pottingry [OED:7/2:1195; Jamieson:3:532]
puggry [OED:8/1:1573; FW; W2]
pugry [OED:8/1:1574]
rungry [EDD:5:188]
scavengry [OED (in 1715 quote under "scavengery")]
Schtschigry [LG/1:2045; OSN:97]
Seagry [TIG; EB11]
Segry [Johnston; Andree]
self-angry [W2]
self-hungry ?
Shchigry [CLG:1747; Johnson:594; OSN:97,206; Times:185,pl.45]
shiggry [EDD]
Shtchigry [LG/1:2045; LG/2:1701]
Shtshigry [Lipp]
skugry [OED:9/2:156, 9/1:297; Jamieson:4:266]
Sygry [Andree]
Tangry [France]
Tchangry [Johnson:594; LG/1:435,1117]
Tchigry [Johnson:594]
tear-angry [W2]
tike-hungry [CSD]
Tingry [France; EB11 (under "Princesse de Tingry")]
toggry [Simmonds (as "Toggry", but all entries are capitalized)]
ulgry [Partridge; Smith:24-25]
unangry [OED; W2]
vergry [OED:12/1:123]
Virgy [CLG:2090]
Wirgy [CLG:2090; NAP:xxxix; Times:220, pl.62; WA:948]
wind-angry.
wind-hungry [W2]
yeard-hungry [CED (see "yird")]
yerd-hungry [CED (see "yird"); OED]
yird-hungry [CED (see "yird")]
Ymagry [OED:1:1009 (col. 3, 1st "boss" verb), (variant of "imagery")]

This list was gathered from the following articles:

George H. Scheetz, In Goodly Gree: With Goodwill, Word Ways 22:195 (Nov. 1989)
Murray R. Pearce, Who's Flaithbhertach MacLoingry?, Word Ways 23:6 (Feb. 1990)
Harry B. Partridge, Gypsy Hobby Gry, Word Ways 23:9 (Feb. 1990)
A. Ross Eckler, -Gry Words in the OED, Word Ways 25:4 (Nov. 1992)

References:
(Many references are of the form [Source:volume:page] or [Source:page].)

Andree, Richard. Andrees Handatlas (index volume). 1925.
Bartholomew, John. Gazetteer of the British Isles: Statistical and
Topographical. 1887.
BBC = BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of English Names.
Bio-Base. (Microfiche) Detroit: Gale Research Company. 1980.
CE = Catholic Encyclopedia. 1907.
CED = Chambers English Dictionary. 1988.
Century = "India, Northern Part." The Century Atlas of the World. 1897, 1898.
CLG = The Colombia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World. L.E.Seltzer, ed. 1952.
CSD = Chambers Scots Dictionary. 1971 reprint of 1911 edition.
Daily Illini (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
DFC = Dictionary of Fictional Characters. 1963.
EB11 = Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed.
EDD = The English Dialect Dictionary. Joseph Wright, ed. 1898.
France = Map Index of France. G.H.Q. American Expeditionary Forces. 1918.
FW = Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language. 1943.
HPS = The Handbook of Private Schools: An Annual Descriptive Survey of
Independent Education, 66th ed. 1985.
Indians = Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. F. W. Hodge. 1912.
Jamieson, John. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language. 1879-87.
Johnston, Keith. Index Geographicus... 1864.
LG/1 = Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer
or Geographical Dictionary of the World. 1888.
LG/2 = Lippincott's New Gazetteer: ... 1906.
Lipp = Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World. 1861, undated
edition from late 1800's; 1902.
NAP = Narodowy Atlas Polski. 1973-1978 [Polish language]
OED = The Oxford English Dictionary. 1933. [Form: OED:volume/part number if
applicable:page]
OSN: U.S.S.R. Volume 6, S-T. Official Standard Names Approved by the United
States Board on Geographic Names. Gazetteer #42, 2nd ed. June 1970.
Partridge, Harry B. "Ad Memoriam Demetrii." Word Ways, 19 (Aug. 1986): 131.
Phillips, Lawrence. Dictionary of Biographical Reference. 1889.
RD = The Reader's Digest Complete Atlas of the British Isles, 1st ed. 1965.
RH1 = Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. 1966.
RH2 = Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition
Unabridged. 1987.
Simmonds, P.L. Commercial Dictionary of Trade Products. 1883.
Smith, John. The True Travels, Adventvres and Observations: London 1630.
Stieler, Adolph. Stieler's Handatlas (index volume). 1925.
TIG = The Times Index-Gazetteer of the World. 1965.
Times = The Times Atlas of the World, 7th ed. 1985.
W2 = Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language,
Second Edition, Unabridged. 1934.
W3 = Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language,
Unabridged. 1961.
WA = The World Atlas: Index-Gazetteer. Council of Ministires of the USSR, 1968.
Worcester, J.E. Universal Gazetteer, Second Edition. 1823.

Some words containing "gry" that do not end with "gry": agrypnia,
agrypnotic, Gryllidae, gryllid, gryllus, Gryllus, grylloblattid,
Gryllotalpa, gryllos, grypanian, Gryphaea, Gryll, Gryphaea, gryposis,
grysbok, gryphon, Gryphosaurus, Grypotherium, grysbuck. Most of these
are in Webster's Second also with one from Webster's Third Edition and
one from the Random House Dictionary, Second Edition Unabridged.


Jerry Taylor writes:

By now, most of you have seen the seemingly-perplexing riddle that's
been going around on various radio shows, copiers and fax machines, and
of course, every listserv in existence (including THIS one). The riddle
seems to have perplexed just about everyone. Many people have attempted
to be helpful and have posted lengthy explanations, many of which, it
seemed, were more incomprehensible than the original riddle. (I hope
*this* explanation is not one of them.)

So, why then does this riddle continue to mystify even the hardiest
puzzle-solvers? Simple! It's because the riddle itself is almost always
stated INCORRECTLY! That's right. The way the riddle is most often told,
there IS no answer!

Don't believe me? Let's start by reading the riddle as it is usually
told. Here goes:

"There are three words in the English language that end in GRY. Two are
HUNGRY and ANGRY. The third one everyone uses every day and knows what
it stands for. If you listened carefully, I already told you what the
word is."

Sound familiar? I'll bet that YOU heard the riddle worded something
like that, right? And if that's how you heard it, no wonder you've been
wracking your brain trying to find the answer. But you know what? There
IS no correct answer! This riddle or a version of it, has been around for
at least 20 years. In the ORIGINAL format (as you'll soon see), it makes
sense and is a true riddle in the sense that, once you find the answer,
you slap your forehead and go "Of course!"

So, what IS the correct version, you ask? Be patient, because first
we have to consider the nature of riddles. By definition, they are
mind-teasers that use word tricks. A riddle is not a trivia question
for which you can go to a reference book and look up an answer. In a
true riddle, there's always some sneaky little trick that makes such a
straight answer impossible. So to find the sneaky little trick in this
-GRY puzzler, think of the way magic is performed. The magician does
something to divert your attention away from what he is actually up to. If
you watch very closely when all those scarves are being waved about,
you realize that much of the action on stage is simply a technique to
confuse or befuddle you so that you will not catch on to the magician's
sly movements. That lovely assistant who parades around in high heels
and sequins is there primarily to keep you distracted so you won't figure
out the trick. (Hey, it works on ME!) Now back to the riddle.

Here is the riddle in its original form:

"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There
are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The
word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened
carefully, I have already told you what it is."

In its proper, original form, the first two sentences have absolutely
nothing to do with the question: "Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry
and hungry are two of them." Ignore those two sentences. They are there
only to throw you off course. (And it worked, didn't it?) What's left
is the actual riddle itself: "There are only three words in the English
language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses
every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what
it is." The key is the phrase "the English language." In this three-word
phrase, the third word is simply the word "language." Get it? "Language"
is definitely something that "everyone uses every day"! Without that
quirky little twist, the puzzle would be just another trivia question,
not a riddle.

A final note: There are, or have been in the past, a number of English
words ending in -GRY, for example, "mawgry," and "iggry" and even an
obscure noun, "gry," that means a small unit of measure. Many people
*thought* they had solved this puzzle when they found one of these words
in old dictionary or by scouring the Internet. But c'mon, folks, when's
the last time you used a word like "gry" in everyday conversation? The
thing about riddles is, you must follow them to the letter or they just
don't work. This one got messed up somewhere along the way and has become
somewhat of a cruel hoax (and perhaps has even become an "urban legend").





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[RichardB]

Name the one item in most homes and offices that Thomas Jefferson holds the patent for.


Lots of us have one. Do you know what it is???

Jefferson was a very prolific inventer and has many patents. I'll lst some of those I think may apply in white.


Sun Dial
Clock
Revolving Chair
Dumb Waiter

[kevininpo]

l'll post this as a question for all you smart guys...no tricks, no hidden meanings.
What is the only 7 letter word in the english language that has 4 different pronouns? lt is a word seen every day by most people.