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55 The Emerald Phoenix
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:35 pm
by Northern Monkey
OK 55 is the number of years in an emerald anniversary but what denotes a 90th anniversary (if one were to live long enough) ?
I suspect this is rather made up but let's see.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:37 pm
by Istenem
i was looking into this a while ago, i know oak is up there but i suspect that is for 100.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:38 pm
by Northern Monkey
Oak is 80 but nice try.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:42 pm
by Cardinal Sin
Kyrpton?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:44 pm
by Istenem
i think i remember seeing grandfather clocks up there too
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:14 pm
by Northern Monkey
No and no.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:20 pm
by Northern Monkey
Clue as its a sh*t question thinking about it: it's linked to a city in Scotland.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:21 pm
by Istenem
i think i remember, granite?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:24 pm
by Northern Monkey
Yep but surely made up for the sake of it.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:35 pm
by Istenem
i think it is charming and romantic. call me a great softie but i like things like that.
okay which nursery rhyme character was originally a female tramp before being sanitized into the familiar modern version?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:37 pm
by Northern Monkey
Lucy Locket ? or was she a hooker?
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:37 am
by harry 3
Little Miss Muffet ?
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:25 am
by Istenem
neither of those two. it actually makes sense for a vagrant to have taken the role in the story
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:34 am
by gambogaz1
Little Bo Peep ?
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:43 am
by Istenem
nope