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Are you trying to get me sick again? 
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Intersting (not the stuff) how trying to read it reminded me how reading Dutch really teases at an English reader. Especially knowing some German. Just so close to, but not quite, readable.*
* Do Netherlanders feel the same about reading Dutch?
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We sometimes get sick of the Dutch language too, I really dislike using the "Dutch" version of Windows, yuk 
Although a lot of words are the same in German, some words can mean something totally different.
For instance "bellen" means using the phone in Dutch, but in German it means "barking".
Imagine the confusion when Dutch people are asking if they can use the phone in Germany: "kann Ich hier bellen?" 
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Wishes for a speedy recovery.
For my sh*tty week, I tore my distal biceps tendon last Saturday. Just had repair surgery yesterday, now comes the post-surgery pain, PT, etc.
Scott
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Ouch, speedy recovery to you too!
I'm guessing yours is going to take a bit longer than mine.
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Warm a cup of milk, add a teaspoon of ground black pepper. Drink within 2 minutes, and go to bed.
Works every time.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Drab rats lives unscrambled in the mirror incorporated with yelpers (5,7)
((Drab rats (lives unscrambled) in the mirror) incorporated with yelpers)
((Bard star (Elvis unscrambled) in the mirror) incorporated with Presley)
Elvis Presley
modified 4-Apr-19 9:02am.
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No idea.... something about dogs?
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musefan wrote: something about dogs?
The definition is on the other end. Read the clues.
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Well, looks like you flummoxed us again... what is the solution?
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((Drab rats (lives unscrambled) in the mirror) incorporated with yelpers)
((Bard star (Elvis unscrambled) in the mirror) incorporated with Presley)
Elvis Presley
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Ah ok... it's easier to see with the parenthesis... but without it, how are we supposed to know that "drab rats" is the mirrored part?
Also, even if I had gotten "bard star", I still don't think I would have realised that was meant to be the definition.
Oh well, that's just how my brain works/doesn't work with cryptic clues... hopefully your one tomorrow won't be as troublesome 
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musefan wrote: how are we supposed to know that "drab rats" is the mirrored part?
There are literally no other ananyms in the sentence. The mere presence of the word 'mirror' should have triggered a search for an ananym.
I am purposely using low frequency words in all of my CCC to prevent players from using the internet to solve them. I assumed that "Bard Star" would be immediately located but "Elvis" and "Presley" are proper nouns and would not be in the internet thesaurus or anagram solver.
I guess it forces the player to use their problem solving skills rather than internet searches.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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You are assuming we are just going to search for the answers and so you make them too hard!
We are just here for fun and want to use our own skills too 
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Hmmmm,
Would you like to take over the CCC for me? I have other things I need to be doing. It's been fun though.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Well I think we have a rule about winning 3 times max, so even if tomorrows is too hard then you won't have to do Monday's anyway.
And even though they have been hard, I have enjoyed your different approach to them. They have been interesting to try and solve 
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musefan wrote: And even though they have been hard, I have enjoyed your different approach to them. They have been interesting to try and solve
If you like the difficult clues then you should have a look at Enigmatic Variations.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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musefan wrote: Oh well, that's just how my brain works
Not just yours.
"Bard star" even if I was looking for an encrypted definition would seem to describe Shakespeare far better than Elvis. Come to think of it, it probably describes Costello better than Presley.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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WTF is a bard star ? - ah ok it's Las Vegas - I keep forgetting you're American 
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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pkfox wrote: I keep forgetting you're American
I actually spent a few minutes searching for a British bard. But I couldn't make anagrams from their names. Then I considered changing to the feminine diva/avid ananym but couldn't make a decent clue from it.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Ah, I see! I'd never heard of it either.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Well. Your last chance tomorrow - if that one is unsolved it bounces back to me for Monday.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Well. Your last chance tomorrow - if that one is unsolved it bounces back to me for Monday.
You guys should change the rules to allow the setter to exit. I don't really have the time to do these here on codeproject. I don't have any issue with posting the CCC … but it's the monitoring of the board that is taking too much time.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
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Randor wrote: You guys should change the rules to allow the setter to exit.
That's already there: Quote: It is the responsibility of the winner to let the next person know it's their turn the next day. That person can delegate if work commitments intrude, but the previous winner cannot be delegated.
So if you are too busy, you can find someone else to do it for you, that's no problem.
The idea was that we didn't get stuck with one (or two) posters putting up "unsolvable" clues forever - this is intended to be fun, after all! 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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