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Give me strength

Filed under: Uncategorized — English Mum @ 9:26 pm
 

So we’re all doing the crossword, and I read out a clue. The conversation goes something like this:

Me: ‘Citrus fruit with a loose rind and easily separable segments. Seven letters ending in A’
#1: ‘Banana’
Me: ‘No, you pillock, a citrus fruit’
#2: ‘Tomato’
Me (throwing paper down in exasperation): ‘a bloody CITRUS FRUIT’
#1: ‘Give us a clue. What colour would it be?’
Me: ‘An EASILY PEELABLE CITRUS FRUIT - what colour do you think it would be?’
#2: ‘Ooh! I’ve got it! An orange!’
Me (losing will to live): ‘Ending in A’
Hubby (smirking): ’sausage’

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  1. So what IS it?? I can only think of tangerine but that doesn’t end in A - I guess I’ll just have to “Google” it!

    Comment by SUSAN B — November 21, 2007 @ 12:48 am

  2. Sounds like my kind of conversation!

    How far did they wind you up before you went on a rampage?

    A: LEMONANA

    Comment by 5h4mr0(k — November 21, 2007 @ 1:47 am

  3. (smartarse)

    SATSUMA!!!!!!!

    Comment by jennynib — November 21, 2007 @ 2:48 am

  4. I agree with satsuma, which one was it in the end???

    Comment by Natalie — November 21, 2007 @ 6:47 pm

  5. Full marks to J who is officially crowned Chief Smarty Pants for the day. Yep, satsuma it was.

    Susan: Do they have satsumas in Hawaii??

    Nats: okay you can be Chief Sub-Smarty Pants.

    5h4mr0(k: Interesting. ‘I fancy some lemonanas and custard’ doesn’t really have the same ring to it. Oh yes, some very unsavoury stomping about and newspaper throwing. Got me nowhere though :0)

    Comment by englishmuminireland — November 21, 2007 @ 8:51 pm

  6. Did you solve the clue then?

    I’ll get my coat

    Comment by 73man — November 22, 2007 @ 9:40 am

  7. ‘Taxi for Mr 73Man’!!!!!

    Comment by englishmuminireland — November 22, 2007 @ 12:43 pm

  8. hehe that sounds like the kind of help I give people doing crosswords. I also like to cram more letters in than there is space for. I prefer my answers to the real ones :-)

    Comment by Conortje — November 22, 2007 @ 2:21 pm

  9. Con: arrrggghhhh have you been coaching #1? He just rearranges the crossword to suit his answers. Tsk tsk.

    Comment by englishmuminireland — November 22, 2007 @ 3:29 pm

  10. Do we have satsumas in Hawaii? Who knows! For starters, what the bloody hell IS a satsuma - sounds like an exotic seating arrangement!

    Comment by SUSAN B — November 24, 2007 @ 9:03 am

  11. Susan: I’ll take that as a no then. A satsuma? Oh, it’s a citrus fruit with a loose rind and easily separable segments he he he. You know, like a mandarin or a clementine or something??

    Comment by englishmuminireland — November 24, 2007 @ 11:55 am

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