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Subject: From: Lonesome EJ Date: 09 Aug 99 - 01:53 AM OK, kids, pop quiz time. Get your paper and pencil ready, while we test your knowledge of the Mudcat Cafe and it's denizens. Ready? Begin! 1. Which two Mudcatters own a Folk Music record label? Name the label. 2. In Mudcat Mythology, what South American stringed instrument is rumored to be a tool used by the CIA? 3. Name the founder of the Mudcat. 4. Which Mudcatter has been accused of being a software program? 5. What facility in Montana houses the Catspaw Clinic for Vocal Reconstruction and the Rick James Funk Rehabilitation Department? 6. What is the real name of Liam's Bro? 7. Which two Mudcatters weather the bleak winters in Casper WY? 8. Name the Mudcatter who hosts a folk music show on CIUT from Toronto. 9. Complete this album title by a Mudcat Phoakie The Older I Get, ------- ". 10. Name Skarpi's band. 11. Which Mudcatter writes songs under the name Roger Gall? 12. This Mudcatter is also a union organizer. Name him, and give his hometown. 13. Which two Mudcatters hail from Conifer CO? 14. What does Catspaw do to his possum? Who made the possum? 15. Who coined the phrase "mud is thicker than water"? 16. Which Mudcatter is a t-shirt artist? 17. What hangs above the stage at the Mudcat Tavern? 18. Who is Larry LaPrise? 19. What fictional Mudcat figure is hooked on fast dames and Four Roses bourbon? 20. Which Mudcatter is a member of the Nenagh Singers Circle? 21. What is bSeed's profession? SCORE 21= Died-in-the-wool Mudcat junkie 17-20= A true Mudcatter 12-16= Occasional visitor(probably has a real life) 6-11= Visits the legitimate Folk or Blues threads only 1-5 = Completely baffled
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Joe Offer Date: 09 Aug 99 - 03:30 AM Er....that question 13, Perfesser, is that a trick question? Do we get double credit for a correct answer? To my knowledge, Lonesome EJ and LEJ both hail from Conifer, although I've always thought they were one and the same person - and I tried to find them at the Radio Shack in Evergreen. Am I right? Do I win the prize? -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 99 - 06:02 AM Well several things about that were frightening!!!!!!!!! LIFE?......LIFE?????...........C'MON LIFE, HERE BOY....C'MON.........LIFE?????????...C'MON LIFE.......I know I had one around here somewhere..........HERE LIFE..HERE LIFE.......... I'll just be cleaning the bathroom, the garage, steaming the carpets, fixing the 92 repair projects that are the most critical......just after I check another thread or two..... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Roger in Baltimore Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:35 AM Thanks to my advanced age and therefore poor memory, I managed to give the semblance that I have a life. However, like Catspaw, I know its here somewhere, I just can't put my hands on it right now (see first sentence for explanation). My ego would not allow me to ignore this thread. However, now I've lost that, too. Roger in Baltimore |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: bbc Date: 09 Aug 99 - 08:50 AM OK, LEJ, Duane & I sat down over breakfast & filled in the answers. Surprisingly enough, I don't think we scored 21. When do we get the answers? For added incentive, I'll supply a free Mudcat Resources photo page to anyone who gets at least a 17 (What do you been, you thought they were free, anyway?!). BTW, David wants the questions to be multiple choice, rather than fill-in, & he wants to add the option that a certain someone is a lighthouse, rather than a computer program. What do you think? Thanks for getting our brains in gear. Sometimes, in the summertime especially, I need that! |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Rick Fielding Date: 09 Aug 99 - 09:15 AM Jeezus! 20 out of 21! Am I a sick puppy or what? In high school the only times I scored over 10 out of 20 was in days lost to truancy. But here's a few more. (perhaps a little more difficult) 1.What Mudcatter was a professional actor and potential Broadway star? 2. What Mudcatter founded the "Green Party" in his home country? 3. What Mudcatter wrote "The Record Edged in Black"? 4. What Mudcatter saved the life of another the day before that Mudcatter's wedding? 5. What Mudcatter introduced the wonderful song "Wild Mountain Thyme" to North America? |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Alice Date: 09 Aug 99 - 09:44 AM What? Nothing about who's shower walls are covered with pages of lyrics? |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Roger in Baltimore Date: 09 Aug 99 - 09:48 AM Rick, Your questions are frustratingly difficult. I get one out of five. Roger in Baltimore |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: teller Date: 09 Aug 99 - 09:49 AM I can answer none of these.....BUT!!!!!! I sincerely hope to be around long enough ( and be sad (?) enough) to get a full score next time somebody thinks to to something like this again.<> I am rapidly becoming a Mudcat junkie.....QUICK!! Somebody write a song!! Teller |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Art Thieme Date: 09 Aug 99 - 10:21 AM Rick, I'm pretty sure that the answer to ALL of the above queries from you are/is Mr. Sandy Paton!! a real wrenassonse ;-) man. Art |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 99 - 10:28 AM Well, two I know are Sandy and a third may be, so I'll go with Art.....not all that unusual. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Rick Fielding Date: 09 Aug 99 - 10:42 AM I'll give the answers tonight. We've had NO (totally) correct ones yet! |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Barbara Date: 09 Aug 99 - 10:46 AM Well, well well, LEJ, I guess I qualify as only the occasional Mudcatter, since I missed all the questions from the Tavern and detective threads (and I can't offhand remember the name of skarpi's band) (I could do a forum search and find it, though). I was on vacation when the Tavern and campfire threads started, and they are amazingly hard to get into when they're a couple weeks old... and then I do live on a 60 acre farm and there are things getting ripe (and overgrown with weeds) this time of year. I guess there's no excuse for it, I seem to still have the remnants of a real life. Sorry. I'll try to do better in the future. Blessings, Barbara |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 99 - 10:54 AM No Barb, you don't......Remember who took time out to "give birth" to a possum??? Uh-huh........ And thanks a lot Rick. Tonoght huh? So you realize this is going to drive me nuts? HOWEVER, I absolutely REFUSE to start searching old threads.........well, just maybe I..........NO! NO! NO!..........I'm going out to clean the garage..............in a minute, lessee' here.....NO!!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Jeri Date: 09 Aug 99 - 11:04 AM #3 is SongBob. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: annamill Date: 09 Aug 99 - 11:28 AM Hi Everyone, I've only been here a short time and I knew the answer to most of them. That's damn scarry! Love, annap |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: katlaughing Date: 09 Aug 99 - 01:43 PM Well, Rick...I know the Green Party answer, but only 'cause it came up in conversation with you a while back. Rather than spill the beans, no it wasn't Sandy, guys!, I'll just watch 'em sweat!:-) katwhodoesn'thavetotakeatesttoknowsheisaddicted!But,it's a good one all the same! |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Lonesome EJ Date: 09 Aug 99 - 02:03 PM Rick- is it 1. Peter T 2. Wolf Hell 3. Sandy 4. Dave Swann 5. Art ? |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: emily rain Date: 09 Aug 99 - 03:03 PM 2: tiple? 3: Max? 7: WyoWoman and ???? 8: Rick Fielding 9: "...The Better I Was"? 11: The Shambles? 12: Big Mick from ???? 14: HE BLOWS UP ITS ASS AND IT WAS MADE BY BLESSINGS BARABARA! she knows little, but can do a mean line break... |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Alice Date: 09 Aug 99 - 03:08 PM I'm embarassed by how many I know.... I'd better get back to work. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Jeri Date: 09 Aug 99 - 03:16 PM 1. Peter T 2. Wolfgang 3. SongBob 4. Dave Swan 5. Sandy Paton Guessing on 2, SWAG on 1, pretty sure about 1 and 100% positive on 1 (#3). |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Rick Fielding Date: 09 Aug 99 - 04:22 PM Hmmm, Pretty good so far. Got a few spot on, but I'll wait til tonight. As far as number 4 goes..that would be very difficult cause only 3 mudcatters in the world know about it! Since 4 really isn't fair, I'm going to give you one more: Which Mudcatter teaches kids to build and play the one and two string canned dulcimer? |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Jeri Date: 09 Aug 99 - 04:54 PM Animaterra? And do tell us the story of #4! |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 99 - 06:15 PM Thank you for changing number 4 to something else. Karen and I got to pondering over it's meaning as to who/what and got progressively more confused...not a stretch for either of us. Okay, now JERI............. You simply cannot be a 'Catter if you insist on reading for comprehension instead of speed!!! You are of course quite right on number 3----the song is about Sandy & Caroline and Folk-Legacy, but was indeed written by Bob Clayton. Ferrara posted it again in the "Thanks to Sandy" thread and it is a touching kind of piece. Number One is Sandy Paton, although there may be others. I remember this coming up somewhere and Rick told me again this weekend...I'd fogotten about it. Number Two----are we talking Green/Ireland or Green/Ecology?........I'll go with Peter T. Number Three is SongBob as that catapult launcher Jeri so adroitly answered. Number Four part A---Could this have something to do with Boots and Knockers? (Sounds like a Table Dancing Joint) Number Four part B---on the canned, stick dulcimers...I think I know, but I'll wait to hear later...just in case. Number Five has got me...oughta' know and I don't. SO...C'MON 'CATTERS-----we need 4-A...where I only took a wild guess. 4-B----Where YOU can take a wild guess...but I might know this one, maybe. And #5.....hmmmmmm. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: McKnees Date: 09 Aug 99 - 06:21 PM Spaw I hope that knockers does not have the same slang meaning over there as it does over here. My guess is that no. 4 refers to an incident with a bus but I maybe wrong. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Rick Fielding Date: 09 Aug 99 - 06:30 PM You've done marvelously folks. Now to be truthful I think Catspaw has too much time on his hands - allowing him to be Ohio's Sherlock Holmes. Sandy was indeed an actor (and pretty well thought of I'm told) in New York and on the (north) west coast, AND he did bring back Wild Mountain Thyme. (taught it to Judy Collins I believe). Songbob Clayton wrote "the Record edged in Black about Folk-Legacy. (This wasn't supposed to be a commercial, it's just the way my mind was working) Our own Peter T. is "Mr. Green". And yes Catspaw you're right. Knock-knee'd yelled in her best and loudest Glasgow constabulary voice 'RICK!!!!" just as I was about to walk into the path of one of those big double decker buses (it was on the wrong side of the road naturally) Had I been mulched it would have put a damper on the wedding! As to the dulcimers made from cans? Think, catters. What certifiable mudcatter is it likely to be? Rick |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Helen Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:01 PM Hi, I remember something about this dulcimer business - making dulcimers from anything available in a school/class situation. I don't know if it was Art. I must have a life too. Is that a comfort or is it just plain scary, having to live out there in the real world like "normal" folks? 4. Which Mudcatter has been accused of being a software program? Joe Offer 5. What facility in Montana houses the Catspaw Clinic for Vocal Reconstruction and the Rick James Funk Rehabilitation Department? The Neil Young Centre (True Oz spelling) for the Terminally Screwed?? 8. Name the Mudcatter who hosts a folk music show on CIUT from Toronto. Rick Fielding 17. What hangs above the stage at the Mudcat Tavern? A banjo I agree with emily rain about No 9, 11, 12, 14 Helen |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Jeri Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:12 PM Hmmm...Rick, you said 'certifiable?' Gotta be Catspaw. 'Spaw, I'm sorry I got carried away with the catapult, or you got carried away by it. It was fun flinging the litter flinger. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:19 PM I think I remember the dulcimers made from cans from the Music Therapy thread but I can't remember who did it. It's not Night Owl: Her instrument/therapeutic device is the autoharp. Male, I think, in Canada? (you aren't allowed to use reference books when taking IQ tests, so I won't look it up. I drew a big zero on the short, tough version, but I scored up there with the get-a-life crowd on the long version. And as a banjo player I have a feeling that Mudcat IQ scores are directly inverse reflections of Stanford/Binet scores. --seed (good thread: a new test ought to be devised every six months or so. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Rick Fielding Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:21 PM Jeri, a big Mudcat congratulations. It is indeed our Spaw, who makes dulcimers from tin cans, automobile parts, possum intestines and turnpike exit signs. Rick |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Alice Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:34 PM It was Bert who wrote "mud is thicker than water" in the falling in love with Mudcatters thread.
The detective's name is Blake Gallatin Jefferson Madison (his mom got around). aaarrrrgghhh!!! I have looming DEADLINES! I've have GOT to stay away from the Mudcat. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Big Mick Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:57 PM This was devious shite, my friends. I got everyone right in the first thread..........and had 4 of the 5 right in Rick's.........I think I am going to need therapy to break this addiction.............and I have cabinets in the kitchen waiting to be hung........I used to lead an exciting life.......now I feel like I am on a board in an opium den in Hong Kong........except the drug is my beloved Mudcat........best damn addiction one could have..........hahahahahahaha Mick |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 99 - 07:58 PM Yeah, it's me.....little ol' Stick Dulcimer maker.....Kids do get a kick out of them and they're introduced to a branch of music they don't know much about......my pissant little contribution to the folk process. We did a Girl Scout camp once and we made over 150 in ONE DAY...........90 degees, no shade, Karen's marking fret positions and I'm stapling like crazy.......Three weeks later I had a quad by-pass. I think it put me over the edge. AND MAX---I will send plans and a write-up as I promised Bert, who'd obviosly forgotten, for the new "Kid's Pages"....and thanks for adding it, a great idea and well implemented. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 09 Aug 99 - 08:04 PM Jesus Mick....LMAOLMAOLMAO...."on board an opium den in Hong Kong?"......PERFECT ANALOGY....LMAO..... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: katlaughing Date: 09 Aug 99 - 10:44 PM I am NOT gonna wait for Rick to get back and post. It was PeterT. who founded the "Green Party" in his home country! NananaHeehee! katlaughingbigtime! |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Rick Fielding Date: 09 Aug 99 - 11:30 PM Kat. I thought I did. many posts ago. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: katlaughing Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:02 AM Well, I am just not myself, tonight! I did miss that post, Rick, I thought you were just keeping them all on tenterhooks until after your show! Sorry:-) katlaughingbetterlatethannever! |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Rick Fielding Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:31 AM Actually I've decided not to be myself tonight either. I think I'll be Boxcar Willie...oops, he's dead. Nope, I got a better idea. ONE MORE MUDCAT QUESTION! Which two Mudcatters (that we know) live the farthest away from each other? Now, naturally I don't know the answer. I wouldn't even know how to go about figuring it out. But someone might be smart enough to. Rick (apologizing in advance, if this question is too stupid to warrant a reply) |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Barbara Date: 10 Aug 99 - 01:19 AM Skarpi and somebody in Australia. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Barbara Date: 10 Aug 99 - 01:21 AM or New Zealand, actually. Pete M.? you still here? |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 01:35 AM I can't believe this.................... My researched sorta' guess would be skarpi in Iceland and as I recall, Pete M. lives on the South Island of New Zealand. Barring that, some other NewZee 'Catter or possibly one of the Oz bunch........Helen maybe? I think she's from Melbourne, but that may be wrong.
IN ANY CASE............................ I have to catch a late flight now for Montana and the Neil Young Center for the Terminally Screwed. I have been given the honor of having the first room in the new wing, the Joplin Hospice Care Unit for Addicted Insomniacs. Before leaving and in case I am not treatable, I would like to confess my Mudcat Sins to our resident moral standard bearer, our brother in song and minutiae, Joe Offer. ..........Forgive me Father Joebro (kinda' like dobro, huh?) for I have sinned............... Spaw-------taking a handful of melatonin |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 01:38 AM Sorry Barb, I was thinking and typing while you were posting.........There are several other rooms available in the new wing.....see you there. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 05:46 AM Since the plane is late, here's a few more for those of you who are completely addicted. A-What DC 'Catter once "slung hash" in a Sail-In/Drive-In with the suggestive name, "The Blue Goose?" B-Which billboard defacing Mudcatter is getting married in September (I haven't heard otherwise, so I assume it's still a go)? C-Name the Korean born 'Cat denizen who is also a Civil War re-enactor. D-Who's married to Marge? E-This 'Catter is constantly trying to "fix-up" her son with every young girl who passes by the 'Cat. F-Who ripped a big one in her martial arts class? G-This 'Cat, in younger days, shared a house where members of the "Weather Underground" were building bombs in the basement (No, Seed, it wasn't me). H-Paw and the Reg boys were almost killed in Frederic,Maryland by a Norfolk-Southern freight train...What were they doing at the time that 'caused them not to notice the fast freight bearing down upon them? I-Which "proper" 'Catter found the website for Dental Dams, providing many with an "education?" J-What once "hard livin'" and Shantey singin' Mudcatter penned a beautiful,touching, and heartfelt song about "Special Kids?" Well there you have it....I'll send a stick dulcimer to the first person that gets all 10.........Now I'm gonna' try for more sleep til it's time to board the plane. Spaw
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Jeri Date: 10 Aug 99 - 07:56 AM Whoopee - I know three. J is Barry Finn, without a doubt. M is Margarita, and she'll probably get you for that. (BTW, I took Judo too, which is why my knees are both shot.) E is bbc. |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: alison Date: 10 Aug 99 - 07:59 AM Helen is in Newcastle... slightly further North than sydney.. so unless there is a Melbournian or Tasmanian out there... all of us Sydney siders are furthest from Skarpi...... (not sure about NZ) I thought I was a regular... but I only got 15 in the first one..... I needed that question about who had song lyrics in the shower, or which two mudcatters have been chasing alison for years...... slainte alison |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: alison Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:32 AM What is Joe's record for finding a song? I may have equalled it just wanting to make sure...... |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: catspaw49 Date: 10 Aug 99 - 10:40 AM Nice Jeri....three so far......You,ve earned a couple of additional clues.
A- has been in the chat room when you and I were there. see you later, Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: Jeri Date: 10 Aug 99 - 11:10 AM A=Cara? H=I still don't know. You posted links to Paw, Cletus, Buford and the Reg Boys The links are in the old, pre-upgrade format and don't work. (I can just about remember...) |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: katlaughing Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:08 PM A=bbc??? H= using their boots for urinals? |
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Subject: RE: Test Your Mudcat IQ From: bbc Date: 10 Aug 99 - 12:21 PM Nope, kat, not me on A. I guess the only thing I'm famous (infamous?)for is trying to get dates for David. He will be displeased if he sees this one! BTW, folks, *never* mention anything to catspaw on chat. You never know where you'll see it or when, but the spaw has a memory like an elephant (& he's not afraid to use it)!!! |
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