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The Golem

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In a light sabre duel with that pasty female dark jedi in the cartoon - don't know her name - I watched it with Master Golem - fantastic!! :rolleyes:

 

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Asajj Ventress

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NickPick

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Oh gosh, that was a complete guess. Now I'll have to think of a question.

 

If your GPS tells you that you are at N51 28.000 W0, how far would you have to travel to get to N51 29.000 W0?

 

I'll accept the answer in any units you wish. (an extra point if they're really obscure)

Jango & Boba Fett

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Liverpool?

OK so yet another competitor is circling the answer - however you need to give an answer then if its correct you can ask the next question. :anicute:

 

Which reminds me of another ISIHAC game Uxbridge English Dictionary: Urdu a ...... word for a hairstyle. :grin:

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MartyBartfast

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Sounds like it could be "Scouse" though I don't see the connection.

:anicute: wooo now we're getting hot, all we need is the connection, :grin:

 

OK well the Beatles were Scousers, and the Navy used to serve something called "Lob Scouse" which I suspect is the Brined Brisket, so I'll guess that beetroot is also known as Scouse somewhere.

Jango & Boba Fett

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Sounds like it could be "Scouse" though I don't see the connection.

:anicute: wooo now we're getting hot, all we need is the connection, :grin:

 

OK well the Beatles were Scousers, and the Navy used to serve something called "Lob Scouse" which I suspect is the Brined Brisket, so I'll guess that beetroot is also known as Scouse somewhere.

DING!!!

 

Yep the Beatles are Scousers, the name Scouser comes from Lab Skaus which is a a sort of Corned Beef (Brined Brisket) Hash made with beetroot, salt herring and hard tack briscuit, just the fair that was enjoyed by the merchant marine on long distance voyages. Lab Skaus or Scouse is considered a local delicacy by the people of Hamburg, so for your delectation here's what Scousers are named after:

 

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MartyBartfast

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DING!!!

 

Yep the Beatles are Scousers, the name Scouser comes from Lab Skaus which is a a sort of Corned Beef (Brined Brisket) Hash made with beetroot, salt herring and hard tack brisket, just the fair that was enjoyed by the merchant marine on long distance voyages. Lab Skaus or Scouse is considered a local delicacy by the people of Hamburg, so for your delectation here's what Scousers are named after:

 

 

OK, lowering the tone a bit, name "The Fat Slags".

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Simply Paul

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The picture's URL is a bit of a give away, if there was any doubt: http://www.maj.com/gallery/239/StarWarsThi...ber/saber_1.jpg. But whose is it? I know Luke had a couple and it's not the one I have in a spotters guide to Star Wars props (in an Empire magazine free book) so perhaps it's his original one.

 

Edit - too slow. A 'killick' is a small anchor. Sometimes just a lump of rock on a rope.

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Jango & Boba Fett

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What's this?

 

(Jango - you're not allowed to answer this!) :anicute::)

MMh I've checked this out with Boba and we believe that this is in fact a fake, although it does show the influence of Obi Wan Kenobi's original Padawan light sabre, which of course he lost prior to The Phantom Menace. That being said the clean lines may indicate that it was constructed by the same master bladesmith as Qui Jon Ginn lightsaber, take for instance the way that the power cell construction along the grip ....... :grin:

Jango & Boba Fett

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OK

 

What is a 'killick'?

... and of course the same elements are displayed in the ergonomic modelling ... Oh sorry, I was distracted must go and move that mud weight anchor by the back door in case I trip over the lump of stone and it killicks me. :anicute:

macroderma

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OK

 

What is a 'killick'?

... and of course the same elements are displayed in the ergonomic modelling ... Oh sorry, I was distracted must go and move that mud weight anchor by the back door in case I trip over the lump of stone and it killicks me. :anicute:

Good try

 

Nope

macroderma

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OK

 

What is a 'killick'?

... and of course the same elements are displayed in the ergonomic modelling ... Oh sorry, I was distracted must go and move that mud weight anchor by the back door in case I trip over the lump of stone and it killicks me. :anicute:

Good try

 

Nope

A clue - The Andrew

macroderma

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A killick is a Leading Seaman in the Andrew.

Ding!

 

It is also a type of anchor (used as the badge for the Leading Seaman, technically a fouled anchor))

The Golem

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MMh I've checked this out with Boba and we believe that this is in fact a fake, although it does show the influence of Obi Wan Kenobi's original Padawan light sabre, which of course he lost prior to The Phantom Menace. That being said the clean lines may indicate that it was constructed by the same master bladesmith as Qui Jon Ginn lightsaber, take for instance the way that the power cell construction along the grip ....... :anicute:

 

Right. :) This lightsaber never appeared in any of the films, it was made by a fan to his own design.

 

Here's a link to his blog if anyone cares... :grin:

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Jango & Boba Fett

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A killick is a Leading Seaman in the Andrew.

It's also a stone clump weight anchor. For those unfamiliar with Jackspeak here's the proof that The Forester and I are both barking up the correct tree"

 

The word "killick" comes from a Scottish gaelic word referring to a primitive form of anchor. Small fishing boats would be held stationary by means of a large stone surrounded by a tangled root or some other construct made of branches wrapped around the stone.

 

Interestingly, the rank badge of the "Leading Seaman" in most, if not all Commonwealth navies, used to feature [and still does - Ed] the classic "fouled anchor" most seen in naval tradition. Not coincidently, in Commonwealth navies, the word "killick" has come to be synonymous with the rank of Leading Seaman because of the association with the fouled anchor symbol. In the Royal Navy and the navy of the Canadian Forces, a Leading Seaman is often referred to as a Killick. Therefore, Killick and Fouled Anchor basically mean the same thing (in a sort of sailing sense).

 

Ah, missed that bit

 

Ignore everything I say....

Edited - Ah many a true word is spoken in jest. :anicute::grin:

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macroderma

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It is also a type of anchor (used as the badge for the Leading Seaman, technically a fouled anchor))

 

SP said that about a quarter of an hour ago!

mIssed the edit - tricky these boards

macroderma

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Thanks , Jango doffs his cap to The Forester.

 

Why would a forwarder be a useful thing for The Forester to own?

Isn't a forwarder the piece of machinery used to move logs out of the forest once cut?

Jango & Boba Fett

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Isn't a forwarder the piece of machinery used to move logs out of the forest once cut?

Well despite you explicit instructions to ignore everything you say, and the fact that the forwarder also is the machine that cuts and strips the tree too I'll give you a DING!!! seeing as no one is around to see. :anicute:

macroderma

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Isn't a forwarder the piece of machinery used to move logs out of the forest once cut?

Well despite you explicit instructions to ignore everything you say, and the fact that the forwarder also is the machine that cuts and strips the tree too I'll give you a DING!!! seeing as no one is around to see. :rolleyes:

Don't you sleep ? :laughing:

 

Thanks - now for a question

 

I am just going out caching in the Newbury area, hopefully this is a suitably obscure question, but I won't be able to check the answer until I get back this afternoon

 

Maintaining the woodland theme - what is the connection between a forester and a bush?

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