The old one’s been going for some time – time for a new thread.

<sigh> wrong one first… again

weird result

JudgeMental said:

weird result

Another anagram that I didn’t know about and will likely never remember.

Michael V said:

JudgeMental said:

weird result

Another anagram that I didn’t know about and will likely never remember.

It is indeed one not to recall easily.

Apt for a science forum

That’s not even a fucking word. I tried JUMBO and DUMBO and then bombed out.

Fucking stupid Americans

party_pants said:

That’s not even a fucking word. I tried JUMBO and DUMBO and then bombed out.

Fucking stupid Americans

A bowl of gumbo:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

That’s not even a fucking word. I tried JUMBO and DUMBO and then bombed out.

Fucking stupid Americans

A bowl of gumbo:

NHOI

party_pants said:

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

That’s not even a fucking word. I tried JUMBO and DUMBO and then bombed out.

Fucking stupid Americans

A bowl of gumbo:

NHOI

Mmmmmm. Gumbo.

:)

I know “gumbo” from the Carpenters’ song Jambalaya. And Forrest Gump.

It’s funny where we pick things up from.

Divine Angel said:

I know “gumbo” from the Carpenters’ song Jambalaya. And Forrest Gump.

It’s funny where we pick things up from.

I remember it from a Terry Pratchett Discworld book — one of the witches one. One of the witches (Granny Weatherwax?) commented, “You can find anything in a gumbo.”

btm said:

Divine Angel said:

I know “gumbo” from the Carpenters’ song Jambalaya. And Forrest Gump.

It’s funny where we pick things up from.

I remember it from a Terry Pratchett Discworld book — one of the witches one. One of the witches (Granny Weatherwax?) commented, “You can find anything in a gumbo.”

Not quite. It was Mrs Gogol in Witches Abroad who said, “All anyone gets in a mirror is themselves. But what you gets in a good gumbo is everything.”

AussieDJ said:

Shades of Sibeen – done and posted in 50 seconds!

AussieDJ said:

AussieDJ said:

Shades of Sibeen – done and posted in 50 seconds!

And a 2; well done!

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

AussieDJ said:

Shades of Sibeen – done and posted in 50 seconds!

And a 2; well done!

(Interesting. The forum just threw me out. I had to log in again to post this)

Thanks. A fluke.

Speaking of our former comrade, I found a stubby of his favourite tipple (Abbotsford Stout) on the bottom shelf in my fridge the other night. It must have been there for a good few months. Still tasty, though.

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

Shades of Sibeen – done and posted in 50 seconds!

And a 2; well done!

(Interesting. The forum just threw me out. I had to log in again to post this)

…

It logged me out yesterday while I was uploading my results.

Not an answer I would have expected.

Lucky guess

Talk about going around in circles …

Look at that!
Forget the hot cross buns – it’s exactly 11 months to Christmas.
Better get organised.

:)

btm said:

In three – good effort btm!

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

In three – good effort btm!

It was a fluke, but thanks :)

AussieDJ said:

Well done on the three! Much better than my six :)

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

Well done on the three! Much better than my six :)

Thanks. Just luck.

AussieDJ said:

Well done on the three :)

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

Well done on the three :)

Thank you.

A lucky guess.

Oooh!

We’re all going to have to get 5-letter handles!

One of our own has been feted!

:)

They can’t have run out of words – I don’t recall either of our starting words making the cut, yet!

The New York Times is going to start recycling Wordle answers, starting in the next few days.

https://youtu.be/4GRfTsJGyZI

Tell it to the judge …

<sigh> Did it again. I actually typed gavel, then deleted it and tried legal instead.

btm said:

<sigh> Did it again. I actually typed gavel, then deleted it and tried legal instead.

But, at least, you got the right word out.

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

<sigh> Did it again. I actually typed gavel, then deleted it and tried legal instead.

But, at least, you got the right word out.

Eventually :)

Humbug!

AussieDJ said:

Well done.
Unlike Boris who would just go
RADIO
EMBED
Totally unbelievable

It helps to include already-discovered letters in subsequent moves.

btm said:

Got it in three, btm. Nicely done!

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

Got it in three, btm. Nicely done!

Thank you :) Fluke, of course.

A momentary distraction nearly proved fatal …

Not necessarily a word in the Australian vernacular.

Or, maybe, just not in mine.

AussieDJ said:

That’s two 3s in a row. Well done!

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

That’s two 3s in a row. Well done!

A lucky fluke.

Thank you.

btm said:

Getting it in three – a good job!

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

Getting it in three – a good job!

:) Thanks, but it’s just dumb luck. I had all 5 letters after my second word.

stand or stank, and I picked the right one for once.

btm said:

stand or stank, and I picked the right one for once.

:)

<sigh> looks like getting the right one out of two was a fluke.

AussieDJ said:

Another three! You’re getting good at this :)

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

Another three! You’re getting good at this :)

Thanks, but a fluke, really!

Our favourite word!

:)

AussieDJ said:

Our favourite word!

:)

:)

Like yesterday, just a fluke.

btm said:

I meant to add: I’m pretty sure we’ve had this one before. There were several possibilities, but slime and smile are anagrams.

btm said:

btm said:

I meant to add: I’m pretty sure we’ve had this one before. There were several possibilities, but slime and smile are anagrams.

I’m sure we have.
There was a story a little while ago reporting that the creators of the game would be repeating some of the solutions, even though there were still many words to be played.

Half a dozen options after the first line, and I chose the right one for a change:)

btm said:

Half a dozen options after the first line, and I chose the right one for a change:)

Good one!

Well done!

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

Half a dozen options after the first line, and I chose the right one for a change:)

Good one!

Well done!

Luck. :) But you knew that.

First time I haven’t found any letters in the top two lines.

Good thing I remembered that Junkie is spelled with an ie at the end.
Also, another game where my first line contained no clue-letters.

AussieDJ said:

Good thing I remembered that Junkie is spelled with an ie at the end.
Also, another game where my first line contained no clue-letters.

btm said:

Interesting – the game did accept Junky.

<sigh> two possibilities again, and I picked the wrong one first … again.

btm said:

In three – good job, btm!

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

In three – good job, btm!

Thank you, but it was a fluke :)

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

In three – good job, btm!

Thank you, but it was a fluke :)

Fluke? No. More like an educated guess, I reckon.

I’m waiting for the time when either of our starting words makes the cut.

btm said:

In two!! Good one, btm!

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

In two!! Good one, btm!

Luck :)

Just to prove that yesterday’s two was a fluke :)

dv said:

Getting it in three moves – nicely done, dv!

Another game with no letters found in the first line.

Changing the look just for the heck of it.

Friday the 13th edition.

A bit late (I’ve spent the day in Melbourne and just got back), but…

btm said:

A bit late (I’ve spent the day in Melbourne and just got back), but…

You ought to go to Melbourne more often, if this is the result…… :)

Well done!

Eep

Wordle 1,732 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Total mental blank. I had to look at it before the solution leapt out.

AussieDJ said:

Total mental blank. I had to look at it before the solution leapt out.

But it was worth it. Well done on the two :)

btm said:

AussieDJ said:

Total mental blank. I had to look at it before the solution leapt out.

But it was worth it. Well done on the two :)

Thank you. It was a fluke.

Fawlty Towers, anyone?

<sigh> again…

btm said:

<sigh> again…

You could have done worse, if my effort is anything to go by.

Wordle 1,737 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

dv said:

You see Boris that’s how you do it, you work through a series of words methodically to get the answer..
You don’t show a jumble of letters down that don’t match anything and in the next line, bang, you’ve got the correct answer, that’s called cheating.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

You see Boris that’s how you do it, you work through a series of words methodically to get the answer..
You don’t show a jumble of letters down that don’t match anything and in the next line, bang, you’ve got the correct answer, that’s called cheating.

I have to be an expert in something so I chose cheating.

Bogsnorkler said:

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

You see Boris that’s how you do it, you work through a series of words methodically to get the answer..
You don’t show a jumble of letters down that don’t match anything and in the next line, bang, you’ve got the correct answer, that’s called cheating.

I have to be an expert in something so I chose cheating.

reminds us of the semantle days

Not great

btm said:

In three! Nicely done, btm.

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

In three! Nicely done, btm.

Thank you. As you know, though, it was a fluke :)

Wordle 1,745 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟨🟩⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

kii said:

Giggle.

:)

:)

(It really helps to load something before hitting Submit.)

Worst I’ve done for a while.

btm said:

Worst I’ve done for a while.

It wasn’t an easy one.

Wordle 1,747 4/6*

⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

… as a judge, m’lud.

For people of the east coast, this is yesterday’s one

Wordle 1,748 3/6*

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,749 6/6*

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

This one burnt me.

dv said:

Lol 😆

dv said:

Woops and the rest

dv said:

dv said:

Woops and the rest

Oddly, that’s identical to mine.

btm said:

dv said:

dv said:

Woops and the rest

Oddly, that’s identical to mine.

Ha

btm said:

dv said:

dv said:

Woops and the rest

Oddly, that’s identical to mine.

(Did he peek?)

btm said:

Same as mine again.

btm said:

btm said:

Same as mine again.

Sorry, I meant to quote this post:
dv said:

Welp

Wordle 1,752 4/6*

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,754 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Never heard of it!

It’s a cannon in billiards or pool.

Wordle 1,756 5/6*

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

There was abroad a moaning and a wailing and a gnashing of teeth by people on social media who hadn’t heard of a carom. Haven’t heard this much fuss since we had RUPEE.

dv said:

There was abroad a moaning and a wailing and a gnashing of teeth by people on social media who hadn’t heard of a carom. Haven’t heard this much fuss since we had RUPEE.

Bogans who haven’t heard of famous opera.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

There was abroad a moaning and a wailing and a gnashing of teeth by people on social media who hadn’t heard of a carom. Haven’t heard this much fuss since we had RUPEE.

Bogans who haven’t heard of famous opera.

That’s a bit of a stretch

dv said:

There was abroad a moaning and a wailing and a gnashing of teeth by people on social media who hadn’t heard of a carom. Haven’t heard this much fuss since we had RUPEE.

I knew what a carom was/is, but hadn’t used it in a sentence for quite a while.

btm said:

dv said:

There was abroad a moaning and a wailing and a gnashing of teeth by people on social media who hadn’t heard of a carom. Haven’t heard this much fuss since we had RUPEE.

I knew what a carom was/is, but hadn’t used it in a sentence for quite a while.

I’ll plead guilty on this occasion, as I’d never heard of it.

Wordle 1,757 3/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨
🟨⬛🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,758 5/6

🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

dv said:

That’s the proper way to do it.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

That’s the proper way to do it.

I mean I kind of messed up at #4.

But hey, no one bats 99.94.

Wordle 1,759 4/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,761 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,762 3/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟨🟩⬛🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,763 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,764 4/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,765 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

kii said:

Wordle 1,765 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Why does your Wordle answer always come as a bunch of coloured squares without letters?

Michael V said:

kii said:

Wordle 1,765 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Why does your Wordle answer always come as a bunch of coloured squares without letters?

I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t log into the NYT? I just use the share option to copy my results.

kii said:

Michael V said:

kii said:

Wordle 1,765 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Why does your Wordle answer always come as a bunch of coloured squares without letters?

I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t log into the NYT? I just use the share option to copy my results.

Where do you play it then?

kii said:

Michael V said:

kii said:

Wordle 1,765 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Why does your Wordle answer always come as a bunch of coloured squares without letters?

I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t log into the NYT? I just use the share option to copy my results.

Oh.

I wonder what the others do?

Michael V said:

kii said:

Michael V said:

Why does your Wordle answer always come as a bunch of coloured squares without letters?

I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t log into the NYT? I just use the share option to copy my results.

Oh.

I wonder what the others do?

CTL + print screen
Open up in Paint
Crop and edit
Save as a file
Upload to forum

This is why I don’t do it often.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

kii said:

I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t log into the NYT? I just use the share option to copy my results.

Oh.

I wonder what the others do?

CTL + print screen
Open up in Paint
Crop and edit
Save as a file
Upload to forum

This is why I don’t do it often.

I just use the ‘camera” function and save then post here.

I used to post my results in my own fancy “TV” templates, for a while.

Bogsnorkler said:

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

Oh.

I wonder what the others do?

CTL + print screen
Open up in Paint
Crop and edit
Save as a file
Upload to forum

This is why I don’t do it often.

I just use the ‘camera” function and save then post here.

I laptop here. I don’t post from my phone. The writing is too small for me to read without zooming in, and then needing to scroll to read it. Laptop with large 17 inch screen is much more comfortable, still need my reading glasses.

party_pants said:

Michael V said:

kii said:

I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t log into the NYT? I just use the share option to copy my results.

Oh.

I wonder what the others do?

CTL + print screen
Open up in Paint
Crop and edit
Save as a file
Upload to forum

This is why I don’t do it often.

Win-shift-s is much easier.

party_pants said:

Bogsnorkler said:

party_pants said:

CTL + print screen
Open up in Paint
Crop and edit
Save as a file
Upload to forum

This is why I don’t do it often.

I just use the ‘camera” function and save then post here.

I laptop here. I don’t post from my phone. The writing is too small for me to read without zooming in, and then needing to scroll to read it. Laptop with large 17 inch screen is much more comfortable, still need my reading glasses.

I don’t use my phone either. Monitor.

Bubblecar said:

I used to post my results in my own fancy “TV” templates, for a while.

Quordle too.

dv said:

kii said:

Michael V said:

Why does your Wordle answer always come as a bunch of coloured squares without letters?

I don’t know. Maybe because I don’t log into the NYT? I just use the share option to copy my results.

Where do you play it then?

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

I use the tablet/s. Never used my laptop or phone.

(It helps to load the image before hitting submit!)

Wordle 1,766 5/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,767 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩
⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Just got there!

btm said:

Good effort, btm.

AussieDJ said:

btm said:

Good effort, btm.

Thank you :) Yours was pretty good, too; you just needed the second letter.

Wordle 1,768 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟨🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,769 4/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,770 3/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

yep, that’s me on a Thursday night

Wordle 1,771 5/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,772 5/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,773 3/6

⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛
🟨🟩⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,774 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Ahh. The Country Hour.
Mainstay of every ABC regional station’s lunchtime programming.

Wordle 1,775 4/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟨🟩⬛🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,776 6/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,777 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨
⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,778 4/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,779 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟨⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,780 5/6

⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟩🟨
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,781 X/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

Bastards!!

kii said:

Wordle 1,781 X/6

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🟨🟨🟨⬛⬛
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩

Bastards!!

Eep

AussieDJ said:

Good one

Wordle 1,782 4/6

⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,783 4/6

⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨
⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩
🟨🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,784 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

kii said:

Wordle 1,784 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Well done on the three :)

kii said:

Wordle 1,784 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Good job, tough one to get in 3

btm said:

kii said:

Wordle 1,784 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Well done on the three :)

Thanks…sometimes I really don’t know how I manage to do this so late at night when I’m half asleep.

dv said:

kii said:

Wordle 1,784 3/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Good job, tough one to get in 3

I used my cryptaesthesia skills to send me a message, plus I took the clue for a consonant from the NYT. Unfortunately they had consonant and vowel mixed up in their clues. I got the ‘m’ from that.

Wordle 1,785 3/6

🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,786 4/6

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,787 4/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Bogsnorkler said:

Bullshit.

Peak Warming Man said:

Bogsnorkler said:

Bullshit.

I’m the original artist.

Wordle 1,788 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟨🟩⬛⬛
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,789 4/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,790 4/6

🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It was that or erred, and I picked the right one for once!

Wordle 1,791 4/6

⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩
⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wordle 1,792 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

btm said:

They’re bloody repeating words again. Wasn’t there some discussion previously about by-law needing a hyphen?

Witty Rejoinder said:

btm said:

They’re bloody repeating words again. Wasn’t there some discussion previously about by-law needing a hyphen?

They announced about six weeks ago that they’d be repeating words, so this one doesn’t surprise me. I suppose it’s their game, so they can make the by-laws :)