Topic: Codenames VIII (Read 169073 times)

WestCoastDidds · « **Reply #1625 on:** October 11, 2020, 04:25:34 pm »

Good job, y’all! This is so exciting!

WestCoastDidds · « **Reply #1626 on:** October 11, 2020, 04:25:42 pm »

Halo: 2

infangthief · « **Reply #1627 on:** October 11, 2020, 05:37:06 pm »

Let's see, nothing really obvious to me... What words are left?

Palm - nope?
Cap - goes on the head, like a halo does.
Shoe - unlikely.
Atlantis - not as far as I know.
Club - there could be a Halo Club somewhere. Not sure what sort of members it would have.
Bark - surely not.
Scientist - Halle was a scientist, right? Too much of a stretch, surely. There might be a Dr Halo I haven't heard of.
Rock - Any rock groups called Halo?
Stick - I suppose in school Christmas plays the angels have to stick their halos on somehow.
Grace - Angels have halos and are gracious I suppose.

EFHW · « **Reply #1628 on:** October 11, 2020, 06:30:55 pm »

grace

EFHW · « **Reply #1629 on:** October 11, 2020, 06:31:55 pm »

What are the google rules for this group?

EFHW · « **Reply #1630 on:** October 11, 2020, 06:33:54 pm »

I actually prefer no Google. Cap seems ok. There could be a Halo science project or rock group, but I don't know about it. You made a joke with stick, but actually, I think that might be a good guess.

Eevee · « **Reply #1631 on:** October 11, 2020, 06:37:04 pm »

my understanding is we are doing no google (also my preference)

WestCoastDidds · « **Reply #1632 on:** October 11, 2020, 06:44:46 pm »

Grace is blue!

Concur on no google

infangthief · « **Reply #1633 on:** October 12, 2020, 04:54:55 am »

Quote from: EFHW on October 11, 2020, 06:33:54 pm

You made a joke with stick, but actually, I think that might be a good guess.

I don't see any realistic connection with stick. Can you sell it to me?

There's the halo you sometimes see round the moon (ice crystals I think?) >> 'scientist'.
And I can almost picture the word "Halo" in my wife's CD collection, as a group or album name or something >> 'rock'. I wonder why Galz thought their team should avoid rock? Is there a rock group called "Firewall" or something?
But mostly I think I'm happiest with 'cap'. Unless Didds is hoping we'll rule it out based on the conversation about it maybe being one of red's words for construction? Would have been helpful if Eevee and Galz could have guessed that one.

I'm assuming no googling actually means no research in general. It should be like we're actually sitting round a table playing a game. We know what we know and that's it. No getting up and looking in reference books, no phone-a-friend, no going and looking through my wife's CD collection.

EFHW · « **Reply #1634 on:** October 12, 2020, 05:34:41 am »

Because of the sticks used to hold rhem up in costumes, like you said.

infangthief · « **Reply #1635 on:** October 12, 2020, 06:27:43 am »

I like cap best.

Also, it could possibly have been the other tachometer word. Cap as in some upper limit? Or even the fuel cap or something.

EFHW · « **Reply #1636 on:** October 12, 2020, 07:53:13 am »

I think stick feels more like Didds. It is also a better guess for tachometer than cap, because the tachometer tells you when to shift in stick shift cars.

EFHW · « **Reply #1637 on:** October 12, 2020, 07:55:56 am »

It's also more satisfying because it is funny.

infangthief · « **Reply #1638 on:** October 12, 2020, 09:29:43 am »

How likely do you think Block was the third one for Tachometer? Is there a clear link there, or is it a link Didds might have overlooked?

Do people actually use sticks to hold up halos in costumes? When I mentioned it I'd only thought in terms of stick, the verb, like using glue or sticky-tape or something to hold it on. I thought super-tenuous because we had to think of stick as the verb in order to get there. And now that I'm putting some serious thought into my (limited) experience of nativity plays, I think halos are just bits of tinsel balanced upon the head. How do American halos work?

Halo = grace-cap. Nice ring to it?

Am I over-analysing?

EFHW · « **Reply #1639 on:** October 12, 2020, 04:25:54 pm »

I think block was probably from tachometer. Engine block is a thing. Here, halos are absolutely held up by sticks. Even on Xmas tree ornaments.

EFHW · « **Reply #1640 on:** October 12, 2020, 04:28:21 pm »

There's also Palm Sunday to consider. I'm not Christian, so I don't what it celebrates, though, or even when it is.

Eevee · « **Reply #1641 on:** October 13, 2020, 03:22:49 am »

Oh the suspense!

infangthief · « **Reply #1642 on:** October 13, 2020, 03:54:08 am »

Quote from: EFHW on October 12, 2020, 04:28:21 pm

There's also Palm Sunday to consider. I'm not Christian, so I don't what it celebrates, though, or even when it is.

It's the Sunday before Easter. Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey. No halos recorded. Unlikely I think.

If halos are held up by sticks over there, then maybe. I really don't like it. But you know Didds better than me, and you've been on the same wavelength this game so far, so I'm happy to go with it if it's still the one you want.

Or what do you think about passing and hoping that red's final two words are tricky also?

infangthief · « **Reply #1643 on:** October 13, 2020, 03:56:32 am »

At least we know we are at least on the same team. A town v town argument, except we're not trying to hit red here.

EFHW · « **Reply #1644 on:** October 13, 2020, 02:10:30 pm »

Let's go for it. I'll be appropriately rueful if I'm wrong, but it's too fun of an answer to let go by.

stick

Awaclus · « **Reply #1645 on:** October 13, 2020, 02:18:05 pm »

Stick is neutral.

Awaclus · « **Reply #1646 on:** October 13, 2020, 02:19:56 pm »

SCORPION	PALM	CAP	BLOCK	SHOE
FLY	ENGINE	FENCE	BRICK	ATLANTIS
CLUB	DICE	KETCHUP	FIELD	BARK
TIME	PRIVATE	SCIENTIST	ROCK	MOLE
SKYSCRAPER	STICK	NEEDLE	PIPE	GRACE

Awaclus · « **Reply #1647 on:** October 13, 2020, 02:20:28 pm »

Orthopedics: 2

Eevee · « **Reply #1648 on:** October 13, 2020, 02:24:01 pm »

Shoe and scientist?

Galzria · « **Reply #1649 on:** October 13, 2020, 02:24:46 pm »

Shoe (Also fits the Construction Clue), and Club?

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