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Apterous is down again, so how about something (slightly) different.
Proper noun conundrum game.

I'll start with one, and the first person to get it gives a new one, and so on. Any Length and with spaces if you want.

ITAKESBUNZ
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Uzbekistan

GLOWLEPEASY
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GLOWLEPEASY ===> YELLOW PAGES

How about LAYCARPETSCAL? Hint: two words.
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CRYSTAL PALACE

Mine: ABLUTIONS
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I don't know the answer, but in the spirit of Touchdown, it's one letter away from either Toni Basil or Lisa Bonet.
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Usain Bolt (this was posted already wasn't it?)

DOH, AUTO-SKAT.
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DOH, AUTO-SKAT ===> SOUTH DAKOTA

Next: BLOWMYCOP
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Matt Bayfield wrote:DOH, AUTO-SKAT ===> SOUTH DAKOTA

Next: BLOWMYCOP
POBOL Y CWM ?

(what is that?)
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I think that's a show on welsh tv. It's something to do with Wales.
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Yup. This is Pobol y Cwm. I'm not a regular viewer, but I used to know someone who was in the cast.
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PETER TROTTER JEANS

oops.
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JANET STREET PORTER'S?

We sinful
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Jon Corby wrote:ABLUTIONS
ISTANBUL + O
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WE SINFUL ===> SWINE FLU

Try TTOSSERGBUSH...
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GHOSTBUSTERS!

MYSKISLEEEAN
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Kai Laddiman wrote:MYSKISLEEEAN
I was going to say MYLEENE KLASS but there's an I and only one L, hmm.
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Kai Laddiman wrote:MYSKISLEEEAN
MELANIE SYKES

Mine:
MERCEDES BUGGY CAR
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Jon Corby wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:MYSKISLEEEAN
MELANIE SYKES

Mine:
MERCEDES BUGGY CAR
'Crude gems by grace?
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Marc Meakin wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:
Kai Laddiman wrote:MYSKISLEEEAN
MELANIE SYKES

Mine:
MERCEDES BUGGY CAR
'Crude gems by grace?
Yes!




Wait, no.
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my sparce debugger? :?
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Have the rules changed now from
Shaun Hegarty wrote:Proper noun conundrum game.
then?
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Derek Hazell wrote:Have the rules changed now from
Shaun Hegarty wrote:Proper noun conundrum game.
then?
No.
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Jon Corby wrote:Mine:
MERCEDES BUGGY CAR
C.C BUGGERED MY ARSE?
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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:Mine:
MERCEDES BUGGY CAR
C.C BUGGERED MY ARSE?
No!
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Jon Corby wrote:Mine:
MERCEDES BUGGY CAR
You losers still haven't got this yet. Not so quick when you can't just plug anagrams into a solver are ya, eh? EH?
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Shouldn't the time have run out by now and someone in the audience have solved it for us?
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Jon Corby wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:Mine:
MERCEDES BUGGY CAR
You losers still haven't got this yet. Not so quick when you can't just plug anagrams into a solver are ya, eh? EH?
Can we have a clue, please?
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Sue Sanders wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:Mine:
MERCEDES BUGGY CAR
You losers still haven't got this yet. Not so quick when you can't just plug anagrams into a solver are ya, eh? EH?
Can we have a clue, please?
SEASONAL.
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Jon Corby wrote: MERCEDES BUGGY CAR

SEASONAL.
Hmm. Finding it very difficult to get past 'buggery' and I don't see buggery as being a seasonal thing.
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^ Try buggery in the winter and you'll soon realise that it is a seasonal thing.
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Kieran Child wrote:^ Try buggery in the winter and you'll soon realise that it is a seasonal thing.

Well, that's my afternoon project decided then, using 'Autumn' as the control - thanks for the idea, Kieran
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Sue Sanders wrote:I don't see buggery as being a seasonal thing.
When it's freezing cold and wet in the middle of winter have you never said, "I'm buggered if I'm going out there in this weather"?
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Phil Reynolds wrote:
Sue Sanders wrote:I don't see buggery as being a seasonal thing.
When it's freezing cold and wet in the middle of winter have you never said, "I'm buggered if I'm going out there in this weather"?
In my limited experience it would be 'I'm going to get buggered unless I go out there in this weather'.
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FFS. It's got nothing to do with buggery.

The manufacturers of this product regularly challenge the public over how they utilise this particular item. I'm unsure if they have done any thorough statistical analysis though.

There, that should make it really easy now.
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I'd say Cadbury's Creme Egg has everything to do with buggery.
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I got it from that last clue, but have to admit I never would have got it from the anagram.
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Charlie Reams wrote:I'd say Cadbury's Creme Egg has everything to do with buggery.
Congratulations!

It's your turn now.
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GELDS ROMANTIC CRUSH.

Clue: Person.
Hmm, this could definitely be used in a cryptic crossword.
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Charlie Reams wrote:GELDS ROMANTIC CRUSH.
Chris Scrotumdangle
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Jon Corby wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:GELDS ROMANTIC CRUSH.
Chris Scrotumdangle
Close. He's a political figure.
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Charlie Reams wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:GELDS ROMANTIC CRUSH.
Chris Scrotumdangle
Close. He's a political figure.
No he isn't, I just made him up.
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The towering political presence of Screaming Lord Sutch.

Here's one:

I don't kiss ass / crud canal
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Is it the famous KRASS DINOS CUNT SCANDAL?
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Sadly not Dinos! As a clue, it has a population of around 20,000
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Bob De Caux wrote:Sadly not Dinos! As a clue, it has a population of around 20,000
That doesn't actually differentiate it from the KRASS DINOS CUNT SCANDAL though, which I think claimed 20,380 victims in total.
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That was only the official total - the actual number of victims was much higher
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Bob De Caux wrote:Here's one:

I don't kiss ass / crud canal
It's a tough one, I'll give you that. I thought it was Santa Cristina de Caldesinos for a minute, but not quite. :cry:


It has some great anagrams, though:

classics did stun anorak
slick cats and dinosaurs
and discussions lack art
sick unsocial standards
sadist cocks and urinals
etc.
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Bob De Caux wrote:The towering political presence of Screaming Lord Sutch.

Here's one:

I don't kiss ass / crud canal
Took me a long time but it is Turks and Caicos Islands
Once I worked out the Islands bit it was a case of going through an Atlas
How about this one : 'Bulimiac of concocted groper
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Marc Meakin wrote:How about this one : 'Bulimiac of concocted groper
I believe that's the Democratic Republic of Congo, although strictly speaking it's the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but there you go.

Here's an interesting one:

PURE CROCHET (not a hard one I must admit!)
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Peter Crouch.

Mine:

RUDE HYENA BURP
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James Robinson wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:How about this one : 'Bulimiac of concocted groper
I believe that's the Democratic Republic of Congo, although strictly speaking it's the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but there you go.
I don't believe it! I was just posting that, too! Well done James.
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Jon Corby wrote:Peter Crouch.

Mine:

RUDE HYENA BURP
Audrey Hepburn
try this: Mr. Mojo risin'
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Marc Meakin wrote:try this: Mr. Mojo risin'
Jim Morrison
Next one:

HERE IS PAEDO
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Jon Corby wrote:
Marc Meakin wrote:try this: Mr. Mojo risin'
Jim Morrison
Next one:

HERE IS PAEDO

Gary Glitter?

:lol:
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Jon Corby wrote:HERE IS PAEDO
Do we get a clue for this one?
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Jon Corby's got one stashed in his charger

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James Robinson wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:HERE IS PAEDO
Do we get a clue for this one?
2 B's and 2 G's.
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Jon Corby wrote:2 B's and 2 G's.
Well, I'll be buggered.
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Jon Corby wrote:
James Robinson wrote:
Jon Corby wrote:HERE IS PAEDO
Do we get a clue for this one?
2 B's and 2 G's.
Further anagrammed clue since you're all clearly still wrestling with this:

FAG CODE.
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It is Sophie Reade


MAD NABWAS
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