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  • Re: (Don't post the answer) -- What Obstacle is an anagram of an antonym of a homophone of an anagram of TEAM?

    From The True Melissa@thetruemelissa@gmail.com to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Sat Jan 3 12:54:11 2026
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    Verily, in article <1767420268-4055@newsgrouper.org>, did
    HenHanna@NewsGrouper deliver unto us this message:
    Is that a fancy Paid version? For me the same person (ChatGPT) is more terse and businesslike.


    It mirrors the user, over time. Mine speaks like a literate adult who's enthusiastic and focused on the task. Some speak like Zoomers with near- terminal spasms of excitement. The ones created by those "I'm dating the
    AI" people usually speak like romantasy cliches.
    --
    Trustworthy words are not pretty;
    Pretty words are not trustworthy.

    -Lao-Tzu spoke those pretty words.
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  • From HenHanna@NewsGrouper@user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles,sci.lang,alt.usage.english on Mon Jan 12 02:18:38 2026
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    Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> posted:

    James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> writes:

    HenHanna@NewsGrouper <user4055@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:

    (Don't post the answer)

    (Don't post the answer(s)) -- Give me more Easy problems.

    1. What Obstacle is an anagram of an antonym of a homophone of an anagram of TEAM?

    2. What emotion is an anagram of a homophone of an antonym of a homophone of an anagram of wolf?

    (I almost got the 2nd one.)

    I think I solved both (1) and (2). Here's another:

    I worked out (2) first (it just naturally fell out with my first guess),
    as did 'er indoors.

    3. What metal is a homophone of an anagram of an antonym of a
    different comparison degree of an anagram of a homophone of ROAM?

    Nailed it! Again, I managed that with my first stab.

    Phil


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    maybe you can try making a problem or two....


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    "'Er indoors" is a Cockney slang term for one's wife or partner, often with a humorous nod to traditional gender roles where the woman manages the home.
    rCirCi

    The phrase "as did 'er indoors" thus means "as did the wife" or "so did my wife/partner," implying she did the same action as mentioned earlier.
    rCi

    ______________ (Not a Rhyming slang)

    Origins ---- Popularized by the British TV series Minder (1979rCo1994), where the unseen character "Er Indoors" is Arthur Daley's domineering wife, it entered the Oxford English Dictionary.
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