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Dec 12, 1999 15:56:17
chris

This has nothing to do with Bs, but you guys are bright and sometimes think about other things.
There are 3 words in the English language that end in gry. Two of them are angry and hungry. What's the third?

Dec 12, 1999 17:53:57
Jeff Nelson

Don't think too hard about this one! I went to www.m-w.com (Merriam Webster Dictionary online) and did a search for *gry. It found two matches, angry and hungry.





Dec 12, 1999 18:54:44
John Bauernhuber

i think you should go read the before mentioned post again... it seems you found the two words he also mentioned ... he wanted the THIRD one that ended in ... GRY

Dec 12, 1999 18:55:44
Jeff Nelson

I'm just making the claim that there is no third word...

Dec 12, 1999 19:07:50
John Bauernhuber

ok.. mis interrepted what you wrote... sorry..

( is one of the damn things i hate about this stuff.. )


lol

Dec 12, 1999 20:06:53
chris

I didn't know you could do that kind of search!
It makes sense that there is no third, as the person who sent me this knows I would search to the ends of the earth to find it if it existed just because and go nuts looking!
Party like it's 1999!
We are entering the Roop's MG corporate raft in the Pendleton, Oregon Millenium Committee's Polar Bear Raft Race set for 12/18. Our entry is the "Millenium Fargone".
Another way to promote MGs in podunk America!
Thanks for the help!

Dec 13, 1999 05:27:21
Harlan Jillson

Hi Guys,
This puzzler has been going around for a while. The problem is in the EXACT wording of the question, which chris doesn't have ( neither do I for that matter). If I remember correctly, jeff is right, there is no third word. The wording of the puzzler leads you to believe you're looking for a third word ending in gry,
but careful reading of the sentence punctuation of the original text tells you that they're asking for the third word in the second sentence ( or something like that....).
H.

Dec 13, 1999 06:26:27
chris

Thanks, I'll go back and reread it.

Dec 13, 1999 06:33:15
Sam C

Sounds fascinating Chris. Any way you can post a pic on your website?

Dec 13, 1999 06:46:51
chris

I'll work on it. It won't have any car stuff (other than tubes) but it will be annouonced to the masses, and will appear in the paper.
By entering car shows, driving in parades, I have met a growing number of people who have closet cars. We are working on getting them out on the road.

Dec 13, 1999 09:37:13
Sam C

Why not have a couple of mgbs escorting the float for effect?

Dec 13, 1999 20:05:21
chris

It's a raft of innertubes covered with plywood. The river is normally shallow enough that a cpouple of MGBs could tow it downstream, but the rain and snowmelt have altered that. Our concern has gone from how to get over the rocks to how do we stop at the end? We are going for a grappling hook (arrrgh, buckos!).
I'll let you know how it turns out.

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