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Short Wave Sportfishing October 14th 07 01:47 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters
g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third
word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?

Hint: It's boating related.

[email protected] October 14th 07 02:01 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
On Oct 14, 8:47 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters
g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third
word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?

Hint: It's boating related.


took me 30 seconds, but I cheated...


Chuck Gould October 14th 07 02:07 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
On Oct 14, 5:47?am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters
g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third
word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?

Hint: It's boating related.


Take your pick:

Each of these "gry" words can be found in one or more standard
dictionaries of English piublished within the last 75 years.

affect-hungry fire-angry MacLoingry Seagry
aggry Gagry mad-angry self-angry
Agry girl-hungry mad-hungry selfe-angry
ahungry gonagry magry sensation-hungry
air-hungry gry malgry sex-angry
anhungry haegry man-hungry sex-hungry
Badagry half-angry managry Shchigry
Ballingry hangry mannagry shiggry
begry heart-angry Margry Shtchigry
bewgry heart-hungry maugry sight-hungry
boroughmongry higry pigry mawgry skugry
bowgry hogry meagry Sygry
braggry hogrymogry meat-hungry Tangry
Bugry hongry menagry Tchangry
Chockpugry hound-hungry messagry Tchigry
Cogry houngry music-hungry tear-angry
cony-gry huggrymuggry nangry th'angry
conyngry hund-hungry overangry tike-hungry
cottagry Hungry Bungry Pelegry Tingry
Croftangry hwngry Pingry toggry
diamond-hungry iggry Podagry ulgry
dog-hungry Jagry Pongry unangry
dogge-hungry job-hungry pottingry vergry
Dshagry kaingry power-hungry Vigry
Dzagry land-hungry profit-hungry vngry
eard-hungry Langry puggry war-hungry
Echanuggry leather-hungry pugry Wigry
Egry ledderhungry red-angry wind-hungry
euer-angry life-hungry rungry yeard-hungry
ever-angry Lisnagry scavengry yird-hungry
fenegry losengry Schtschigry Ymagry


Reginald P. Smithers III October 14th 07 02:50 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters
g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third
word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?

Hint: It's boating related.


Buggry? I had to use some creative spelling.


Ernest Scribbler October 14th 07 04:06 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote
It's boating related.


Money.



Short Wave Sportfishing October 14th 07 04:37 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:01:49 -0000,
wrote:

On Oct 14, 8:47 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters
g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third
word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?

Hint: It's boating related.


took me 30 seconds, but I cheated...


Wrong.

Short Wave Sportfishing October 14th 07 04:37 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:02:34 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters
g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third
word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?

Hint: It's boating related.


Gry, aggry and meagry. Now there are 5.


Wrong.

Short Wave Sportfishing October 14th 07 04:38 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:07:04 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

On Oct 14, 5:47?am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters
g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third
word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?

Hint: It's boating related.


Take your pick:

Each of these "gry" words can be found in one or more standard
dictionaries of English piublished within the last 75 years.

affect-hungry fire-angry MacLoingry Seagry
aggry Gagry mad-angry self-angry
Agry girl-hungry mad-hungry selfe-angry
ahungry gonagry magry sensation-hungry
air-hungry gry malgry sex-angry
anhungry haegry man-hungry sex-hungry
Badagry half-angry managry Shchigry
Ballingry hangry mannagry shiggry
begry heart-angry Margry Shtchigry
bewgry heart-hungry maugry sight-hungry
boroughmongry higry pigry mawgry skugry
bowgry hogry meagry Sygry
braggry hogrymogry meat-hungry Tangry
Bugry hongry menagry Tchangry
Chockpugry hound-hungry messagry Tchigry
Cogry houngry music-hungry tear-angry
cony-gry huggrymuggry nangry th'angry
conyngry hund-hungry overangry tike-hungry
cottagry Hungry Bungry Pelegry Tingry
Croftangry hwngry Pingry toggry
diamond-hungry iggry Podagry ulgry
dog-hungry Jagry Pongry unangry
dogge-hungry job-hungry pottingry vergry
Dshagry kaingry power-hungry Vigry
Dzagry land-hungry profit-hungry vngry
eard-hungry Langry puggry war-hungry
Echanuggry leather-hungry pugry Wigry
Egry ledderhungry red-angry wind-hungry
euer-angry life-hungry rungry yeard-hungry
ever-angry Lisnagry scavengry yird-hungry
fenegry losengry Schtschigry Ymagry


Wrong.

Short Wave Sportfishing October 14th 07 04:38 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:50:05 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
There are three words in the English language that end in the letters
g-r-y. Two are "hungry" and "angry." Everyone knows what the third
word means, and everyone uses it every day. What is the third word?

Hint: It's boating related.


Buggry? I had to use some creative spelling.


Wrong.

Short Wave Sportfishing October 14th 07 04:38 PM

Puzzle for today.
 
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:06:43 -0400, "Ernest Scribbler"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote
It's boating related.


Money.


Right as to intent.

Wrong as to content. :)


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