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Wexfordian · 22-06-2015 04:07PM

6-5 (retired hurt)....

Seriously though, as mentioned above, pretty sure 6-5 is a legitimate Real Tennis score.

garancafan · 22-06-2015 04:26PM

Pulsating Star wrote: »

Is this scoring only possible in "Real Tennis"

I see the only courts built here are either being restored or unplayable at present.

Well done - that's nailed it. The question was indeed referring to Real Tennis as opposed to the derivative Lawn tennis.

There are only two locations remaining that retain sufficient of the original structure to make restoration of a real tennis court feasible. The more viable of these (currently being used as a gallery of the Irish Museum of Modern Art) is located on Earlsfort Terrace beside the NCH. During most of the period of UCD's tenancy the building was used as the University gymnasium.

The other location is on Lambay Island!

Over to you PS.

garancafan · 22-06-2015 04:28PM

Wexfordian wrote: »

6-5 (retired hurt)....

Seriously though, as mentioned above, pretty sure 6-5 is a legitimate Real Tennis score.

Our posts crossed. Well done nevertheless.

Pulsating Star · 22-06-2015 08:06PM

Ok then, nicknames of what?

The Thin Man failed. After the Little Boy didn't ,The Fat Man took over. Then Kuska's Mother had the last word in a big way.

BrensBenz · 22-06-2015 08:12PM

Pulsating Star wrote: »

Ok then, nicknames of what?

The Thin Man failed. After the Little Boy didn't ,The Fat Man took over. Then Kuska's Mother had the last word in a big way.

First three, I think are codenames for atomic / nuclear bombs. Not familiar with Kuska's Mother though! Was it a Soviet Union bomb?

Pulsating Star · 22-06-2015 08:27PM

Well that didn't last long,
Fair Play Brens,

the Thin Man , early us effort,
the Little Boy - Hiroshima
The Fat Man - Nagasaki
Kuska's Mother - the Tzar bomb, even at only half capacity, the largest ever by some distance.

BrensBenz · 22-06-2015 08:44PM

Oh, I was only 50% confident about that answer! Caught on the hop, without a question ready!

OK, I'm not 100% sure of this and may have to retract later - if so, apologies in advance - but most animals have "opposing teeth", i.e. the top set contacts the lower set. There is an animal, with both a top and bottom set of teeth, which do not contact each other at all, or certainly not in any usual manner. Their lower set is at the front of their mouths but the upper set is way back inside their mouths. Sounds inconvenient? Maybe, but it's not a handicap or a deformity - it's evolution doing a great job. What is the animal?

garancafan · 22-06-2015 08:49PM

A hen?

looksee · 22-06-2015 09:37PM

Is it a snake, I have vague notions of some animal spearing food then working it down its gullet with the lower mandible.

BrensBenz · 22-06-2015 10:09PM

garancafan wrote: »

A hen?

looksee wrote: »

Is it a snake

No, neither, although you may both be correct - I don't know a lot about hen's teeth (do they have any?) or snake's teeth. This is a mammal and, to my eyes at least, a rather elegant and gentle animal.

BrensBenz · 23-06-2015 12:01AM

I peeked, just to make sure that the question was correct. It is, although I still can't promise that this is the only mammal with "odd" sets of teeth.

I'm off for some more poking and prodding at the hostible tomorrow. Their wi-fi is hopeless so I hope you can forgive a lack or response from me until (fingers crossed) tomorrow night?

Pulsating Star · 23-06-2015 07:45AM

I am going to have a guess with whales.
Namely those that sieve/filter the water for their food, (krill ,plankton or whatever) . I am just guessing as they don't have a need for a bite action, non Opposing teeth would make for a better sieve. Whale shark would be similar I would imagine (although a fish).
I would also put them in the elegant and gentle category.

All the best today btw.

looksee · 23-06-2015 07:57AM

Likewise, hope they don't prod too much!

I carelessly read the question and jumped to the conclusion it was the upper jaw that protruded. As teacher said ad nauseam, READ THE QUESTION! But I still don't know, I reckon PS might be on the right lines.

BrensBenz · 23-06-2015 04:42PM

Pulsating Star wrote: »

I am going to have a guess with whales

Thanks for good wishes - just changed prescription from "industrial / veterinary" to "superhero."

No, not whales. I believe that, because there are so many models of whales, they have a similarly wide range of dental arrangements, while the nine species of the animal I have in mind have no such range.

However, he may look and feel very strange doing so, but the animal can swim!

A hint? This won't help a lot: The male is called a bull, the female a cow and guess what the young are called? Yes, calves so, of course it is a herbivore.

bonzodog2 · 23-06-2015 05:05PM

Walrus ?

BrensBenz · 23-06-2015 05:10PM

No, not walrus. Not sure if a walrus would be greatly impressed with a solely vegetarian diet.

BrensBenz · 23-06-2015 05:58PM

looksee wrote: »

....jumped to the conclusion it was the upper jaw that protruded.

Looking at this animals face, I doubt if you would think that either jaw protrudes. When he opens his mouth, his lower set is very visible but his upper lip conceals the lack of teeth in the front of his upper jaw. But it is a soft, kindly sort of face.

I'm off to the midlands tomorrow, on missionary work you understand, so I will reveal all later tonight.

Samaris · 23-06-2015 06:01PM

Giraffe?

looksee · 23-06-2015 06:26PM

I was wondering about giraffe myself, but I have never seen one swim!

BrensBenz · 23-06-2015 07:49PM

Samaris wrote: »

Giraffe?

looksee wrote: »

I was wondering about giraffe myself, but I have never seen one swim!

Correct, Samaris. It is a giraffe! An extraordinary food gathering and eating machine, involving his lips, tongue and displaced sets of teeth.
This topic came up when we brought the kids to a safari park. Before going in, our kids heard other kids saying that a giraffe had stuck his head into their car and stole their ice creams. "It's OK", said the Warden. "They can't bite!" He explained about the teeth but I thought maybe it was just plamas (forget how to do fadas) to calm the kids.

garancafan · 23-06-2015 11:56PM

BrensBenz wrote: »

...a giraffe had stuck his head into their car and stole their ice creams...

An SUV presumably.

BrensBenz wrote: »

... (forget how to do fadas)...

ALT GR (just to the right of the space-bar) + vowel

Jellybaby1 · 24-06-2015 10:43AM

garancafan wrote: »

ALT GR (just to the right of the space-bar) + vowel

Wow! Thanks for that tip, never knew that one.

Samaris · 24-06-2015 12:52PM

Huh as regards the tooth structure! Giraffes are beautiful creatures though.

Hm..what are or were these things used for?
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looksee · 24-06-2015 01:02PM

Hm, I would chance woodworking mallets but the bottom one doesn't look quite right, ok, I'll throw it in as a possibility

(if they are flippin musical instruments I will be very aggravated...)

Samaris · 24-06-2015 02:48PM

They are neither maracas nor woodworking mallets, nope!

I grant the bottom one is a rather weird version of the thing though, but apparently it is a Thing.

Jellybaby1 · 24-06-2015 02:58PM

They wouldn't be for darning socks would they?

Samaris · 24-06-2015 03:14PM

Indeed they are, Jellybaby!

The bottom mushroom in particular looks a bit awkward for it all, but apparently it was one. You're up!

Jellybaby1 · 24-06-2015 03:24PM

:eek: Need time to get a question. Back asap.

Jellybaby1 · 24-06-2015 03:41PM

Ok, no peeking this time either. According to the Chinese New Year Calendar (which I found online), what year are we in now? You are allowed to argue with the answer I have if you really must, as I didn't really know it myself.

bonzodog2 · 24-06-2015 04:07PM

I think its the Year of the Dog ?

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