tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post8117154342951396982..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: MISSING LINKSBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-6452280384406460372007-04-11T23:54:00.000+01:002007-04-11T23:54:00.000+01:00QENNY - you're pretty good at these... :-)Although...QENNY - you're pretty good at these... :-)<BR/><BR/>Although I'm afraid Lewis Carroll just has the edge on you!<BR/><BR/>FOUR to FIVE: you did it with 7 links; Carroll with 5, as follows:<BR/><BR/>FOUR<BR/>Tour <BR/>Torr<BR/>Tore<BR/>Tire<BR/>Fire<BR/>FIVE<BR/><BR/>TEARS to SMILE (your CLEAN version!) took 6 links; Caroll's solution again used only 5, the same words as you used but minus SEATS which you really didn't need since you could have gone from SEARS to STARS in one move...<BR/><BR/>ONE to TWO: well done, this was hard and in your solution you made the switch with 11 links; however, Carroll did it in six (but it is tricksy):<BR/><BR/>ONE<BR/>Ope<BR/>Opt<BR/>Out<BR/>Tut<BR/>Tot<BR/>Too<BR/>TWO<BR/><BR/>And, finally, BLACK to WHITE: both of your solutions - two first-rate attempts, by the way - use 10 links, but unfortunately Mr Carroll managed it with only 6:<BR/><BR/>BLACK<BR/>Blank<BR/>Blink<BR/>Clink<BR/>Chink<BR/>Chine<BR/>Whine<BR/>WHITEBrian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-29707481607456142362007-04-11T17:40:00.000+01:002007-04-11T17:40:00.000+01:00And while I'm at it, let me double my number of po...And while I'm at it, let me double my number of posts:<BR/><BR/>ONE<BR/> ORE<BR/> ARE<BR/> ART<BR/> ARM<BR/> AIM<BR/> RIM<BR/> RAM<BR/> RAG<BR/> TAG<BR/> TOG<BR/> TOO<BR/>TWO<BR/><BR/>And for monochromatic perfection:<BR/><BR/>BLACK<BR/> SLACK<BR/> SLICK<BR/> SLICE<BR/> SLIDE<BR/> SLADE<BR/> SHADE<BR/> SHARE<BR/> SHIRE<BR/> SHINE<BR/> WHINE<BR/>WHITE<BR/><BR/>I feel like I'm cheating a bit with SLADE, but it is a valid word, meaning either:<BR/><BR/>A little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.<BR/><BR/>or<BR/><BR/>The sole of a plow.<BR/><BR/>Let me try again, but without what looks like a 70s rock band getting in the way:<BR/><BR/>BLACK<BR/> BLANK<BR/> BLINK<BR/> SLINK<BR/> STINK<BR/> STING<BR/> SWING<BR/> SWINE<BR/> TWINE<BR/> THINE<BR/> WHINE<BR/>WHITEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-65796031475072971172007-04-11T17:15:00.000+01:002007-04-11T17:15:00.000+01:00Oh, alright then. Just to show I can:TEARSSEARSSE...Oh, alright then. Just to show I can:<BR/><BR/>TEARS<BR/>SEARS<BR/>SEATS<BR/>STARS<BR/>STARE<BR/>STALE<BR/>STILE<BR/>SMILEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-73643083617141212522007-04-10T15:33:00.000+01:002007-04-10T15:33:00.000+01:00Yes, well, the latter does NOT of course conform t...Yes, well, the latter does NOT of course conform to Lewis Carroll's ruling: "It is, perhaps, needless to state that it is de rigueur that the links should be English words, such as might be used in good society." ;-)<BR/><BR/>Anyone who would care to enter CLEAN version, please feel free!!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-26136293508501248342007-04-10T15:22:00.000+01:002007-04-10T15:22:00.000+01:00I'd love to spend more time on these, but can't at...I'd love to spend more time on these, but can't at the moment. For now, I have to be content at getting FOUR to FIVE and TEARS to SMILE. Apologies that my solution for the latter included a rude word. No surprises there.<BR/><BR/>FOUR<BR/> POUR<BR/> POOR<BR/> POOL<BR/> POLL<BR/> POLE<BR/> PILE<BR/> FILE<BR/>FIVE<BR/><BR/>TEARS<BR/> SEARS<BR/> SEATS<BR/> STARS<BR/> STARE<BR/> SHARE<BR/> SHIRE<BR/> SHITE<BR/> SMITE<BR/>SMILEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com