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[Pete OHanlon]

Shhh. Don't tell anyone. We really don't care otherwise.

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[A_Griffin]

Brits don't have lumberyards - we have timber yards. :mad: :)

[Pete OHanlon]

We'll let this one slide. The timberjack song wouldn't have been as funny.

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[A_Griffin]

Indeed... but that was set in Canada, if I recall...

[Mel Padden]

Actually that's a good point. I think the clue, from a linguistic standpoint, is quite misleading in retrospect, for which I apologise.

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[Pete OHanlon]

So are you going to post the answer?

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[A_Griffin]

I agree with Pete O - time to put us out of our misery....

[Munchies_Matt]

SO WHATS THE FUCKING ANSWER! :(( :(( :(( :((

[A_Griffin]

That's 5,4 not 5.3 !!!!

[Pete OHanlon]

Could you please explain how your answer fit the question? Given the number of letters you said was in the second word, I was trying to come up with a phrase containing lot.

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[Mel Padden]

My bad, I miscounted. The "Lumber" reference was to wood-deal-type of wood. The "Much to be gotten" was obviously to the "great" bit, and i rather thought that referencing a slightly old-timey English word might hint to a slightly old-timey way of saying "a lot". Obviously, I completely buggered that one up, I was running around all day at work yesterday. Apologies.

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.