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    From gerson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 5 11:18:10 2020
    Find an odd man out, (and add to the list)

    mandate
    protest
    procure
    brigand
    reagent

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  • From Joe Masters@21:1/5 to gerson on Sun Jul 5 15:50:31 2020
    On 2020-07-05 01:18:10 +0000, gerson said:

    Find an odd man out, (and add to the list)

    mandate
    protest
    procure
    brigand
    reagent

    porcine

    --
    “To err, as they say, is human. To forgive is divine. To err by
    withholding your forgiveness until it’s too late is to become divinely
    fucked up.” ― Jonathan Tropper, The Book of Joe

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  • From James Dow Allen@21:1/5 to gerson on Sun Jul 5 22:52:51 2020
    On Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 8:18:16 AM UTC+7, gerson wrote:
    Find an odd man out, (and add to the list)

    mandate
    protest
    procure
    brigand
    reagent

    I'll guess that the last one on your list is odd man out.
    My attempts to add are
    average
    implore


    James

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  • From Phil Carmody@21:1/5 to gerson on Tue Jul 7 22:55:47 2020
    "gerson" <gerson@bigpond.net.au> writes:

    Find an odd man out, (and add to the list)

    I'm less than happy with one other on the list, but can say with almost certainty that:

    mandate
    protest
    procure
    brigand <<<-- does not belong, but cutlass does
    reagent

    Maybe the next player would like to chose which two of the following three words should be appended to the list:

    dormice
    kittens
    pigeons

    Phil
    --
    We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
    -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/

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  • From Phil Carmody@21:1/5 to James Dow Allen on Tue Jul 7 23:16:28 2020
    James Dow Allen <jdallen2000@yahoo.com> writes:
    On Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 8:18:16 AM UTC+7, gerson wrote:
    Find an odd man out, (and add to the list)

    mandate
    protest
    procure
    brigand
    reagent

    I'll guess that the last one on your list is odd man out.

    That was my iffy one, but I can argue mechanically for its correctness.

    My attempts to add are
    average
    implore

    Well, the rule that would let me begrudgingly accept reagent would let
    me accept both of those, but again, one of them only begrudgingly. It's
    not clear we're working to the same rule, we'll need a judge's decision.

    Phil
    --
    We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
    -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/

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  • From gerson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 8 12:18:53 2020
    "gerson" wrote in message news:XJSdnW7hcbfLt5zCnZ2dnUU78KfNnZ2d@giganews.com...

    Find an odd man out, (and add to the list)

    mandate
    protest
    procure
    brigand
    reagent

    so far it's correct that 'reagent' is the odd man out,
    and 'porcine' is a proper addition - of the other
    additions, they'd (all but one) be on a similar but
    different list

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  • From Mike Terry@21:1/5 to Phil Carmody on Wed Jul 8 03:17:47 2020
    On 07/07/2020 20:55, Phil Carmody wrote:
    "gerson" <gerson@bigpond.net.au> writes:

    Find an odd man out, (and add to the list)

    I'm less than happy with one other on the list, but can say with almost certainty that:

    mandate
    protest
    procure
    brigand <<<-- does not belong, but cutlass does
    reagent

    Maybe the next player would like to chose which two of the following three words should be appended to the list:

    dormice
    kittens
    pigeons

    My idea is supported by your choice of odd man out, and would mean
    "kittens" does not belong in the list. (However, "puppies" would belong...)

    I'm not really that confident this is the right answer, though, as we
    only have a sample of 5 candidates from OP.

    Mike.

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