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To: bentfeather


I'll see if I can find the article then.

By the way, 'IF' any of you can solve the riddle below, you win a a hand crafted Quill Pen (Made by this mad little pen maker)with which to scribe your immortal prose like the giants of literature did!


Fun for you word smiths!
There is a common english word (9 letters long), each time you remove a letter from it, its still an english word. (from 9 letters to ONE letter)

What is the original word, and what are the the words that it becomes after the removal of each letter?

give you a clue, the word is a name not human.


1,010 posted on 03/07/2006 12:30:15 PM PST by WayzataJOHNN ( Poetry is the jazz of words, laid down by a feeling soul.)
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To: WayzataJOHNN

Can I cheat?? I wanna a giant pen. The only way I am gonna get one is to cheat. LOL


1,011 posted on 03/07/2006 12:33:48 PM PST by Soaring Feather
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To: WayzataJOHNN

Here's my answer!

startling starting staring string sting sing sin in I

Btw, thanks for the fish. The sauce is appreciated but not needed.

Sorry to hit and run but I have stuff to do.


1,014 posted on 03/07/2006 1:00:14 PM PST by pelikan
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