Le Phoenix - where you can SCORE points off each other...

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:16 am

You're getting close (at least with the first few letters) with Cardiff... but it's only got a population of about 20000.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:21 am

Carnarvon?

(In the Sun's gay holiday destinations, did they include Blackpoof?)

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:24 am

OOOooohhh... so close.

(Presumably they didn't include scunthorpe?)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:26 am

carmaerthen?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:29 am

Different spelling, but UP has it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmarthen

The name became Carmarthen (Caer Fyrddin) in Welsh. Someone may have treated the name as meaning "Royal residence of a man called Myrddin".

Myrddin was latinised by Geoffrey of Monmouth to Merlinus, which was then shortened.

Over to you (P)...

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:34 am

apologies for my spelling and inability to remember any other gay holiday destinations. anyway number next:

the word cob can refer to three different species of animal; which?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:39 am

I seem to remember one being a type of pony...? And I think another's a kind of seabird.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:43 am

pony (or any small equine animal) is right
one is a bird but not a seabird
the other is a bit more tricky

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:46 am

I'm still fuming. I actually meant the other one, but got confused when it came to typing it out.

Anyway, I'm not one to hold a grudge.

A male swan is definitely a cob, isn't it?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:57 am

that's two down one to go, lateral thinking will help

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:01 pm

Snakes (cob-ra?)

er...

The Sweetcorn Monster

...

um...

complete guess, but rodents.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:03 pm

On the grounds that some of them look like corn-on-the-cob, sea cucumbers.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:04 pm

not rodents nor sea cucumbers but you are on the right lines with the other speculations.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:04 pm

Coral?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:07 pm

Dinosaurs?