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243. Iudex Machina - More fair-minded theatrical intervention Duex es machina refers to adding something to a story to help the plot resolve. Usually something far-fetched... see it in RP's all the time. Perhaps Iudex means using something not so far-fetched?

284. Phleg-o-matic - Makes Larry a dull boy An 'o-matic' is usually a machine that does something. Some may say that phlegmatic people are dull... At least people tell me I'm dull and I'm phlegmatic so I extrapolate.

246. ff - F and only F It seems too obvious to be true, but if it is a match I would kick myself for not posting it sooner.

271. Drawn And - Ends in pieces With the phrase Drawn and Quartered, someone would end up in pieces.

Silly, Nikki. All you gotta do is stop showing up. Then you don't have to explain yourself when you pop in two years later to participate in a game... or something. Have fun with all that extra time.

Define 'players in the lead'. Just Triumph, right?

Would that mean negative points for blatantly blind guesses?? But those are my favorite kind of guesses.

If referencing me I doubt I will be much of a 'challenge' to stay ahead of... Triumph still has over twice as many points as me.

Quote: Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe -- the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. - Immanuel Kant When the heavens are starry Kant can see clearly for pure reason. When the heavens are cloudy than his reasons are more vague. Clouded judgment, as it were.

198. The Infinite and I - Not part of the Meldrew curse You can finish everything if you have infinity to work on it. 203. 7 words blow 3 words. - This referred to one of Alorael's PDNs, but I forget which This PDN makes no sense so it might be because the clue has been forgotten. 220. Cloudy Heavens - Presuppositions coming out the reverse, you might say assuming the heavens are cloudy? 226. Wisteria Wall-Walker - Shift made in recognition of a forum logic puzzle The shift here is actually the capital "W" to honor the logic puzzle that obviously started with that letter. >.> 229. Disambiguation Cage - Titular crossroads I would say that trying to explain all these PDN's with their crossword like clues is a cage of slarty's design. 235. Pansupicon Ply - Steinian cornucopia supply and cornucopia go together I suppose. I still don't know which stein is referenced here though. And I'm going to bed.

212. Concometant - Doom In the event of a comet, doom would accompany it.

216. Putrepope - Canine leader Putrepup is a Dragon Quest reference being a dog and the 'pope' their leader.

201. Entailitory - Critique of Vague Reason Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law. Immanuel Kant Because the laws will be totalitory and the rest of the world will inherit them. 202. AUTOEXEG.BAT - Knee-jerk Protestant boots? Automatic: Knee-jerk :: Exegesis: Protestant deciphering of texts:: bat : boots, the gothic kind

Well... the logic of trying to dig up the real reasons isn't working, so... 198. The Infinite and I - This referred to one of Alorael's PDNs, but I forget which 'Cause Alo has an infinite # of PDN's 201. Entailitory - Knee-jerk Protestant boots? This is what you get in your inheritance. A pair of boots. 202. AUTOEXEG.BAT - Presuppositions coming out the reverse, you might say presuppositions coming out the reverse would be like post-supositions, right? After I see this PDN, I assume someone doesn't know how to spell... or type. 203. 7 words blow 3 words. - Shift made in recognition of a forum logic puzzle Because there must be some form of logic behind the PDN even though I cannot decipher the puzzle. 212. Concometant - Titular crossroads To do with two titles existing at the same time? 216. Putrepope - Suffixes of death In reality, I can find no suffixes in any of these PDN's for death or words related to death but this pairing has not been guessed yet so... 219. Saropotence - Critique of Vague Reason Necropotence is a Magic: The gathering card that took away a life in exchange for an additional card. Can't find the meaning or reference of Saro, though... except that it can be something to do with an eclipse. I paired it with the critique because many people debated the usage of the first card. 225. Lists Across America!- Twiggypedia? You said she was only a guest or rather Twiggypedia is a guest on Lists Across America!? I've read up a little on Twiggy but I don't know what Lists Across America is referencing. There are a lot of *Something* Across America shows. 226. Wisteria Wall-Walker - Steinian cornucopia Wisteria can be a vine that walks up walls. I do not know which Stein this references but since wisteria is a flower and cornucopia's can have flowers in them... maybe. 229. Disambiguation Cage - Not part of the Meldrew curse Did they over explain things on "One Foot in the Grave"? 235. Pansupticon Ply - Canine leader References the Panopticon building where guards could watch the prisoners without them knowing it. Sup means less or under and ply means layer. When I think of Canine leader I think 'underdog' who has super powers and such. So the bad guys don't know that they are being observed since its just a dog. - I think I'm stretching it... many of them actually but none are really clicking.

220. Cloudy Heavens - Doom Cloudy Heavens will set a Doom timer in Final Fantasy VI.

Last desperate try for the night. 238. You mean gods - Knee-jerk Protestant boots? A good way to get an automatic Protestant boot up your rear; to tell them their God is supposed to be gods. 228. Folded - Laundry hands and businesses Laundry gets folded, hands get folded, and businesses fold too. 198. The Infinite and I - Titular crossroads When you decided to add a non-authoritative title to your PDN?

228. Folded - Shift made in recognition of a forum logic puzzle Did you give up on the puzzle and therefore 'Fold' from the game?

These are really tough Slarty... Google is not helping much either. 201. Entailitory - Taloon boon Taloon is a Dragon Quest character with the ability to protect the party's gold or inheritance.

203. 7 words blow 3 words. - Critique of Vague Reason Is this a Microsoft Word 2003 vs.2007 reference? I would say if so that this is a vague critique of it... Or perhaps it is a critique of the vague reason why 2007 .docx are unreadable by 2003 versions.

210. Guided:Voices :: Expected:Nobody - Lo-fi Python narration? Aren't all Monty Python narrations lo-fi? This is the only thing that looks like it could be a narration and it's really short. No hi-tech words at all.

Glad to make you smile Slarty. Are we allowed to google yet? I'm running low in the knowledge reserves...

226. Wisteria Wall-Walker - Titular crossroads Wisteria Lane is a street on Desperate Housewives. Many plays on words are possible here. Could be 'tit'ular with all the too skinny yet perky ladies or a figure head type of title.

229. Disambiguation Cage - Critique of Vague Reason Disambiguation is the process of making things less ambiguous or vague. Critiquing vague reason could go on forever making it seem like a cage. Quote: By Dantius: in reference to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

212. Concometant - Polyplea Poly means many, and concometant means at the same time I think.

240. Base Quylthulg - Generic mound of flesh in the pits Angband reference.