MM Links September 2011 Week 1

[Manxiemo]

This is Manx Queenie offering you a new challenge!

As my name implies, my father’s family came from the Isle of Man and my daughter and her family currently live there, although I left some years ago. Now, in the current financial climate, I cannot afford to return there permanently, but I do love the little island with all its quaint ways.

Everyone knows about the cats with no tails that symbolise the Isle of Man, and there are still quite a few around in the island, although they are no longer bred there. The true “rumpy” has no tail at all but this is actually a deformity and in order to produce healthy specimens it is necessary to introduce long-tailed varieties at intervals which, of course, produces tails of various lengths from “normal” to “stumpy” in order to get the true rumpy. Talking of long-tails, this is the Manx name for a rat. They are a superstitious lot over there and think that by not mentioning the dreaded rodents, they will not exist. Not true, I am afraid. The Pied Piper of Hamelin could be gainfully employed on the Island..

[kawakiri]

Rat race
Tattle tail
Three peaks
Motor home

[Manxiemo]

Patchett, it's "tail", not "tale"

[BigMac]

New month, new luck? I'll try:

Black RAT
TAIL Spin
THREE Fold
MOTOR Racing

[albaqwerty]

Morning all

My attempts:-

Sewer Rat
Tail pipe
Three pronged
Motor Cade

Mr Alba hopes to post his when he returns later today.

[middlestump]

rat PACK
tailPLANE
three STOOGES
motor SYSTEM

[Dinkypuzzled]

desert RAT
TAIL feathers
THREEwheeler
MOTOR vehicle

[jobjockey]

Rat Catcher
Teddy Tail
Three Wisemen
Motor Show

[x-ray]

RAT RACE
TAIL ENDER
THREE SOME
MOTOR BIKE

[Elspeth]

Water rat
Tail gate
Three fold
Motor boat

[seekeerz]

Hail Your Maj, I'll try my luck with

Rat Pack
Cocktail
Three Some
Motor Bike

[Handbaglady]

RAT Race
TAIL Gate
THREE Legged
MOTOR Bike

[wickedtongue]

Good Morning

Desert Rat
Swallow Tail
Three Quarters
Motor Mouth

[Euphemia]

Rat CATCHER
ThreeSOME
Motor SHOW
TailBACK

[boxtops]

RAT catcher
turn TAIL
THREEsome
MOTOR home

[teacher1]

Rat trap
Tail gate
Three cheers
Motor vehicle

[Magyar]

DESERT Rat
TailLIGHT
Three PIECE
Motor RACING

[albaqwerty]

Mr Alba has returned from his fishing with one reasonale sea trout. (Yummy)

His offerings are:

Alarm Clock
Cook Book
Snow Man
Stamp Duty

[albaqwerty]

oops sorry, that was for KM (I'm excited about the fish)

Rat Race
Tail Gate
Three Cross
Motor Mouth

[joto]

Desert Rat
Tail Gate
Fiddlers Three
Motor Home

[ChrisHewat]

Good afternoon ‘Manx Queenie’ and congrats on your enthronement!! - SHAZZA is going with:

Rat RACE
SWALLOW Tail
Three LEGGED
Motor BIKE

And I’m going for:

Rat TRAP
Tail GATE
Three PIECE
ELECTRIC Motor