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Morning all

For those of you not familiar with Dingbats (not the MS Word type!!) they are popular words or sayings depicted in picture or word form for example
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and the answer to this one would be 'Paradise Lost' (Because Hell won 2-1)

The following set are all based on Movies and an easy one to start
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Spoiler
High Noon
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Leif wrote:
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High Noon
Correct young Mole :wine:

and for those that maybe don't understand how the answer was arrived at
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and the next one
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Well, if no-one else is going to join in...
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Once Upon A Time In America
(Don't worry about individual glasses, I'll wait until I've earned a full bottle thanks :grin: )

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Ones = Once
over = upon
U12.35S = a time (12:35), inside 'US' = in America
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Leif wrote:Well, if no-one else is going to join in...
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Once Upon A Time In America
(Don't worry about individual glasses, I'll wait until I've earned a full bottle thanks :grin: )

Solution:
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Ones = Once
over = upon
U12.35S = a time (12:35), inside 'US' = in America
Hi Leif

I am glad you want to wait until the end, I would not want a mole under the influence when tunnelling :grin:

Answer to number 2
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Number 3
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Sixty six and a half days? :grin:
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Leif wrote:
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Sixty six and a half days? :grin:
:rofl:
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nine and a half weeks
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NotQuite wrote:
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nine and a half weeks
:rofl: No, it can't be :evilgrin:
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:clapping: Well done all

Number 4
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Wild guess:
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First Blood
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Your Good at this, have you been pub quizzing or over reading the daily mail :-)
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steveh wrote:Your Good at this, have you been pub quizzing or over reading the daily mail :-)
Thank you :smile:

No, they are just a lot easier to see than Hans' attachments! The Daily Mail is far too left wing for me, so I'd better stop now before I put my foot in it :laugh:
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Leif wrote:...so I'd better stop now before I put my foot in it...
Which one?
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StuartR wrote: Which one?
The one with the Brown shoe on it.
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Would this one be
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My Left Foot
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Well done all :chocciebar: :wine: :chocciebar:

Lucky me off to Hong Kong for work on an emergency call until Tuesday / Wednesday next week :grin: unlucky me 'she who must be obeyed' will have me singing castrato when I tell her :sad:

I will post 3 but there will be no response until Wednesday earliest
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The first one:
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A fistful of dollars
The second one:
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Lost in translation
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Typical!

I nip out for 10 minutes and Hans muscles in :grin:

#3:
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Grosse Pointe Blank
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Well done all, spot on
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