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From:	John(HI) (cpe-66-91-35-64.hawaii.res.rr.com)
Subject:	Re: The fact is...
Date:	April 5, 2006 at 4:35 pm PST

In Reply to: The fact is, there is no such thing as a Washington Post Mensa Invitational. posted by Texas Vegan on April 5, 2006 at 10:29 am:

" I'm pretty sure colors are usually classified as adjectives."

That Texas edumacation is showing.
For example, in the case of the color blue:

# noun: blue clothing (Example: "She was wearing blue")
# noun: the color of the clear sky in the daytime (Example: "He had eyes of bright blue")
# noun: the sky as viewed during daylight (Example: "He shot an arrow into the blue")

You were clever enough to say "I'm pretty sure..." and "usually"; but the fact is that in the context of the contest you were criticizing, the word "caterpallor" was an acceptable noun entry ("The strange worm in my sandwich was a dull caterpallor."

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