Australia is known for its barbies (what we call barbecues) thanks to that Paul Hogan tourism ad with the famous line, "I'll slip another shrimp on the barbie for you!" What might be less well known is our Swap 'n' Go gas bottles. However, I don't think that will matter in this meta, the answer to which is a seven-letter word. Answer and explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=111062#p111062
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A little get up and go got me across -- Thanks for the neat puzzle, Ben -- and for not making me look up atomic weights because I would have had a very hard time calculating PbH41!
rjy 2s · 2022-11-02T14:09:56.038Z
Wow Ben - I looked up a list of gases to provide a response here in the mechanic of your themers and nothing popped out. Shows that it's one thing to have a clever idea for a metanism, but it's another task altogether to execute it. Well done!
After further thought, I recently met GENERAL FOXY of the Seth ROGEN UNIT at a bar and discovered we were both drinking THANERGY PERFUME cocktails.
Carolyn 3s · 2022-11-03T22:48:24.058Z
Needed the clues, but quick after that! Thanks
Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-11-03T23:15:45.653Z
Needed the nudges, but finally solved. Thanks, Ben.
ChrisCross 🤓16:56 · 2022-11-04T00:59:12.552Z
This was fun. I love the MOAT metanisms because there is just the right amount of cluing. I don't get stuck for days with only rabbit holes to show for it, but it's still very rewarding when I finally get the solution.