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Thought I would see how easy (or not) it is to create one of these things... feedback welcome.
Clear dad ends high-speed vehicles without me (11)
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It works - though I'd doubt the description of "trains" as "High-speed vehicles"! 
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Haha, yeah I did hesitate on that bit but the other options didn't sound right
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Believe it or not, trains are really fast - dangerously so. That's why we have a 20mph speed limit for them in the UK.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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There's many a true word spoken in jest!
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Clear - Transparent
Dad - parent
high speed vehicles - trains
me - I
without I - trans
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Transparent-ly it was too easy... 
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Not really - I solved Griffs in 5 mins today. They do generally get solved within ten.
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Withstood being worn away (9)
And if it's not solved today, pkfox gets to do it tomorrow, since he set last Fridays and it'll be my third win in a row...
@petepjksolutionscom
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Weathered
Withstood - weathered
worn away - weathered
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And you are up tomorrow!
I liked that one!
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Yeah it basically means polar opposites - I hadn't noticed that before.
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It's an auto-antonym or contranym - I just like the whole idea of a word that also means its own opposite!
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Sometimes they're also known as Janus words or, if you want to be really obscure, enantionyms.
It's amazing how many examples there are in English - how did we ever manage to learn this language?
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Quote: English - how did we ever manage to learn this language?
I don't think we every stop, it changes so often and the abuse it gets put through, spelling is a challange...
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IMPOSSIBLE REMIX - Super Mario Bros. Medley - YouTube[^]
EDIT: As it appears that RVOTD is not well liked, I am going to cease posting it permanently.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
modified 28-Feb-18 18:03pm.
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RVOTD Retro Video Of The Day?
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glennPattonWork wrote: RVOTD Retro Video Of The Day?
Repeat: same sh*t, different day.
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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To quote a song 'Nothin' really changes, but the date!'
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A private lunar landing... We have to tell Dalek Dave!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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From the article "The network will enable Audi lunar exploration vehicles to communicate with each other and with a base station."
No change there then, Audi drivers will be using their mobile phones while driving on the moon too...
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Outstanding question: Will BMW indicators work on the moon?
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Just like Earth: no one will ever know.
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