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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 1:03:09 GMT
Hey, I've written detective stories. Sneakiness is our bread and butter! Yes, that is indeed the correct answer! (See, I said that it wouldn't take too long.) As for the iffiness, I quite agree, but I suppose I could be done very carefully. Maybe?
Anyone else care to have a go at it? Just to be clear here, since the correct solution has already been posted, are you inviting alternative answers, or do you want the same answer again? Alternative answers are fine, but I guess I'm asking the same thing you did on your puzzle: if anyone else wants to have a go at it (not looking at Tarathian's solution, trying to find that solution), he can. Does that make sense? So, yes, the same answer, without looking.
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Post by Pete on May 1, 2017 1:47:11 GMT
Here's one, several hundred years old by the great author Trad Anon. Easy to Google the answer, much more fun to solve it yourself.
I saw a peacock with a fiery tail I saw a comet drop down hail I saw a cloud with ivy circled round I saw a mighty oak tree creep along the ground I saw a spider swallow up a whale I saw the ocean full of ale I saw a Venice glass sixteen foot deep I saw a well full of their tears that weep I saw their eyes all in a flame of fire I saw a house as big as the Moon and higher I saw the Sun out in the midst of night I saw the man that saw this wondrous sight
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 1:48:27 GMT
What's the question ("what is I?"), or is that the point?
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Post by Pete on May 1, 2017 1:52:34 GMT
I think that understanding the question is part of the question.
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 2:01:13 GMT
Just throwing it out here to help myself think (as I did with your other puzzle, Pete ), but here goes: The first part of each sentence seems to go with the second part of the sentence that follows it. For example, "I saw a comet..." goes not with "...drop down hail" but rather with "...with a fiery tail." Nearly all of the others work except for "ocean" and "whale," and the last, both of which I am still trying to figure out.
No need to tell me if I'm right or wrong--what fun would that be?--unless I'm wildly off base. Just jotting down some thoughts. Thanks for this, too! I haven't heard this one.
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 2:19:43 GMT
I think that "who's the author?" is a good question. "Trad Anon" is not a real person, Pete --"trad" meaning traditional and "anon" meaning anonymous, used in music to refer to traditional but anonymous pieces. I think.
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 2:35:04 GMT
There's no purposeful connection to Genesis, is there? You know, "God said, Let there be light: and there was light"? That's probably clutching at straws here, but comets, clouds, oceans, etc., are making me think of it. I've found several parallels, too. Is this hot or cold, may I ask? May I ask, Pete?
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Post by Pete on May 1, 2017 3:08:46 GMT
There's no purposeful connection to Genesis, is there? You know, "God said, Let there be light: and there was light"? That's probably clutching at straws here, but comets, clouds, oceans, etc., are making me think of it. I've found several parallels, too. Is this hot or cold, may I ask? Antarctic.
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 3:09:41 GMT
Good to know, Pete. Thanks.
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Post by brimfin on May 1, 2017 13:23:59 GMT
Pete, I think I may have the answer to your fascinating poem puzzle, but I'm at work now with only mobile phone access and the explanation is complicated. I will reply in full sometime tonight.
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 13:26:25 GMT
Anyone else want to join in on Pete's riddle? I'm absolutely befuddled.
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 13:27:07 GMT
And, right after that, brimfin gets it! I'm still befuddled.
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Post by tarathian123 on May 1, 2017 13:50:31 GMT
I learned that poem in school. Had forgotten about it, but not the answer, so I'm abstaining.
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However here's one you probably know the answer to.
After numerous rounds of 'We don't even know if bin Laden is still alive', bin Laden decided to send George W. Bush a letter in his own writing to let him know that he was still in the game. Bush opened the letter and saw only a coded message: "370HSSV-0773H". He was bemused, as were all in the White House.
What is the solution?
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Post by Pete on May 1, 2017 17:47:17 GMT
I learned that poem in school. Had forgotten about it, but not the answer, so I'm abstaining. ------------ However here's one you probably know the answer to. After numerous rounds of 'We don't even know if bin Laden is still alive', bin Laden decided to send George W. Bush a letter in his own writing to let him know that he was still in the game. Bush opened the letter and saw only a coded message: "370HSSV-0773H". He was bemused, as were all in the White House. What is the solution? Bin Laden was hiding out in Western Australia
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 18:05:43 GMT
Just throwing it out here to help myself think (as I did with your other puzzle, Pete ), but here goes: The first part of each sentence seems to go with the second part of the sentence that follows it. For example, "I saw a comet..." goes not with "...drop down hail" but rather with "...with a fiery tail." Nearly all of the others work except for "ocean" and "whale," and the last, both of which I am still trying to figure out.
No need to tell me if I'm right or wrong--what fun would that be?--unless I'm wildly off base. Just jotting down some thoughts. Thanks for this, too! I haven't heard this one. The only thing I can fathom is a derivation of my solution here, so that everything drops down one line and makes it all sensible. For example, "I saw a comet with a fiery tail," etc. But where would that put the peacock and the man? Just "I saw a peacock" and... No, can't be, too simplistic. This one is really troubling me, but I would warrant that that has to have some connection to the solution. I was looking for a pattern (e.g., Genesis, as I wrote before) or some kind of wordplay (palindromes, eh? ), but I'm now thinking neither can be the case. Am I close? Like Dubya in tarathian123's riddle, I'm terribly bemused.
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 18:08:25 GMT
I learned that poem in school. Had forgotten about it, but not the answer, so I'm abstaining. ------------ However here's one you probably know the answer to. After numerous rounds of 'We don't even know if bin Laden is still alive', bin Laden decided to send George W. Bush a letter in his own writing to let him know that he was still in the game. Bush opened the letter and saw only a coded message: "370HSSV-0773H". He was bemused, as were all in the White House. What is the solution? I hadn't heard of this one, Al! I quickly worked out that the numbers were actually letters--I'd seen something similar before as a simple code--but it just occurred to me to flip the screen. More fool I, eh?
Solution: "Hello, asshole."
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Post by jervistetch on May 1, 2017 20:36:26 GMT
bin Laden's note to W: Hello Asshole I'm wrestling with the Peacock riddle. I keep finding myself saying, "I've got it! Wait. Got what?"
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 20:44:03 GMT
bin Laden's note to W: Hello Asshole I'm wrestling with the Peacock riddle. I keep finding myself saying, "I've got it! Wait. Got what?" Ditto, in both cases.
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Post by tarathian123 on May 1, 2017 20:52:27 GMT
Hello Asshole Correct
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Post by Nalkarj on May 1, 2017 20:57:30 GMT
Hello Asshole Correct I suppose Pete 's solution was just a joke, then? I read it after I figured the solution out
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