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See, we are all the product of our past. The small boy who grew up reading "Winnie the Pooh" grew into the man who became "Wofahulicodoc the Pooh-Bah". And I think that the World is better for it, don't you? 
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The world is most certainly better for having Dr. wofa in it!
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Ah, but my onnicle was in this thread, above: ...who would brook no folly. Such as stories about a silly old Bear and (among other friends) a baby marsupial, for instance.
I don't think this is the right answer, but it could be.
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Good read, Avy. The word-hunt phrases I list below are based on information in the book NAMES by Paul Dickson. The answers preceed or are with-in the questions asked. (1) What was the name of Holly Golightly's cat in the movie and the book "Breakfast At Tiffany's? (2)In the television series "Columbo" Inspector Columbo's basset hound was wrinkled and lazy. What was the dog's name? (3)Just by looking at it most people can te ll a manifest connection between the name and the thing. The name was Llulu; what was the animal? (4)Harpo Marx had a pet sea gull. He named it after the director of "Riot In Cell Block 11" a movie about a prison revolt and the subsequent siege lockdown reluctantly ordered by the wishee-washee warden. The sea gull's name was __________ ! Have fun.
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...destroys them - and their meaning - entirely.
I do believe that, although it's never actually been spelled out, there has been an understanding/acceptance that the name is to be broken into word-length sequences of letters concealed in the body of the text. First and second names might be separated, but not individual letters or syllables. Thus "roo" is the baby marsupial, not e, e, or y, let alone o, r, and e. That would be a very gloomy friend, indeed.
Maybe we do need some steenkin' roolz after all?
I'll start the bidding on J^2's offering -
1) Didn't Holly Golightly's cat have the same name as the horse that America sang about going through the desert on?
3) With a double-l, Animal-3 has to be a llama.
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Not exactly, wofahulicodoc. The desert was run through by a horse with no name but Holly Golightly's frozen cat once had a name and that name was "Cat". But yes on (3). Llulu was most definately a llama. I'll edit and highlight those two correct answers.
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I agree with the subject as explicated by wolf. I propose that as a rule, then: No atoms - the names have to appear intact. Disguised, to be sure, but in sequence unbroken by other letters. Punctuation, spaces or capitalization may be conflated into the target word, but not other letters.
I also propose that if the target word is formed as an acronym or appears backward in the riddle, the clue should so state (however subtly.)
Any takers for these two suggestions?
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Thank you, Anu, for my new swollen head.
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Thank you, Anu, for my new swollen head.
Looks kinda cool in a cubist type of way. Like a profile and a frontal shot at the same time.
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