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Well, if you/I/we must confess, Mister Beck; every time I lie I whistle. (see my last post) smile

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Amazing. Every time I sit, I hum.


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Somebody owes us an onnicle.


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Originally Posted By: beck123
Somebody owes us an onnicle.

Ok Beck. Let me go open another box of cheap wine and you'll have your onnicle...tonight.

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Onnicle: Who shot Bill? *

Buffalo Bill's
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and shoot onetwothreefourfivesixseven pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus

he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death

* Moved a word to make answer easier. Maybe ck the trans tx too.

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"ck the trans tx?" WTF,O?


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What are we looking for in this? The poem itself is too famous (well, in it's original form) for it to be the author. So...?


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Originally Posted By: beck123
What are we looking for in this? The poem itself is too famous (well, in it's original form) for it to be the author. So...?


Yes, for me that was the challange and the fun; hiding a familiar name in a structured poem. First I hid the name between the poem's run-on numbers (I added a sixandseven to make it more complex.) My gamble worked. Twelve hours passed and no one saw the familiar name nestled between the six and seven. What good luck! So I moved it.

My asterisk addition was to be a hint given in text (tx) messaging form. Give up? cool

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Give up? Give up???? Well, not yet, but maybe soon.


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Did you replace "break" with "shoot" intentionally, too? Or does it just sound better? smile


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I see "Tori Ives" in there, but don't think the publicist for the Crescenta Valley High School Symphony Orchestra (La Crescenta, CA) is famous enough to deserve an onnicle.

Also, could we please agree upon a less silly name for these puzzles?


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No, Mister Beck, I just disremembered "break
as "shoot".

Originally Posted By: jenny jenny
Onnicle: Who shot Bill? *[see trans text below]
Buffalo Bill's
defunct
who used to
ride a watersmooth-silver
stallion
and shoot onetwothreefourfivesixbeckseven pigeonsjustlikethat
Jesus
he was a handsome man
and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death
* Moved a word to make answer easier. May;be ck the trans tx too.
smile

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Jenny! That was absolutely brilliant!

I found "EE" in blueeyed boy, but that was the only reference to the author I could find.

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Aw shucks, Coffee, 'tweren't nothin'.
But it sure was fun to trump Beck for the first time. laugh

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I got my own onnicle!!! HOLY S***!!! Where can I possibly go from here?

Very clever, JJs, very clever.

What means, "Who shot Bill?" I don't get that part.


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Humor: Who shot Bill? Beck shot Bill! smile

I couldn't very well say, "Find a famous onnicler in this poem", could I?

After all, there are only onetwothreefourfivesixbeckseven, or so, of us. smile

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Consider this poor fellow. His entire country’s in bad shape ever since those darned Mamluks took over. Nonetheless, he continues to sail (or sometimes magically travel) the pathways of classic fictional heroes to this day.


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SINBAD THE SAILOR: MAGICICAL TRAVELS?

Artfully presented, I might add.

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I didn't get here in time to solve it. Great job, Beck!

I have a new puzzicle - may I post it???

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Ask JJ; it's ok by me.


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From the dawn of time to the present day, from Afghanistan’s mountains to shores of Normandy, this world has seen her fair share of conflict. You may ask: “What is war?” Holocaust survivors can answer: “Men possessed by Evil!”

Late Lennon’s soulful song overpraising Utopian paradise: IMAGINE, even that masterpiece couldn’t stop operatives from carrying on their martial agendas. How ironic that the life of a pacifist should have been taken violently! What will it take to bring peace to our world?



Clue: Find the artist, his genre, and one of his works herein.

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I am seriously cross-threading, but Beck was the first to do this. Beck: this one's for you. smile

Out in remote Victorville
A young pilot was testing his skill.
In his glider he flew
Right up into the blue
And discovered a new kind of thrill.

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Oh what the heck, I must go home and my computer at home refuses to online, and so Mister Coffee, I must hurry my answer...

ANDY WARHOL POP ART and KEN (of Ken and Barbie)

I really don't think Ken's screen print was that popular but what the heck - time's awasting. frown

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You got two out of three, Jenny.

From the dawn of time to the present day, from Afghanistan’s mountains to shores of Normandy, this world has seen her fair share of conflict. You may ask: “What is war?” Holocaust survivors can answer: “Men possessed by Evil!”

Late Lennon’s soulful song overpraising Utopian paradise: IMAGINE, even that masterpiece couldn’t sto p op eratives from carrying on their m art ial agendas. How ironic that the life of a pacifist should have been taken violently! What will it take to bring peace to our world?

But "Ken" is not the right answer. Keep looking.

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I thought perhaps "Pumping Iron." "Iron" is in there, but I don't see the "pumping." (I'm not familiar with any but his most famous works - where's Jackie on this thread?)


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Ok, Mz Bean, I got it! smile

"FIST" ( a Cassius Clay print)

Now, do I get a "way to go"?

Now can I go home and fix my computer? smile

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Oops, I forgot: Way to go.


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Sorry - still no one has seen it.

Here's your clue: Mmmm, mmmm, good!

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Can answer: “Men possessed by Evil!” Late Lennon’s soulful
song overpraising Utopian paradise

+ the word "can" later in the text!

Yippee!!!!


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I be darned if I can find "soup" Coffebean, but I can find the "can". Is zat it? crazy

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Grr....life ain't fair. cry

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Oh, it's fair to middlin'


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Way to go, you guys!

Now, whose turn is it to create a new puzzle?

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I think mine, but I don't know. I only found half the puzzle. (Which was a great one. I feel like a dope for saying I only know his most popular works. Duh.)


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Originally Posted By: Coffeebean
I am seriously cross-threading, but Beck was the first to do this. Beck: this one's for you. smile

Out in remote Victorville
A young pilot was testing his skill.
In his glider he flew
Right up into the blue
And discovered a new kind of thrill.



No one posted a solution to my onni-limerick...

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We were distracted. Is there a clue of some sort that goes with this???


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The clue is in the onnicle itself.

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Orville Wright!

Ma and Pa Kettle could not decide where to go on their vacation. They argued back and forth, especially Ma, she being bellicose at the best of times. Pa ultimately put his foot down and, pointing to the map, announced, "Woman, we're going to that thar town with that big bakery: the one with that giant statue of a bun: y'an." Ma said, "Fine, but I better not catch you lookin' at all them babes. You know, the ones in the skimpy little blue aprons with the frills. If'n you do, I'm liable to bring you home in a pine box!"

See y'all in a week: I'm off to Minnesota! (This has a two-part answer.)

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PAUL BUNYAN and BABE THE BLUE OX!


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