|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
But there are three half embeded in this...uh... onnicle.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
Last edited by jenny jenny; 08/28/2010 4:01 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655 |
Nora (Jones)
Frank (take yer pick - Snotra)
Don (take yer pick - Ho')
Very clever. It took a twisted, anonymous mind to make up that onnicle.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
Wrong-o, beck-o, it takes a "twisted, anonymous mind" to finger "Nora" Jones rather than "Pat" Boone.  I tell you, Beck, you are good...too good for the likes of envious types like me and six billion other good people on this good Earth. 
Last edited by jenny jenny; 08/28/2010 8:48 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725 |
“Yessir, the South is destined to win,” Stonewall Jackson declared. However, I understand that both the North and South believed that God was on their side. What a prime example of abuse of the Scriptures! And ministers in the church – ill-mannered and uneducated, some of them – stooped to outrageous claims to justify “states’ rights”. What, I ask you, about the “rights” that ought rather to be afforded to the poor negroes?
Clue: find the person and one of his titles
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 |
...Yessir...
...to win,” Stonewall...
...the church – ill-mannered...
...who would brook no folly. Such as stories about a silly old Bear and (among other friends) a baby marsupial, for instance.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655 |
I tell you, Beck, you are good...too good for the likes of envious types like me and six billion other good people on this good Earth. Wait, I'm trying to increase the pixel size on my avatar to reflect the immense size to which my head is ballooning!!! I would prefer vicious ridicule to praise, because in the face of ridicule even my modest offerings will look good. Instead, I get this, and I'm frozen with apprehension!
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655 |
Now I've lost the darling little photo.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 724
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 724 |
I could give you a picture of mine and you won't be able to tell the difference: the same serious sullen expression and sunken cheeks.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
I could give you a picture of mine and you won't be able to tell the difference: the same serious sullen expression and sunken cheeks. Wow! Maybe Avy, you are Beck's brother! 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
...Yessir...
...to win,” Stonewall...
...the church – ill-mannered...
...who would brook no folly. Such as stories about a silly old Bear and (among other friends) a baby marsupial, for instance. Hey, Mister wofahulicodoc, you forgot "Prime Minister". And can you give us a clue to help us answer your onnicle about the "silly old Bear and baby marsupial"? 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 |
...who would brook no folly. Such as stories about a silly old Bear and (among other friends) a baby marsupial, for instance.
Hey, Mister wofahulicodoc, you forgot "Prime Minister". Yes I did, didn't I. Too much of the Purloined Letter; I didn't see it! And can you give us a clue to help us answer your onnicle about the "silly old Bear and baby marsupial"? The clue is exactly your Silly Old Bear quotation. My onnicle was probably triggered by mention of Winston Churchill. I might add that it has nothing to do with the Elephant's Child and his Great Grey-Green Greasy Limpopo. Oh, wait, that's the wrong British author, isn't it. But in any case, the question is to identify Silly Old Bear, and go from there. (Don't look too hard; It is rather minimalist...)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 |
Spoiler alert: Here's a pointer to the clue, if you want it.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655 |
I could give you a picture of mine and you won't be able to tell the difference: the same serious sullen expression and sunken cheeks. My excuse is a years-long obsession with Somali bottled water. It sinks the cheeks and makes one quite serious about things.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 724
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 724 |
[Destroying her stash of Somali bottled water]
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
Thanks, Wofahulicodoc, that was a fun read. Edward Bear (whose real name is "Sanders") is really Winnie-ther-pooh, the pooh bear who namesaked Sir Winston Churchill.
Last edited by jenny jenny; 09/01/2010 3:22 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 |
Quite so. Thanks be to Google Books, complete with the Shepard illustrations. There is some speculation that Edward Bear was A. A. Milne's mistaken assumption that the teddy bear, being named for Theodore Roosevelt [true], also could also be assigned the fanciful name Edward, like Edward/Teddy Kennedy [but that wasn't the case for TR].
So you found the Pooh onnicle? And the infant marsupial, who started this discussion? (He doesn't appear until Chapter 6.)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
No, several chapters are missing in the url version you posted including Chapter Six. Oh well...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 |
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.
A bunch of chapters are missing from the spoiler, all right, but you'll find the Table of Contents if you scroll up a few pages. That will help you identify the baby marsupial onnicle. I presume you found the Silly Old Bear onnicle, who started out by swimming in the Great Grey-Green Greasy Limpopo.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
Well no, Wofahulicodoc, I didn't solve your onnicle. But what I did was wake up thursday morning and somebody inside of me said "You know what? A "roo" might be said to be a baby marsupial. Was he right? who would brook no folly. Such as stories about a silly old Bear and (among other friends) a baby marsupial, for instance.
Last edited by jenny jenny; 09/03/2010 9:44 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 |
Here's at least a part of Chapter Six, so you can judge for yourself ! (I plead guilty to egocentricity. If I grew up reading Winnie the Pooh, mustn't everybody have?! )
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
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?
Last edited by jenny jenny; 09/04/2010 12:41 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 11,613 |
The world is most certainly better for having Dr. wofa in it!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 724
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 724 |
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.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
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.
Last edited by jenny jenny; 09/07/2010 2:31 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 |
...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.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
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.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655 |
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?
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655 |
Thank you, Anu, for my new swollen head.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 956
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 956 |
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.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
And I agree, halfhead, to abide by your conventions, but you doesn't have call them "roolz".
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 655 |
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.
Cubist it is. Thanks to a few of our posters on this and other threads, it has swollen to fit the interior of my cubist office. I was fortunate enough to think ahead (NPI) and position my mouth near one of the doors, so I'm able to take sustinence and shout obscenities.
"I don't know which is worse: ignorance or apathy. And, frankly, I don't care." - Anonymous
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
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 tell 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 ____ Siegel !
Well? Ice Ages come and go so I'll highlight above the simple answers that you fellow onnicklers found so difficult. Cheers!
Last edited by jenny jenny; 09/11/2010 2:29 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554
veteran
|
|
veteran
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,554 |
Well? I guess that you all are somehow offended by my little test. No matter...best of luck to you all in the future.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725 |
Not offended by any means, Jenny!!! Just have been super busy. I will try to submit something soon.
CB
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725 |
Conversation overheard one foggy morning in Germantown.
“Are you Maria Eberhardt-Will?”
“I am, ja! Was ist los?”
“You are hereby served with a subpoena duces tecum.”
“Sehr gut! Guten Tag!”
“Huh?”
“Maam, I said ‘very good and have a good day.’”
“Oh, I don’t understand German, only Spanish.”
“Muy bien – buenos dias, hermana!”
Onniclue: General Conversation?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,067 Likes: 2 |
Where's that "Like" button? Like the embedding. Like the onnicle. Like the clue. Like the multi-level misdirection. Like "Wiliam Tecumseh Sherman." (I'd also Like to have more time to put up the next target but alas it isn't there - someone else should take it as it's likely to be a couple of days before I can.)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 725 |
Thanks, wofa!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,706
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,706 |
I have it by george...I have been coming back to this puzzle over last few days. I got the William bit straight off but then had to look for the rest. Once I saw Sherman I was on to it. Now I understand the 'general' clue LOL. I was stuck on the 'conversation' part and was thinking William Tell.
The answer is William Tecumseh Sherman.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,706
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,706 |
But.......now I see "hidden text" its already been solved. Oh well...good practice for next round 
|
|
|
|
|
