| Author | Message | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 90 Registered: 9-2010 |
When I was little, I had a scrund about a certain man. It's rather unbelievable to me now, lol. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4964 Registered: 4-2010 |
The man: HAM? (This is the LTPF - you never know.) Is he a real person? A fictional character? Was he alive in [LTPF list of centuries]? Is he a legendary figure? Is he well-known around the world? Only in certain countries? If fictional, was the work of fiction first published in [LTPF list of centuries]? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 91 Registered: 9-2010 |
The man: HAM? Yes, HAM. This time. *grins* (This is the LTPF - you never know.) I think you learned your lesson in my first puzzle. Hah! Is he a real person? He is. A fictional character? A bit of this too, as it's the name he's using that caused the scrund. Was he alive in [LTPF list of centuries]? 20th and possibly 21st...I'm not sure if he's still alive. Is he a legendary figure? Only to the local five year olds! Haha, no, probably not. Is he well-known around the world? Er, I wouldn't know. I don't think so. Only in certain countries? To avoid the LTPF list, I'll just say the relevant country is the United States, although I don't even know if he's known everywhere in the US or just here. If fictional, was the work of fiction first published in [LTPF list of centuries]? So not this. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4974 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he use a pseudonym? Is he a singer? Is he on television? A children's show? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 93 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did he use a pseudonym? he did indeed and it was the cause of the scrund Is he a singer? I do not recall him singing, his entertainment value lay in another direction Is he on television? if he is or was, I was unaware, I saw him elsewhere A children's show? I suppose you could call it a children's show for svv of "children's show"...his targeted audience was children, but not on tv AFAIK | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4976 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think his pseudonym was his real name? Did he wear a costume? Is he a comedian? Is he an actor? In films? In theater? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 94 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you think his pseudonym was his real name? Yes, that's part of it... Did he wear a costume? You might call it that, but I don't want to start an FA... Is he a comedian? He was certainly that, although that wasn't his main job description...still, this is the closest you've gotten. Is he an actor? Sort of, but not a famous one outside our local area, AFAIK. In films? No. In theater? This is closer but still OTWT. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 342 Registered: 9-2009 |
So, if he is not that famous, should we better look about the pseudonym / name part instead of trying to pin-point the guy? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 96 Registered: 9-2010 |
So, if he is not that famous, should we better look about the pseudonym / name part instead of trying to pin-point the guy? Yeah, that's a MUCH better plan, LOLOL! He is, AFAIK, only locally famous, but you can probably come up with the name anyway. The title of this puzzle is relevant. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4980 Registered: 4-2010 |
Well, I was humming the VeggieTales theme song for about fifteen minutes straight once I saw the puzzle title, so is VeggieTales relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 101 Registered: 9-2010 |
Well, I was humming the VeggieTales theme song for about fifteen minutes straight once I saw the puzzle title, so is VeggieTales relevant?No, lol. Sorry, that FA was my fault. A certain vegetable is relevant, though. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4985 Registered: 4-2010 |
Carrot Top? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 102 Registered: 9-2010 |
Carrot Top? No carrots, lol. Sorry! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4989 Registered: 4-2010 |
Vegetable: Pumpkin? Tomato? Broccoli? Squash? Celery? Cauliflower? Beans? Peas? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 104 Registered: 9-2010 |
Vegetable: A partial LTPF list of veggies here I see, though not complete. Pumpkin? No. Tomato? Fruit. Broccoli? Right color, but no. Squash? No. Celery? No. Cauliflower? No, lol. Beans? No Peas? Give Peas A Chance! Lol, no. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 105 Registered: 9-2010 |
Although this vegetable may be botanically a fruit too, so I'll give Tomato a pass on the LTPF list of vegetables, but tomato is still not it. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5000 Registered: 4-2010 |
I was going to make that Give Peas a Chance joke!...Great minds think alike, I guess. Potato? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 107 Registered: 9-2010 |
I was going to make that Give Peas a Chance joke!...Great minds think alike, I guess. Potato? Potatoes are green now? I suppose an unripe one...Heh. They're a bit longer and thinner than your average potato. Also, the false name was made up of three words, only one of which was the vegetable. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1996 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was he the Mirliton Man? And he was selling mirlitons, but you thought he actually resembled one? That sort of idea? Surely not Mr Bean? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5003 Registered: 4-2010 |
Wow...that's what happens when I zone out while reading the previous answers. =P Green beans? Just "beans"? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 111 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was he the Mirliton Man? And he was selling mirlitons, but you thought he actually resembled one? That sort of idea? I do not know what a Mirliton Man or a Mirliton is, so I am afraid not. However, he was not selling vegetables, if indeed a Mirliton is a vegetable. He did sell something, but that was not the point of his performance. The things he sold did relate to his performance, however. Surely not Mr Bean? Most definitely not. Wow...that's what happens when I zone out while reading the previous answers. =P Apparently... Green beans? Just "beans"? There are no beans, present, green or otherwise, in the making of this puzzle. The vegetable in question is much larger and wider than a green bean. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5008 Registered: 4-2010 |
Zucchini? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 112 Registered: 9-2010 |
Zucchini? Indeed! "Zucchini" was the relevant part of his stage name, which was *word 1* *word 2* Zucchini. What's left to find out is 1. The rest of his name 2. What my scrund about it (and therefore him) was 3. Who he was (that is, what he did for a living...even *I* don't know his real name) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5013 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was he a comedian? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 113 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was he a comedian? Yesish. He used comedy in his act, but that was not exactly what he was. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5019 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think he was a vegetarian? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 114 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you think he was a vegetarian? *giggle* Not exactly. I was only a little kid when I had this scrund, remember. I was cured of it by the time I was about seven or so. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5020 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think he was actually a zucchini? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 115 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you think he was actually a zucchini? Pretty much, yeah, I thought he was made of zucchini!! LOL!! Now, you still have to figure out what he did and what the rest of his appellation was...HINT: *article* *adjective* Zucchini. | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 650 Registered: 5-2010 |
The Meanie Zucchini? Did it rhyme similarly? Did he write/perform music? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 116 Registered: 9-2010 |
The Meanie Zucchini? Did it rhyme similarly? Did he write/perform music? Ah. two out of three words ISH! You do not disappoint! it did not rhyme, however "The" was indeed the correct article. No musician was he, however the word looked similar...indeed only two letters ought to be changed. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1997 Registered: 3-2006 |
He is surely a magician: The Great Zucchini! Incidentally, in the UK this is called a courgette, and there was a lovely story on yesterday's news about a woman who repelled a bear (!) using a courgette: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/23/woman-scares-charging-bear-courgette Ursus zucchinius ... I was considering using it for a puzzle but you beat me to the zucchini. By the way, we don't have mirlitons either. It's a squash-like vegetable from the New Orleans area, I think. I learned it from a Chris Smither song. It comes in handy at Scrabble. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 117 Registered: 9-2010 |
And that is enough for the ****SPOILER**** as below! Thanks Woodworm!! Yes, I thought he was called the Great Zucchini because he was made of zucchini. How embarrassing, LOL...(It's called a courgette on Neopets, too, so I suppose they must be based in the UK?) He is surely a magician: The Great Zucchini! Incidentally, in the UK this is called a courgette, and there was a lovely story on yesterday's news about a woman who repelled a bear (!) using a courgette: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/23/woman-scares-charging-bear-courgette Ursus zucchinius ... I was considering using it for a puzzle but you beat me to the zucchini. By the way, we don't have mirlitons either. It's a squash-like vegetable from the New Orleans area, I think. I learned it from a Chris Smither song. It comes in handy at Scrabble. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4416 Registered: 9-2010 |
And belatedly, the mods have fixed my name on it. Well...semi-fixed. Sometimes it's there and sometimes not...o.O Why would that be? Anyway, thanks muchly to teh modly kitteh who finally put my name in front!! =) now if only could figure out how to make it be there all the time... |
