[Double Balin-bow] Nicknames #2

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Author Message Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11519 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 1:13 am:        A slightly tougher one: What is the origin of the nickname "Nestle"? Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1469 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 1:25 am:        I assume this is Nestle (with an accent), the Swiss confectioner, not the verb "nestle", which means something like "to be enclosed in a cozy manner"? Assuming so, is the name of a particular Nestle product relevant? A slogan of theirs? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11521 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 3:14 am:        I assume this is Nestle (with an accent), the Swiss confectioner, not the verb "nestle", which means something like "to be enclosed in a cozy manner"? Correct Assuming so, is the name of a particular Nestle product relevant? No, but... A slogan of theirs? No Galois (Galois) New member Username: Galois Post Number: 19 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 11:27 am:        Which of the following is relevant: - the origin and meaning of the name "Nestlé"? - the spelling? - the logo of the company? (or the color of the logo?) - any of their products? - the location of their headquarter? - a sports team sponsored by Nestlé? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11527 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 3:17 pm:        Which of the following is relevant: - the origin and meaning of the name "Nestlé"? - the spelling? - the logo of the company? (or the color of the logo?) - any of their products? "No, but..." to this one. No to rest. - the location of their headquarter? - a sports team sponsored by Nestlé? Eli (Eli) New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1855 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 4:05 pm:        Is there something relevant about ingredients in one? or more of their products? Where the products are made? Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2309 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 8:36 pm:        are any advertising jingles relevant? Such as "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle makes the very best...chocolate"? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11535 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 10:26 pm:        Is there something relevant about ingredients in one? or more of their products? Where the products are made? No to all are any advertising jingles relevant? Such as "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle makes the very best...chocolate"? No I only realized this after posting the puzzle statement, but a scrund was involved in the creating of this nickname. Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 475 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 8:07 am:        Is it spelling scrund? A pronunciatin scrund? Is it a nickname of one of your baseball friends too? Is it based on any of these: His looks? His ethnic background? His character? His name? Things that he likes/dislikes? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11545 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 3:41 pm:        Is it spelling scrund? A pronunciation scrund? Neither Is it a nickname of one of your baseball friends too? This one is actually mine, but it was given by my baseball friends. Is it based on any of these: His looks? His ethnic background? His character? His name? Yope - No to rest Things that he likes/dislikes? Sundowner (Sundowner) New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 677 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 3:54 pm:        Is his name Matt? Matt -> Matterhorn -> Toblerone? (which is actually produced by Kraft-Jacobs-Suchard, not Nestlé) Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11551 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 5:41 pm:        Is his name Matt? Yes - remember, this is me. Matt -> Matterhorn -> Toblerone? (which is actually produced by Kraft-Jacobs-Suchard, not Nestlé) No, but you have the right idea for the scrund. Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2981 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 5:59 pm:        Recap, please? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11555 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 6:10 pm:        Recap, please? Sure. Some of my baseball friends gave me the nickname "Nestle" (like the chocolate company). They gave me this because of a scrund they had - they thought that a certain product was made by Nestle, when it actually is not. Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2983 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 6:59 pm:        Was the product a chocolate product? If so, in the form of a: Bar? Candy? Chocolate-covered something (not either of the above) Chocolate chips? (as in the bits used in cookies/biscuits, etc., the usual definition) Chocolate chips (aka crisps across the pond...seriously, I've had chocolate that looked like Pringles. I can't remember where it came from, so covering all my bases here) Hot cocoa powder/drinking chocolate? Chocolate milk (or chocolate powder used to prepare it)? Chocolate syrup? Chocolate ice cream? Anything else I potentially missed? Kalira (Kalira) New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 581 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 7:24 pm:        Wouldn't have thought of them if you hadn't said anything, but I remember what you're talking about, Kaylee... They're called Swoops. Is the product actually made by Hershey's? The Mars Company? Cadbury? (MAN, do those companies make a lot of stuff!) Another confectionary company? Is the product sweet? savory? Was the name of the product close to? or an exact? description of some characteristic of you (e.g. Quik [yeah, I know, it's actually a Nestle product] ~ quick)? Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2984 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Friday, January 28, 2011 - 9:36 pm:        Yeah, Kalira, those would be them! thanks! Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11556 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 4:48 am:        Was the product a chocolate product? Yes If so, in the form of a: Bar? Candy? This Chocolate-covered something (not either of the above) Chocolate chips? (as in the bits used in cookies/biscuits, etc., the usual definition) Chocolate chips (aka crisps across the pond...seriously, I've had chocolate that looked like Pringles. I can't remember where it came from, so covering all my bases here) Hot cocoa powder/drinking chocolate? Chocolate milk (or chocolate powder used to prepare it)? Chocolate syrup? Chocolate ice cream? Anything else I potentially missed? Is the product actually made by Hershey's? The Mars Company? These guys Cadbury? (MAN, do those companies make a lot of stuff!) Another confectionary company? Is the product sweet? savory? I don't know; I don't eat them Was the name of the product close to? or an exact? description of some characteristic of you Yope (e.g. Quik [yeah, I know, it's actually a Nestle product] ~ quick)? Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2987 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 5:10 am:        - Mars Bar · M&M's · Milky Way · Bounty · Snickers · Twix · Pedigree · Exelpet · Uncle Ben's · Skittles · Dove/Galaxy · Juicy Fruit · Spearmint · Doublemint · Freedent · Big Red · Extra · Winterfresh · Orbit · Eclipse · 5 · Hubba Bubba · Life Savers · Starburst · Big League Chew Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2988 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 5:12 am:        (pretend the question marks are there, please...) Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11562 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 5:42 am:        Shortening list - M&Ms. Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2989 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 6:00 am:        Plain/Milk Chocolate? Peanut? Crispy? Peanut butter? Almond? Mint? Pretzel? Cherry? Minis? Dark? Dark Peanut? White Chocolate? Razzberry (raspberry)? mocha? raspberry almond? triple chocolate? "strawberried peanut butter"? Coconut? all flavors taken from the M&M's Wiki article, none of them invented by me, lol Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11564 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 3:05 pm:        Cropping list - just ordinary M&Ms, flavor irrelevant. Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1476 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 6:37 pm:        Is something with the initials M.M. relevant? Maybe even your name? or is Eminem relevant? Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2991 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 7:10 pm:        ooh, good suggestion biograd! bet it's your name, Balin, because those are your initials, aren't they?? :-) *remembers* Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 927 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Saturday, January 29, 2011 - 8:22 pm:        Does your middle name by any chance start with an N? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11571 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 3:48 am:        Is something with the initials M.M. relevant? Yes Maybe even your name? YES! or is Eminem relevant? No ooh, good suggestion biograd! bet it's your name, Balin, because those are your initials, aren't they?? :-) *remembers* Yes it is! Does your middle name by any chance start with an N? No, but we have enough. **********SPOILER********* In Little League, my nickname was "M&M" for two reasons: those were my initials, and I always somehow wound up on a team with another Matt (so the nickname made it easier to distinguish us). The next team I played on was my first team with crazy people, and when they were supplying nicknames, they asked me for mine - I said "M&M." They thought "Aren't M&Ms made by Nestle?" and started calling me Nestle. In fact, M&Ms are made by Mars Inc.; however, that nickname gave me that scrund until I double-checked it for this puzzle when responding to the first questions on it. Nice solve - now I have to think of some more of the better nicknames from baseball teams past.