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Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 5:15 pm: |       |
That part of the island is Mount Everest? So the penguin was really far above sea level? The only penguin to have climbed Mount Everest? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 5:27 pm: | |
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 05:15 pm:
That part of the island is Mount Everest? So the penguin was really far above sea level? The only penguin to have climbed Mount Everest? Nope. We're in the Galapagos, remember.
I would like to see a penguin climb Mount Everest. |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 5:53 pm: | |
Was he in the hotel? |
Lisa (Dlcygnet)
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 9:27 pm: | |
Did he wind up in somebody's swimming pool? Someplace reasonably safe for a penguin? Were there people there? But no other penguins? Someplace dangerous? |
Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
| | Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 6:49 am: | |
freshwater relevant? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:05 pm: | |
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 05:53 pm:
Was he in the hotel? No.
By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 09:27 pm:
Did he wind up in somebody's swimming pool? Nope, no humans involved. Someplace reasonably safe for a penguin? Yes. Were there people there? Yes, in a vague way, but irr. But no other penguins?Yes. Someplace dangerous? No.
By Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters) on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 - 06:49 am:
freshwater relevant? No. |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:10 pm: | |
Was he wearing any clothes? |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:11 pm: | |
Is this story plausible? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:33 pm: | |
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 06:10 pm:
Was he wearing any clothes? No, thankfully.
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 06:11 pm:
Is this story plausible? Yes. |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:37 pm: | |
Did the penguin end up somewhere where no penguins were at that time? But there were usually many penguins there? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:40 pm: | |
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 06:37 pm:
Did the penguin end up somewhere where no penguins were at that time? Yes. But there were usually many penguins there? It varies, but I don't think there's ever a large colony. |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:48 pm: | |
Did the other penguins leave on vacation? |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 6:55 pm: | |
Did he stay there during the hurricane?
Sorry about all these hurricane questions. I live in FL and it's hurricane season again, so it's on my mind... |
Lisa (Dlcygnet)
| | Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 9:45 pm: | |
Did he catch a monstrous wave and wind up washed up in... a tree? up on a cliff? some other place that penguins don't normally go? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Saturday, July 02, 2005 - 4:38 pm: | |
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 06:48 pm:
Did the other penguins leave on vacation? No.
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 06:55 pm:
Did he stay there during the hurricane? No, no hurricane.
Sorry about all these hurricane questions. I live in FL and it's hurricane season again, so it's on my mind... Perfectly understandable. I'm going to be vacationing there soon.
By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 09:45 pm:
Did he catch a monstrous wave and wind up washed up in... a tree? No, but wouldn't that be wonderful.up on a cliff? some other place that penguins don't normally go? He is in a place that penguins aren't normally found... |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 12:58 pm: | |
Education relevant? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 1:35 pm: | |
Education relevant? No. |
Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 1:54 pm: | |
Polytheism relevant? Monotheism? Theology? Metallurgy? Amphibious War? Industrialization? The Corporation? Economics? Conscription (AKA the "Draft")? The Republic? Democracy? Chivalry? Having every book ever written stored on a disk for a supercomputer? Did this penguin wind up where the penguin would have wished the penguin had wound up several months prior to the winding? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 1:10 pm: | |
By Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa) on Monday, July 04, 2005 - 01:54 pm:
Polytheism relevant? Monotheism? Theology? Metallurgy? Amphibious War? Industrialization? The Corporation? Economics? Conscription (AKA the "Draft")? The Republic? Democracy? Chivalry? Having every book ever written stored on a disk for a supercomputer? Did this penguin wind up where the penguin would have wished the penguin had wound up several months prior to the winding? No to all, believe it or not. |
Lisa (Dlcygnet)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 3:53 am: | |
Ok, he wound up in a place that is...
Man-made?
Natural?
Other?
Is it even near water?
Is there nearby?
Cement?
Trees?
Cliffs?
Coral Reefs?
Bricks?
Wood?
Walruses?
Rocks?
Waterfalls?
Mud?
Snow?
Fake Snow?
Fake Doggy Poop? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 12:53 pm: | |
By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 03:53 am:
Ok, he wound up in a place that is...
Man-made? This; at least it was named by man.
Natural? Contains natural things in it.
Other?
Is it even near water? Yes.
Is there nearby?
Cement?
Trees?
Cliffs?
Coral Reefs?
Bricks?
Wood?
Walruses?
Rocks?
Waterfalls?
Mud?
Snow?
Fake Snow?
Fake Doggy Poop? All these things are in the place. |
Lisa (Dlcygnet)
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 7:14 pm: | |
Even fake doggy poop???
Did he wind up in a novelty store?
Is there a Disneyland in the Galapagos?
Perhaps some other funpark?
A zoo?
A theatre?
Is Wendel even a flesh and blood penguin?
A poster store?
I'm scared. |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 12:33 am: | |
By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 07:14 pm:
Even fake doggy poop??? Especially.
Did he wind up in a novelty store?
Is there a Disneyland in the Galapagos?
Perhaps some other funpark?
A zoo?
A theatre? None of these.
Is Wendel even a flesh and blood penguin? Yes.
A poster store? No, although...Hint: All of these things are contained in the place.
I'm scared.  |
Lisa (Dlcygnet)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 3:54 am: | |
Were any penguins harmed in the making of this riddle?
Um... did he wind up at Walmart?
Ridley's Believe it or Not?
A Wax Museum?
Another Museum?
The set of a movie? A sound stage?
An alien landing site?
A bazaar?
Am I getting warmer with any of these? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 3:52 pm: | |
By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 03:54 am:
Were any penguins harmed in the making of this riddle? Nope. A couple of cats, but that's all.
Um... did he wind up at Walmart?
Ridley's Believe it or Not?
A Wax Museum?
Another Museum?
The set of a movie? A sound stage?
An alien landing site?
A bazaar? None of these.
Am I getting warmer with any of these? All of them exist inside the place, except possibly the aliens. Think big. |
Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 5:12 pm: | |
I thought you said he was in the Galapagos Islands, but it sounds more like he's in the Mall of America, or at Disneyland? Or are you just saying he's on earth? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 7:33 pm: | |
By Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 05:12 pm:
I thought you said he was in the Galapagos Islands, but it sounds more like he's in the Mall of America, or at Disneyland? He in the Galapagos. Or are you just saying he's on earth? Slightly more specific than that, but the right way of thinking. |
John Morahan (Wunderland)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 7:59 pm: | |
Was he in an abstractly defined area? like a country? or an administrative region of some sort? and its borders were being moved around? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 8:57 pm: | |
By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 07:59 pm:
Was he in an abstractly defined area? Yes.like a country? But not this. or an administrative region of some sort? and its borders were being moved around? Not this. |
Lisa (Dlcygnet)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 9:43 pm: | |
Ok... still trying to narrow this down.
We've established that he was on Isabela island... the 'biggest' as it were....
There are hiking trails... and volcanos...
Was he near (and by near I mean within penguin walking distance or short swim)...
a volcano?
If so... Wolf? Darwin? Sierra Negra? Alcedo? Cerro Azul?
a city?
If so... Puerto Villamil? Santo Tomas? That unofficial one near Wolf?
One of the coves or bays?
If so... Tagus? Urbina? Elizabeth? Shipton?
Darwin's Lake?
Did he land on a cruise ship by accident?
Did Wendel get high on something and imagine all these other things I've asked about?
What kind of penguin fantasizes about fake doggy poop? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 10:16 pm: | |
By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 09:43 pm:
Ok... still trying to narrow this down. Don't narrow, think bigger.
We've established that he was on Isabela island... the 'biggest' as it were....
There are hiking trails... and volcanos...
Was he near (and by near I mean within penguin walking distance or short swim)...
a volcano?
If so... Wolf? Darwin? Sierra Negra? Alcedo? Cerro Azul?
a city?
If so... Puerto Villamil? Santo Tomas? That unofficial one near Wolf?
One of the coves or bays?
If so... Tagus? Urbina? Elizabeth? Shipton?
Darwin's Lake? Irr. where exactly on the island he is.
Did he land on a cruise ship by accident? no.
Did Wendel get high on something and imagine all these other things I've asked about? No, he'll probably never see them all.
What kind of penguin fantasizes about fake doggy poop? An irregular one. |
Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
| | Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 11:27 pm: | |
slightly more specific that "on earth"? Let's see, how about "In the southern Hemisphere"?
"In the Pacific Ocean"?
"In time zone the Galapagos Islands are in"? |
Eliot (Eliot)
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 1:23 pm: | |
By Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 11:27 pm:
slightly more specific that "on earth"? Yes... Let's see, how about "In the southern Hemisphere"? No, the other! But close enough for a
***************SPOILER*******
The Galapagos penguin lives the furthest north of any species of penguin, but usually stays on the southern side of the islands. The brave Wendell decides one day to venture to the northernmost point, inadvertently crossing the equator and making himself the only wild penguin in the Northern hemisphere. He was soon joined by the rest of his colony. |
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