| Author | Message | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 569 Registered: 7-2006 |
Regretfully probing intravenous knowledge. | ||
| Tanvishashikant (Tanvishashikant)
New member Username: Tanvishashikant Post Number: 183 Registered: 9-2007 |
Anything to do with drugs? Is it relevant which drug? Is the person in question human? male? adult? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 570 Registered: 7-2006 |
Tanvi, Anything to do with drugs? NO Is it relevant which drug? Is the person in question human? male? adult? NO, WRONG LINE | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1527 Registered: 3-2006 |
Does this involve a play on "in vein/in vain"? Is it a crossword clue? Or something vaguely similar? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 571 Registered: 7-2006 |
Woodworm, Does this involve a play on "in vein/in vain"? NO Is it a crossword clue? NO Or something vaguely similar? VAGUELY YES | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 36 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is this phrase an alternative way to say a very common word or phrase? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 572 Registered: 7-2006 |
Kaygee, Is this phrase an alternative way to say a very common word or phrase? NO | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1423 Registered: 1-2007 |
Would finding a suitable synonym for each word in the puzzle statement assist in solving? Is it too much to hope that this is a newspaper headline? if not did you read the puzzle statment somewhere? Heard someone saying this? Is this an example of business speak gone mad? Do you use this phrase or a variation of it in some of your speaking engagements? | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
New member Username: Haenlomal Post Number: 883 Registered: 9-2003 |
Title relevant? Any humans directly involved with this puzzle? If yes, how many? Same question for non-human animals, please. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1414 Registered: 6-2005 |
Anagrams relevant? Other types of word puzzles or codes relevant? Medical terms or modern medicine involved? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 573 Registered: 7-2006 |
Peter, Would finding a suitable synonym for each word in the puzzle statement assist in solving? NO Is it too much to hope that this is a newspaper headline? IT IS NOT A HEADLINE if not did you read the puzzle statment somewhere? YES Heard someone saying this? Is this an example of business speak gone mad? NO, NO Do you use this phrase or a variation of it in some of your speaking engagements? NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 574 Registered: 7-2006 |
HAEN, Title relevant? YES Any humans directly involved with this puzzle? NO If yes, how many? Same question for non-human animals, please. VAGUELY - FOUR | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 575 Registered: 7-2006 |
DICY, Anagrams relevant? NO Other types of word puzzles or codes relevant? YES Medical terms or modern medicine involved? NO | ||
| Danielvs (Danielvs)
New member Username: Danielvs Post Number: 338 Registered: 9-2006 |
Did you read the statement in a magazine? Newspaper? Ad? Graffiti? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 576 Registered: 7-2006 |
Danielus, Did you read the statement in a magazine? Newspaper? Ad? Graffiti? NEWSPAPER | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1426 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was it a quiz? Something like identifying a quotation? is it in fact a quotation from someone famous? excerpt from a book? play ? movie? Re the puzzle title.. Was the puzzle a question relating to when something happened? the phrase itself? or the context in which it was used? Was this on the puzzles page of the paper? Was it the Sunday Times? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 577 Registered: 7-2006 |
Peter, Was it a quiz? YES - SOMEWHAT Something like identifying a quotation? is it in fact a quotation from someone famous? excerpt from a book? play ? movie? NO Re the puzzle title.. Was the puzzle a question relating to when something happened? the phrase itself? or the context in which it was used? NONE OF THOSE Was this on the puzzles page of the paper? YES Was it the Sunday Times? NO - IT WAS IN THE TIMES - BUT DON'T LOOK YET! | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3676 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is it an anagram? Does it refer to an actual event, whether newsworthy or not? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 578 Registered: 7-2006 |
Lynne, Is it an anagram? NO Does it refer to an actual event, whether newsworthy or not? NO | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1428 Registered: 1-2007 |
Can't look i'm afraid, my green bin was collected this morning!!!! I actually only buy the Sunday times not the daily. Was it one of those puzzles where you have to make as many words as you can from the letters of a larger word? Did the four words appear in the one issue? or as part of a series of similar puzzles throughout the week? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1532 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is it a rebus? Anything to do with any of the following words: Rue? Vein? Know/no? Are the non-human animals all of the same species? Are they mammals? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 579 Registered: 7-2006 |
Peter, Was it one of those puzzles where you have to make as many words as you can from the letters of a larger word? NO Did the four words appear in the one issue? or as part of a series of similar puzzles throughout the week? YES, NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 580 Registered: 7-2006 |
WOODWORM, Is it a rebus? NO Anything to do with any of the following words: Rue? Vein? Know/no? NO Are the non-human animals all of the same species? NO Are they mammals? NO | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2450 Registered: 2-2001 |
The animals: Bacteria? Viruses? Single-celled organisms? Amphibians? Reptiles? Birds? Fish? Ninjas? Pirates? Ninja-pirate-zombies? Is the regret being felt by the animals? Are there actual biological veins being probed? If so, blood vessels? If not, veins of ore? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1418 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is it some sort of rhyme we're trying to create with this puzzle? Are we looking for synonyms of these words to form some sort of mad lib? Like "Sad jab, bled head"? Similar? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 581 Registered: 7-2006 |
Bodo, The animals: Bacteria? Viruses? Single-celled organisms? Amphibians? Reptiles? Birds? Fish? Ninjas? Pirates? Ninja-pirate-zombies? BIRDS Is the regret being felt by the animals? Are there actual biological veins being probed? If so, blood vessels? If not, veins of ore? NO, NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 582 Registered: 7-2006 |
DICY, Is it some sort of rhyme we're trying to create with this puzzle? Are we looking for synonyms of these words to form some sort of mad lib? Like "Sad jab, bled head"? Similar? NO, NO, NO | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
New member Username: Haenlomal Post Number: 890 Registered: 9-2003 |
Does each word correspond to one of the four birds? Is hummingbird one of the bird species in question? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 584 Registered: 7-2006 |
Haen, Does each word correspond to one of the four birds? YES Is hummingbird one of the bird species in question? NO | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1431 Registered: 1-2007 |
rEGRETfully pROBINing intRAVENoous knOWLedge Egret , Robin , Raven & Owl Congrats on being the first to feature Egrets in a puzzle. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1432 Registered: 1-2007 |
Congrats on being the first to feature Egrets in a puzzle. twice i meant | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 586 Registered: 7-2006 |
* * * SPOILER * * * Peter got it rEGRETfully pROBINing intRAVENoous knOWLedge The question in the Times was what do these four words have in common - Regretfully, probing, intravenous knowledge? I spotted that they made a pseudo-sentence so posted it for your enjoyment. Your next challenge is to think of more words with hidden birds. You can start whenever... My challenge is to construct a third puzzle involving egrets. Paul | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1433 Registered: 1-2007 |
eternally grateful for excellent puzzle title. Must admit I was a bit gullible not to have twigged this brain wrenching poser sooner. Hope the Times don't start huffing and puffing and in a fit of bitterness accuse you of "stealing" their puzzle. p.s aren't these puns just fowl. | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 529 Registered: 12-2007 |
You mean fowl... | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1437 Registered: 1-2007 |
Drat Drat & Double drat. |
