| Author | Message | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1859 Registered: 7-2009 |
It's not much like religion or politics, but... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6367 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a taboo social topic? Is it a topic, period? Is it a thing? A person? A tangible object? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1862 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it a taboo social topic? yope Is it a topic, period? yope Is it a thing? yes A person? no A tangible object? yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6369 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it controversial? Or just plain controversy? Is it a concept? Is it related to science? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1864 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it controversial? no Or just plain controversy? no Is it a concept? no Is it related to science? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6375 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it an animal? A living thing? An inanimate object? A set or group of things? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3439 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it imaginary? Superstition involved? Crime? Does it often lead to heated discussions? "Think of the children" relevant? Censorship? Technology? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1868 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it an animal? no A living thing? yope An inanimate object? no A set or group of things? No, there's only one Is it imaginary? yes Superstition involved? hmm...yes, but could mislead. Crime? no Does it often lead to heated discussions? yope "Think of the children" relevant? no Censorship? no Technology? no | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 685 Registered: 5-2010 |
Are literary works relevant? Films? Stories? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1872 Registered: 7-2009 |
Are literary works relevant? DOYD of literary works Films?yes Stories?so yes | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 689 Registered: 5-2010 |
A specific film? If so, is it from [list of decades]? One of those "you either love it or hate it" films? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1875 Registered: 7-2009 |
A specific film? yes, although CORRECTION to above. I should have said "Yesish" to "Films?" rather than "yes". If so, is it from [list of decades]? 1960s One of those "you either love it or hate it" films? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3445 Registered: 9-2009 |
Nightmares relevant? Childhood fears? A film based on an existing story? A fairy tale? Is it a live action film? Is a dispute between what's best of the film version and the non-film version of a story relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1877 Registered: 7-2009 |
Nightmares relevant? no Childhood fears? no A film based on an existing story? yes (with the same -ish to film as above A fairy tale? no Is it a live action film? no Is a dispute between what's best of the film version and the non-film version of a story relevant? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6395 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a short film? A video? A full-length movie? A cartoon? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1883 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it a short film? this is closer A video? no A full-length movie? no A cartoon? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6398 Registered: 4-2010 |
Looney Tunes relevant? Bugs Bunny? Or some other cartoon? Like Scooby-Doo? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1885 Registered: 7-2009 |
Looney Tunes relevant? Bugs Bunny? Or some other cartoon? it's not a regular, ongoing animated cartoon television series, if that's what you're asking. Like Scooby-Doo? no to the rest | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6401 Registered: 4-2010 |
So this was just an animated short? Was it only a few minutes long? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1887 Registered: 7-2009 |
So this was just an animated short? not exactly. Was it only a few minutes long? 25 minutes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6409 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it animated? Stop-motion? | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 699 Registered: 5-2010 |
Was it televised? Was it part of an overall set of cartoons (e.g. a mickey mouse cartoon)? Was it Disney? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1889 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was it animated? yes Stop-motion?no Was it televised? yes. Was it part of an overall set of cartoons (e.g. a mickey mouse cartoon)? yes Was it Disney?no | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 703 Registered: 5-2010 |
So was it an episode of a cartoon series? Like Flinstones/Jetsons? Was it a Hannah Barbara cartoon? Tex Avery? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1892 Registered: 7-2009 |
So was it an episode of a cartoon series? not really. there were a small number of animated (short films is still the closest description) based on the same set of stories. I would NOT call it an episode or part of a series, though. Like Flinstones/Jetsons? Was it a Hannah Barbara cartoon? Tex Avery? no to all you might try forgetting about what the relevant film-ish thing is and attack the puzzle from a different angle. Some of the questions you asked before getting diverted by the film(ish) are a good start | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 718 Registered: 5-2010 |
Alright, so subject of cartoon relevant? You said it was based on another story? Another work of fiction? An actual event or time period? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1907 Registered: 7-2009 |
Alright, so subject of cartoon relevant? yes You said it was based on another story? yes Another work of fiction? yes An actual event or time period? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6477 Registered: 4-2010 |
A fairy tale? Is a fictional type of being relevant? A fictional animal? Unicorns? Fairies? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1912 Registered: 7-2009 |
A fairy tale? no Is a fictional type of being relevant? yes, as long as imaginary (as you've already figured out) counts as a type of being , as you have already identified} A fictional animal? no Unicorns? no Fairies? no | ||
| Gameczar (Gameczar)
New member Username: Gameczar Post Number: 64 Registered: 10-2010 |
Is sex (not gender) relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1915 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is sex (not gender) relevant? neither sex nor gender is relevant | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6594 Registered: 4-2010 |
Imaginary friend? Ghosts? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1918 Registered: 7-2009 |
Imaginary friend? no, but in the right neighborhood Ghosts? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6600 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the imaginary being a person? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1922 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the imaginary being a person? no | ||
| Gameczar (Gameczar)
New member Username: Gameczar Post Number: 102 Registered: 10-2010 |
Talking to one's self, aka inner voice? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1924 Registered: 7-2009 |
Talking to one's self, aka inner voice? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6640 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it based on a medieval tale? Dragons? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1927 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was it based on a medieval tale? Dragons? no to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6692 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the imaginary being an (imaginary) animal? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1931 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the imaginary being an (imaginary) animal? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6701 Registered: 4-2010 |
Leprechauns? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 700 Registered: 9-2010 |
Blast-Ended Skrewts? *giggles* | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1935 Registered: 7-2009 |
Leprechauns? Blast-Ended Skrewts? *giggles* no to both. Not only is it neither an imaginary person nor an imaginary animal, it is neither person-like nor animal-like. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6710 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the imaginary thing alive? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1939 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the imaginary thing alive? yes, it would be if it were real | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6714 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it plantlike? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1942 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it plantlike? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6717 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it an imaginary type of flower? Tree? Avatar relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1943 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it an imaginary type of flower? Tree? Avatar relevant? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6718 Registered: 4-2010 |
Type of grass? Of landscape? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 366 Registered: 2-2009 |
The work of fiction the cartoon is based on: Originally published prior to 1450? during the 1400s? 1500s? 1600s? 1700s? 1800s? 1900s? In its original form, would it be considered a novel? short story? fable? fairy tale? play? poetry? Is it a work of fiction that would be easily recognized by the average person? Is the cartoon a parody of it? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1946 Registered: 7-2009 |
Type of grass? no Of landscape?no The work of fiction the cartoon is based on: Originally published prior to 1450? during the 1400s? 1500s? 1600s? 1700s? 1800s? 1900s? this one In its original form, would it be considered a novel? short story? fable? fairy tale? play? poetry? none of the above! Is it a work of fiction that would be easily recognized by the average person? yes, definitely. Is the cartoon a parody of it? no | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 369 Registered: 2-2009 |
Is music relevant to the original work? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1948 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is music relevant to the original work? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6721 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fantasia? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1949 Registered: 7-2009 |
Fantasia? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6728 Registered: 4-2010 |
In its original form, was it written word? A painting? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1952 Registered: 7-2009 |
In its original form, was it written word? yes, and... A painting? something similar to this | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6742 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it a form of art? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1955 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was it a form of art?hmm. some people would say yes, but most of the population does not think of it as such. It's probably most helpful to continue to think of it as a form of storytelling | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6762 Registered: 4-2010 |
A monologue? Dialogue? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 371 Registered: 2-2009 |
Comic book? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1957 Registered: 7-2009 |
A monologue? Dialogue? no to both Comic book? close enough. Comic strip | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 374 Registered: 2-2009 |
Ooh, is it Peanuts? And the cartoon is one of the Charlie Brown movies? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6805 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it A Charlie Brown Christmas? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1958 Registered: 7-2009 |
Ooh, is it Peanuts? yes And the cartoon is one of the Charlie Brown movies? yes! Is it A Charlie Brown Christmas? but not this one. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 736 Registered: 9-2010 |
Snoopy Come Home? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1959 Registered: 7-2009 |
Snoopy Come Home? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6892 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the relevant Charlie Brown movie related to a holiday? Maybe It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown? I believe Linus mentioned the Great Pumpkin as something you're not supposed to discuss with adults/others...and the other two were religion and politics? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1960 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the relevant Charlie Brown movie related to a holiday? yes Maybe It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown? yes -- as far as I know, that's the only one with an imaginary plant in it...=) I believe Linus mentioned the Great Pumpkin as something you're not supposed to discuss with adults/others...and the other two were religion and politics? yes, exactly Well, Balin has not only figured out the relevant television special, but also leaped ahead to put it together with the puzzle statement. Guess that means it's time for a ***SPOILER*** In the Peanuts comic strip and the tv special "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," the Great Pumpkin is an imaginary being (from Linus's imagination) that supposedly brings presents on Halloween to the "most sincere" pumpkin patch. Linus (from Peanuts) spends every Halloween waiting in a Pumpkin patch, hoping that the Great Pumpkin chooses Linus's patch. While Linus occasionally manages to convince a friend to wait with him in the patch, no one else actually believes in the Great Pumpkin, so Linus endures considerable ridicule for his steadfast belief. The best-known quote regarding Linus and the Great Pumpkin is "There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." I misjudged the timing of this one a little, so HAPPY (EARLY) HALLOWEEN! I'm often amazed at just how differently puzzles play out on the forum than I imagine they will. For this one, you started out exactly as I expected, when the very first question was about things that are taboo to talk about. But then I expected you to struggle for a while with the taboo idea until you realized that it was only one person who wouldn't talk about the thing, then figure out who that person was, and then figure out what the thing was that he wouldn't talk about. I did NOT expect you to get to the answer by struggling to figure out a relevant film-ish thing and an imaginary plant! I guess I never cease to be utterly surprised by the path these puzzles can take! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6911 Registered: 4-2010 |
Well, I guess that's the LTPF for you =) Any plans for the Spooky Day at the End of the Month? I've got none so far, but hopefully that'll change. Bonus points for the puzzle title, statement, and use of the word "film-ish-thing" - I really enjoyed this one! | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1962 Registered: 7-2009 |
Balin, I've had a few friends say they were thinking about having a party, but nothing definite. I've got a costume, so now I've just got to figure out where I'm wearing it. =) And thanks, Bonus points are always welcome. |
