[Whirligig] My first idiomuzzle: Loser

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Author Message Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 199 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 12:21 am:        For the rules of idiomuzzles, see Balin's "D'oh!" (currently in Recently Solved). The next, larger room is void of a bowl of cashews, said Player 85. Email for early $p0i13r$, please. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4082 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 12:23 am:        All right! 85: number? Chad Johnson Ochocinco? Cashews: nuts? A: First? Grade? Letter? Premier? Primary? Void: space? Room: escape? Lock? Door? Bed? Next: subsequent? Second? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 201 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 12:29 am:        All right! :-) 85: number? Chad Johnson Ochocinco? neither Cashews: nuts? nope A: First? Grade? Letter? Premier? Primary? none Void: space? no Room: escape? Lock? Door? Bed? none of these Next: subsequent? Second? yes! The answer is now: "Second (room) is (void) (a) (cashews) (85)" I'm too lazy to color-code now. Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4085 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 12:32 am:        Room: house? Garage? Forum? Cashews: can? Planters? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 203 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 12:34 am:        Room: house? Garage? Forum? none >:-) Cashews: can? Planters? none Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4090 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 1:36 am:        Does the 85 refer to something bearing that number? Something that number is used for? Temperature? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 206 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 1:41 am:        Does the 85 refer to something bearing that number? this Something that number is used for? Temperature? but not this Kaygee (Kaygee) New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 491 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 2:16 am:        Room: place? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 208 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 2:59 am:        Room: place? yes! "Second place is (void) (a) (cashews) (85)" Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4101 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 4:19 am:        A: "the"? Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3179 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 8:03 am:        Cashews: nuts? If not, could you have used any other nut species as a clue? Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 955 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 9:17 am:        void: no? not? nothing? empty? Mattiel (Mattiel) New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 330 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 9:58 am:        85: chemical element #85, i.e. Astatine? Or maybe its symbol, "At"? void: null? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4130 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 4:08 pm:        Cashews: Sneeze? If so, I may have the answer...should I email or $poyle? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4131 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 4:10 pm:        Possible $poyler emailed. Kaygee (Kaygee) New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 498 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 5:49 pm:        I see what Balin is seeing...so if he is right then I will stay out of it, too. Woodworm (Woodworm) New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1874 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 5:58 pm:        Well, there is only one two-letter word missing now :-) Lovely puzzle btw Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 959 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 9:54 pm:        If Balin is right, is the "a" in Spanish? Whirligig (Whirligig) New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 210 Registered: 8-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 10:48 pm:        Well, Balin's answer was correct, and the rest of you seem to have it figured out as well. So: **********SPOILER********** The answer is "Second place is nothing to sneeze at." Next = second Room = place Is = is Void = nothing A = to (in Spanish) Cashews = sneeze (i.e. "CASHEW!") 85 = at (astatine, with atomic number 85 and symbol At) Great job. Balin did some of the work on this one, including the emailed answer. It looks like Kaygee, Woodworm, and Biograd all got it as well. Kaygee (Kaygee) New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 500 Registered: 9-2008 Posted on Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 11:49 pm:        And kudos to Mattiel - I would have never gotten the "85" clue. Genius! Good job setting this puzzle. :-) Mattiel (Mattiel) New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 340 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Friday, September 10, 2010 - 9:58 am:        Ha ha thanks, but actually Balin gave me the idea indirectly, he posted a puzzle about a sequence of chemical elements few weeks ago, so as I saw "85" my mind immediately went there :-) Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 4524 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 12:52 am:        Actually, Mattiel, you should get the credit for this, as I didn't make the "sneeze" connection until you went from "85" to "At"...I was not thinking of the elements at all.