| Author | Message | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 977 Registered: 9-2009 |
This puzzle aims at discovering my LTPF password. Being old enough, I fear other things than passwords. Early spoylers -- and good hackers -- please email. Puzzle statement : I am hungry! Good luck! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8262 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the puzzle statement a quote? Is wordplay relevant? This is odd - half of me wants to solve this, but the other half doesn't want to know the password. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3164 Registered: 1-2001 |
'Old enough', and I think you're a few years younger than I! What's funny is that the people I know who are most afraid of getting "hacked" are either several years younger than I (in their mid 20's), or several years older (late 50's, early 60's), but most people in the 30-40 range don't seem to mind it much. Is the password related to food? A specific food product? A category of food? A trade name for a food? Is it related to being hungry? Having an empty stomach? A growling stomach? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 979 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the puzzle statement a quote? Is wordplay relevant? No to both This is odd - half of me wants to solve this, but the other half doesn't want to know the password. No problem, I'll change it later 'Old enough', and I think you're a few years younger than I! What's funny is that the people I know who are most afraid of getting "hacked" are either several years younger than I (in their mid 20's), or several years older (late 50's, early 60's), but most people in the 30-40 range don't seem to mind it much. I noticed the same thing. There are people who do not know if they have the key to their room, but are happy because their facebook account is secure :=) ) Is the password related to food? Yesish A specific food product? A category of food? A trade name for a food? No to all, as far as I can remember Is it related to being hungry? Having an empty stomach? A growling stomach? No | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 373 Registered: 2-2005 |
does your password contain: letters? numbers? symbols? symbols for letters or numbers (ie 1 for 'l', or $ for 's')? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 982 Registered: 9-2009 |
does your password contain: letters? only this, none of the others numbers? symbols? symbols for letters or numbers (ie 1 for 'l', or $ for 's')? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 255 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the password related to an animal? A plant? a mineral? Cooking? A famous cook? Another well-known person who has any relation to food or cooking? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 983 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the password related to an animal? A plant? a mineral? Cooking? A famous cook? Another well-known person who has any relation to food or cooking? This one, none of the rest | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8297 Registered: 4-2010 |
Competitive eating relevant? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 984 Registered: 9-2009 |
Competitive eating relevant? I do lack the phenomenon | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 262 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the person someone who runs / works in some sort of restaurant? A Hotel? Developed a cooking tool? Created a dish? Is part of a cooking-related TV show? Has written cookbooks? Or some way of dieting? Is it somebody who is abnormally obese? Or thin? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 985 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the person someone who runs / works in some sort of restaurant? A Hotel? Developed a cooking tool? Created a dish? Is part of a cooking-related TV show? Has written cookbooks? Or some way of dieting? Is it somebody who is abnormally obese? I think so. None of the rest Or thin? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8311 Registered: 4-2010 |
Someone who is famous for being obese? A famous person who happens to be obese? One of the world's most obese people? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 986 Registered: 9-2009 |
Someone who is famous for being obese? Yesish. No to the rest A famous person who happens to be obese? One of the world's most obese people? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8314 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the person more famous because of his/her weight? Person - H? A? M? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 988 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the person more famous because of his/her weight? Probably Person - H? A? M? Yes to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8316 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the person a celebrity? Because he is obese? Because of some other reason? Is he a comedian? Who uses his weight as part of his act? Kevin James? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 989 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the person a celebrity? He is known by manyBecause he is obese? Not only because of this Because of some other reason? Is he a comedian? Who uses his weight as part of his act? Kevin James? No to the rest and a FA might be lurking | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8318 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is this a real person? A fictional character? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 990 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is this a real person? No A fictional character? Yes! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1458 Registered: 9-2010 |
Balin? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 991 Registered: 9-2009 |
Balin? As far as I know, Matt is real | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1460 Registered: 9-2010 |
Oh, of course Matt is real...Balin, however, is the name of a Dwarf in "The Hobbit", a book written by the wonderful Professor J.R.R. Tolkien, famed also for writing "The Lord of The Rings", "The Silmarillion", etc., etc....where Matt's name comes from. I was guessing the Dwarf lord, not Matt. *grin* | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 992 Registered: 9-2009 |
Oh, of course Matt is real...Balin, however, is the name of a Dwarf in "The Hobbit", a book written by the wonderful Professor J.R.R. Tolkien, famed also for writing "The Lord of The Rings", "The Silmarillion", etc., etc....where Matt's name comes from. I was guessing the Dwarf lord, not Matt. *grin* Another piece of literature is of help here. Please forgive my lack of knowledge of Mr Tolkien I never managed to get past the first hour of the movie. And as a child I was reading Kant :=) | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 270 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is it Obelix? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 993 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it Obelix? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8359 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the character from a novel? Short story? Play? Screenplay? Comic book? Poem? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 995 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the character from a novel? This one, none of the others Short story? Play? Screenplay? Comic book? Poem? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8366 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the novel from [LTPF list of centuries]? Writer of the novel - H? A? M? Character - H? A? M? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3179 Registered: 1-2001 |
Is the password the character's name? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 996 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the novel from [LTPF list of centuries]? 16th Writer of the novel - H? A? M? Yes to all Character - H? A? M? Yes to all Is the password the character's name? Yes | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 381 Registered: 2-2005 |
a character from Shakespear? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 998 Registered: 9-2009 |
a character from Shakespear? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8379 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the author British? Are we looking for Cervantes? Don Quixote? | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is the character known for raucous/revelous behavior? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1000 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the author British? No Are we looking for Cervantes? Don Quixote? No to both Is the character known for raucous/revelous behavior? Uncertain about the first. He might be, in a way. So a yope | ||
| Firesparx (Firesparx)
New member Username: Firesparx Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is the author French? Has the character's name ever been applied to a space-faring animal? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1003 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the author French? Yes Has the character's name ever been applied to a space-faring animal? None that I'm aware of. If you mean Laika, then no. And being the 16th century, Jules Verne is not relevant either | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1004 Registered: 9-2009 |
Hee hee ... You might want to change it now you've been infested with woodworm .... Sorry, couldn't resist :-) | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2369 Registered: 3-2006 |
It was a fun puzzle, and I could hardly spoil it any other way ;-) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8386 Registered: 4-2010 |
Rabelais? de Montaigne? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1005 Registered: 9-2009 |
Rabelais? This one de Montaigne? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1006 Registered: 9-2009 |
You might want to change it now you've been infested with woodworm .... You mean the password? Hmmm... I work in the IT business for a decade now, I changed it some time ago :=) Which reminds me ... I'm sure you'll enjoy this: I left the office early today, around 12:00, just to find my wife very worried about where I was. I send her a text message that I am going to be a gondoliere in the nice town of Venice. Disturbed and angry, he called me to say she does not approve that way of living. I calmed her down, saying that I left the office trying to find a solution to one of Mr Woodworm puzzles. She called me back, from the Murano island, to tell me: it was nicer when you wanted to be a gondoliere. So Howard, I need to solve your 26 trombones, to keep my job at least :=) | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1007 Registered: 9-2009 |
You absolutely sure you changed it? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1008 Registered: 9-2009 |
I tried to, anyway | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1009 Registered: 9-2009 |
I, Mister Rbruma, do solemly swear, to fitfully become a citizen of the Independent People's Republic of Gregory Coke Land. I will uphold my duties as citizen, including actively participating in Grand Master Gregory's LTPF Puzzles, and worshipping him at the shrine in Cokeland. I will also not murder any penguins, by orders of His Supreme Royal Mastery, Gregory Coke/Koch. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1508 Registered: 9-2010 |
Kaylee would like to express her gratitude that no penguins shall be murdered. Penguins are important, and Gregory Coke Land must be a wonderful place for them. Also, Kaylee suspects that Rbruma is not always Rbruma at the moment... | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 352 Registered: 9-2010 |
Rbruma, your citizenship has been granted. You are now a citizen of the Independent People's Republic of Gregory Coke Land. Please continue to uphold your duties. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1509 Registered: 9-2010 |
Mistress Kaylee would like to request citizenship as well, please, on behalf of the penguins of the Independent People's Republic of Gregory Coke Land. Someone needs to be the keeper of said royal penguins to make sure they are definitely not in danger of being murdered. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 354 Registered: 9-2010 |
Citizenship Granted. And I officially appoint you Secretary of Penguin Defense (which like the US Secretary of ____ Positions, is not actually a secretary. You do get a secretary to answer phones, however, just as soon as we get more than three citizens. Unless Rbruma would like to become your secretary, and hence be the secretary's secretary, and no, before you ask, your secretary won't get a secretary, nor will there be an infinite secretarial chain. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1010 Registered: 9-2009 |
I, Mister Rbruma, do solemly swear, to fitfully become a citizen of the Independent People's Republic of Gregory Coke Land. I will uphold my duties as citizen, including actively participating in Grand Master Gregory's LTPF Puzzles, and worshipping him at the shrine in Cokeland. I will also not murder any penguins, by orders of His Supreme Royal Mastery, Gregory Coke/Koch. Of course I am speechless. Please forgive my intention of creating a small puzzle, for all the family to enjoy. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1511 Registered: 9-2010 |
I'm not entirely sure how this all happened, but it's fun. I will, however, not be able to undertake the rulebreaker as I wanted, so if there are any other citizens of Gregory Coke Land forthcoming, maybe one of them will be able to do so. Mistress Kaylee, Secretary of Penguin Defense | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8401 Registered: 4-2010 |
I do not Is the password <rot13>Tnetnaghn</rot13>? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2374 Registered: 3-2006 |
"It was not possible to stop them, as you know, with penguins, it's natural to follow the first one, wherever it may go". Pantagruel, Book IV, chapter VIII (Antarctic Version) | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1011 Registered: 9-2009 |
Pantagruel is not the answer, but in the right forest | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1012 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the password <rot13>Tnetnaghn</rot13>? Indeed, gargantua was the answer to my little puzzle, a book that I enjoyed reading in 1987 or so. Well done, Matt | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1013 Registered: 9-2009 |
And of course, *** SPOILER *** | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1014 Registered: 9-2009 |
Pantagruel is your password. Or, perhaps I should say, Pantagruel is my password. Hang on, hang on: it accepts anything with the first eight letters. Pantagruff. Pantagrump. All that stuff. What the ... ? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1015 Registered: 9-2009 |
No, Pantagruel is not. By revealing your identity, we may chat more easily. It's a bit odd arguing with myself. :=) | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2375 Registered: 3-2006 |
Heheh. I get the feeling I'm trying to guess Rumpelstiltskin's name while he keeps changing it. This, as we say in England, is not cricket (you know, that game where you score goals by throwing a ball between two stumps ...) Well, Pantagruel worked ... and Gargantua didn't. Obviously I tried Gargantua first, as he was the daddy, and there are only two well-known porky guzzlers in (what little I know of) C16th French lit. I confess I was the Razvan Bruma of 11.15 and 8,28, but not the other ones. Hilarious thread, anyway, and I think Rabelais would approve. :-) I need a beer .... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8411 Registered: 4-2010 |
But what does this mean about my citizenship? Nice puzzle, and I promise: no hacking from me =) | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1016 Registered: 9-2009 |
Now that you mention, it makes sense. The password was indeed gargantua, but I change it to pantagruelx, to avoid situations like the ones above (talking to myself). I wasn't aware that the program will not accept more that a certain number of characters, so my added "x" was nothing. The machine beated the man, one more time. Now I should change it one more time.... Let's name it rabelaiss? No, I know of a password that even Woodworm will have a difficult time to guess :=) Thanks to all who participated. |
