| Author | Message | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 286 Registered: 11-2010 |
I told Balin I would post a third part to my (now) Rulebreaker Trilogy, so here it is! The goal of this final puzzle is to break the rule I've been using in my previous two rulebreakers ('Rules are meant to be broken...' and 'A Valentine Rulebreaker'). Both of these were two part puzzles where the goals were to find a phrase, using clues provided by my rule in the answers to questions provided by solvers, and to find the reason behind the phrase. Since the goal of this puzzle is to break my rule, I shall provide a phrase from the start. If you want a question answered normally, ask it as usual. If you want it answered by the rule, using the provided phrase as a reference (to maybe help you break the rule), ask the question IN CAPITAL LETTERS PLEASE. Anything not pertaining to the puzzle can be in italics as usual. (If this is confusing, don't hesitate to ask me to clarify anything. I'm typing this at 4 AM before I go to work.) Shall we begin? The phrase is as follows... "Today is a good day for someone else to die." (Bonus points to anyone who can tell me where this quote came from!) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12459 Registered: 4-2010 |
Sounds familiar - can't place it though. IS TODAY A GOOD DAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DIE? IS TODAY A GOOD DAY FOR ME TO DIE? IS TODAY A GOOD DAY FOR YOU TO DIE? IS TODAY A GOOD DAY? IS TODAY A DAY? IS TODAY GOOD? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 830 Registered: 9-2010 |
WHAT DAY IS TODAY? IS TODAY MY BIRTHDAY? WILL YOU DIE TODAY? DID YOU DIE? DID SOMEONE DIE TODAY? DID SOMEONE DIE? WHAT IS MY NAME? IS A FERRET BLUE? DID A FERRET DIE? WHO ELSE DIED? WHO DIED? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3282 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is today really a good day for someone else to die? Did I tell you I've been participating in Back To Middle-Earth Month and in my latest story, someone was prevented from dying? :-D I just got a review comparing one of my fics to one of the best fic authors we both know. *blushes madly* Such a very high compliment... | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 838 Registered: 9-2010 |
Tortie, I think you confused your sister, with the way to ask questions. Otherwise, I'm not sure why her first question is in lowercase... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3286 Registered: 9-2010 |
Because I wanted it answered normally, of course. =P | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 287 Registered: 11-2010 |
Sounds familiar - can't place it though. That's ok, I'm not expecting anyone to be able to know it without the use of google. IS TODAY A GOOD DAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DIE? Today good. IS TODAY A GOOD DAY FOR ME TO DIE? Tomorrow bad, today good. IS TODAY A GOOD DAY FOR YOU TO DIE? Good today, bad tomorrow. IS TODAY A GOOD DAY? Good today. IS TODAY A DAY? Are you good today? IS TODAY GOOD? I'm good today. WHAT DAY IS TODAY? Today Thursday for you. IS TODAY MY BIRTHDAY? Maybe, Robert's birthday hopefully good today though. WILL YOU DIE TODAY? Today, no. This good. DID YOU DIE? Someone did. DID SOMEONE DIE TODAY? Someone did! DID SOMEONE DIE? Someone was probably killed. WHAT IS MY NAME? For it must be today! IS A FERRET BLUE? Good ferrets are blue today. DID A FERRET DIE? Someone probably killed the ferret. WHO ELSE DIED? To say today would jinx it. WHO DIED? To be, or not? That's the question today. Is today really a good day for someone else to die? According to the "person" who said it, yes. Better than the one who says it dying, right? At least from the perspective of the one saying it. Did I tell you I've been participating in Back To Middle-Earth Month and in my latest story, someone was prevented from dying? No you did not, cool though. :-D I just got a review comparing one of my fics to one of the best fic authors we both know. *blushes madly* Such a very high compliment... Indeed! Congrats | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3287 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is Discworld's Death relevant? Would it be better if we could figure out how to ask the questions in "SMALL CAPS"? (I can't remember how to shrink them...) IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR DEATH (SEE ABOVE)? Is it a good day for Death? IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR THE DEATH OF RATS? Is it a good day for the Death of Rats? IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR PENGUINS? Is it a good day for penguins? IS THERE A DEATH OF PENGUINS? Is there a Death of Penguins? I can haz cheezburgur? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 288 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is Discworld's Death relevant? To the rule, no. To the origin of the quote, yes in the sense that if the one saying it did die they would be meeting Discworld's Death. Would it be better if we could figure out how to ask the questions in "SMALL CAPS"? Nope, I'm fine with them like this. I just figured it would be easier for people to hit "capslock" and ask questions then to have to format everything. (I can't remember how to shrink them...) IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR DEATH (SEE ABOVE)? Today good. Is it a good day for Death? It would be good for him if he was kept busy by people dying during the events that took place after the quote. IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR THE DEATH OF RATS? Today good too. Is it a good day for the Death of Rats? If he believes it to be so. IS IT A GOOD DAY FOR PENGUINS? Penguins good today. Is it a good day for penguins? As long as they had plenty of fish. IS THERE A DEATH OF PENGUINS? Not today, tomorrow may be good. Is there a Death of Penguins? At one point in the books (can't remember which) there was a Death for everything. Now the only ones left are Death, the Death of Rats, and the Death of Fleas (I believe). I can haz cheezburgur? Hmmmm...only if you can break my rule! MUAHAHAHA! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3288 Registered: 9-2010 |
THEREFORE ULMO UPROOTED AN ISLAND WHICH LONG HAD STOOD ALONE AMID THE SEA, FAR FROM EITHER SHORE, SINCE THE TUMULTS OF THE FALL OF ILLUIN; AND WITH THE AID OF HIS SERVANTS HE MOVED IT, AS IT WERE A MIGHTY SHIP, AND ANCHORED IT IN THE BAY OF BALAR, INTO WHICH SIRION POURED HIS WATER. | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 289 Registered: 11-2010 |
THEREFORE ULMO UPROOTED AN ISLAND WHICH LONG HAD STOOD ALONE AMID THE SEA, FAR FROM EITHER SHORE, SINCE THE TUMULTS OF THE FALL OF ILLUIN; AND WITH THE AID OF HIS SERVANTS HE MOVED IT, AS IT WERE A MIGHTY SHIP, AND ANCHORED IT IN THE BAY OF BALAR, INTO WHICH SIRION POURED HIS WATER. Today a whale was beached on the island. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3289 Registered: 9-2010 |
Therefore Ulmo uprooted an island which long had stood alone amid the Sea, far from either shore, since the tumults of the fall of Illuin; and with the aid of his servants he moved it, as it were a mighty ship, and anchored it in the Bay of Balar, into which Sirion poured his water. (Quenta Silmarillion chapter 5 - "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalie", The Silmarillion, J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien) | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 290 Registered: 11-2010 |
Therefore Ulmo uprooted an island which long had stood alone amid the Sea, far from either shore, since the tumults of the fall of Illuin; and with the aid of his servants he moved it, as it were a mighty ship, and anchored it in the Bay of Balar, into which Sirion poured his water. (Quenta Silmarillion chapter 5 - "Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalie", The Silmarillion, J.R.R. and Christopher Tolkien) This is all irrelevant, but I was wondering where that quote came from. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3290 Registered: 9-2010 |
I thought you might have been. =D THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC WITH SONGS THEY HAVE SUNG FOR A THOUSAND YEARS THE HILLS FILL MY HEART WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC MY HEART WANTS TO SING EVERY SONG IT HEARS MY HEART WANTS TO BEAT LIKE THE WINGS OF THE BIRDS THAT RISE FROM THE LAKE TO THE TREES MY HEART WANTS TO SIGH LIKE A CHIME THAT FLIES FROM A CHURCH ON A BREEZE TO LAUGH LIKE A BROOK AS IT TRIPS AND FALLS OVER STONES ON ITS WAY TO SING THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKE A LARK WHO IS LEARNING TO PRAY (If you don't know what that's from, you really need to be poked, Tortiesibling =P) | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 291 Registered: 11-2010 |
I thought you might have been. =D mhmm THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC WITH SONGS THEY HAVE SUNG FOR A THOUSAND YEARS THE HILLS FILL MY HEART WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC MY HEART WANTS TO SING EVERY SONG IT HEARS MY HEART WANTS TO BEAT LIKE THE WINGS OF THE BIRDS THAT RISE FROM THE LAKE TO THE TREES MY HEART WANTS TO SIGH LIKE A CHIME THAT FLIES FROM A CHURCH ON A BREEZE TO LAUGH LIKE A BROOK AS IT TRIPS AND FALLS OVER STONES ON ITS WAY TO SING THROUGH THE NIGHT LIKE A LARK WHO IS LEARNING TO PRAY Due to the lack of punctuation, I'm treating this as one question. Day is done, gone the sun... (If you don't know what that's from, you really need to be poked, Tortiesibling =P) It's from The Sound of Music, duh! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3291 Registered: 9-2010 |
(Excuse the lack of CAPS, copy/pasted lyrics. Please answer one for CAPS, one for no caps, divided by a / if you like) Day is done, gone the sun? From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky? All is well, safely rest? God is nigh.? Fading light dims the sight? And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright? From afar, drawing near? Falls the night.? Thanks and praise for our days? Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky? As we go, this we know? God is nigh.? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 292 Registered: 11-2010 |
(Excuse the lack of CAPS, copy/pasted lyrics. Please answer one for CAPS, one for no caps, divided by a / if you like) Only this time though. Those answered by rule in capitals. Day is done, gone the sun? TODAY IS A.../sun's not gone yet From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky? FOR TODAY THE LAKES ARE PRETTY./and the hills are alive right? All is well, safely rest? A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD SMELL AS SWEET?/I will rest later. God is nigh.? FOR TODAY, MAYBE./... Fading light dims the sight? A TISKET AND TASKET EQUAL THE BASKET./Pretty image And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright? ELSE THE STAR FADES AWAY./Shiny! From afar, drawing near? FOR TODAY MAY BE CLOSE./Closer, closer... Falls the night.? TODAY A NIGHT MAY BE BORN./OMG, the sky is falling? Thanks and praise for our days? THANK YOU TODAY!/I did! Neath the sun, neath the stars, neath the sky? TODAY IS NEATH THE SUN./We are the knights who say neath! As we go, this we know? A KNIGHT WILL GO TODAY./We do? God is nigh.? ONCE AGAIN, FOR TODAY, MAYBE.../... btw, all of her questions were irrelevant to the puzzle when not asked to be answered by the rule. I was just messing with her. | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 750 Registered: 9-2008 |
INFURIATED FILMMAKERS REMARKABLY SQUANDERED TIMETABLES, YOUTHFULLY ZIGZAGGING ZOMBIELIKE? AVID COPS FEAR HAZY MOMS; RIPE TEAS VETO YOUR ZANY ZONE? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 293 Registered: 11-2010 |
INFURIATED FILMMAKERS REMARKABLY SQUANDERED TIMETABLES, YOUTHFULLY ZIGZAGGING ZOMBIELIKE? Else the zombielike filmmakers might actually work? AVID COPS FEAR HAZY MOMS; RIPE TEAS VETO YOUR ZANY ZONE? Today is nice with ripe teas. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12465 Registered: 4-2010 |
I AM NOT WELL KNOWN, JOSEPH REMARKS, MUNCHING CHOCOLATE NONPAREILS? PREGNANCY COMMONLY RETURNS ACTUAL HAPPY BOYS AND "XX"? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 841 Registered: 9-2010 |
I'm confused... What's the point of asking the same questions in CAPS and no caps? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3292 Registered: 9-2010 |
Asking it in caps gets it answered by the rule; not in caps without the rule. Or in italics, I guess, but my wrists have been sore these past couple days and I've not felt like formatting. *sigh* They're all right for now. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2398 Registered: 7-2009 |
I'm also confused. What is the point of asking a question that you don't want answered by the rule? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 844 Registered: 9-2010 |
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF DEATH? AM I BALIN? AM I GREGORY? AM I AWESOME? IS NOEL A MAN? IS NOEL A WOMAN? IS NOEL A HERMAPHRODITE? IS KAYLEE A MAN? IS KAYLEE A WOMAN? IS KAYLEE A HERMAPHRODITE? IS MICHAEL JACKSON A MAN? IS MICHAEL JACKSON A WOMAN? IS HE BOTH? DID HE CHANGE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER? WHEN? WHY? WHY NOT? WHY ARE MEN BALD? WHY ARE WOMEN PREGNANT? WHY DO ALIENS ALIEN? WHEN WILL I DIE? WHEN WILL YOU DIE? WHEN WILL GOD DIE? WHEN WILL HADES DIE? WHAT SHOULD I DO SINCE I PLUGGED A MOUSE INTO MY COMPUTER AND POOR OLD MICKEY GOT ELECTROCUTED? AND IS MICKEY GONE FOR GOOD NOW? I'D LIKE TO BUY A PLAYBOY FOR MY LITTLE SON FOR HIS BIRTHDAY? A WHAT? YOU KNOW, TO PLAY WITH? DO YOU MEAN A GAME BOY? WHAT DID I SAY? THIS IS 911, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? I BELIEVE SOMEONE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING ME ALL DAY, WHAT SHOULD I DO? CAN YOU GIVE ME A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON? I THINK SHE'S TALL, BLACK, AND HAS NO FACE - WHO IS SHE? WOULD THAT BE YOUR SHADOW? MY WHAT? A SHADOW, IT FOLLOWS YOU AROUND, YOU KNOW? OH, IS IT LIKE A FAIRY? Note: All of those last two were taken (and slightly modified) from conversations on NotAlwaysRight.com. The following are also from there and are actual calls made to a West Virginia 911 line (AGAIN, SOME are slightly modified to get to question form) WHAT ARE THE DAILY PICK 4 LOTTERY NUMBERS? MY TV IS OUT, WHAT SHOULD I DO? HOW MUCH SNOW/RAIN ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET? IS IT ILLEGAL TO TAPE A CAT TO A BOTTLE ROCKET? HOW DO I REPORT THE GOVERNMENT FOR FRAUD SINCE THEY'RE LYING TO US ALL? HOW HIGH ARE GAS PRICES GOING TO GET? WHY AM I GETTING ERROR MESSAGE #781 ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN? I'VE NEVER ROASTED A TURKEY BEFORE, AND MY INLAWS WILL BE HERE IN AN HOUR, SO CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE? I AM READING THIS RECIPE - WHAT IS FENNEL? I AM DOING MY HOMEWORK - WHAT IS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 435? ARE CRABS IN SEASON? CAN I TALK TO A COP ABOUT MY CHILD SUPPORT, OR IS IT TOO HARD FOR YOU TO DRAG ONE AWAY FROM THE DONUT SHOP? ARE YOU ALL AWAKE - I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE? Here's some more... CAN I CANCEL MY APPOINTMENT FOR A TUTOR AT 1:30? ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVE THE TIME RIGHT - I SEE NOBODY BOOKED FOR THAT TIME? CAN I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 1:30 THEN? DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY YOU WANTED TO CANCEL? WELL DON'T I HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IN ORDER TO CANCEL? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 294 Registered: 11-2010 |
I AM NOT WELL KNOWN, JOSEPH REMARKS, MUNCHING CHOCOLATE NONPAREILS? Is that so? PREGNANCY COMMONLY RETURNS ACTUAL HAPPY BOYS AND "XX"? Someone actually happy? I'm confused... What's the point of asking the same questions in CAPS and no caps? Honestly, I don't understand myself why I keep getting these questions like this. There is absolutely not point to asking the same questions to be answered with or without the rule. Unless of course the question actually has to do with solving the puzzle by breaking the rule. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? Today for now. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF DEATH? Today for later. AM I BALIN? Today good Balin. AM I GREGORY? Today good Gregory. AM I AWESOME? Awesome good today. IS NOEL A MAN? Man good today. IS NOEL A WOMAN? Woman good today. IS NOEL A HERMAPHRODITE? Hermaphrodite good today. IS KAYLEE A MAN? Kaylee good today. IS KAYLEE A WOMAN? Today good Kaylee? IS KAYLEE A HERMAPHRODITE? Kaylee still good today? IS MICHAEL JACKSON A MAN? MJ good today. IS MICHAEL JACKSON A WOMAN? MJ not so good today. IS HE BOTH? MJ today may be good. DID HE CHANGE FROM ONE TO THE OTHER? Someone changed. WHEN? A minute after today. WHY? Today good. WHY NOT? Today not good. WHY ARE MEN BALD? Bald good today. WHY ARE WOMEN PREGNANT? Women pregnant today? WHY DO ALIENS ALIEN? Good aliens alien today. WHEN WILL I DIE? A long time after today. WHEN WILL YOU DIE? Hopefully a lont time after today. WHEN WILL GOD DIE? A god can be dead today? WHEN WILL HADES DIE? A man in Tarterus called today. WHAT SHOULD I DO SINCE I PLUGGED A MOUSE INTO MY COMPUTER AND POOR OLD MICKEY GOT ELECTROCUTED? For today you should get new Mickey. AND IS MICKEY GONE FOR GOOD NOW? Else he be gone tomorrow? I'D LIKE TO BUY A PLAYBOY FOR MY LITTLE SON FOR HIS BIRTHDAY? For his birthday? LOL! A WHAT? CA YOU KNOW, TO PLAY WITH? Else you misheard? DO YOU MEAN A GAME BOY? Else you are correct? WHAT DID I SAY? Today you said it for shame. THIS IS 911, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? 911 good today. I BELIEVE SOMEONE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING ME ALL DAY, WHAT SHOULD I DO? A person will help you. CAN YOU GIVE ME A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON? Today is alright? I THINK SHE'S TALL, BLACK, AND HAS NO FACE - WHO IS SHE? A man. WOULD THAT BE YOUR SHADOW? Is a shadow, yes? MY WHAT? Else today might be your shadow? A SHADOW, IT FOLLOWS YOU AROUND, YOU KNOW? CA OH, IS IT LIKE A FAIRY? To right you know? Note: All of those last two were taken (and slightly modified) from conversations on NotAlwaysRight.com. The following are also from there and are actual calls made to a West Virginia 911 line (AGAIN, SOME are slightly modified to get to question form) they are most fun WHAT ARE THE DAILY PICK 4 LOTTERY NUMBERS? For today, 3 8 20 42 81 MY TV IS OUT, WHAT SHOULD I DO? Kick it, else today may be ruined. HOW MUCH SNOW/RAIN ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GET? To much today. IS IT ILLEGAL TO TAPE A CAT TO A BOTTLE ROCKET? Not good today. HOW DO I REPORT THE GOVERNMENT FOR FRAUD SINCE THEY'RE LYING TO US ALL? Lie to them today. HOW HIGH ARE GAS PRICES GOING TO GET? To say would jinx it today. WHY AM I GETTING ERROR MESSAGE #781 ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN? Today good at getting errors? I'VE NEVER ROASTED A TURKEY BEFORE, AND MY INLAWS WILL BE HERE IN AN HOUR, SO CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE? Today is fine. I AM READING THIS RECIPE - WHAT IS FENNEL? A funnel? I AM DOING MY HOMEWORK - WHAT IS THE SQUARE ROOT OF 435? A lot. ARE CRABS IN SEASON? Today is crab season. CAN I TALK TO A COP ABOUT MY CHILD SUPPORT, OR IS IT TOO HARD FOR YOU TO DRAG ONE AWAY FROM THE DONUT SHOP? Today is donut time. ARE YOU ALL AWAKE - I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE? Today is awake time. Here's some more... too many questions *headdesk* CAN I CANCEL MY APPOINTMENT FOR A TUTOR AT 1:30? Today is tutor time. ARE YOU SURE YOU HAVE THE TIME RIGHT - I SEE NOBODY BOOKED FOR THAT TIME? Today is right time. CAN I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 1:30 THEN? Today is appointment time. DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY YOU WANTED TO CANCEL? Is someone canceling? WELL DON'T I HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IN ORDER TO CANCEL? Today for sure. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12483 Registered: 4-2010 |
CAN WE DO ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS? OR PLAY QUESTIONS ONLY LIKE ON WHOSE LINE? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 295 Registered: 11-2010 |
CAN WE DO ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS? Today is question time. OR PLAY QUESTIONS ONLY LIKE ON WHOSE LINE? Is Whose Line day? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12519 Registered: 4-2010 |
IS TODAY GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD DAY? IS TODAY GOING TO BE A VERY BAD DAY? IS TODAY GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY? IS TODAY GOING TO BE A BAD DAY? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 296 Registered: 11-2010 |
IS TODAY GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD DAY? Today good. IS TODAY GOING TO BE A VERY BAD DAY? Today good. IS TODAY GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY? Today good. IS TODAY GOING TO BE A BAD DAY? Today good. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12521 Registered: 4-2010 |
TODAY IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD DAY? TODAY IS GOING TO BE A VERY BAD DAY? TODAY IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY? TODAY IS GOING TO BE A BAD DAY? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3297 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the word "today" important to the rule? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 297 Registered: 11-2010 |
TODAY IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD DAY? For a moment. TODAY IS GOING TO BE A VERY BAD DAY? For a moment. TODAY IS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY? For a moment. TODAY IS GOING TO BE A BAD DAY? For a moment. Is the word "today" important to the rule? It's not important to the rule, except for the fact that it is in the phrase that the rule uses. Remember, the rule was originally written such that when questions are answered by the rule, the answers contain words from a phrase that people were looking for. Now the goal is to break my rule (think code) which I follow to decided what word(s) in the phrase will be given in the answer to the question. This is why I provided the phrase at the begining of the puzzle, rather than have people solve for the phrase. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12530 Registered: 4-2010 |
Number of words in the question relevant? Is it relevant if the question contains any of the words in the phrase? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 298 Registered: 11-2010 |
Number of words in the question relevant? Nope Is it relevant if the question contains any of the words in the phrase? Nope | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 862 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the answer you give the only possible answer you could give for a specific question? Or does the answer you give just need to comply with certain rules which allow different options? (For instance it must have words of length 3, 1, and 6, which could be "For a moment" or "For a monkey" Or "Was I killed?" | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 299 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is the answer you give the only possible answer you could give for a specific question? yope-ish, I could phrase my answers multiple ways, but there are certain parts to my answers which are constant based on the question. Or does the answer you give just need to comply with certain rules which allow different options? yope, doyd of "options"(For instance it must have words of length 3, 1, and 6, which could be "For a moment" or "For a monkey" Or "Was I killed?" it's not like this though, my "options" have to do with the irrelevant parts of my answers | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12536 Registered: 4-2010 |
Length of the question relevant? Number of words in the question relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 300 Registered: 11-2010 |
Length of the question relevant? Number of words in the question relevant? No to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12544 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a certain word or words in the question relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 301 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is a certain word or words in the question relevant? yes! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12548 Registered: 4-2010 |
First word relevant? Last word? Middle word? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 302 Registered: 11-2010 |
First word relevant? this only Last word? Middle word? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12552 Registered: 4-2010 |
Length of that word relevant? Letters in that word? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 866 Registered: 9-2010 |
Hmmm, all my questions that started with the words "when" or "why" included the word "Today" in the answer... WHEN IS MY BIRTHDAY? WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? WHEN IS BALIN'S BIRTHDAY? WHY IS THAT YOUR BIRTHDAY? WHY IS THE SKY BLUE? WHY AM I NOT DEAD? WHY AM I NOT NOT NOT DEAD? WHEN WILL THIS PUZZLE BE $POILED? WHEN IS KIM JOIN IL'S BURTHSAY? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ANYONE SOLVED THIS CODE? WHY WILL NOBODY EVER SOLVE THIS RULEBREAKER? | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 768 Registered: 9-2008 |
REMARKABLY, I FOUND THE ANSWER OF ELSE? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 303 Registered: 11-2010 |
Sorry everyone, had company for a few days in Davis, then was in San Jose for the weekend. Just woke up for work and am a bit tired, so appologies for less creative answers today (but they should help a bit). Length of that word relevant? noLetters in that word? this Hmmm, all my questions that started with the words "when" or "why" included the word "Today" in the answer...yes they did WHEN IS MY BIRTHDAY? Today a... WHEN IS YOUR BIRTHDAY? Today a... WHEN IS BALIN'S BIRTHDAY? Today a... WHY IS THAT YOUR BIRTHDAY? Today good... WHY IS THE SKY BLUE? Today good... WHY AM I NOT DEAD? Today good... WHY AM I NOT NOT NOT DEAD? Today good... WHEN WILL THIS PUZZLE BE $POILED? Today a... WHEN IS KIM JOIN IL'S BURTHSAY? Today a... WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ANYONE SOLVED THIS CODE? Today a... WHY WILL NOBODY EVER SOLVE THIS RULEBREAKER? Today good... REMARKABLY, I FOUND THE ANSWER OF ELSE? Today for... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12612 Registered: 4-2010 |
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? WHAT IS YOUR QUEST? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ASSYRIA? WHAT IS THE AIR-SPEED VELOCITY OF AN UNLADEN SWALLOW? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, AFRICAN OR EUROPEAN SWALLOW? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2416 Registered: 7-2009 |
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? WHERE'S WALDO? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 876 Registered: 9-2010 |
WHO DIED? WHAT DID HE DIE FROM? WHEN DID HE DIE? WHERE DID HE DIE? WHY DID HE DIE? HOW DID HE DIE? WHO'S DEATH WAS IT? WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF DEATH? WHEN'S THE DATE OF DEATH? WHERE'S THE PLACE OF DEATH? WHY'S HE DEAD? HOW'S HE DEAD? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 305 Registered: 11-2010 |
WHAT IS YOUR NAME? Today for... WHAT IS YOUR QUEST? Today for... WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? Today for... WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ASSYRIA? Today for... WHAT IS THE AIR-SPEED VELOCITY OF AN UNLADEN SWALLOW? Today for... WHAT DO YOU MEAN, AFRICAN OR EUROPEAN SWALLOW? Today for... Bonus points for Balin for Monty Python references! WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? Someone... WHERE'S WALDO? Today is for... WHO DIED? Today to... WHAT DID HE DIE FROM? Today for... WHEN DID HE DIE? Today a... WHERE DID HE DIE? Someone... WHY DID HE DIE? Today good... HOW DID HE DIE? Today to... WHO'S DEATH WAS IT? For a... WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF DEATH? Die... WHEN'S THE DATE OF DEATH? Is to... WHERE'S THE PLACE OF DEATH? Today is for... WHY'S HE DEAD? Is a... HOW'S HE DEAD? For a... | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 777 Registered: 9-2008 |
INFURIATED FILMMAKERS THOUGHT THEY FOUND THE ANSWER OF ELSE? INFURIATE A FILMMAKER AND WHAT DO YOU GET? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 307 Registered: 11-2010 |
INFURIATED FILMMAKERS THOUGHT THEY FOUND THE ANSWER OF ELSE? Else... INFURIATE A FILMMAKER AND WHAT DO YOU GET? Someone... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12628 Registered: 4-2010 |
WHERE'S A GOOD DOCTOR WHEN YOU NEED ONE? WHERE'S THE TOWN DRUNK? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 308 Registered: 11-2010 |
WHERE'S A GOOD DOCTOR WHEN YOU NEED ONE? Today is for... WHERE'S THE TOWN DRUNK? Today is for... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12631 Registered: 4-2010 |
WHERE'S MR. JOHNSON? WHERE'S MRS. JOHNSON? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 309 Registered: 11-2010 |
WHERE'S MR. JOHNSON? Today is for... WHERE'S MRS. JOHNSON? Today is for... What you know so far. The first word of the question is the only relevant word. It is the letters in that first word that are important, not the word itself (ex: santa and satan would return the same answers if put at the begining of a question). | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 878 Registered: 9-2010 |
How do we know the last part? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 310 Registered: 11-2010 |
How do we know the last part? Of the answer? If this is what you mean, there is no "last part" to the answer. There are just the words that come from the phrase, they could go anywhere in the answer that I want them to go. The goal is to figure out why I put only certain words from the phrase into the answer. There is a very specific method that determines the words of the phrase that are revealed in the answer (right now you know that the letters in the first word of the question is the only part of the question that is relevant to determining the answer). If this is not what you wanted, please clarify what you meant. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2422 Registered: 7-2009 |
since the first word is all that matters I hope you don't mind this: HOW? HOWL? WHOM? WHERE? WERE? ERE? RE? RAD? DARE? DART? ART? ITS? IT'S? SITS? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 311 Registered: 11-2010 |
since the first word is all that matters I hope you don't mind this: This is perfectly fine with me. HOW? Today to HOWL? Today die WHOM? Someone WHERE? Someone WERE? Is someone ERE? Today good RE? To RAD? To DARE? Today good DART? Good ART? Is for ITS? Today is IT'S? Today is SITS? To Hope these help! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12635 Registered: 4-2010 |
WITNESS? WITLESS? WISECRACKS? WISECRACKERS? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 312 Registered: 11-2010 |
WITNESS? To WITLESS? Else WISECRACKS? Is is (I was wondering if this would ever happen, and it did! Good word!) WISECRACKERS? Today to | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12643 Registered: 4-2010 |
WHEELIES? WHEELS? WISE? CRACKS? CRACKERS? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 313 Registered: 11-2010 |
WHEELIES? Today good WHEELS? Today is WISE? Today good CRACKS? A day CRACKERS? Today is for | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12644 Registered: 4-2010 |
WILLY-NILLY? WISHBONE? WIMBLEDON? WONDERWOMAN? WONDER? WOMAN? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 314 Registered: 11-2010 |
WILLY-NILLY? Is someone WISHBONE? A else WIMBLEDON? Day WONDERWOMAN? A die WONDER? Is WOMAN? Today is day | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 881 Registered: 9-2010 |
I meant, how do we know that "Santa" and "Satan" are the same? (In response to your summary of what we know so far) I don't recall us ever determining that. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3348 Registered: 9-2010 |
gud mornin mai tortiesibling, hao yuo iz? I? CAN? HAZ? CHEEZBURGUR? IT IS A GOOD DAY FOR CHEESEBURGER? KITTEHZ LOVE CHEEZBURGURZ? IN-N-OUT HAZ GOOD CHEEZBURGUR? WELCOME TO GOODBURGER? IZ TODAY A GOOD DAY FOAR CHEEZBURGUR? WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? LONG TIME PASSING? WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? LONG TIME AGO? WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? YOUNG GIRLS HAVE PICKED THEM, EVERY ONE? OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE? LONG TIME PASSING? WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE? LONG TIME AGO? WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE? GONE TO YOUNG MEN EVERYWHERE? OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE? LONG TIME PASSING? WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE? LONG TIME AGO? WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE? GONE TO BE SOLDIERS, EVERY ONE? OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE? LONG TIME PASSING? WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE? LONG TIME AGO? WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE? GONE TO GRAVEYARDS, EVERY ONE? OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE? LONG TIME PASSING? WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE? LONG TIME AGO? WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE? GONE TO FLOWERS, EVERY ONE? OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" - Peter, Paul and Mary DO YOU LIKE PETER, PAUL AND MARY? DID YOU KNOW THAT MARY TRAVERS HAS DIED? =( DO YOU THINK MORE OF THEIR SONGS WOULD HELP? WILL SONG LYRICS IN GENERAL HELP? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 882 Registered: 9-2010 |
AA? QI? AI? AE? DO? RE? MI? FA? SO? LA? TI? DO? PURPLE? LAVENDER? MAUVE? PURINA? GOAT? VIKING? ELMO? CRACKPOT? CROCKPOT? CREEK? CREEP? PEEK? CANADA? MOSES? PASSOVER? CHANUKAH? CHRISTMAS? KWANZA? EASTER? JESUS? GODZILLA? GOD? GOOSE? DUCK? PACO? TACO? NACHO? BURRITO? ENCHILADA? CHINCHILLA? ENCHIRDO? CHIHUAHUA? KAYLEE? TONKS? LUPIN? GREGORY? AARON? KOCH? THE? FIRST? BALIN? MORON? TRAVIS? SUSAN? RABIES? RABID? LLAMA? LLAMAS? FERRETS? COOKIE? MONSTER? SESAME? STREET? HOW? GENTLE? IS? THE? RAIN? THAT? FALLS? SOFTLY? ON? THE? MEADOW? BIRDS? HIGH? UP? IN? THE? TREES? SERENADE? THE? FLOWERS? OH? SWEET? MELODY? HAPPY? BIRTHDAY? IT? IS? THE? FOURTH? OF? JULY? AND? MY? MIDDLE? NAME? IS? NOT? BOOGABOOGA? BOOGA? GOOGAMOOGA? DOODLEBOP? DOODLE? BOP? CAMBRIDGE? HARVARD? OXFORD? YALE? YELL? HELL? SMELL? TELL? TELLITUBBIES? SATELLITES? DID? YOU? KNOW? THAT? MY? SPELLCHECK? THINKS? KAYLEE? IS? A? WORD? BUT? THAT? TORTIE? SHOULD? BE? ONE? OF? THE? FOLLOWING? WORDS? TORTE? SORTIE? CORTIE? MORTIE? PORTIE? AND? I? ORIGINALLY? THOUGHT? YOUR? KAYLEESIBLING? MADE? THIS? PUZZLE? AND? WROTE? ACCORDINGLY? BUT? NOW? I? WILL? CLOSE? THIS? LONG? PHRASE? OF? VERY? INTENSE? QUESTIONS? BY? SAYING? TORTIEKITTEN? IS? A? HUMAN? AND? NOT? A? CAT? By the way, in case it matters, the two letter words at the beginning are all real words according to the Scrabble dictionary | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12645 Registered: 4-2010 |
REBECCA? BLACK? SOUNDS? WORSE? THAN? JUSTIN? BIEBER? BUT? JUST? BARELY? ESPECIALLY? ON? FRIDAY? ISN'T? IT? SPELLED? TELETUBBIES? DON'T? ASK? ME? HOW? I? KNOW? THAT? DO? YOU? KNOW? MANY? Q? WITHOUT? U? WORDS? QIVIUT? QADI? QAT? SUQ? SHEQEL? SHEQALIM? I? AM? WATCHING? ESPN? CLASSIC? 1979? WORLD? SERIES? GAME? 7? PIRATES? VERSUS? ORIOLES? YESTERDAY? I? READ? THE? FINAL? ALEX? RIDER? BOOK? AND? IT? WAS? AMAZING? ANYTHING? YOU? CAN? DO? I? CAN? DO? BETTER? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 887 Registered: 9-2010 |
SPEAKING? OF? TELLYTUBBIES? OR? HOWEVER? IN? THE? NAME? OF? GAZOOKS? IT? IS? SPELLED? DID? YOU? KNOW? THAT? THE? PURPLE? ONE? WHOSE? NAME? IS? TINKY? WINKY? IS? APPARENTLY? A? HOMOSEXUAL? SINCE? HE? CARRIES? A? PURSE? AND? MANY? OTHER? REASONS? WHICH? I? AM? TOO? TIRED? TO? REMEMBER? BUT? THAT? REMINDS? ME? OF? A? JOKE? WHY? DIDN'T? THE? BICYCLE? GO? TO? THE? SUPERMARKET? BECAUSE? IT? WAS? TOO? TIRED? AS? IN? TWO? TIRED? GET? IT? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA? AND? HERE'S? ANOTHER? ONE? WHICH? IS? BAD? WHY? DID? THE? COOKIE? GO? TO? THE? SUPERMARKET? TO? GET? SOUR? CREAM? AND? THAT? IS? AN? EXAMPLE? OF? META-HUMOR? BECAUSE? GETTING? SOUR? CREAM? WOULD? BE? A? PERFECTLY? LOGICAL? REASON? FOR? A? COOKIE? TO? GO? TO? THE? SUPERMARKET? IF? COOKIES? ACTUALLY? DID? THAT? Are hyphenated words like "meta-humor" treated as one word or two? Answer whichever ones of the following become relevant due to the answer to this METAHUMOR? META? HUMOR? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 316 Registered: 11-2010 |
Ok, so I was working on answering all of these (up to Balin's post, Gregory was crossposting) for about 5 hours now (multitasking a little)...and stupid me was doing it right on screen, and not on a saveable document. So to cut a long story short, my page just refreshed itself (no idea why), and all that work is gone!!!!! I will try again tomorrow to retype out all of the answers *headdesk* but I beg you guys, please don't post any more questions to be answered by the rule until I answer what is already here!!!!! Other questions about the puzzle are perfectly fine (the only other thing I will accept at this point is the alphabet, which I'm surprised nobody has tried yet). right now I shall go to bed...with the impending thought of more hours of work in my mind... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3349 Registered: 9-2010 |
A? B? C? D? E? F? G? H? I? J? K? L? M? N? O? P? Q? R? S? T? U? V? W? X? Y? Z? now for something slightly alphabetical... AL? AK? AZ? AR? CA? CO? CT? DE? FL? GA? HI? IL? IN? IA? KS? KY? LA? ME? MD? MA? MI? MN? MS? MO? MT? NE? NV? NH? NJ? NM? NY? NC? ND? OH? OK? OR? PA? RI? SC? SD? TN? TX? UT? VT? VA? WA? WV? WI? WY? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 318 Registered: 11-2010 |
I meant, how do we know that "Santa" and "Satan" are the same? (In response to your summary of what we know so far) I don't recall us ever determining that. I had mentioned that it was just the letters in the first word that were relevant. I was tired when I posted about that summary and probably did reveal a bit more than you guys truly knew at that time. I am telling you that they are equivalent :-) gud mornin mai tortiesibling, hao yuo iz? would be better if my original answers to all of these hadn’t gone away when the page refreshed itself…now I am typing this in word, and will copy/paste it when done. Sorry for the delay everyone! I? is CAN? today is HAZ? a good CHEEZBURGUR? today to IT IS A GOOD DAY FOR CHEESEBURGER? die KITTEHZ LOVE CHEEZBURGURZ? is day IN-N-OUT HAZ GOOD CHEEZBURGUR? today is WELCOME TO GOODBURGER? today else IZ TODAY A GOOD DAY FOAR CHEEZBURGUR? a good WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? someone LONG TIME PASSING? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? someone LONG TIME AGO? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE? someone YOUNG GIRLS HAVE PICKED THEM, EVERY ONE? today a OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? to WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? today a WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE? someone LONG TIME PASSING? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE? someone LONG TIME AGO? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE? someone GONE TO YOUNG MEN EVERYWHERE? a OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? to WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? today a WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE? someone LONG TIME PASSING? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE? someone LONG TIME AGO? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG MEN GONE? someone GONE TO BE SOLDIERS, EVERY ONE? a OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? to WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? today a WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE? someone LONG TIME PASSING? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE? someone LONG TIME AGO? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE SOLDIERS GONE? someone GONE TO GRAVEYARDS, EVERY ONE? a OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? to WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? today a WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE? someone LONG TIME PASSING? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE? someone LONG TIME AGO? today is WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRAVEYARDS GONE? someone GONE TO FLOWERS, EVERY ONE? a OH, WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? to WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN? today a "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" - Peter, Paul and Mary DO YOU LIKE PETER, PAUL AND MARY? else DID YOU KNOW THAT MARY TRAVERS HAS DIED? =( someone DO YOU THINK MORE OF THEIR SONGS WOULD HELP? else WILL SONG LYRICS IN GENERAL HELP? today good AA? today QI? today for AI? today a AE? today is DO? else RE? to MI? today day FA? good SO? today someone LA? for TI? die DO? else PURPLE? today day LAVENDER? is MAUVE? today today PURINA? is GOAT? good VIKING? today is ELMO? is a CRACKPOT? is die CROCKPOT? for CREEK? today is good CREEP? day PEEK? is CANADA? today is MOSES? die PASSOVER? a to CHANUKAH? to CHRISTMAS? today a day KWANZA? today else EASTER? today someone JESUS? today is GODZILLA? today good GOD? today for GOOSE? else DUCK? is for PACO? a good TACO? is for NACHO? a BURRITO? someone ENCHILADA? is else CHINCHILLA? is ENCHIRDO? today else CHIHUAHUA? today a KAYLEE? someone TONKS? is LUPIN? today is GREGORY? a else AARON? good KOCH? is THE? is day FIRST? today is BALIN? today else MORON? is a TRAVIS? good SUSAN? today is RABIES? today is RABID? today someone LLAMA? is for LLAMAS? today today FERRETS? good for COOKIE? today die MONSTER? today for SESAME? today today STREET? is die HOW? today to GENTLE? is good IS? today good THE? is day RAIN? today is good THAT? good FALLS? today a SOFTLY? day ON? die THE? is day MEADOW? else BIRDS? today for HIGH? today UP? is IN? to THE? is day TREES? to SERENADE? die THE? is day FLOWERS? today good OH? to SWEET? today is MELODY? today is HAPPY? today is day BIRTHDAY? is die IT? die IS? today good THE? is day FOURTH? today day OF? is good JULY? today someone AND? else MY? today else MIDDLE? day NAME? is day IS? today good NOT? good BOOGABOOGA? today a BOOGA? today a GOOGAMOOGA? today is DOODLEBOP? today day DOODLE? a day BOP? is day CAMBRIDGE? today today HARVARD? today is OXFORD? today a YALE? good YELL? today is HELL? is SMELL? else TELL? good TELLITUBBIES? today someone SATELLITES? today else DID? someone YOU? else KNOW? is good THAT? good MY? today else SPELLCHECK? today day THINKS? is KAYLEE? someone IS? today good A? CA = Can’t Answer WORD? is BUT? good THAT? good TORTIE? is die SHOULD? to BE? good ONE? today someone OF? is good THE? is day FOLLOWING? die WORDS? is TORTE? today is for SORTIE? today good CORTIE? today a good MORTIE? today a PORTIE? a AND? else I? is ORIGINALLY? today else THOUGHT? is day YOUR? is KAYLEESIBLING? is MADE? to THIS? today good PUZZLE? today for AND? else WROTE? is ACCORDINGLY? is is BUT? good NOW? today for I? is WILL? today good CLOSE? today is THIS? today good LONG? today is PHRASE? to OF? is good VERY? today a good INTENSE? today good QUESTIONS? good BY? is SAYING? is a TORTIEKITTEN? today a IS? today good A? CA HUMAN? is else AND? else NOT? good A? CA CAT? today is By the way, in case it matters, the two letter words at the beginning are all real words according to the Scrabble dictionary it doesn’t matter REBECCA? is BLACK? die SOUNDS? today to WORSE? today a THAN? good JUSTIN? today is BIEBER? a BUT? good JUST? today a good BARELY? is good ESPECIALLY? else ON? die FRIDAY? is good ISN'T? today today IT? die SPELLED? today TELETUBBIES? today is a DON'T? for ASK? today ME? today is HOW? today to I? is KNOW? is good THAT? good DO? else YOU? else KNOW? is good MANY? for Q? someone WITHOUT? today die U? is good WORDS? is QIVIUT? today good QADI? today QAT? today else SUQ? is else SHEQEL? today is day SHEQALIM? today is good I? is AM? today good WATCHING? a someone ESPN? today a CLASSIC? today is day 1979? CA WORLD? today is SERIES? is a GAME? today for 7? CA PIRATES? today day VERSUS? today for ORIOLES? today is YESTERDAY? today else I? is READ? today good THE? is day FINAL? today is good ALEX? today is good RIDER? today is BOOK? good AND? else IT? die WAS? good AMAZING? die ANYTHING? today good YOU? else CAN? today is DO? else I? is CAN? today is DO? else BETTER? today a good SPEAKING? today a OF? is good TELLYTUBBIES? today else OR? is day HOWEVER? today is IN? to THE? is day NAME? is day OF? is good GAZOOKS? today day IT? die IS? today good SPELLED? today DID? someone YOU? else KNOW? is good THAT? good THE? is day PURPLE? today day ONE? today someone WHOSE? today a good NAME? is day IS? today good TINKY? is WINKY? today a IS? today good APPARENTLY? today A? CA HOMOSEXUAL? good else SINCE? today a HE? for CARRIES? today A? CA PURSE? is AND? else MANY? for OTHER? today is day REASONS? good for WHICH? is someone I? is AM? today good TOO? today a TIRED? today good TO? a good REMEMBER? is BUT? good THAT? good REMINDS? today a ME? today is OF? is good A? CA JOKE? a WHY? today good DIDN'T? is someone THE? is day BICYCLE? someone GO? today day TO? a good THE? is day SUPERMARKET? is good BECAUSE? today good IT? die WAS? good TOO? today a TIRED? today good AS? today a IN? to TWO? today die TIRED? today good GET? today IT? die HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA? is good AND? else HERE'S? a day ANOTHER? is ONE? today someone WHICH? is someone IS? today good BAD? good WHY? today good DID? someone THE? is day COOKIE? today die GO? today day TO? a good THE? is day SUPERMARKET? is good TO? a good GET? today SOUR? today CREAM? today a AND? else THAT? good IS? today good AN? is a EXAMPLE? today else OF? is good META-HUMOR? today is to BECAUSE? today good GETTING? today a SOUR? today CREAM? today a WOULD? is a BE? good A? CA PERFECTLY? today a day LOGICAL? someone REASON? today is FOR? is for A? CA COOKIE? today die TO? a good GO? today day TO? a good THE? is day SUPERMARKET? is good IF? is a COOKIES? good day ACTUALLY? a else DID? someone THAT? good Are hyphenated words like "meta-humor" treated as one word or two? Answer whichever ones of the following become relevant due to the answer to this one word and I’m just going to answer all METAHUMOR? today is to META? is for HUMOR? is a A? CA B? today C? is D? today E? a F? today is G? good H? today I? is J? today a K? day L? today is M? for N? today good O? is a P? today Q? someone R? today is S? else T? today a U? is good V? today day W? to X? today is Y? a Z? today for now for something slightly alphabetical... not what I meant, but I’ll answer anyway AL? for AK? today is AZ? is AR? else CA? today CO? today is CT? to DE? is FL? today is GA? today HI? someone IL? is good IN? to IA? today a KS? today is a KY? today is LA? for ME? today is MD? someone MA? today good MI? today day MN? is MS? today MO? today good MT? is day NE? else NV? today is NH? today day NJ? today is NM? is NY? is for NC? someone ND? today is OH? to OK? today for OR? is day PA? someone RI? is SC? today day SD? to TN? today someone TX? today day UT? a VT? today is good VA? to WA? today is WV? is a WI? today WY? today is phew...9,352 characters (without counting spaces) later...I'm done! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3353 Registered: 9-2010 |
were you answering the postal codes as if they were simply two-letter combinations? or for the state's full name? or would it not matter? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 319 Registered: 11-2010 |
were you answering the postal codes as if they were simply two-letter combinations? or for the state's full name? or would it not matter? I only look at what letters are there. I'm not going to insert imaginary letters into the question as that would make it harder, lol. It would matter if the full state name was written out vs the two letter abreviation. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 908 Registered: 9-2010 |
So Boogabooga gets the same answer as Booga... Interesting Hi? Hihi? Hihihi? Boogaboogabooga? Boogaboogaboogabooga? Aa? Aaaa? And interesting to note that Llamas, Mauve, Wisecracks, Sesame, and Cambridge all had double words (ie the same word repeated twice). So let's investigate... Lla? Mas? Llamasllamas? Ma? Uve? Mauvemauve? Wise? Cracks? Wisecrackswisecracks? Se? Same? Sesamesesame? Cam? Bridge? Cambridgecambridge? Sesamecambridge? Mauvellamas? Wisecracksllamas? Sesamellamas? Cambridgellamas? Wisecracksmauve? Sesamemauve? Cambridgemauve? Sesamewisecracks? CambridgeWisecracks? Cambridgesesame? Llamasmauvewisecrackssesamecambridge? yeah, I know you told us. But you said "this is what you know ..." so I meant how we knew that BEFORE you told us. I knew how we knew it AFTER you told us. I'm not stupid | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 909 Registered: 9-2010 |
Oops, sorry for not putting that in caps. I'm not going to retype it unless you want me to | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 320 Registered: 11-2010 |
So Boogabooga gets the same answer as Booga... Interesting I found that interesting myself, lol Hi? someone Hihi? today someone Hihihi? is someone Boogaboogabooga? today is a Boogaboogaboogabooga? today a Aa? today Aaaa? today And interesting to note that Llamas, Mauve, Wisecracks, Sesame, and Cambridge all had double words (ie the same word repeated twice). So let's investigate... I found that fun as well Lla? a Mas? a day Llamasllamas? today die Ma? today good Uve? today is Mauvemauve? today today Wise? today good Cracks? a day Wisecrackswisecracks? today is a Se? today is Same? today else Sesamesesame? today good Cam? someone Bridge? is a Cambridgecambridge? today today Sesamecambridge? today today Mauvellamas? today is a Wisecracksllamas? is good Sesamellamas? today is a Cambridgellamas? today is a Wisecracksmauve? die Sesamemauve? today today Cambridgemauve? today today Sesamewisecracks? die CambridgeWisecracks? die Cambridgesesame? today today Llamasmauvewisecrackssesamecambridge? a die yeah, I know you told us. But you said "this is what you know ..." so I meant how we knew that BEFORE you told us. I knew how we knew it AFTER you told us. I'm not stupid I know that, I’m not stupid either. You didn’t know before I told you, I goofed and revealed something that you guys were onto, but hadn’t quite figured out. This was a mistake on my part. Sorry. Oops, sorry for not putting that in caps. I'm not going to retype it unless you want me to that’s ok, I would rather not make the puzzle even longer :-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3358 Registered: 9-2010 |
hilos sibling, I can haz cheezburgur today? =P we iz can haz a recat pleaze? :-) I iz losted kitteh :-( | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 918 Registered: 9-2010 |
Also of note, all of the "double words" except "wisecracks" yielded "today today". And when Cambridge, Mauve and Sesame were combined with eachother (but not llamas or wisecracks) they produced "today today" as well. However, sesamesesame did not for some reason. However, And boogaboogaboogabooga produces the same result as boogabooga and booga but boogaboogabooga does not. I'm going to explore both of these. Btw, when I say "BOOGA (x#)" where # is a number, it means repeat the word BOOGA x times in a single word because I'm too lazy to type it all out. BOOGA (X4) BOOGA (X5) BOOGA (X6) BOOGA (X7) BOOGA (X8) BOOGA (X9) BOOGA (X10) BOOGA (X16) BOOGA (X32) CAMBRIDGE (X3) CAMBRIDGE (X4) CAMBRIDGE (X5) CAMBRIDGE (X6) CAMBRIDGE (X7) CAMBRIDGE (X8) CAMBRIDGE (X16) CAMBRIDGE (X32) SESAMEMAUVE (X2) SESAMEMAUVE (X3) SESAMEMAUVE (X4) SESAMEMAUVE (X5) SESAMECAMBRIDGE (X2) SESAMECAMBRIDGE (X3) SESAMECAMBRIDGE (X4) SESAMECAMBRIDGE (X5) CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X2) CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X3) CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X4) CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X5) CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X666) if the last one would be incredibly difficult and long to answer, don't, but say so. SESAME (X3) SESAME (X4) SESAME (X5) SESAME (X6) SESAME (X7) Will attempting this route help at all? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 321 Registered: 11-2010 |
BLOOPER: SESAMESESAME is 'today today' I must have done something wrong when following my rule earlier. Sorry about that. I don't have the time to answer the rest of these right now. They will be answered by tommorow night (most likely). I can see a lot of them will be 'today today' however. | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 322 Registered: 11-2010 |
BLOOPER: LLAMAS by itself should have been answered 'today die' NOT 'today today' sorry about all of the confusion. Remember, I was answering A LOT of these at the same time the other day (only got 4 hours of sleep after that one). I only just realized this mistake. And now for the rest of the answers you've all been waiting for... hilos sibling, I can haz cheezburgur today? =P we iz can haz a recat pleaze? :-) I iz losted kitteh :-( I don’t think the recap is anything more than what I said last time, except maybe what Gregoryuconn summed up below Also of note, all of the "double words" except "wisecracks" yielded "today today". And when Cambridge, Mauve and Sesame were combined with eachother (but not llamas or wisecracks) they produced "today today" as well. However, sesamesesame did not for some reason. However, And boogaboogaboogabooga produces the same result as boogabooga and booga but boogaboogabooga does not. I'm going to explore both of these. Good think to explore Btw, when I say "BOOGA (x#)" where # is a number, it means repeat the word BOOGA x times in a single word because I'm too lazy to type it all out. sounds good to me BOOGA (X4) today a BOOGA (X5) today a BOOGA (X6) today is a BOOGA (X7) today a good BOOGA (X8) today a BOOGA (X9) today is a BOOGA (X10) today a BOOGA (X16) today a BOOGA (X32) today a CAMBRIDGE (X3) today today is CAMBRIDGE (X4) today today CAMBRIDGE (X5) today today a CAMBRIDGE (X6) today today is CAMBRIDGE (X7) today today good CAMBRIDGE (X8) today today CAMBRIDGE (X16) today today CAMBRIDGE (X32) today today SESAMEMAUVE (X2) today today SESAMEMAUVE (X3) today today is SESAMEMAUVE (X4) today today SESAMEMAUVE (X5) today today a SESAMECAMBRIDGE (X2) today today SESAMECAMBRIDGE (X3) today today is SESAMECAMBRIDGE (X4) today today SESAMECAMBRIDGE (X5) today today a CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X2) today today CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X3) today today is CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X4) today today CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X5) today today a CAMBRIDGEMAUVE (X666) today today is is if the last one would be incredibly difficult and long to answer, don't, but say so. I managed SESAME (X3) today today is SESAME (X4) today today SESAME (X5) today today a SESAME (X6) today today is SESAME (X7) today today good Will attempting this route help at all? it may, depends on how you interpret the results | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12719 Registered: 4-2010 |
Can you recap what we already know is relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 323 Registered: 11-2010 |
RECAP of things you know: 1. Asking questions both with and without the question is mostly useless, and highly annoying. 2. The words I return are from the phrase the rule uses, meanings of the words are not relevant. 3. Answers given to capitalized questions contain words from the phrase at the start of the puzzle. The goal is to figure out why I returned those specific words and not the others, this would be breaking the rule (or cracking the code as I also like to put it in my mind). 4. The number of words in the question is irrelevant. 5. Using words from the phrase in the question is no different than using any other word. 6. Although now I haven’t been adding other words recently (because it’s time consuming), in the answers provided, only the words that are in the original phrase are relevant to solving the puzzle. 7. The only options I have to how I answer the questions are what irrelevant words to add to the answer. 8. Only the first word is relevant in the question, and I accidentally revealed that more specifically, it’s the letters in the first word that are relevant. 9. Hyphenated words are treated as one word. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12728 Registered: 4-2010 |
ALMOST? ADDENDUM? ABSTRACT? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 324 Registered: 11-2010 |
ALMOST? today a ADDENDUM? today is day ABSTRACT? today is good | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12741 Registered: 4-2010 |
TIAGDFSETD? FIDGETS? STAFF? GANDALF? DTESFDGAIT? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 325 Registered: 11-2010 |
TIAGDFSETD? a else FIDGETS? today a good STAFF? today for GANDALF? is a DTESFDGAIT? a else | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2453 Registered: 7-2009 |
Aw? Aww? Awww? www? ww? w? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 326 Registered: 11-2010 |
Aw? today is Aww? day Awww? today a good www? is to ww? today to w? to | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 930 Registered: 9-2010 |
<i> About halfway through typing this, I realized I put in two O's in each of these. There should only be one. Please answer accordingly. </b> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUVWXYZ? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUVWXY? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUVWX? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUVW? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUV? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTU? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRST? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRS? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQR? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQ? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOP? ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOO? ABCDEFGHIJKLMN? ABCDEFGHIJKLM? ABCDEFGHIJKL? ABCDEFGHIJK? ABCDEFGHIJ? ABCDEFGHI? ABCDEFGH? ABCDEFG? ABCDE? ABCD? ABC? AB? A? Note: For the following, I have written "MOx#" this means have one M followed by # Os MOX1 MOX2 MOX3 MOX4 MOX5 MOX6 MOX7 MOX8 MOX9 MOX10 MOX11 MOX12 Now the previous standards for x# apply CAMBRIDGE (X666) MAUVE (X666) SESAME (X666) SESAMESESAME (X666) CAMBRIDGESESAME (X666) MAUVESESAME (X666) CAMBRIDGEMAUVESESAME (X666) SESAMEMAUVE (X3) SESAMEMAUVE (X4) SESAMEMAUVE (X5) Actually, I'll be nice from here. Since "sesamemauve" and "Cambridge" had identical answers, would "Sesamemauve (x#)" and "Cambridge (x#)" have the same answer? And would this hold true for all words which have the same answer as eachother? If not, I may be mean again. | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 327 Registered: 11-2010 |
About halfway through typing this, I realized I put in two O's in each of these. There should only be one. Please answer accordingly. Will do, all answers will be as if there is only one O. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUVWXYZ? is for ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUVWXY? a for ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUVWX? today is a ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUVW? today is to ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTUV? day to ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRSTU? is good day ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRST? today is a good ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQRS? today a else ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQR? is else ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOPQ? is someone ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOOP? today someone ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOO? today is a ABCDEFGHIJKLMN? is a good ABCDEFGHIJKLM? good for ABCDEFGHIJKL? today is for ABCDEFGHIJK? today is day ABCDEFGHIJ? a day ABCDEFGHI? is a ABCDEFGH? today is ABCDEFG? today good ABCDE? is a ABCD? today a ABC? today is AB? is A? CA Note: For the following, I have written "MOx#" this means have one M followed by # Os MOX1 today good MOX2 good MOX3 today die MOX4 today MOX5 today day MOX6 someone MOX7 today someone MOX8 good else MOX9 today is MOX10 else MOX11 today good MOX12 good Now the previous standards for x# apply CAMBRIDGE (X666) today is today is MAUVE (X666) today is today is SESAME (X666) today is today is SESAMESESAME (X666) today is today is CAMBRIDGESESAME (X666) today is today is MAUVESESAME (X666) today is today is CAMBRIDGEMAUVESESAME (X666) today is today is SESAMEMAUVE (X3) today today is SESAMEMAUVE (X4) today today SESAMEMAUVE (X5) today today a Actually, I'll be nice from here. Since "sesamemauve" and "Cambridge" had identical answers, would "Sesamemauve (x#)" and "Cambridge (x#)" have the same answer? yes And would this hold true for all words which have the same answer as eachother? not in every case If not, I may be mean again. I guess you may (but to help me I will tell you that sesame=Cambridge=mauve) but please try some other words, I’m tired of these ones :-p | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12760 Registered: 4-2010 |
DID? YOU? KNOW? THAT? MOX? IS? LATIN? FOR? SOON? PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS? SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS? FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION? ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 328 Registered: 11-2010 |
DID? someone YOU? else KNOW? is good THAT? good MOX? today for IS? today good LATIN? today good FOR? is for SOON? is good PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS? today a good SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS? day FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION? today a good ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM? a | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 938 Registered: 9-2010 |
AMBROSIA? AMBER? ROSANNE? BARR? BOB? THE? LLAMA? FOR? PRESIDENT? AND? OBAMA? IS? NOT? MY? FRIEND? BUT? RATHER? MY? FIEND? DON'T? BE? A? NADER? HATER? GATOR? OR? LATER? YOU? WILL? BE? A? FATER? MOSES? MOOSES? LOSER? WINNER? LANE? THEY? WERE? BROTHERS? AND? WINNER? WENT? TO? JAIL? SEVENTEEN? TIMES? AND? LOSER? IS? A? POLICE? CHIEF? WHAT? DO? YOU? DO? WITH? A? DRUNKEN? SAILOR? WOULD? YOU? FEED? HIM? TO? A? TAILOR? WHAT? IF? HE? HAD? AN? OPEN? MIC? WOULD? YOU? GO? ON? AND? SAY? YOU'D? LIKE? TO? REPRODUCE? I? THOUGHT? NOT? BUT? WHO? IS? THE? GUY? WHO? RANTS? AND? RAVES? AND? LIKES? TO? MAKE? A? SCENE? HE'S? LIKE? A? LITTLE? BULLDOG? A? KOREAN? HOWARD? DEAN? WE? THINK? WE? HAVE? SOME? IDEA? WHO? MIGHT? JUST? FIT? THE? BILL? PRESENTING? KIM? JONG-IL? HOW? DO? YOU? SOLVE? A? PROBLEM? LIKE? KOREA? WE'VE? GOT? SOME? NUKES? IN? CASE? YOU? HAVEN'T? HEARD? US? RESPECT? WOULD? BE? A? PANACEA? YOUR? EVIL? AXIS? ONLY? LISTS? US? THIRD? OH? MAYBE? YOU? WANT? TO? DO? THE? WORLD? A? FAVOR? MAYBE? YOU? SHOULDN'T? POKE? US? WITH? A? STICK? WELL? WHAT? DO? YOU? HAVE? TO? SEE? TO? GET? YOU? TO? NOTICE? ME? WELL? IF? YOU? HAD? OIL? THAT? WOULD? DO? THE? TRICK? OH? SIGMUND? FREUD? WOULD? SAY? THE? SMALL? KOREAN? IS? COMPENSATING? FOR? HIS? TINY? HEIGHT? You thought it would be something else, didn't you | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12768 Registered: 4-2010 |
Greg - I saw them perform that one live. Brings back hilarious memories. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 943 Registered: 9-2010 |
You saw the Capitol Steps live? When, where and what else did they perform? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12771 Registered: 4-2010 |
February 2010 in Torrington. As for what they performed..."Liberal Shop of Horrors" hadn't yet come out, but they did a bunch of songs from that (to save space, I'll list track numbers: 1 [the opener] through 8, 10-12, 15, 16, 18, possibly 19, 20 [the conclusion], 21 [obviously, the most recent Lirty Dies]). They did a lot from the four previous albums as well - the only ones from "I'm So Indicted" that I can remember were the Korea one and "Here's to You, Reverend Robertson." Come to think of it, I don't think they did anything from "Springtime for Liberals," but from "Campaign and Suffering," they did...lemme see, 2, 3 (one of my favorites), and 4 (my dad's favorite - he went with me) - from "Obama Mia!" they did 2, a variant on 9 with the Japanese automakers (Toyota brake problems), 11 (the pre-intermission song), 12, and 19. And I think I'm forgetting some somewhere in there, but that's all I can remember right now. Oh, and if you ever get to see them live, do so. You know how at theaters, they give you the typical boring fire warnings? Well, this time they were in CapSteps style - "In the event of an emergency, please sit still and wait for a federal bailout." Another one, talking about the group: "The Capitol Steps have been on several TV shows, such as [something I forget], 'Good Morning America,' and 'Desperate House Members.'" One more factoid: I was sitting two seats behind then-Governor Rell. I wouldn't have noticed if my dad hadn't pointed it out. And no, I didn't go say hi to her - lots of people were doing that and I didn't want to feel like a hassle. I can't even remember what point I started on. The point is, if you can go see them live, you definitely should. | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 329 Registered: 11-2010 |
AMBROSIA? today is for AMBER? is for ROSANNE? today good BARR? is for BOB? else THE? is day LLAMA? is for FOR? is for PRESIDENT? today a day AND? else OBAMA? today IS? today good NOT? good MY? today else FRIEND? today good BUT? good RATHER? today a good MY? today else FIEND? today else DON'T? for BE? good A? CA NADER? today is good HATER? today for GATOR? else OR? is day LATER? today good YOU? else WILL? today good BE? good A? CA FATER? today a MOSES? die MOOSES? today good LOSER? is to WINNER? a LANE? today THEY? today die WERE? is someone BROTHERS? is a good AND? else WINNER? a WENT? today today TO? a good JAIL? today SEVENTEEN? to TIMES? today is day AND? else LOSER? is to IS? today good A? CA POLICE? today is a CHIEF? today WHAT? today for DO? else YOU? else DO? else WITH? today is a A? CA DRUNKEN? is die SAILOR? today is WOULD? is a YOU? else FEED? today a HIM? today is a TO? a good A? CA TAILOR? is a WHAT? today for IF? is a HE? for HAD? for AN? is a OPEN? today a MIC? a WOULD? is a YOU? else GO? today day ON? die AND? else SAY? is a YOU'D? a for LIKE? is TO? a good REPRODUCE? is a good I? is THOUGHT? is day NOT? good BUT? good WHO? today to IS? today good THE? is day GUY? for WHO? today to RANTS? today is AND? else RAVES? a for AND? else LIKES? today good TO? a good MAKE? today is a A? CA SCENE? today to HE'S? today LIKE? is A? CA LITTLE? today is for BULLDOG? today A? CA KOREAN? today HOWARD? is to DEAN? today is WE? today good THINK? today today WE? today good HAVE? today is SOME? today for IDEA? else WHO? today to MIGHT? a to JUST? today a good FIT? a good THE? is day BILL? a good PRESENTING? today KIM? is day JONG-IL? to HOW? today to DO? else YOU? else SOLVE? today A? CA PROBLEM? is LIKE? is KOREA? today a WE'VE? a day GOT? today is good SOME? today for NUKES? today a good IN? to CASE? today good YOU? else HAVEN'T? today a good HEARD? today is US? today a RESPECT? today good WOULD? is a BE? good A? CA PANACEA? a YOUR? is EVIL? today is AXIS? for ONLY? today is day LISTS? is US? today a THIRD? someone OH? to MAYBE? today to YOU? else WANT? today die TO? a good DO? else THE? is day WORLD? today is A? CA FAVOR? today today MAYBE? today to YOU? else SHOULDN'T? die POKE? day US? today a WITH? today is a A? CA STICK? today today WELL? today for WHAT? today for DO? else YOU? else HAVE? today is TO? a good SEE? die TO? a good GET? today YOU? else TO? a good NOTICE? today is day ME? today is WELL? today for IF? is a YOU? else HAD? for OIL? today is THAT? good WOULD? is a DO? else THE? is day TRICK? else OH? to SIGMUND? is die FREUD? today is WOULD? is a SAY? is a THE? is day SMALL? is else KOREAN? today IS? today good COMPENSATING? FOR? is for HIS? today is TINY? today someone HEIGHT? is else You thought it would be something else, didn't you LOL | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12815 Registered: 4-2010 |
BOOKKEEPER? SLEEVELESS? UNCOPYRIGHTABLE? COMPENSATING? UNUSUAL? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3401 Registered: 9-2010 |
ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 330 Registered: 11-2010 |
BOOKKEEPER? someone SLEEVELESS? is a UNCOPYRIGHTABLE? today day COMPENSATING? today someone UNUSUAL? to ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM? a | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12859 Registered: 4-2010 |
A? B? C? D? E? F? G? H? I? J? K? L? M? N? O? P? Q? R? S? T? U? V? W? X? Y? Z? Has anyone guessed that already? I can't remember. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3417 Registered: 9-2010 |
Me? Followed by postal codes. | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 331 Registered: 11-2010 |
yes Balin, my sister did guess the alphabet. It should provide some good help to breaking my rule. | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 332 Registered: 11-2010 |
yes Balin, my sister did guess the alphabet. It should provide some good help to breaking my rule. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12862 Registered: 4-2010 |
XTNK? EXTINCT? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 333 Registered: 11-2010 |
XTNK? is to EXTINCT? a else | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12869 Registered: 4-2010 |
UCONN? TOTALLY? ROCKED? IT? TONIGHT? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 334 Registered: 11-2010 |
UCONN? to TOTALLY? is a good ROCKED? today good IT? die TONIGHT? today is | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12873 Registered: 4-2010 |
TONIGHTTOWIMBLEDONLADIDYOUUCONNIT? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 335 Registered: 11-2010 |
TONIGHTTOWIMBLEDONLADIDYOUUCONNIT? today someone | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2477 Registered: 7-2009 |
TODAY? TODAYA? TODAYB? TODAYC? TODAYD? TODAYE? FROG? FROGA? FROGB? FROGC? FROGD? FROGE? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 336 Registered: 11-2010 |
TODAY? a for TODAYA? today is day TODAYB? to TODAYC? today someone TODAYD? is to TODAYE? today a good FROG? today to FROGA? day FROGB? today is FROGC? good FROGD? today a FROGE? is someone | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3441 Registered: 9-2010 |
I iz recat and see wut we haz... A? CA B? today C? is D? today E? a F? today is G? good H? today I? is J? today a K? day L? today is M? for N? today good O? is a P? today Q? someone R? today is S? else T? today a U? is good V? today day W? to X? today is Y? a Z? today for Today = B, D, H, P is = C, I a = E, Y good = G day = K for = M someone = Q else = S to = W die = Today is = F, L, R, X Today a = J, T, Today good = N awl rite, soez... using number values... 2, 4, 8, 12 3, 9 5, 25 7 11 13 17 19 23 6, 12, 18, 24 10, 20 14 iz even numburz bein involvd? prime numburz? squarez? tryangulz? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 341 Registered: 11-2010 |
I iz recat and see wut we haz... A? CA B? today C? is D? today E? a F? today is G? good H? today I? is J? today a K? day L? today is M? for N? today good O? is a P? today Q? someone R? today is S? else T? today a U? is good V? today day W? to X? today is Y? a Z? today for Today = B, D, H, P is = C, I a = E, Y good = G day = K for = M someone = Q else = S to = W die = Today is = F, L, R, X Today a = J, T, Today good = N awl rite, soez... using number values... 2, 4, 8, 12 3, 9 5, 25 7 11 13 17 19 23 6, 12, 18, 24 10, 20 14 iz even numburz bein involvd? prime numburz? yes! squarez? tryangulz? Ok everyone, major breakthrough. Prime numbers are involved in my rule! Good job sis! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3443 Registered: 9-2010 |
is a = O (15) is good = U (21) today for = Z (26) sry, silly kitteh did nawt cownt rite | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 342 Registered: 11-2010 |
Also noticed my sister's typo her number list based on what she was doing it should look like this 2, 4, 8, 16 3, 9 5, 25 7 11 13 17 19 23 6, 12, 18, 24 10, 20 14 Just changed the first 12 to 16. | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 343 Registered: 11-2010 |
is a = O (15) is good = U (21) today for = Z (26) sry, silly kitteh did nawt cownt rite it's ok, I fixed your other one for you too | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3444 Registered: 9-2010 |
Kaaaay...2x2 = 4, 2x4 = 8, 2x8 = 16 3x3 = 9 5x5 = 25 6x2 = 12, 6x3 = 18, 6x4 = 24 10x2 = 20 none of teh othurz iz repeetin tehmselvz... | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 344 Registered: 11-2010 |
Kaaaay...2x2 = 4, 2x4 = 8, 2x8 = 16 3x3 = 9 5x5 = 25 6x2 = 12, 6x3 = 18, 6x4 = 24 10x2 = 20 these are all correct A+ on your math skills...now what do you want from me? I see you found a pattern though, but you need to put in words what you are seeing, and ask if relevant. Don't just give me math problems, because those can be interpreted many ways. Thank you! none of teh othurz iz repeetin tehmselvz...I don't even know where you are going with this...please clarify | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3445 Registered: 9-2010 |
these are all correct A+ on your math skills...now what do you want from me? thanx yuo...i can haz cheezburgur? okay, so the phrases sometimes repeated themselves, and sometimes not (which is why some of the numbers are multiples, and some aren't), right? Is that relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 345 Registered: 11-2010 |
okay, so the phrases sometimes repeated themselves, and sometimes not (which is why some of the numbers are multiples, and some aren't), right? Is that relevant? Ok, so after speaking with my dear sister on the phone (because her phrasing confuses me) this is what I said based on what she said. The answers I give are individual words (not phrases, please don't call them phrases, it confuses me, there is one phrase and that is the one I gave at the beginning of the puzzle, the answers I give are individual words from the phrase (although multiple 'individual' words may be given together as an answer)). I'm going to let her think about this some more, and repost a question later. She believed that multiples of prime numbers are important, but she is partly wrong. HINT: What is the opposite of multiplying? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3446 Registered: 9-2010 |
dividing? divisors are important? (because you said you liked those better than factors) | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 346 Registered: 11-2010 |
dividing? divisors are important? yes they are(because you said you liked those better than factors) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12889 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the alphabetical values of the letters in the question relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 347 Registered: 11-2010 |
Are the alphabetical values of the letters in the question relevant? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12898 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the values added? Subtracted? Multiplied? Divided? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 348 Registered: 11-2010 |
Are the values added? this Subtracted? Multiplied? Divided? then this | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1007 Registered: 9-2010 |
Aa? B? Aaa? C? Aaaa? D? Bb? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 349 Registered: 11-2010 |
I will assume you meant have these answered by the rule, even though they aren't in capitals, because I wouldn't know what to do with these otherwise, lol. Aa? today B? today Aaa? is C? is Aaaa? today D? today Bb? today | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12927 Registered: 4-2010 |
A? C? E? ACE? AC? CE? AE? ACDC? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 350 Registered: 11-2010 |
A? CA C? is E? a ACE? is AC? today CE? today AE? today is ACDC? day | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12942 Registered: 4-2010 |
BDF? BED? CAB? ABC? BCA? ACB? BAC? CBA? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 351 Registered: 11-2010 |
BDF? today is BED? day CAB? today is ABC? today is BCA? today is ACB? today is BAC? today is CBA? today is | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12953 Registered: 4-2010 |
ACD? ACF? ABD? ABE? ABF? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 352 Registered: 11-2010 |
ACD? today ACF? today a ABD? good ABE? today ABF? is | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12955 Registered: 4-2010 |
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ? ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 354 Registered: 11-2010 |
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ? is for ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA? is for | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12975 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are all anagrams of the same word the same? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 355 Registered: 11-2010 |
Are all anagrams of the same word the same? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12985 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the words in the quote numbered? By position in the quote? By alphabetical order? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 356 Registered: 11-2010 |
Are the words in the quote numbered? yes By position in the quote? this By alphabetical order? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12992 Registered: 4-2010 |
So the values of the letters in the first word are added up and divided...by the number of letters in the word? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 357 Registered: 11-2010 |
So the values of the letters in the first word are added up and divided yes...by the number of letters in the word? nope (well, in some cases this would be true, but it is not what is done on purpose) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12997 Registered: 4-2010 |
Divided...by the value of one of the letters? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 358 Registered: 11-2010 |
Divided...by the value of one of the letters? no (again, could be true for some values, but not on purpose) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13001 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the poster's name relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 359 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is the poster's name relevant? no | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1020 Registered: 9-2010 |
If the phrase were "Is today a good day for somebody else to die" would you simply swap all instances of the word "is" in the answers with the word "today" and vice versa? Or would it be more complicated than that? If there would be a difference with a different phrase other than the transposing of one word with the respective word in the other phrase, would you permit us to ask based on an alternate phrase? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1021 Registered: 9-2010 |
oops, that should say "someone else to die". But on that note, would changing "someone" to "somebody" make a difference other than replacing "someone" in the answers with "somebody"? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 360 Registered: 11-2010 |
If the phrase were "Is today a good day for somebody else to die" would you simply swap all instances of the word "is" in the answers with the word "today" and vice versa? yes Or would it be more complicated than that? nope, it's that simple If there would be a difference with a different phrase other than the transposing of one word with the respective word in the other phrase, would you permit us to ask based on an alternate phrase? I would, except it would be no different than transposing the words (ie: first word of new phrase would replace 'today' from the original phrase) The only difference would be if the new phrase had a different number of words, in which case my life would become much more complicated, lol. oops, that should say "someone else to die". But on that note, would changing "someone" to "somebody" make a difference other than replacing "someone" in the answers with "somebody"? nope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13026 Registered: 4-2010 |
Divided...by the same value each time? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 361 Registered: 11-2010 |
Divided...by the same value each time? If you mean, 'are all added up letter ('word') values divided by the same number?', then no. But each 'word' value would be divided by the same number(s) each time it was calculated, such that every time that word was used as the first word of the question, the same answer would be given. Let me know if I didn't properly answer your question, I'm a bit sleepy and may be interpreting it wrong. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13049 Registered: 4-2010 |
AA? BB? CC? AB? AC? BC? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 362 Registered: 11-2010 |
AA? today BB? today CC? today is AB? is AC? today BC? a | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13054 Registered: 4-2010 |
AAA? BBB? CCC? AAB? AAC? BBA? BBC? CCA? CCB? ABC? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 363 Registered: 11-2010 |
AAA? is BBB? today is CCC? is AAB? today AAC? a BBA? a BBC? good CCA? good CCB? today ABC? today is | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13056 Registered: 4-2010 |
BCEGK? MQSV? BCEGKMQSV? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 365 Registered: 11-2010 |
BCEGK? today good MQSV? die BCEGKMQSV? is day | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13080 Registered: 4-2010 |
VS? VSQ? VSQM? VSQMK? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 367 Registered: 11-2010 |
VS? a VSQ? today die VSQM? die VSQMK? today a I am finding your questions amusing. Does this mean you think you are on the right track to breaking my rule? :-D | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13086 Registered: 4-2010 |
I have no idea. I'm just trying to figure out anything prime-number-related. I? HAVE? NO? IDEA? I'M? JUST? TRYING? TO? THINK? OF? ANYTHING? PRIME? NUMBER? RELATED? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 368 Registered: 11-2010 |
I have no idea. I'm just trying to figure out anything prime-number-related. Ok then. I? is HAVE? today is NO? die IDEA? else I'M? today day JUST? today a good TRYING? today is TO? a good THINK? today today OF? is good ANYTHING? today good PRIME? else NUMBER? today RELATED? a for | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13098 Registered: 4-2010 |
Could you please recap what is known about the rule? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3503 Registered: 9-2010 |
o sure balin kitteh, can has recat. in hoomin langwich, but startud with kitteh so yuo is knoez iz mee =P postin for tortiesibling: The phrase is as follows... "Today is a good day for someone else to die." (Bonus points to anyone who can tell me where this quote came from!) RECAP of things you know: 1. Asking questions both with and without the question is mostly useless, and highly annoying. 2. The words I return are from the phrase the rule uses, meanings of the words are not relevant. 3. Answers given to capitalized questions contain words from the phrase at the start of the puzzle. The goal is to figure out why I returned those specific words and not the others, this would be breaking the rule (or cracking the code as I also like to put it in my mind). 4. The number of words in the question is irrelevant. 5. Using words from the phrase in the question is no different than using any other word. 6. Although now I haven’t been adding other words recently (because it’s time consuming), in the answers provided, only the words that are in the original phrase are relevant to solving the puzzle. 7. The only options I have to how I answer the questions are what irrelevant words to add to the answer. 8. Only the first word is relevant in the question, and I accidentally revealed that more specifically, it’s the letters in the first word that are relevant. 9. Hyphenated words are treated as one word. 10. Prime numbers are involved in my rule! 11. The answers I give are individual words (not phrases, please don't call them phrases, it confuses me, there is one phrase and that is the one I gave at the beginning of the puzzle, the answers I give are individual words from the phrase (although multiple 'individual' words may be given together as an answer)). Kaylee believed that multiples of prime numbers are important, but Kaylee is partly wrong. 12. Divisors are involved. Divided...by the same value each time? If you mean, 'are all added up letter ('word') values divided by the same number?', then no. But each 'word' value would be divided by the same number(s) each time it was calculated, such that every time that word was used as the first word of the question, the same answer would be given. Let me know if I didn't properly answer your question, I'm a bit sleepy and may be interpreting it wrong. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1128 Registered: 9-2010 |
I don't know why I didn't ask this above, but would "SESAME (x 2^n, where n is an integer)" always produce the same result? I noticed that "SESAME x1", "SESAME x2", "SESAME x4", "SESAME x8", x16, and x32 all had the same result. Would x64, x128, x256, etc..? Would that be true for any word x1, x2, x4, x8, x16, x32, x64, ... Would it be true for some x k^n, where k is a constant, and n is the integers... For instance, some might be true for all x 3^n, meaning x3, x9, x27 ... while others for x 4^n, meaning x4, x16, x64 ... And theoretically, could some be the same for all 1^n, meaning simply 1? Or is the trivial case of that a CA? Or am I OTWT? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 369 Registered: 11-2010 |
I don't know why I didn't ask this above, but would "SESAME (x 2^n, where n is an integer)" always produce the same result? yes I noticed that "SESAME x1", "SESAME x2", "SESAME x4", "SESAME x8", x16, and x32 all had the same result. they did Would x64, x128, x256, etc..? they would Would that be true for any word x1 not always, the answer may change with x2, x2, x4, x8, x16, x32, x64, after x2, yes, the answer would be the same for all words with these multiples... Would it be true for some x k^n, where k is a constant, and n is the integers... For instance, some might be true for all x 3^n, meaning x3, x9, x27 ... while others for x 4^n, meaning x4, x16, x64 ... for any word x k^n, all answers after it is initially multiplied by k will be the same for any k^n where n is an integer And theoretically, could some be the same for all 1^n, meaning simply 1? I'm not sure what you mean here, though I'm under the impression that it probably isn't relevant. Or is the trivial case of that a CA? unsure, see above Or am I OTWT? With the first part of the question, regarding any "x k^n" stuff, you have a great idea going there. Use this knowledge to figure out what you are missing. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3511 Registered: 9-2010 |
did I miss anything in my recat, tortiesibling? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 370 Registered: 11-2010 |
did I miss anything in my recat, tortiesibling? don't think so :-) thanks for posting it for me! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3512 Registered: 9-2010 |
yuo iz welcum tortiesibling kitteh! here haz cheezburgur. *givz virtuel cheezburgur* | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1158 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is k the sum of all letters? The sum of all letters divided by the divisor? Or is it the divisor itself? Same questions for n? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 371 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is k the sum of all letters? The sum of all letters divided by the divisor? Or is it the divisor itself? Same questions for n? k is whatever number you pick to multiply the sum of the letters by. n is the power that k is raised to. You made up the letters, I don't know why you're asking what they are. They are arbitrary numbers that the person with the question picked. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13237 Registered: 4-2010 |
Number of words in each set of questions relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 372 Registered: 11-2010 |
Number of words in each set of questions relevant? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3585 Registered: 9-2010 |
BIRTHDAY? BIRTH? DAY? IS IT YOUR BIRTHDAY? IS IT PJ'S BIRTHDAY? IS IT QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S BIRTHDAY? IS IT APRIL TWENTY-FIRST? TWENTY-ELEVEN? TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN? BRITISH ENGLISH? AMERICAN ENGLISH? ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA MARY? WINDSOR? PAUL NICHOLAS? BANDANZA? JUNIOR? NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX? NINETEEN NINETY-THREE? EIGHTY-FIVE? EIGHTEEN? And I hope Her Majesty the Queen is having a delightful birthday. I also hope our (Tortie's and mine) cousin PJ is having a good one, too. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13929 Registered: 4-2010 |
IS SHE QUITE AMAZING? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 375 Registered: 11-2010 |
Hey everyone, my life has been super hectic in the last month or so, and I forsee it staying that way until after Comic-Con in July. For this reason, I please ask that any more questions actually be questions about the puzzle in order to solve it and break the rule. Not questions in capitals to be answered by the rule. This is because it takes a lot of time for me to keep doing all the calculations necessary to answer each 'question' and I just don't have the time. Unless people would rather the puzzle stays dormant until at least August? Which I highly doubt :p | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13944 Registered: 4-2010 |
Prime numbers are relevant -- we've known that for a while. Are large prime numbers relevant? Are multiples of any numbers at all relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 377 Registered: 11-2010 |
Prime numbers are relevant -- we've known that for a while. indeed Are large prime numbers relevant? all of them would be relevant, large and small Are multiples of any numbers at all relevant? no-ish...please clarify the context | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13954 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are multiples of prime numbers relevant? Of composite numbers? Factor trees relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 378 Registered: 11-2010 |
Are multiples of prime numbers relevant? yes-ish Of composite numbers? not multiples, but... Factor trees relevant? yes! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3945 Registered: 9-2010 |
please come back to us, sibling...=( *misses my Tortiesibling* we can haz recat, please? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13991 Registered: 4-2010 |
OK, I'll try and recap what we know is relevant: The words in the question are numbered according to their position in the question. Factor trees are relevant, as are prime numbers. Is a factor tree made according to the number of words in the question? So "To be or not to be" would become 2x3? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 379 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is a factor tree made according to the number of words in the question? noSo "To be or not to be" would become 2x3? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14051 Registered: 4-2010 |
I forget if this has been asked already: Is the length of each word in the sentence relevant? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 380 Registered: 11-2010 |
I forget if this has been asked already: Is the length of each word in the sentence relevant? just the first word, and only because the actual letters of the first word are important | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14094 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a factor tree made of the values of the letters in the first word? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 381 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is a factor tree made of the values of the letters in the first word? If you mean the individual values of each letter in the first word, then no. If you mean the combined values (added up) of the letters in the first word, then yes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14108 Registered: 4-2010 |
The words in the quote are numbered too, right? Are those numbers related to the factor tree? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 382 Registered: 11-2010 |
The words in the quote are numbered too, right? yes, they are numbered in the order they appear in the quote. Are those numbers related to the factor tree? not directly | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14198 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it the number of individual primes in the factor tree that determine what words in the quote are the answer? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 383 Registered: 11-2010 |
Is it the number of individual primes in the factor tree that determine what words in the quote are the answer? While id doesn't determine 'what words' are in the answer, it does determine something else. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14224 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it determine how many words in the quote are in the answer? | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 384 Registered: 11-2010 |
Does it determine how many words in the quote are in the answer? Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14264 Registered: 4-2010 |
Let me try an example: "What" which leads to "today for." "What" = 23, 8, 1, 20 23+8+1+20=52 52 = 2*2*13 = 22*13 Only 2 individual primes are there, so 2 words in the answer? Or, the highest power is a square, so 2 words in the answer? 2 is the first prime number; 13 is the 6th. "Today" is the first word in the quote; "for" is the 6th. Important? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4404 Registered: 9-2010 |
Tortiekitteh sibling says yuo iz haz moar oar less...just plz tu rephraze if can. If nawt, sibling kitteh iz postin teh $poilur soonishlee... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14880 Registered: 4-2010 |
My guess: You add up the letter values of the first word in the question and make a factor tree of the sum. The primes correspond to the words in the answer in the following way: if the first prime (2) appears in the factor tree, the first word does in the answer; if the second prime (3) appears, the second word does, and so forth. Anywhere near? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4505 Registered: 9-2010 |
Tortiesibling wrote the $poyler out some time ago, but the site ate it and she's not inclined to put it back. But basically it amounts to what Balin said. So...as sibling kitteh said to do this... ***SPOILER*** | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 385 Registered: 11-2010 |
*SPOILER* Like my sis said, it's pretty much what Balin said. Once you get to the 11th prime number however, you rotate back through the words starting with the first word for the 11th prime, 2nd word for the 12th prime, etc. I was using a program online to find all the prime number divisors in the sums of the letters of the words, and the list of the first 500 prime numbers on wiki to find which word (it had 10 columns). | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15231 Registered: 4-2010 |
Good one Tortie!! Sorry it dragged on so long. | ||
| Tortiekitten (Tortiekitten)
New member Username: Tortiekitten Post Number: 386 Registered: 11-2010 |
It's alright Balin. I'm sorry I got tired of it and was bad about posting for a while. My social life had exploded too, so when I was online, I was doing other things. |
