| Author | Message | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 166 Registered: 12-2004 |
(I'm not sure what you call it when you learn something that turns out to be true, but in an entirely scrundful way. Perhaps a pseudo-scrund, to employ an overused prefix. Anyway...) How did I learn (aged 5), that people drank alcohol at Christmas? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 609 Registered: 7-2011 |
By sampling? (OK, I knew it wouldn't be that easy.) Somebody told you that eggnog was not for kids, even though it may look like a kiddie drink, & has nutmeg in it? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 167 Registered: 12-2004 |
By sampling? No Somebody told you that eggnog was not for kids, even though it may look like a kiddie drink, & has nutmeg in it? No. (Never consumed the stuff. It sounds horrible) | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 611 Registered: 7-2011 |
I think it's great; very fattening tho. So eggnot is not relevant? Any particular type of booze relevant - e.g. beer, whiskey, wine, etc? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 169 Registered: 12-2004 |
So eggnog is not relevant? No. Not big in Australia Any particular type of booze relevant - e.g. beer, whiskey Yope for this one, wine, etc? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2489 Registered: 2-2011 |
did lots of adults kiss you with their boozy breath? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 171 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did lots of adults kiss you with their boozy breath? No | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 172 Registered: 12-2004 |
did lots of adults kiss you with their boozy breath? No | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 928 Registered: 6-2003 |
A particular Christmas song or Christmas carrol relevant? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 176 Registered: 12-2004 |
A particular Christmas song or Christmas carol relevant? Yes, indeed | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3803 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is the word merry relevant? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1949 Registered: 6-2008 |
Grandma had been drinking too much egg nog before she got run over by the reindeer? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1637 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you mishear a lyric? Did an alcohol company use a lyric in their ads? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 177 Registered: 12-2004 |
Peter365 Is the word merry relevant? No Biograd Grandma had been drinking too much egg nog before she got run over by the reindeer? What?? No. Where did THAT come from? Gregoryuconn Did you mishear a lyric? No, but OTRT Did an alcohol company use a lyric in their ads? No | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1201 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did you mishear something else? Reinbeer instead of reindeer, perhaps? xD | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3811 Registered: 1-2007 |
Lol Potato. Reinbeer!! That would have made a puzzle in itself. Is the song a carol? or a christamssy pop song? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5162 Registered: 9-2010 |
Re: Biograd Grandma had been drinking too much egg nog before she got run over by the reindeer? What?? No. Where did THAT come from? Biograd's referencing the popular (but, IMO, seriously annoying) song "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer". I'm surprised you don't know it - I hear it somewhere between twenty to fifty times a day on the radio as soon as Thanksgiving's over. The only Christmas pop song I find more annoying is "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (which I ran a puzzle about before) | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 179 Registered: 12-2004 |
Potato Did you mishear something else? No Reinbeer instead of reindeer, perhaps? xD Hah. Good thought, but regrettably no Peter365 Is the song a carol? No or a christmassy pop song? More this Kaylee- thanks for the info. I guessed there was some lame novelty Christmas song being referenced | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16116 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the song mention people drinking at Christmas? Relevant when you first heard the song? Where? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 180 Registered: 12-2004 |
Balin Did the song mention people drinking at Christmas? No (but..) Relevant when you first heard the song? Yope- mostly no Where? Same | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1214 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did the song mention an alcoholic beverage? Eggnog? Did it mention people being drunk? Or having a hangover? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2554 Registered: 2-2011 |
wassailing relevant? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 184 Registered: 12-2004 |
Potato Did the song mention an alcoholic beverage? Yope Eggnog? No. What is it with you people and eggnog? Did it mention people being drunk? Or having a hangover? No to both. Don't forget this is a scrund- No alcohol was harmed during the development of this puzzle Shez wassailing relevant? (quickly checking a dictionary). No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2560 Registered: 2-2011 |
was there a word in the song which you mistook for another word? or did you misunderstand the meaning of a word? Christmas cheer? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 185 Registered: 12-2004 |
Shez Was there a word in the song which you mistook for another word? No or did you misunderstand the meaning of a word? YES Christmas cheer? Not relevant | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2565 Registered: 2-2011 |
adjective? noun? verb? something usually only mentioned in connection with Christmas? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 186 Registered: 12-2004 |
Shez adjective? noun? verb? There is a relevant 3 word expression, with one of each. The noun has the alcohol connection something usually only mentioned in connection with Christmas? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2574 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it something about Santa's whiskers? if not actually whisk(e)y, Southern Comfort? (comfort and joy) brandy? gin? vodka? sherry? wine? port? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 187 Registered: 12-2004 |
Shez was it something about Santa's whiskers? No if not actually whisk(e)y, Southern Comfort? (comfort and joy) (OTRT for this idea) brandy? gin? vodka? sherry? wine? port? No for wine, Yope for the rest Hint: Work out the relevant Christmas song. It is very popular with little kids. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2578 Registered: 2-2011 |
Frosty the snowman? Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer? spirit? Christmas spirit? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2579 Registered: 2-2011 |
Jingle Bells? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 188 Registered: 12-2004 |
Shez Frosty the snowman? No Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer? No Spirit? YES! Christmas spirit? Jingle Bells? and YES Should be easy now | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2587 Registered: 2-2011 |
making spirits bright? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 189 Registered: 12-2004 |
making spirits bright? Yes of course. The other details are not important... It's funny the things that you remember. It was December, at the end of my first year at primary school, and our teacher took us through the lyrics of various Christmas carols and songs in preparation for an end-of-year display. One of these songs was Jingle Bells. I had heard the song before,of course, but having just learnt to read I had never had to critically confront the lyrics before . Later at home I pondered the words, trying to make sense of them. All that Northern Hemisphere rubbish about snow and sleighs I understood already. "Bells on bobtail ring" didn't seem to make any sense at all (and still doesn't), but "Making spirits bright" did seem to mean something. At the time I assumed it was a stand-alone sentence describing what some people did at Christmas. To an intelligent 5 year old with a very literal mind, the word "making" meant creating something by hand, and "bright" clearly meant brightly coloured. But what were spirits? I asked my mother. My mother, probably sick of her inquisitive 5 year old asking her questions all day long, and busy looking after my then-baby brother, didn't ask for the context of my enquiry. She said something to the effect that spirits were alcoholic drinks, such as the colourful ones that I had pointed out to her earlier when we were passing a local bottle shop. So that's what "making spirits bright" meant. People apparently spent their time at Christmas concocting (and then presumably consuming), brightly-coloured alcoholic beverages. It was at least 2 years before it dawned on me that I had misunderstood the lyrics completely. Thank you,Shez, for sticking with this one to the end | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 643 Registered: 7-2011 |
Good one! I think I can clear up one mystery. A 'bobtail' is a bobtailed horse, and small bells were attached to its harness. Why the tails of horses were 'bobbed' is another mystery. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2591 Registered: 2-2011 |
thanks Docd. isn't it amazing what we believe when we're little? |
