tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post4014218455718358747..comments2023-11-05T04:31:45.159-08:00Comments on "Brevity is... wit.": Pic-Tac-Toe (6th edition)Neel Mehtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286549029037039134noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-81493869064886992112007-10-26T21:25:00.000-07:002007-10-26T21:25:00.000-07:00Hmmm, I'll see your wordless puzzle, and bump you ...Hmmm, I'll see your wordless puzzle, and bump you up <A HREF="http://www.shakespeareteacher.com/blog/archives/349" REL="nofollow">another 3D puzzle</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-53236427721452228132007-10-25T21:25:00.000-07:002007-10-25T21:25:00.000-07:00OK...I see your damned unsolvable puzzle and raise...OK...I see your damned unsolvable puzzle and raise you a FULLY wordless over at my place. Beware the red herrings!!!K-Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237343070704194963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-49822373715612223622007-10-25T17:04:00.000-07:002007-10-25T17:04:00.000-07:00For the record, here are the 10 themes.Top row: IL...For the record, here are the 10 themes.<BR/><BR/>Top row: ILLUSTRATIONS (by <A HREF="http://www.jeanniefoster.com/GalleryI.htm" REL="nofollow">Jeannie Foster</A>, <A HREF="http://www.itsablackthang.com/Allen-Aaron-Hicks-artwork.htm" REL="nofollow">Aaron and Allen Hicks</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.southparkstudios.com/" REL="nofollow">Trey Parker/Matt Stone</A>)<BR/><BR/>Middle row: STAINED GLASS<BR/><BR/>Bottom row (1st theme): NEON (Dodge Neon, <I>Neon Bible</I>, neon "Open" sign)<BR/><BR/>Bottom row (2nd theme): OPEN (open car door, open book, "Open" sign)<BR/><BR/>Left column: RED (woman's red jacket, red flower, red car)<BR/><BR/>Middle column (1st theme): CHRISTIANITY (Moses, Jesus, Bible)<BR/><BR/>Middle column (2nd theme): ALBUM TITLES (<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Black-Moses-Isaac-Hayes/dp/B000000ZMS" REL="nofollow"><I>Black Moses</I></A> by Isaac Hayes, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_On_Wood_%28Amii_Stewart_album%29" REL="nofollow"><I>Knock on Wood</I></A> by Amii Stewart, and <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Bible" REL="nofollow"><I>Neon Bible</I></A> by Arcade Fire)<BR/><BR/>Right column: PARK (<I>South Park</I>, Marine Park school, parked cars or parking lot)<BR/><BR/>159 (\) diagonal: THAT NURSERY RHYME (1, 2, buckle my shoe; 3, 4, knock at the door; 5, 6, pick up sticks)<BR/><BR/>357 (/) diagonal: DOOR<BR/><BR/>Anticipatory rebuttal: "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" was never an album title, and besides, the center image shows Jesus knocking on the door of a mere mortal. <BR/><BR/>And Isaac Hayes voiced the character of Chef on <I>South Park</I>.Neel Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286549029037039134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-42066541489936709492007-10-25T16:37:00.000-07:002007-10-25T16:37:00.000-07:00Mainline Mom: Your "mommy brain" is wired to simul...<B>Mainline Mom</B>: Your "mommy brain" is wired to simultaneously handle at least the following: two small children, a spouse, in-laws, a career, and Penn State football. (And that's just the stuff I read about!) <BR/><BR/>My little, puzzle-addled, bachelor brain bows to yours. <BR/><BR/><B>Bill</B>: I sense a deep exhaustion regarding this puzzle, so it's good news that you've finished it. The 2nd themes are in fact ALBUM TITLES and NEON. <BR/><BR/>In the disco era, <I>Knock on Wood</I> was both a song and album for Amii Stewart.Neel Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286549029037039134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-32962833851492433152007-10-25T16:03:00.000-07:002007-10-25T16:03:00.000-07:00This game is WAY too hard for my mommy brain.This game is WAY too hard for my mommy brain.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01573900907169057680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-47972347338461308852007-10-25T15:34:00.000-07:002007-10-25T15:34:00.000-07:00Okay, if you Wiki "Neon Bible" you actually get an...Okay, if you Wiki "Neon Bible" you actually get an album with Picture 8. That's cool, but I still don't know the answer. The band, Arcade Fire, doesn't seem to have any other songs or albums that fit the other pictures, and I don't know where to go from there.<BR/><BR/>I mean, there's an Isaac Hayes album called Black Moses, and a Deep Purple album called Knocking at Your Back Door, but that seems like too much of a stretch.<BR/><BR/>I am not able to identify cars by their side profiles, but I can deduce that it is likely a Dodge Neon, since the restaurant has a neon sign in the window. So let's do this one:<BR/><BR/>Bottom Row, Answer 2: NEONAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-88337569780112934532007-10-25T09:51:00.000-07:002007-10-25T09:51:00.000-07:00I think my brain decided they were solved and just...<I>I think my brain decided they were solved and just can't see anything new.</I><BR/><BR/>I wondered if that would be a problem. I think that, under normal situations, the 2nd theme of the bottom row would be easy to guess. <BR/><BR/>1. I've always been good at identifying car makes and models based on their side profiles. So when I look at picture 7, the shape of that back door gives me a very specific idea of what kind of car that is.<BR/><BR/>2. Ask yourself why you guessed BIBLE for the middle column's 1st theme. Sure, there's Moses and Jesus, but why did picture 8 belong? Also consider my earlier hint about recent pop culture. Put it together and that's your theme. Once you know it, try to make pictures 2 and 5 fit the same theme.<BR/><BR/>3. To put it another way: the middle column's 2nd theme is exactly like the BRANDS OF CHILI theme from 2 weeks ago. That puzzle would have been near impossible if the bottom picture hadn't referred to chili directly. The same applies here: what picture 8 represents is your theme.Neel Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286549029037039134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-61546932009875495892007-10-25T09:18:00.000-07:002007-10-25T09:18:00.000-07:00Yes, I learned it shut the door and I don't think ...Yes, I learned it shut the door and I don't think I ever would have got it. Just not the train of thought that I was on. <BR/><BR/>I also can't for the life of me come up with alternate themes. I think my brain decided they were solved and just can't see anything new.K-Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237343070704194963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-28107586634457439892007-10-24T18:14:00.000-07:002007-10-24T18:14:00.000-07:00Nice. (Too many hints?)For the purposes of this pu...Nice. (Too many hints?)<BR/><BR/>For the purposes of this puzzle, it's "3, 4, knock on the door." As I said, there are a few variations on this nursery rhyme, "shut the door" being the most common. So if you learned it differently, you'd think I was wrong.<BR/><BR/><I>Before the night is over...</I>Neel Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286549029037039134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-38699880584269459162007-10-24T18:05:00.000-07:002007-10-24T18:05:00.000-07:00Backslash:One two, buckle my SHOEThree four, close...Backslash:<BR/><BR/>One two, buckle my SHOE<BR/>Three four, close the DOOR<BR/>Five six, PICK UP STIXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-91761509254876634182007-10-24T16:47:00.000-07:002007-10-24T16:47:00.000-07:00Huh. I just noticed that image 2, for the purposes...Huh. I just noticed that image 2, for the purposes of the 2nd theme, is kind of related to <I>South Park</I>. Creepy how it's all connected like that.Neel Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286549029037039134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-60341697122928930212007-10-24T16:39:00.000-07:002007-10-24T16:39:00.000-07:00Well, if it helps, there's only one religious them...Well, if it helps, there's only one religious theme (for the middle column), and K-Lyn already came up with it.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say that what's depicted in pictures 2 and 8 are religiously irrelevant. But (with apologies to Jesus) picture 5 has used up all of its religious value at this point.<BR/><BR/>Additional impressions:<BR/><BR/>1. The 2 themes of the bottom row require you to notice almost exactly the same things. It's actually kind of impressive that I planned one theme and K-Lyn came up with one that was just as good.<BR/><BR/>2. I would consider the 2nd theme of the middle column to be monumentally obscure. Not hard, just obscure. I was actually planting a red herring there in which just pictures 2 and 8 had a commonality -- it's why I chose that image for picture 2. But after a few seconds' worth of research I learned that picture 5 embodies that theme as well.<BR/><BR/>3. When composing this puzzle I thought about Annalisa's comment that she's not so good with the pop cultural references, so I thought I should tone that down. Aside from <I>South Park</I>, picture 8 is the only one that reflects pop culture. That info will help you figure out the second theme to the middle column.<BR/><BR/>4. I would consider the backslash diagonal controversial for 2 reasons. First, the answer reflects the way I learned something, but with some checking I can see that others may have learned it differently (i.e. with slightly different words).<BR/><BR/>Second, the title of the image 1 (which you're not expected to know) is why I chose that image. But picture 1 is, based on appearance alone, the least precise.<BR/><BR/>And picture 9 is by far the most helpful.<BR/><BR/>5. Final hint: my mind works in tangential and musical ways, such that the same song pops in my head every time I'm working with a particular theme. In the case of that diagonal, my mind wanders toward a song by Technotronic, circa 1989-1990. Specifically one verse.Neel Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286549029037039134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-78819022218959893552007-10-24T15:25:00.000-07:002007-10-24T15:25:00.000-07:00Honestly, I'm pretty stumped here. And I'm hesita...Honestly, I'm pretty stumped here. And I'm hesitant to post my usual "think outside the box" responses because of the religious themes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-46639412982895705222007-10-24T09:49:00.000-07:002007-10-24T09:49:00.000-07:00Oh, how I love October.It's called Actober now. (T...<I>Oh, how I love October.</I><BR/><BR/>It's called <A HREF="http://www.actober.com/Home.aspx" REL="nofollow">Actober</A> now. (The "Red Sox and Me" video there starts out kind of amusing.)<BR/><BR/>You've figured out 7 of the 10 themes. Still unsolved:<BR/><BR/>159 (\) BACKSLASH <BR/>MIDDLE COLUMN (2nd theme)<BR/>BOTTOM ROW (2nd theme)Neel Mehtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286549029037039134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-7178572464501558412007-10-24T09:46:00.000-07:002007-10-24T09:46:00.000-07:00Top: ILLUSTRATIONS Middle: STAINED GLASSBottom: OP...Top: ILLUSTRATIONS <BR/>Middle: STAINED GLASS<BR/>Bottom: OPEN <BR/><BR/>Left: RED<BR/>Middle: BIBLE<BR/>Right: PARK<BR/><BR/>Slash: DOORS<BR/>Backslash:K-Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237343070704194963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12143188.post-84774601469692834652007-10-24T09:42:00.000-07:002007-10-24T09:42:00.000-07:00Bummer about the baseball one not working. I'm in ...Bummer about the baseball one not working. I'm in a bit of a frenzy today. Oh, how I love October.K-Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237343070704194963noreply@blogger.com