Here's today's puzzle:
Hint #1 (11:22 am): If you've figured out the verse, it speaks the truth. Literally.
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61 comments:
Answer sent!
I woke up early because I remembered there was a puzzle today! But I'm going to have to think hard about this one.
All i see is BLOOD.
Well done Josh! I know Lucas was really the one who figured it out, but I'll still count it:
1. Josh S.
Crap, was it that obvious?
Yikes Karina...I knew you were a born assassin.
Answer sent.
Eric, i think the Assassins' Circle was a training similar to the Ben Stiller character in Zoolander, It's ok, you all are safe!
Good work LL Cool L:
1. Josh S (Lucas)
2. LL Cool L
Is it that easy, or ar those guys that smart?
Either way, I have to find time today.
Phew. Guess I'll take the rest of the day off.
Woo hoo! I now get the rest of the day off, too!
Having unraveled the "poem" (which seems to stop in the middle), I have no idea what to do with it. One or two possible clues don't actually seem to indicate anything useful at all.
I'm with berko on this.
J steve is in:
1. Josh S (Lucas)
2. Ll Cool l
3. J Steve
I'll post a hint once I get back to the office, hopefully within an hour or so. I don't think this one's too bad though...
That's a pretty cool logo, EK.
ANS
REW
ED.
Well, I'm stumped. Looks like I'll be losing some ground this week...
yes to Keven C, sorry to rbnlaw:
1. Josh S (Lucas)
2. Ll Cool l
3. J Steve
4. Keven C
Answer sent! And I'm no longer a lurker.
Good job Dunkhawk! You haven't always been a lurker...you answered this puzzle.
1. Josh S (Lucas)
2. Ll Cool l
3. J Steve
4. Keven C
5. Dunkhawk
I'm reconsidering a hint. Does anyone still working on it want one?
I'm kinda lost. Thinking of going MLASF on the idea.
Ok, hint posted.
Answered
Mr C is in!
1. Josh S (Lucas)
2. Ll Cool l
3. J Steve
4. Keven C
5. Dunkhawk
6. Mr C
ok folks I'm gonna be out of touch for about 2 hours, will check in after.
Guess sent.
OK, I got it.
Real answer sent. The first was just a ploy that didn't work as neebs sent an answer.
Answer (finally) in!
Man, I feel like I'm really going to kick myself on this one. Still stumped. Any more hints coming, or am I on my own from here on out?
Answer sent!
Josh S's first name is Lucas?
@fanerman:
Josh's Avatar is named "Lucas"
aka the newborn
Nope. Josh S.'s first name is Josh, but EK correctly deduced that my 3-week-old son Lucas fed me the answer to the puzzle.
I'm still tied up but will check answers in a bit. Maybe a hint too but not for awhile as don't have access. Can't believe ubragg's stumped...
I think if there were 4 more steps for this puzzle I might be able to solve it. =)
Still stumped as well.
Well, I'm glad to hear I'm in good company, Quad!
@Ubragg, Quad
It's funny how differently people are wired. Some of the puzzles come really easily, and some are an utter mystery, but it's never quite the same way from person to person.
New answer sent.
You are exactly right Mr. Customer. Some puzzles just kill me, then I see the answer and can't believe that I didn't solve it.
Ah. Thanks Neeebs. Lucas, Dodger fan. Maybe he can be friends with Dreson!
Third time's the charm! Answer is sent for real this time.
even the ubragg can have an off-day
Flurry of correct answers:
1. Josh S (Lucas)
2. Ll Cool l
3. J Steve
4. Keven C
5. Dunkhawk
6. Mr C
7. Neeebs
8. rbnlaw
9. Drewedez
10. Fanerman
Will check on your latest submission shortly, quad.
Alas 10 answers thusfar prob means no more hints...
Quad you are #11!
Sax - yes, the trifecta of sustained dominance - Tiger, Federer, and UBragg - seem to be faltering in unison.
Damn your quick mind, neeebs.
Dang, this is killing me... I should be able to focus on it a lot better after work when I get home. Not giving up yet.
And this is definitely the first time I've ever been compared to Tiger and Federer, EK. ;)
Ubragg,
First go back to your puzzle and rearrange the batter order so that the players go from earliest to most recent.
Next, take out all Dodgers who played for hated rivals.
Then, replay the game so that the final score is not a tie.
Finally, throw away that puzzle because it will only lead you to talk to yourself and distance you from those you love until you find yourself wandering the loge section at the stadium with your used scroebook in hand, transistor radio pressed to your ear, muttering expletives about Irish Meusel.
Not that anything like that happened to me or anything.
Seriously, you'll get this.
Wow, it sounds like rbnlaw may be carrying around a little pent-up frustration from the last PCS episode.
For the record, any puzzle that does not lead to muttering under your breath like a delusional maniac is just not good enough.
@RBN:
Quick mind,eh? You should have read my first failed response. Of course, I like the failed response a whole lot better than the winning response.
Where's bwrightson?
Over 4 hrs of inactivity leads me to believe nobody's working on this anymore.
Btw I just read thru the comments and based on yours Berko I don't think you have the poem totally correct.
Well I'm off to bed, I'll check email in morning. Good luck to anyone who may still be working on it.
Just got home from the field and saw the puzzle. "Answer" sent.
Home from work now and giving it my full attention.
LOL @rbn's advice :)
EK, you sure go to bed early. Now I understand why the puzzles come out at 7 am!
I got it!! Just a couple hours to spare.
My quest for getting them all for the whole season is still alive...
I knew you'd take it the right way, ubragg.
You were very helpful when I was tackling your puzzle; I just ran out of waking hours.
Good job keeping the streak alive, Tiger.
Thanks rbn. I promise that if I ever have occasion to write another puzzle here again, it will be a little less involved. :)
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