The Sphinx's Lair

Mithrandir

10:00

Whee secret hats

Beastly Gerbil

Ha ha ha ha, look at my new hat

It fits so well

Mithrandir

If someone stars that it might get hatted

Beastly Gerbil

IAmInPLS

Haha nice

It fits pretty good for me as well

Mithrandir

someone typr 'this is fine'

Beastly Gerbil

10:06

Wait what????

Is that a hat or something?

IAmInPLS

Volatility

ha, neat

IAmInPLS

Damn

This is a good feature

^^

Mithrandir

Volatility

Please don't spam though :-(

Mithrandir

10:08

I'm trying to figure out how to get that hat

Can someone star it? :P

IAmInPLS

I'll star it if you star mine :p

Oh god

Volatility

in Ye Olde Hat Shoppe, 25 secs ago, by fredley

→ 16 messages moved to THIS IS NOT FINE

IAmInPLS

Do stackexchange.com encourage spams now? Haha

Beastly Gerbil

@IAmInPLS I updated my puzzle with the correct set of letters written out. You had some slightly wrong

IAmInPLS

@BeastlyGerbil Thanks, I was not sure for the 'v's indeed

Beastly Gerbil

10:13

You can only get the starred chat hat if you are within 12 hours of Jan 1

Yeah it was quite hard to make it obvious whether it was capital or not

I did it if it almost touched the top and bottom it was caps

IAmInPLS

You're a bit late for advent calendar though :-P

Beastly Gerbil

@Mithrandir doesn't matter

@IAmInPLS I've been crying over it this whole time. Thats why I didn't post it at the time :P

Will

Beastly Gerbil

I wonder if there are any other chat <strike>easter</strike> christmas eggs?

Oh strikes don't work here either. Hmmm

Display name

---text---

Will

10:19

@BeastlyGerbil I'm assuming <del>del</del> and <s>s</s> tags don't do anything here either?

Mithrandir

~~strike~~

Will

~???~

Beastly Gerbil

@Mithrandir tell me how to use your godlike powers for myself?

Will

how u do

Display name

@BeastlyGerbil ---text---

I swear

Beastly Gerbil

10:21

~~hello~~

Oh it works. Cool

Will

oh that's so ~~intuitive~~ bizarre

Display name

I'd be surprised if any HTML tag works in chat...

Beastly Gerbil

<pre>Maybe?</pre>

Nope

Will

if there's a "this is fine" there'd better be a

this is not fine

ofc not

the sequel is so much more apt though

like 90% of the time at least

Beastly Gerbil

Oooh @Will earnt the earn a silver badge hat

Will

10:24

Totally by accident haha

Beastly Gerbil

Yeah you got 'enlightened' right?

Will

yup, from this

10

A: What is a Regular Word™?

A Regular Word™ is a word in which for example

Sid

@BeastlyGerbil Is your latest puzzle an imgur maze?

Beastly Gerbil

But... But... That was asked 2 months ago

@Sid Not giving away anything, but it does use imgur, but not enough to apply that tag IMO

Sid

-2

Q: What('s in a) name�

((n-d)-456447)(h{v-rev}w) = a name Find the name (I'll add more hints in the unlikely case of no-one solving it in a few days)

What is this puzzle?

Will

10:27

So? I have a score of 10 on the oldest non-deleted answer. That's all that matters. :P

Beastly Gerbil

:P

No one got anywhere with the advent yet?

Mithrandir

@Sid No idea

@BeastlyGerbil Hint?

:P

IAmInPLS

@Mithrandir Imgur !

Beastly Gerbil

One hint, which isn't really a hint, as it is the obvious thing to do: LOOK AT THE LETTERS!!!

Techidiot

@BeastlyGerbil- I have some findings

Beastly Gerbil

10:30

Ahh @Techidiot got the first bit

ninja'd

IAmInPLS

That was the easy part

Beastly Gerbil

Yep, that is indeed the first step, now what to do with those instructions?

Techidiot

Yeah. Thinking...

Beastly Gerbil

(Note: It is an instruction)

Techidiot

I can mean A Round denoting -> O or around denoting the letters placed on the corners

May be in a circular way

Beastly Gerbil

10:32

Nope

Forget the letters for now

@Mithrandir not helpful

Techidiot

I am looking around the image if anything is hiding there -

Sid

Maybe try, placing the numbers 1-23 in a circle?

Beastly Gerbil

Forget the letters

Display name

There are letters in the corners of the image

Beastly Gerbil

There we go!

Techidiot

10:35

Arent those default?

Sid

PSGN?

Beastly Gerbil

Nearly missed one

Techidiot

I thought it was in the original pse background and skipped it

:D

Beastly Gerbil

@Sid look closer at the s as well

Sid

small lettered S?

Techidiot

10:36

Its imgur

Beastly Gerbil

@Sid yeah

Mithrandir

I see a C

Will

and the down arrow???

Sid

I see many P and C in there..

Beastly Gerbil

For the one letter you're missing, Look AROUND the image

@Will indicates lowercase

Display name

10:37

@Will lowercase

Techidiot

Its Down arrow is lower case

Sid

I see some dark circles

Mithrandir

It's O

Beastly Gerbil

Yep

Mithrandir

But i.sstatic.net/PsGON.png isn't anything

Beastly Gerbil

10:40

Think AROUND the image once again

Will

:D

Beastly Gerbil

There it is :P

Mithrandir

Oof, inja'd

Techidiot

Lol

Was almost there

Beastly Gerbil

Wouldn't have gone down that route, there are 120 different combos

Techidiot

10:44

Actually, the arrow was a double hint

Beastly Gerbil

Hmm yes that true. Completely intentional of course :P

Mithrandir

13 - 12 -10 -9 -4

^barcode

Beastly Gerbil

Nice findings, that comes later though

Mithrandir

@BeastlyGerbil I must sure you for stealing my ideas, with the hidden, very light letters. Give me 20 hats.

And +2000 rep.

Beastly Gerbil

:P

Techidiot

11:02

@BeastlyGerbil- Am I on track ?

Beastly Gerbil

Damn It, theres two 18's. First should be an 8

Techidiot

Oops :)

I know that feeling... No problems

Beastly Gerbil

Any thought for the numbers?

Techidiot

Looks like equations..

May be a pattern

Beastly Gerbil

Nope

Now, think of the letters again

Techidiot

11:09

Oh, its the same pattern what we see in the image

Beastly Gerbil

yes. interesting huh?

Techidiot

Arranging them gives a good thing :)

Beastly Gerbil

Ah glad you got that bit

So now you're on to the final bit. The barcode letters

Techidiot

ODNIR

Beastly Gerbil

And

(Double vision remember)

Techidiot

11:21

Ordinary ? :p

Beastly Gerbil

No, where else could you use those numbers?

Sid

Golf? -10,-9...?

Beastly Gerbil

Nope

How about on the original advent calendar?

@Techidiot ^ ?

Sid

Visit?

Beastly Gerbil

Yep

So 'VISIT ODNIR'

Techidiot

11:28

Oh well done @Sid

good catch

@BeastlyGerbil - Is that a new clue?

Beastly Gerbil

@Techidiot you might want to check ODNIR. It has the correct letters but not the correct cases

Sid

Beastly Gerbil

Yay

Sid

It's a lowercase I. Uppercase I does not exist in the advent calendar

Beastly Gerbil

Exactly

Sid

11:31

So, in the context of the story, You sent a gift to yourself?

Beastly Gerbil

I never said the character in the story was me :P

Techidiot

Oh imgurs :D I thought those were all the imgurs in there :p Never saw it that way at first

Sid

Good, @Techidiot Now, please go and solve my puzzle. I am almost desperate now.

Techidiot

@Sid

I tried... Though, many efforts went in vain

:D

Beastly Gerbil

@Techidiot do you mind if I clean up your answer a bit?

Sid

11:35

Congrats on 3k.. though.

Techidiot

Sure @BeastlyGerbil

Thanks.

So, coming back to your puzzle, I think I got only 2 out of them right?

Or just one?

@Sid

Beastly Gerbil

Oh saw your update, looks alright now

Sid

Two.. First and last.

Although explanation for the first is wrong.

Techidiot

Yeah, I get it. May be Og and No are crossing each other..

I was sure Oh, Ev Ji was a sound

But I was wrong may be

Sid

Crossing?

Techidiot

11:41

Like Down and across..

The definitions are not clear I guess.. 5 again. Err... Bob...No. This is Slightly tough. Oh, Yes! So, the other, I get a tea.

So, it looks like a 5 letter word

But not sure if tea is a def or a clue for T

Sid

yesterday, by Sid

But no, I tried to remove that ambiguity

For Beastly Gerbil's try

Techidiot

Yeah.

I thought it to be just "Tough" :)

Sid

WHen did I say it was a crossword?

Techidiot

But again, Err..Bob..No does not come into picture

No, it isnt

I get it.

Beastly Gerbil

Edited your answer and accepted. Well done!

Techidiot

11:50

Thanks @BeastlyGerbil

Sphinx

12:18

3

Q: Why didn't this kid get any presents from santa?

He counted the days until Christmas every morning, lunch and evening. He made a huge wishlist or presents; a RC car, flashy shoes and much more. He couldn't wait until the day that he could show off his shoes to others. But when boxing day finally came, he got nothing but a Christmas ball... He ...

seasonal

IAmInPLS

13:01

I'll add a (small) hint for my riddle right here

Beastly Gerbil

Please do! I'm stuck

Mithrandir

Free spam flags

Techidiot

I went close :p

dcfyj

@Rubio Sorry I didn't reply to you last night/this morning/whatever time it was for you. I got on briefly to check the room and I wasn't feeling the greatest.

Beastly Gerbil

Hi @dcfyj!

dcfyj

13:03

Hey

Beastly Gerbil

sorry you didn't feel well

dcfyj

lmao at Deusovi's 4c

IAmInPLS

o/ @dcfyj

Mithrandir

Still need some more spam flags on that thing...

Beastly Gerbil

I joined the community just to flag it

Mithrandir

13:04

Good for you.

I linked it in Ye Olde Hat Shoppe :P

It's gone now

dcfyj

What is?

Beastly Gerbil

the spam

dcfyj

No idea what you're talking about

Beastly Gerbil

ah no not that again

IAmInPLS

Sorry, could not resist

Beastly Gerbil

13:07

:P

IAmInPLS

Hint added!

Display name

So you get a hat for spamming the chat? How great

Mithrandir

Nope

Beastly Gerbil

yep, i'm thinking 'gull'

dcfyj

Ah, spam on the site

Mithrandir

13:07

No hat

dcfyj

hat?

Mithrandir

Everyone is stumped.

dcfyj

I missed something here

Beastly Gerbil

@dcfyj hats

Mithrandir

I linked a spam question on the AI site, which is now gone

^that

Display name

13:08

Why does everyone post this pic then?

Techidiot

It's still tough @IAmInPLS

Display name

if you get nothing from it

Mithrandir

this is fine

Beastly Gerbil

@Displayname type 'this is fine'

Techidiot

It feels like its Karma without that bird part :p

IAmInPLS

13:08

@Techidiot It's not a word, remember

Techidiot

Cormorants are sea bird, sound like Karma :p

Yeah

IAmInPLS

Karma is a valid word in English :-)

Display name

So it has nothing to do with Winterbash?

Mithrandir

it might

Beastly Gerbil

dunno

Mithrandir

13:09

There's a hat 'this if fine', with an image like

It's a secret hat

Beastly Gerbil

what?

Mithrandir

^secret hat

Beastly Gerbil

there's secret hats?

Display name

54

A: Winter Bash 2016 - All Hats

Secret Hats Don't Wanna Taco 'Bout it 180° This Is Fine Elementary 8,243,721 They Live Blue in the Face

Mithrandir

Of course

Beastly Gerbil

13:11

HOW DO YOU GET THEM!!!!!???????

Mithrandir

It's a secret

Display name

@BeastlyGerbil FIND OUT!!!!!!!

Mithrandir

I'm wearing 2 hats

If you look at my profile

Display name

what a cheater

Beastly Gerbil

Look at my profile. I'm scarier than before

dcfyj

13:14

Doesn't seem to like me, oh well

Mithrandir

DARTH GERBADER!

Beastly Gerbil

:P

Mithrandir

How's your breathing, @DarthGerbader?

IAmInPLS

13:30

It's Christmas puzzle time I guess, seeing the newest questions feed!

I'm working on a puzzle as well

But I'd like my riddle to be solved before that

dcfyj

To be expected really, less than a week until the 25th

Beastly Gerbil

Well it is 5 days to go

IAmInPLS

@BeastlyGerbil btw it is not a gull :-)

Techidiot

@IAmInPLS- I think its Gannets. Not sure how to prove it though. I have just a couple of clues :)

IAmInPLS

@Techidiot Gannets?

dcfyj

13:31

@BeastlyGerbil I'm assuming you're not counting today :P

Techidiot

But again it may be counted as a word :D

Beastly Gerbil

@dcfyj nope

IAmInPLS

Ah, the bird. No, not this one ;-)

Techidiot

Gannets are sea birds, and they have a property of being "foolish"

Oh!

IAmInPLS

The bird is only useful in the first two sentences of the last stanza

Techidiot

13:33

So, you mean, its a single word broken into multiple stanzas?

So, the second half might not be "a word"

So, something gibberish may be :-/ or may be non-english/proper noun

IAmInPLS

@Techidiot No, the riddle is for the whole thing. That's to say, the non-word you have to find must fit every couple of sentences, and each stanza

dcfyj

Vaders everywhere!

IAmInPLS

Long live the dark side!

Mithrandir

Yes. Dark.

I have 3 hats on now

IAmInPLS

@Mithrandir You're now the mad hatter

4

dcfyj

13:43

I think he would need more hats for that to be true

IAmInPLS

Well, I just have one :-(

Mithrandir

I have 7 unique hats across the network

And 11 hats total

dcfyj

7+3=11?

Oh, misread that

Mithrandir

I am currenly wearing 3 hats

Techidiot

@IAmInPLS - Last try.. Its Penguin :D I think this is it

I can be wrong :p But it fits a little I guess.. Pen, for writing.. the missing letter g..

IAmInPLS

13:51

@Techidiot Haha penguin is still a word... What you have to find is not really a word

Techidiot

I thought, the not-word part was guin or something like that :P

Mithrandir

This room is not fine

For posting the line 'this is fine'

Techidiot

I get Pen

dcfyj

@Mithrandir May as well join in the fray :P

Techidiot

Hmm.. So, I give up :p

IAmInPLS

13:53

@Techidiot At least you tried :-P but when you'll see the answer, you'll understand

Techidiot

Yeah..

Sid

If not a word- Does it mean not a word IN ENGLISH?

Word in some other language?

IAmInPLS

@Sid No, I would have precised that

Sid

Then, it must be a name of something...

Techidiot

I see a "."(dot) as an answer as well. But again, its not steganography as my first answer was incorrect

Mithrandir

13:55

I just got another hat :D

Techidiot

@Displayname - Are we going to get any hints on this‌?

Rubio

sorry had to do it

Mithrandir

:34207031 Wrong room

dcfyj

:34207031 There's a room for that

Sid

@Techidiot You need to ping rotterslave not DisplayName

Same guy, though...

Rubio

14:04

@dcfyj I'm deeply offended. ;)

dcfyj

@Rubio Then I'm afraid you'll just have to get get over it :P I was busy feeling like I was going to throw up.

Rubio

hehe. no worries, and hope you're feeling better now

dcfyj

Much, still slightly queasy but overall ok.

Sid

@dcfyj Take a medicine and sleep. It's the best relief you are ever going to get.

dcfyj

I pretty much never take meds

Rubio

14:06

Yeah i hear that. I'm a lousy sick person.

So this silly feeling fine nonsense, should I not have a hat now for it?

dcfyj

I don't take them because I usually don't need to :P

The only down side is that I'm tired now, didn't get to bed until 1:30ish and I woke up for work at 7:00 :(

Rubio

I got up for an 8am call on my day off. (*mutter*)

IAmInPLS

@Rubio Let that be a lesson for you: always turn off your phone on days off :-P

Rubio

No, no .. I dialed in for this nonsense.

dcfyj

lol, then it's you're own fault :P

Rubio

14:10

Yes. Yes it is. *hangs head*

dcfyj

For the first time in a very long time I played Commander Keen yesterday. That was fun ^^.

(I know, random)

Sid

@dcfyj I slept at 2 and got up at 6 for a class in the morning. Reached the place and then realised that the class had been cancelled.

Trust me, I am livid at myself whole day,today

dcfyj

@Sid Back to bed?

Sid

Nope... Cycling killed all hopes of sleep.

dcfyj

I have the perfect gravitar for 9 hats :P I just need to get them ^^

Mithrandir

14:16

@dcfyj I only have 8 unique ones

Display name

@dcfyj Or just copy the images of them, you can only have one "real" one on anyway.

Rubio

so, um. how do I actually get this fine one?

Beastly Gerbil

If anyone notices some weird edits/comments between me and Mithrandir, then it's cause were trying to get a secret hat.

Saiid

Anyone made any more progress on rand's #4?

Sphinx

0

Q: Cutting off everything

Left alone, I am very bad for youse. Right here,below are certain clues. Take an axe and cut off my head Oh, such a nasty term for a woman? From the rest, drop the other end I almost become a huge bend. From the remaining,drop my rear You are abusing me? Oh Dear! From what is left, Take off m...

riddle wordplay rhyme

TheGreatEscaper

14:28

Hulloo!!!!

IAmInPLS

o/ @TheGreatEscaper

TheGreatEscaper

It's quite interesting, I made a puzzle slightly easier than I originally intended it to be, and ended up losing a lot of my encryption system in the process... oh well

IAmInPLS

Yay, Outspoken badge! And a nice hat which goes along

TheGreatEscaper

All these badges

I'll stick to posting and solving puzzles

Saiid

lol

Display name

14:34

@TheGreatEscaper You can also disable hats by clicking on the snowflake in the header and then "I hate hats" on the bottom of the popup

Sconibulus

How dare you hate hats!

Saiid

Can you re-enable them at a later point?

Display name

@Saiid Yes

Sconibulus

You'll never get a job at Mann Co.

Saiid

Okay, good. I might turn them off for a bit, and turn them back on later

dcfyj

14:36

@Saiid Sacrilege!

Saiid

lol

TheGreatEscaper

Weeeeelll I hate hats.

They're itchy...

Display name

Join the resistance!

dcfyj

I'm wearing a hat right now :P

and it's not a darth vader one

Saiid

14:51

sure

IAmInPLS

What is 'youse' in Sid's puzzle?

Sconibulus

it's a pluralization of you, used most often in the Long Island area

'Hey youse guys!'

IAmInPLS

Oh, ok

That was google gave me but it was reverso, and I don't like reverso most of the time

Saiid

It's also a pet peeve of grammar nazis

dcfyj

@Sconibulus pronounced similarly to "ewes"

Sconibulus

14:58

I thought it'd be more like 'yews'

dcfyj

Both of those sound the same to me

This room is not fine

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