Puzzles Etc.

ok, manshu, now i'm too scared to ask how much you'd mind losing 55 points if i delete the Peach Puff Pink question, if you even remember it? i'd gladly make it up with a bounty THANKS, BUT IT WON't LET ME! says i have to get a moderator to do it... my life's newe mission

question_asker

actually... some disney lyrics I remember because my younger brother had those disney singalong tapes

manshu

I won't mind.

And I remember

question_asker

2:06 PM

but mary poppins? all those lyrics I know because I've watched that movie somewhere near a trillion times.

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, that's why I remember a few "Wee Sing Silly Songs"

manshu

the question about favorites

Khale_Kitha

I watched that like once, hehe.

question_asker

mary poppins owns

Khale_Kitha

I could go for a spoonful of sugar, right about now.

damn it...

Now I have "Funk Soul Brother" stuck in my head.

question_asker

2:06 PM

ACTUALLY, the title is

haha

Khale_Kitha

yeah, I've never known the title

It was just something that our show choir sang, often.

question_asker

wait, your show choir sang a fatboy slim song

Khale_Kitha

that is the title, hah

Among many other things

Our choir director was awesome.

It was actually REALLY disappointing, my first year of college..

I went into the choir there, and they wanted us to perform with our sheet music...

After my director, in HS, I felt like I was being downgraded, dramatically. "SHEET MUSIC!? On stage?!"

We had to ...you know...LEARN the music.

question_asker

hahaha

Khale_Kitha

Especially since I was in a Madrigal choir.

Can you imagine a playscript in everyone's hand during a madrigal play? groan

question_asker

2:09 PM

yeah, I'm trying to think... I feel like my church choirs always (or almost always) used music, but the school choir I was in didn't

Khale_Kitha

/rant

I'll admit to reading the screen, for lyrics, at church, even though I know the music

But no one on stage does

question_asker

I wasn't in our show choir, I was one rung below that - so we still did the competitions and stuff, I just didn't have to dance

Khale_Kitha

I had recently had knee surgery on both knees

So I wasn't agile enough for show choir.

question_asker

aaaa

Khale_Kitha

But Madrigals and Show were the two varsity choirs.

question_asker

2:11 PM

sorry that's one of those things that hurts to hear about

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, I can still barely move, 20'ish years later.

question_asker

ooff

manshu

D:

question_asker

yeah, we had a regular choir for 9th and 10th graders, I wasn't in that, and then a audition-only choir for 11th and 12th grade, which I was in. the show choir was made up of the best people from that choir

Khale_Kitha

Same here - I switched to choir, in 9th grade, because i had absolutely no interest in marching.. lol

And I'm so glad that I did

question_asker

2:12 PM

I think they also had a non-audition choir for 11th and 12th grade, like if you just really wanted to be in choir but didn't make the cut, but I can't remember for sure

haha yeah

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, the fine arts division, of my HS, got the funding - sports came second.

question_asker

I was in our non-marching band during marching season, and then in the top audition band outside of marching season

lol, same here

Khale_Kitha

Look up at the user listing, for the channel.

Manshu's avatar is yelling at humn's

question_asker

I tried out for marching band one year, but I suuuuuuucked at it (mostly I sucked at memorizing the moves, I could play and move just fine)

haha

Chris Cudmore

Anyone working on

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Q: The boredom of Mr. Goldy

"Today is a lame day," stated Mr. Goldy. Indeed, this poor lonely man is quite alone as he lost his brother years ago. This was a terrible time for him. His brother was very important in his life, being his only friend. To kill time, Mr. Goldy decided to watch some TV. "Bah, not this new Music c...

Khale_Kitha

2:14 PM

Yeah, we were looking at it, a bit ago

question_asker

but I'm glad I didn't make the cut - those drums are heavy as hell

Khale_Kitha

Haven't found much to go on

humn

Hiay,Chris, we've (q_a and i) been copyediting it at least, want to take a turn before K_K?

Chris Cudmore

I'm thinking Bruce Springsteen, But that's just a gut feeling.

manshu

who is he?

question_asker

2:16 PM

A song mentioning war, possibly cops and robbers, possibly... cloud? muscles?

Khale_Kitha

how come, Chris?

Or just what you get from reading it?

question_asker

and yeah, it would have to be a song from several years ago, at least

Chris Cudmore

Clarence Clemons was called "The Big Man"

Khale_Kitha

Sigh

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Q: How many children are there?

There are some children on a school ground, a square has been drawn and all children are standing on a squares four lines, they are standing with same distance, four children are standing on a four corners. No 16 is exactly opposite of No 6. How many children are there?

math logic-puzzle

Another puzzle about to be closed.

Chris Cudmore

War and River are both BS songs.

question_asker

2:17 PM

@Khale_Kitha That's that guy who's been evading a ban

Khale_Kitha

Yeah

question_asker

what I don't get it

How does he keep signing up with THE SAME EXACT NAME

and avatar

manshu

He is a rebel

question_asker

like. put some effort into your grift, people!

Khale_Kitha

And he has 100 rep on the Hindu site

question_asker

2:18 PM

fool me once, shame on you. attempt to fool me several more times without changing a single thing about your approach, also shame on you.

Khale_Kitha

lo

manshu

shame on him even more. :p

humn

you almost got the George Bush quote right

3

question_asker

fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, everybody plays the fool

Khale_Kitha

fooificate me once.

Sorry, I'm channeling a comedian on my pandora list....though I can't remember his name

Chris Cudmore

2:19 PM

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

question_asker

fool me once, this ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin around

humn

Zats the one, Chris!

Khale_Kitha

hah

And I was thinking of "Frank Calliendo"

question_asker

lol

Khale_Kitha

(Had to phone a friend)

question_asker

2:20 PM

SPEAKING OF SONGS MENTIONING WAR

Chris Cudmore

Now that Trump is in play, I miss the nuanced intellect of George W Bush.

2

Khale_Kitha

=D

Hey, he knew what he meant to say, at least.

he just...didn't always get it out, in words.

manshu

@Solocutor Why did you delete the answer?

question_asker

@manshu probably because that puzzle will be deleted soon?

Khale_Kitha

I'm sorry...l

This is the oddest comment I've read, all week.

"bad video mix-up -> anagram of "bad video"?"

question_asker

2:23 PM

OK so the song I just serendipitously quoted doesn't work for the puzzle

manshu

hhhaha

Khale_Kitha

I know what he means, but the wording confused the heck out of me, at first, hahaha

question_asker

yeah

the comment does make sense, just ... not at first haha

Khale_Kitha

hehe

I'm wanting to say "Sir Mix-a-lot" for the puzzle, because of the first line, but I know nothing about the man's bio.

question_asker

I feel like that puzzle is meant a lot more straightforwardly than that

Khale_Kitha

2:25 PM

Still looking at the Gordy one, but just not having any luck with anything.

That seems about as straight-forward as it gets

"bad video mix gave me my name"

question_asker

I get the feeling that that one might be one of those where the answer is like "the cray supercomputer" or something

Khale_Kitha

lol

question_asker

not that specific thing, but just like, surprise! it's not actually a biography

Khale_Kitha

@ChrisCudmore Am I the only one one having an issue with someone buff, and muscular, being called "The Cloud"?

Hopefully, q_a

question_asker

I think it's strange, but I can kind of see a buff dude being considered like a cloud

humn

2:27 PM

manshu, message for you along the right margin under your icon (^^^^ and why isn't it "The Cloud", like "Big Daddy"?)

question_asker

I mean, it's a stretch, but I can see it

buuuuuuuuuuut, it could also be related to whatever the word in the song is

Khale_Kitha

LoL, I ranted at my wife, yesterday, because she was finding it amusing that a coworker was complaining about being in florida and seeing tons of people who "didn't lift" wearing cutoff sleeves.

question_asker

haha

bro do u even

Khale_Kitha

I'm like - "Seriously? Does that mean I'm not allowed to wear a sleeveless shirt, because this arrogant guy says so?"

That was actually what he said

question_asker

hahahaha

Khale_Kitha

2:28 PM

"All these cut off sleeve shirts - it's like bro do u even lift?"

question_asker

wow

that's one of those things I could barely believe people even said back when it was a thing

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, it's kind of like

Y U NO

q_a and KK slowly look at Manshu

question_asker

yes, manshu

why DO you no

Khale_Kitha

oh wait.. I need to go star Chris's comment, so I don't forget =D

question_asker

now I've got life during wartime stuck in my head

Khale_Kitha

2:31 PM

not familiar

Though I know a few people with life during wartime stuck in their life...

question_asker

it was the song I was referencing upthread, "this ain't no party / this ain't no disco / this ain't no foolin around"

Khale_Kitha

Ah, I don't think I'm familiar with it

question_asker

when I was riffing on "fool me once..."

Khale_Kitha

such a funny word..

question_asker

but I double-checked the lyrics, I don't think it works for the goldy one

Khale_Kitha

2:32 PM

Also, how do you say "such a funny word", without sounding stoned....?

question_asker

goldy doesn't seem like a talking heads fan anyway

my hands...

they can touch anything... but themselves

Khale_Kitha

rofl!

Hey, no joking, I can clap, one-handed.

I always find that cliché amusing

question_asker

that's a joke that got used on either the simpsons and futurama or on futurama twice

Khale_Kitha

ah

Those shows were good for jokes that got you Groening.

question_asker

lmao

Khale_Kitha

2:33 PM

.... like that one ^^

humn

only, that is, only my only nose itself smells itself only

Khale_Kitha

=D

only my only nose only itself only smells only itself only

only is going to be a joke, from now on..only

question_asker

haha

OK so...

Khale_Kitha

email

question_asker

I'm betting that whatever the song is, it doesn't involve a muscular guy being called a cloud

Khale_Kitha

2:35 PM

This FIB crew sucks. No activity in days.

=D

question_asker

maybe something about being in the sky? in heaven?

yeah

Khale_Kitha

Chris already gave her up, for dead./

question_asker

should probably get the a-team on this

Khale_Kitha

Don't make me rename the channel to FIB Technical Team

question_asker

they seem like they'd be a little more committed to the cause

or, like I said, if it's karen allen, I know a certain archaeology professor who might be able to help

Khale_Kitha

2:36 PM

Just had to stop myself from a comment that would have given away the puzzle. LoL

question_asker

he's gotta be like 100 years old by now though

humn

donald sutherland?

question_asker

hey - what decides where the dashed line shows up? is it every X lines?

humn

that's where you tear the paper, odd, i only see the two near ones

question_asker

@humn I was thinking of a certain adventurer known for his whip

Khale_Kitha

2:38 PM

which dashed line?

humn

wipn

i see 2 dotty lines, about 8 and 13 cookies up, do yq_au?

Khale_Kitha

I don't think Indie has the skillset for it

Unless you meant Simon Belmont :P

question_asker

yeah, good point - I don't see any prior

Khale_Kitha

what are you looking at, currently?

gordy?

wth...

question_asker

@Khale_Kitha I didn't know who that was without googling

Khale_Kitha

2:40 PM

hehe

question_asker

@Khale_Kitha re: dashed lines - I mean in the chat

Khale_Kitha

Oh, I think it's time segments

but maybe not

they fade out after the 2nd one

question_asker

there seems to be neither rhyme nor reason

man

I love that mr goldy story

Khale_Kitha

hehe

question_asker

I love that it's so melodramatic BUT it opens with "today is a lame day"

like a teen who just wiped out on his skateboard

"this is not rad at ALL, mom"

Khale_Kitha

2:41 PM

wth is Bop-It?

humn

didn't touch that line

Khale_Kitha

That was the answer to the Shyamalan puzzle

question_asker

OH, I get it now

that makes sense

Khale_Kitha

I vaguely remember that thing

It was popular for like 2 weeks.

question_asker

the ads for it were like

"twist it! flick it!" etc

Khale_Kitha

2:43 PM

Yeah - though I tend not to remember much from ads 20 years ago =D

question_asker

yeah

I only remember it because - get this - people on twitter made reference to it

Khale_Kitha

lol

question_asker

people remembered the 90s HARD a few years ago on twitter

Khale_Kitha

From the wiki page, it apparently came back in 2010

question_asker

a bunch of stuff that I had totally forgotten even exists came rushing back to me

Khale_Kitha

2:46 PM

like Savage Garden?

Heheheh

question_asker

hahahaha you know what?

I don't know if I can name a single SG song

I can picture the cover of their one album

Khale_Kitha

I started paying attention to what songs were from what artists around 2000, so I can't name the songs, of an artist, for many things prior to that.

Chris Cudmore

@question_asker I just went to the wiki, saw the list of #1 hits and still don't know what you're talking about.

question_asker

they were one of those bands where like, I know I've heard their most popular song(s), but I couldn't name the songs, and wouldn't know that I was hearing the songs unless someone told me

We're so old, KK

Khale_Kitha

:P

Chris Cudmore

2:48 PM

But I'm old. I bought Iron Maiden on vinyl when vinyl was your only choice.

humn

( Chris, q_a's other lead, Bop-It, also bore bitter fruit: youtube.com/watch?v=8lhEEDkv3zk )

Khale_Kitha

lol, Chris

question_asker

I wasn't trying to exclude you!

be old with us

Khale_Kitha

I still have a decent collection of 45's, but they were all given to me by my mother.

Chris Cudmore

My first album was Supertramp, Breakfast in America. EVERYONE in grade 5 had that album.

Khale_Kitha

2:49 PM

I have things like...

Easy Rider...

Peter Pan....

Squirrely and Shirley..

etc

Chris Cudmore

Then Rush, Moving Pictures came out and changed everything.

question_asker

"this music is so complicated I don't care if I never get laid!"

humn

vvvvvv hehehehehe ^^^^^^^^^

Khale_Kitha

Delete 1 word from Chris's sentence, and he becomes MUCH older.

question_asker

lol

I don't think anyone in my family had any comedy albums

Khale_Kitha

2:51 PM

Tennessee Bird Walk is one that I remember best.

If you haven't heard it..

Chris Cudmore

We'd be sitting around the classroom beating out the intro to YYZ on our desks.

Khale_Kitha

Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Tennessee Bird Walk

►

Chris Cudmore

Of course, this was in Toronto, so it held special meaning for us.

question_asker

ah yeah

that's a reasonable excuse for liking rush

as long as it didn't convince you to start reading ayn rand

Khale_Kitha

Sorry, listening to birds walking southward in their dirty underwear...

Chris Cudmore

2:53 PM

I got about 4 pages into Atlas Shrugged at about 20, and thought "This is BS!"

question_asker

hahaha

Khale_Kitha

chirp chirp

I'm going to have this stuck in my head, all day...

humn

it should've been on dr. demento

Khale_Kitha

HAHAHA

Chris Cudmore

That was when I was reading books because I thought I should. Everyone goes through that phase, and picks up Dostoevsky and Joyce.

question_asker

2:55 PM

I was trying to think of the rhythm of the beginning of YYZ and all I could think of was the beginning of Bulls on Parade until I looked up the song and saw the morse code

humn

the Cliff's Notes for Crime & Punishment were shorter than the book, by about 2,000 pages

Khale_Kitha

let me guess - YYZ?

aren't they supposed to be, humn?

question_asker

-.--/-.--/--..

Chris Cudmore

Brothers Karamazov was about 1200 pages, I read it on the bus religiously for about six months. Got 900 pages into it, and lost the book.

Khale_Kitha

looks like probably YYZ to me

Chris Cudmore

2:56 PM

It is.

humn

Mr. Goldy is YYZ? not a single unmatched lyric

question_asker

haha

re: long books

Chris Cudmore

Never picked it up again.

question_asker

I read the first four books of In Search of Lost Time about ten years ago

Chris Cudmore

Man those russians can ramble on.

question_asker

2:57 PM

but I liked the particular set of translations I was reading so much that I have to wait until 2019 to get the rest

naturally I've forgotten most of what I've read about tea and calling cards and closeted french nobles

Khale_Kitha

Is funny - my favorite book series, the books are all 900+ pages, but they take me about 2-3 nights to read o.O

humn

oh no, q_a,            lost 10 minutes right now just to find out what In Search of Lost
Time is

Khale_Kitha

            ^^ Lost

question_asker

(re: rush - one of the few facts I know about rush I learned from Trailer Park Boys)

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