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18:10 / 07.03.02

Remember those things you did in your grade school gifted classes or your middle school English classes? Let's bring them back, only this time let's make them fun.

Example:

TALKING MYTHEVOICESHEAD MYTHEVOICESHEAD

would be "talking to the voices in my head"

STANDS
2345

would be "no one understands"

We're
LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL

would be "we're on the same level"

etc. etc. etc.

Let's see how many we can come up with, and how good we are at guessing other peoples. We're gonna be limited because we can't change the font size though. Nothing with "big" in it, now.

19:03 / 07.03.02

those gave me a laugh on that mixtape you sent... which I still need to reciprocate for.

Hmm. I used to be really good at 'em....

I wish it was easier to make squares and other geometrical shapes here.

19:13 / 07.03.02

Did you solve them when you got the tape? Reciprocation is the brand new nation. I wait patiently, like a duck in a pond of mundade conversation. Quack quack, grant.

19:18 / 07.03.02

Mundane, actually. But I can just make a reference to Miami and all.

09:10 / 13.03.02

Only just noticed this thread. Fun!

.....um, they're not that easy to think of though, are they? I keep coming up with stuff that's too much like a crossword clue. anyway here's a couple of attempts:

Speech: "A,B,C,D,E...."
Cognition: "1,2,3,4,5...."

Or how about:

MAUD

Or:

1 (smack!)
2
3 (thump!)
4
5 (thwack!)
6

One more, it's pretty lame, but it is barbe-specific:

sehloflaiwdaaryia

09:10 / 13.03.02

quote:Originally posted by a Man Called Lentil:

1 (smack!)
2
3 (thump!)
4
5 (thwack!)
6

Beat the odds.

Nice one, btw!

quote:
sehloflaiwdaaryia

holiday in selfawaria.

You made it too easy by saying it was Litherland specific, IMHO.

Here's a few I cooked up:

Easy:

#1
TIstitchME

#2
Peace U U

#3
Eggs
Easy

#4
pPoPd

Not so Easy:

#1
MO

#2
E trading R

#3
rettam

enjoy!
m3

[ 13-03-2002: Message edited by: modthree ]

09:10 / 13.03.02

Damn! I shouldn't have read this thread: talk about distracting!

Anyhoo, here's one that applies to some but not all 'Lithers:

think you post

and here's one for Capt. Zoom:

SHINE
U <bblbblbbl> diamond

m3

09:10 / 13.03.02

One from the Weekly World News:

wWoOlOfL

Rage: i'll reciprocate as soon as I live with a tape recorder again. It should be within the month.

09:10 / 13.03.02

quote:Originally posted by modthree:

holiday in selfawaria.

You made it too easy by saying it was Litherland specific, IMHO.

you're probably right; it's just that that was the first time i've used anything from the "barbelith phrasebook", so was feeling unnecessarily pleased with myself.

quote:
TIstitchME

a stitch in time

quote:
Peace U U

Peace to you!

quote:eggs
Easy

eggs over easy

quote:
pPoPd

two peas in a pod

have to get back to you on the not so easies!

here's another from me:

ev [without clothes on] en

btw, it just occurred to me, and particularly in the light of Tom's post on the subject, that i was treating your 'po' thread as if it were a tricksy little game like this, which of course it some ways it is, but it ain't just that, right?

09:10 / 13.03.02

oh yeah, and your lith - specific one is "think before you post"

09:10 / 13.03.02

grant - wolf in sheep's clothing?

m3 was right, this thread is going to prevent me getting any work done today!

09:10 / 13.03.02

quote:Originally posted by modthree:
#3
rettam

#3
reverse matter ?

14:31 / 13.03.02

What about this one?

t-e-a-m

17:37 / 13.03.02

quote:Originally posted by a Man Called Lentil:
btw, it just occurred to me, and particularly in the light of Tom's post on the subject, that i was treating your 'po' thread as if it were a tricksy little game like this, which of course [in] some ways it is, but it ain't just that, right?

YARR! T'is & T'isn't.

and

quote:you're probably right; it's just that that was the first time i've used anything from the "barbelith phrasebook", so was feeling unnecessarily pleased with myself.

Didn’t mean to take the wind outta’ yer sails or nothing! It was only that as soon as you said it was barb specific, I could tell at a glance—intuitively—what it was simply by the letters present in the structure. Then I verified my intuition by picking out the pattern (as opposed to trying to discover the answer by examining possible patterns). Of course, this is neither here nor there: problems are solved by both forward and reverse engineering!

Nice on the “wolf in sheep’s clothing”!! I was grasping towards that earlier today, but not quite there, read your post and <smack> on the forehead, ya?

And MiKl: so close...

m3

08:51 / 14.03.02

Correct my typos, would you?

so, is it ... anti-matter?

As for this one:
E trading R

dunno... I'm thinking ER could be referring to emergency room, which would mean that the trading is taking place in the room, which suggests some kinda stock market thang... but I'm probably barking up the wrong tree. Not a clue on OM, tho'.

This is a retyping of one of my earlier ones, which should give y'all a clue:

maUd

and here's a newie:

*abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz*
abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz

I think I've got Zoom's one too, but I'll leave it until he has a pop at it.

08:56 / 14.03.02

quote:Originally posted by a Man Called Lentil:
maUd

Mad about you?

(I got Zoom's one, too! It's funny.)

08:56 / 14.03.02

you're so there! it's gratifying when people get 'em, otherwise you start to worry that you've created some bizarre thing that's indecipherable to all but yourself. speaking of which...

climate
emotion

08:56 / 14.03.02

the
t-e-a-m

one meant

"There's no 'I' in team"

08:56 / 14.03.02

quote:Originally posted by modthree:
And MiKl: so close...

matter reversed

my english is enough to read but too bad to write properly and go through these little games.

What about this one?
t-e-a-m
I don't know.
A team is some mixed meat, if it mean something?

08:56 / 14.03.02

um... er... take a look at my last post?

10:05 / 14.03.02

oh jade, you revealed the answer so soon! I would have got that, honest. no, really i would...

10:28 / 14.03.02

i'm too anxious, man. can't resist!
will think in some more soon

11:11 / 14.03.02

quote:Originally posted by a Man Called Lentil:

climate
emotion

Feeling under the weather!

<jigs in the endzone>

11:28 / 14.03.02

this is so easy...
pressure
kelly

[ 14-03-2002: Message edited by: Jade has left the building ]

12:23 / 14.03.02

Ack, in a bit of a hurry.

Mr. Mod - thankee vera much. Shine on you Crazy Diamond.

Jade - nice one.

I'll come up with some today. This is fun.

Zoom.

18:55 / 14.03.02

quote:c/o Capt. Zoom
Mr. Mod - thankee vera much.

My pleasure, Zoom (it was especially for U regarding your recent "I know this place..." thread!)

quote:c/o an absent Jade
the
t-e-a-m
one meant

"There's no 'I' in team"

That was my initial intuition, but I simply couldn't clearly see if that was it. I suppose I shoulda' put it out there anyway...

quote:c/o the male "lentil"
so, is it ... anti-matter?

As for this one:
E trading R

Yes, anti-matter gets the prize!
Would it help much if it was written:
EtradingR
?

And also,

quote:Lentil again:
it's gratifying when people get 'em, otherwise you start to worry that you've created some bizarre thing that's indecipherable to all but yourself.

Yarr! I see it as part skill with language, but also a sort of "can you see how my mind works" sortta' game. Challenging to say the least!

Here's a new one:

UU

m3

21:20 / 14.03.02

Jade >> I was late, not blind.

But dumb too, it takes me a
s t a n d.
moment moment

MO:
emotion without sion ?

[ 15-03-2002: Message edited by: MiKL ]

10:05 / 15.03.02

MiKL: do you mean that it takes you a moment to understand?

And Jade, saying that your last one was really easy means that I'm going to look really daft if I get it wrong!

pressure
kelly

girl under pressure? it makes more sense than anything else I could think of.

Still stuck on EtradingR, (any other clues, m3?) but thinking about it has popped another quizzer into my brain. Heeeeere it is:

space manoeuvre manoeuvre manoeuvre manoeuvre

And some clues on my other three that haven't been 'got' yet:

Speech: "A,B,C,D,E...."
Cognition: "1,2,3,4,5...."

might be more helpfully written as:

Speech: "A,B,C,D,E...."
Thought: "1,2,3,4,5...."

Speech goes through the alphabet, but...

and as for this one:

ev [without clothes on] en

If Captain Zoom's shop wasn't doing too well, he might say he was " ... "

Finally:

*abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz*
abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz

Something's missing, and I've singled out a particular row with aterisks.

One final thought - what do you think of the idea that people reveal the answers if puzzles remain unsolved for over a week?

[ 15-03-2002: Message edited by: a Man Called Lentil ]

10:27 / 15.03.02

can't wait that long, sorry

pressure
kelly

is

"grace under pressure"
thinking hard on the other ones...

16:38 / 15.03.02

quote:Originally posted by a Man Called Lentil:
MiKL: do you mean that it takes you a moment to understand?

I think he means that it takes him a few moments to understand!

quote:ev [without clothes on] en

Barely breaking even!

A big clue for EtradingR: risky business.

And a clue for MO: it could also be written MN.

Here’s some new ones:

#1
Dance
UR foot foot foot foot foot foot

#2
YO

#3
All
Warm

#4 (this one is more of a cryptic crossword clue)
Spring, Lunch, Space

m3

16:53 / 15.03.02

quote:Originally posted by modthree:

#1
Dance
UR foot foot foot foot foot foot

Dance on your grave?

17:05 / 15.03.02

inside "ER," trading.

oof!

09:26 / 16.03.02

quote:Originally posted by Persephone:
Dance on your grave?

Oh, hold on a sec. I'm having a vision...yes...yes...I see...I see, why it's Persephone doing another one of her endzone jigs!

15:29 / 16.03.02

quote:Originally posted by Jade has left the building:

"grace under pressure"

doh! nice one, that.

20:07 / 16.03.02

Hmm, guessing here:
man called lentil's abc- NOEL, Noel, Noel?

Modthree's #3- over
warm
(warm all over?)
don't think that's quite it though, grr, thought I felt smart. Yuck!
Reason

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