# Cryptic Picture Puzzle fans - London Underground **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 31, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769 "2013-10-31T17:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/1 "2013-10-31T17:51:18Z")
[http://www.lookforlonger.com/play-game#](http://www.lookforlonger.com/play-game#) Solve the visual clues and guess all 100 stations I’m up to 4! Bond Street Greenwich Golders Green Harrow on the Hill Anyone care to join in? ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/2 "2013-10-31T22:32:41Z")
I got a couple but there are a couple of stretches going on: Canary Wharf is a very good example. It is almost more fun to do the expt the other direction remember a station and try to find it. Unfortunately, I can find neither a circus tent nor a picadilly anywhere 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/3 "2013-10-31T22:50:46Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > I got a couple but there are a couple of stretches going on: Canary Wharf is a very good example. It is almost more fun to do the expt the other direction remember a station and try to find it. Unfortunately, I can find neither a circus tent nor a picadilly anywhere 😉 There is a circus tent next to the helter skelter and ferris wheel being cut with a knife… it’s not Piccadilly Circus. I’m up to 20 and agree about Canary Wharf. And I’ve just found Piccadilly Circus. One thing that’s troubling me: too many crowns for the number of stations called kings or Queens something. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/4 "2013-10-31T23:00:18Z")
Canary Wharf isn’t the worst offender by a long way! ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/5 "2013-10-31T23:53:49Z")
Can anyone identify the object next to the pint of beer on the bottom windowsill of the left hand building? ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/6 "2013-11-01T00:51:03Z")
By the way, there are some Overground and Dockland Light Railway stations too. And thank you for wasting most of my afternoon. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/7 "2013-11-01T11:31:54Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > Can anyone identify the object next to the pint of beer on the bottom windowsill of the left hand building? That one’s got me puzzled too ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/8 "2013-11-01T17:45:23Z")
Over 50 now. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/9 "2013-11-01T18:18:12Z")
Well, I’m on 78. Kinda stuck though. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/10 "2013-11-02T01:13:43Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > That one’s got me puzzled too I have a rubbish monitor so it’s just a blur to me, a basic description would help. I also can’t see what is at the bottom of the smear that runs past the crocodile on a pillow. And while I’m here, can anyone identify the woman balancing the house and the man on her hands. She really annoys me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/11 "2013-11-02T11:08:48Z")
She’s making a decision - Man or House ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/12 "2013-11-02T13:05:23Z")
The bubbles one has got me stumped. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/13 "2013-11-02T13:14:46Z")
They’re suds, not bubbles ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/14 "2013-11-02T16:53:31Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > I have a rubbish monitor so it’s just a blur to me, a basic description would help. I also can’t see what is at the bottom of the smear that runs past the crocodile on a pillow. And while I’m here, can anyone identify the woman balancing the house and the man on her hands. She really annoys me 🙂 It’s a red blob, possibly with a white top and bottom. Looks a bit like a pepper pot or salt shaker. There isn’t anything below the worn out edge of the road. ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/15 "2013-11-03T02:37:57Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > It’s a red blob, possibly with a white top and bottom. Looks a bit like a pepper pot or salt shaker. There isn’t anything below the worn out edge of the road. Cheers. There is definitely a station around the smear/worn out road and I could have sworn that it ends in a something with a devil face! Just seeing things I guess. Any enlightenment about the candles, the one on the car and the two fighting candles. I was convinced the latter was Kilburn but alas, no. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/16 "2013-11-03T08:40:58Z")
> [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](#): > > Any enlightenment about the candles, the one on the car and the two fighting candles. I was convinced the latter was Kilburn but alas, no. The key to those is to consider the particular part of the candle that’s aflame. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/17 "2013-11-03T09:52:38Z")
Yes, and you can use the zoom function of your browser - usually Ctrl + - for a closer inspection. BTW that’s not a car. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/18 "2013-11-03T11:16:51Z")
Nearly done - all I have left to are [ul] Santa pulling a rock guy chasing a goose Blue rooseter King Lobster #1 headstone pink thing inside colourful plastic tubes red blob next to beer [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/19 "2013-11-03T12:17:38Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Nearly done - all I have left to are > [ul] > Santa pulling a rock > guy chasing a goose > Blue rooseter > King Lobster > #1 headstone > pink thing inside colourful plastic tubes > red blob next to beer > [/ul] Me too, plus a few others: [ul][li]The tower of Es [/li][li]the planes and the net [/li][li]the ones with plasters[/li][li]The yellow rugby ball design. Or is it a burger?[/li][li]The stallholder[/li][li]The Chinese silk shirt.[/li][/ul] The headstone should, by rights, be Headstone Lane, but it isn’t. The blue rooster was, I thought, a reference to Trafalgar Square and hence Charing Cross, but it isn’t. I’ve a feeling we’re supposed to recognise the guy chasing the goose. With the chinese silk shirt, I thought of the peace pagoda and put in Battersea which comes up as close, but Battersea Park comes up as wrong. Some of the puns have been truly awful. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769/20 "2013-11-03T12:37:20Z")
The oriental garment isn’t a shirt, The planes would be a lot easier to guess if they had three wings 'aven’t got a clue about the plasters the answer to the ball/burger one has slipped my mind The stallholder is selling shrubbery and I literally cannot remember what the tower of Es is :smack: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cryptic-picture-puzzle-fans-london-underground/672769.md?page=2)