# Follow Me **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 14, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091 "2008-12-14T04:43:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/21 "2008-12-16T04:53:03Z")
So sorry to break the flow, gentlemen. Confusion consists of continuous thrashings in my mind. So, sending silently, Susan explains simply, sustenance? ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/22 "2008-12-16T04:57:57Z")
Both your posts contain a thing that this post has not got. My prior post didn’t also. Why am I picking such particular words? It could simplify things if I had a full array to pick from, but I limit this to only four non-consonants. Can’t clarify without giving it away. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/23 "2008-12-16T05:04:00Z")
Your post wasn’t in until my post was in. Still no, though mid part is right, first and last still fail to conform. Must away as child taking control of PC. Back anon, good luck. ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/24 "2008-12-16T05:04:08Z")
Is it in the letters or in the words? Could it be so simple as it’s plainly seen when looked at? It is not consonant, nor vowel. Don’t misconstrue, it is what it is. (Yes?) ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/25 "2008-12-16T05:31:44Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > **Hoopy Frood** has it right. Dismissing a common initial would hint strongly towards a solution, but many might still fail to follow its formula. \*\*Hoopy \*\*must favour us with his own conundrum. Prior post is also spot on. > > **Pedescribe’s** could be either b or d - depending on the usage. My answer was b, but I love how analogies are totally subjective in this way. (Sun–\>Thermonuclear Fusion–\>Cold Fusion–\>cold) (Mind–\>Nervous System–\>Nervous Breakdown–\>breakdown) ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/26 "2008-12-16T05:59:04Z")
> [@TheVioletCreep](#): > > Is it in the letters or in the words? Could it be so simple as it’s plainly seen when looked at? It is not consonant, nor vowel. Don’t misconstrue, it is what it is. > > (Yes?) No. “In first, part of words. It’s plain. It is not consonant.” From your post. Now final try prior to showing solution. Missing common non-consonant, most common in fact. Most common of all, but not in this paragraph. Again “I limit this to only four non-consonants”, and "Just try any count from A to Z to find which is most common, but not in my words of this post. It’s in your alias and my alias and the prior post’s alias. Not in\*\* Hoopy Frood\*\* or **Brujaja**. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/27 "2008-12-16T06:02:21Z")
Not part of my game (and neither was my previous answer to **Pedescribe** , by the way). I had it as Sun = hot, cold = not hot. Mind = in one’s right mind, Breakdown = out of one’s mind. But I like your convoluted logic and would subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/28 "2008-12-16T06:05:39Z")
Twin post. Darn it. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/29 "2008-12-16T06:26:26Z")
Vi, (Sorry, but I insist on calling you Vi). Mag’s hint was particularly illuminating, though his last was possibly a bit too blatant. If you focus your mind on what you can’t spot, you’ll soon groan about not catching on! ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/30 "2008-12-16T06:43:49Z")
I’m not a him, but that’s all you got wrong. Vi, (and thanks\*\* Bootis\*\* for that contraction which allows naming) has a last try. Must admit, I don’t grok Vi’s posts or what constraints apply within. Far and away too knotty for this cat-bird individual. Simplicity, back to basics, as basic as A B C. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/31 "2008-12-16T07:04:23Z")
May I pass a hint? As I was typing a solution, I found comparison to a part of The Hobbit–a part I could only imply in my solution. "‘Chestnuts, chestnuts,’ he hissed. “Teeth! teeth! my preciousss; but we only have six!’” (Tolkien 74) ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/32 "2008-12-16T07:32:55Z")
I almost thought that was a wrong solution, too. But luckily I found a lack of ‘right stuff’ prior to posting and could modify my ‘wrong’ to a ‘spot on’. That citation has almost six plus four plus two faults. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/33 "2008-12-16T12:19:32Z")
Y’all lost me 'way back there. Errr… INTERRUPTING COW!!! (Covers head, runs away.) ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/34 "2008-12-16T12:56:20Z")
So I have to add one, eh? Well, sit back. Put your feet up. See if you can tell why this post is odd. Dive in and take a look. It’s not easy, but feel free to take it slow. Wipe your mind. Let out a sigh. It will come to you in due time. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/35 "2008-12-16T15:22:45Z")
I have a good idea - but it’s _so_ hard to type like this , so I won’t be too long here. I need to get a cup of Joe now in any case. ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/36 "2008-12-16T16:02:00Z")
I cannot put my alias in this paragraph, though a part of it is okay. I wish to impart instruction, but not in this. Not many parts of hours did this work occupy, though that which follows took lots. Hello, have some yellow jello Ma’am here’s your sham spam Joey give me bread doughy ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/37 "2008-12-16T16:05:35Z")
I’ll give it a go now. one feature is of note in the way I’m talking here. It might be hard to pick up on, so here is a clue. All the words are linked in a way - each can be altered on it’s own. Is it very hard to see? It’s not too late. One rule I’ll lay on you- no using the simple way out- the change can’t be to make more than one. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/38 "2008-12-16T17:46:42Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > I have a good idea - but it’s _so_ hard to type like this , so I won’t be too long here. I need to get a cup of Joe now in any case. Yep. You got it! Red did not. Did he try? I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/39 "2008-12-16T20:56:50Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > No. “In first, part of words. It’s plain. It is not consonant.” From your post. Now final try prior to showing solution. Missing common non-consonant, most common in fact. Most common of all, but not in this paragraph. Again “I limit this to only four non-consonants”, and "Just try any count from A to Z to find which is most common, but not in my words of this post. It’s in your alias and my alias and the prior post’s alias. Not in\*\* Hoopy Frood\*\* or **Brujaja**. Got it, I think, so simply put, non-consonant out and all consonant in, most common diminish, all four, but not two. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091/40 "2008-12-16T21:22:49Z")
Any offers on the last riddle I asked? bear in (well, I can’t write the word after “bear in” here- its like wind, but rotate the “double U”), the trick is in each word on its own. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-me/477091.md?page=3)