# Help me with this stupid idiotic dumb jerky game! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513 "2006-07-14T18:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/1 "2006-07-14T18:58:01Z")
It’s stupid and idiotic and dumb and jerky because I’m stuck, of course. 😉 [http://n.nfshost.com/1.html](http://n.nfshost.com/1.html) It’s a brain teaser game. You try to get to 2, 3, 4, etc by entering the number/word/phrase that would follow as the html file. So I’ve been working on it with **Diosabellissima** and we’re stuck at number 14. The clue is: 13, unlucky … Danged if we’re not stuck! Can anyone help us out? If so, please post it in a spoiler box! ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/2 "2006-07-14T18:59:29Z")
#14 makes baby Jesus cry. And it makes my head hurt. Anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/3 "2006-07-14T19:01:30Z")
I’m not sure exactly what the format is here. The page says “13” on it, and you have to enter, for example, [http://n.nfshost.com/unlucky.html](http://n.nfshost.com/unlucky.html) as the answer? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/4 "2006-07-14T19:04:32Z")
Start at the begining. In the address bar, take out the “1” and put in “2”. When you get to the next page (it says “2” on it) you go up to the address bar, take out “2” and put “3”. So on and so forth. The next one, it isn’t a regular number. You just follow the clues and put what comes next in the pattern. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/5 "2006-07-14T19:06:44Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > I’m not sure exactly what the format is here. The page says “13” on it, and you have to enter, for example, [http://n.nfshost.com/unlucky.html](http://n.nfshost.com/unlucky.html) as the answer? Not exactly. The first page has you click on the first number. That gives you the page address: [http://n.nfshost.com/1.html](http://n.nfshost.com/1.html) and has a regular old “1” on the screen. To get to 2 (I’m not going to spoiler box THIS one since it’s rather easy), you change the address manually to: [http://n.nfshost.com/2.html](http://n.nfshost.com/2.html) Do the exact same for 3, and then you see something different. I’ll answer this one in a spoiler box: Instead of seeing a regular old ‘3’, you see III. Since you have to go on to 4 this time around, you change the address to …/IV.html . Get it? Oh, and Diosa says you’re the one who reupped my sub! Thank you so much! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/6 "2006-07-14T19:07:36Z")
Bah. Number 8 isn’t working out. Isn’t it “oct” or something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/7 "2006-07-14T19:12:52Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Oh, and Diosa says you’re the one who reupped my sub! Thank you so much! 🙂 Hehe yeah. It was no problem really, you’re quite welcome. Like I told **Diosa** , any friend of hers is a friend of mine. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/8 "2006-07-14T19:21:24Z")
Sept is Eight in French. So the answer is huit ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/9 "2006-07-14T19:23:51Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > Bah. Number 8 isn’t working out. Isn’t it “oct” or something like that? Hee, that’s the deviousness of this game! Number 8 might not be a calendar month at all…… ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/10 "2006-07-14T19:27:17Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > Bah. Number 8 isn’t working out. That’s where I get stuck, too. Anyone wanna spoiler the answer? Thanks in adavance. ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/11 "2006-07-14T19:28:53Z")
…and I see I should preview more often. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/12 "2006-07-14T19:34:27Z")
Okay, I’ve gotten to where you girls are stuck. Now to actually figure this damn thing out. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/13 "2006-07-14T19:39:16Z")
I can’t figure out what to do with page 9. Ok, so the word nine is invisible… how do i enter an invisible ten? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/14 "2006-07-14T19:40:18Z")
Nevermind… ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/15 "2006-07-14T19:40:58Z")
Number 8 seemed obvious to me, but I didn’t see how to get past the next one. So I cheated: View|Source from the menu. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/16 "2006-07-14T19:43:41Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > Sept is > > Eight in French. So the answer is huit No, Sept is seven in French (from the Latin, _septem_). Huit is eight. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/17 "2006-07-14T19:44:55Z")
**rjk** , I did that for a couple of them as well, but it doesn’t work for #14. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/18 "2006-07-14T19:48:07Z")
And now I’m stuck at 13 like the rest of you. I’m guessing it has something to do with 14 being two sevens… (double lucky) but I can’t find the right way to put it ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/19 "2006-07-14T19:53:15Z")
**Antigen** , that’s my hypothesis as well. Keep at it guys! One of us will get it soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/20 "2006-07-14T19:53:45Z")
I’m drawing a total blank on 12 --\> 13. A little help, s’il vous plait? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513.md?page=2)