# 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:** 2
**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, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/21 "2006-07-14T19:54:09Z")
Hint for moving beyond 13: [spoiler] it’s something to do with bingo calling, don’t ask me; I didn’t design it. It is referenced on the Wiki page on thirteen[/spoiler] if that doesn’t help: [spoiler]I think they’ve made a mistake in their reasoning, they don’t move onto the next call.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/22 "2006-07-14T20:08:30Z")
I can’t seem to work out the URL for page 17. It doesn’t seem to make any sense no matter how I slice it. ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/23 "2006-07-14T20:12:41Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] I can’t seem to work out the URL for page 17. It doesn’t seem to make any sense no matter how I slice it. [/QUOTE] That’s where I’m currently stuck 😕 :mad: ---
**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, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/24 "2006-07-14T20:12:46Z")
How about giving us a hint for 14 instead? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/25 "2006-07-14T20:13:42Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I’m drawing a total blank on 12 –\> 13. A little help, s’il vous plait? [/QUOTE] A hint… 12 is a dozen. If you’re dealing in bread or donuts, however… ---
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/26 "2006-07-14T20:14:15Z")
[QUOTE=JustAnotherGeek] Hint for moving beyond 13: [/QUOTE] Yeah… that’s not helping. My brain hurts. ---
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/27 "2006-07-14T20:14:19Z")
Nevermind. The answer for fourteen is for\_some ---
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/28 "2006-07-14T20:14:45Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] I’m drawing a total blank on 12 –\> 13. A little help, s’il vous plait? [/QUOTE] Somethign you would know if you bought a “dozen” cookies… ---
**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, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/29 "2006-07-14T20:16:28Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] Nevermind. The answer for fourteen is for\_some [/QUOTE] See? They…messed up their own pattern. They finished the phrase for thirteen, instead of using the first part of the phrase for 14. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/30 "2006-07-14T20:16:20Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] How about giving us a hint for 14 instead? [/QUOTE] You mean from 14-\>15? Remember your multiplication tables. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/31 "2006-07-14T20:25:34Z")
Up to seventeen now… how far does it go? ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/32 "2006-07-14T20:25:44Z")
Am now stuck on 16-\>17. Apparently gibberish is a clue. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/33 "2006-07-14T20:25:49Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] I can’t seem to work out the URL for page 17. It doesn’t seem to make any sense no matter how I slice it. [/QUOTE] Gah… Ok, I cheated; I google’d the phrase ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/34 "2006-07-14T20:29:17Z")
How are you supposed to enter 14–\>15? As the pirate with the ship’s wheel down his pants said, it’s driving me nuts! ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/35 "2006-07-14T20:30:29Z")
Sorry, that’s 15–\>16. Dot dash and so on. ---
**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, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/36 "2006-07-14T20:34:17Z")
Googling isn’t cheating! We’re resourceful, that’s all. So why the hell does the 18 --\> 19 page keep bringing me back to the 18 page? ---
**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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/37 "2006-07-14T20:35:59Z")
[QUOTE=xnylder] Sorry, that’s 15–\>16. Dot dash and so on. [/QUOTE] Periods, period. ---
**Author:** ![xnylder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbce88/32.png) [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/38 "2006-07-14T20:37:15Z")
[QUOTE=Spatial Rift 47] Periods, period. [/QUOTE] Got it, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/39 "2006-07-14T20:37:15Z")
I got as far as the page for 20-\>21 before I lost interest. Here’s a tip for getting to 19-\>20:It’s redirecting your browser with Javascript –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513/40 "2006-07-14T20:38:30Z")
I meant to say I got to 21-\>22. –FCOD [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-stupid-idiotic-dumb-jerky-game/364513.md?page=3)