# Invisible Idiots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968 "2003-03-21T02:14:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/61 "2003-03-21T18:47:03Z")
I have a sweep–Category Three in its entirety. The topic is “Authors”. 1. Mark from an old injury; allow; prominent airport; sound of contentment Scar, let; O’hare, ah Scarlett O’Hara 2. Affluent; stiff; lumbar region; not woman Rich, hard; back, man Richard Bachman 3. Derogatory term for the Irish; call a cab; sob; large measurement of weight Mick, hail; cry,ton Michael Crichton 4. Marbly, stripy gemstone; singular expression of laughter, model Turlington agate, ha; Christy Agatha Christie ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/62 "2003-03-21T18:47:32Z")
1. Scarlett O’Hara 2. Michael Chrichton 3. Agatha Chrisitie ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/63 "2003-03-21T18:59:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\*I have a sweep–Category Three in its entirety. The topic is “Authors”. > (puzzles snipped) \*\* Since when is Scarlett O’Hara an author? Last time I checked, fictional characters couldn’t legally sign publishing contracts. _wink_ ---
**Author:** ![Vixenation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/278dde/32.png) [@Vixenation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vixenation)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/64 "2003-03-21T19:39:50Z")
Geez, you guys are fast! 😃 The topic officially was “Literary Figures” but as that was kind of unclear, any similar answer is perfectly fine. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/65 "2003-03-21T19:52:09Z")
tcha. If they’re so fast why are 60 percent of my last crop (and the category) still unsolved? ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/66 "2003-03-21T19:59:45Z")
Oh, and here’s another block: help, nothing in france; black pal, twisted sister small cut, mexican greetings; emprison not your, snuff out; punish singapore style animal’s lair, holler; week part, british bathroom, exists car accessory; smooth-edged coin, java maker ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/67 "2003-03-21T20:22:26Z")
**Cheffie** : [_1,001 Facts about Planet Earth_](http://www.allbookstores.com/book/0789490420) Co-authored with Cally Hall and Jen Green. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/68 "2003-03-21T20:30:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\ ***Cheffie** : > [_1,001 Facts about Planet Earth_](http://www.allbookstores.com/book/0789490420) > > Co-authored with Cally Hall and Jen Green. \*\* Oh PHLBTH. If you expect me to believe that THAT’s the Scarlett O’Hara you meant, then you are lying the lies of a big lie-filled lying liar. Who lies. Oh, and by the way, embarrassing typo above - that should be _imprison_ up there, not _emprison_. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/69 "2003-03-21T21:15:18Z")
Actually I googled “Scarlett O’Hara”+author before I posted the sweep, just to see if I could mess with anyone’s mind. Apparently, it worked. 😛 Besides, “Literary Figures” with a bunch of authors and one fictional character seems over-broad. Sweep: Actors– help, nothing in france; black pal, twisted sister aid,rien; bro, Dee Adrian Brodie small cut, mexican greetings; emprison nick,holas; cage Nicholas Cage not your, snuff out; punish singapore style my, kill; cane Michael Caine animal’s lair, holler; week part, british bathroom, exists dan,yell; day,loo,is Daniel Day-Lewis car accessory; smooth-edged coin, java maker jack; nickel, Sun Jack Nicholson ---
**Author:** ![Fin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fin_man)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/70 "2003-03-21T21:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chef Troy \* > \*\*Oh, and here’s another block: > > help, nothing in france; black pal, twisted sister > > small cut, mexican greetings; emprison > > not your, snuff out; punish singapore style > > animal’s lair, holler; week part, british bathroom, exists > > car accessory; smooth-edged coin, java maker \*\* 1 - ?,?; bro-dee ? brodie 2 - no clue 3- my, kill; cane Michael Caine 4-den, yell; day, loo, is Daniel Day Lewis 5 - jack; nickel, ? Jack Nickelson (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/71 "2003-03-21T21:46:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\*Actually I googled “Scarlett O’Hara”+author before I posted the sweep, just to see if I could mess with anyone’s mind. Apparently, it worked. 😛 > Besides, “Literary Figures” with a bunch of authors and one fictional character seems over-broad. > > Sweep: Actors– > > help, nothing in france; black pal, twisted sister > aid,rien; bro, Dee > Adrian Brodie > > small cut, mexican greetings; emprison > nick,holas; cage > Nicholas Cage > > not your, snuff out; punish singapore style > my, kill; cane > Michael Caine > > animal’s lair, holler; week part, british bathroom, exists > dan,yell; day,loo,is > Daniel Day-Lewis > > car accessory; smooth-edged coin, java maker > jack; nickel, Sun > Jack Nicholson \*\* “Richard Bachman” didn’t really exist either, you know. And you got it all except the category - your category isn’t WRONG, obviously, but it isn’t specific enough. The category I was going for is “This year’s Best Actor nominees.” Also, according to Callahan’s rules, you can’t announce a sweep once someone solves one of the individual riddles. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/72 "2003-03-21T21:52:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chef Troy \* > \*\*Okay, here’s a new category - see if you folks can sweep it. > > mug; swamp, every bit > > Red Planeteer; earn points, remark, look at > > sharply tilted, pullet; more thoroughly killed, rave drug nickname > > wandering around; telephone survey, Henry’s wife, slalom > > handed over the money, lined-up group; popular muppet, jumped headfirst, pirate outburst \*\* Since people have stopped working on this one, I’ll go ahead and tell you the answers. The category is “This year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Director.” Mug; swamp, every bit - Rob; Marsh, all (Rob Marshall) Red Planeteer; earn points, remark, look at - Martian; score, say, see (Martin Scorsese) Sharply tilted, pullet; more thoroughly killed, rave drug nickname - Steep, hen; deader, E (Stephen Dedry) Wandering around; telephone survey, Henry’s wife, slalom - roamin’; poll, Ann, ski (Roman Polanski) handed over the money, lined-up group; popular muppet, jumped headfirst, pirate outburst - paid, row; Elmo, dove, ahrr (Pedro Almodovar) ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/73 "2003-03-21T21:54:37Z")
Now someone PLEASE post some reasonably hard ones that _I_ can work on. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/74 "2003-03-21T22:04:16Z")
Hey! I had all those except Stephen Dedry! Ah, well, that’s the risk in trying for sweeps. “Bachman” may not have existed, but he was most certainly an author. And **Fin** hadn’t posted his answers at my last preview; it’s not like at Callahan’s, where you _hear_ someone announce their answers, so :p. I won’t answer any more until I come up with some of my own. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/75 "2003-03-21T22:18:17Z")
Waitaminute–I posted _before_ **Fin**. When did I declare a sweep when someone else had already solved one of the riddles? ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/76 "2003-03-21T23:40:51Z")
My mistake. I had two similar blocks of puzzles extant, and it was the other one that had been partially answered. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/77 "2003-03-21T23:56:47Z")
- often Burt’s co-star, contained, negatives; fuel dirts, vocalization of relief - Stone’s member, godfather, automaker nickname - it’s cold!, onogrowl; checkers coup - question of time, poor grades - UK buh bye, with; trumpet part - desire, fold in, door-opener; burnt out; babe, food container Get the sweep by getting all 6 and the theme. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/78 "2003-03-21T23:58:22Z")
Grrrrrrrrr. Third one should read: “it’s cold!, growl; checkers coup” ---
**Author:** ![Bunnylady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bunnylady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bunnylady)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/79 "2003-03-22T00:18:20Z")
Hi guys! I’ve been lurking on the SDMB for weeks now, and it’s -this- thread I decide to register to post on! What does that say about me? I just hope I don’t end up falling into the “total dipsticks” category. Here’s a few on a theme, which answers the question: Where does the Bunnylady live? Irishman, door opener; imitates a cat Scotch bonnet, father; brown horse Gore, Marvin or Merriwether, fence break, galley implement Spy; young woman ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/80 "2003-03-22T00:31:07Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **Bunnylady**! You’ll do just fine here, and I’m honored it was my thread you decided to lose your post-virginity on. 😃 So far, I’ve only got the first of yours: Mickey Mouse. I’ll keep working on them! Oh, and what kind of bunnies you got? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=5)