# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/81 "2003-03-22T02:30:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chef Troy \* > \*\*Now someone PLEASE post some reasonably hard ones that _I_ can work on. \*\* fashionable + crow talk + green shade + daze multiple Roman warriors smoke marajuana + me cold + waterfall Musci + bovine kidnap laundering + weight pub + lockup + have a lake + ancient coin + fee bone + not high ---
**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, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/82 "2003-03-22T02:31:49Z")
Thanks, Q.E.D. You’re right on the first one (Mick Key Meows = Mickey Mouse) I hope I didn’t make them too difficult/obscure. At the moment I only have one bunny, an 8-year-old, litter-trained female mini-Rex (uppy-eared, not lop). This sig-file is being refurbished for your future enjoyment ---
**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, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/83 "2003-03-22T02:45:35Z")
Oooo…i have a friend in Cali who raises rex rabbits. And a sorta girlfriend in England who has ten babbits of varying breeds. I used to have rabbits when I was younger too, mostly Dutch belted. Some of them had bunnies, and they were soooo cute! For some reason, I’m thinking your last one is Bond Girl? ---
**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, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/84 "2003-03-22T02:49:19Z")
Hey, **Jeff** could you rephrase those in proper Invisible Idiots format? I’m having trouble figuring out if your clues are parts of wors, whole words, both or what? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/85 "2003-03-22T03:00:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Hey, **Jeff** could you rephrase those in proper Invisible Idiots format? I’m having trouble figuring out if your clues are parts of wors, whole words, both or what? \*\* All answers are one word. All are pretty much broken up by syllable except for #3 & #7. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/86 "2003-03-22T03:01:26Z")
They also follow a 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 22, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/87 "2003-03-22T03:21:31Z")
smoke marajuana, me = Tokyo Musci, bovine = Moscow laundering, weight = Washington ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/88 "2003-03-22T03:41:02Z")
Okay… the first time I’ve ever done this, so bear with me. It’s a quote from a movie. letter after n; brand of cat food sans s; board game; optical reciever; melting; baby sheep; clothe with; add up, victory; style of train in Chicago, sound a snake makes. Ah, man, that was awful… \ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/89 "2003-03-22T03:43:50Z")
Yeah, that’s the idea. ---
**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, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/90 "2003-03-22T03:47:29Z")
Yikes! That’s a tough one, **IThinkNot**. I got the last bit, Ellis, but that’s about it. I need to see more movies! Isn’t anyone going to tackle my last ones? ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/91 "2003-03-22T03:47:33Z")
So answer it! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/92 "2003-03-22T03:50:07Z")
Oops, sorry 'bout that— simulpost again, damn. And the last part isn’t Ellis. Sorry. It’s close— just eliminate the I. Is that giving too much away? I know I screwed up on some of it— oh, well. Maybe I’m just not smart enough for this… 😕 Yeah, me and my annoying simulposts. ---
**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, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/93 "2003-03-22T03:50:28Z")
I’m trying, I’m trying! 😛 ---
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/94 "2003-03-22T03:54:03Z")
Hmmmm… style of train in Chicago = El. sound a snake makes= hiss I put that together and get Ellis. Am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/95 "2003-03-22T03:56:25Z")
Ummm, no… I just made it too sloppy. style of train in Chicago= El (you had that right) sound a snake makes= ssss (you had that right, too) Elssss = Else. \ ---
**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, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/96 "2003-03-22T04:03:50Z")
I’m fresh out of tomatoes, will eggs go? 😃 I’d have gone with “Style **s** of train **s** in Chicago”. But you definitley have the idea. I’m still working on it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IThinkNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@IThinkNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IThinkNot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/97 "2003-03-22T04:07:14Z")
Eggs? Ewww… but they say eggs are good for your hair! 😃 A question (to improve my further efforts): why the plural of “style” and “train”? My best guess is that it’s to accentuate the “ss” sound, instead of the actual spelling. Right? I’ll keep working on cleaning it up. Good luck! ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/98 "2003-03-22T04:13:31Z")
Well you wanted Els, rather than El + hiss. You could have also used “Train style in Chicago, sybilant”. Not that your way was bad. Actually, it was pretty clever, in terms of throwing people off, which is the idea in puzzles. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/99 "2003-03-22T04:40:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bunnylady \* > \*\*Hi guys! I’ve been lurking on the SDMB for weeks now, and it’s -this- thread I decide to register to post on! \*\* Welcome BunnyLady! 🙂 My GF has an 8 yr old lop-eared mini-lop. > [@](#): > > **Irishman, door opener; imitates a cat** Mickey Mouse (But **Q.E.D.** already got that one) > [@](#): > > **Scotch bonnet, father; brown horse** Tampa Bay > [@](#): > > **Gore, Marvin or Merriwether, fence break, galley implement** Alligator > [@](#): > > \*\*Spy; young woman \*\* Seagull? ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/100 "2003-03-22T04:56:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Isn’t anyone going to tackle my last ones? \*\* I tried. I failed. ☹ Cool game, though. I always liked the Callahan books, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=6)