# 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:** 7
**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, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/121 "2003-03-22T18:52:50Z")
Hmmm… “not night, yogi; exists”… does it mean “Davebear lives?” ---
**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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/122 "2003-03-22T18:53:40Z")
**Davebear** is _not_ an asshat. I corrected the answer for ya, free of charge. 😃 ---
**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, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/123 "2003-03-22T18:56:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*No way, **Dave**! That was an awesome story. Mei Ling is da bomb! Man, I sure wish I knew where Callahan’s Place was… \*\* Oh! Phew! Never can tell how people are going to react to highjacks. Isn’t _ **this** _ Callahan’s? 😕 And, Mei Ling? You have _no_ idea! Hottest woman I have _ever_ seen. Bar none. ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/124 "2003-03-22T19:05:41Z")
**Davebear** : Wasn’t that exactly how Doc met Mei-Ling in the book (minus the girlfriend)? A _very_ cool story! The difficulty seems to be ramping up faster than my brain can handle, I don’t even really have a clue on. Oh well, guess I’ll just mosy up the the Font for a God’s Blessing, carry on… ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/125 "2003-03-22T19:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by IThinkNot \* > \*\*Whoa— simulposting like crazy, then, are we? 🙂 \*\* Whoa! Big time! > [@](#): > > \*\*Unfortunately I have no idea what the hijack thing is even about (never even heard of the subject) so I’ll stay out of that one… \*\* Sorry. It’s kind of an “in” joke. **Q.E.D., BunnyLady** , and I are all fans of Spider Robinson’s series of books set, more or less, in Callahan’s CrossTime Saloon. Awesome books, which I highly recommend. If you like this game, you’ll like the books. They’re the source of this game. The highjack story refers to an actual person whom I believe Spider wove into one of the most recent books in the series. I don’t think it’s as good as the previous books, but a lot of it takes place in Key West, which is a place I love. And, it floored me when I read it and recognized the lady in question as someone I had actually seen, there. It seemed relevant, so I threw it in. If you didn’t give it much thought, you may not have gotten the joke. The printing on her shirt was her “Mei Ling address”, a joke which Spider appropraited for the book. (And, rightly so. A pun that bad deserves recognition!) That eggregious pun, combined with her looks, instilled in me a deep, abiding, almost religious lust, if not love. The character in the book only exacerbated it. ---
**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, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/126 "2003-03-22T19:14:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\ ***Davebear** is _not_ an asshat. > > I corrected the answer for ya, free of charge. 😃 \*\* Jeez! Correct, and “corrected”, in under four minutes! I’m clearly way out of my league, here. Thanks for the “correction”, though. ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/127 "2003-03-22T19:22:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sciguy \* > **Davebear: Wasn’t that exactly how Doc met Mei-Ling in the book (minus the girlfriend)? A _very_ cool story!** Yes, exactly! Only, Doc was quicker than I, and had gotten it before she passed by, as I recall. One of the “Great If-Only’s” of my life. > [@](#): > > \*\*The difficulty seems to be ramping up faster than my brain can handle, I don’t even really have a clue on. > > Oh well, guess I’ll just mosy up the the Font for a God’s Blessing, carry on… \*\* Me, too. These guys are way too good, for me. Maybe we can just hang out with Long Drink and Ralph von Wau Wau. A toast, gentlemen! To Mei Ling; may she always be handled with care! :flings glass into fireplace: ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/128 "2003-03-22T20:05:23Z")
We need some music in this thread. Where’s Fast Eddie when you need him? ---
**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, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/129 "2003-03-22T20:46:44Z")
Oh, hey, now, I see! I should look into those books sometime. I’m always open to new literature. Both my puzzles are still wide open, you know… ---
**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, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/130 "2003-03-22T22:06:28Z")
Where’d **Chef Troy** go? Here’s mine again, slightly altered: fashionable, crow speak, Japanese game shade, daze double transgression, at 4:00 pm smoke marajuana, me rough edge, waterfall Musci, bovine Chinese dynasty, not low laundering, weight pub, lockup, have, what Fonzie said lake, ancient coin, fee bone, not high ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/131 "2003-03-22T22:24:07Z")
fashionable, crow speak, Japanese game = Chicago shade, daze = Boston (?) double transgression, at 4:00 pm = Cincinatti smoke marajuana, me = Tokyo rough edge, waterfall = Musci, bovine = Moscow Chinese dynasty, not low = Shanghai laundering, weight = Washington pub, lockup, have, what Fonzie said = Barcelona lake, ancient coin, fee = bone, not high = Oslo ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/132 "2003-03-22T22:26:03Z")
Also, here’s my last themed set again: - even the score, thrash thoroughly, fish prefix - British cans, tag term, chemical suffix, affirmative - Conjunction, a Perlman; something to slam, first word clue redux - SDMB big shot, pitcher place; effervese, east central German city, metaphorically in winter ---
**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, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/133 "2003-03-22T22:32:58Z")
Almost there, **QED**. Try #2 again. BTW: Cincinnatus was a Roman warrior who turned to farming. More than one of him would be Cincinnati. ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/134 "2003-03-22T22:36:09Z")
shade, daze = Houston :smack: ---
**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/135 "2003-03-22T22:47:30Z")
Hey— came up with more. CDs I have: 1. flying insect, first name of Moslem boxer; short for merchandise, crawling bug that cuts leaves; to connect two strings, moronically simplistic noise a bear makes, orange flower often found by country roads. 2. baby sheep, number after one; long corridor, second word of stupid kid’s show on Nickelodeon; opposite of me; metal container but used negatively; ? ; letter after A, first part of phrase meaning to realize what you should have done 3. First word of book by Herman Melville Hall; fun opposite of work. (last one, I promise) 1. Number after 6, tiny particles of dirt; Raggedy’s last name, opposite of her, last word of our current missile campaign against Iraq, mass dwelling larger than a town. There you go. That should occupy everybody for awhile. (I understood them completely, in fact I think these are the best ones I’ve done yet) so fire away! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/136 "2003-03-22T22:53:45Z")
A belated “Well done” to **Bunny**. “Gullets”, BTW, refers to “craws”. ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/137 "2003-03-22T23:23:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > **Also, here’s my last themed set again:** I’m still not getting anywhere with these. But, maybe if I post what I’ve tried, it will help someone else. - even the score, thrash thoroughly, fish prefix\* tie, (whip, beat, flay, flog)?, pisci? - British cans, tag term, chemical suffix, affirmative\* tins, (it, sale)?, ene?, yes - Conjunction, a Perlman; something to slam, first word clue redux\* (and, but)?, (Ron, Rhea)?; fist?, ??? Could be Andrea something, but that’s a WAG. - SDMB big shot, pitcher place; effervese, east central German city, metaphorically in winter \* Cecil?, mound; fizz, ???, (cold, dark)? Obviously, some or all of these are wrong, as they don’t add up to anything. ---
**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, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/138 "2003-03-22T23:26:05Z")
I feel like a threadkiller. ---
**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, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/139 "2003-03-22T23:27:52Z")
You’re spot on with #3 so far, **Dave**. And a hint for #2: you’re thinking of the wrong sort of “can”. ---
**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, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/140 "2003-03-22T23:30:18Z")
I’m working on your new ones now, **IThinkNot**. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=8)