Invisible Idiots

[Davebear]

*Originally posted by Q.E.D. *
**Actually, The Diet of Worms has nothing tro do with either, dieting (as we know it) or worms. See this for further details. **

Ohhhh! THAT Diet of Worms. Sure. We were talking about that, in school, just the other…um…millenium.

[Davebear]

*Originally posted by Q.E.D. *
**Yep, nicely done, Dave. **

I had a secret advantage. I was lighting a Winston as I was reading the first clue.

[Davebear]

:o Oh, wait! That’s embarrasment. yawn Time I toodled off.

• non-prescription sleeping tablet

[Q.E.D]

There’s a million of those. Nytol, Sominex? Anywho, I’m off too.

Oh, now I get it. Heh. Night all!

[peri]

I think I got 2 from jsgoddess.

Divine Comedy - Irish parent, very nice; barber’s tool, a famous mister, nearly failing

Pride and Prejudice - sound of pleasure, beware them then pare them; article; before, Kentucky’s Ashley, cold vanilla

[peri]

One more, if the definition is a bit off –

Paradise Lost - - they paved it; they’re often broken, the Concorde is one

[peri]

Yay! I think I have the hang of designing these.

• pursuit, face’s nadir: eat away; past action; doze, exclamation, common Chinese name, atop; retain; male possessive; appendage, soften?

• crawling bug, term of respect: not out; snake sound; blouse section, facilitate

[Aspidistra]

:eek:

Too rich for my blood. I don’t even understand them when you’ve explained them!

Where does the Irish parent come into “Divine”?
And how does “Lost” = “they’re often broken, the Concorde is one”?

I need another drink…

[Aspidistra]

tho’ having said that:

I think js’s first one is “Canterbury Tales”. But don’t ask me how the “shortest form of yes” fits into that…

[peri]

*Originally posted by Aspidistra *
Where does the Irish parent come into “Divine”?
And how does “Lost” = “they’re often broken, the Concorde is one”?

Irish parent = Da
they’re often broken, the Concorde is one = laws+SST

[Aspidistra]

light dawns

SST = “Super Sonic …errm…Thingy”?

[elfje]

*Originally posted by Q.E.D. *
**In one of a series of short stories about a bar called Callahan’s, Spider Robinson introduced a type of puzzle he called Invisible Idiots, so named because of a story about a language-translation program that when fed the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind” returned “invisible idiot”. In this type of puzzle, the clues are separated by commas for parts of a word, and words are separated by semicolons. An example will clarify this:

incorrect, ancient; laser pistol = wrong, old; ray gun = Ronald Reagan.

So, here’s a few to start. Enjoy!

• dwelling, not him; whiny person, male heir
• baby cow, dried grass; fourth note, central Scotland river
• chiroptera member, powered up; shade of red

Feel free to make up your own. **

the other one was:

“the spirit is strong but the flesh is weak” came out as: “the drinks were ok but the meat was awful”

[Q.E.D]

Bwaaaaahahaha! I love that one! I haven’t heard it in years.

[wonky]

*Originally posted by peri *
**I think I got 2 from jsgoddess.

Divine Comedy - Irish parent, very nice; barber’s tool, a famous mister, nearly failing

Pride and Prejudice - sound of pleasure, beware them then pare them; article; before, Kentucky’s Ashley, cold vanilla **

Well done!

Julie

[wonky]

*Originally posted by Aspidistra *
**tho’ having said that:

I think js’s first one is “Canterbury Tales”. But don’t ask me how the “shortest form of yes” fits into that… **

Well, it probably doesn’t. At least not as well as it should. Sorry.

I was thinking of “k.” I should have put “slang” in the clue. Not being able to edit is a bummer.

Apologies.

So:

shortest form of yes (slang), bury, small fruit; famous Josephine, hollers
I was going to be really annoying and have

shortest form of yes, entomb, entomb…

But that seemed too mean, even for me!

Julie

[wonky]

*Originally posted by peri *
**Yay! I think I have the hang of designing these.

• pursuit, face’s nadir: eat away; past action; doze, exclamation, common Chinese name, atop; retain; male possessive; appendage, soften?

• crawling bug, term of respect: not out; snake sound; blouse section, facilitate **

Hey, peri,

Can you tell me what the colons signify? Are they typos for semi-colons, or do they mean something else?

Julie

[peri]

*Originally posted by jsgoddess *
**Hey, peri,

Can you tell me what the colons signify? Are they typos for semi-colons, or do they mean something else?

Julie **

Sorry about that, should have clarified. It is a 2-part puzzle. The colons are punctuation. Necessary in this case, as will be evident when someone solves.

[Q.E.D]

Oooo…those are hard ones, peri! I’d say you’re pretty good with these.

[peri]

You may hold your nose and run away when you solve it.

[Davebear]

*Originally posted by Aspidistra *
**light dawns

SST = “Super Sonic …errm…Thingy”? **

Transport, I think.

So, Aspidistra, maybe you can answer a question for me, about your namesake. If you water a cast-iron plant, doesn’t it rust?

• decides discretion is the better part of valor, and head quickly for the door…but with dignity, of course*