# Online Game - 'Funny Farm' (Word association) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110 "2006-10-11T22:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/81 "2006-10-13T19:47:30Z")
From the hints: > [@](#): > > To solve the meta-puzzle, put the two left ones together and get something red. Add the top-right and get into the right state. Then add the last clue and you will win. The two on the left are “X-Files” and “Religious Cult” The upper-right is “That 70s show”, and the lower right is “hospital”. Not sure how that all fits together, though. Also, it looks like, now that we have all of the meta-clues, any further blanks are irrelevant to winning. And can someone tell me what the heck “Barney” has to do with “homer”? ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/82 "2006-10-13T20:32:21Z")
Wow. You guys rock. I’m glad I looked at the merged game, because there’s no way I could have answered some of those. I mean, “Uijeongbu”?!? That’s impressive. Anyway, **Chronos** , Barney is Homer Simpson’s bar buddy on the _The Simpsons_. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/83 "2006-10-13T20:37:27Z")
> [@](#): > > To solve the meta-puzzle, put the two left ones together and get something red. Add the top-right and get into the right state. Then add the last clue and you will win. OK. The **X-Files** episode that deals with a religious cult is titled “ **Red Museum** ”. So that would seem to be the ‘red’ part. I’ve typed that in - nothing. _That '70s Show_ was set in Wisconsin. Is there a hospital museum in Wisconsin? ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/84 "2006-10-13T20:39:02Z")
Oh yeah - [reference link.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751185/) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/85 "2006-10-13T20:46:17Z")
Don’t know if this is a red herring, but the dad character on 70’s show is named Red Forman. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/86 "2006-10-13T20:51:37Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] Don’t know if this is a red herring, but the dad character on 70’s show is named Red Forman. [/QUOTE] Which is already one of the clues… :smack: Wouldn’t it be neat if there were a ton more boxes in the blank areas, but they just haven’t opened yet? It’d be amazing if they had a particularly hard clue in some obscure corner that opened up the second half of clues. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/87 "2006-10-13T21:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] Which is already one of the clues… :smack: Wouldn’t it be neat if there were a ton more boxes in the blank areas, but they just haven’t opened yet? It’d be amazing if they had a particularly hard clue in some obscure corner that opened up the second half of clues. [/QUOTE] [A few more added in the upper left corner, and some in the upper right.](http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=pppjpppopppphpppphpppplppppppppppppplpplphmppppppppppppphpppppppppppnppoppppnpppppppppppphpppgppppphpppplaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai&style=tzeudtvubzdovaqvryqyxkqquyzbdnzuzcawabdegvhztpgvtpbbrqrfwsksspmcacyggckx&i=0&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+) You have to solve all the clues before the getting to the meta-puzzle, not just the yellow ones. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/88 "2006-10-13T21:10:23Z")
> [@](#): > > You have to solve all the clues before the getting to the meta-puzzle, not just the yellow ones. Maybe, but that’s contrary to what the hints say. According to the hints, once all the yellow clues are in place, any guess you type in can count towards the meta-puzzle or the unfilled blocks. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/89 "2006-10-13T21:11:34Z")
If anyone wants the answer to the meta puzzle, it’s spoilered below. HINT: The name of the puzzle (which also appears in the thread title), is relevant. ANSWER: The answer is AURORA, which comes from a wisconsin mental hospital (aka funny farm) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/90 "2006-10-13T21:39:29Z")
[QUOTE=The Controvert] If anyone wants the answer to the meta puzzle, it’s spoilered below. HINT: The name of the puzzle (which also appears in the thread title), is relevant. ANSWER: The answer is AURORA, which comes from a wisconsin mental hospital (aka funny farm) [/QUOTE] Hmm, why does typing that in not do anything? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/91 "2006-10-13T21:56:41Z")
[QUOTE=Green Eyed Stranger] All right, finally got the last yellow box (upper right): [http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=pppjpppoppppdpppphplpplpopppplpppppplpplphmnpppppppppppphpppppppppppnphoppppnpppppppppppphpppgppppphpppplaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wbyszrgyycvrrerbqxtutcpswqcafqduuwdzweumfqypaaybzohtpvuevscsyqmbxfubhdih&i=4&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+](http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=pppjpppoppppdpppphplpplpopppplpppppplpplphmnpppppppppppphpppppppppppnphoppppnpppppppppppphpppgppppphpppplaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wbyszrgyycvrrerbqxtutcpswqcafqduuwdzweumfqypaaybzohtpvuevscsyqmbxfubhdih&i=4&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+) [/QUOTE] To solve, you can go to this quoted link, look at the top-right corner. Type in the answer, and look in the top-right corner again. Those are clickable links, btw. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/92 "2006-10-13T22:03:04Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] Maybe, but that’s contrary to what the hints say. According to the hints, once all the yellow clues are in place, any guess you type in can count towards the meta-puzzle or the unfilled blocks. [/QUOTE] Ah, I had actually solved the puzzle unknowingly, then. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110/93 "2006-10-16T03:45:57Z")
Jeez, you people have been nearly as slack over the weekend as I. Nevertheless, here it is: [http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppphpppppppppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai&style=dyxvytbwbvtxqlovsduwxlrotvbgarhyrawapveezrfpyzabzwhwwsybxplatxbdvezdczfb&i=4&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+](http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppphpppppppppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai&style=dyxvytbwbvtxqlovsduwxlrotvbgarhyrawapveezrfpyzabzwhwwsybxplatxbdvezdczfb&i=4&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+) I did have to use Google for things like the Poker people and their nicknames, the James Bond adventure novel (!), and a number of the drugs and cocktails. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-game-funny-farm-word-association/376110.md?page=4)