# Puzzle - what you're not. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 1, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484 "2008-08-01T13:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/1 "2008-08-01T13:19:45Z")
Puzzle: You are not Annie Sullivan. You are not Sigmund Freud. You are not Paul Carrack. You are not David Copperfield. You are not Albert Einstein. You are not Sissy Spacek’s onscreen father. You weren’t made by Seeberger. You are not unable to come to work today. You have never been hoist by a petar. What are you? Puzzle etiquette: If you know the answer, please post in a spoiler box. Don’t spoil it for other people who might want to solve it themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/2 "2008-08-01T14:50:59Z")
Huh? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/3 "2008-08-01T14:53:08Z")
I am a treefrog. It fits all of the criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/4 "2008-08-01T16:34:04Z")
It’s _petard_. Also what **Bryan Ekers** said. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/5 "2008-08-01T16:51:00Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] You can’t fool me. You’re Annie Sullivan, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/6 "2008-08-01T16:54:44Z")
Someone without a two-vowel combination in their name? ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/7 "2008-08-01T17:31:46Z")
I am **Santo Rugger** ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/8 "2008-08-01T17:35:44Z")
Batman How the rest of you don’t know that is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/9 "2008-08-01T19:46:29Z")
I am Iron Man! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/10 "2008-08-01T19:52:25Z")
I am the eggman. Or prehaps the walrus. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/11 "2008-08-01T20:02:16Z")
Oh god, is it Bones??? Way too contrived . . . ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/12 "2008-08-01T20:50:53Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] You can’t fool me. You’re Annie Sullivan, aren’t you? [/QUOTE] You people are _good_. Regards, Annie ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/13 "2008-08-01T20:54:37Z")
[QUOTE=Mullinator] Batman How the rest of you don’t know that is beyond me. [/QUOTE] I don’t think we were prepared for the question. No disrespect to the OP intended - I imagine everyone’s posting silly one-liners because we’re completely stumped. Can we have a clue? Is this one of those games where we say “I’m not Jane Austen” and you tell us if that fits that pattern or not? ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/14 "2008-08-01T20:56:47Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] I am **Santo Rugger** [/QUOTE] No I am **Santo Rugger** ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/15 "2008-08-01T21:20:53Z")
This is a what - not a who. Um… Not a teacher. Not an analyst… is this the right direction? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/16 "2008-08-01T21:25:35Z")
[QUOTE=jali] This is a what - not a who. Um… Not a teacher. Not an analyst… is this the right direction? [/QUOTE] You’re on the right track. I think I nailed it in post #11. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/17 "2008-08-01T22:02:41Z")
I am Spartacus! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/18 "2008-08-02T04:30:50Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] You’re on the right track. I think I nailed it in post #11. [/QUOTE] What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/19 "2008-08-03T01:40:47Z")
You are not Annie Sullivan. I am not a miracle worker. I am not blind. I am not familiar with a hand-signal alphabet. I am not a woman. You are not Sigmund Freud. I am not a psychologist. I am not Austrian. I am not a doctor. I do not lust after my mother. I am not a man. You are not Paul Carrack. I am not a musician. I am not British. I did not sing “Silent Running.” I am not a member of the band “Mike and the Mechanics.” I did not sing “The Living Years.” I am not a pianist. You are not David Copperfield. I am not a fictional character. I did not run away with my boss’s daughter. I did not become a successful author. I am not an American. I am not a magician. I never made large landmarks disappear on television. I never slept with Claudia Schiffer. You are not Albert Einstein. I am not a genius. I am not German. I am not the inventor of the theory of relativity. I did not develop some of the theories which made atomic bombs, nuclear power, and numerous other advances possible. That’s what I have for now. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484/20 "2008-08-03T01:58:55Z")
I am not…getting anywhere with this. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-what-youre-not/458484.md?page=2)