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NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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HeadinHome wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 8:28 amAbout that poster:
1) on-board entertainment looks like a lot of lame party games (balloon-forehead thing??) WOW, tough crowd, you're not going ot like what comes next then, Hokey Pokey!
2) what game is that with the rings and the net? Sorry this is an adult game and not fit for discussion in the forum. I have to say I was surprised that women were playing
3) ditto the lanes and the tiny horse race. Unfortunately the experiment with the actual size horses proved unworkable after the third horse went overboard on the home stretch turn
However, I do approve of the 3-tiered dessert tray being passed around. If I’m going to put on a cocktail dress to sit in the sun, someone had better be bringing me petit fours. Wendy, I'd agree to bring you petit fives if it pleased you!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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OK, it is officially Wednesday - nudges loading....
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The long answer in the middle is far too tempting to be there by chance, and its wording certainly screams HINT! But what to make of it?
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Rack Up the Points Nudges
The long answer in the middle is far too tempting to be there by chance, and its wording certainly screams HINT! But what to make of it?
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NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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I posted:
"Hey, Dr. Tom. Is the meta PICKLE-JUICE-EXTRACT? I got it by noting PICKLE-HARVEST-BUTTERCUP and I figured this fit your style as on the puzzle PICKLE-PARCEL-TACKLE you'd be doing a modification and doing TALLY-WHACKER-MARSHMALLOW would be a good twist.
"Let me know if I solved the meta. I promise I won't post any spoilers to the forum."
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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woozy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:08 amI posted:
"Hey, Dr. Tom. Is the meta PICKLE-JUICE-EXTRACT? I got it by noting PICKLE-HARVEST-BUTTERCUP and I figured this fit your style as on the puzzle PICKLE-PARCEL-TACKLE you'd be doing a modification and doing TALLY-WHACKER-MARSHMALLOW would be a good twist.
"Let me know if I solved the meta. I promise I won't post any spoilers to the forum."
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If you wonder why Jay(s), Kay, Josh, & many other muggles are Whole-World-Championship-caliber solvers (& creators), follow their side discussions on meta topics.oldjudge wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 3:06 pm We planted a big cactus garden in the canyon adjacent to our house. The specimen I sent a picture of is different than yours. It has about ten cylindrical arms growing from a central mass. However, despite the difference, the flowers appear very similar. Ours has several flowers on the arms. They last for a few days and then fall off. The plants flower once or twice a year, I don’t keep track that closely. The interesting thing about cacti is that the shape and color of the flower is related to the type of pollinator that they want to attract. Bees are attracted to yellow and blue. Cacti that rely on bees for pollination tend to have flat yellow flowers. A good example of this is the golden barrel. Cacti with long tubular flowers are geared toward hummingbirds, and large white flowering cacti are geared toward bats.
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Ahhh… from the nudges I see that we may be in an area I know nothing about. Can’t even think of a thing that fulfills what they are cluing. Y’all go on without me…
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The other Wendy.
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I think I'll join you...HeadinHome wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 8:23 am Ahhh… from the clues I see that we may be in an area I know nothing about. Can’t even think of a thing that fulfills what the clues are cluing. Y’all go on without me…
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Off the couch!
With a nudge, but not from Dr. Tom. Another kind Muggle hinted me very nicely last night. Just enough nudge so solving was still fun. (Now I’ll read Dr. T’s nudges.)
With a nudge, but not from Dr. Tom. Another kind Muggle hinted me very nicely last night. Just enough nudge so solving was still fun. (Now I’ll read Dr. T’s nudges.)
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Well I never saw that post, but good thing I didn't or I'd have had to say "woozy, stop solving puzzles from the future, that one is set to debut on Monday April 6, 2026 and is Titled "You've Got a Lot of Gall".woozy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:08 amI posted:
"Hey, Dr. Tom. Is the meta PICKLE-JUICE-EXTRACT? I got it by noting PICKLE-HARVEST-BUTTERCUP and I figured this fit your style as on the puzzle PICKLE-PARCEL-TACKLE you'd be doing a modification and doing TALLY-WHACKER-MARSHMALLOW would be a good twist.
"Let me know if I solved the meta. I promise I won't post any spoilers to the forum."
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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It's possible that you are in an area you know nothing about, but considering the nature and subject of this forum I highly doubt that.HeadinHome wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 8:23 am Ahhh… from the nudges I see that we may be in an area I know nothing about. Can’t even think of a thing that fulfills what they are cluing. Y’all go on without me…
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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Finally off the couch!! Excellent meta and one I should have gotten without Dr Tom practically having to pull me out from under the couch!!
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This conversation got me off the couchwoozy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 12:22 pmIt's possible that you are in an area you know nothing about, but considering the nature and subject of this forum I highly doubt that.HeadinHome wrote: ↑Wed Apr 06, 2022 8:23 am Ahhh… from the nudges I see that we may be in an area I know nothing about. Can’t even think of a thing that fulfills what they are cluing. Y’all go on without me…
Fun puzzle!
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On the topic of cactus flowers, here's one from the beach today. . .
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I thought that couch had math formulas on it at first, haha.