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Panda Dreams
« on: Sep 21st, 2003, 7:47pm » |
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I go from two
To one and then
I jump a dozen more.
Then two. Two score
Each five less for
A panda dream come true.
Edit: I changed this so that it is now correct. The post below this is also the correct riddle.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #1 on: Sep 26th, 2003, 5:26pm » |
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Well not much action on this little number.
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You see us play around with tea
That's a koala's fantasy.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #3 on: Sep 28th, 2003, 5:21pm » |
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Change my choice in vicutary
Not for all the tea in China
Said the panda to the koala
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maryl
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Huh, can I have another hint on this one?
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #5 on: Oct 2nd, 2003, 7:43am » |
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Really neat.
I don't know what to make of visitor's post though. 
Say, Speaker, why don't you just remove the second post?
And can it be you're talking about victuals there?
on Oct 2nd, 2003, 7:12am, maryl wrote:| Huh, can I have another hint on this one? |
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Maybe it helps to try to figure out "the panda's dream" first and then relate the numbers in the riddle to your guess at the dream.
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My post is a riddle, the answer to which would demonstrate that I figured out Speaker's riddle. And I believe his reply indicates he solved my riddle.
As a hint, this one is more in line with the clues you get when you solve a Cryptic Crossword. You have to think in terms of homophones and anagrams and deceptive instructions about how to put the parts of the clue together.
For a big hint:
Sounds like "you"
"see"
"us play" mixed around
with a "tea" added in the middle
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #7 on: Oct 2nd, 2003, 9:59am » |
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on Oct 2nd, 2003, 8:57am, visitor wrote:| My post is a riddle, the answer to which would demonstrate that I figured out Speaker's riddle. |
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I thought so, but I didn't see in which way. Mostly for the reason that you completely changed the "code", I think.
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Unfortunately, I'm not at all good at these in English, though I enjoy them a lot in German. After this remark of yours, however, I got it without the big hint. 
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #8 on: Oct 5th, 2003, 6:45pm » |
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Well, maryl, did you have enough hints?
Heres a strange one, TAKE NO KO
Wowbagger, I will remove the second post. I put it in to make sure that people would recognize the change I made.
Yes, victuary is my own derivative of victual.
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Well, to tell you the truth, I am still in the dark. Does KO stand for knockoff? I also thought of opium because all I can think of is this movie I once saw with a bear getting high after eating all the flowers. Is any of this close? I don't know, what do bears dream of-honey?-that goes with tea, but where do the numbers come in?
No time to concentrate.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #10 on: Oct 8th, 2003, 8:04pm » |
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The TAKE NO KO clue is a word in Japanese. I figure it is obscure, but nowadays a lot of Japanese has entered the popular lexicon.
Winnie the Pooh, a decidedly Western bear dreams of honey. These panda bears dream of something different, less fattening.
The connection between tea and the dream is different.
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Thank you for being patient with me, I'll keep thinking on this but I am stumped.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #12 on: Oct 9th, 2003, 7:17pm » |
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Pandas and Koalas are both bears and they share another attribute, which is rather unusual for bears.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #13 on: Oct 9th, 2003, 7:32pm » |
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No, Koalas are a type of marsupial, not a bear - despite the resemblance. The "bear-ness" of pandas is a subject of much debate. Last I heard, there was disagreement over whether they should be grouped with bears, with raccoons, or given their own unique category.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #14 on: Oct 9th, 2003, 7:41pm » |
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Okay. I agree completely. I was going to say that they are both alike in their non-bearness, but figured that was just going to be more mis-leading. I knew that koalas were not bears, and am aware of the unusual aspects of pandas.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #15 on: Oct 9th, 2003, 8:14pm » |
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Sorry. You ran afoul of a dyed-in-the-wool literalist.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #16 on: Oct 10th, 2003, 1:28am » |
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I get the answer, but while it connects to the riddle, it doesn't fit with the big hint from visitor. I'm very positive about the answer, though. I thhink I'm just slow about the hint.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #17 on: Oct 10th, 2003, 5:39am » |
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Mistysakura, visitor's first post aims at the koala equivalent of the answer to Speaker's riddle.
Regarding his big hint about how to decipher his post: You have to take some parts literally while interpreting others based on phonetics. Oh, and the "tea" isn't exactly in the middle.
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Alright, since I still don't have a clue I'm going to ask a few questions:
The attributes I know of are tails are in short supply, they like to eat leaves, and I know koalas climb trees but I'm not sure about Pandas-they are kind of huge aren't they? And what about their markings?
Geez, I think I'm going to have to find an encyclopedia to figure this one out.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #19 on: Oct 13th, 2003, 6:03pm » |
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Once you get a taste for puzzles it is hard to leave them alone.
By the way, although in no way related to the answer pandas do climb trees
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #20 on: Oct 14th, 2003, 8:35am » |
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Maryl, one of your hidden facts is close, but the statement can be made much more precise. Hm, maybe it would help to leaf through an encyclopedia, but which one? - A matter of taste, I guess... and probably of digestion
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on Oct 13th, 2003, 6:03pm, Speaker wrote:Once you get a taste for puzzles it is hard to leave them alone.
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Yes, especially the females....Well I did my research Speaker, found a nice site at the San Diego zoo and I'm guessing (again) that the panda's dream is of bamboo.
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #22 on: Oct 19th, 2003, 5:49pm » |
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #23 on: Dec 7th, 2003, 9:12am » |
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I can see this is an old one, but I am stumped with it now. I know koalas eat eucalyptus, and I think that is the answer to visitor's riddle.But what about pandas? What do pandas and koalas have in common? 
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Re: Panda Dreams
« Reply #24 on: Dec 7th, 2003, 6:21pm » |
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You are exactly on the right track, as you follow it through the forest you may see a panda, and you will probably see the answer also, unless the trees get in the way. 
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