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Noke Lieu
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six men with no names?
« on: Nov 9th, 2008, 7:02pm » |
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This is a bit hashed and rushed,
My head's a bit mashed and crushed.
I'll bet that you'll get it
Yet I still set it.
Six men were singled out, and asked what they did.
"I have the noblest most aristocratic of professions" added the first.
"I hang around musicians" was beaten out of the second.
"I work with food, but I'm not a chef" said the third, after a serious grilling.
"I wear blue, but I'm not a Smurf. Except I am, but you know what I mean" piped up the fourth.
"I follow up on the fourth's findings" said the fifth, caught out.
"Manual labourer. I've no time for games." said the sixth.
So, what were their names?
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #1 on: Nov 10th, 2008, 1:35pm » |
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| hidden: | 1. Math Teacher
2.Drummer
3. Short Order Cook
4. Plumber / Mario?
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Noke Lieu
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #2 on: Nov 10th, 2008, 1:59pm » |
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One of those jobs is completely correct.
Another is correct, though maybe too specific.
Once you have a few jobs sorted, you'll get their names, I promise.
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #3 on: Nov 10th, 2008, 4:54pm » |
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the first one is just teacher?
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So, if I help you, I'll get kicked for ksing, but if I don't, then I'll get kick for not helping...
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Noke Lieu
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #4 on: Nov 10th, 2008, 4:59pm » |
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that is not the job that is too specific.
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #5 on: Nov 10th, 2008, 7:04pm » |
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well if the fourth one is Mario fifth should be Luigi.
DJ instead of Drummer?
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Noke Lieu
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #6 on: Nov 11th, 2008, 1:48am » |
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just tweaking the riddle... changing "noble" to "aristocratic"...
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Noke Lieu
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #7 on: Nov 11th, 2008, 3:16pm » |
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perhaps I need glasses...
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Noke Lieu
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #8 on: Nov 13th, 2008, 6:19pm » |
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4th and 5th are neither Mario, nor Luigi. Plumber was not the intended answer.
The 4th clue wouldn't work in WA or the NT, but would in NSW and VIC- or the UK, and much of Europe. America...? I suspect that it varies from place to place.
The 5th clue invovles a pesky pun.
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #9 on: Nov 14th, 2008, 2:45am » |
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on Nov 13th, 2008, 6:19pm, Noke Lieu wrote:| The 4th clue wouldn't work in WA or the NT, but would in NSW and VIC- or the UK, and much of Europe. America...? I suspect that it varies from place to place. |
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... wouldn't work in Weighted Average but not in the New Testament?
What about policeman?
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #10 on: Nov 14th, 2008, 8:54am » |
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on Nov 13th, 2008, 6:19pm, Noke Lieu wrote:| The 4th clue wouldn't work in WA or the NT, but would in NSW and VIC- or the UK, and much of Europe. America...? I suspect that it varies from place to place. |
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Well in America here we know of the Smurfs cartoon, but I think it's lost in translation if it refers to anything besides the cartoon...
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #11 on: Nov 14th, 2008, 9:11pm » |
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yep, smurfs here are only cartoons too.
However, this fellas name makes him... a Smurf.
And his job has been mentioned (by Grimbal), but not how I'd anticipate.
(oh, does work in WA- could have sworn they didn't wear blue...?)
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So that means this guy is a policeman... but he "piped".. any word linking pipes and policeman?
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #12 on: Nov 16th, 2008, 9:47pm » |
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on Nov 10th, 2008, 1:59pm, Noke Lieu wrote:One of those jobs is completely correct.
Another is correct, though maybe too specific.
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Then I'll guess:
1. High School Teacher
2. Drummer
3. Cook
I think 2 and 3 are correct or nearly so.
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #13 on: Nov 16th, 2008, 10:03pm » |
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2 and 3 are defiantly (and definately) correct.
1- not what I was expecting, and therefore wrong- you'll see why shortly.
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #14 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 7:42am » |
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on Nov 14th, 2008, 9:11pm, Noke Lieu wrote:
So that means this guy is a policeman... but he "piped".. any word linking pipes and policeman? |
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Well, in larger police departments there is sometimes a policeman that plays Amazing Graze on bagpipes at the funeral of a fellow policeman killed in the line of duty... that's all I got at the moment. 
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #15 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 8:00am » |
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The Blue man group. Though I'm probably extremely far off with that guess.
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #16 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 8:28am » |
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Instead of policeman a whistle blower?
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #17 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 8:44am » |
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I dissent from the analogy of piping and whistling... 
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #18 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 10:04am » |
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The connection between a policeman and piping is copper. So if that's the pesky pun, might the fifth clue be miner?
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #19 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 11:19am » |
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Ooh, very clever. Copper it is, I'd say. Nice!
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #20 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 11:23am » |
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Summary so far:
1. ? ("I have the noblest most aristocratic of professions" added the first.)
2. Drummer
3. Cook
4. Copper
5. ? ("I follow up on the fourth's findings" said the fifth, caught out.)
6. ? ("Manual labourer. I've no time for games." said the sixth.)
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Noke Lieu
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #21 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 1:50pm » |
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An explosion of accurate activity!
on Nov 17th, 2008, 10:04am, tohuvabohu wrote:| So if that's the pesky pun |
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HA! If only. 
The first is based on a pun as well. In my defence, I didn't come up with it. Mel Brookes did.
For a crossword, I'd have to finish 5 with "we hear" or some such.
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #22 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 11:30am » |
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Could the first one be a joker or jester? Aristocrats liked to keep them around, and they also like to talk about aristocrats Not sure what to make of the "added the first" bit though, nor have I ever heard of joker or jester being someone's name.
What if the 5th one was Smith?
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Noke Lieu
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #23 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:15pm » |
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This really isn't going as smoothly as I thought it would. 
The 6th one was called Victor. You can tell. It's written on his shirt. 
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Re: six men with no names?
« Reply #24 on: Nov 19th, 2008, 2:23pm » |
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1. more-alist?
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