Well, I'll tell you this: Romeo and Juliet are not necessarily people. And kasie's idea about the train is correct, but there's no poison.
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Well, I'll tell you this: Romeo and Juliet are not necessarily people. And kasie's idea about the train is correct, but there's no poison.
For some reason I'm getting this idea of a skylight covered in snow (seasonal) which came crashing in, the snow melting causing water and a slipping mishap
I'm also getting the idea that the train caused it, and that the shelf was used to climb - or perch on - it
Rom or Jul a bird?
Jul or Rom a cat?
Nopers. Try again.
Does 'not necessarily be people' mean that there's an equal chance that they are, in fact and effect, people?
Is the glass important?
Hold on - are they chimpanzees, monkeys, or similar (as distinguished from being fully 'like us' ?
They are not people and nothing like people, to be more clear. The glass is important.
Mice? Cockroaches?
Could you just tell me quickly if I've been moving so far away from what Kasie thought was reasonable, it's prepoposterous?
Heh, you're not even close. If the glass had not broken, R and J would be alive.
R and J were in the glass vase? Or on the skylight - though you seemed to indicate that that's not the case...
You must tell me what exactly R and J were. And no to the skylight.
GOLDFISH!!!
In a GOLDFISH BOWL!!!
phew! at last.
I's got two legs from me hips
To the ground, and when I
Moves 'em they walks around,
And when I lifts 'em they climb
The stairs, and when I shaves
'Em they ain't got hairs
Who is I?
Just Googled 'I's got two legs'
It came up Terry Gilliam
So that was pretty ****weak
wasn't it?
I'm looking at limb like shaped letters in certain words.
Also this "I" character is significant, I think.
No, Mick, sorry, bad news, the problem is, in fact, wrong. I was told by a tea drinking B.S.er (the tea drinking's irrelevant - except he B.S.ed me about the milk getting scolded if you put it in last)* that the answer was Margaret Thatcher.
It never occurred to me to research the origin of the thing until now. I knew it was Monty Python, and the insoucient way he dropped the 'bombshell' at an impressionable age gave me no reason to doubt it.
So it seems it actually appeared in the Papperbok originally, and later performed by Gilliam on stage, neither with the Who am/is I? additition
The explanation, if you can call it that, was to do with the layout of No 10 as featured in Yes, Prime Minister.
I'll come up with something better, or hopefully someone else will (hint hint), when I find something gooder
*I have only suspicion, but as I'm yet to hear this from anyone else, I am prepared to be corrected
Here is a quick one then.
The young Einstien, the young Shakespeare and the young Beethoven, were taking a balloon trip together in the Alps. The Balloon's pilot turned to them and said. "I'm sorry gentlemen, we are caught in a contrary wind and shall soon be dashed to pieces on that mountain. Our only chance is for one of us jump out, sacrificing himself to save the others. we can then clear the mountain and land on the other side. I would do it myself, but only I can land us safely. As it cannot be me, I must make the choice who is to jump.
The three young geniuses began to plead for their lives.
"I am close to writing an equation that will lay bare the innermost secrets of the universe" said Einstien.
"I am full of words that will discribe and explain the human condition" said Shakespeare.
"And I have music in me that will lighten the hearts' of millions of people" said Beethoven.
When each man had spoken the pilot shook their hand and hugged them. "Gentlemen." Said the pilot, "Time is up, and I now know who must jump."
Who did he choose?.
Who would you choose? Give reasons
Shakespeare spelled "describe" incorrectly, but please, oh please, don't let me be the next winner, so quickly and easily...
Funny, I often spell that word wrongly too.
phew!
The three geniuses combined their genius and mutineed - throwing out the pilot?
So the pilot says, "Listen - plays and music - that's a lot of work. But an equation? Even if it's complicated you could scribble it down."
And Einstein says, "I can see where you're going with this. To be honest, the equation is so short, you could memorise it. And once you give it to other scientists, they'll figure out why it's right. So..." He swings a leg over the edge of basket. "...e equals m c squared. Toodle-pip."
And with that, he tips himself into the void and plummets earthwards.
"Right," says the pilot, turning to the other passengers. "E equals any squared. Remember that."
"No," says Shakespeare, "he said e equals empty stares."
"No, no," says Beethoven. "It was soh-la-ti equals something or other..."
"Whatever," says the pilot. "He was the fattest anyway."
Einstein failed high school maths and had a ways to go before e equalled mc2
Shakespeare and Beethoven were already proven precocious prodigies by the same age
So, actuality preceding potentiality, Einstein is the one to get the boot
But!
If responsibilty were to be taken for the link to the most instantaneous deaths and mutations caused by the scientific thought leading to the first nuclear bombs (but also bringing to a quick end the Amero-Austro-Nippon war which is far more important) then he should be kept
Shakepeare's best works ahead of him and the reprinting of which will cause the destruction of uncountable acres upon acres of forest and wild habitat, but will contribute more to political debate and ultimately lead to the foundation of modern democracy, and also bring great joy and reason to live, should also be allowed to live
Beethoven who also had great works ahead of him would prove to be the cornerstone of the modern record industry, the success and popularity of the electronic synthesiser, and was also known for his moody temper tantrums and should get flicked promptly forthwith
But!
Beethoven has provided even more joy to both the world's (illiterate and literate alike) populations and created a unification of the human heart worldwide moreso than Shakespeare, and his tunes last intact in the mind, where Shakespeare's monologues are regularly misquoted and meanings misinterpreted
Shakespeare didn't even care about the publishing of his works because 'the play's the thing' (though that may well be a misquote/misprint), and theatre and poetry were around long before him, and carried on long after regardless, with limited influence
Einstein however had a direct influence on our modern way of life - television, cellphones, computers, the Space Project (Teflon!), airconditioning, solar panels, refrigeration, and virtually everything including Social Philosophy which has had a profound effect of the modern Welfare Utopian State, which although a handful abuse and fail to apreciate it is still a major advance on anything before (especialy the states that relied on slavery)
Ipso Facto Shakespeare must be the Onion!
Well, if Beethoven would just get them all working on a sing-along, it might "lighten everyone's hearts" enough to get them all over the mountain.
Einstien was only a few years ahead of his time, perhaps he would not be missed so much. Beethoven had others of equal brilliance working in his field. Shakespeare was unique, but a poor speller.
Anyway, Mark was sort of right when he said Einstien was the fattest. When the Pilot hugged each man, he was estimating who was the fattest or heaviest - the only criteria that mattered at that moment. So the answer is "the heaviest."
Mark's go I think.
Happy New Year to one and all!
This thread was started with the assumption that everyone who contributed would refrain from resorting to internet shortcuts
and
I would like to believe that this is a promise we all keep at all times.
Please deal with your personal differences via PMs.
Still Mark's turn...Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
o t t f f ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Now, last night I couldn't sleep and my mind was flying hither and thither and began to imagine Einstien's fall to earth.
As he accelerates away from the gondola he notices a bird watching him, and it comes to him in a flash, that the time taken to fall will vary relative to the position of an observer. For him time will, relatively speaking, slow down and if he could achieve the speed of light it will, for him, stop altoge...
As for ottff, I'm thinking text-speak.
Nope. I first came across this one in the seventies, way before text-speak. I guarantee that not a single person reading this will fail to understand the answer the moment they see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Hmm. That's an innovative one! :D S S E N T... E T T F F S S E N T... how far do you want this? lol.
Yep.
One Two Three Four Five Six.....
Your turn.
Thanks...Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
I never was, am always to be,
None ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
Who live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
Who do you think I am?
My thoughts so far.
The first two lines could be "The future" but I can't resolve it with "the confidence of all".
Close enough, but "tomorrow" would have been good too.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Your turn.
How is everybody on cyphers? The key is 6
Kmyyski, bmmo dgmv.
Here's a clue. or Gsys'd a kxns.
Correct, good show.
(Using your hint, and guessing at the gaps. Couldn't get the 6 to help...)
Well done Billl
The cypher was something made up in 5 mins (though probably not original)
Write out the alphabet in a grid pattern, starting a new line after every 6 letters.
abcdef
ghijkl
mnopqr
stuvwx
yx
Then rewrite the alphabet vertically over the original letters to get the subtitutes.
So, a=a b=g c=m. and so on.
Ah, thanks!
Mark mentioned Sgt. Pepper's earlier. I have a trivia question about another of their albums (a two-record set):
How many grooves are on the original pressing of The Beatles' "White Album"?
http://www.ispauldead.com/mediac/450...white-a-lg.gif http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thum...33-grooves.jpg
Without any research at all, say 20 tracks, averageing 4 minutes each, thats 80 minutes, plus start and finishing grooves and 30 seconds between tracks, say another 10 minutes, equals 90 minutes. The record turns at 33 1/3 revs per minute, so 90x33.33 would be my nongoogled guess . Now where's my calculator?