Daily puzzles/problems.

[billl]

FIRE OFFICIALS steamed OVER KEROSENE HEATERS.

[Jack of Hearts]

Nice, billl.








J

[billl]

I don't think it's a sure thing. Looks like a natural, but I have trouble imagining fire officials getting angry (steamed) about the particular way people heat their homes. I can imagine them telling families to take precautions. I can see them going to the government or the press to talk about the dangers of kerosene heaters, the use of which creates problems that they will inevitably have to deal with in their brave and stoic way. Exasperated, maybe, but angry? The'd have every right to be angry, but it just doesn't seem like a firefighter's style.

[Jack of Hearts]

Sometimes you have to error a little on the side of bad punditry.

Childbirth Is Big Step Into Parenthood? (last guess, promise... multiple guesses seem like bad form. Egads, embarrassing enthusiasm.)






J

[prendrelemick]

Jack: What do you mean "a little"! You have to rush over and embrace it here.

billl: Steamed should've been right, but aint. The word used has an implied criticism of the Firemen! Which is unusual, I know.


We're creeping towards the finish line. Childbirth, Women and Tree are right. Still to get are the poor woman's traumatised leg and the hostile questioning of the Fire Officials .

[Jack of Hearts]

Are the firemen boiling? No idea about the leg one though. Somebody else give it a shot.


Fire Officials Boiling Over Kerosene Heaters??






J

[prendrelemick]

Are the firemen boiling? No idea about the leg one though. Somebody else give it a shot.


Fire Officials Boiling Over Kerosene Heaters??






J

You're kidding about the leg, right? - give it a "shot"- Correct!

Well that's every cooking method mentioned except the one they used. Its a mindset thing, we,re so used to Firemen being rightous and heroic we can't see them on the receiving end of a culinary process.

[billl]

shot OFF WOMAN'S LEG?

Maybe he then used it as a putter?

[Jack of Hearts]

Umm...








J

[Jack of Hearts]

No, the 'shot' comment was not a guess.


Were the fire officials roasted? Giving up on the fire officials after this. Hopefully they don't return the favor.


Things you cannot do to a fire official;

You can't steam them.

You can't boil them.

Tu ne peux pas les flamber.

You can't enrage them.





J

[billl]

No, the 'shot' comment was not a guess.

I can't say for sure whether reading it influenced me or not, but there it is/was. Anyhow, it's out there formally now, so no one else can come in second place. Let's see if it wins.

And I had already ruled out 'roasted' after 'steamed' met failure. If Gilbert Godfried isn't explicitly mentioned, then...

[prendrelemick]

Shot and Roasted are correct

So that's that, your go Jack.

[billl]

Well that's a rather quick resolution of some foolishness on my part.

[Jack of Hearts]

... Well it appears overzealousness has come full circle with the boot. Working on it as we speak but cannot guarantee quality.



Also, would not be offended if anyone else took this turn, if they have anything.







J

[Jack of Hearts]

LitNet User Scavenger Hunt Puzzle Thing

All users are currently active. All are substantially visible on the forum and all post in at least one of the major forums. Discover them from their 'Custom User Title ' (the little tagline above the avatar), which is given below.

There is a number next to every 'Custom User Title'. The corresponding letter in the discovered username (NOT counting spaces as letters) is part of a word or phrase you'll have to unscramble at the end.

Ex. You have discovered that 'Bob Frapples' is a username that is an answer. Next to his clue/tagline is the number 4. The fourth letter in 'Bob Frapples' (don't count the space) is 'f', so 'f' goes to the letter bank to be unscrambled into a phrase when all the other answers have been found.


'Custom User Titles'/ Clues

1. Artist and Bibliophile (4) stlukesguild

2. All Are At the Crossroads (8) qimissung

3. An organized mess (5) everyadventure

4. Orwellian (8) The Atheist

5. The Yodfather (9) stanislaw

6. Dance Magic Dance (1) OrphanPip

You Win.

If you discover the user, let them know that they were not only part of the scavenger hunt, but that you've claimed them as property.



Soundly Solved by billl on 8/7/11.