Unwashed Village

General Discussion => Unwashed Village => Topic started by: BlueCross on August 06, 2007, 11:55:33 PM

Title: Puzzle!
Post by: BlueCross on August 06, 2007, 11:55:33 PM
"But a time I spent wandering in bloomy night;
Yon tower, tinkling chimewise, loftily opportune.
Out, up, and together came sudden to Sunday rite,
The one solemnly off to correct plenilune."


OK, so what's the secret?

Winner gets... um... winner doesn't have to visit the vestibule!
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: Doombot on August 07, 2007, 12:56:09 AM
OK, so what's the secret?

A series of books and DVDs with Mumbo Jumbo New Age instructions that are making its author's financially wealthy for life?

Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: BlueCross on August 07, 2007, 01:10:14 AM
OK, so what's the secret?

A series of books and DVDs with Mumbo Jumbo New Age instructions that are making its author's financially wealthy for life?



Umm...

Nope.
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: Hoopy Frood on August 07, 2007, 02:19:34 AM
OK, so what's the secret?

A series of books and DVDs with Mumbo Jumbo New Age instructions that are making its author's financially wealthy for life?



Umm...

Nope.


Actually, in a way, she's right:  http://www.thesecret.tv/
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: The SysMan on August 07, 2007, 03:28:51 AM
OK, so what's the secret?

I can't tell you.
It's a secret. Doi.
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: BlueCross on August 07, 2007, 06:40:39 PM
OK, clearly you people need a clue.  (heh)

Anyway...

Clue: IT'S NOT CAKE!
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: Doombot on August 07, 2007, 06:53:01 PM
I still smile when I hear that lady from 'The Secret'.

There's a secret philosophy that's given many famous people their success. The secret was stolen and then passed though circles of influence.

After showing the scroll though different ages though a series of shot clips a Aussie woman comes on sits at her computer and says...

"wheeeeeen ay fissss ered of daaaa seeeecret... oy could be'eve me eyes.... it wuz old de famous peee ple in histaray...."

It's the think accent that got me smiling. I was in Oz twice and I don't remember anyone with that thick of an accent.

BTW. I was given The Secret as a gift. I didn't buy it.
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: Hoopy Frood on August 07, 2007, 06:56:54 PM
Is chimewise even a word?

And how does one correct a plenilune anyway?
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: PsychoPompos on August 07, 2007, 08:46:36 PM
damn

wish i couldve found that w/o google
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: Chucara on August 07, 2007, 08:50:26 PM
Nifty.. But I already knew it, so I won't give away the answer, but only say this:

How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics!
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: BlueCross on August 07, 2007, 11:09:01 PM
Heh... I found a website that has it to like hundreds of decimal places. :)

If only I can find it again...
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: Hoopy Frood on August 08, 2007, 03:20:32 AM
Heh... I found a website that has it to like hundreds of decimal places. :)

If only I can find it again...

Couldn't they have picked an actual nine letter word rather than using a poetic license to come up with "chimewise"?

I mean, I could probably come up with a better poem than that, one that actually made sense, if I really wanted to take the time.

(Oh, and that's a bit of a hint for those of you that haven't figured it out yet.)
Title: Re: Puzzle!
Post by: Turjan on August 08, 2007, 11:48:47 AM
OK, so what's the secret?

There are traditionally 3 answers to the question "what's the secret?" and here they be :

1. IT'S MADE OUT OF PEOPLE!
2. "The Shadow knows..."
3. The secret was never explicitly defined, but there are high hopes all will be revealed if they ever make Monkey Island 5 ;D