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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: Eigenray, ThudnBlunder, SMQ, Grimbal, Icarus, william wu, towr)    A Good Beginning « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: A Good Beginning  (Read 773 times) maryl Guest A Good Beginning   « on: May 16th, 2003, 3:16pm » Quote Modify Remove What common phrase is represented below?     1. A (1 Letter)   2. AN (2 Letters)   3. ANTS ( 4 Letters)   4. AND (3 Letters) « Last Edit: May 16th, 2003, 3:17pm by maryl » IP Logged maryl Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #1 on: May 19th, 2003, 2:36pm » Quote Modify Remove Hint: Introduction IP Logged RichardBerger Newbie     Gender: Posts: 23 Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #2 on: May 25th, 2003, 10:19pm » Quote Modify Hopelessly lost here.   Are you looking for a phrase that has four words - specifically A AN ANTS AND but with substitutions applied for the letters (I don't think so) or with the "A" standing for some string of text (I don't think so either).     Or is perhaps the physical layout important (e.g. ONCE A TIME (Once "upon" a time) ).     As you can tell, I haven't much of a clue of where to even start looking on this one.  Guidance is definitely appreciated (and yes, I saw the hint - but alas, I remain unenlightened) IP Logged maryl Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #3 on: May 26th, 2003, 6:41am » Quote Modify Remove on May 25th, 2003, 10:19pm, RichardBerger wrote: Hopelessly lost here.   Are you looking for a phrase that has four words - specifically A AN ANTS AND but with substitutions applied for the letters (I don't think so) or with the "A" standing for some string of text (I don't think so either).     Or is perhaps the physical layout important (e.g. ONCE A TIME (Once "upon" a time) ).     As you can tell, I haven't much of a clue of where to even start looking on this one.  Guidance is definitely appreciated (and yes, I saw the hint - but alas, I remain unenlightened)   Physical layout IP Logged tohuvabohu Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #4 on: May 26th, 2003, 7:05am » Quote Modify Remove Could it be something along the lines of Answer out of order (ants are out of order). or The "Ants" are, my friend, below "An" on the "And." or taking your Introduction hint, maybe Appearance (Up here, Ants). IP Logged maryl Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #5 on: May 28th, 2003, 11:35am » Quote Modify Remove Take a look at the overall puzzle, and then focus on what's in the brackets to make a connection. IP Logged wowbagger Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 727 Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #6 on: May 30th, 2003, 2:42am » Quote Modify My guess: "I am Mary Lou." Is that really a good beginning?     Are the A's and ANTS red herrings? IP Logged "You're a jerk, <your surname>!" maryl Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #7 on: May 30th, 2003, 7:20am » Quote Modify Remove on May 30th, 2003, 2:42am, wowbagger wrote: My guess: "I am Mary Lou." Is that really a good beginning?     Are the A's and ANTS red herrings?   Ah, c'mon, I'm not that vain. Ok, first off, this is a very,very common phrase, and remember, this is a puzzle-you have to put it together-but the key is, you don't have to have every part in your answer. IP Logged maryl Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #8 on: Jun 4th, 2003, 3:43pm » Quote Modify Remove Wowbagger, sorry, yes, the A and the Ants and the... are red herrings. IP Logged NaMe Newbie     Gender: Posts: 8 Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #9 on: Jul 7th, 2003, 3:34pm » Quote Modify Wow Miss Maryl, where do you get this stuff? IP Logged maryl Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #10 on: Jul 8th, 2003, 1:11pm » Quote Modify Remove on Jul 7th, 2003, 3:34pm, NaMe wrote: Wow Miss Maryl, where do you get this stuff?   Ah, I have ways and means. Why not try and solve this one, nobody else has posted an answer to it. BTW- Welcome to the club. IP Logged S. Owen Full Member     Gender: Posts: 221 Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #11 on: Jul 8th, 2003, 5:53pm » Quote Modify Out of frustration, I found the answer (or at least, an answer) to this one elsewhere on the internet... man, it is really obscure, in my opinion. I am still not quite sure I get it. There seems to be more about the answer that doesn't relate to the puzzle than does relate. IP Logged maryl Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #12 on: Jul 9th, 2003, 4:23pm » Quote Modify Remove Ya, it sort of reminds me of a painting by Picasso;-it does have meaning afterall is said and done. You need to observe the whole picture, which is pretty obscure, and then someone tells you what his main thought was behind it-which of course shocks you. But he is still a great painter, and definitely not the least. IP Logged BNC Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1732 Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #13 on: Jul 13th, 2003, 4:23am » Quote Modify I looked it up too. It reminds me somewhat of the street part of the April Underwood riddle -- to solve it, you have to guess the answer, and then see if it fits the riddle. I think it's close to impossible to solve riddle -> solution. IP Logged How about supercalifragilisticexpialidociouspuzzler [Towr, 2007] maryl Guest Re: A Good Beginning   « Reply #14 on: Jul 13th, 2003, 9:31am » Quote Modify Remove I don't think these riddles are impossible to solve once you figure out how they work. This one was tough though I admit, and I should have given an example at the beginning. I posted another which shouldn't be so hard to figure out. IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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