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(Message started by: Iceman on Apr 30^th, 2007, 10:49am)

Title: Moody
Post by Iceman on Apr 30^th, 2007, 10:49am

Andrew is blue, while George and Patrick are red in face! They all go to see a wise man, Jack, who gives them an advice, after which they all dance together. So what was Jack's advice?

Title: Re: Moody
Post by Three Hands on Apr 30^th, 2007, 2:57pm

[hide]Would Jack's first name be Union, by any chance?[/hide]

Title: Re: Moody
Post by Iceman on Apr 30^th, 2007, 3:24pm

Yep. ;) So since this riddle is more in your neighborhood, what do you think of it? Any objections or it can pass? ::)

Title: Re: Moody
Post by Three Hands on May 1^st, 2007, 8:14am

Well, David might want to claim that he's red in the face as well, although there's debates over just how much of a claim he has to being in the group which went to see Jack, since George had kind of shut David up at the time, and Jack doesn't show much of evidence of having seen David...

Otherwise, kind of fun, and quite nicely constructed

Title: Re: Moody
Post by Iceman on May 1^st, 2007, 11:35am

Thanks for the little compliment, but who is David? ???

Title: Re: Moody
Post by Sir Col on May 1^st, 2007, 1:00pm

David is the patron saint of Wales and the symbol on the Welsh flag is a dragon. Hence the reference to George (the dragon slayer) shutting up David.

Interestingly the flag of St. David is black with a yellow cross. The reason we don't see anything of this, or the current flag of Wales (horizontal white stripe at the top, green at the bottom, and red dragon in the foreground) is that during the time the original union flag was put together Wales was considered to be part of the kingdom of England. The original union flag was made up of the cross of St. George (white background with red cross) and the cross of St. Andrew (blue background with diagonal white cross). The current union flag, which is only two-hundred years old, also includes the diagonal red cross of St. Patrick.

I have to say that there is a fierce debate among puritans over the use of the word "jack" in the context of the union flag, as a "jack" is the term used to describe a small naval flag that represents the country in question. That is, the union jack is strictly the small flag used on warships, but the term is now commonly used to mean the union flag. And to confuse matters further, the union jack is not to be confused with the pilot jack found on merchant ships; the union jack is a red background with the union flag in the top left corner, whereas the pilot jack is Saint George's cross with the union flag in the top left corner.

But I agree with Three Hands, a very nice puzzle, Iceman.

Title: Re: Moody
Post by Iceman on May 1^st, 2007, 1:48pm

Thanks for the clarification. ;)