Friday, April 22, 2016

Solution to VII, 2

WE NICELY ALLOWED JUST ONE LITHE YOUNG HANDYMAN HIS CHANCE TO MISBEHAVE FOR AROUND THIRTY SECONDS WITH ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE CONDITIONS - THE DI|RTY CON MAN W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|CONDS WITH TE|N TO|Y|S AND A CHA|LI|CE I OWE HIS H|ON|O|R JUST|ICE BE|N|T|LY A|MIS.

Okay, what do we do with this?

The title is subtraction, so let's assume that dash is a minus sign.

WE NICELY ALLOWED JUST ONE LITHE YOUNG HANDYMAN HIS CHANCE TO MISBEHAVE FOR AROUND THIRTY SECONDS WITH ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE CONDITIONS 

minus

 THE DI|RTY CON MAN W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|CONDS WITH TE|N TO|Y|S AND A CHA|LI|CE I OWE HIS H|ON|O|R JUST|ICE BE|N|T|LY A|MIS.

Start crossing out.  Shall we begin with the three and four-letter elements?

WE NICELY ALLOWED JUST ONE LITHE YOUNG HANDYMAN HIS CHANCE TO MISBEHAVE FOR AROUND THIRTY SECONDS WITH ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE CONDITIONS 

minus

 THE DI|RTY CON MAN W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|CONDS WITH TE|N TO|Y|S AND A CHA|LI|CE I OWE HIS H|ON|O|R JUST|ICE BE|N|T|LY A|MIS.

Remove those, then take out the pairs.


WE NLY ALLD ONE LI YOUNG H Y N TO BEHAVE FOR AROUND THI SE ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE DITIONS 

minus

 DI |W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|TE|N TO|Y|A LI I H|ON|O| BE|N|T|LY A|.


 What's left?


WE N ALLD ONE YOU HY N TO HAVE FOR AUND THI SE  TWO SOLU TIONS 

minus

 |W||||S|N |Y A|I H||O| |N|T|A|.



WE LL D ONE YOU HAVE FO UND THE SOLU TION 

Friday, April 15, 2016

Subtraction



Series VII: Operations : Puzzle 2, Subtraction

 

WE NICELY ALLOWED JUST ONE LITHE YOUNG HANDYMAN HIS CHANCE TO MISBEHAVE FOR AROUND THIRTY SECONDS WITH ONLY TWO ABSOLUTE CONDITIONS - THE DI|RTY CON MAN W|RO|NG|LY AB|S|CONDS WITH TE|N TO|Y|S AND A CHA|LI|CE I OWE HIS H|ON|O|R JUST|ICE BE|N|T|LY A|MIS.

Hint (rollover to reveal):

TITLE.  "Subtraction."  Does anything in the puzzle suggest subtraction?  

Solution Thursday, April 21st.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Solution to VII, I


A letter added to the beginning of an existing word creates a neologism.


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Saturday, April 9, 2016

Addition


Series VII: Operations : Puzzle 1, Addition

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In lieu of a hint, the first one is done for you. "A" + "untold" = "Auntold," the age of one's mother's sister.




Friday, April 8, 2016

Solution to VI, 4


"17 – 1 – 4 – 17   ::   3 – 24   ::   15 – 23 – 17   ::  
 1 – 23 – 11   ::   3 – 17   ::   8 – 23 – 9 – 24   !"

"T    H    A   T          I     S           N    O    T          
 H    O   W         I    T           G    O    E    S    !"



1. “Doctor my eyes hurt.” (h)

2. “Good night Irene,
Good night Irene,
I’ll see you in my pajamas.” (p)

3. “How many times
Must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is
I have no idea.” (i)

4. “I feel good.
I knew that I would.
I feel good.
I knew that I would now.
So good—so good—
I got acquitted.” (a)

5. “I see trees of green,
red roses too.
I see them bloom for me and you,
And I think to myself:
what a delusion.” (d)

6. “I shot the sheriff,
But I did not shoot the YouTube video.” (y)

7. “Some people call me the space cowboy yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me
Queen Elizabeth II.” (q)

8. “I’ll light the fire,
You place the flowers in the garbage.” (g)

9. “It was just one of those nights
Just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the emergency room.” (e)

10. “Little Jackie Paper
Loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax and X-rated DVDs.” (x)

11. “My Momma told me:
You better shop wholesale.” (w)

12. “Oh, I get by with a little help from my medication.” (m)

13. “And you can tell everybody
That this is your fault.” (f)

14. “People will say we’re in cahoots.” (c)

15. “Say you, say me.
Say no.” (n)

16. “Sing us a song, you’re the piano man.
Sing us a song tonight.
‘Cause we’re all in the mood for a melody,
And you’ve got us feeling untalented.” (u)

17. “So let's make the most of this beautiful day,
Since we're together, we might as well say,
Would you be mine? Could you be mine?
Won't you be my therapist?” (t)

18. “This girl is on Zoloft.” (z)

19. “The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup I look nasty.” (l)

20. “There’s a person that I’m longing to see
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone rich.” (r)

21. “Well I'm runnin' down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven kids.”

22. “Wise men say very little.” (v)

23. “Would you know my name
If I saw you online?” (o)

24. “You make me feel-
You make me feel-
You make me feel-
Sick. “ (s)

25. “You’re sixteen,
You’re beautiful,
And you’re  jailbait. (j)

26. And I will always love bacon.” (b)