[VIDEO] 02-20-07 Jonas Sucks

Nieriel.Manwathiel · Post by **Nieriel.Manwathiel** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:54 pm

Antissa Pompeii wrote:Okay, so the first book is still #7, 'The Clue in the Diary,' but the second one is actually #19, 'The Quest of the Missing Map.'

Pg 117:
Doodling as a child might be a sign of artistic aptitude and a promising career."
(this passage was marked with a small dot next to it)
[The Quest of the Missing Map]

Pg 84:
"When witnessing a massive fire, take careful note of shifts in the wind's direction."
(this passage was marked with a small dot next to it)
[The Clue in the Diary]

Pg 44:
"If you suspect an important message or map will be pilfered, make a copy and alter the facts to throw creeps off the trail. Or make a copy and send the original to a close friend for safekeeping."
(this passage was marked with a small dot next to it)
[The Quest of the Missing Map]

edit -- I didn't look all these up myself; I copied and pasted from the other post lad provided.

edit -- ....slow board tonight....

diastres · Post by **diastres** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:58 pm

bethy wrote:Oh....and my husband just said...

Mary Poppins is 11 letters...

Tea is 3....

Okay, I'm sure it's totally off. But I found it amusing.

Just because I don't want people to get confused...

IF it's an XX/Xy puzzle, like a few of us think:
X's would be numbers.
Y's would be letters.

Mary Poppins being 11 letters wouldn't really have any impact.

EDIT: And yes, I know you think you're way off anyway. But I didn't want people thinking both X's and Y's were letters, if it's an XX/Xy problem.

toadlguy · Post by **toadlguy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:02 am

toadlguy wrote:Just stopped in for a sec, but could "I Drew" be the first Nancy Drew Book (#1 Drew) -- where it all started (i.e. the Drew series)? Just a thought.

The first book was "The Secret of the Old Clock".

More amusing then relevant. In this book Nancy was trying to find the theives of Crowley's clock. In which was hidden his Will. hmmm Crowley's will.

Nieriel.Manwathiel · Post by **Nieriel.Manwathiel** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:02 am

diastres wrote:
bethy wrote:Oh....and my husband just said...

Mary Poppins is 11 letters...

Tea is 3....

Okay, I'm sure it's totally off. But I found it amusing.
Just because I don't want people to get confused...

IF it's an XX/Xy puzzle, like a few of us think:
X's would be numbers.
Y's would be letters.

Mary Poppins being 11 letters wouldn't really have any impact.

EDIT: And yes, I know you think you're way off anyway. But I didn't want people thinking both X's and Y's were letters, if it's an XX/Xy problem.

:coming to the poppins rescue:

:singing: Let's start at the very beginning
a very good place to start
when you read you begin with ABC
when you sing you begin with do re mi
do re mi
the first three notes just happen to be
do re mi
do re mi
do re mi fa so la ti do!!!

...:wonders if the password is something along the lines of do re mi fa so la ti do:

Mintgurl · Post by **Mintgurl** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:03 am

Discussing possibilities in the IRC chat...The first book of Nancy Drew was brought up (I Drew) also mentioned in here.
I decided to wiki the first book, called "The secret of the Old Clock"
and the similarities are just remarkable.

Josiah Crowley, WOW. Check this out guys:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret ... _Old_Clock

(I Drew was mentioned by Toad, thanks bud!)

Nieriel.Manwathiel · Post by **Nieriel.Manwathiel** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:13 am

toadlguy wrote:
toadlguy wrote:Just stopped in for a sec, but could "I Drew" be the first Nancy Drew Book (#1 Drew) -- where it all started (i.e. the Drew series)? Just a thought.

The first book was "The Secret of the Old Clock".
More amusing then relevant. In this book Nancy was trying to find the theives of Crowley's clock. In which was hidden his Will. hmmm Crowley's will.

NICE one!!!!

QUICK! To the pimpmobile!

Er, I mean, to the messages to message Daniel!

yeah; THAT'S what i meant....

tiltingwindward · Post by **tiltingwindward** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:20 am

I don't think we should message Daniel until we know what we're telling him and why. I'm not sure what he can do with the information about Crowley (which may or may not be relevant).

Side note: I'm going to be trawling this thread and pulling the useful facts out to put in the first post, just like we normally do with a puzzle thread. From now on, you can look there to see what we've discovered, if anything.

Nieriel.Manwathiel · Post by **Nieriel.Manwathiel** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:22 am

Mintgurl wrote:Discussing possibilities in the IRC chat...

how?? i'm at #operationaphid and no one is there!

tiltingwindward · Post by **tiltingwindward** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:23 am

We are there, Nieriel...are you sure you're in the right room?

Nieriel.Manwathiel · Post by **Nieriel.Manwathiel** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:25 am

tiltingwindward wrote:We are there, Nieriel...are you sure you're in the right room?

i did the freenode thing and i did "/join #operation aphid"..... i dunno what could be wrong.

wait...

no; the computer is ALREADY on....

yeah, i copied the numbers and such exactly. i accidently did /join #opaphid b4, then looked again and typed /join #operationaphid instead.

is the post i'm reading from out of date? i'm reading on how to do the irc chat.

edit -- 私は日本語の学生です！　　I'm also bored.

tiltingwindward · Post by **tiltingwindward** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:29 am

Make sure you're joining #operationaphid, not #operation aphid (I noticed you typed both above). I know that some people had some problems getting in with Java a few months ago, but I thought that was all resolved. Hang on, I'll check to see if the chat has any tech geniuses in it.

Edit: Nieriel, the chat gave me this wise advice: "Stop using Java."

kristy2520 · Post by **kristy2520** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:30 am

Could the x's at the top indicate a phone number? Like maybe the volumes of the Nancy Drew books go together to make a number? Just a thought I had but didn't see mentioned (but I'm tired so I could've overlooked it).

Nieriel.Manwathiel · Post by **Nieriel.Manwathiel** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:32 am

no. i signed out of the empty room and re-did it carefully just to be sure.

i type "/join #operationaphid"
I get into a room
an EMPTY room :tear:

Nieriel.Manwathiel · Post by **Nieriel.Manwathiel** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:33 am

kristy2520 wrote:Could the x's at the top indicate a phone number? Like maybe the volumes of the Nancy Drew books go together to make a number? Just a thought I had but didn't see mentioned (but I'm tired so I could've overlooked it).

been a WHILE since we've had a good calling card! did anyone try to see what the numbers with the dots were in the nancy drew drop?

tiltingwindward · Post by **tiltingwindward** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:41 am

I think we should definitely go back and look at the previous clues from the Nancy Drew drop. In fact, now might be a time to refer to the "All the things we might have missed" thread, since it seems that we need to reexamine certain items to find our "subtle clue" (insert shameless plug for own thread here).