Hard to explain, exactly, except that getting "ho" from a picture of Santa clause is clever, but getting "inn" from a picture of inverness is not. There's a difference between figuring out what someone is thinking and reading that person's mind. "Which syllable of this word am I looking at?" is not the idea of this game.
Now, had the movie been "Holiday In Venice," the clue would have been absolutely brilliant. But there was no such film.
Look at the third picture in your clue, with the Alka Seltzer. If the word you're looking for is "alka," or if "alka" is part of the word, cool. Same with seltzer. Same with antacid. But it's a bad clue if the only thing you're looking for is the flat "a" from the middle of the word "antacid." That's not clever. It's just obscure. But that's what happened with Inverness.
General rule:
If the clue points to part of the word (ho is part of holiday), then as long as it combines with the other parts, you're okay. But be very, very careful going in the other direction (part of the word for the clue forms the word you're looking for). It often does not work. Ho worked. Inn did not.
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Holiday in Venice? Never heard of a film with that name
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Ca_dreaming
You use part of the word in in verness
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pawtucket
Holiday Inn?
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Ca_dreaming
You got it hooray......Your up.
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pawtucket
If anyone wants to know anything about French, Norweigan, or Scandenavian Copper Cookware, just ask me.
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Ca_dreaming
this must be a southern dip or something, or somethin' you have with gravy????
Ditto on the Scandinavian cookware.
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GeorgeStGeorge
Since Paw's up, I suppose Tom's post was a simple exclamation.
(Ay, Chihuahua!)
George
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that is correct GSG!... that is correct...
(it was my reaction to CalDreamer's puzzle) :)
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Ca_dreaming
I now realize that Paw is the expert on cookware because of my post....
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pawtucket
I became an expert searching every copper cookware website I could find today to figure out what the name of that piece was
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Raf
bzzzt.
Please avoid clues like that inverness one.
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Sorry guys, it was rough for you, but all my other clues have been so blatantly simple that I put a twist on it.
So now you know not to look for the obvious. ;)
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pawtucket
Raf, what was wrong with the clue?
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Ca_dreaming
Clues from past post I am talking about. Not this one.
Paw, I await your clues for the next post. Thank you.
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Hard to explain, exactly, except that getting "ho" from a picture of Santa clause is clever, but getting "inn" from a picture of inverness is not. There's a difference between figuring out what someone is thinking and reading that person's mind. "Which syllable of this word am I looking at?" is not the idea of this game.
Now, had the movie been "Holiday In Venice," the clue would have been absolutely brilliant. But there was no such film.
Look at the third picture in your clue, with the Alka Seltzer. If the word you're looking for is "alka," or if "alka" is part of the word, cool. Same with seltzer. Same with antacid. But it's a bad clue if the only thing you're looking for is the flat "a" from the middle of the word "antacid." That's not clever. It's just obscure. But that's what happened with Inverness.
General rule:
If the clue points to part of the word (ho is part of holiday), then as long as it combines with the other parts, you're okay. But be very, very careful going in the other direction (part of the word for the clue forms the word you're looking for). It often does not work. Ho worked. Inn did not.
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doojable
Ok - so anyway, back to the game...
cape, cape - capes
keys
fizz, seltzer, alka
tins, copper
Here we go again.......
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Escape from Alcatraz?
S capes
Froom
Alka
Trays
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pawtucket
you got it
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Tom Strange
(take the above as a 'group clue')
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Andre Ware was the only Cougar in recent memory to win the Heisman, but it's not helping me with this one:
dredds/rastas
dough
ant
ware/andre/cougar/heisman
alan/ladd/shane
George
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pawtucket
Dead Men don't wear Plaid.
dead men
dough
ware
Pooh
Ladd
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dred men
dough ant
ware
pooh Ladd
you are correct senor paw...
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