What am I? (16)

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What am I?(16)

Postby Cec » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:09 pm

MCC wrote:Hurray, at last:D

As Luna as succinctly put it - It's the twelve times table:D

Clue: 1
1 x 12 = 12
2 x 12 = 24
3 x 12 = 36
4 x 12 = 48
5 x 12 = 60
6 x 12 = 72
7 x 12 = 84
8 x 12 = 96
9 x 12 = 108
10 x 12 = 120
11 x 12 = 132
12 x 12 = 144

Now you know it's the twelve times table can you complete the rest of the clue - and it's nothing to do with line eight yet.


OK .. I'll try another hunch. The 12th line should read 12 x 12= 144 which "completes the rest of the clue". This has filled in x meaning "time" between 12 and 12 which "sounds busy"
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Postby MCC » Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:51 pm

udosuk wrote:Looks like the answer could be reached via 2 different routes. I'll leave the Twelve Times Table route for luna & others to follow, and focus on the classical music route...

That is true.

udosuk wrote:Are concept such as symphony or orchestra relevant?

Yes, but neither of these two.

udosuk wrote:Job title of former taxi-drivers? Like ex-taxi-drivers (ecstasy something:?: ) or ex-cab-drivers, ex-cabbies if there is such a word?

It was a job title use in the 19th century i.e., the 1800's.

udosuk wrote:I cannot see the connection between classical music to that first sentence...:( Putting them together, "Classical music sounds busy to former taxi-drivers"... Doesn't make sense to me...:( (I did mention I tend to think things over too simply...)

The first sentence:
The first part relates to a composer.
The second part is a composition of the composer.


udosuk wrote:Oh, did I forget to mention I've absolutely no expert knowledge in classical music or generally any music (unlike RW:) )...

If your not too familiar with clasical composers you could try wikipedia for example.

udosuk wrote:PS: Sorry, just got some insight into the Twelve Times Table concept, and will share it for others to follow up...

Now, Times Table sounds like Timetable, which relates to time and with the 8th line - does it have something to do with 8 o'clock? Probably another red herring, but anything's worth a try...

You're right, it's a dead end.

udosuk wrote:PS2: Just occured to me that former taxi-drivers could also mean people who transported passengers around in ancient times... What were they called? Horsemen?

See answer above. But you're not far off.

cec wrote:OK .. I'll try another hunch. The 12th line should read 12 x 12= 144 which "completes the rest of the clue". This has filled in x meaning "time" between 12 and 12 which "sounds busy"

If something is not there, it's '_ _ _ _ _'.

And what is '_ _ _ _ _':?:


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Postby underquark » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:32 pm

Anything to do with Bizet, Carmen?
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Postby udosuk » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:24 pm

Bizet - Carmen is probably what the first sentence relates to. So what word does it give you? E.g. Carment, Opera, Gypsy, French, Libretto...

And then we need to get the 1st word out of "it's a bad thing"... Still looks like a daunting task to me...

MCC wrote:If something is not there, it's '_ _ _ _ _'.
And what is '_ _ _ _ _':?:

If something is not there, it's 't i m e s'.
And what is 't i m e s':?:

If something is not there, it's 'c r o s s'.
And what is 'c r o s s':?:

If something is not there, it's 'w h i t e'.
And what is 'w h i t e':?:

You see, ambiguity is sometimes a bad thing too...:D
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Postby underquark » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:09 pm

Bizet Carmen = acne zit berm; huge pustulous zits the size of ice walls. Sounds like a bad thing to me (or Hemingway).

Bizet's Carmen was also a tragedy and that's a bad thing.
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Postby udosuk » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:24 pm

Okay, I will post the first try but you all know who has solved the bulk of this: Tragedy Opera...
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Postby MCC » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:34 am

Carmen is the second word.

Sounds busy - Bizet - was a hint for the second part of the first sentence.

First past the first hurdle is Underquark with Carmen.

If there were any bonus points for an alternate answer it would got to Udosuk with - Tragedy Opera.


The twelve times table:

Slight confusion with this hint.
MCC wrote:If something is not there, it's '_ _ _ _ _'.
And what is '_ _ _ _ _':?:

It's not 'what' is not there (well, it is in a way,see below), but the 'act' of it not being there.

Whilst you think about the above, bear this by Udosuk in mind.
If something is not there, it's 't i m e s'.
And what is 't i m e s'.


Remember this route will give you the whole thing.(This is not a hint)


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Postby udosuk » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:05 am

If something is not there, it's 'e m p t y'.
And what is 'e m p t y':?:

The operation? The relation?:?:

How about Opera Carmen or Tragic Carmen?
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Postby MCC » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:56 am

How about this.

A bottle of milk with no milk in it, is empty.
A bottle of milk that's not there, is '_ _ _ _ _'.

Or.

Something that should be there but isn't, is ' _ _ _ _ _'.

The number of _ _ _'s does not necessarily indicate the lenght of the word.


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Postby lunababy_moonchild » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:07 pm

MCC wrote:How about this.

A bottle of milk with no milk in it, is empty.
A bottle of milk that's not there, is '_ _ _ _ _'.

Or.

Something that should be there but isn't, is ' _ _ _ _ _'.

Missing. Or absent.

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Postby MCC » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:08 pm

Ok Luna, missing is the word you're after:)

So - We have the twelve times table and something is missing, what is missing:?:

What are you left with:?: Try wikiing it.


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What am I? (16)

Postby Cec » Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:02 pm

MCC wrote:So - We have the twelve times table and something is missing, what is missing:?: .

MCC wrote:Clue: 1
1 x 12 = 12
2 x 12 = 24
3 x 12 = 36
4 x 12 = 48
5 x 12 = 60
6 x 12 = 72
7 x 12 = 84
8 x 12 = 96
9 x 12 = 108
10 x 12 = 120
11 x 12 = 132
12 x 12 = 144
Now you know it's the twelve times table can you complete the rest of the clue - and it's nothing to do with line eight yet.


In the 12th line the x is missing.

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Postby lunababy_moonchild » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:02 pm

The twelfth times is missing.

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Postby MCC » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:49 pm

So, We have the twelve times table and the times is missing.



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Postby lunababy_moonchild » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:42 pm

Twelve table

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