You Don't Say

RichardGHP · Post Post #14 (isolation #0) » Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:02 pm

Robert Downey, Jr.?

RichardGHP · Post Post #16 (isolation #1) » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:32 am

This afternoon.

RichardGHP · Post Post #18 (isolation #2) » Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:26 pm

Uh, it's my turn.

RichardGHP · Post Post #22 (isolation #3) » Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:09 pm

Also, I said, this afternoon.

What you say when you're cold
What you say when you're angry
Prince Charles will become one of these

RichardGHP · Post Post #25 (isolation #4) » Tue Apr 16, 2013 6:19 pm

The thing I was thinking of, diginova? Just to make it official.

RichardGHP · Post Post #82 (isolation #5) » Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:50 pm

Anonymous?

RichardGHP · Post Post #85 (isolation #6) » Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:53 pm

Nope. I'm just that good.

(Will post one later today, when I've thought of something.)

RichardGHP · Post Post #87 (isolation #7) » Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:12 pm

One day later... FTFY.

I have one; just thinking of clues. It will be up within ten minutes.

RichardGHP · Post Post #88 (isolation #8) » Sat Apr 20, 2013 6:16 pm

A definite article
A consonant
A statement that is provably true
A conjunction which can precede the word "else"

RichardGHP · Post Post #90 (isolation #9) » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:20 pm

That is correct.

RichardGHP · Post Post #98 (isolation #10) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:05 pm

Mar
Co.
Poe
Low

Marco Polo

RichardGHP · Post Post #100 (isolation #11) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:20 pm

3 minutes and 11 seconds, actually.

Thinking of one.

RichardGHP · Post Post #103 (isolation #12) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:33 pm

Neon signs do this.
This is the focal piece of equipment of many sports, including tennis and soccer.
The largest ever of these started in 1939 and ended in 1945.
This dynasty ruled China from 1368–1644.

Having seconds in your phpBB timestamp syntax comes in handy, TheIrishPope

RichardGHP · Post Post #106 (isolation #13) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:35 pm

RichardGHP · Post Post #111 (isolation #14) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:03 pm

To be fair, all you really had to work out with JDGA's one was the first two or so.

RichardGHP · Post Post #125 (isolation #15) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:25 pm

XTOPHERUSD?!

Eggs / Toe / Fur / Us / D

RichardGHP · Post Post #128 (isolation #16) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:40 pm

The former was my answer.

RichardGHP · Post Post #130 (isolation #17) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:53 pm

^ Sigworthy.

Here's a nice easy one:

Bicycles have two; cars have four; trucks usually have eighteen
Possessive preposition
3! – 2
Melody

RichardGHP · Post Post #134 (isolation #18) » Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:01 pm

You'll have a shorter wait time with mine

My games usually move quicker and the queue isn't as long. (That might be the only thing it has going for it over StrangerCoug's, but still.)

RichardGHP · Post Post #164 (isolation #19) » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:08 pm

Sure

Lock

Home
Plural -> Homes

Therefore, Sherlock Holmes.

Clues 3 and 4 function as a unit.

RichardGHP · Post Post #166 (isolation #20) » Wed Apr 24, 2013 9:19 pm

Do you have a better suggestion?

RichardGHP · Post Post #188 (isolation #21) » Sat Apr 27, 2013 4:04 pm

Make it 48 and you'll have my support. I (and others) Mash a lot.

RichardGHP · Post Post #204 (isolation #22) » Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:24 pm

Iron Man?

RichardGHP · Post Post #206 (isolation #23) » Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:03 pm

1. To inform
2. The car in

The Dukes of Hazzard

was called General _____
3. Reverse the symbol for arsenic
4. Postal code for Virginina
5. This can mean "tired" in French, "forest" in Polish, and the past tense of "to read" in German

RichardGHP · Post Post #208 (isolation #24) » Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:46 pm

Wrong.

(Just your last one needs fixing.)

RichardGHP · Post Post #211 (isolation #25) » Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:04 pm

Yes, that is correct, post a new puzzle.

RichardGHP · Post Post #214 (isolation #26) » Wed May 01, 2013 1:32 am

I take it there is no rule about waiting for the answer to be judged before posting a new set, then?

RichardGHP · Post Post #278 (isolation #27) » Mon May 13, 2013 8:50 am

Freddie Mercury

RichardGHP · Post Post #281 (isolation #28) » Sat May 18, 2013 6:21 pm

Oh... give me a minute.

RichardGHP · Post Post #282 (isolation #29) » Sat May 18, 2013 6:25 pm

1. Term of address for a woman
2. Part of the leg
3. Tyrion Lannister's nickname
4. Precursor to the CIA
5. Alternative form of -able

RichardGHP · Post Post #284 (isolation #30) » Sat May 18, 2013 6:42 pm

You are on the right track.

RichardGHP · Post Post #287 (isolation #31) » Sat May 18, 2013 7:36 pm

JDGA is correct.

RichardGHP · Post Post #294 (isolation #32) » Sat May 18, 2013 10:18 pm

JDGA...

RichardGHP · Post Post #297 (isolation #33) » Sat May 18, 2013 11:40 pm

1. A name I call myself
2. Past participle of French

devoir

3. さ

RichardGHP · Post Post #300 (isolation #34) » Sun May 19, 2013 5:18 pm

You got it.

RichardGHP · Post Post #320 (isolation #35) » Wed May 22, 2013 9:10 am

Never heard of any string instrument called "ing".

I had spaghetti from the beginning.

RichardGHP · Post Post #324 (isolation #36) » Wed May 22, 2013 9:18 am

Did you mean to misspell both "toilet" and "Lawrence"?

RichardGHP · Post Post #346 (isolation #37) » Fri May 24, 2013 1:42 pm

In post 322, saulres wrote:You just keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better

It doesn't, but it's true nonetheless.

RichardGHP · Post Post #352 (isolation #38) » Sat May 25, 2013 3:33 pm

Why do I get the feeling that 1 is "stay" and not "stop"...? It makes more sense than "stopsea". Though that's not even the only thing 2 could be, though—for all we know, he could mean the seven Wonders of the World, the seven deadly sins, the seven dwarfs...

RichardGHP · Post Post #363 (isolation #39) » Sat May 25, 2013 5:20 pm

Selena Gomez

RichardGHP · Post Post #366 (isolation #40) » Sat May 25, 2013 5:33 pm

Well, once I had

Sí

- Lee - Na, I just went with the first thing I could think of.

The number of unique vowels in this clue
Not my
The windows to the soul
The one and ____

RichardGHP · Post Post #370 (isolation #41) » Sat May 25, 2013 5:36 pm

Try again.

xtopherusD is correct.

RichardGHP · Post Post #376 (isolation #42) » Sat May 25, 2013 5:38 pm

Y isn't even

IN

that clue...

Edit:

"Moum"

RichardGHP · Post Post #387 (isolation #43) » Sat May 25, 2013 6:01 pm

RichardGHP · Post Post #441 (isolation #44) » Sun May 26, 2013 5:46 pm

In post 439, Mastermind of Sin wrote:
In post 430, xtopherusD wrote:
In post 426, Mastermind of Sin wrote:
In post 421, TheIrishPope wrote:
Michael Bolton!
I was actually pretty close to this earlier, but I threw out Michael as a possibility because it violates the second clue. The syllable "Cold" is not contained anywhere in "Michael Bolton".
That's because the answer was "cool".
That also doesn't work. The correct syllable would be "cull", not "cool".

It sounds like "cool" with a non-American accent.

RichardGHP · Post Post #451 (isolation #45) » Sun May 26, 2013 6:00 pm

In post 445, Mastermind of Sin wrote:You mean an "inability to speak proper English" accent? Nothing in the spelling even remotely suggests any sort of "col" or "cool" sound, whereas "cull" and "kale" would be perfectly reasonably arguments. I don't know of any precedents for other similarly spelled words adopting such an unorthodox pronunciation, either.

Are you seriously insinuating the Americans speak better English than the rest of the world? That's the tone I'm getting here. I pronounce it "kill", myself, but "cool" is perfectly viable if you don't elongate the vowel sound.

RichardGHP · Post Post #452 (isolation #46) » Sun May 26, 2013 6:01 pm

xtopherusD: I assume he means Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

RichardGHP · Post Post #462 (isolation #47) » Sun May 26, 2013 6:11 pm

In post 454, Mastermind of Sin wrote:
In post 451, RichardGHP wrote:
In post 445, Mastermind of Sin wrote:You mean an "inability to speak proper English" accent? Nothing in the spelling even remotely suggests any sort of "col" or "cool" sound, whereas "cull" and "kale" would be perfectly reasonably arguments. I don't know of any precedents for other similarly spelled words adopting such an unorthodox pronunciation, either.
Are you seriously insinuating the Americans speak better English than the rest of the world? That's the tone I'm getting here. I pronounce it "kill", myself, but "cool" is perfectly viable if you don't elongate the vowel sound.
No, this has nothing to do with any country at all. You're the one who brought up "American" accents. I'm only differentiating between the proper pronunciation of the word and improper pronunciations. I wouldn't dare to insinuate that Americans are the only ones who know how to pronounce that name, nor do I even remotely believe that all Americans *can* properly pronounce it. That doesn't make "cool" any less invalid, however. "ae" does not make an "oo" sound, no matter the elongation of vowels or lack thereof.

Cool and cull sound almost the same if it's said quickly anyway. I could counterargue that "ae" does not make a "u" sound either, but I digress.

P. Edit:

at "eggs" -> "ex"

RichardGHP · Post Post #467 (isolation #48) » Sun May 26, 2013 6:16 pm

What kind of question wood it be?

RichardGHP · Post Post #476 (isolation #49) » Sun May 26, 2013 6:38 pm

Oh... the next Kasparov.

RichardGHP · Post Post #482 (isolation #50) » Sun May 26, 2013 6:51 pm

In post 477, KageLord wrote:And sadly, probably the World Champ come November.

Why sadly?

RichardGHP · Post Post #498 (isolation #51) » Mon May 27, 2013 5:06 pm

In post 495, TheIrishPope wrote:Née is actually pronounced as in the word (ne)rve

Huh?

RichardGHP · Post Post #503 (isolation #52) » Mon May 27, 2013 5:16 pm

It's like "nay" on account of the acute. (Compare

café

-> caf-ay.)

RichardGHP · Post Post #515 (isolation #53) » Mon May 27, 2013 5:38 pm

xtopherusD: First link in my sig.

RichardGHP · Post Post #521 (isolation #54) » Mon May 27, 2013 5:59 pm

Rix...?

RichardGHP · Post Post #525 (isolation #55) » Mon May 27, 2013 6:36 pm

In post 523, saulres wrote:
In post 521, RichardGHP wrote:Rix...?
Rex.

Ah.

RichardGHP · Post Post #572 (isolation #56) » Thu May 30, 2013 5:36 pm

It's Ice and Fire, not Fire and Ice, but that doesn't fit given the clues (at least I can't make sense of it, so saulres probably should not have posted a new puzzle).

RichardGHP · Post Post #574 (isolation #57) » Thu May 30, 2013 5:39 pm

There's no such thing as A Song of Fire and Ice, though. Not to my knowledge, anyway, and it's so close to something else that doesn't fit.

(As an aside, "looks right" doesn't always mean "is right". I consider it a standard courtesy to wait for confirmation regardless.)

RichardGHP · Post Post #602 (isolation #58) » Mon Jun 03, 2013 6:29 pm

I've done non-names before and nobody's complained.

RichardGHP · Post Post #654 (isolation #59) » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:50 am

Wouldn't giving the overall answer imply the successful solution of 3a and 3b?

RichardGHP · Post Post #659 (isolation #60) » Sun Jun 09, 2013 5:07 pm

I'm steering clear until we go back to the old way.

RichardGHP · Post Post #677 (isolation #61) » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:54 am

I have a guess that fits with 2 and 3, but I have no idea how it connects to 1 and 4 (which means it's probably not right).

RichardGHP · Post Post #679 (isolation #62) » Thu Jun 13, 2013 8:57 am

I reckon 3 is 'del', if that helps.

RichardGHP · Post Post #681 (isolation #63) » Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:30 pm

If you mean me, you are sadly mistaken. That confirms my initial guess, but I never thought to use the solfege.

Lana Del Ray

RichardGHP · Post Post #682 (isolation #64) » Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:33 pm

See, down here, we call an A an A and a D a D.

RichardGHP · Post Post #684 (isolation #65) » Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:13 pm

I've only heard of her in passing.

1. Look
2. Manner
3. Derivative of 2x + 4
4. A somewhat acerbic laugh, often used in chat
5. This diagram involves two circles

RichardGHP · Post Post #687 (isolation #66) » Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:16 am

saulres is correct.

RichardGHP · Post Post #690 (isolation #67) » Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:17 pm

I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas.

RichardGHP · Post Post #692 (isolation #68) » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:16 am

Ooh ooh!

The Pirates of Penzance?

RichardGHP · Post Post #695 (isolation #69) » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:36 am

I'll have something this afternoon.

RichardGHP · Post Post #696 (isolation #70) » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:38 am

I'm drawing a blank here. I pass.

RichardGHP · Post Post #698 (isolation #71) » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:49 am

VOTE: Anyone can take it

RichardGHP · Post Post #756 (isolation #72) » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:21 pm

In case anyone can't be bothered going back a page:

1. To throw
2. To stray
3. Downwind
4. Wave effect

RichardGHP · Post Post #762 (isolation #73) » Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:58 am

Casterly Rock?

Cast
???
???
Rock

+ Tyrion avatar.

RichardGHP · Post Post #766 (isolation #74) » Thu Jul 25, 2013 12:40 pm

1. Drum set
2. A drink with jam and bread
3. Modus operandi

RichardGHP · Post Post #768 (isolation #75) » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:40 pm

I'll give you a hint: You're looking for a mafiascum.net user.

RichardGHP · Post Post #770 (isolation #76) » Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:38 pm

That is correct.

RichardGHP · Post Post #783 (isolation #77) » Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:08 pm

Candy Crush

How I hate that game...

RichardGHP · Post Post #785 (isolation #78) » Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:25 pm

1. Neck or bow
2. sin, cos, ___
3. Arrest, charge

RichardGHP · Post Post #787 (isolation #79) » Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:07 pm

Second one is closest.

RichardGHP · Post Post #790 (isolation #80) » Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:26 pm

RichardGHP · Post Post #794 (isolation #81) » Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:46 am

*nods*

RichardGHP · Post Post #836 (isolation #82) » Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:49 pm

mith?