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Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:07 pm**

They used to have these puzzles, called Wacky Wordies, in Games Magazine years ago. They're little representations of commonly-used sayings using words and suchlike in different ways. Anyway I just distracted myself by making up a set of Wacky Wordies that suggest SongFight! titles. See if you can figure out what they are. Some are easier than others.

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	SKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKSY

3.
		RT

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		YFEH

5.
		UPMPMPMPMPMK

6.
		NOMRAL

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		ONE

8.
		LABROTHERW

9.
		LIZARB MORF

10.
		GET EM

11.
		Y HEA

12.
		11111111111111111111

13.
		LIF

14.
		I

15.
		F YO

16.
		T S
		U I
		H T
		S

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		WOT

18.
		P
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		T
		S

19.
		0 < oo

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		SPELVISACE

Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:05 pm**

can you explain more specifically how the hell to work them out, please?

Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:07 pm**

Wordplay, relationships between letters and words, creative thinking.

I have just realized that I completely messed up #14 (I) and my answer is incorrect. However, Jim Tyrrell supplied a different and better answer for #14 so he's the winner of... something.
-bill

Posted: **Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:47 am**

Bwa ha! Fear my mighty brain! I give answers to riddles for which there is no answer!
Beware, lest I let my powers loose on the Religion thread!

(No, that's not gonna happen.)

Actually, I'm gonna try and bang out a set of these. Fun fun!

Posted: **Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:36 am**

HeuristicsInc wrote:he's the winner of... something.

So, JimT, what would you like your prize to be?
-bill

PS ooh, i quote myself. is that some kinda disorder?

Posted: **Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:39 am**

HeuristicsInc wrote:PS ooh, i quote myself. is that some kinda disorder?

auto e-quoticism

Posted: **Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:40 am**

Oh, I get to choose a prize? Um, I dunno. How about covering one of my songs?

That'd be way cool.

ALSO: Here's five more to play with. My experience with this sort of this is more in the 'cryptic crossword' vein, if that helps.

1. anain'ty

2. n

3. rangy

4.

5. fyltertub

Posted: **Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:44 am**

Damn u, Jim T.

I can't resist this kind of stuff. (Yesterday I got 18 out of 20 on Bill's list. Only got hung up on 4 & 14) Now I gotta go figure out these....

Dammit. I have Nur Ein reviews to do but the mind is consumed!

Posted: **Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:04 pm**

jimtyrrell wrote:1. anain'ty

Heh, good one.

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:16 am**

pad the posts to get a light grey background.
-bill

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:17 am**

Here are the answers! Highlight the text to see them.

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Block City (LA, a city, spelled out in blocks)

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	SKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKYSKSY

Skyline (a line of SKY)

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		RT

Clip Art (ART is clipped, shortened)

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		YFEH

Last Day of Free Speech (the last letters of the words)

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		UPMPMPMPMPMK

Five Nights in Britain (5 PM's inside a UK)

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		NOMRAL

Not Exactly Normal (it's NORMAL with two letters exchanged)

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		ONE

Half a Stone (half of the letters of ASTONE)

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		LABROTHERW

Brother In Law (the word BROTHER appears inside the word LAW)

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		LIZARB MORF

Back From Brazil (FROM BRAZIL written backwards)

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		GET EM

Get Me Back (ME backwards - guess I should have separated those two)

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		Y HEA

Piece of My Heat (Y HEA is a piece of those words)

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		11111111111111111111

Twenty One (there are 20 1's)

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		LIF

Short Life (it's a shortened version of LIFE)

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		I

What's In It For Me (what letter for "Me" appears in "It"?) - thanks to Jim Tyrrell for this one.

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		F YO

Less of You (again, a shortened version of OF YOU)

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		T S
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		H T
		S

Shut Up and Sit Down (SHUT reads upwards and SIT reads downwards)

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		WOT

A Variation on Two (the letters are scrambled)

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		P
		E
		T
		S

Step Up (STEP reads upwards)

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		0 < oo

Nothing Less Than Everything (zero, less than, oo is an attempt at making the infinity symbol)

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		SPELVISACE

Elvis in Space (the word ELVIS appears inside the word SPACE)

Hope you enjoyed it.
Yes, Jim, I will attempt to record a cover of a song of yours.
-bill

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:21 pm**

Man, that's way too smart for me.

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:02 pm**

I had no clue what was going on when I saw it, but then I saw the answers ... that stuff's brilliant guys. Keep it up and maybe someday I'll beat one.

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:28 pm**

Maybe I shoulda left an example one!
-bill

Posted: **Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:51 pm**

SongFight Anagrams!
Unscramble the phrases to spell SF song titles. Example: SUCKFEST WITH MADONNA can be re-ordered to read STUCK DOWN A MINESHAFT. Have fun!

01. Singing Goner
02. Minky Character
03. Baritone Fuel Museum
04. Muting Gothic Foe
05. Attempt Stature: Brouhaha
06. Song Reached Memory
07. Names Thou Pro
08. Upsample Basic Tape
09. Wrong Stage, Fool
10. Sings Amid Enemy Lunch

The first one to PM me the correct answers gets to hear me cover one of their songs. Whee!

Posted: **Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:05 pm**

Well, it only took about an hour for Heuristics Inc. to provide the correct answers!
Bill, I look forward to covering one of your songs. I'm on the case!

Posted: **Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:05 pm**

Dang!!!! I had just figured them out.

Posted: **Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:15 pm**

Aww, sorry Niv. Well, next time JimT posts a contest, I won't qualify

But: Woo hoo! Now JimT and I get to cover each other... er, that sounds dirty. I mean it in a platonic way, of course.
-bill

Edit: Renamed thread to include more than one kind of puzzle.

Posted: **Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:45 pm**

I only got the first five before giving up.

Posted: **Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:54 pm**

My favorite Songfighter anagram so far:

Spud of Octothorpe = COP OF THE DROPOUTS

Posted: **Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:10 pm**

I still like SUAVE NOISE YOUTH.

Posted: **Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:25 pm**

this thread makes me long for gooberoo.

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