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[Water Set] Silver #255 - Clinical Explanation
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Vivixect
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Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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jazzychad wrote:
Darnitall... I know what it is but won't have the code until I get home from work! Thanks to all for hints/clues, esp edzepp.

The following does not contain the answer but a conjecture about how we were supposed to interpret the card:
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Perhaps it was not Ishi that was spelled on the card, but instead the first letter was a '1' (one) so we were supposed to look at shi1, which definitely applies...
Thoughts?

Also I've found two ways of spelling it... I only have one guess left for today, so I hope I guess the right one! Shocked



The answer is actually very logical:

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Read the last line of the poem. Then think about what you've read.


PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:30 pm
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jazzychad
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 		Dangit! I knew we should look for an 'explanation' for that poem... I had read it even before someone posted a link to it on the forum.. then I got distracted and never really thought about it anymore. Oh well... c'est la vie... makes perfect sense now. All in all, a very cool puzzle.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:40 pm
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BBuck
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Joined: 13 Dec 2005
Posts: 184
Vivixect wrote:
jazzychad wrote:
Darnitall... I know what it is but won't have the code until I get home from work! Thanks to all for hints/clues, esp edzepp.

The following does not contain the answer but a conjecture about how we were supposed to interpret the card:
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Perhaps it was not Ishi that was spelled on the card, but instead the first letter was a '1' (one) so we were supposed to look at shi1, which definitely applies...
Thoughts?

Also I've found two ways of spelling it... I only have one guess left for today, so I hope I guess the right one! Shocked



The answer is actually very logical:

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Read the last line of the poem. Then think about what you've read.


I think jazzychad is on the right lines.

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The first character of the answer (in Mandarin) is shi1


Not sure about the second character though. I think there may be a link to the missing strokes, but it's not perfect.

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:07 pm
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jazzychad
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 		Well, I finally got home and got the solve correct. What a suspenseful day!! The leaderboard just got a new leader from someone solving this card... congrats doublecross...

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:23 pm
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jayito
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Joined: 15 Jul 2006
Posts: 26
Location: Pett, near Hastings, UK

 		Well, I was clearly barking up the wrong tree! But I've finally got it now. Thanks for the hints though guys - great puzzle!

I wonder what the lettuce was all about though...?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:25 pm
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tc
Boot

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 13

 		AT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST!!!!

As I was locked out late last night, I had to wait until now (1:17am) to be able to answer. It was a long long wait.

The person who lead us to answer the question
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doesn't seem to have answered it yet. He/she probably has been locked out and waiting, too. Or if he doesn't realise it, then that is tragic.

I think I figured out the actual chinese word.

The first charactor is
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jiang - this charactor contains 1 man, 2 paddyfields, 3 "one"s - Well, don't take it as a clue. It might make your search more difficult unless you know chinese charactors well

The second charactor is
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shi, as we all now know


I thougt the plant in the background was a type of adiantum. I remember I used to have it long time ago. I was going to pop into a garden centre today, but it is no longer necessary. Very Happy

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:36 pm
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Tintintin
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Joined: 20 Apr 2006
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Location: London
jayito wrote:
I wonder what the lettuce was all about though...?

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I think the card background illustrates the transition from floppy vibrant vegetation to rigid deadwood...


PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:50 am
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The_Cube
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Joined: 07 Aug 2006
Posts: 126
Location: Sitting at my computer...DUH!!!

 		Stiffening at death
republicof1 wrote:
i own the card and im gonna try a few thing based on what im about to say but could all this be based on the lion-eating poem found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den.

after all art expert Aiko is the desighner of this one!

the end of it asks what is the explainationtion

perhapse this is the question that we need to answer



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just tried
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black death, stone dead, stone drunk

but all failed
hmmm.....
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i was thinking along the lines of another term for rigamortis


Thanks for all the hints guys finnaly solved it my brain(if it's turned on) was inpenetrable to everything except the clue telling me to look at the post before Vivi's(Kicking myself for not getting it earlier)got locked out trying things that had already been tried but being me I was to stupid not to look at the next post(s) saying they had been tried........... Crying or Very sad Didn't get in top ten wasn't really excpecting to but anyway..........Need more cards meanwhile let's all go to the Billion To One forum..............................

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:09 am
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ramsfan
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Joined: 07 Sep 2005
Posts: 232
Location: holmfirth, yorks

 		What do you call a funeral parlour in Latvia?

Thought I'd added this as an edit to yesterday's post but it doesn't seem to have worked. Sorry if I've missed it and am duplicating.
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cheetahfur
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Joined: 26 Jul 2006
Posts: 21
Location: Warrington, England

 		Could the background be a BIG clue and we are missing it.

I am thinking about SKIN, like the layers of skin, from new living tissue, to dead epethilios (I know the word but cant spell it)

So something to do with skin conditions could be the answer.

I AM LOCKED OUT NOW (CRIES)

If this is correct and you get 1st solve you owe me! Wink

Tried- sweat rash, dry skin... TO NO AVAIL!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:41 am
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doublecross
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Joined: 25 Jul 2005
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Location: London, UK

 		Er, cheetafur, 62 people have already solved this card...
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:07 am
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tc
Boot

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
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tc wrote:

The person who lead us to answer the question
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doesn't seem to have answered it yet. He/she probably has been locked out and waiting, too. Or if he doesn't realise it, then that is tragic.



Oh, No.........
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You still havn't answered it.... We all owe you. Please notice that it is YOU!!!


PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:53 am
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cheetahfur
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Joined: 26 Jul 2006
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Location: Warrington, England

 		Im a thick arse...

lol


I think i know the right anwers now. But I really am not sure lol...

Dont worry, after a few thousand do it I will work it out. lol

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could it possible be brain dead
or is that just a description of me!

PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:56 pm
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obrienk
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Joined: 28 Jun 2006
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cheetahfur wrote:

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could it possible be brain dead
or is that just a description of me!


couldn't possibly comment on that, but it's not the right answer Smile

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cheetahfur
Boot

Joined: 26 Jul 2006
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Location: Warrington, England

 		See... im so useless, im useless at being useless...

I just probally havnt looked in the right place, but i dont want to just look up the answer! that defeats the object.


Im good at these ones though *waves handful of red cards*

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