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[SPEC] Princess/Flea 2nd Conversation - Discuss

[TridenT]

I was thinking this exact thing earlier today. I had no idea what to make of it, though, because I'm a sleep-deprived cubicle slave. My brain was at a loss for what to do with the information, but clearly something is in the Princess' dialogue with the Flea. I almost wonder if it isn't another "kitchen" -style reference, but I tried a few of the numbers in .html form and got 404'd.

I'm tired right now, but someone with a hankering for number crunching ought to look into this sometime.

Quick edit, now that I'm thinking about it: 10/6 could mean October 6th something may occur utilizing baloons, or something.... Or it could be I'm off my rocker entirely.

Second edit, because I just caught this--Tycho's from my town! Holy shiest, I never thought I'd find another Beekeeper from K-town!

[gheritt]

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[TridenT]

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[Kobun]

Well, Mad Hatter's got the same sign/fraction on his hat in the Disney Version also...

http://disney.go.com/characters/activities/facts/madhatter/index.html

[DM]

I think that the SP was just teasing the Flea. But I wouldn'd doubt her making references to things in doing so. I'm willing to bet they hold no story reference, just reminding us that the the Sleeping Princess learnt from the things we sent her.

[gheritt]

I'm pretty sure there's no specific mention of the fraction in the text itself, but the illustration I linked comes from the first edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (well, first edition of the book under that name -- it gets complicated). Sir John Tenniel, the illustrator, is the best-known illustrator of Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. I'd say the illustrations are famous enough that "10/6 in this style" has become a definite part of the Mad Hatter's attire.

[DM]

There are actually already a lot of topics discussing the Princess/Flea's second discussion on the LookingGlass page. I think it would be a better idea to continue discussion there, since it's all about the same thing really. No point having 7 topics talking about just 1/7th of something.

EDIT: Eck, forget I said anything. This school computer sucks, and I only just loaded it completely and realised it was locked. ^^;;

[gheritt]

Er, that one's locked.

Edit: actually, this thread is the only one I see currently discussing this. Why not continue?

[ScarpeGrosse]

The aforementioned thread was for the deciphering of the puzzle hidden in the jpgs.

This thread is meant to discuss the actual "meaning" behind what the text found after deciphering the puzzle.

Please continue discussion on that here.

[TridenT]

Does it seem to anyone else like the Sleeping Princess has a wide-ranged fairy-tale basis on which to draw all of her clues, puzzles and statements? So far, we've seen Alice hints, Snow White hints, and if Sleeping Princess isn't a dead-ringer for Sleeping Beauty, I'd be highly surprised.

Who knows? Perhaps our next clue will lead to pumpkin.html and we'll read some text talking about mice and stepsisters...

[HitsHerMark]

Seek balloons!
Behold balloons!
Reveal balloons!

Made me think of this...


"It's like this," Pooh said. "When you go after honey with a balloon,
the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming. Now, if you
have a green ballon, they might think you were only part of the tree,
and not notice you, and if you have a blue balloon, they might think
you were only part of the sky, and not notice you, and the question
is: Which is most likely?"

"Wouldn't they notice YOU underneath the balloon?" Christopher Robin asked.

"They might or they might not," said Winnie-the- Pooh. "You never can
tell with bees."

(from "Winnie-the-Pooh")


And yes... I did send it to the Sleeping Princess via her email... Because, I mean, why not?

[sherpa]

[improvius]

from http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000508.html :

What does the "10/6" mean on the Mad Hatter's hat from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland?
Ashley
Santa Clara, California

Dear Ashley:
We began by searching Yahoo! for "Alice in Wonderland." We were rewarded with 2 categories and 20 sites about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (the complete title of the Lewis Carroll book). We suspected the site from Carnegie Mellon University might offer some scholarly insight, so off we headed.
Once there, we found an image of The Mad Hatter's Tea Party by an illustrator named Tenniel. In the picture, the piece of paper attached to the Mad Hatter's top hat reads "In this style 10/6." Looked like a price tag to us, but we wanted to be sure, so we continued on.

We returned to Yahoo! and typed in "Tenniel," which led us to the Sir John Tenniel category in the Yahoo! directory. We clicked around and found a biography of the illustrator. Sir John Tenniel was a prolific and noted illustrator who produced over 2,000 cartoons, including many caricatures and political cartoons for the satirical magazine Punch. But we still hadn't found a reference to the mysterious "10/6."

Back at Yahoo! we typed in "the Mad Hatter," and browsed through a list of site matches, but nothing looked promising, so we went on to the web page matches. A site about Mad Hatter Day piqued our curiosity so we headed there. We learned that Mad Hatter Day is the "second silly day" of the year (the first being April Fool's Day) and is celebrated on 10/6 (October 6 in the United States; June 10 in Britain). Was the "10/6" a reference to a date?

Looking for confirmation, we clicked on a link to another Mad Hatter Day page. At last we found our answer. The site explains that while Mad Hatter Day is celebrated on 10/6 in honor of the number on the top hat, "some astute observers have noted that the paper in the Mad Hatter's Hat was really an order to make a hat in the style shown, to cost ten shillings sixpence."

There you have it -- the "10/6" appears to be the price of the hat. So, next time you pass someone on the street wearing a hat with the price tag still attached, you can thank (or blame) John Tenniel for starting this revolutionary fashion trend.

[ThunderRazor]

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