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konamouse

Hey, a puzzle with my 'name' in it Laughing

Round and round it goes, and where it stops, nobody knows.

Game of chance?

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:33 am

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LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

Found a VERY slight new page:

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:55 am

konamouse

So, is it the "mice" or is the "men" (the authors)?

First row:
Desperaux (from book "The Tales of Despereaux") - Kate Dicamillo
Vera the Mouse - Marjolein Bastin
Algernon (from movie "Flowers For Algernon") - Daniel Keyes

Second row:
Ignatz (from comic strip "Krazy Kat") - George Harriman
Dormouse (from book "Alice in Wonderland") - Lewis Carroll

Third row:
Mattias/Matthew/Martin (from book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh") - Robert O'Brien
Ralph S. Mouse (from book "The Mouse and the Motorcycle") - Beverly Cleary
Mattimeo (from "Redwall") - Brian Jacques

Fourth row:
Mouse from The Night before Xmas?
Reepicheep (from book series "The Chronicles of Narnia") - CS Lewis
Mr. Jangles (from book "The Green Mile") - Stephen King
Ratbert (from comic strip "Dilbert") - Scott Adams

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Coopster · Boot Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 53

Well I tried all of the easy steinbeck allusions
steinbeck
johnsteinbeck
lennie
george
ofmiceandmen

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 1:26 am

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konamouse

Tried: mouse, mice, konamouse (hehehe), mickey, minnie, mickeymouse, disney, waltdisney. No dice.

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:06 am

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mmdoogie

Mouse Number 2 is Vera

Image Here: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00003IPFE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

From Vera the Mouse -- Mr. Mole's Surprise
By Marjolein Bastin.

--mrm

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:10 am

LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

Could "stick it to the man" mean that "amos" is a suffix? Or maybe that something similar to "amos" is a suffix?

I tried every -mous word to no avail, even though I thought "autonomous" would make the perfect answer given the solipsism connection to self.

Someone try some other similar suffixes.

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 3:39 am

LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

A clue from Ed:

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:31 pm

konamouse

Looks like we were on the right track last night in chat. Here is my email from Ed:

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RobMagus

"In the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, a field mouse named Mrs. Frisby, her first name is never mentioned, must seek out the aid of a rogue group of rats"

I guess the name we use, then, is "Frisby".

David Frm_r, Jr?

The missing letter -has- to be a vowel. Either that, or we've got one of the names wrong. Or we're on the wrong track entirely.

Onwards!

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:14 pm

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Of course! That's the only possible explanation!

dishboy

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:23 pm

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konamouse

Does the character have a son????
Yup, the narrator, Adam.

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:30 pm

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dishboy

It's all coming together... apparently "The Farmer in the Dell" (from ben.html) figures prominently into "I am the Cheese":

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/cheese/terms/theme_3.html

Adam is the mouse that stands alone... but what's the solve? I tried all of the obvious stuff related to his name...

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:36 pm

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dishboy

Solved!

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GMonger · Boot Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 62 Location: NYC

Thanks to dishboy and all his "I am the cheese stuff"

Read the spark notes, and took what seemed like the next logical step to me.

**Posted:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 4:42 pm