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Ace
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Joined: 22 Sep 2011
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HSoup wrote:
Ok...how about this than. Much more revealing hint:

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The title of the puzzle initially is a clue, as well.


Nope, nope, still not getting it. Might as well ask to me to explain how arcon energy can be safely consumed by a non corporeal being.

... except I can explain that.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:48 am
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Bestable
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Nah, been considering it and just not getting it. Getting bored of TMT's last few puzzles.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:50 am
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caf
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Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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 		Ahhh, finally got it.

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As people hinted, it's a SYNONYM for the hint (the hint isn't descriptive, as I originally assumed). The "we" is the criminals, not us the solvers - and the answer is a common phrase of the detectives & thieves genre. I googled related queries and quickly stumbled on something that jogged my memory. The solutions page pointed out that a couple of hints were given in the puzzle, only one of which I spotted - but maybe knowing they exist will help you find them.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:53 am
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Ace
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caf wrote:
Ahhh, finally got it.

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As people hinted, it's a SYNONYM for the hint (the hint isn't descriptive, as I originally assumed). The "we" is the criminals, not us the solvers - and the answer is a common phrase of the detectives & thieves genre. I googled related queries and quickly stumbled on something that jogged my memory. The solutions page pointed out that a couple of hints were given in the puzzle, only one of which I spotted - but maybe knowing they exist will help you find them.


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What does the phrase 'The Usual Way We Work' have to be a synonym to? Heck, I know it from an old Japanese folk song that has nothing to do with thieving.


PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:55 am
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HSoup
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 		 Umm....
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What does the phrase 'The Usual Way We Work' have to be a synonym to? Heck, I know it from an old Japanese folk song that has nothing to do with thieving.


You know that's not the phrase, right? It's only slightly, yet fundamentally, different.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:00 am
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locomotive
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 		no cigar
Ace wrote:
caf wrote:
Ahhh, finally got it.

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
As people hinted, it's a SYNONYM for the hint (the hint isn't descriptive, as I originally assumed). The "we" is the criminals, not us the solvers - and the answer is a common phrase of the detectives & thieves genre. I googled related queries and quickly stumbled on something that jogged my memory. The solutions page pointed out that a couple of hints were given in the puzzle, only one of which I spotted - but maybe knowing they exist will help you find them.


Spoiler (Rollover to View):
What does the phrase 'The Usual Way We Work' have to be a synonym to? Heck, I know it from an old Japanese folk song that has nothing to do with thieving.


Still no idea. I'm beginning to think I just don't know this phrase.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:02 am
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Ace
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Joined: 22 Sep 2011
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 		Re: Umm....
HSoup wrote:
Quote:
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What does the phrase 'The Usual Way We Work' have to be a synonym to? Heck, I know it from an old Japanese folk song that has nothing to do with thieving.


You know that's not the phrase, right? It's only slightly, yet fundamentally, different.


It's what I'm getting from the puzzle. Slightly yet completely different. So it's like a soap bubble universe attached to our universe only completely not a bubble, but more like a plug hole.

Or is it 'Thistles When We Work'? Because I know I've hummed that a thousand times on the farm. But that's probably not it, it's not referring to theft either.

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babo
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 		still don't get it
is this phrase in french or english?
is it really obvious?

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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		Really hate it when it boils down to "Guess what I'm thinking." and my brain is wired differently.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:10 am
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Noanymous
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 		Re: no cigar
locomotive wrote:
Still no idea. I'm beginning to think I just don't know this phrase.

Same here.

The unlockable hints to the puzzle are (as often) completely useless. Only the third one is about "solving the riddle" and all it adds is
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it's a non-english phrase


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bibes
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 		UGH
I'm glad to see i'm not the only one who's stuck on this :/ I got the the second clue, but can't figure out how to apply it.

PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:12 am
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HSoup
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Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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 		Re: still don't get it
babo wrote:
is this phrase in french or english?
is it really obvious?


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The answer is in neither of those languages.


The answer will seem more obvious after you know it, but that's always the case, isn't it? I felt stupid for not getting it faster, but I feel stupid a lot, so that might be me.

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Ace
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Joined: 22 Sep 2011
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 		A 'guess what I'm thinking' puzzle that's not in English. Brilliant. Might as well make the answer a random number between one and a hundred and assure you that it's a prime number, or an even number. This isn't a puzzle, this is a guessing game. There's no point in trying to solve a guessing game, you can't solve a guessing game. You either know the bit of trivia or you don't.

If it helps anyone, it's not the title to any Japanese folk songs or any Japanese phrases. But, outside of that, I don't read obscure crime novels to begin with, and certainly not ones not in English, so I'm useless at this puzzle.

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Rogi Ocnorb
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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 		Okay. I'm familiar with the phrase; But, based on the clues I was "supposed" to use to get it, I gotta say that none of that even crossed my mind.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:28 am
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paramis
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Joined: 02 May 2011
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 		Mystery Ongoing
The language thing:

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TMT has a history of using one specific non-English language, going back to the very first theorem and some of the more fiendish puzzles. Our guest puzzler shows that, like M, she is also versed in its use.


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