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LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

[SOLVED] The Unraveling.solipsism

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:08 pm

LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

If you're as tired of me of reloading that ninebynine page, here's the image off of it.

http://www.theunraveling.com/bamspastic.gif

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:12 pm

JustLurking · Guest

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:15 pm

LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

And I can't hear it (plug in troubles), but the song on solipsism is Ben, by Michael Jackson, which was the title song of the killer rat movie Ben, the sequel to the original Willard.

Mark has left us another message in the source. I won't quote the whole thing but the general gist of it is <--makeitstopmakeitstop, etc.-->.

I guess we should start identifying the meese?

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:16 pm

TJ229ER

Picture with numbers for ease of disscussion.
7.Ralph S. Mouse

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:30 pm

eMouse · Decorated Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 179

Well, the layout of the poem/quote at the bottom is from Alice In Wonderland - as a mouse tells its sad story her mind wanders and she stares at its tail, shaping her perception of the poem.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:31 pm

owler · Boot Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 22

Number 1 is Despereuax from The Tale of Despereuax by Kate DiCamillo, won the Newberry Award this year.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0763617229/qid=1099186502/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-9452854-4231106?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:35 pm

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LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

The two big circles at the top left and top right are very Mickey Mouse-ish.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:36 pm

dishboy

Here are the mice:

First row:
Desperaux (from book "The Tales of Despereaux")
?
Algernon (from movie "Flowers For Algernon")

Second row:
Ignatz (from comic strip "Krazy Kat")
Dormouse (from book "Alice in Wonderland")

Third row:
Mattias/Matthew/Martin (from book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh")
Ralph S. Mouse (from book "The Mouse and the Motorcycle")
Mattimeo (from "Redwall")

Fourth row:
?
Reepicheep (from book series "The Chronicles of Narnia")
Mr. Jangles (from book "The Green Mile")
Ratbert (from comic strip "Dilbert")

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TJ229ER

I tried mickey, willie, disney, walt. None of which worked.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:38 pm

eMouse · Decorated Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 179

4. Ignatz Mouse (Krazy Kat)
5. Doormouse (Alice in Wonderland)

12. Ratbert (Dilbert)

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:38 pm

LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

I just want to keep the possibility open that this page is a dead end. As in "Rats! That wasn't the right answer!"

I just say this because the last answer seemed almost too easy. The clue we had was "eighty one squared" and from that we get "ninebynine"? It seems like a leap. I only tried it because it fit the song.

I don't know. It's not likely, but it's always a possibility that we're on the wild goose (or mouse) chase with this page.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:16 pm

ItsMeAgain · Guest

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:06 pm

LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

I doubt it's a full solve, but it's a good find, nonetheless.

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:09 pm

LordKinbote · Decorated Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 261

The "heigh ho" line seems to be a reference to "The Frog He Would a Wooing Go", a nursery rhyme. It does make mention of a rat and Mrs. Mouse.

Or it could be, more likely "The Farmer in the Dell". But the CHEESE stands alone in that song, though we do hear "heigh-ho the derry-o".

**Posted:** Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:18 pm