"I Won't Spoil The Ending" - January 15, 2021
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Phew! My last "once over" worked! On shore!
Nice one...
Nice one...
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I do not care for the accommodations on this ship, nor do I enjoy Isaac's company. But on this ship I, a film lover, find myself, confused and rueful and wondering who's flirting with my cabana boy on the shore.
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PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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A friendly nudge got me to shore, with two minutes to spare! Goodbye Isaac, hello cabana boy!
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BTW, did anyone else see BATHEMAGGOT and think BABE MAGNET and get lost going down that road?
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The swim of shame. Back to boat for me. Did anyone else submit Bambi? I thought answer would end in โIโ then the iambic pentameter thing. Female deer in there too etc etc.but it never completely gelled. Love the solution. Good work to all you code crackers
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I quickly realized that this meta would take extensive research to complete so I cast the puzzle aside and moved on to more pleasurable pursuits for my weekend. When I saw the answer I have no regrets.
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Wendy, in the barn at Primitive Hall do they have Primitive Oates?Wendy Walker wrote: โSun Jan 17, 2021 1:49 pmAny readings taken at that point would automatically be invalid in my case!michaelm wrote: โSun Jan 17, 2021 12:44 pmI have 4 pm doctor appointment Thursday.Wendy Walker wrote: โSun Jan 17, 2021 11:48 am I thought everyone might be amused by the email I just received re: a meeting at the historic house where I volunteer:
"Thursday at 2:00 for our budget meeting. Wendy, we will get you home by 4:00."
http://www.primitivehall.org/index.html
Sure my pulse and blood pressure will be high because of FOMO!
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Well I tried to see if I could mess it up some how and come up with a typically odd answer but I couldn't, the mechanism was just too tight. However, I did learn a valuable lesson, do not just haphazardly Google movies on the Internet...for instance there is a movie called "Coming To" that I managed to find and though I did not watch it I now want to buy a scarf.....
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I never got far enough to go down a wrong road.
I am a man of few...
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This was a very clever mechanism that I didn't see right away but eventually got.
Initially I was thinking it would be a 5 letter animated movie (eg shrek, bambi)
"Coming to" was the first thing that set me down the rabbit hole that showed me the answer. (great movie by the way, watched it again this year)
But I couldn't think of a popular animated movie called "A B _ G S"
I shook my fist at Gaffney after realizing he couldn't spoil the ending.
Initially I was thinking it would be a 5 letter animated movie (eg shrek, bambi)
"Coming to" was the first thing that set me down the rabbit hole that showed me the answer. (great movie by the way, watched it again this year)
But I couldn't think of a popular animated movie called "A B _ G S"
I shook my fist at Gaffney after realizing he couldn't spoil the ending.
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I thought maybe the first part of the answer belonged at the end and it was " MAGGOT BATH" with a leftover "E"
I can't think of a movie where that's a thing that people want to watch...
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I was stumped by HE GOT GAME for a while. I wanted it to be THE something. So I tried backsolving, but I was thinking BOURNE IDENTITY (despite Matt's warning to be careful on that one). With that misstep, I had the letters A B I _ S...aha! The letters would anagram to SIMBA and the answer would be the Lion King. Only when I went back and heeded the warning about BOURNE did I see the mistake and HE GOT GAME jumped right out at me. Really liked it!
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For me, my weekend was spent down two holes:
1) Roman numerals based on the film dates... lots of โIโs and lots of ways to play with spoiling them
2) Reverse engineering 5-letter animated film names. Only RANGO and MIRAI fitted my hypothesis of taking a letter from each long clue in sequence, but I couldnโt align them with the meta.
Very nice puzzle MG - well done solvers!
1) Roman numerals based on the film dates... lots of โIโs and lots of ways to play with spoiling them
2) Reverse engineering 5-letter animated film names. Only RANGO and MIRAI fitted my hypothesis of taking a letter from each long clue in sequence, but I couldnโt align them with the meta.
Very nice puzzle MG - well done solvers!
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I missed one of the themes and came up with ABUS. or A BUS. Sounded like Albus. Itโs always good to check your work, which I did soon after.
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My first--and lenghthiest--rabbit hole started when I discovered that a Disney show called Johnny and the Sprites had a song called Welcome to Grotto's Grove.. Followed by Googling animated movies for the various years.
Then I tried things with "I". That Bourne in Melbourne kept bugging me and then I realized the mechanism.
Then I tried things with "I". That Bourne in Melbourne kept bugging me and then I realized the mechanism.
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The part that I consider "Matt Gaffneyesque" is that you apply a mechanism at the end that you already used to get there. So after finding the first two words of the 3-word movie titles, you then fill in the 3rd word of the title. This then gets you to the first two words of another 3-word title, and you have to fill in the 3rd word. When Matt uses this, it reminds me of one of my favorites, "Where's the Rest?" where you pluralized words and found the homonym that ended in 'ze', which gave you 'dough' to which you did the same thing to get 'doze'.HunterX wrote: โSun Jan 17, 2021 5:58 pmI find it rare to have that nagging doubt you refer to, though I have been there. (e.g. With MMMM puzzles.) With Matt Gaffney and Mike Shenk, it's usually a 100%-er. The pieces just fall into place so beautifully. This one (no spoiler) uses a mechanism that I (IMHO) consider very "Matt Gaffneyesque."RichA2 wrote: โSun Jan 17, 2021 4:44 pm So this is one of those where I think Iโm on shore, but with a nagging doubt that it might be the wrong shore. Iโm going to submit tonight before the deadline, and in the meantime plan to keep looking for the tiki hut to make sure Iโm in the right place.