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80 Comments
Tahnan
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:05 PM |
First. Not easy, because some of the pictures are a little misleading. (The dog, for instance, has to be pretty seriously mispronounced; the picture with all the British children in it is actually focused on a particular hand-held detail.)
Arnott
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:09 PM |
Argh, can't get the Harry Potter one.
EDIT: Thanks [1]
blahmcblah
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:09 PM |
Need the handcar and the castle. Salt?
scarver
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:11 PM |
[3] The 'castle' is not a castle but a popular tourist destination. The handcar is used for railway repair.
k1w1
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:11 PM |
I don't recognise the S D torch one.
Hope2002
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:12 PM |
[1] Never would have gotten that on my own.
befriendmantic
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:14 PM |
[5] I'm stuck on the same one...
JLRobert
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:18 PM |
[5] It's where Rockefeller would fill up.
EDIT--Had a problem with the handcart, but then I remembered the theme.
martinp13
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:17 PM |
Still don't get the handcar one... it's a "handcar", dammit. :)
Arnott
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:19 PM |
[3], [4], [9] Actually the handcar one isn't about the handcar. It's one of the workers on it. Not a great clue, but, for some odd reason, I knew it, anyway.
[5] The torch one is an old gas company logo.
JLRobert
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:19 PM |
[9] Who's on the car?
amaries80
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:19 PM |
3 where is that castle?
befriendmantic
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:19 PM |
[8] Thanks! Never heard of it, but got it from google images.
scarver
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:20 PM |
[9]The men who built the railways needed someone who could straiten the rails and had to walk a funny way. They got a nickname from that walk that fits the theme.
JLRobert
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:20 PM |
[3] I'm familiar with the castle, so it put me in a happy(est) place.
BigSlick
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:21 PM |
[9] No kidding; plus, it fits the theme!
k1w1
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:21 PM |
OK, that was tough. Never heard of that railway worker before.
blahmcblah
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:23 PM |
[14] Pretty sure I've never heard that word in my life.
QurqirishDragon
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:25 PM |
My first guess on the Harry Potter one was "Gryfandor," which was particularly satisfying, since it would have had an "if" and an "and" (and an "or" for that matter)
Too bad it was wrong.
I needed a crossword solver for the rail car one. I never would have gotten the word otherwise.
JLRobert
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:28 PM |
[13] It was the first megacorporation until the USSC ordered it dismantled, about 100 years ago. Its children include ExxonMobil (both parts of it), Chevron, Amoco, ARCO, Conoco and Penzoil.
Thus ends the history lesson for the day...
Crockerdile
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:27 PM |
dingo!, for cryin' out loud
heatherlouwho
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:28 PM |
Woo HOO!
magicode
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:34 PM |
any help with the dust storm?
julzlady
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:34 PM |
There's a saloon (attached to a railway station-turned fancy restaurant) by the name of the railway worker here in Pittsburgh. Otherwise I never would have heard of it, either.
buggy
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:35 PM |
[23] Despite the picture and the historical reference, that's not dust. Shoulda' been set in the desert.
scarver
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:36 PM |
[23] It could be Iraq 2003 instead of Oklahoma 1930. What's the silica called that's blowing around?
julzlady
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:36 PM |
[23] It isn't dust. Imagine it were in...maybe...Arizona.
rissa2sassy
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:39 PM |
Any salt on the British children picture?
magicode
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:39 PM |
[25][26][27] Thanks - I had put PANHANDLE since that's where this occurred during the 1930's and it fit. However, got it with your help.
GertSoB
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:39 PM |
don't look at the boy.
scarver
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:39 PM |
[28] check the circled image. and [1]'s comments.
HokumDigital
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:40 PM |
[25][26][27] D'oh! Thanks. I had PANHANDLE and couldn't figure out what other answer was wrong!
Heh.
amaries80
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:41 PM |
any salt for the harry potter one?
scarver
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:45 PM |
[32] / [29] I'll be darned. PANHANDLE does work there.
rissa2sassy
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:46 PM |
[31] Thanks! I got it and I am not even a Harry Potter fan..
jtotheh
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:47 PM |
Still can't figure out the Harry Potter one, at least not if I got the handcar operators word correct, and I can't think of anything else that fits there.
scarver
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 07:49 PM |
[36] There's an old movie called "Harry in Your Pocket" about pickpockets. It had a slogan. Tonight the slogan is wrong.
seagull
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 08:07 PM |
re: 34 The name of an old Fleetwood Mac song fit, too - and was also wrong. Got it all now, though. Thanks!
jtotheh
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 08:11 PM |
My goodness. I had all of the answers except for the Harry Potter one in a matter of minutes, but I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. That's what I get for looking for a more orthographically unified answer.
EDIT: Plus, that distinction didn't come to mind. I suppose there could me more run-of-the-mill things of that type, but you usually disregard those.
dingo262
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 08:33 PM |
Hey, an all-time best for me!
You solved this puzzle in 0 seconds and were the 156th Tanga member to solve it
travelocity
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 08:39 PM |
Handcar help?
monocle
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 08:45 PM |
I agree with [1]... some of those were a stretch.
shrapnel
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 08:58 PM |
Stuck on the handcar, even with all the salt.
squigsdad
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 09:35 PM |
Not only did I feel like I accomplished something doing a puzzle, I learned about Moose turds!
travelocity
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 09:10 PM |
[44] good salt, ty
ronster0
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 09:23 PM |
44... awesome.. thanks.
shrapnel
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 09:33 PM |
[44] Thanks! I think that's the most obscure word I've ever seen in a Tanga puzzle, by far.
Fez
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 09:33 PM |
43 google the pittsburgh train station bar where you'd see those guys
Euphrasie
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 09:56 PM |
Still cannot get the Harry Potter one. :| I get the focus for the theme part, but can't make a word out of it...
dlandon2000
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:20 PM |
AAAAGGGHHH I've been at this for hours that stupid car is unfindable even with all the salt, and for the life of me I can't get anything from moose turds either.
Help!?!
LordKrishna
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:31 PM |
[49] It's not one word, but two, that you are looking for. The word you are likely thinking of is the second. The first one is probably something you are assuming, given that it's Harry Potter...
-K
LordKrishna
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:32 PM |
[50] Use the method suggested by [48]. Do it now. It will turn up in the top ten. If you try saloon instead of bar, you'll see it even clearer...
-K
monocle
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:35 PM |
[50] I don't remember the exact words I searched for but it involved a majority of what was said in [14] and I managed to find it. I've never seen it before.
dlandon2000
Posted on Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:53 PM |
phew finally, thanks for all the salt.
steven807
Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:41 AM |
[44] Wow, I was sure I had _never_ heard that word, but that reference made me re-listen to a "song" I first heard on Dr. Demento 30+ years ago, and sure enough, there's the word!
Fez
Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2008 05:25 AM |
have all except the harry potter clue. I'm clueless.
scoutmom
Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2008 06:09 AM |
[56] Look at the center picture. After all, theres more to casting a spell than "expecto patronum"!
escKey
Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2008 06:58 AM |
[56] There's a lot of (necessary) red herrings in the clue. Focus on the center photo.
The handcar was the pain for me. I got it by answering the Harry Potter clue first, then looking for railroad slang. There is a Muer Seafood resturant by that name.
killerkarl2222
Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2008 08:55 AM |
Am i dumb for not understanding the theme, or am I simply taking the theme to literally. I got the puzzle fairly quickly but I think I missed something.
madhatternalice
Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2008 08:57 AM |
i can't believe that i'm stuck on the first one...any salt, please? i've got everything else...
ctettam9
Posted on Tue Jan 15, 2008 09:31 AM |
I got the puzzle, but don't have the theme....not that it's important at this point! I got my 20!