Cryptopix

Feels like there were a lot of stretches in here. Maybe it's just me.

I got the first line... dat's it! :)

[1] Not just you - but that helped me guess.

Wow.. reeeally huge gaping stretches ... I'm speechless...

Middle line has me totally flustered

I got it but I don't know how I got it

hmmm... that was some stretched out meatloaf, for sure.

You solved this puzzle in 2 minutes and 22 seconds and were the 31st Tanga member to solve it. You earned 80 points for solving this.

Good puzzle!

You've stared at this puzzle for 23 minutes and 45 seconds and aren't close to solving it. You've been snickered at 104 times for not solving this.

Too many pronunciation stretches for me.

[10] That's cute. Unfortunately I can fall into that category too.
(well, actually I solved the other dailies first, so it isn't 23 minutes yet for me :-)

[10] LOL
[11] ditto!

[7] good salt, would have never gotten it without that.

Any salt for the ends of the middle line?

A chef's hat would have been a bit of a better fit than the Habs stocking cap, eh?

And I agree that there are a LOT of LONG stretches in pronunciation.

Way to many stretches. I still don't see how the hat fits for what goes in that part of the answer.

BTW, 22 minutes and 43, so I guess i DON'T fall into that category after all.

[17] Not a hat...ask Bob and Doug.

[edit] nevermind, comment became repetitive.

Even though that tuque a lot longer than most cryptopixes, it was still a lot of fun!

Holy crap... that was PAINFUL. Never would have gotten it without [18]. If you look up pictures of that, it almost never has the ball on top. I was stuck on 'hat'. Just imagine you have a mouthful of marbles... then when you read the clues, it sounds like what the answer is. ;)

That was great salt (7), thanks.

Sorry, that was just not good.

that was a greater stretch than me in a size small t-shirt....

You are a freaking genius!!, you solved this puzzle.
You solved this puzzle in 25 minutes and 13 seconds and were the 117th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 10 points for solving this.

Once I looked up what a 'Canadian' hat was it clicked right away thanks [18]

I have to agree, that stretched too far for credibility.

wow, this is really an interesting stretch. Nice work by the creator in putting this together. It was very challenging

It amazes me that people can recognize that there are ridiculous stretches here (how exactly does "fr" become "m" in the last line?) and yet think it was "nice work...putting this together". This never should have made it past the (hypothetical?) editing stage.

Thank you [7] for your seasoning.

Bed time. too pooped to think this out. finish it tomorrow. up yours.

[18] did it to [19]

You might say life

imitates tanga

Now I did it to myself.

Awful puzzle.

[28] I agree. Fry + Malph = my mouth?

Ow... just ow.

It's night, but it's not even summer or hot.

[7] Thanks. Otherwise...

You solved this puzzle in 5 minutes and 44 seconds and were the 213rd Tanga member to solve it. You earned 10 points for solving this.

(7)Thanks.

[7] and [18] did it for me! Thanks. Some of the words are a bit of a stretch, but you can get it if you read the posts.

This puzzle is more of a stretch than the plotlines on 24!

You solved this puzzle in 5 minutes and 3 seconds and were the 279th Tanga member to solve it.

[7] and [18] definitely helps. Thanks for the salt!

just awful

Painful.....

Once I decided to take the hint from [16] and look up what the proper name for a chef's hat is (and already knowing that I'd have to be very loose with pronunciation from what's been commented on a lot), the rest fell into place.

I try not to give negative criticism, but while I find that a single pronunciation stretch is OK, and can even be witty or pleasurable, this one is so distorted that it seems like a Dali painting. And not in a good way.

without the posts this one was totally out there. thanks for all the salt

Thanks, [7], couldn't have done it without you.

Way too stretched. But I'm "shocked" at the answer.

I finally got it after all the salt, but how did the first person who got it actually figure it out? Excruciating...

accidental auto repeat

I finally got it after all the salt, but how did the first person who got it actually figure it out? Excruciating...

The only reason i got this was because of(18). Then it just clicked

I never realized you had such a severe speech impediment, fachanlahd. LOL

Some huge stretches here. I was in the top ten on the other 3 puzzles last night, but stumped on this one. I was saying all sorts of nonsense phrases out loud, but nothing sounded familiar to me. Sheesh!!

goat

this was a good one. The TV show that had cryptopix was more along the lines of this puzzle and not always straight forward like what we usually get.

I have a board game called Mad Gab which creates phrases that are like this and you have to figure it out.

I guess when you do it like this it is a lot of peoples "Ache Hilly Seal"

[7] thanks without that clue I'd never have gotten this.

Salt: That's a Canadian hat

A puzzle with Canadian salt - eh? got it in 5 min after salt from [20}

[7] good salt. But trying to figure out the answers after looking at the pictures, the forest makes no sense and the Futurama character makes no sense. Aside from that, never make a puzzle like that again... EVER.

EVER!

You are a freaking genius!!, you solved this puzzle.
You solved this puzzle in 3 minutes and 54 seconds and were the 376th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 10 points for solving this.

wow, that was a REAL stretch.

Worst. Puzzle. Ever.

lousy. but i got it.
the 434th Tanga member to solve.

fry malph = my mouth? REALLY?

poor poor puzzle

awful. just terrible.

ya i gotta agree that was bad, it took [63]'s obvious hint to make it. i had to alternate possible values for the 4th clue and I have no idea what that hat is, although canadians might. its hard making culture relevant puzzles on the w w w.