Feb 06, 2011 Cryptopix Puzzle

One of my favorite sayings! I got it after the first 2 images :-)

awesome.... I was a biology major

Boy, there's a blast from the past!

Thank you, Google!

#26

awesome!! glad I paid attention to my professor when he shared that little tidbit :)

[1] You don't say!

3 minutes and 57 seconds and I was 21st! Woo-hoo! I got the 2nd row and had the 1st row but couldn't spell it for google to assist. Once I picked out the right word in the last picture (stupid me), I got it close enough for google to correct me. Added the 2nd word and... voila! I had the answer. Whatever it is.

And, yes, I did like it. Really! :)

[1] but challenging doesn't mean bad.

#%$#^&^ spelling! Probably would have done better than 29th. Ah well, not bad considering I'd never encountered this before. Well clued. Thanks!

Nine minutes in and I'm 55th? Wow. As for the solution, Huh???

For those with spelling problems, once again I'll say: "get a spell-check for your browser" Right clicking on a form field and selecting spell-check is much faster than hoping google's autocomplete will work.

Once I quit thinking about the cabbage I ate, I worked it out!

[3] thanks, I needed to google your major with what I had to get the quote. Don't think I ever heard it before.

You solved this puzzle in 7 minutes and 6 seconds and were the 78th Tanga member to solve it.

WOO-HOO... top 100 in Cryptopix AND OWW. Nice night!

Wooooo . . ! Never heard of it. Seems I need to learn something tonight. Tks Google. 81st in 12+.

You solved this puzzle in 4 minutes and 55 seconds and were the 82nd Tanga member to solve it.

Many thanks to my mother in-law and step father in-law who helped me brainstorm this one. :)

You are a freaking genius!! You solved this puzzle.

You solved this puzzle in 5 minutes and 31 seconds and were the 86th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 25 points for solving this.

[11] Google's "did you mean..." helped me here...

You solved this puzzle in 12 minutes and 6 seconds and were the 89th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 22 points for solving this.

Wow. I would have never gotten that without [3]!

Sub 100 for Cryptopix and OWW... first time!

[12] Same here. Barely snuck in at 99th.

darn! 101st! need to lern ti tipe!

[2] I KNEW I made this too easy.

[22] LOL

[22] RIGHT! I can't believe this was HARDER than the one word wonder. Good puzzle even though it took forever to figure this out.

Got it, but that black image on left middle, all I see is a squiggly white line. I think I know what it is suppesed to be, but just can't see it.

Otherwise, nice one!

This is not easy, not a nice one, nor a "fun" puzzle. I'm not LOL......:(

Edit: 48 minutes and 14 seconds and were the 146th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 10 points for solving this. This is the first time I felt "freak'n genius" was appropriate. Would never have solved this except for [3], and then I got a wrong clue, which sent me spinning out of control for a while. I still feel that this was NOT fun, but WORK and I do enough of THAT each day!

Amazing!

Whoa

Thank you 8th grade bio class! Too bad this theory has been discredited.

[29] did it for me. Thanks!

You solved this puzzle in 33 seconds and were the 71st Tanga member to solve it. You earned 40 points for solving this. And a top 100 for oww. And I got here late. I guess everyone was still watching the game!

That you Bio for majors and Google!!! Good puzzle! So much better than the OWW!

Yikes, that hurt my brain and ego! Thank goodness for my dear son who explained this to me (using small words).

I'm now going to go to the kitchen and create something delicious, because in my realm, I am a GENIUS!!

How many words is this? I managed to get a word out of the entire 2nd line, but the rest is just gibberish to me. Google is no help.

Edit: Got it Googling [29]'s info. I had the wrong word for the center pic on the third line. I never learned about this in school at all. Not in high school biology or my college zoology class. I wonder if they don't teach it anymore because it's been discredited?

[26] agree....not fun at all.

Wow... Good one!

Note for Moderators and Puzzle Creators: The lefthand image on the second row shows up as mostly black on my monitor. My monitor is challenged with brightness/contrast. A dark grey item on a black background shows up as mostly black. The lighter edge toward the bottom made me think it was a letter Q until I copied the image to an editing program and brightened it. So please aim for more contrast between objects and their backgrounds.

My Google searchers were not helping at all. It wasn't until I realized that I was incorrectly identifying a dam picture that my 8th grade science memories kicked in.

Thanks [39], I was making the same mistake.

Would have never figured it out with out (39). I was making the same mistake!

What is the left middle picture? All I see is a pale white sine wave on black. Edit: Thanks for the CAP info [49]. And if you Google the right Beaver domicile, that actual picture comes up. Once I got past those two things, I thought it was a cool puzzel. I like learning something.

THANK GOD FOR GOOGLE!!!

Not that I knew what i was looking for exactly. The salt of Biology helped. Just kept looking until I saw something that kinda resemble the answers I had
I had trouble with the DAM picture, too

Glad this one is over! WHEEWW!

You solved this puzzle in 19 minutes and 10 seconds and were the 345th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 10 points for solving this.

OK....

I think I killed some brain cells on this one. Nicely done!

I thought this puzzle was interesting! I liked the cluing. The biology salt really helped .My 8th grade biology was many(many) years ago. I remember hearing about this then and also in my 20's when a lot friends were beginning families. Nice to know some of my knowledge has been discredited, lol.
I don't know if it will help but for anyone still trying-- try turning your phoetic sounds into "scientific" lettering
Asked my 3 kids (HS and college) they said it was touched upon but was not a test question lol
PS. I like puzzles that add to my education. I like searching for clues especially when I encounter inticing exstraineous(sp?) threads that I might explore later. I'm still trying to figure out how to do some of the "computer" stuff you wizzy folks know. For instance, I'm going to figure out how to incorporate that spell checking tip from above. So thanks

Liked the puzzle, but the first image on the second line is so dark I had no idea what it was. Even knowing what it is doesn't help. Don't think it would have made a difference is solving, but better images would have helped. I do like having trickier puzzles.

I can't understand how you can get a solution from "on taj N erie hat pitch mongkut eights fi dam annie". It that's too salty then I apologize and I will give up.

um yeah... DID NOT LIKE

[48] It's a CAP. That's YUL Brenner, and apparently beavers don't live in a damn dam any more...

And even with that heavy salt, good luck. It's not something 99% of us will recognize.

Holy.... That was a hard puzzle. I had to break it down from the middle line and then google it since I've never heard the phrase before. And even then there was a tweaking.

Thumbs down. I agree with [49]. Not fun and very obscure. Even sounding it out, only biology majors would get this.

Beavers make a dam but they Live in a Lodge !!

UGH!! I'm lost and my head hurts. Giving up on this one, but was still fun trying!!!!

It works a bit better with Ron Wealey's sister instead of the orphan. Otherwise, very clever puzzle.

You solved this puzzle in 1 day, 1 hour, and 42 minutes and were the 430th Tanga member to solve it.

WOW that was a tough one!! Couldn't of got it w/o some serious salt, thanks especially to [49], [39], and [54].

yeah [49], this one would appeal probably only to Bio majors... (only got it cause i knew what to search for on the 3rd word after getting the first two sounded out correctly).

What the HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wowser. Too bad everything I know about biology I learned on the streets.