It probably didn't take you long before realising it would be goode to change to Len. These clues are like reading Greek as it is. I'll give the girls until noon.
Hey, I just found the new thread. just as well--now I have an excuse for not solving the quiz. As if I would have gotten it anyway. You guys are way too good.
I would never have figured out The Twelfth of Never but I might have come up with Blue Suede Shoes given a day or two. One thing is for sure: when the answers are revealed, I can really appreciate the cleverness of the clues.
Today you are in our thoughts as you celebrate your 31st birthday. You will probably have to put in a full day's work before you can relax, light your candles and make your birthday wish.
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A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a Thompson-Nicola pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust.
The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?"
Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?" The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Crackberry that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
Finally, he prints out a full-colour, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then Bud says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my animal?"
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
You're a Liberal politician from Ottawa, says Bud.
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep. ....
'A shower at 4:30 am' is indeed an EARLY MORNING RAIN... The Bare Naked 'Ladies debut' album was titled GORDON and 'nimble's origin is... agile, (LIGHT-FOOT)ed.
I can't believe I actually got your puzzle Ed. Here's one for you: This singer rose to great heights with this song. And also has a small element in common with BJ. Song and singer (though not composer) wanted.
This was one of two songs I played in a concert when I was in grade twelve at O'neill and both songs were dedicated to my girl friend. (The one that later became my wife!). The other song was 'And I Love Her' by the Beatles.
Light bulbs for a twelve day income tax marathon....$4.00 Scratch pads for figuring...$36.00 One and a half gallons of Wite-out...$179.00 Roller cage and rollers for wite-out...$12.00 Great stay awake pills from the shady looking dude on the corner...$800.00
Giving up and getting Tony to do it for me in three and a half hours...priceless
I thought I was being clever. If you put the word relationship into a word document and then use the thesaurus the first word that shows up is association. It goes back to my comment that when you know the answer it seems so obvious but when you don't it can be very difficult.
When I got home and saw 45 entries, I thought, wow. It's been fun watching you and Lou miscommunicate. Congrats on getting the song, of course, Lou having performed it in grade twelve meant it was before Madonna's time, so yes, it would be the Association...good work.
BJ, I think that last one of yours is possibly the best one we have had to date. An anagram of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is incredible. Great job!
Thanks Lui, For that, you get an extra clue. Although it's just the same old, same old, there is a heightened element to it. BTW, the anagram is not mine, the song title was my choice, but I went looking for the anagram. You can find all sorts of great things on the Internet.
A birthday seems like a nice way to end another week and (in your case) another month.
May you and Holly enjoy all of today's birthday celebrations. We hope the fun goes on to include any special events you might have planned for the May First weekend. Cheers!
Talk about 'business as usual', which by the way I've never heard of and it isn't even on my lyrics search engine, i just finished filing my taxes, Deanie's and her dad's. Under the wire, actually I have 8 hours to spare. That calls for a puzzle. Right back.
You got it Lui!! Edward, I can't believe you don't know this song. I have it on my Eagle CD set. I thought you and Lui knew everything. Sigh..... Looking forward to your new puzzle.
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Ed, I got the song but I didn't get the real answer. Actually I think I got gotten. Ya get it?
That's kind of a neat spin on the quiz.
Here's one the girls should be able to get. It's just the song and performer:
Robert, on Sunday, Mr Goode, Arithmetic-is
Oh, Oh I think it was too early this morning. My puzzle should have read:
Len, on Sunday, Mr Goode, Arithmetic-is
Hey Lou,
It probably didn't take you long before realising it would be goode to change to Len. These clues are like reading Greek as it is. I'll give the girls until noon.
Later
Here's the answer to Lou's puzzle and an explanation of how well it fits.
Len is the TEWLFTH in the family
NEVER on Sunday is a popular song
JOHNNY B. Goode is also a popular song
MATH is arithmetic (-is)
The Twelfth of Never...Johnny Mathis
Like a shoe...nice LOU
Hey, I just found the new thread. just as well--now I have an excuse for not solving the quiz. As if I would have gotten it anyway. You guys are way too good.
I'm sure we can come up with hundreds of them. Try this one:
Not happy, not patent, not flip flops, Edward, Luigi, Victoria and include Sylvano.
Lou,
I'm back to work tomorrow, so I can't dilly dally on this one,
Blue Suede Shoes...Elvis
AWESOME! I love it.
I would never have figured out The Twelfth of Never but I might have come up with Blue Suede Shoes given a day or two. One thing is for sure: when the answers are revealed, I can really appreciate the cleverness of the clues.
Lucy
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Happy Birthday, Barbara!
Today you are in our thoughts as you celebrate your 31st birthday. You will probably have to put in a full day's work before you can relax, light your candles and make your birthday wish.
Whatever this day and the coming year have in store for you, we wish you happy times, good health and personal success in all you do. Cheers!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Here's one before work:
Shower at 4:30 am. Ladies debut, nimble.
Later
I like this one.
A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a Thompson-Nicola pasture
when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust.
The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and YSL tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, Will you give me a calf?"
Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany.
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Crackberry that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
Finally, he prints out a full-colour, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then Bud says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my animal?"
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
You're a Liberal politician from Ottawa, says Bud.
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep. ....
Now give me back my dog.
LAUGHING OUT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!
Edward,
Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot
Excellent!
'A shower at 4:30 am' is indeed an EARLY MORNING RAIN... The Bare Naked 'Ladies debut' album was titled GORDON and 'nimble's origin is... agile, (LIGHT-FOOT)ed.
Well done
Thank you so much for the birthday wishes, Auntie Louise. Hugs and love to all. I love our family!! Think of each and every one of you often.
Barbara
I can't believe I actually got your puzzle Ed.
Here's one for you:
This singer rose to great heights with this song. And also has a small element in common with BJ.
Song and singer (though not composer) wanted.
BJ, is yours
Mighty Clouds of Joy by B J Thomas?
Sorry Lui
I am looking for a cover version of this song. And you could say the singer soared to Olympian heights rather than clouds.
Hallelujah by k.d. lang.
She sang it at the 2010 Olympics. The only similarity with you is that she uses initials as her name?
Yes, Lui.
This is my favorite cover of the song. For me, she was the highlight of the opening ceremonies.
And the initials are the connection to me. In fact I am thinking of changing my name to b.j.
That's funny! lol
How about this song and who sang it:
See, he even realizes it's so hard to come up with the relationship between two seemingly unrelated items.
Lui,
One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor. Paul Simon?
Sorry b.j., No but I will tell you the song clue ends at 'hard'.
A Hard Day's Night by John Lennon?
No, BJ, the song title starts with See [sic] and ends with Hard.
Lui,
Is it Easy to be hard by Cheryl Barnes?
No, sorry wrong again.
This was one of two songs I played in a concert when I was in grade twelve at O'neill and both songs were dedicated to my girl friend. (The one that later became my wife!). The other song was 'And I Love Her' by the Beatles.
Edward,
I need your help here. What was the other song Lui sang?
Light bulbs for a twelve day income tax marathon....$4.00
Scratch pads for figuring...$36.00
One and a half gallons of Wite-out...$179.00
Roller cage and rollers for wite-out...$12.00
Great stay awake pills from the shady looking dude on the corner...$800.00
Giving up and getting Tony to do it for me in three and a half hours...priceless
Betty Jo, I wasn't there but give me some time and I'll see what I come up with.
I came up with nothing, so we'll fish for another clue...
See Ya later alligator...Bill haley and the comets
After a while crocodile
OK, try figuring out the group.
What is another word for the RELATIONSHIP between two seemingly unrelated items.
Lynyrd Skynyrd : We Ain't Much Different
Still fishing for clues.
OK BJ you can't miss with this one.
I guess my clue should have read:
See[sic] He Even Realizes It's So Hard to come up with the RELATIONSHIP between two seemingly unrelated items.
That's easy for you to say, Lui. It isn't transparent to me.
Is it Glad to be Unhappy, by the Mamas and Papas?
Sorry, focus on the capitals.
Lui, I tried that before and didn't find anything. I'll try again.
Ohh--Is it Cherish by Madonna?
It's Cherish but Madonna was only 8 yrs old when this song was #1.
And Madonna doesn't explain the relationship between two seemingly UNASSOCIATED items.
Is the connection that The Association recorded the song?
I thought I was being clever. If you put the word relationship into a word document and then use the thesaurus the first word that shows up is association.
It goes back to my comment that when you know the answer it seems so obvious but when you don't it can be very difficult.
Betty Jo
When I got home and saw 45 entries, I thought, wow. It's been fun watching you and Lou miscommunicate. Congrats on getting the song, of course, Lou having performed it in grade twelve meant it was before Madonna's time, so yes, it would be the Association...good work.
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Happy Birthday Greetings, Brant!
We're sorry that our blog wishes are being posted in the last few minutes of your April 27th birthday (BC time).
Earlier this evening we raised a warm toast to your health, happiness and success. Cheers!
We hope the celebration that marked your 37th birthday was a happy time for you and for the whole family. Good luck in the coming year, too!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
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If it is said I pursue lexicological crap when I ask for the name of this song I won't be insulted. And all I want is the song.
BJ, would it be the song 'Words'.
The one I mean was performed by the Bee Gees.
Or how about 'Let It Be'
"Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom..."
Lui,
I like both of those, but neither is correct. Keep thinking 'word', though,
Betty Jo
How about 'Surfin' Bird' by the Trashmen
Sorry Ed,
I laughed at the Trashmen, but it's not correct. The title of the song is one word.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
Yes, Edward.
The first 8 words of my clue contain all the letters, and are an anagram of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
New Clue:
Same old, same old. Song and group.
BJ, I think that last one of yours is possibly the best one we have had to date. An anagram of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is incredible. Great job!
Thanks Lui,
For that, you get an extra clue. Although it's just the same old, same old, there is a heightened element to it.
BTW, the anagram is not mine, the song title was my choice, but I went looking for the anagram. You can find all sorts of great things on the Internet.
BJ, is it
'It's the Same old Song' by the Four Tops?
Good guess Lui, but not correct. Fly a little higher.
Reflections, The Supremes?
Lucy
Very clever answer, Lucy, but not the correct one.
The first clue I gave is the song. The second is the group.
The high-flying band in my clue is from California.
Again and Again - The Bird and the Bee?
Lucy
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Happy 27th Birthday, Keenan!
A birthday seems like a nice way to end another week and (in your case) another month.
May you and Holly enjoy all of today's birthday celebrations. We hope the fun goes on to include any special events you might have planned for the May First weekend. Cheers!
Best wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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Birthday Greetings, Christopher!
We hope your 36th birthday is an especially happy occasion for you.
May JJ and all the people you love most in life be part of this Friday celebration.
We toast your happiness today and wish you all the best that life has to offer in the year ahead. Cheers!
Lots of love,
Louise and David
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Happy Birthday, Jacob!
S ix is SUPER; and today
I t is
X-tra special because of YOU!
Congratulations on turning SIX today.
Warm wishes and lots of love,
Louise and David
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Bj, how about...
Peaceful Easy Feeling by the Eagles
Lucy, once again, I think the guesses are sometimes cleverer than the correct answer, but neither the song nor the group is correct.
Lui,
Right group, wrong song.
Business as Usual? by the Eagles
HA!LAYFREAKINLOUYA!
Talk about 'business as usual', which by the way I've never heard of and it isn't even on my lyrics search engine, i just finished filing my taxes, Deanie's and her dad's. Under the wire, actually I have 8 hours to spare. That calls for a puzzle. Right back.
Just for fun who am I looking for:
1. This protective father is handy with both a knife and a gun.
2.She doesn't own a rice paddy but she still picks it up occasionally.
3.He roams here and there with a sunny disposition
4.They said he came from the wrong side of town
5.She would whirl to the music
You got it Lui!!
Edward, I can't believe you don't know this song. I have it on my Eagle CD set. I thought you and Lui knew everything. Sigh.....
Looking forward to your new puzzle.
I figured it was the Eagles but I couldnt find a song to work. I need a new lyrics site.
Edward,
No. 3. Travellin'Man?
No. 4. Bobby Little?
1. Clifton Clowers who's watching over his daughter on Wolverton mountain
2. Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
3. Dominique?
4. Johnny Rivers?
5. Tiny Dancer?
Sorry Ed, number 4 is most likely the Leader of the Pack
You have;
1. Clifton Clowers
2. Eleanor Rigby
and
4. Leader of the pack
good work so far
3. The Wanderer roams from town to town without a care, happy as a clown.
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