As Desiderata closed shop about 1/2hour before midnight Malayssian time September 1, 2005, my LAST COMMENT reads:
desiderata said...
SweetSpirit:
ALL PLAYERS, READ THIS WITH CARE:
A COUPLET POEM IS GIVEN BELOW
to the First Poem,
Giving DIRECT CLUES to Glue the Jigsaw puzzle TOGETHER!
********Me and SS are two of a kind
We help each other to raise RM20million
For that OUR I-ISLAND
She in OZ, me in Msia
No MalAustralysia, no AustraMalia
The COMBO has to reach a final place
A bit dissect-ed, still rising,
Up.Up & Away!********
To Sabrina's attempt,and Kyels, too,
Desi also answered thus, jestfully:
desiderata said...
"""Sab& Kyels -- a fine Combo yes, as my Slaves
Not for the Name, you aren't there Nyet,Desi's knaves.
Good try -- the Prinsip is Right, but the Combo is wrong.
You seem a wee bit confused.But Kyels is even more CONfused, making Desi more Amused!
Maybe a GoodNite's Sleep will do BOTH thee well
Sab-don't allow Kyels thy mind to swell
Other CONversationists from 2 countries
But their NICKS are Twain dissect-ED!
See thee Tomorrow then
A Name staring thee in the face
SS and Desi also can! """
DESIDERATA'S GUIDE: ALL PLAYERS, Start from Scratch, on a Clean Slate:
Read the Couplet Poem together with the following:
The Clues lie within this Poem © YLChong composed on August 24, 2005 at 8.58p.m.
CHALLENGE 4
A combo from Mark Twain
dissected-nick
Commonest yet chick
To attain that Utopia
Maybe MALAUSTRAYSIA?
Perhaps not, just a trick
Mayhaps
Song Of A Roaring
Itching Nitching Geek
To Our Final ‘hore
Can’t give more .
ADVICE: Clear your mind, Start Afresh
So far, many readers like Howsy, Boringest, Fashionasia, Primrose, even late-comers like Sabrina, have at least grasped the clue
of
(1)Mark Twain -- suggesting duo, two
(2) Sab has tried combining Sab (her own nick) with kyels,another regular CONversationist at Desi's, but I've answered SweetSpirit, to REDIRECT ALL PLAYERS with NEW CLUES TO GLUE THE ANSWER TOGETHER.
You should approach step, by patient step, using the Scientific Method, now.
Deadline is midnight, Saturday 3 September, and the answer will be given on Sunday 4 September 2005, via desiderata.english, Insya-Allah! God Willing, TienGongYiYan?
ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY!ENJOY! ENJOY! ENJOY!
enjoy! enjoy! enjoy! enjoy! enjoy! enjoy! enjoy! enjoy! enjoy!
PS (added on at 11.42am):)to BORING-EST:)
""**Utopia = paradise?
Song of a Roaring Itching Nitching Geek = no such song - none
So combining the words "paradise none" which is actually quite true since there's no such thing as a paradise or utopia in that sense, I get:
"PANORADINE" **""
I said I like PANORADINE -- sounds sexy and feminine, reminds me of My Darlin' CLEMENTINE!
You reproduced WRONGLY. being a li'l careless there, but I lead thee on, because you are NOT BORING AT ALL!
Song Of A Roaring Itching Nitching Geek, yes, I agree no such song, but there is a BIG DIFFERENCE, between what you reproduced, and MY ORIGINAL! There lies another crucial Clue!
I enjoy leading my EsteemedReaders up the Garden Path, especially Primrose, where art thou?
43 comments:
dear desi,
im sorry we bunch of readers are incompetent lot n not forgetting lazy to think so much(its me that one)....
But my guess its got something to do with nicolekid.
letsay perhapsay...
Despirit I-land mayhaps???
fashionasia:
I posted p at 12.01am and you responded within 8 minutes, my time here reads 12.09am, WoW!
Very GOoD start -- you're on the right track, "play around" BUT you must incorporate most of the CLUES, ignore the Red Herrings!
Can;t say more, nicolekid does NOT like that nick! Go back and research why, I kNOw you're a late starter, but NOW YOU'RE THINKING. THINK SOME MORE!
No more restrictions to 3 tries, the field is NOW WIDE OPEN,
cos Desi wants to give away that Booker Prize before midnite, Saturday! So Give IT a Few More Tries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why do you think Desi puts so many Xclamation marks?
man...this is getting a bit mind boggling...
a combo of two nicks....
desispirit?
hahah..
Well bro im gonna come back lata with a clear head haha i have a really busy day ahead of me, just logged on to have a peek n do my banking.Despirit hey,, hehe okz i'll think later enjoy ya day..I bet this is just so easy like those silly common sense math quizes tsk tsk ,shame on me haha.
cheerz bro
Hi Sab:
Lik I told fashionasia, now you too, you're starting onthe right path, but that's ONLY the first 1 o2 BABY STEPS.
Now you need to walk -- which means
incorporating the NEXT 1-2 clues,
then you run, and finally fly ...
to reach that ..................!
Count the above number of FULL-STOPS, that's another CLUE!
ENJOY (X?) enjoy (X??)
Hi SssssSpirit:
Peeking in, that's very knotty.
Banking, how about that half of RM20million to raise?
THINKING -- I like you, you could not resist getting your hand on some ROMANCE, it's that time of the year when OZ gave us nostalgia via The Fantasticks, do you rememner?
Try to Remember?
Maybe you'd ENJOY the flagoff at September Morn A Year Ago just posted up, 9.09am Msian time.
Are you having BRUNCH, SS? Get a CON for me, thy Challenger?
Oooooo!!! I have been sooooooo busy I haven't had time to read blogs. Ok, I'm back to check and I see the deadline has moved yet again!!! Aduhai! Let me crack my brains a little tonight and see if I can give a COMBO! McBeef or McChicken, anyone? COMBO makes it McBeeken. Ok what, that name...
primrose:
Don't be knoty -- you are CONfusing every1 which is aloud, but not allowed!
Hey, 3 MacPrimes and 3 Rut Birs for Desi, SsssSpirit and Sab and Kyels who have been working very hard doing the Essay and laying the grounds for the I-LAND!
Why 3? Ah, Desi has been a Taskmaster dictating work to the trio--reward them-lah, a sort of bordering on Bribery which is steal allowed.
Trimroses, pls See you back after thy rest and crack thy head, eh! Round up the Others -- fashionasia, howsy, boringest, imran, as many as possible, cos THE MORE THE MERRIER, on OUR I-LAND!
ALL PLAYERS, SUMMARY TODATE OF CLUES GIVEN AND INFERENCES:
I was working on the post TOMORROW Sat Sept 3, felt noddie calling, so before I adjourn to ZzzzzzzLand, decided to "pop" over to have a look at any newbie answers.
NO, so i'd just say adieu,
Now's it's 12.55am; that leaves about 23 hours to midnite the Deadline at dead of nite.
I think I won't tarry, will give the ANSWER yes, at 100.10am Sundae or later after my CON.
But just to transfer what I told Kyels, Sab and SsssssSpirit at the other post, briefly:
(1) The COMBO comes from Desiderata, representing MAL......SIA; and SS, for SweetSpirit, from AUSTRAY. See HOWEezSY! when combined, MALAUSTRALSIA, as in the poem!
(2) Also, I said count the number of ENJOYs, which is 18, which means the NAMA (which is Malay for NAME) has gotta 18 letters, select from A to Z....
(3) I also said the COMBO must then incorporate the rest of the CLUES&Hints-lah!
Now, DESI goes to "NuZzzzzLand!" GOoDnite!
Yes, I counted the dots and there were 18 and there's no way a direct Malaysia+Australia would fill up all 18 spaces. Perhaps then, it's not the COMBO name of twain dissected countries? Perhaps, just perhaps, it would be a COMBO name of Desi+SS? Because then, it will be more than 18 letters. I wish we can play "Hangman" or "WheelofFortune" here. Ughh!
Desideratedsspirit?
Or:
Sweetspiritederata?
Primrose:
You combo-ed well, for starters.
You've progressed from Baby step 1 to BS 2.
BUTT I also advised that you must incorporate other CLUES, in the subsequent lines of the Pome, remmber, to progress to Walking steps 3 and 4;
then to run and fly (Steps 5 and 6) to the final 'hore!
Can't be Whore, must be Shore!
Very good attempt, you've GOT 18-letter word combos, but still wat about the OTHER CLUES ... Agatha Christie does not sprinkle Clues and Hints here and there as spices, they are there for a Purpose.
Try somemore... it's now 5.30pm, 6hrs and 30mins to go-GO-GO.
Yes, you've got it rite by combining 2 commonest nicks here, which is Dess, or Desi (from Msia), and SweetSpirit From DU). SS can be split to Sweet and Spirit, yes, also look at dissect-ed!
Also
Song Of A Roaring Itching Nitching Geek .......what is the CLUE here? Staring in thy eye(s).......
Primrose:
should read des or desi.......another HINT.......
(SEVEN dots everywhere also stand for a 7-letter word!)to lead you there -- the Shangri-La!
Desi and Sweet Spirit,
A combo of dissected nick
Helped each other to raise 20mil
For that isle
One Malaysia and another Australia
Come together to attain Utopia
Heaven/Ecstasy/Paradise/Shangri-la
SEVEN letters, could be 'Islands'
Fantasy Island (final place)
Giligan Island (itching geek or plain monkey)
Treasure Island (ho, ho, ho and a bottle of rum. His name was Long John Silver)
Can't piece together a roaring song of an itching geek
At first guess, it was Australasia_Islands
but on second guess
DesispiritParadise
And on third guess
My brain gave a little cackle
Can't guess more
Primrose:
I like that -- you're TRYING VERY HARD, another 1/2 point to thee, making thee 3/4 point, now IN THE LEAD of the pack!
But ypu reproduce this:" a roaring son of a itching geek"! WORNG, comparec with:
Song Of A Roaring Itching Nitching Geek ...
where do you see? this word leads you to part of the snswer --
then again to final 'hore ...
I said : can't be Whore, must be Shore...
Try again, another 4 hours to Go-go-Go!
PS TO ALL PLAYERS:
I'll be back at 10.59pm -11.59pm Msian time ... Sorry Sab, SS, if you wanna our company, Stay Up Late, always on sunday eve!and DESI WILL BE ONLINE for SIXTY MINUTES ....to iinstantly snwer your COMMENTS as they come in ...
It's a sort of ONE-HOUR CONSTANT UPDATES when I'll throw some more clues so that it will lead thee to a CLIMAX!
Hey, no knotty thoughts here, CLIMAX for this CHALLENGE 4, no XXX adventures here, some YoungI.Cows do drop by from Moment-to-UNexpectedMoment!
I almost wanted to give a 7 letter word. Starts and ends with a "B" and it will bring one to paradise for a second or two. Heh, heh!
BTW, why only 60 minutes? Can we play "WheelofFortune"? Buy an E. Choose a D, S, R, P and N
Song of a roaring itching nitching geek.
Sigh.
What roars? The crowd cheers. The lion roars. The tiger growls. And a geek? A geek's a nerd. I can only think of Tarzan (of the Apes).
Primrose and Voyeurs peeping in:
Song Of A Roaring Itching Nitching Geek ...
why so dense1?
Comapre with a few copies here, including Yours Primrose, you COPIED WRONG!
See each word starts with what? A Capital letter lol! An Upper Case lol2.
See the seven letters strung together? S-O-A-R-I-N=G ...? which leads to the partial answer!
This is NOT the answer; Desi says "IT leads to a partial answer!"
'Nuff until I hear from you gals&guys!
It's now 10.39pm, I'm starting the HOTLINE 20mins early!!!
SoaringSpiritShore?
DesiSoaringIslands?
Soaring eagle eh? There's only one island in mind. Langkawi. Heh!
se:
Good attempts, but then you left out the COMBOS!
(1) SoaringSpiritShore has NO DES or DESI!
(2) DesiSoaringIslands has NO SPIRIT!!
(3) Hey, try again...
Just shout again: Soaring LEADS partially to the answer .. said it many times, Need Not Be in the answer!
What about ...final Shore? ...not the Whore!
Crucial clues must mean somethin', isn't it?
My last response was to PRIMROSE:
Good tries, but still not there.
When you travel, what's your main goal, reach that final ..........., isn't it?
Desispirithighland (as in Genting Highland)
Desispiritedshores
Despiriteagleshore
Desihighspiritland
hey, fashionasia, sab, kyels, SssssSpirit, Howsy, Boringest, and OTHERS, where art thou?
Primrose is feeling very alONE here, with Desi of course. Don't desert us on this Desert I-Land, we need to get to that OU I-LAND, together, as a team, as a NATION!
Primrose, you can try again, and again, short rationale will do, as WE ARE RUNNING AGAINST t-i-m-e, which waits for no man, or woman, gentlelady or gentleman.
It's now exactly 11.29pm, 30mins before I close shop!
One more CLUE: the 18-letter NAME ends with .........NATION!
Primrose:
Thanks for innovative guesses. You are ONE after Desi's heArt!
I've given thee one more crucial CLUE just now ...the NAME ends with .........NATION, all in 18letters, but must have a combo of Desiderata and SweetSpirit! I hinted Des or Desi, also Spirit or Spirits...but the significance of dissect-ed, with "ed" in italics, notice!
Desispiritednation
Despriritandnation
Desisssssstination
LOL! This is getting ridiculuos. I am never good at guessing games.
Despiritone-nation
Spiritedestination
Ssweetdesitination
Primrose, you STAY WITH ME even after the deadline of MIDNITE, Okay?
I may just give in to your SUGGESTION to continue the game in line with "WheelofFortune" ... Buy some letters, stretch the new game for 30-560minutes? Clsoing at 12.30am or 1.00am Sunday?
Primrose: Answer YES or NO so I can prepare myself. Other readers/voyeurs are welcome to join in to help Primrose, for she's really into the game!
I guessed so many the word "Spirit" doesn't seem right anymore. *laugh* Words playing tricks to the eye.
Sigh! I have a feeling I won't get the one that you have in mind. I ran out of combo.
Hehe! Desi, why don't you just give me the answer? :P Nobody seems to be playing...can use cheat codes. *nudge nudge*
PR:
15 minutes left -- pls answer me!
PR:
What is "cheat codes" -- I need some education. We learn from each other, Desi's kindergarten kid1!
Dear Desi, I don't want to crack anymore. I've been on it the WHOLE day. Oh my! You should have seen my scribbles on paper...
Midnight closing time it is then.
Primerose:
DONT feel flusttered? Dont bother about those VOYEURS either!
Focus, concentrate:
Des, or Desi still in the COMBO
I said that SPIRIT/S still in the COMBO
Also what's the aim of travelling?
to reach the final ........NATION!
Hey, ONE LAST TRY:
A 18-letter NAME ending in ...........NATION.
I want you to have 3 tries with 3 names ending in NATION!!! Go -- SEVEN, my fav number, minutes left!
Despiritseeknation?
Desonespiritnation?
Despiritedictnation
Give up! midnight!
And that's 19 letters....
What's the answer?
Primrose:
Thanks for ALL thy efforts; 13 ENCORES to thee, my kindred SPIRIT/s.
Thirteen SWEET exchanges of conversations throughout one day!
It;'s a long day, befoe I close, I say again:
GOoDNite for keeping the game going, esp the last 1=1/4 hours!
It's midnite, DEADLINE PASSES NOW!
PS: May be able to post up INITIAL ANSWER at 12.30am, pls check in half an hour's time!
PATIENCE, Esteemed Readers, eh!?
PRIMROSE! You DID IT!
One of the answers in your 14th response of today is the CORRECT ANSWER!
But I'll only announce it in the next POST!
CONGRATS! CONGRATS!! CONGRATS!!! CONGRATS!!!!
CONGRATS!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!
Seven Congrats for my lucky number! SEVEN!
Phew, that was close, seconds before the deadline!
*blur* Really???
Oh, ok! I can bin those scribbled papers with hangman dashes and go to sleep. :)
Dear Readers, esp Primrose:
NOT TO KEEP THEE WAITING,
it's a little late, here's the answer NOW!!!
The answer is, Congarts to Primrose:
"spiritedestination"
SpiriteDestination!
SpiritedDestination (19 letters) was also acceptable to Desiderata, but it was not necessary to fall back on it!
Thanks, GOoDNite!
My full Xplanation won't come until 7am, OK!
SEVEN am, my fave number!
primrose:
Your answer CROSSED the path with my announcing the deadline, hence I noticed the RIGHT ANSWER only seconds later!
And pls rertain those precious scribbeld papers, I need as PROOF you did not get your 5-year-old NIECE to solve the puzzle! SeYa!
12.14pm REALLY CURTAINS DOWN NOW!
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