| Author | Message | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 29 Registered: 10-2006 |
I'll put Wunderland in this one in honor of him solving my very first puzzle "Moonlighing Madness"...... Every time Wunderland got curious he would play Yankee Doodle and then interrupt himself. He did this at least once a day for years, but sometimes more than a dozen times a day. Why, my lateral-thinking-genius-friends? Why???? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 680 Registered: 3-2006 |
Playing Yankee Doodle? Is he playing it on a musical instrument? Piano? Guitar? Violin? Flute? some wind instrument? brass? percussion? Or is "playing Yankee Doodle" some kind of game where he pretends to ride around on a pony? | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 30 Registered: 10-2006 |
Is he playing it on a musical instrument?yope Piano?no Guitar?no Violin?no Flute?no some wind instrument?no brass?no percussion?no Or is "playing Yankee Doodle" some kind of game where he pretends to ride around on a pony?no | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 681 Registered: 3-2006 |
Yankee Doodle the song, correct? Was he playing it using something we wouldn't usually call a musical instrument? Was he using the computer? wine glasses? spoons? knives? | ||
| Ludo (Ludo)
New member Username: Ludo Post Number: 5 Registered: 11-2006 |
Wunderland is human? got curious, he change mentaly? or physicly he do that when he become curius (random moment) or with methode (exemple: every hour) (sorry my english) ;) ab imo pectore | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 32 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yankee Doodle the song, correct? correct Was he playing it using something we wouldn't usually call a musical instrument? yes Was he using the computer? no wine glasses?no spoons? no knives?no Wunderland is human? yes, he is a poster on this forum -- I'm using his username in honor of him answering my first puzzle posted here: "Moonlighting Madness." got curious, he change mentaly? not sure what you mean by this. He mentally got curious, yes, in the normal sense of curious. or physicly I think I see what you mean; no not physically "curious" as another word for "strange" but rather curious as in his thoughts he do that when he become curius (random moment)yes, random or with methode (exemple: every hour) no, no pattern, just when he got curious Good questions; keep 'em coming! | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 683 Registered: 3-2006 |
He was curious because he wanted to find out something? And playing Yankee Doodle would help him find out that something? Would he be able to satisfy his curiosity by playing any other song? Does he create the tune by hitting something? rubbing something? strumming something? plucking? blowing? Is he performing the song for someone? or just for himself? Is there something interesting about the song that he likes to mull over? Interrupt himself = he would just stop playing? Does he actually do something to stop the music? Does he do something after he has stopped playing? Relevant what he does? Which Yankee Doodle does he sing, this one: Yankee Doodle went to town Riding on a pony He stuck a feather in his hat And called it macaroni Or this one: Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding, And there we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty pudding. Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. etc etc | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 684 Registered: 3-2006 |
Oh sorry, I mean play, not sing... but does he sing along, though? | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 36 Registered: 10-2006 |
He was curious because he wanted to find out something? yes And playing Yankee Doodle would help him find out that something? yes Would he be able to satisfy his curiosity by playing any other song? he could satisfy other curiosities by playing other songs, but with this one curiosity he would have to play Yankee Doodle Does he create the tune by hitting something?yope rubbing something? no strumming something? no plucking?no blowing?no Is he performing the song for someone? no or just for himself? yes Is there something interesting about the song that he likes to mull over? no Interrupt himself = he would just stop playing? FA on WHAT is being interrupted Does he actually do something to stop the music? no, just stops playing Does he do something after he has stopped playing? yes Relevant what he does?yes Which Yankee Doodle does he sing, this one: see below... Yankee Doodle went to town Riding on a pony He stuck a feather in his hat And called it macaroni Or this one: Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Gooding, And there we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty pudding. Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, Mind the music and the step, And with the girls be handy. It's the TUNE he is playing (as opposed to singing) and I believe these two versions have the same tune, don't they? If not, then it would be the first one. Good questions. | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 37 Registered: 10-2006 |
but does he sing along, though? not likely, but he could if he wanted to. Again, NOT likely. | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 685 Registered: 3-2006 |
Does he play the verse a few times before he stops? Just once? Does he not even complete one verse? Which part does he stop: Yankee Doodle went to town Riding on a pony He stuck a feather in his hat And called it macaroni (with question marks after each word) Is the rhythm of the song important? Or just the tune? He did this at least once a day...because there was something new that he wanted to find out each day? Or does he forget what he had already found out the previous day? And on the days when he plays it more than a dozen times, is he responding to external stimuli or just an unpredictable state of mind? | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 38 Registered: 10-2006 |
Does he play the verse a few times before he stops?no Just once? yes Does he not even complete one verse? one verse Which part does he stop: Yankee Doodle went to town he stops after that part Is the rhythm of the song important? no Or just the tune? yope He did this at least once a day...because there was something new that he wanted to find out each day?yes Or does he forget what he had already found out the previous day? no And on the days when he plays it more than a dozen times, is he responding to external stimuli or just an unpredictable state of mind? neither | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 437 Registered: 8-2006 |
Does he also play the- yankee doodle keep it up, yankee doodle dandy? c-c-d-e-c-e-d-g-c-c-d-e-c-b-c-c-d-e-f-e-d-c-b-g-a-b-c-c that is the tune in C major,. This relevant? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 687 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is his occupation relevant? Is he connected to the music industry? Is he using the tune to help him remember a mathematical or chemical formula? Something along those lines? | ||
| Puzzlicious (Puzzlicious)
New member Username: Puzzlicious Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2006 |
Could a regular person play the verse to find out information (or is this something only Wunderland can do)? Could he find this out playing a different "instrument"? Does he require another person to satisfy this curiosity after playing the verse? | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1349 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is he (or should that be "am I"?) ... dialing a number on a touch tone phone? e.g. 1123132? | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 39 Registered: 10-2006 |
Does he also play the- yankee doodle keep it up, yankee doodle dandy? c-c-d-e-c-e-d-g-c-c-d-e-c-b-c-c-d-e-f-e-d-c-b-g-a-b-c-c that is the tune in C major,. This relevant? No to all Could a regular person play the verse to find out information (or is this something only Wunderland can do)? Anyone can do it Could he find this out playing a different "instrument"? yes Does he require another person to satisfy this curiosity after playing the verse? yope ------------------------------------------------- *************PARTIAL-SPOILER**************** Is he (or should that be "am I"?) ... dialing a number on a touch tone phone? e.g. 1123132? UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Yes, yes "you" in this puzzle are dialing a number on your touch tone phone!!! Good one! Now just tell me how you "interrupt yourself" after that and you've REALLY got it. MAN! Good one! BH | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 445 Registered: 8-2006 |
No one was home  ? you slammed the phone when no one answered? | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 40 Registered: 10-2006 |
No one was home? irr you slammed the phone when no one answered? no | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 41 Registered: 10-2006 |
CLARIFICATION Could a regular person play the verse to find out information (or is this something only Wunderland can do)? I said: "Anyone can do it" and it's true that anyone can play the tune, but not everyone can get the information that Wunderland can...... | ||
| Puzzlicious (Puzzlicious)
New member Username: Puzzlicious Post Number: 16 Registered: 11-2006 |
Is he checking his voicemail? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 690 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is he calling a particular person? To ask him/her something? Maybe he's doing research on something and the person who can be reached by the Yankee Doodle number is an expert in that field? | ||
| Blackhawk (Blackhawk)
New member Username: Blackhawk Post Number: 42 Registered: 10-2006 |
***********SPOILER -- SOLUTION*********** Is he checking his voicemail? VERY GOOD, PUZZLICIOUS! Yes, he is checking his voice mail. His number happens to sound out the first 7 notes of Yankee Doodle (I thought of this because my father's phone number sounds very much like this tune). When he is curious about who has called he "plays" Yankee Doodle (his own number) to get to his voice mail (or machine) and then "interrupts himself" by punching another key when his greeting starts -- a key that stops the greeting and gets right to checking messages. GOOD JOB! (maybe I'll have to do another one with "Puzzlicious" as the main character........) | ||
| Puzzlicious (Puzzlicious)
New member Username: Puzzlicious Post Number: 34 Registered: 11-2006 |
Thanks Blackhawk. Great puzzle! |
