| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6826 Registered: 4-2010 |
I had a scrund about soda for about 10 years; it was not nearly as embarrasing as my "Sympathy for the Devil" scrund, but my friends still laughed at me when they pointed out my error. What's the scrund? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2195 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is it to do with the meaning of the word 'soda'? Over here it means a slightly alkaline, colourless mixer for your scotch ... perhaps you thought that people mixed whisky with, er, root beer, Dr Pepper, or such? (Perhaps they do. After all, people eat battenberg, ants on a log, etc.) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6828 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it to do with the meaning of the word 'soda'? No Over here it means a slightly alkaline, colourless mixer for your scotch ... perhaps you thought that people mixed whisky with, er, root beer, Dr Pepper, or such? No, although you did name the correct soda in that statement - root beer. (Perhaps they do. After all, people eat battenberg, ants on a log, etc.) I don't know what they do with alcohol over here, except drink lots of it. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 748 Registered: 9-2010 |
*pouts at Woodworm* Yes, well over THERE, people eat blood pudding, whatever that's supposed to be. Ick. Did you think root beer was real beer? That it was made from trees? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6830 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think root beer was real beer? No That it was made from trees? No | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 110 Registered: 9-2010 |
You thought Dr. Brown had a PhD? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 753 Registered: 9-2010 |
Dr. Brown? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6850 Registered: 4-2010 |
You thought Dr. Brown had a PhD? No... <starwars>*jedi hand wipe* "This is not the brand you are looking for."</starwars> Although the scrund is about a specific brand. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 115 Registered: 9-2010 |
Oh, apparently it's only popular in New York, South Florida, and Jewish delicatessens. Anyway, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Brown%27s | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 757 Registered: 9-2010 |
Thanks, I'd never heard of it. I know A&W Root Beer best. *clicks link* | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6852 Registered: 4-2010 |
I know A&W Root Beer best. Not them either, but my scrund is about a popular brand. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 760 Registered: 9-2010 |
Mug Root Beer? Dad's Root Beer? (I've had both of those and am actually rather fond of Mug Root Beer, they're the only other ones I can remember without looking) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 761 Registered: 9-2010 |
(oh, and Barq's...*feels stupid* my mother just reminded me) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6858 Registered: 4-2010 |
Mug Root Beer? Dad's Root Beer? Neither of these, but... (oh, and Barq's...*feels stupid* my mother just reminded me) ...it is Barq's that we are looking for. Mother knows best...? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 765 Registered: 9-2010 |
I guess she does...now, if only she could help me solve this puzzle! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6868 Registered: 4-2010 |
I guess she does...now, if only she could help me solve this puzzle! Just take a look and it should be pretty visible (CRYPTIC-ISH HINT). | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 766 Registered: 9-2010 |
(Take a look at what? A can of Barq's? At my mother? I don't have any root beer on hand, so unless Google searching of pictures is allowed, I can't, and I don't know what my mother would be able to do.) Barq-ing up the wrong tree? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1139 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did you think it was spelled Bark's, to go along with the tree parts theme? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6871 Registered: 4-2010 |
(Take a look at what? A can of Barq's? This At my mother? I don't have any root beer on hand, so unless Google searching of pictures is allowed, I can't, and I don't know what my mother would be able to do.) Feel free to Google all you want. Barq-ing up the wrong tree? On the contrary, OTRT (on the right tree...I mean, track). Did you think it was spelled Bark's, to go along with the tree parts theme? No, but this is also OTRT. I got the scrund from looking at a can. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 768 Registered: 9-2010 |
"Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer. Since 1898." Hmm...Did you think it was sold in cans in 1898? Or was it something to do with "Olde Tyme"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6874 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer. Since 1898." Hmm...Did you think it was sold in cans in 1898? Or was it something to do with "Olde Tyme"? Nope. Focus on the word "Barq's". | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6875 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ah, great...I misspelled "embarrassing" in the puzzle statement. That was more embarrassing than the actual scrund. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 769 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you think it was "Barg's"? It's really hard to tell whether that's a g or a q... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 770 Registered: 9-2010 |
Well, not *really* hard. But if you're not looking hard enough. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6877 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think it was "Barg's"? It's really hard to tell whether that's a g or a q... Close - I thought the Q was a G, but I had one more letter wrong. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 121 Registered: 9-2010 |
You thought the R was an N? and it was Bangs? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6881 Registered: 4-2010 |
You thought the R was an N? and it was Bangs? Si, that is the case. **********SPOILER********** Because of the style of the font on cans of Barq's root beer (note: I have never drank that brand of root beer), I misread it as "Bang's" and got laughed at as a result, 10 years after I first made that mistake. Oh well. Nice work everyone - Woodworm, Gregory, Kaylee, and Kaylee's mother. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 772 Registered: 9-2010 |
Hmm...*ponders* Which letter did you have wrong? The B? The a? the r? The s? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 773 Registered: 9-2010 |
Oops. Cross-posted or missed it. LOL, My mother says you're welcome. :D | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2197 Registered: 3-2006 |
Arrrgh: solved and archived before I could say Johann Sebastian Barq. |
