| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16110 Registered: 4-2010 |
It turns out I was mistaken about the weaponry. I = me (Balin) This is a Christmas-related puzzle | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2414 Registered: 12-2010 |
Hmm, I don't really know where to start, but I'll try anyway. Are we talking about "weaponry" in the literal sense, i.e. objects that you use to fight, kill or cause damage? If so, firearms? explosives? nuclear weapons? chemical weapons? biological weapons? Was the weaponry used by anyone? By one person? more than one? an army? in a war? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16114 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hmm, I don't really know where to start, but I'll try anyway. Are we talking about "weaponry" in the literal sense, i.e. objects that you use to fight, kill or cause damage? Yes If so, firearms? explosives? nuclear weapons? chemical weapons? biological weapons? None of these Was the weaponry used by anyone? By one person? more than one? an army? in a war? No to all | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1254 Registered: 1-2011 |
Are we talking about contemporary weapons? historical weapons? Are white weapons relevant? Is the relevant weapons used to kill? to sports? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3816 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is this a scrund Balin? Perhaps a misheard lyric from a christmas song? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3817 Registered: 1-2007 |
Nice puzzle title btw | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16117 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are we talking about contemporary weapons? historical weapons? More this Are white weapons relevant? What are white weapons? Is the relevant weapons used to kill? to sports? Can be both; it's used more for sports now Is this a scrund Balin? Perhaps a misheard lyric from a christmas song? Exactly Nice puzzle title btw Thank you! | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2420 Registered: 12-2010 |
Are the lyrics in English? Is it a traditional Christmas song? A modern one (e.g. Last Christmas)? Does the song speak of weapons at all? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16120 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the lyrics in English? Yes Is it a traditional Christmas song? Yes A modern one (e.g. Last Christmas)? No, but I admit that song is a bit of a guilty pleasure Does the song speak of weapons at all? No | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2422 Registered: 12-2010 |
Ok, I don't know many English Christmas songs... especially not traditional ones. Nevertheless, is it Silent Night, Holy Night? Twelve Days of Christmas? Joy to the world? We wish you a merry Christmas? Hark! The Herals Angels Sing? (Probably quite a random list, but those are the only ones that I can think of, and I don't want to copy the wikipedia list of Christmas carols...) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16121 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ok, I don't know many English Christmas songs... especially not traditional ones. Nevertheless, is it Silent Night, Holy Night? Twelve Days of Christmas? Joy to the world? We wish you a merry Christmas? Hark! The Herals Angels Sing? (Probably quite a random list, but those are the only ones that I can think of, and I don't want to copy the wikipedia list of Christmas carols...) None of these. I will add that it is a religious song. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1265 Registered: 1-2011 |
Is the relevant song O come all ye faithful? Ok, if not white weapons, it's probably called cold weapons, "non-firearm type weapon used for self-defense or killing including swords, daggers, sticks, and batons among others". Is that relevant? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3823 Registered: 1-2007 |
I know it's not christmassy but is it something like the classic 'Axe of the Apostles' | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16124 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the relevant song O come all ye faithful? No Ok, if not white weapons, it's probably called cold weapons, "non-firearm type weapon used for self-defense or killing including swords, daggers, sticks, and batons among others". Is that relevant? OK, according to the Wikipedia article, it is a cold weapon. I know it's not christmassy but is it something like the classic 'Axe of the Apostles' Ha! No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2535 Registered: 2-2011 |
yellow card Peter | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16129 Registered: 4-2010 |
yellow card Peter May I ask as to what foul? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2430 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is it a sword? a knife? a crossbow? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16134 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a sword? No a knife? No a crossbow? No, but OTRT | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1278 Registered: 1-2011 |
Is it a bow? In the text you hear(d), is there any relevant action taken with the weaponry? If yes, is this action taken by a biblical figure? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4692 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it a projectile weapon? Is it sharp? Heavy? Deadly? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2566 Registered: 2-2011 |
or a catapult? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5168 Registered: 9-2010 |
a migrating coconut! =) | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2572 Registered: 2-2011 |
jet-propelled cheezburgur? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5169 Registered: 9-2010 |
why did I not think of that, shez kitteh??? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16146 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a bow? No, but so close... In the text you hear(d), is there any relevant action taken with the weaponry? No, FA If yes, is this action taken by a biblical figure? Is it a projectile weapon? Yes Is it sharp? Yes Heavy? No Deadly? Yes or a catapult? a migrating coconut! =) jet-propelled cheezburgur? No to these | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2583 Registered: 2-2011 |
a crossbow? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5176 Registered: 9-2010 |
an arrow? a spear? a (poison) dart? And the cheezburgur guess was so good, too...*sigh* Are you sure it wasn't a migrating coconut? =P | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16148 Registered: 4-2010 |
a crossbow? an arrow? This a spear? a (poison) dart? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2588 Registered: 2-2011 |
sorry Balin - didn't answer your question about the yellow card - Axe of the Apostles! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16151 Registered: 4-2010 |
sorry Balin - didn't answer your question about the yellow card - Axe of the Apostles! Fair enough. But I kind of enjoy bad puns. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2592 Registered: 2-2011 |
I now have a terrible feeling about where this puzzle is going.. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16156 Registered: 4-2010 |
I now have a terrible feeling about where this puzzle is going.. You shouldn't. Given that it's a mondegreen, it's obviously going to be something fairly dumb. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2598 Registered: 2-2011 |
the dumber the better | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16158 Registered: 4-2010 |
the dumber the better Thanks for the assurance. RECAP: I misheard a lyric to a Christmas carol. The mishearing involves the word "arrow." | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 787 Registered: 2-2009 |
Hmm... O Holy Night? Long lay the world in sin and "arrow" pining? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16174 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hmm... O Holy Night? Long lay the world in sin and "arrow" pining? Yes! **********SPOILER********** For most of my life, I always thought the Christmas carol "O Holy Night" included the line "Long lay the world in sin and arrow pining." This made sense to me, as I assumed the lyricist had used "arrow" to represent pain and suffering. However, I was descrunded only days before I posted the puzzle; the lyric is, of course, "error," not "arrow." Nice work everyone, especially Kalira for that last step. New puzzle (s) soon. | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 788 Registered: 2-2009 |
Again we manage to have the same scrund, although I never really gave much thought to the 'why' of it... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16177 Registered: 4-2010 |
So I wasn't the only one who thought this? That makes me feel a little less stupid (emphasis on "a little")... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5202 Registered: 9-2010 |
Awwww. I can see why you might have the scrund, Balin...although when I learned the song, I learned it from a songbook, so I couldn't possibly get scrunded! *hugs Balin* | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2611 Registered: 2-2011 |
it's a beautiful carol too, and one we never hear in England | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3850 Registered: 1-2007 |
Nice one Balin. We sang this at the my wife's grandmother's bedside minutes after she'd passed away on Christmas eve night. It just felt right for some reason. | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 797 Registered: 2-2009 |
Shez, you never hear that one in England? That's interesting -- it's all over the place here during the season. Hmm... I wonder if you hear ones over there that we rarely hear here. |
