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TheeBerean Lonely Fan

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Interesting find deagol... so many different leads seem to almost be it... but which one??
To aid in the comparison here is a picture of "the stick man" enlarged by 70%.
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giddeanx Devoted Fan

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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:34 am Post subject: |
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Ok, wait a second.
1. Did the Wiggins from the Sherlock novel make this code?
2. He didn't appear till 1886 hardly circa 1860. Would this qualify?
3. Is this line of reasoning from "Empty House"?
4. Isn't this a "What does this mean?" question? _________________ "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
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owldragon Suspiciously Absent
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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 8:01 am Post subject: |
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The only reason the Wiggins in Sherlock Holmes would seem to be significant is that he would provide a connection with the next part of the clue. The "Wiggins Quote c.1860" part doesn't seem to be directly connected to Sherlock Holmes because the character wasn't around in 1860 and has no memorable quotes. |
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kellylen The Order of Denderah

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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: |
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TheeBerean wrote: | Interesting find deagol... so many different leads seem to almost be it... but which one??
To aid in the comparison here is a picture of "the stick man" enlarged by 70%.
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our poor stick man has no foot thought! _________________ -Kelly |
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LesterG The Order of Denderah

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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:45 am Post subject: |
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nor arms  _________________ Seraph Haku
Seraphim Hymn
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selizabeth Casual Observer

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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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There is a book that was published in 2003, My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective. It is a collection of stories by different authors told through the eyes of several of Arthur Conan Doyle's characters.
One such story is named Call Me Wiggins, by Norman Schreiber.
As far as I can tell, Wiggins is telling a story about a time that predates when he was mentioned in actual Sherlock Holmes novels. Wiggins is 12 years old in the story. I'm not sure how old he is in any of the original Sherlock Holmes stories. I can't find a full version of the story online but they do have it at my local library. I might make the trek out later this afternoon and see if it has anything interesting. I have no idea if it would be any help, or even if the story falls within the correct timeline to be c.1860. _________________ lurkalicious |
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LesterG The Order of Denderah

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LesterG The Order of Denderah

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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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wiggin's quote..
could it just be a quote from wiggins himself?
edit: edited to avoid misdirection and confusion  _________________ Seraph Haku
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giddeanx Devoted Fan

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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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i think it is the wrong direction because the wiggins quote is definately linked to circa 1860 well before Doyle's Wiggins exsisted. _________________ "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
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TheeBerean Lonely Fan

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giddeanx wrote: | i think it is the wrong direction because the wiggins quote is definately linked to circa 1860 well before Doyle's Wiggins exsisted. |
Hmmm... I tend to agree. _________________ The Flock is being Misled. |
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selizabeth Casual Observer

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Ok, so I have been awake for almost 24 hours due to my crazy overnight work schedule so forgive me if this post is a bit disjointed, but I think I had a crazy "Aha!" moment.
I was thinking some more about the "6 strings: mute them" portion of this puzzle. I looked up the word "string" in the dictionary just for kicks and one def. is: any series of things arranged or connected in a line: a string of questions, a string of numbers.
So, as far as I can understand, the guitar tab portion of the Suess pictures was solved by decoding messages from numbers placed on a musical staff of some kind, correct? And these numbers were placed in specific lines, or "strings". (Forgive me, I really have no clue how it was technically soved so I'm just inferring here.)
I'm thinking, what if the three messages that we got, ("is this thing on check one" "good check fill the house" "no audience no curtain call") could make a fourth message if specific strings of numbers were "muted" or removed from the original puzzles.
There would be a total of 18 strings of numbers to work with so there would be quite a few possibilities for which combination of strings to mute to get the correct message.
Is anyone following what I'm saying?
Again, I'm not sure if what i'm saying even makes sense due to the fact that I don't know exactly how the puzzles were solved. Just throwin' it out there. _________________ lurkalicious |
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sparkybennett Devoted Fan

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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selizabeth wrote: |
I'm thinking, what if the three messages that we got, ("is this thing on check one" "good check fill the house" "no audience no curtain call") could make a fourth message if specific strings of numbers were "muted" or removed from the original puzzles.
There would be a total of 18 strings of numbers to work with so there would be quite a few possibilities for which combination of strings to mute to get the correct message.
Is anyone following what I'm saying?
Again, I'm not sure if what i'm saying even makes sense due to the fact that I don't know exactly how the puzzles were solved. Just throwin' it out there. |
I follow you, and it sounds possible, unfortunately I don't have the skills necessary to try it
hopefully one of the master code breakers will!
It sounds like a good new way to look at this. _________________ "Children analyze fantasy. They know you're kidding them. There's got to be logic in the way you kid them. Their fun is pretending...making believe they believe it." Dr Seuss |
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TheeBerean Lonely Fan

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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selizabeth wrote: | Ok, so I have been awake for almost 24 hours due to my crazy overnight work schedule so forgive me if this post is a bit disjointed, but I think I had a crazy "Aha!" moment.
I was thinking some more about the "6 strings: mute them" portion of this puzzle. I looked up the word "string" in the dictionary just for kicks and one def. is: any series of things arranged or connected in a line: a string of questions, a string of numbers.
So, as far as I can understand, the guitar tab portion of the Suess pictures was solved by decoding messages from numbers placed on a musical staff of some kind, correct? And these numbers were placed in specific lines, or "strings". (Forgive me, I really have no clue how it was technically soved so I'm just inferring here.)
I'm thinking, what if the three messages that we got, ("is this thing on check one" "good check fill the house" "no audience no curtain call") could make a fourth message if specific strings of numbers were "muted" or removed from the original puzzles.
There would be a total of 18 strings of numbers to work with so there would be quite a few possibilities for which combination of strings to mute to get the correct message.
Is anyone following what I'm saying?
Again, I'm not sure if what i'm saying even makes sense due to the fact that I don't know exactly how the puzzles were solved. Just throwin' it out there. |
*ahem* Deagol? _________________ The Flock is being Misled. |
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deagol Thor's Hammer

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Code: | |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|--s-----------s-----------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------n-----|--o-n---------------k-----o-n---|
|i---------h-i---------h-i---g---|--------------h-----------------|
|--------------------------------|------------c---e-c-----------e-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------t-------------u-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------s---|
|--o-o---------------k-----------|----l-l-----------------o-------|
|g-------------h-----------------|f-i-----------h-------h---------|
|------d-----c---e-c-------------|----------------e-------------e-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------u---------------------|------u---t---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------r-----------------------|
|n-o---------------n---------n-o-|----------------n---------l-l---|
|--------------i-----------------|--------------i-----------------|
|--------a---d---e---c-e---------|----c-------a---------c-a-------|
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I don't see how anything could come out from muting 6 of these strings. You could start by muting the 3rd and 5th from the first message, and you get "is his hig chece." I can't make anything else work. |
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sparkybennett Devoted Fan

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Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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deagol wrote: | Code: | |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|--s-----------s-----------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------n-----|--o-n---------------k-----o-n---|
|i---------h-i---------h-i---g---|--------------h-----------------|
|--------------------------------|------------c---e-c-----------e-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------t-------------u-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------s---|
|--o-o---------------k-----------|----l-l-----------------o-------|
|g-------------h-----------------|f-i-----------h-------h---------|
|------d-----c---e-c-------------|----------------e-------------e-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------u---------------------|------u---t---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------r-----------------------|
|n-o---------------n---------n-o-|----------------n---------l-l---|
|--------------i-----------------|--------------i-----------------|
|--------a---d---e---c-e---------|----c-------a---------c-a-------|
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I don't see how anything could come out from muting 6 of these strings. You could start by muting the 3rd and 5th from the first message, and you get "is his hig chece." I can't make anything else work. |
well it was a good try
I am tempted to think that "6 broken strings, mute them " is just Zipps way of saying he would mute himself. _________________ "Children analyze fantasy. They know you're kidding them. There's got to be logic in the way you kid them. Their fun is pretending...making believe they believe it." Dr Seuss |
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