=SDC= Q08: 25
Jerry Friedman
lily with a rose?
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Jerry Friedman, T. O. Panelist
Vinny Burgoo
>If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination of a
>lily with a rose?
Ecce signum!
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VB
Peter Moylan
Yellowish orange.
(I don't seriously think this is the answer, but at least I tried.)
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Vinny Burgoo
>Jerry Friedman wrote:
>> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination of a
>> lily with a rose?
>
>Yellowish orange.
>
>(I don't seriously think this is the answer, but at least I tried.)
You're a lamb.
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VB
Peter Moylan
Peter Moylan
Vinny Burgoo
>> In alt.usage.english, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination of a
>>> lily with a rose?
>>
>> Ecce signum!
>>
>Umber.
If manganese, what ho!
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VB
John Holmes
> Vinny Burgoo wrote:
>> In alt.usage.english, Peter Moylan wrote:
>>> Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>
>>>> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination
>>>> of a lily with a rose?
>>>
>>> Yellowish orange.
>>>
>>> (I don't seriously think this is the answer, but at least I tried.)
>>
>> You're a lamb.
>>
> Meh!
Peter, did you realise there's a "green ring" bicycle path in Sydney along
which you can ride from Lilyfield to Rosebery?
http://sydneygreenring.blogspot.com/
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John
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Jerry Friedman
wrote:
> Vinny Burgoo wrote:
> > In alt.usage.english, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> >> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination of a
> >> lily with a rose?
>
> > Ecce signum!
>
> Umber.
Any chance you were on the right track there?
(Answers must now demonstrate that the solver knows what's going on in
the question.)
Peter Moylan
The juxtaposition of the rose and the ecce made me think of Umberto Eco.
Not quite sheepworthy, I fear, but at least you now know a little more
about how my mind works. Perhaps someone can take it a little further;
or perhaps I've put down enough of a red herring to sidetrack everyone else.
Peter Moylan
> Peter Moylan wrote:
>> Vinny Burgoo wrote:
>>> In alt.usage.english, Peter Moylan wrote:
>>>> Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>>
>>>>> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination
>>>>> of a lily with a rose?
>>>>
>>>> Yellowish orange.
>>>>
>>>> (I don't seriously think this is the answer, but at least I tried.)
>>>
>>> You're a lamb.
>>>
>> Meh!
>
> Peter, did you realise there's a "green ring" bicycle path in Sydney
> along which you can ride from Lilyfield to Rosebery?
> http://sydneygreenring.blogspot.com/
>
Red Cross building somewhere along the route. There's a Red House
Crescent in the Sydney suburbs, but it's way out in the fringes.
Thanks for the hint, anyway. As you are no doubt aware, there's also a
bit of a green belt between Montrose and Lilydale.
Now for a bit of really useless knowledge. If you do a Google search for
melbourne suburb rose*
the first hit is for a list of Melbourne brothels.
(One of these days I should look up the correct way to specify a
wildcard in Google.)
Vinny Burgoo
>> On Aug 18, 6:27 am, Peter Moylan <inva...@peter.pmoylan.org.invalid>
>>>> In alt.usage.english, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>>>> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination of a
>>>>> lily with a rose?
>>>> Ecce signum!
>>> Umber.
>>
>> Any chance you were on the right track there?
>>
>> (Answers must now demonstrate that the solver knows what's going on in
>> the question.)
>
>The juxtaposition of the rose and the ecce made me think of Umberto Eco.
>
>Not quite sheepworthy, I fear, but at least you now know a little more
>about how my mind works. Perhaps someone can take it a little further;
>or perhaps I've put down enough of a red herring to sidetrack everyone else.
Thanks for the explanation.
Eco isn't a complete red herring. Think semiotics.
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VB
T. O. Panellist
Vinny Burgoo
Shields and sparks.
Liz
> In alt.usage.english, Peter Moylan wrote:
>>Vinny Burgoo wrote:
>>> In alt.usage.english, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>>> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination of a
>>>> lily with a rose?
>>>
>>> Ecce signum!
>>>
>>Umber.
>
> If manganese, what ho!
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone!
Vinny Burgoo
Heraldry and electronics.
Vinny Burgoo
Listen very carefully, cadets. I shall say this only once.
R H Draney
Blue and violet....
Crescent, ring, fleur-de-lys and rose are cadency marks for fifth, second, sixth
and seventh sons respectively...the colors in the resistor code for 5, 2, 6 and
7 are red, green, blue and violet....
Figures I'd get a question that discriminates against the color-blind....r
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Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
musika
Shouldn't that be blue-violet?
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Ray
UK
Jerry Friedman
In fact, it's a shame the slug wasn't "Marks & Sparks".
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Jerry Friedman
musika
> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination of a
> lily with a rose?
Silver
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Ray
UK
musika
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Ray
UK
msh210
> If a crescent is red and a ring is green, what is the combination of a
> lily with a rose?
On Aug 22, R H Draney abed:
> Blue and violet....
>
> Crescent, ring, fleur-de-lys and rose are cadency marks for fifth, second, sixth
> and seventh sons respectively...the colors in the resistor code for 5, 2, 6 and
> 7 are red, green, blue and violet....
Thank you!
After much deliberation, the Panel has decided to accept this answer
as correct.
The Totally Official answer was brown orange, or brown orange black,
because 6+7 is 13, the resistor code of which is brown orange (or
brown orange black).
Michael Hamm
TO Panelist
R H Draney
6+7 is also 67 in some contexts....
I also considered "combining" blue and violet more directly and offering
"indigo"....r
Jerry Friedman
And after much procrastination, an incorrect barcode, and a few
welcome thunderstorms, your Cormo is here.
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Jerry Friedman, T. O. Sheepmarker