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This is way too cool. What a lovely homage, with guesswork!

posted by moonbird 07 March | 07:05

1. amberglow
2. dodgygeezer (?)
5. matildaben (that's ace)
6. moonbird

posted by seanyboy 07 March | 07:25

4 is iconomy

posted by sciurus 07 March | 07:31

I see mosch, mygothlaundry, safetyfork, taz, and everyone's favorite, stickyFishAlien.

posted by Wolfdog 07 March | 07:33

That's something CARPET, Wolfdog, but it is too early for me to remember.

posted by sciurus 07 March | 07:39

I see safetyfork, taz and specklet, but no mygothlaundry.

posted by seanyboy 07 March | 07:41

OMG, I love puzzles like this!

So... we have so far:

1. amberglow
2. dodgygeezer
3. ________________
4. iconomy
5. matildaben (that's ace)
6. moonbird
7. mosch
8. mygothlaundry
9. ________________
10. safetyfork
11. ________________
12. ________________
13. ________________
14. taz

posted by taz 07 March | 07:43

11 is seanyboy!

posted by taz 07 March | 07:45

Isn't 4 languagehat?

posted by mike9322 07 March | 07:48

So, now with the additions:

1. amberglow
2. dodgygeezer
3. ________________
4. iconomy ?
5. matildaben
6. moonbird
7. mosch
8. mygothlaundry
9. ________________
10. safetyfork
11. seanyboy
12. specklet
13. stickycarpet
14. taz

posted by taz 07 March | 07:50

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posted by mike9322 07 March | 07:57

3 and 9 are easy!
4 is iconomy

posted by flopsy 07 March | 07:58

Wow, 4 really could have gone either way. You should have used Excel ;)

posted by mike9322 07 March | 08:01

mike, yours is jonmc!

posted by taz 07 March | 08:16

Easy, I know, but I wanted to play! Plus, MC Hammer rocks.

posted by mike9322 07 March | 08:25

All but #9. Give it up flopsy! Fun!

posted by chewatadistance 07 March | 08:28

THIS IS GREAT!

Wish I could play and add some. I'd better get some work done though.

Signed,

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...or, if you prefer,

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posted by shane 07 March | 08:29

Okay, I don't know if this is too easy, too hard, or just... wrong. But:

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posted by taz 07 March | 08:31

3 is Frisbee....girl?

posted by richat 07 March | 08:33

#9 is richat, I think

posted by BoringPostcards 07 March | 08:34

#9 arse_hat

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 08:39

Ah, I think you're right, BP. Here's one more (easy) from me, and now I have to do some work... I'll be back to play more later.

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posted by taz 07 March | 08:41

sisterhavana, taz.

posted by mike9322 07 March | 08:46

3 is the lovely Frisbee and 9 is richat. Smart bunnies!

posted by flopsy 07 March | 08:50

Hey, I am honoured! That was fun Flopsy...I have spent a couple of minutes trying to come up with something, but it appears my brain is not entirely in the creative mode this morn...

posted by richat 07 March | 08:55

This is the coolest thing IN THE WORLD. Holy crap.

posted by iconomy 07 March | 09:02

I thought #3 was grumblebee, since her name is Frisbee Girl. A girl at the end would have fixed things. Good thing I know that in the UK they call yellow lights amber, as well. =P

Someone assemble a collage of 9322 Mikes, please.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 09:04

9 could be arse hat or richat ;)

posted by iconomy 07 March | 09:08

for (int n = 0; n < 9322; n++) {

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}

posted by mike9322 07 March | 09:10

you're right, mike9322. Y'all do more! (and someone needs to guess my other one)

posted by taz 07 March | 09:16

HAHAHAHHA!

posted by dodgygeezer 07 March | 09:17

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posted by iconomy 07 March | 09:17

hahahahahaha!

FLOPSY!!!

HA!!!!

posted by taz 07 March | 09:31

oh god, why aren't I working?

posted by taz 07 March | 09:33

*giggle*

posted by iconomy 07 March | 09:38

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posted by iconomy 07 March | 09:45

Lipstick Thespian!

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 09:47

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 09:49

PinkStainlessTail!

posted by flopsy 07 March | 09:50

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 09:52

I can't figure out what your first one is, taz. Clue? *bats eyelashes*

posted by flopsy 07 March | 09:52

Eide: selfnoise

posted by dodgygeezer 07 March | 09:54

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(sorry about the size, too lazy to re-host)

posted by Capn 07 March | 09:56

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 09:58

Capn, yours doesn't say Flospy, does it?

posted by iconomy 07 March | 10:03

too obscure?
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posted by mike9322 07 March | 10:06

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iconomy: I think it says "(It's raining) Flo[rence] Henche(r)man" Because what's FLO SPY, really?

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:06

eide: YouCanCallMeAl

posted by mike9322 07 March | 10:06

eide: rainbaby

posted by mike9322 07 March | 10:07

You can call me Al!!!! (Eideteket!) WOOOT!

posted by rainbaby 07 March | 10:07

Mike: me3dia?

Then I looked at the URL and discovered it's not a stereogram. Obscure, but clever!

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:08

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posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:14

The URL! Doh. No cheating! It's spelled wrong anyway...

posted by mike9322 07 March | 10:14

dano: eideteker

posted by flopsy 07 March | 10:16

A little Before & After:

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Whoever disabled image height is making this difficult on me.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:16

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:20

MelissaMayflyWake!

posted by jrossi4r 07 March | 10:20

very cool! : >

9 is RICHAT, no? (rickshaw+hat)

posted by amberglow 07 March | 10:22

mischief

posted by mike9322 07 March | 10:22

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Mike, I'm making my URLs intentionally obscure. ;)

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:23

pieisexactlythree!

posted by flopsy 07 March | 10:25

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Still no ideas on taz's first?

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:26

In tribute to one of my favorite ladies:
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Except when I'm not. ;)

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:28

Taz's first is sciurus. I thought someone'd guess'd it.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:28

Image was funny, must post:

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:29

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posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:29

We would've also accepted:
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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:30

Venturing further into rebus territory:

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:32

We've got an omiewise and a pinksuperhero and a languagehat, but I'm still trying to figure out the Dee Snider one...

posted by jrossi4r 07 March | 10:34

Capn, yours doesn't say Flospy, does it?

In fact, it does.

posted by Capn 07 March | 10:34

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Rossi: Smart Mouth != languge, if that's what you were looking at.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:36

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:38

trondant at :36 after.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:39

Crap, eid. I suppose we don't have a user named Tron Jemima either?

posted by jrossi4r 07 March | 10:39

eid: ethylene!

i was considering putting that very image into my set

posted by flopsy 07 March | 10:41

This one's a strech. Not so much if you remember a certain user's (last?) MeFi thread.
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Dano's right on Tron D A(u)nt.

Flopsy, yay! No one can guess 10:28? Good job, everyone else so far!

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:42

It's Taz's Charlie Brown one - has anyone got that? Is it. . .dame? I know it sounds crazy. . .

posted by rainbaby 07 March | 10:44

Panopticon...cool.

posted by iconomy 07 March | 10:44

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posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:46

rainbaby: eid got it...the squirrely sciurus

eid: jrossi4r? but i don't know why.

posted by flopsy 07 March | 10:47

Is that bunnyfire?

posted by jrossi4r 07 March | 10:48

bunnyfire?

posted by Capn 07 March | 10:48

Eide: 10:28 is j! rossi (4r?). (had to look at image name for rossi)

Yes, bunnyfire.

I still don't get sciurus.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:49

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Dano: SIGH URIS = SCI URUS.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 10:50

Hah! I like that the old lady is smoking a j.

posted by jrossi4r 07 March | 10:50

Urbanwhaleshark!

posted by jrossi4r 07 March | 10:51

(Liquid shark cartilage!?)

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:52

That's how you pronouce 'sciurus'? I'm such a non-mathlete, it was scurry-us in my head.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:54

Easy one while I work on others:

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posted by iconomy 07 March | 10:56

SassHat

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 10:59

I'm not seeing mud nor puppies. Come on, folks!

posted by matildaben 07 March | 10:59

And yes, that's J (as in joint)+Rossi+4r in 10:28. (yeah, I'm a motorcycle AND space geek). I'd hoped you would like that picture, Rossi!
10:32 anyone?

*SPOILER* (also known as a "hint" or "clue" in Pre-Internet times) What's a synonym for the verb form of "smartmouth"?*SPOILER*

Now for something more complicated:

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:00

Oops, dano got it! Yay!

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:02

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^^harder than need be^^

matilda, I almost did mudpuppie, then decided it was too easy. cmonkey too.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 11:03

Eide's last: scody

If hers is easy, iconomy is scaring me.

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:07

Oh, I just realized my last is a dupe.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 11:08

iconomy's is terrapin (tara + pin)

Dano: Mine was more ornate, yours more elegant.

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:11

Ah...terrapin. I thought it was whore something.

posted by jrossi4r 07 March | 11:12

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posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 11:13

jrossi...heh.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 11:13

Dang, leave the thread for 15 minutes and all hell breaks loose. I have some catching up to do.

Has anyone gotten mine without looking at the URL? Eide figured it out but I haven't seen anyone actually say it.

posted by mike9322 07 March | 11:14

tr33, and dodgygeezer again, Eide?

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 11:16

q on SARS!!!

posted by Capn 07 March | 11:18

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That's who I always think of when I think of "dodgy" and "geezer".
Quonsar!

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:19

'EH-MON-DAILY!

posted by Capn 07 March | 11:22

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At least, that's what I think of when I see his name.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:24

Dano's is ramix.

posted by iconomy 07 March | 11:25

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posted by iconomy 07 March | 11:35

LunaticFringe! (Or DeathOrb2000 fringe.)

posted by jrossi4r 07 March | 11:37

Haha! I love you.

posted by iconomy 07 March | 11:40

agropyron is one of Eideteker's.

posted by iconomy 07 March | 11:42

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posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:43

iconomy's is pretty.

deepfriedtwinkies, Eide.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 11:44

I think someone should post a picture of themselves in a laundry room wearing boxer shorts and a shirt and looking forlorn.

("Misses Pants")

Correct, Dano.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:46

puke & cry - yours are really good.

posted by iconomy 07 March | 11:48

Can't believe no one's done this:

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OMG SO OBVIOUS. But it's funny because it's a literal interpretation on a joke name. Or something.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:51

Thanks, iconomy. Sometimes I think like this. I once had a dream where everyone talked in pictures. Goes with the eidetic thing, maybe? (eidos being Greek for image or something)

This one's tricky, unless you think of it the way Nosmo King would:
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Take a guess, by golly!

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 11:57

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posted by iconomy 07 March | 12:07

Awesome, ico....BoringPostcards.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 12:10

BTW, dg.

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 12:13

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posted by iconomy 07 March | 12:17

This is definitely my last one, going out with a flourish:

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If anyone needs anything explained in the thread to date, just ask.

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 12:22

Super easy, more of a tribute than a puzzle...

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posted by iconomy 07 March | 12:26

Too obscure, as I feared.

Big Bertha was the name of an enormous howitzer built by the Germans in the early 1900s.

Bertha. Twice. Get it?

posted by mike9322 07 March | 12:28

Re: 11:19. Heh. That's awesome.

posted by eamondaly 07 March | 12:32

Why is there a pirate between the tilde and ben? There's no "ARRR" in MatildaBen?

posted by matildaben 07 March | 12:57

Yay!

posted by safetyfork 07 March | 13:17

The pirate is for the second 'a'. Mat-Tilde-Arrr-Ben.

mike9322: clever. couldn't get it even with the url.

posted by flopsy 07 March | 13:23

Hmm, do you pronounce tilde "tild"? I pronounce it "til-day".

posted by matildaben 07 March | 13:29

I pronounce it til-duh.

posted by iconomy 07 March | 13:58

Either I'm dumb today, or this is so not how I think. At a glance, I couldn't figure out any in the link or here in this thread.

posted by kmellis 07 March | 14:15

yes...tild. the wrong way, it seems.

kmellis, e.g. 10. safe tee fork = safetyfork

posted by flopsy 07 March | 15:09

Anyone on IRC who greets me with "tild-arrr" will be rewarded with giggles.

posted by matildaben 07 March | 15:47

Avast!

posted by Capn 07 March | 15:59

OK, here are the ones I'm stumped on.

11:07 -- Engine Teddy R?

11:11 - I'm not familiar with that game but the URL makes me think it must be Dodgygeezer?

11:13 - Sci-Fi Leapfrog Catmask?

11:57 - Don Twalk?

12:22 - WTF???

posted by matildaben 07 March | 16:01

*sniff*
Nobody ever does me.

Re: timestamps...so everybody sees them the same, no matter the timezone? (And, yeah, 12:22 is too much!)

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 16:20

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posted by krix 07 March | 19:30

*sniff*
Nobody ever does me.

*does danostuporstar. hopes he still respects me in the morning. tries to explain doing danostuporstar to husband*

posted by iconomy 07 March | 19:52

Somebody guess my very elegant (a one word answer) puzzle. Even though the thing in the middle looks like a patch of pubes, it has nothing to do with the answer.

posted by iconomy 07 March | 19:53

Woo, sometimes it pays to be pathetic. I got a pretty picture and done did! Thanks, krix and ico. Go Team Monogamy.

Elegance is goatdog?

posted by danostuporstar 07 March | 22:13

Mats:
11:07 - TR-33 + Hugg (E Bear) + R

11:11 - Yes.

11:13 - Q + on + SAR(S)

11:57 - Like NO SMOKING, NO BODY (and everyone groans)

12:22 - Yorick + Toys are us - Icarus - Toys = Yore / Your
Hum + Bull
Bee + Love (tennis scoreboard reads 0-0) + Ed (O'Neill)
Comma - Ma (what Dorothy always used to call Sophia) + Mission + Ur

posted by Eideteker 07 March | 23:03

Nope my last one was box. Where is box, anyway? I liked his radio shows.

(the photo is a bock, there are two of them, hence...bocks)

posted by iconomy 08 March | 06:57

Even with the the explaination, it took me a good while to get 12:22.

Bock! So, that's what's on the Shiner label. No, I never woulda got that one.

posted by danostuporstar 08 March | 09:31

07 March 2006