The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[Townsend]

Pearl (and Perl)?

nope...it is not going to be easy...not at all.

 

[Townsend]

Let me know when you need some hints...I don't want to spoil it for you if you don't need any...

 

[honestrosewater]

Shell?

Is it more than one thing? Like one thing connects two of them, another thing connects two more, etc.

 

[Townsend]

Shell?

Is it more than one thing? Like one thing connects two of them, another thing connects two more, etc.

There is ONE thing they all have in common.

 

[honestrosewater]

Oh, yeah, this has to be it: RED?!?

 

[Townsend]

Oh, yeah, this has to be it: RED?!?

nope...

here are some more clues...highlight if you want to see them...



Sacrament of the Last Supper

The breeding of rabbits

 

[arildno]

Flirtation Alert![/size]

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, I win: PHI! aka golden ratio, golden number, golden section.

 

[Townsend]

Okay, I win: PHI! aka golden ratio, golden number, golden section.

Very good...

I am impressed...

 

[honestrosewater]

Very good...

I am impressed...

Woohoo! Wait, you said I would be a genius. I got it pretty easily, mister, and I want my genius title.

What do Rome, Kipling, and Shasta have in common?

 

[arildno]

What do Rome, Kipling, and Shasta have in common?

They do not have any letters in common.
If that's not it, it has to be penis.

 

[Townsend]

Woohoo! Wait, you said I would be a genius. I got it pretty easily, mister, and I want my genius title.

What do Rome, Kipling, and Shasta have in common?

You're correct...hand me your sword and take a knee and I will dub ye "genius."

 

[honestrosewater]

You're correct...hand me your sword and take a knee and I will dub ye "genius."

*trying not to turn my dubbing into a series of dirty jokes* Okay, I'm ready. Touch me with your mighty sword! Woops. *bows silently*

No, it's not a penis.

(that was a legitimate reply to arildno, BTW.)

Another hint: Homer eats super-spicy chili, sees a talking _______? It's not that, but related.

 

[wolram]

AS THO’ again—yea, even once again,
We should rewelcome to our stewardship
The rider with the loose-flung bridle-rein
And chance-plucked twig for whip,

The down-turned hat-brim, and the eyes beneath
Alert, devouring—and the imperious hand
Ordaining matters swiftly to bequeath
Perfect the work he planned.

Mountain ?

 

[honestrosewater]

AS THO’ again—yea, even once again,
We should rewelcome to our stewardship
The rider with the loose-flung bridle-rein
And chance-plucked twig for whip,

The down-turned hat-brim, and the eyes beneath
Alert, devouring—and the imperious hand
Ordaining matters swiftly to bequeath
Perfect the work he planned.

Mountain ?

Incorrect but enjoyable.

 

[honestrosewater]

Disney...

 

[wolram]

Tarzan ?

 

[wolram]

Or the jungle book.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Tarzan#The_Tarzan_story

 

[honestrosewater]

Or the jungle book.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Tarzan#The_Tarzan_story

Ding, ding, ding! But that's only part of it. Someone in The Jungle Book has something in common with another character named Shasta and two people associated with Rome.

 

[wolram]

Romulus and Remus, raised by a wolf, became the founders of Rome.

 

[honestrosewater]

Romulus and Remus, raised by a wolf, became the founders of Rome.

Yeah, okay, you got it. There's a book called Shasta of the Wolves too. They're all stories of feral children who were raised by wolves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral_children_in_mythology_and_fiction

Batter up!

 

[wolram]

Ok, what connects, rocket, harris and scarp ?

Do you give in.

 

[matthyaouw]

Was it the failed attempt at a postal rocket in the Western Isles?

 

[arildno]

Ok, what connects, rocket, harris and scarp ?

Do you give in.

Of course not; it is the frenulum, right?

 

[matthyaouw]

I'm not even going to ask how you came to that conclusion...

 

[arildno]

I'm not even going to ask how you came to that conclusion...

Is it wrong?

 

[matthyaouw]

http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/transport/air_rocket.html
I think that fits the clue slightly better.

I suppose it's my turn.

Standing 7 metres tall, this imposing figure seems out of this world. It towers over the place it terrorised over 100 years go.

 

[arildno]

Evidently, a 7 metres long phallus on rampage WOULD have terrorised any place it chose to visit, but since I've been wrong before, I'm not 100% certain it is a phallus.

Is it Big Ben instead?
(No, that's even bigger; I'm lost..)

 

[arildno]

http://www.postalheritage.org.uk/history/transport/air_rocket.html
I think that fits the clue slightly better.

I suppose it's my turn.

Standing 7 metres tall, this imposing figure seems out of this world. It towers over the place it terrorised over 100 years go.

It is Queen Victoria, gazing out over Balmoral.

 

[matthyaouw]

Nope, not it.
I'm now quite terrified at the prospect of a 7 meter penis rampaging around... If I have nightmares, I'm blaming you!