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deepsea 
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 Posted: 08:56AM Feb 10, 2010 |
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Sorry about the giant"fail". It's the site so there isn't much I can do. The best answer I've heard so far is "things that can't fly" but I'm sure there's a better one.
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Shadows  
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Posted: 04:46PM Feb 10, 2010 |
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What the heck is that mouse/penguin/kangaroo animal thing near the bottom left?
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deepsea
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Posted: 05:49PM Feb 10, 2010 |
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I'm pretty sure that's a penguin
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BloodMoon
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Posted: 11:15AM Feb 12, 2010 |
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Things made into movies: Free Willy; March of the Penguins; The Piano; Runaway Train & Das Boot
or...
All things Popeye has beaten Bluto up with while juiced up on Spinach!
0r...
All things used in Coca-Cola commercials.
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lunarrainbow
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Posted: 06:23AM May 29, 2010 |
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They all make distinctive noises. They are in danger/are useless/can't survive without people. Or how about putting "weird"?
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antlerlady
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Posted: 05:55PM Jun 11, 2010 |
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How about all movies with voice-over narration? The Piano, Whale Rider, Das Boot, March of the Penguins and the Train. Or maybe it has to do with the ocean?
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eamon
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Posted: 01:32PM Mar 13, 2011 |
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deepsea wrote:
Sorry about the giant"fail". It's the site so there isn't much I can do. The best answer I've heard so far is "things that can't fly" but I'm sure there's a better one.
The only common thread, if there is one at all, seems to be they're each a kind of oxymoron for lack of a better word.
Whale = (Marine mammal) a water based air-breather
Penguin = (flightless bird) a winged animal that can't fly
a single Boot = useless alone
Train = (Trackless train) useless w/o tracks
(player) Piano = oxymoron (Not actually a musical instrument but a mechanical playback device like a tape player.)
Of course I make the giant leap that it's not just an upright piano. I usually see the rectangular window for the music scroll on player pianos as shown in the image. Still, it could work (less well) as a "player-less instrument" I suppose.
Thoughts??
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riddlemaster2 
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Posted: 02:06AM Jul 3, 2011 |
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They all have other words in their names.
PENguin or penguIN
whALE
piANo or piaNO or PIano
sHOE or BOOt
tRAIN or traIN
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eamon
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Posted: 08:30PM Jul 3, 2011 |
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That IS true. It's seems more about the images rather than their names though in the three other sets.
The puzzle asks for the OBJECTS common defining characteristics not about their (English) names.
Anyone got the real answer from the original site?
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Skybet
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Posted: 08:48AM Oct 31, 2011 |
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It honestly looks like its there just to bamboozle you!
Can't think of anything simple like "made of metal" or "an item of furniture"
This question paper doesn't look like it runs too deep...
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Mathgeek007
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Posted: 06:44PM Oct 31, 2011 |
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5 letters.
Piano.
Mouse.
Whale.
Train.
... Booots?
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talanpoe
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Posted: 01:18PM Nov 7, 2011 |
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That has to be a really old picture, by the way.
I'm curious: how many of today's young people recognize the object in the top-left corner of the top-left panel?
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