hex appeal stinkers

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:00 am

obviously categories like welsh names, pharoahs etc. are always pigs but how about gettable categories which cast swine before us.
i'll start.

coronation street: JEZ QUIGLEY

Hexpert · Post by **Hexpert** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:26 am

Don't get me started on this!

Chinese Takeaway "Click Here to go Back to Menu"

Competitve Sports "Canoe Polo"

Fish "Blue-or-rippled-triggerfish" (this one is all one line and is too big for the screen to display!)

Hobbies "Observation"

I can feel my blood starting to boil, best I stop there for now!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:34 am

Hexpert wrote:"Canoe Polo"

i know it is vulgar to name-drop but i actually know one of the GB canoe polo team who won bronze at the european championships a few years ago.

Hexpert · Post by **Hexpert** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:23 pm

Hmmm, maybe it's not so obscure thenP

Perhaps i just need to get out more!!

SWP · Post by **SWP** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:45 pm

Hobbies "Observation"

Well observed.

Anyone have ideas?
Hobbies : "Old **********" (can't remember how many letters).

ZAX · Post by **ZAX** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:59 pm

Dunno about old *********** but I had 'glass blowing' under hobbies today. Number of people in country who list it as merely a hobby- less than one, unless UP knows different!!

Hexpert · Post by **Hexpert** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:25 am

Glass-Blowing sounds like a smashing hobby (Ouch!)

Inventors 7-1-5 Wilhelm R ntgen !!!!

Items of Clothing Peddle Pushers

Planetary Moons Neptune!!

Music Maker Ondes Martenot (no doubt UP knows a professional Ondes Martenot player!)

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri May 18, 2007 9:56 am

ondes martenot is impossible
but i'd say glass blowing is guessable
(the obvious ING gives you the initial G too.)

Hexpert · Post by **Hexpert** » Fri May 18, 2007 2:54 pm

Here's one hot off the presses from lunchtime

Dog Breeds 5-1-6-4

We got as far as Small / M / -s-e-l / --e- when we ran out of guesses and had to collect £2

Turns out to be Small Munsterlander or according to Hex
Small M nsterl nder

Mind you, one game of Hex had the £1 at Column 3 and we managed to reach £5. Overall, 4 games for £10 in wins (£1,£5,£2,£2) is a good return

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri May 18, 2007 3:01 pm

my new name to the rescue...
the software recognises letters with diacritics, diaereses etc as a blank (space) so ü comes out as [].

LUIS GARCÍA has a similar problem.

SWP · Post by **SWP** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:06 pm

Planetary Moons Neptune!!

On similar note also had that well known moon: MARS.
Maybe all the moon-planets are in there?

This I can just about accept, but the issue with accented letters is very, very sloppy and the question setters need a good b*ll*cking which I will gladly provide by email if anyone can supply an address. I'll teach them how to write a simple unicode filter to 'anglicise' these dodgy letters too.

I'll try spamming info@ingame.co.uk for starters.

This game has very little going for it other than the puzzle itself (no decent prizes thats for sure), if they are going to f*ck that up as well with sh*tty answers what's the point?

I think QM should extend his league table of f*ckwit question setters as these muppets surely deserve an entry.

Maybe they should have a category called "F*cking Ramndom Letters" e.g
1-6-2-4 : z nopliq ha kklk (hope that's not rude in Hungarian)
and take any hint of skill out of this so called SWP. (come to think of it they already have this twice, "Abbreviations" and "Computer Languages" just less letters to go at

).

The rest of my 68 page rant will be on the blog.
Grrrrr

SWP · Post by **SWP** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:47 am

Music Maker Ondes Martenot (no doubt UP knows a professional Ondes Martenot player!)

As a big Radiohead fan I could of told you Johnny Greenwood regularly uses one of these bad boys (Kid A album as an example).

I'll try and get some Hex playing in next week and see if can drag up some more stinkers for you.

dm · Post by dm » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:30 pm

SCRAPBOOKING sounds like fun

Ernest W. Quality · Post by **Ernest W. Quality** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:50 pm

But not a spoiler really

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SWP · Post by **SWP** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:05 pm

But not a spoiler really

Yes, but one for the scrapbook

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