Visual Puns & Puzzles
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@dave r said:
Apart from the obvious boxing the compass could it be cannot find the way to think outside the box?
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You're right. "Boxing the compass" it is.
Can you do it?
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Never heard that expression before.
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Boxing the compass is naming all 32 points going around in clockwise order starting at North. Not many people need to be able to do it these days, though. And other than the cardinal and ordinal points, the only other point many folks probably know (but don't associate with a compass) is "North by Northwest"
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A little bit of movie trivia...there's no such compass direction as North by Northwest. There's North-northwest (NNW), North by west (NbW) and Northwest by north (NWbN); but no North by northwest.
Film buffs often attribute the title to the fact that the Cary Grant character heads North on a North West Airlines flight, but personally, I've no idea. Great movie though.
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Correct. There's no North by Northwest but there is a Northwest by North.
[floatl:3l52na6f]Compass point Abbr. Traditional wind point Lowest Middle Highest
1 North N Tramontana 0.00° 5.62°
2 North by east NbE Qto Tramontana verso Greco 5.63° 11.25° 16.87°
3 North-northeast NNE Greco-Tramontana 16.88° 22.50° 28.12°
4 Northeast by north NEbN Qto Greco verso Tramontana 28.13° 33.75° 39.37°
5 Northeast NE Greco 39.38° 45.00° 50.62°
6 Northeast by east NEbE Qto Greco verso Levante 50.63° 56.25° 61.87°
7 East-northeast ENE Greco-Levante 61.88° 67.50° 73.12°
8 East by north EbN Qto Levante verso Greco 73.13° 78.75° 84.37°
9 East E Levante 84.38° 90.00° 95.62°
10 East by south EbS Qto Levante verso Scirocco 95.63° 101.25° 106.87°
11 East-southeast ESE Levante-Scirocco 106.88° 112.50° 118.12°
12 Southeast by east SEbE Qto Scirocco verso Levante 118.13° 123.75° 129.37°
13 Southeast SE Scirocco 129.38° 135.00° 140.62°
14 Southeast by south SEbS Qto Scirocco verso Ostro 140.63° 146.25° 151.87°
15 South-southeast SSE Ostro-Scirocco 151.88° 157.50° 163.12°
16 South by east SbE Qto Ostro verso Scirocco 163.13° 168.75° 174.37°
17 South S Ostro 174.38° 180.00° 185.62°
18 South by west SbW Qto Ostro verso Libeccio 185.63° 191.25° 196.87°
19 South-southwest SSW Ostro-Libeccio 196.88° 202.50° 208.12°
20 Southwest by south SWbS Qto Libeccio verso Ostro 208.13° 213.75° 219.37°
21 Southwest SW Libeccio 219.38° 225.00° 230.62°
22 Southwest by west SWbW Qto Libeccio verso Ponente 230.63° 236.25° 241.87°
23 West-southwest WSW Ponente-Libeccio 241.88° 247.50° 253.12°
24 West by south WbS Qto Ponente verso Libeccio 253.13° 258.75° 264.37°
25 West W Ponente 264.38° 270.00° 275.62°
26 West by north WbN Qto Ponente verso Maestro 275.63° 281.25° 286.87°
27 West-northwest WNW Maestro-Ponente 286.88° 292.50° 298.12°
28 Northwest by west NWbW Qto Maestro verso Ponente 298.13° 303.75° 309.37°
29 Northwest NW Maestro 309.38° 315.00° 320.62°
30 Northwest by north NWbN Qto Maestro verso Tramontana 320.63° 326.25° 331.87°
31 North-northwest NNW Maestro-Tramontana 331.88° 337.50° 343.12°
32 North by west NbW Qto Tramontana verso Maestro 343.13° 348.75° 354.37°
1 North N Tramontana 354.38° 360.00°[/floatl:3l52na6f] -
I could never figure out why he didn't just turn around and chuck a rock in the direction of the engine. The propeller disk is large enough he'd very likely hit it on the first try. That would give the pilot something else to think about.
Of course it would be difficult to do with a blue screen arrangement like they used and it is a movie after all.
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I couln't get it either...unless it's Count Brassy. It did inspire this one, however.
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@unknownuser said:
Never heard that expression before.
I have no clue what Jeremy's puzzle is.Boofredlay, I give you a clue. It's a movie from the late 70's I believe. and another clue "something with aliens"
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nope. . .doesn't help.
Close encounters of the Third Kind???? nah. . . .that's not it. . I don't get the Post office thing. . .
By the way .. .did the elephant one get answered?
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@unknownuser said:
By the way .. .did the elephant one get answered?
Yep
@tig said:
Well it is verging on the ridiculous...
[nun...virgin...verging on giant-pink-elephant...ridiculous]@sketchnl said:
Boofredlay, I give you a clue. It's a movie from the late 70's I believe. and another clue "something with aliens"
Thanks. I will think some more... hurts though.
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Mine's a character from a sc-fi movie of the late 70's
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Is there such thing as third class mail?
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@unknownuser said:
nope. . .doesn't help.
Close encounters of the Third Kind???? nah. . . .that's not it. . I don't get the Post office thing. . .
By the way .. .did the elephant one get answered?
Ohw yeah that's the right answer.well in dutch it means "the close encounter= close meeting"
so I put a magnifier on the 3. and the trumpets is the sound
that the ship make.------duuut-------------------------------------------------
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There is third class mail or there was. I don't know what the magnifying glass would have to do with it, though.
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Either "inspection of", or focus on this, rather than other classes? As long as the trend is toward the esoteric?
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@sketchnl said:
Ohw yeah that's the right answer.well in dutch it means "the close encounter= close meeting"
so I put a magnifier on the 3. and the trumpets is the sound
that the ship make.------duuut-------------------------------------------------
duuut-------------------------------------------------------
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------------------duuut-------------------------------------Really??? That was it huh? Wild Guess.
The Five Tones from the movie. . .yup.. .it's my cell phone ringer. I love that movie.
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@mitcorb said:
Either "inspection of", or focus on this, rather than other classes? As long as the trend is toward the esoteric?
How about just plain "See"?
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C-3PO
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