5/3/05 | 2:02 pm | Solution: Bones Brigade
In a fit of unintentional synchronicity, several things came smashing together in this clue. I swear I didn’t plan it that way. So “Bones Brigade” was this group of skaters (they also made some videos called Bones Brigade) that had some pretty famous members in it, including Tony Hawk who is from… San Diego. And though it was meant for everyone to derive “eggo” from “Leggo my Eggo”, some picked up “legoland” instead… which has a park located 30 min north of San Diego!
I think the reference to “waffle commercials” confused people more than helped. It was supposed to help people trigger the phrase “leggo my eggo” in their memories, but in fact I might be the only one who remembers those commercials! I have to stop inserting 80s nostalgia in these clues…
The original clue which Brian was going to give was just : “Dusty Waffle”… I thought that would be way too hard to get “Sandy Eggo” from that so changed “dusty” to “sandy” and added the freeway number to it.
The average time was about 20 minutes. Of course, there were ringers like James C:
3 mins. No prior knowledge
It’s pretty crazy how sometimes you happen to solve some clues almost instantly and others take hours. Brian G. went in this direction:
Sandy Waffle? Was definitely confused there… Was looking in Sandy, UT!
I had originally meant “take 5″ to mean take the 5 freeway. I think there was some confusion about the “San Diego Fwy” which is the 405, when I actually meant “Take the 5 freeway to San Diego”. Sorry! Also, I knew some would think Dave Brubeck, but Chris R. also notes:
Googled “take 5″ and got a boyband from orlando. no bones in orlando. Reevaluated and put together “sandy waffle” = “sandy eggo”. clever.
Eric W found the solution after some searching and he notes:
I’m going to make a lot of money someday opening a clinic for scavengeroogle addicts like myself.
I’m glad you all enjoy playing… I’ve been thinking about clues so much that last night I actually had a dream that I was fending off irate email from Scavengeroogle addicts. I kid you not!
I like this 9 in the morning clue launch schedule we are getting into. It makes me wake up a little earlier, if anything. Therefore, we should be on for something around the same time, 9 a.m. PDT., tomorrow. Later, skater.
May 3rd, 2005 at 2:31 pm
I only figured out the clue because of the “Take 5″ reference. Knowing that the 5 freeway runs up the California coast, I began trying to figure out the clue backwards — what city could be turned into “Sandy Waffle?” Fortunately, I started my search at the very bottom of the state and I picked up on the pun “Sandy Eggo” pretty quickly. If “Take 5″ hadn’t been there, I would probably still be trying to figure out what “Sandy Waffle” means.
May 3rd, 2005 at 2:35 pm
Yeah people seem to solve (or not solve) this clue in a myriad of ways… cool! I think there was a lot of teeth gnashing going around though…
May 3rd, 2005 at 3:08 pm
puns…
the s-solution was a p-p-pun?
[[plucks last hair from head]]
May 3rd, 2005 at 3:14 pm
Scott - LOL. If it makes you feel any better, I was given the solution, and the location which is San Diego and the clue “Dusty Waffle” AND he spelled it out for me (sandy ego). And it took me a bit to realize that he meant Sandy Eggo meant San Diego. Duh…