7/7/05 | 11:01 pm | Solution: Exclamation Point
Wow, that was pretty fun. I think we will stick with the all day clue thing for now. It seems like a lot of people appreciate the option of checking in whenever they like during the day to solve a clue. On my end, I didn’t have to sit in front of the computer and update as madly as before. It was especially good because putting up this solution didn’t waste my lunch hour. Well, OK, it means I still need to type this solution after dinner but I’d much rather do that!
Not many problems in the herring department, and many people got the answer lickety split. You are all too darn smart. The pun, of course, is GlenWOULD Springs which I thought was a nice one by Dan M. I have actually been to Glenwood Springs in Colorado. It was on the way back from Aspen actually. I forget which summer it was, but I really remember Glenwood Springs because it was BURNING. Well, the far hills in back of the city were burning at least. As I was filling up my guzzlermobile at the gas station there, the ash from the fire was coming into the city…
Some new faces and some old ones I haven’t seen in awhile! OK, as a one time thing, here are the solutions in the exact order I got them:
Judy B (6:24 am) notes:
Glenwood, but I probably wouldn’t! (:
Mike B (6:49 am) did the right thing:
Total time - about 5 minutes. The clue yielded “Glen would” which became Glenwood. Googling found Glenwood, CO and then it was obvious.
Shawn D (7:34 am) got a quick hit:
glad to be back. good one. gotta run
Chris R (8:00 am) was similarly speedy:
Took about 4 minutes.
Katie N (8:43 am) is back from vacay:
It only took me a minute to think of ‘glenwood’ and a google search took me immediately to glenwood springs. It’s good to be back in town and playing again!
Adam M (10:17 am) nearly herringed out on Koalas:
I search for cities that started with Glen, and even went as far as Austrilia, until I thought “If I wouldn’t then Glen probably would” LOL. Took about 10minutes.
Trecherus (10:28 am) nearly overdosed on Glens:
It took me about 10 minutes. I started searching the birthplaces of famous Glens such as Scott Glen, Glen Campbell and places like Watkins Glen, but all had low resolution satellite imagery. I finally went back to the clue like I should have in the first place and started to think “what about glen?” and realized that “Glen Would !”. I put “Glen Wood” into google and google suggested “glenwood” as a search. I clicked on that and the first link was to the City of Glenwood Springs (http://www.ci.glenwood-springs.co.us/), Colorado. They had a nice interactive map on their website that allowed me to zoom in to see that the exclamation mark is a Hot Springs Pool
Mark L (11:34 am) went “duh”:
After I figured out Glenwood “DUH” it took me about 5 minutes
Justin (12:38 am) exclaims:
I thought about the clue, and then I realized that the response to the word clue is “Glen would”. I googled the word “Glenwood” and found Glenwood Springs, CO. It took only a few seconds after that to find the exclamation point.
Margie M (1:07 pm) almost got lost in a wooded glen:
Took about 20 minutes. I got stuck looking around Wooded Glen in Indiana, but since there is nothing (with a capital NOTH) around Wooded Glen in Indiana, next try was Glenwood and Colorado came up on the first results page. This would be my first solve.
Moose (1:52 pm) googled and roogled:
Great clue. I really like the wording of it. Took me under a minute to solve. Read the clue, figured out that “Glen would” or “Glenwood.” First response on google gave me Glenwood Springs, CO. Google Mapped the city, zoomed in, and there it was! I love this day long clue. I drove straight into work (at 3pm cst) from being out of town for the night, so it was nice to find my ‘Roogling waiting for me when I got here. Yay, now I still get to have my name on the solvers list! I really like this day-long clue stuff.
Peter R (4:50 pm) sends love from Canuckia:
Love the whole day clue thing BTW. Gave me some time to actually get things accomplished during the day!
This one took me about 20 minutes, but it was a tough 20 minutes. I sat down and stared at the clue for about five minutes trying to figure out what the clue meant. Finally, out of frustration, I said, “What do I care if Glen would . . . oh.”
Of course the rest of the time was spent googling for Glenwoods. Why can’t you Americans be like us Canucks sometimes and just use a town name once! Iowa, Illinois, New Mexico, etc. I can’t wait until you have a Springfield clue. . .
Karl (5:14 pm) sped through:
Took about 1 minute to get glenwood, and another minute to find the hot springs website!
Phil M (5:50 pm) is a time traveler:
I really like these all day clues because I work during the day. Plus I’m on a different time zone so that makes it harder.
Hank (7:46 pm) briefly sez:
Downtown Glenwood Springs, CO.
Fun stuff! I’ll see you all soon, remember to check back around once a day or so in order to sink your fangs into some meaty roogle clues…
