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Big Twine
Dec 24, 2019 8:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by davebakedpotato on Dec 24, 2019 8:15:17 GMT -5
I thought it was interesting that ff mentioned (in that recent interview), paraphrasing, that searchers were missing part of the story; as though the clues formed part a story. I imagined the game played in school where the teacher tells a secret story to the first kid, and then it is whispered to the next kid in the line, and so on, and by the time the last kid tells the story (out-loud), it has completely changed.
If the clues are inter-twined and make a story, then it makes since that “the solve” cannot be determined unless you get the first clue (wwwh/message) correct.
The story that I have been working on starts with: Begin it w which anagrams to “Big twine”. And then, here warm water, becomes “here war maters” (i.e. a battle field).
Big Twine – Big Yarn- Big Story/Picture (Tall Tale)
Big Twine- Big String – Big Sequence
Big Twine – Big Cord – Umbilical?
While looking for a hint in TTOTC from the ball of string story, I found this:
“The best saving technique was to tie one end of the new piece of string onto the end of the last one”
If you tie the ends (lines) of the poem together (see my thanks-giving post) you get the (hidden) words: “Tailwater(s)” and “Wording Tab”.
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Tail Water anagrams to “A War Title”
Associating “Tail Water” to “Water Hi”, = Hi Tail…possible. “Hi-Tail it”.
Also, by following the “Wording Tab” directions, if you tab-over “wording” so that it aligns in a vertical direction: at least three additional words appear (vertically): Date, Belt, Wall in the same row(s).
The definition of Tab is: an attachment used for identification. So if you combine Tab and Belt; the result is Belt-Tab. (i.e. take it in). Spelled backward = “Battle B”.
Some additional items that could relate:
waters halt and take it= possible “last”, and/or “stand” anagrams
Canyon Down = Gorge, possible “George”
“Home of Brow” anagrams to “For whom the B”; is there a possible hint for HOB in the Important Literature story? Farwell to Arms(trong) (gotta like that one)
TTOTC quote “I bend a little” possibly changing “little” to “battle”.
Horn acrostics
There are also some “custers” in the poem
Possible solution(s): Battle of Little Bighorn/Custer’s Last Stand/George Armstrong Custer.
Or if this is a story, then we are on the battlefield and we need to high-tail it out of there (Retreat to a nice warm hot spring).
Do you think it is intentional that the poem references the hints in TTOTC as shown with the “Big Twine” and HOB anagrams? Seems backwards but useful. Big twine is good. How about "Begin it where" anagrams to "big twine here"? The biggest ball of yarn in the world is apparently in Bozeman... See other posts regarding the dangers of anagramming long text strings, although I still think Big twine is pretty neat.  |
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Post by astree on Dec 24, 2019 9:21:29 GMT -5
. Van wrote “I thought it was interesting that ff mentioned (in that recent interview), paraphrasing, that searchers were missing part of the story; as though the clues formed part a story” Was it this ( word that is key ) interview ? youtu.be/5vH6aliCmTgheres another quote ( from this website ) It was fortunate that two writers, Irene Rawlings and Margie Goldsmith, liked my book enough to review it in national publications. Those stories gave it ignition. The hidden treasure story in the book provided enough propulsion to keep it in the public view long enough for word of mouth traffic to broaden its desire across America and beyond. I am more than pleased with the way it has been accepted. mysteriouswritings.com/six-questions-with-forrest-fenn-author-of-the-thrill-of-the-chase/ |
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Post by van on Dec 24, 2019 11:12:09 GMT -5
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Post by astree on Dec 25, 2019 9:48:31 GMT -5
Thank you, van. Do you think Forrest said “important”? |
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Post by van on Dec 25, 2019 11:02:33 GMT -5
Thank you, van. Do you think Forrest said “important”? Yes, I think he said "its important" |
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Post by goldilocks on Dec 26, 2019 7:13:56 GMT -5
[quote author=" van" source= I imagined the game played in school where the teacher tells a secret story to the first kid, and then it is whispered to the next kid in the line, and so on, and by the time the last kid tells the story (out-loud), it has completely changed.[/p][/quote] This game was called “telephone” where I’m from. |
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Big Twine
Dec 26, 2019 12:11:46 GMT -5
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Post by heidini on Dec 26, 2019 12:11:46 GMT -5
Telephone or “operator.”
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Big Twine
Mar 10, 2020 20:29:53 GMT -5
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Post by edgewalker on Mar 10, 2020 20:29:53 GMT -5
I wonder if the word that is key is...key. Try reading it like this. There is a word. That is KEY.
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Post by Bownarrow on Mar 11, 2020 4:01:05 GMT -5
While looking for a hint in TTOTC from the ball of string story, I found this:
“The best saving technique was to tie one end of the new piece of string onto the end of the last one”
This quote means to me means to use the previous line of the poem to help you with understanding the one you are looking at.
A good example is using the line "Put in below the home of Brown" to help in understanding the line " From there it's no place for the meek"
"Put in below the home of Brown" transforms into "Find the lake at the end of the burn"
Loch Lomond (/ˈlɒx ˈloʊmənd/; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Laomainn - 'Lake of the Elms')
The lake in question is Loch Lomond in my solve. Loch Lomond means "Lake of the Elms"
Tyburn – meaning ‘place of the elms’ – was a village close to the current location of Marble Arch and so-called for its position adjacent to the Tyburn Brook, a tributary of the lost Westbourne River.
Tyburn’s ‘tree’ was in fact a wooden gallows where criminals were hanged to death
Tyburn Gallows has many names during its history: The Elms, the Elms near Tyburne, Tyburn Tree, the Deadly Never Green Tyburn Tree, the Triple Tree
"home of Brown", transforms easily into "end of burn". However it may also be easily transformed into "ty(W.) e(L.) burn(anag of brun([F.]/brown -Tyburne" which is a variant of "Tyburn" which means "place of the elms"
Here the line "Put in below the home of Brown" provides a clue to understanding what " no place for the meek" refers to - the gallows(The Elms) at Tyburn in London.
In this way one end of the new piece of string is tied onto the end of the last one.
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Post by me9 on Apr 5, 2020 15:54:35 GMT -5
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Post by Jenny on Apr 6, 2020 17:40:10 GMT -5
...so his 'ball' of string was actually the shape of a football..... hmmmm...
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Post by zaphod73491 on Apr 6, 2020 18:08:22 GMT -5
...so his 'ball' of string was actually the shape of a football..... hmmmm... I still think the whole story is a tall one -- a "yarn" if you will, and perhaps also a "clou." For instance, a spherical ball of string, 3 feet in diameter, made from string that is 1 millimeter in diameter would require over 316 miles of string (assuming no air gaps). The length will be somewhat less than that due to imperfect packing of the string, but you get the general idea of how much string we're talking about. Maybe Forrest had a very narrow bedroom door. ;-) |
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Post by thrillchaser on Apr 7, 2020 17:08:53 GMT -5
I have a string theory
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Post by theoretical on Apr 7, 2020 20:29:29 GMT -5
The chest doesn’t materialize in a location until it’s observed? 😂 |
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Post by astree on Apr 9, 2020 13:27:58 GMT -5
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