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Re: Addicting Story Hunt-like Puzzle
Posted By: wintermute, on host 65.189.42.201
Date: Sunday, July 16, 2006, at 17:45:14
In Reply To: Re: Addicting Story Hunt-like Puzzle posted by Sam on Sunday, July 16, 2006, at 17:17:49:

> > All right, 13 -> 14 is driving me crazy, and since everybody says it's lame I have low motivation to keep noodling at it. Any hints? Just nudge me toward the right ballpark, please.
>
> The clue is the beginning of a three word expression, which can be found on the Wikipedia page for the number (not year) 13. Use the two remaining words, separated by an underscore.
>
> The reason it's so stupid is, besides that it's a super obscure expression, is that it doesn't involve expressing the number 14 in the manner that 13 is expressed, which is how every other puzzle in the sequence works. It's really strange.

Huh. I would not have thought of it as being even remotely obscure - it was the first thing I thought of for it. Possibly it's a British thing. For some reason, a couple of the clues have suggested that the creator is British, but I might be reading too much into it.

But I do agree that it doesn't fit the same pattern as the rest of the clues, and feels somewhat unsatisfying.

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