Wednesday, 5 October 2016

How well do you speak Bushy?

Hi everybody. How goes it back in civilisation? Things are okay out here. Sadly though, it seems I won't be getting home now until some time in November … probably.

Anyway, I thought this'd be a fun little game to keep you mob occupied while I'm away. For each thing listed below, write—in the box next to it—what you think a typical person from the bush one of my rellies would call a group of that thing. Examples of possible answers are: flock, herd, school, swarm, infestation, pack, and crowd. Don't cheat by looking at the source code!

 score: 
Turn on Hints

16 comments :

squib said...

Zero. But where are the answers?!

Alex said...

Squib, you can find the answer hidden in the question, if you look hard enough.

Technically, I guess it counts as a trick question, but it's really just another one of my crappy attempts at humour.

suze2000 said...

I only got one. :( And I can't even tell which one that was!

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Alex said...

Turn on hints and hit "check answers" Suze. That'll tell you which ones you got right. And if you got one of them, you'll be well on your way to solving the whole thing.

Melba said...

GOT IT

First two goes - 0/14

then I saw what you wrote above Alex, the hint to squib. Got em all. :)

Melba said...

And very funny btw

squib said...

Oh. Is it the same word for all of them?

Alex said...

Bingo, Squib.

Thanks Melbs, well done. Despite being a joke, it's also (almost) completely true about how people talk out here.

Also, remember I have a free-discussion thread if you (meaning anyone) wants to talk about what they've been up to.

suze2000 said...

Oh well if there's only one word, that would be pack, surely?

Alex said...

So close, Suze.

Melba said...

i keep coming back to see if anyone has done it. smug dickhead that i am.

squib said...

I worked it out AGES ago

Melba said...

but you didn't SAY so squibby

squib said...

Are you checking AGAIN, Melbs ?

Alex said...

Given the response this has gotten, I may have to come up with more little puzzley type things.

Proper ones, with proper answers even.

Hmmm, sounds like work. We'll see.