At 9:00 PM eastern time I am going to post how. If you are the first to complete the task and post the correct answers in the correct order back on this thread, You will win the Jacket. I suggest some mental gymnastics for a warm up. ;) I'm glad I already have the answers. The more family help you can get on this one, the quicker you can accomplish the task and the greater the chance you will win.
Okay, here is your task. You must unscramble the following anagrams to come up with the list of Christmas Carols. The first one to post the correct list of Carols here in the order given wins a jacket. Have fun and don't let your brain over heat! ;) :)
WINE YA ANAGRAM
OH ME FACTUAL HOLY FILE
LET THE BOOT HIT FELLOWMEN
NOMADIC SHARKS CUT THE TREE OR GRIN
HE ENTERS ODD NEED PRIOR HURDLE
TIN THIN LEGS
BE SLING JELL
OW REDO THY JOLT
GENERATE FORESHORTEN KIWI
ASSASSINATING LUCK MAIM MY SOW
RETROD MY MILL TUBE
TOM EAT BIRD IN YARDS HE SHELL CASH
UH HEADWAITER HOORAY
ERR WISH MY MUSTACHIO SAWYER
THE STOLEN FIR
A MIRTHLESS HOOF CLIMBER
BELL CLING JOKER
THIN HOG HOLY
CAN HE ACE SOMERSAULTS
REPEATABLE HENCE THERETO
SO MISTER THE ARCH
WANT TOAST ON MUSICIAN CLOGS
A DREAMER GRINNED A GROOVY BRUNET
STEM HIS WIT ARCH
I'm intrigued. ;D
I am confused
I live in Canada, that's my excuse! :D
I wish I wasnt goin shopping!
I will just egg his house tomorrow. ;D
I give up. :(
I'm just gettin a kick outta this ;D
What time is 9:00 Eastern time in my time? :D ::)
PC, i believe 9 here. bg
Is it time yet ???
Correction PC 8 here. bg
I got 9:01pm EST....
ok my computer says 801. i am ready to be confused too!!! pc
Jeff must have lost his internet connection, bg
Quote from: paul case on December 23, 2010, 09:01:58 PM
ok my computer says 801. i am ready to be confused too!!! pc
My computer don't talk to me! :D :D Clock says 6:04 :)
Paul yout on pacific time, bg
my comp dont talk either. ff clock says reads 907 . pc
I'm here. one moment please. :)
this what mine has December 23, 2010, 09:11:12 pm
Check the first post in this thread for instructions! Gather help if you need it and have fun! :)
My computer said 8:13 here in KC Mo
Sawwood
"Mulberry"!
Oh wait, that was the answer to the last contest I won.
Wow, hard. My wife is brilliant with language and she is completely stumped. She will just have to be cold with out the jacket!
We are looking forward to seeing what they are though. Only one we got was jingle bells.
david and Joan.
The wife and I are about half way through. These are difficult!
First post, oh, yum, where is first, eem, OH, I got it now, I think, first is up front, isn't it?
bill, that was funny even if i dont get the jacket that made it worth it. pc
Oh... we're back ... :D
there was 20 members and 15 guests when this started and now less that 10 total. i think it will be more like earn the jacket than win it. i am no good at those anagrams but anita is working on it. she has 4 figured out.pc
DanG. We have 11 for sure. I can't figure out the others. How in the world did you scramble these up so well, Jeff. We play word games all the time and you've stumped us good.
7 for us so far. is there a time limit? pc
Hunh, Who , What?
err, 9 pc
5 left. My eyes are bleeding out of my head.
I'm glad I already have a jacket. This is tough. :-[ :-\
I aint gonna comment .. :D :D
We are down to 2 but I CAN'T FIGURE THEM OUT! Argh. So frustrating.
I have fallen and I can't get up !!! :-\
warbird,
i have figured out the ones you dont have. i just cant get the easy ones. pc
I think I might have one. :(
YES YES YES! I think we got it. There are two we aren't sure on but it sure fits.
Here it is....
WINE YA ANAGRAM
AWAY IN A MANGER
OH ME FACTUAL HOLY FILE
OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
LET THE BOOT HIT FELLOWMEN
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
NOMADIC SHARKS CUT THE TREE OR GRIN
ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
HE ENTERS ODD NEED PRIOR HURDLE
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
TIN THIN LEGS
SILENT NIGHT
BE SLING JELL
JINGLE BELLS
OW REDO THY JOLT
JOY TO THE WORLD
GENERATE FORESHORTEN KIWI
WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE
ASSASSINATING LUCK MAIM MY SOW
I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
RETROD MY MILL TUBE
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
TOM EAT BIRD IN YARDS HE SHELL CASH
I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
UH HEADWAITER HOORAY
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR
ERR WISH MY MUSTACHIO SAWYER
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
THE STOLEN FIR
THE FIRST NOEL
A MIRTHLESS HOOF CLIMBER
ILL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
BELL CLING JOKER
JINGLE BELL ROCK
THIN HOG HOLY
OH HOLY NIGHT
CAN HE ACE SOMERSAULTS
HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
REPEATABLE HENCE THERETO
LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH
SO MISTER THE ARCH
OH CHRISTMAS TREE
WANT TOAST ON MUSICIAN CLOGS
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
A DREAMER GRINNED A GROOVY BRUNET
GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER
STEM HIS WIT ARCH
WHITE CHRISTMAS
I didn't know warbird had already posted :-\
-AWAY IN A MANGER
-O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
-O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
-ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
-RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
-SILENT NIGHT
-JINGLE BELLS
-JOY TO THE WORLD
-WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE
-I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
-LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
-I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
-DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR
-WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
-THE FIRST NOEL
-ILL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
-JINGLE BELL ROCK
-O HOLY NIGHT
-HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
-LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH
-OH CHRISTMAS TREE
-SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
-GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER
-WHITE CHRISTMAS
Ty has way better formatting. I hope you get the jacket, Ty. Seriously. :)
I am so glad I arrived on this thread a couple of hours too late.
Merrry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Doctorb
We missed by two ( Different spellings):(
congratulations guys.i always knew that you were the best at figuring things out when it gets all mixed up! smiley_clapping smiley_wavy smiley_sidelightbulb smiley_idea smiley_gossip smiley_book2_page smiley_huh2 smiley_safety_glasses smiley_grin_earmuff smiley_bigears smiley_bucktooth smiley_scholar
pc
Boy I am glad I had a winter coat, cause I dont think I would have it figured out till next winter. Congrats to who ever the announced winner is, and wear it proudly. bg
All aesthetic aspects aside.... :D
I just hope it don't get cold this winter ??? ??? ::) I don't hardly understand english let alone that. But congrats and Merry Christmas to the winner and everybody here
Brian
DanG! Just found this thread at 10:41 ET, and Warbird was down to 5! What to do? I'm only good at short anagrams.
Right, knock together a program and cut & paste the songs into it. Finished & working at 10:56. DanG!! Warbird's only got 2 left.
Grab the song Christmas songbook -- it's right on the piano, thank goodness Barb's been playing a few carols. Start typing in like mad. It's 11:05 and I've only got 5 hits. Do you spell it "Oh" or "O". DanG again, it isn't consistent gotta choose a spelling that the anagram works with.
No time to see how Warbird is doing. Is anyone else even trying? I'm madly typing in "modern" carol names. Up to 14 hits. Wait, it's not spelled "Raindeer", dummy, there's 2 more hits!.
Well, I'm stuck. How's Warbird doing? Right, he finished half an hour ago. Anyhow, here's what my computer figured out.
AWAY IN A MANGER
OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
?
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
SILENT NIGHT
JINGLE BELLS
JOY TO THE WORLD
WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE
I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
?
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
THE FIRST NOEL
ILL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
JINGLE BELL ROCK
OH HOLY NIGHT
HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
?
OH CHRISTMAS TREE
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Congratulations Warbird & Ty. I don't think my method was exactly what Jeff had in mind anyway. Mind you, I still had to come up with the names -- the computer just did the matching. And this all brings to mind that thread on spelling ;).
Merry Christmas everybody.
Warbird, I'm tricky. I'm not going to let you give up your jacket because I have TWO coats to give so Ty gets one too. I need you guys to send me what size jacket you prefer. If I don't have that size, you will get the next larger.
The hard part about this is that someone else submit in between, but he sent the list to me in an instant message and did not follow the instructions of posting the list on the thread. We needed the list posted so everyone else would have the option of whether to keep working on it or not. So, I had to rule the submission ineligible.
you are the best jeff. 2 jackets is a great solution. well its better than 1/2 a jacket each. pc
This was a great challenge for "word challenged" members. Half is about all that I was eligible for when Warbird posted. Whew. I was 'bout ready to PM him those last two answers. ;) :D
Jeff, that's pretty cool. Thank you.
MM, the Mrs helped me out with those. She got about half of them, starting out really strong. I finished strong. We got every single Christmas CD we own and I was looking up Christmas song lists online. We musta looked hilarious, pouring over all these lists, "Oooo, could it be this one?!" I was surprised by how much the wife got into it.
Great fun. Thanks again you guys.
Congrats Warbird and Ty ,well done !
Thanks Jeff :)
I started off by myself and got about 10 of them, then enlisted the help of my mom, along with several lists on the internet, to figure the rest out.
I suppose if I had gotten her help from the start I might've been first ;)
Good job Warbird!
Congratulations Warbird and Ty , you fellas earned this one.
I sure meant to come back to this thread last night, but got busy showing my nephew how to do a little leather work. We ended up making him a leather cuff.
Jeff, this looks really similar to one of your contests a few years back. I really enjoyed that one.
Congratulations to the winners.
Quote from: Radar67 on December 24, 2010, 12:23:20 PM
I sure meant to come back to this thread last night, but got busy showing my nephew how to do a little leather work. We ended up making him a leather cuff.
Jeff, this looks really similar to one of your contests a few years back. I really enjoyed that one.
Congratulations to the winners.
Yes, I save everything and this was a simplified rehash of that previous contest. In that contest you got the anagrams in groups of 5, had to take the first letters of each line and search the forum to get your next 5. Eventually you would find your way to a hidden form that you could only find if you solved the anagrams. From there you could register for the drawing of the prize.
Well, I didn't have a hope of winning, but I sure had fun.
I'm glad there were two jackets available, because both the winners really are winners. :)
I got my jacket today. It's awesome! Fit perfect, too! 8)
Thanks!
Any chance of getting a photo so we have an example for that color? I think they are pretty sharp. :)
These work?
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