This really isn't all that "funny" anymore >:|

September 29, 2006 9:04 PM

Funny Farm What four-letter word links Jay Leno and Oprah Winfrey? A word-association puzzle.
posted by revfitz (24 comments total)

this is killing me and a friend right now...very enjoyable
posted by django_z at 10:50 PM on September 29, 2006

H-O-S-T
posted by c:\awesome at 11:38 PM on September 29, 2006

I was thinking of posting this, but I'd already solved it ... so ...
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 11:58 PM on September 29, 2006

It's not meant to be played alone. And the final puzzle is a bitch (in the least literal sense of the term).
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 12:01 AM on September 30, 2006

if anyone wants a headstart, this is where i'm at right now.
posted by wumpus at 12:12 AM on September 30, 2006

poop?
posted by delmoi at 12:54 AM on September 30, 2006

C-U-N-T!
posted by PeterMcDermott at 3:27 AM on September 30, 2006

how do you move to the next field?
I managed to do it once, but now, every time I click on the mini-map, it gives me a "cheating attempt logged".
posted by sour cream at 4:27 AM on September 30, 2006

Interesting interface. I never enjoy these, because it comes down to guessing the game author's way of thinking and/or cultural influences, rather than actually knowing things, or figuring things out logically/empirically. Tarja Halonen?
posted by sidereal at 5:16 AM on September 30, 2006

C-A-R-S
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:21 AM on September 30, 2006

C-H-I-N
(A caricaturist's dream, Leno is all lower mandible, and as for Oprah, well, *wink*)
posted by rob511 at 5:26 AM on September 30, 2006

See what I mean? C-A-R-S. Uh huh. Okay.

Also, having now peeked at wumpus's saved game, I declare the interface to be broken, as "hen", "rooster" and "milk" were all words I tried which seemed to have no effect. (This is after I'd already gotten their precedents "chicken" and "cow". O wells. Maybe works better in IE?
posted by sidereal at 6:43 AM on September 30, 2006

Heh... "War on Terror" is not directly linked to "Iraq"...
posted by sdrawkcab at 8:15 AM on September 30, 2006

Sidereal, I had the same problem. I figured out I was going too fast and the first letter or two wasn't registering. I have to wait a second before entering the next word.

This is addictive and frustrating.
posted by jaysus chris at 8:18 AM on September 30, 2006

R-I-C-H
posted by snoktruix at 9:53 AM on September 30, 2006

Holy god, I am so bad at this. I just barely got to the edge of the first screen.
posted by danb at 10:00 AM on September 30, 2006

count me with sidereal. bad interface; answers likely based on author's cultural preferences.

actually, i can't even figure out how to start it. i enter a guess, the page reloads, i get no information. huh? there should at least be notification that you're wrong. no? (wumpus seems like he's doing quite well.)

are you supposed to be selecting an orange box, and then guessing? cuz i can't select any orange boxes.
posted by mrgrimm at 10:18 AM on September 30, 2006

(nevermind. it's simpler than i thought. i swear i am not retarded.)
posted by mrgrimm at 10:19 AM on September 30, 2006

barn - barney - purple - hmm - why - oh - yu-gi-oh - fries - new york
posted by mrgrimm at 10:49 AM on September 30, 2006

when i try and play it tells me i have cheated by attempting to read the source code.
what the hell?
posted by MNDZ at 11:10 AM on September 30, 2006

we need to band together to defeat this!



my current progress


(kudos to wumpus - we were about 2/3rds of where you were, then we added yours and made a bit more progress beyond that)
posted by django_z at 11:46 AM on September 30, 2006

Woohoo!

That was fun.
posted by goo at 12:18 PM on September 30, 2006

Site is S-L-O-W.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 12:50 PM on September 30, 2006

Why does it keep accusing me of cheating? I'm getting offended.
posted by jrossi4r at 5:57 PM on September 30, 2006