Words for My Enjoyment

The Treasure Hunt Solution

October 5th, 2005

Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

With today’s treasure hunt came happiness, emotional unstability, torture, disgust, depression, angst in social situations, coughing fits, urinary tract infections and above all…three winners: Shane, Pierce and C Ro.

If you’re someone who likes to be challenged and you want to at least try to solve the riddle — don’t check out the spoilers below. If you aren’t someone who likes to be challenged and you curse such riddles, feel free to check out the answers below. If you hate me, well…I’ll have to live with it.

A brand new day at WFME,
down one, across five — and ye shall see,
a variety of founders, and regulars too,
find one in the “nick of time” and you’ll know what to do.

[Load up WFME brand-new. If you go down one (which lands you on the navigation bar) and over five -- you'll land on the Links section of the nav-bar. Click on it. Once there you'll see the "founders" and the "regulars" -- finding one in "the nick of time" only can refer to one link. Nickerblog. Click on it.]

Once off on your ride,
arriving at your first place,
searching for some mac and cheese,
will get you on in this race.

[Now that you're there (i.e., off on your ride) search for "mac and cheese." Doing so on Nickerblog will net you three results -- but only one contains the phrase "mac and cheese." That post, titled Midway is what you should click on.]

Like “a jay” in the sky,
flying up up away,
click on the first of his comments,
and see what he’s got to say.

[Now on the post titled Midway, the riddle references "Like 'a jay'". If you look to the second comment under that post, it's written by someone named "AJ." Click on the first of his comments (i.e., click on AJ's comment) and follow it through to his site.]

Being twenty-three oh fo-shizzle,
will get you back with the sizzle,
in her old Western stack,
a man who’d shoot you square in the back.

[Now at AJ's site the riddle suggests "being twenty-three" and getting you back with the sizzle. Either you could have searched for the word sizzle or counted twenty-three names down AJ's blog list. Either way -- number 23 on his list is Ms. Sizzle Says. No brainer. Click away and through to her site. You're looking for her "old Western stack" -- well, she does have an "old news" section. Combine that with your quest for "a man who'd shoot you square in the back" should have directed you towards her Just Like Jesse James post. Click away.]

If you’re seeing the queen,
right there on your screen,
don’t think I’m being mean,
if I want you to Sue me and scream.

[Now at the Jesse James post, the riddle says "if you're seeing the queen right there on your screen" (which you should be -- that queen being CHER) then "Sue me." (Sue, being capitalized, it references a person -- not the act of suing.) In the comments of the post, there is a comment by none other than "Sue." Click away.]

With a hop, skip and jump,
scan the site just like Neo,
and continue your quest,
at the sign of the Leo.

[Now you're looking at this Blogger profile and the riddle asks you to hop, skip and jump -- through to her main blog (located at the bottom of her page. Following such links will get you to her main site, The Torn Pages. Now there, the riddle suggests that "just like Neo, continue your quest at the sign of the Leo." There's only one link on the page referring to Leo -- a link to Leolionqueen's blog. Click.]

Drip, drip, drip, drip.
Now’s the time you just don’t slip.
Pledge away, it’s time to kneel,
this is where you’ll need to “find a steal.”

[Now on Leolionqueen's site the riddle says "drip, drip, drip, drip." Jenny has a section on her blog titled "The Daily Drip." So if you drip down FOUR TIMES -- there's a link to Citizen of the Month, a blog written by Neil (i.e. "kneel"). Once there, you'll need to find a steal. Search for "steal" in his search box.]

The modern question you now must ask,
can you scan, and rightly fast?
Down to the bottom, number 12,
anonymously is where you should delve.

[The search results over at Neil's site will bring you face to face with a post titled "Modern Talmudic Question." Since the riddle references "the modern question you must ask" -- click on the post. Now, "down to the bottom, number 12, anonymously is where you should delve." So, scan down to the 12th comment which happens to be written by Anonymous City Girl. Click to her site.]

Are you still alive?
Would you like to search archive?
Do you like the number five?
August really seems to jive.

[Now at Anonymous City Girl's site "would you like to search archive?" Number five? August? On the sidebar, you'll find the archive section, five down happens to be for the month of August. Click on the August Archives.]

Now find the words,
where there are none,
and click the face,
you’ve almost won…

[Having clicked to the archives, "find the words where there are none." The second post down is titled "No Words" and has only two comments. By clicking into the comments you'll find one without any icon, and a second that graces the face of yours truly. "Click the face and you've almost won." Clicking on the face will get you to my Blogger profile.]

Just find the phrase,
in and about,
five simple words,
the end, so stout.

[Now, just find the phrase "in and about" (in the About section). Five simple words, "the end, so stout." You're looking for a phrase that is only five words, in the About section, near the end. There can only be one. Don't pity me, embrace me. And THAT, my friends, was the answer.]

Thanks to all the participants and their sites, who had no idea they were involved.

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