Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 "slartifer! slartifer! slartifer!" We shall continue in our attempt to banish the 331, now 332, soon to be 333 names of slartifer. Below, you will find a list of 47 PDNs (chronological) and 47 crossword-style clues (alphabetical). These are the penultimate 45 PDN changes. This covers the first few months of 2010, plus the single name change yet observed in 2011. Your task is to correctly identify which PDN is described by each clue. BECAUSE THE PDNS BECOME UPPERCASE AND CONFUSING AT THE END OF THE DRAWER, SCORING HAS CHANGED: you will receive BETWEEN TWO AND SIX POINTS per reference correctly identified. Points will be awarded based on the QUALITY and ACCURACY of the explanation. You will get 2 points if you have no explanation or if it doesn't make any sense, and more points if your explanation is accurate, elegant, amusing, or otherwise admirable. To get 6 points, you will need an explanation that is both accurate and elegant. Points will accumulate until all 333 names have been banished; and yes, there will be a prize at the end for the highest point totals. You may also have noticed that this list ends at the 332nd name... is this really the last Triple Slartifer? A desk is a portion of a tree. At the end of a writing desk--many of you know this-- there are drawers. Each drawer represents one year in the life of the tree. How long it takes to a grow a tree! I don't mind telling you some things. Many things I, I musn't say. Just notice that my HEART is boarded up. There will never be ACTIVITY there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 PDN SET #7 291. Exersociatique 294. Leadendy 298. Intension 299. Bidirectional Reflection Whale 313. HOUSEHOOOOOOLD NYMENS CLUE SET #7 4-2 feature Bonus points if you have any clue where this one came from Breaking in the vernacular Really not going anywhere THIS IS WHAT I MEAN!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 YAY MORE THINGIES!!!! 328. SLARTY TASTY!!!1!! - Zombies Ate My Forums; reference to Zombies!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 307. Scarab of Ra Ra Ah Ah Ah - Musical number for one in the pits?; It's a reference to that Egyptian god Ra, and the Lady Gaga song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 SYLAE 328 - no 307 - no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Also, keep in mind that I do give credit for answers that are not the first answer, if they are within a few minutes. So you can save up your answers and just post every 10-15 minutes when you have new stuff. EDIT: Of course, I double post when making this exhortation against double posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 306. Minor Detaur - Changes of plans in a Knossos palace: Refers to the myth of the Labyrinth and minotaur. 311. DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK DARK - Like the Mertis Spiral: Probably not the best fit, but the Mertis Spiral did have an annoying dark section (at least in A2). 318. TIMEBREL DANTS ON TH FLHORLTHULG - Impossible speech sounds signify final commitment: How do you pronounce "FLHORLTHULG"? Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DIKIYOBA 306 - YES (+3) 311 - YES (+3) 318 - NO Also, if you guys haven't, you should read the rules. They have changed. There is now a five-point range for points (+2 to +6) and explanations will affect the points given dramatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 307. Scarab of Ra Ra Ah Ah Ah - Want your bad roguelike: Apparently Scarab of Ra was a first-person(?!) roguelike; combine this with the aforementioned song. It seems highly likely then that 327 goes with Want your explosion, although I don't have justification for this. EDIT: Include PDN in question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 320. THE DISMEMBERMENT PLANE - Zombies Ate My Forums Edit: 329. SLARTOphrenia - One explanation for Project Slartificus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 305. Rex Romanum Cryptogrammaticon might be Bonus points if you have any clue where this one came from- it's in reference to a byzantine king who got his Latin grammar corrected by a bishop and he replied with the Latin put-down "I am the Emperor of Rome and above grammar"- ego sum rex romanun st super gramattican. Okay, that's probably not the correct pairing, but it's a badass quote anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 NIEMAND 307 - YES (+3) - Scarab of Ra was actually a pretty cool game, despite my Bad Romance parody. Also, please copy both the PDN and the explanation. I can't keep up with all the submitted answers otherwise. THE RATT 320 - no 329 - no, although that would make sense too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 309. EVERYTHING IS RUINED FOREVER - Overly dramatic exclamation: Complaints that something (or everything, in this case) is ruined forever are usually the result of one unwanted or unexpected little detail. 322. GRIBBING BREDDERS HO HO LA - NSFW if you add in the missing letter (don't specify) 328. SLARTY TASTY!!!1!! - King demon?: The Demon of Good Taste strikes again? Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DANTIUS 305 - no, but your quote is on the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 321. SPACE RACISM (XE'S NO PARAPHOBE) might be Fate of His and Heretics- a set of genderless pronouns based on "xe" or "xir" could theoretically replace his and hers as pronouns in the far future, and usage of his and her might then be construed as racist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DIKIYOBA 309 - YES (+4) 322- no - although one possible letter alteration puts you on the right track for this one's clue 328 - no - although, again, on the right track for one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DANTIUS 321 - no - but you are right about xe's involvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Oh, then is 321. SPACE RACISM (XE'S NO PARAPHOBE) paired with Stoned new-age buzzwords that plummet like frozen balloons, becuase they have effectively zero popular recognition or cultural/linguistic penetration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 300. Vngrs Ssmbl Ll T F Rdr - Impossible speech sounds signify final commitment. Something like xkcd? Edit: Or Vngrs Ssmbl Ll T F Rdr - NSFW if you add in the missing letter (don't specify). Because it looks like it's missing a vowel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Is 329. SLARTOphrenia My thoughts be bloody, since schizophrenia is a mental disorder, so SLARTO-phrenia must also have something to do with the mind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DANTIUS 321 - no 329 - no THE RATT you need to make one guess at a time. can't have your cake and eat it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 327. MON OH KATH RA RA AH AH AH could be want your explosion, since in just about every prior round, you've included clues from the syllabic magic languange, so I'd be willing to bet MON OH KATH RA is a spell for an explosion, and then you've just appended it with the lyrics for Gaga's Bad Romance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 321. SPACE RACISM (XE'S NO PARAPHOBE) - NSFW if you add in the missing letter (don't specify) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DANTIUS 327 - YES (+5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 ROWEN 321 - no - also not sure what letter addition would make that NSFW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Okay 300. Vngrs Ssmbl Ll T F Rdr - Impossible speech sounds signify final commitment. Something like xkcd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 THE RATT 300 - no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 OH, it was Emperor Sigsimund who said the rex romanum quote, so Sigismund code switch is what's paired with 305. Rex Romanum Cryptogrammaticon, for both the "rex romanum" bit, and also because primitive cryptography also usually involves switching letters around by a code or cipher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall The Ratt Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 300. Vngrs Ssmbl Ll T F Rdr - NSFW if you add in the missing letter (don't specify). Because it looks like it's missing a vowel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 309. EVERYTHING IS RUINED FOREVER could be paired with non sequitur, since it's a commonly expressed statement around the internet that often has little to no bearing on the prior conversation. Hence, a non sequitur. Though if I wanted to be a pedantius, I could point out that non sequitur could be paired with just about any of the capital names on the list, since they're already pretty bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DANTIUS 305 - YES (+5) - "code switching" is actually a linguistics term that refers to switching between the use of different languages or, more frequently, sublanguages, which would include 'proper' versus vernacular. THE RATT 300 - no - also if you aren't sure what NSFW means you may want to look that up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 HOUSE of S could be Compiler of slarternate continuities, because that's the PDN you've been using when you compiled all seven lists of PDN's, possibly after the House of Wisdom, which was a historical library in either Baghdad or Damascus that compiled historical records of prior civilizations before the Mongols destroyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DANTIUS 309 - no - and that isn't true, it absolutely has bearing on prior conversation in its typical use. however, (+1) - for pedantius, which made me laugh, and is my new name for you aside from dantdringissonika slugfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 UPDATED LIST DANTIUS 332 - no - although a very interesting idea - also please use the numbers too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Balladeer Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 319. MANHEHEHESAIDHEUNT UNT NUT JUT - NSFW if you add in the missing letter (don't specify) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Alright, I'm really proud I got this one! 303. The Legend of Imelda is SHE DIVIDED IT INTO 8 UNITS TO HIDE IT FROM "CORAZON". Imelda Marcos was the wife of the dictator of the Phillipines who was renown for her taste in shoes, owning something to the order of 20,000 pairs. Her husband was eventually deposed and they were run out of the country. Corazon Aquino was one of the leaders of this deposition, which I actually remember strangely enough, annd she was a female. It's also a play on the game The Legend of Zelda, in which the Triforce is often divided up into parts and hidden for Link to find. So the title is implying that Imelda Marcos hid her shoe collection from Corazon to prevent her from finding it! Wow, talk about complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 JEWELS 319 - YES (+4) - normally no explanation would be +2 or less, but this one is obviously an exception Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 292. Suspended Anima - Really not going anywhere: A life postponed or held back. 302. Latchkey Adult - One who refuses responsibility: A latchkey kid could be said to be overly responsible, because they have to care for themselves while their parents are away. The exact opposite of a latchkey kid would then be an adult who does not act responsible. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DANTIUS 303 - YES (+5) - lol on the shoes, I wasn't thinking of those specifically. But yes, this is the story of Imelda Marcos. The clue line comes from the onscreen prologue to The Legend of Zelda: it is talking about Zelda dividing up the Triforce of Wisdom (the only time this occurs, to my knowledge) to hide it from "GANNON". Corazon Aquino was launched into the forefront of the rebellion after her husband was assassinated, and she actually became the first President of the newly constituted country. Meanwhile, Ferdinand Marcos is dead but Imelda Marcos is now an elected representative in the Philippines. Inspired by Here Lies Love, which is completely crazy if you haven't seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DIKIYOBA 292 - no 302 - YES (+6) - or alternately, the latchkey adult is the one who is not around to be respondible for the latchkey kid. either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 296. Quantifier Bloat is One explanation for Project Slartificus due to having so many names you needed to see if anyone knew what they were Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DARTH ERNIE 296 - no - but good thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 331. CRISIS on INFINITE SLARTIES is Compiler of slarternate continuities because continuities can go on forever into infinity and slartenate slarties being compiled forever would be a crisis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 289. Cower in Error - Fate of His and Heretics: Stupid cow pun. 296. Quantifier Bloat - THIS IS WHAT I MEAN!!! 322. GRIBBING BREDDERS HO HO LA: Jocund, hateful, minority sentiment Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DARTH ERNIE 331 - YES (+3) - this is a reference to the 1985 DC Comics crossover event "Crisis on Infinite Earths," which among other things compiled and flattened the till-then notoriously discontinuous continuities of their comics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 DIKIYOBA 289 - YES (+3) 296 - no 322 - YES (+2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Balladeer Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 302. Latchkey Adult - One who refuses responsibility latchkey kids are those that stay at home while their parents are at home. latchkey adults are then... parents who stay at home while their kids are at work? 298. Intension - Fate of His and Heretics It is the intention of the Nine-Headed Cave Cow that the heretics shall always be In Tension. 293. Emobarbus Girl, Emobarbus World - Die die die Death and darkness are the sentiment of the Emo. If the whole world is Emo than everyone will surely want to kill themselves from the depression of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 JEWELS 302 - sorry, too late 298 - no 293 - no - but you're a third of the way there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 299. Bidirectional Reflection Whale is Preaching to the tiny about New York transflections 300. Vngrs Ssmbl Ll T F Rdr is Continuity breaks like a mirror 301. The Secret of Eureka is Lacking in Tact, in reference to the apocryphal story of Archimedes running naked through the streets after discovering a way to measure density, a move lacking in tact among other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted August 11, 2011 Author Share Posted August 11, 2011 Guys, keep in mind you can get more points for the explanations than the correct pairings. DANTIUS 299 - no 300 - no 301 - no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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