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Hmm, Hot Buttered Rum sounds reasonable. It's a possibility.
And I would say a bay "faces" the ocean. But..hmm. Is a westward bay the same as a west-facing bay? I guess it COULD be. Or a...west-moving bay? Is there any other interpretation of the word bay besides a body of water?
That's what I was trying to ask. If it means a west moving bay, then it would be the opposite of what we've been assuming about that, and the bay would have to be on the east coast of a continent. But it still seems like an odd choice of words - unless it was specifically intended to throw us off in the opposite direction.
Then there's this definition: Bay - 2. An area of land, such as an arm of prairie partially enclosed by woodland, that resembles in shape or formation a partially enclosed body of water.
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 17, 2009 0:37:18 GMT -5
Ooh, John, good thinking with the other sort of "bay" - that's exactly what I was looking for. I knew there was something like that and I was blanking. Hmmm. I still can't come up with anything, other than finding a myspace page for a DJ Westwolf.
Post by mulcherry0420 on Jan 17, 2009 0:39:49 GMT -5
I've finally read through every post. And the only thing i can add that hasnt been mentioned. Ocean Spray is a song done by Manic Street Preachers.(from the album, know your enemy)
Thats all I got.
But I do like the PBJ, Phish, Bruce, J??? Jack Johnson?? He's from pretty far out west...
hmmm well maybe not...
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Post by plasticpepper on Jan 17, 2009 0:42:56 GMT -5
Other sorts of bays to think about: bay is a color of horse (one of the most common colors, actually). In architecture a bay is "the zone between the outside edges of an engaged column, pilaster, post, or vertical wall area" whatever that means (thanks wiki!). There are bay leaves, and then there's eBay of course. (Which I'm thinking...if we have a westward bay...it's a bay that's going to go west...and if it's going to go west, it wouldn't west now...so it could be an east bay...or an eBay....orrr maybe I need to sleep haha).
Post by mulcherry0420 on Jan 17, 2009 0:48:57 GMT -5
More definitions
# an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf # the sound of a hound on the scent # true laurel: small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors # a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay" # a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay" # utter in deep prolonged tones # alcove: a small recess opening off a larger room # bark with prolonged noises, of dogs # a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
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Post by viciouscircle on Jan 17, 2009 0:52:48 GMT -5
I don't know what everybody is using to search for bands, but this works really well. You don't have to actually buy anything, just use the search function to enter a keyword, make sure it is set to search for artist, and see what comes up.
It's been a long day and I'm admittedly not at my best at this point. Can someone please concisely lay out the argument for Snoop Dogg? I just don't see it but there are a lot of believers in this theory here and I would like to understand better.
I've finally read through every post. And the only thing i can add that hasnt been mentioned. Ocean Spray is a song done by Manic Street Preachers.(from the album, know your enemy)
I believe that they were also on last year's Sweet Sounds, too.
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 17, 2009 1:00:45 GMT -5
Here's my newest line of thinking: ocean spray meaning cranberry juice might be too obvious in that it's not obscured at all. I've been googling all manner of things involving cranberries and stuff in hopes of finding interesting, but I'm not sure that makes sense. If djjd wanted to get us to cranberry juice, it seems more likely that he would have started somewhere else that would get us to ocean spray and THEN to cranberry juice or something like that.
So now I'm trying to think of ocean spray more literally, like mist/seafoam/etc. And what's occurring to me is that the salty ocean spray would make you thirsty - it would invite you to take a big gulp, in a way. And while we're at it, so would peanuts. Now, I have NO IDEA where that could possibly go, so it's most likely a dead end. But who knows, maybe it'll make someone else think of something.
Edit: Oh, and djjd was just replying to my twitter post where I said something about the good news (in reference to MTV linking me). I guess he missed seeing the link on the boards. I don't THINK it's clue-related at all, but then I'm never sure of anything anymore.
Post by viciouscircle on Jan 17, 2009 1:05:33 GMT -5
I've mentioned the thirsty idea several times. It makes alot of sense to me because it ties the two parts of the clue together. But I can't find any salt or thirst-related bands other than the one I already mentioned. There has to be something missing.
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 17, 2009 1:09:25 GMT -5
Haha yeah the thirsty idea just suddenly made more sense to me or something. Like you said, because the entire clue seems to fit with it. But then that's sort of the problem too - if all the parts of the clue connect to this, there's no more clue left to take it any further. adsgfnjgads.
Here's my newest line of thinking: ocean spray meaning cranberry juice might be too obvious in that it's not obscured at all. I've been googling all manner of things involving cranberries and stuff in hopes of finding interesting, but I'm not sure that makes sense. If djjd wanted to get us to cranberry juice, it seems more likely that he would have started somewhere else that would get us to ocean spray and THEN to cranberry juice or something like that.
I agree. I don't think that he was trying to get us to cranberry juice. I think that he was going for juice just. If he was looking for cranberries - and was trying to be all stealthy about it - I think that he would've gone with a bog reference or, if leaning specifically towards the band, maybe zombies.
Incidentally, I am now watching Peter Pan to see if there is anything special about a westward bay or ocean spray. I'm pretty sure it's a dead end but i have to watch something in order to fall asleep so I might as well multitask...
The first half of the riddle pertains to peanut butter, and by nature peanuts. Snoopy is the star of the Peanuts comic strip leading us to Snoop for the first word.
The second half refers to a westward bay. Viewing a bay as the bay, or howl, of a hound that hails from the west, we can get the reference to a dog, coming from the west coast - Dogg.
This theory gets one word from each half of the riddle and fits them together perfectly for a unified answer.
Here's my newest line of thinking: ocean spray meaning cranberry juice might be too obvious in that it's not obscured at all. I've been googling all manner of things involving cranberries and stuff in hopes of finding interesting, but I'm not sure that makes sense. If djjd wanted to get us to cranberry juice, it seems more likely that he would have started somewhere else that would get us to ocean spray and THEN to cranberry juice or something like that.
I agree. I don't think that he was trying to get us to cranberry juice. I think that he was going for juice just. If he was looking for cranberries - and was trying to be all stealthy about it - I think that he would've gone with a bog reference or, if leaning specifically towards the band, maybe zombies.
Incidentally, I am now watching Peter Pan to see if there is anything special about a westward bay or ocean spray. I'm pretty sure it's a dead end but i have to watch something in order to fall asleep so I might as well multitask...
Maybe watch for roasting and beating clues, as well, just in case we're totally off on the peanut butter somehow. I tried watching it earlier, but I was streaming it and it kept freezing, so I can't help with that.
Post by plasticpepper on Jan 17, 2009 1:21:46 GMT -5
Yeah...to be honest I sort of dismissed the Snoop Dogg theories earlier after djjd's comment about it being too easy, but then....he said that before this clue came out.
I agree. I don't think that he was trying to get us to cranberry juice. I think that he was going for juice just. If he was looking for cranberries - and was trying to be all stealthy about it - I think that he would've gone with a bog reference or, if leaning specifically towards the band, maybe zombies.
Incidentally, I am now watching Peter Pan to see if there is anything special about a westward bay or ocean spray. I'm pretty sure it's a dead end but i have to watch something in order to fall asleep so I might as well multitask...
Maybe watch for roasting and beating clues, as well, just in case we're totally off on the peanut butter somehow. I tried watching it earlier, but I was streaming it and it kept freezing, so I can't help with that.
That Snoop Dog explanation makes alot of sense.
Well in terms of roasting or beating clues, his twitters have mentioned "right off the bat" and "hitting the town."
Post by JustSoYouKnow on Jan 17, 2009 1:26:31 GMT -5
Since the clues style of the twitter clue was more like -build upon the last one- I'm gonna keep everything in mind that people put out there and apply it to the next clue as well. Who's with me?
While I don't think that it's the right connection (the first half of the clue really seems to go out of its way to indicate that it is the roasted and then pulped version of peanuts and Peter Pan is a brand of peanut butter; dogs don't bay, they bark. Coyotes and hounds bay, however.), I can see why so many people think it's the case. (I thought DJJD nixed Snoop earlier this week but that may have only been in regards to the chase for the Twitter.)
Post by mulcherry0420 on Jan 17, 2009 1:33:48 GMT -5
the only other meaning for peter pan, that I can think of, besides for peanut butter. Would be youth...or something like that...Peter pan was never supposed to get old...or innocence?
so in that mode of thinking.. "Peter Pan (youth) had a good roast before he was beat to a pulp, and the ocean spray from a westward bay invites you to take a big gulp.