Monday, January 21, 2008

And so the hunt begins again...

Current mood: devious

And so… the hunt for the orange begins again!

But this time, it's Tommy's turn to huff and puff and suffer the frustration of well-thought-out clues. He he he. I love it! (rubs hands together and crinkles nose)

This is what I did – I have strategically placed a number of clues all around the office and his desk area (I'm checking daily to make sure our night-time clean-up crew doesn't remove them!).

On Friday, he received a note in his mailbox that was to be Clue 1.

Clue 1
Opposites attract and build a clue.
Down: __________
Yes: ____________
Don't: __________
Equal: __________
Fake: ___________
Dissatisfied: ______
Own: ___________
Orange: _________
Day: ____________
Listen: __________

The answer leads to Clue 2 which is placed… ha! Not saying. I will say that the first letter of the opposite words spell out the location of Clue 2.

Clue 2
These movie titles will align like stars and lead you to the next clue!
___________: A cricket is his conscience
___________: Remy goes from the countryside to Paris
___________: A Spielberg great
___________: Fairytale characters escape to a marshland
___________: A determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug empire while succumbing to greed
___________: A computer genius reaches his 18th birthday and is finally allowed near a computer again
___________: A punk band holds up a radio station
___________: Stars a British Jane

So the first two clues are similar in nature. Just to screw with him a little before changing the style. Again, with this clue, the first letter of the opposite words spell out the location of Clue 3.

Clue 3
Use your cranium to ride through life and push on for the next clue.

Unless you've experienced Tommy's cube-o-fun, then you'd never figure this one out. He has a rubber skull that he glued on top of a blue convertible remote control car. Yes, at times you will see this head on a car rolling past your office door. Yeah.

So Clue 4 is stuck inside the rubber skull.

Clue 4
After solving the crossword puzzle, rearrange the letters in the circles to get the next clue.



...>..>..>..>..>..>..> ..>
ACROSS
5. random act of kindness

6. number of monitors on your desk

7. speak first and

9. yellow-bellied pirate

12. Aaron's dog

13. admin to Christina Gregg

17. orientation guru

18. every other Monday (2 words)

19. the walls

20. usually around 11:30 a.m.

DOWN
1. our newest hire

2. theme for Kingston's birthday party

3. Sue's home (2 words)

4. Mariemma is from (2 words)

8. closing time on Saturday

10. STAR talent showcase

11. going to Sora

15. usually Fridays at 9:00 a.m.

16. came back from ICE!

These answers are really ones that only a person working in our office will know. So, I'll give the answers to Across and Down, but not the rearranged letters.

...>..>..>..>..>..>..> ..>
ACROSS
5. Rak

6. Two

7. Last

9. Elmo

12. Hunter

13. Lisa

17. Caines

18. Payday Heyday

19. Yellow

20. Lunch

DOWN
1. Matthews

2. Toga

3. Winter Haven

4. Peutro Rico

8. Four

10. Blank Canvas

11. Pop

15. Wig

16. German

The rearranged circled letters will lead to the final clue – Clue 5.

Clue 5
Chiffonier Quill Case

Since it's the last clue, it's meant to be very difficult to solve. I hope that proves true. Gosh, Tommy's gonna hate me. He he he. I love it.

The last clue was written using a thesaurus. Those three words tell Tommy the exact location of the orange. I hope he does his Abode Labor on this one (homework).