Puzzle #600! - Everybody come play!

[mrspunkysmom]

Sent in my guess.

[Karen]

mrspunkysmom had one small, but critical error, so she's "out" for this one. Other guesses welcome, either letters or puzzles guesses!

[mrspunkysmom]

mrspunkysmom had one small, but critical error, so she's "out" for this one. Other guesses welcome, either letters or puzzles guesses!

You know, the rules do not explicitly state whether an "out" player could still guess letters, although I suppose it wouldn't really serve a purpose, unless you are a total nerd like me, and just like the game.

[Pinot's Mom]

I'd like to try a 'v', please!

I refuse to google it!

[Karen]

- th-nk - could turn -nd l-v- w-th -n-m-ls, th-- -r- so pl-c-d -nd s-lf*cont--n'd
- st-nd -nd look -t th-m -nd long.
Th-y do not sw--t -nd compl--n -bout th--r cond-t-on,
Th-y do not l-- -w-k- -n th- d-rk -nd w--p for th--r s-ns,
Th-y do not m-k- m- s-ck d-scuss-ng th--r duty to God,
No on- -s d-ss-t-sf--d, not on- -s d-m-nt-d w-th th- m-n-- of own-ng th-ngs,
Not on- kn--ls to -noth-r, nor to h-s k-nd th-t l-v-d thous-nds of y--rs -go,
No on- -s r-sp-ct-bl- or unh-ppy ov-r th- whol- --rth.
So th-y show th--r r-l-t-ons to m- -nd - -cc-pt th-m,
Th-y br-ng m- tok-ns of mys-lf, th-y -v-nc- th-m pl--nly -n th--r poss-ss-on.

W-lt Wh-tm-n, Song of Mys-lf



Felicia's Mom: R(18) D(26) = 44
mrspunkysmom: S(35) T(52) P(9)G (8) W(10) B(3) Y(13) = 130
Randi: N(51) = 51
Pinot's Mom: H(31) F(9) C(11) V(4) = 55
Freckles: K(9) L (19) = 28
Killearn Kitties: M(14) = 14
Asiel: U(7) O(49) = 112

Letters left to guess:
AEIJKQXZ


That was a good letter choice, Pinot (or her mom) as it filled in some of the more difficult-to-guess words!

[mrspunkysmom]

An answer or reply anyone?

Did I usurp your prerogative, Karen?

[Karen]

We can close this puzzle. The answer, which both Pinot's Mom and mrspunkysmom missed by one letter each (different words) was:


I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain'd
I stand and look at them and long.
They do not sweat and complain about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
No one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
No one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
So they show their relations to me and I accept them,
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince them plainly in their possession.

Walt Whitman, Song of Myself


The final tallies or letters guessed:
Felicia's Mom: R(18) D(26) = 44
mrspunkysmom: S(35) T(52) P(9)G (8) W(10) B(3) Y(13) = 130
Randi: N(51) = 51
Pinot's Mom: H(31) F(9) C(11) V(4) = 55
Freckles: K(9) L (19) = 28
Killearn Kitties: M(14) = 14
Asiel: U(7) O(49) = 112
Maya & Inka's mommy: E(57) = 114

So, Anne, would you like to host the next one?

[mrspunkysmom]

I'd like to try a 'v', please!

I refuse to google it!

I didn't Google and got it wrong. one letter can make a difference. Silly me, should have guessed a vowel.

[Karen]

So any new guesses?

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

an "e" please

[mrspunkysmom]

Well, I've bumped, thumped, and now I kerplunk.

Anyone want to finish now or shall we wait until next weekend? I'll be busy up to Wednesday and I'll be out of commission starting Wednesday for a few days while I'll recover from people poking around my heart again.

[mrspunkysmom]

thump