MOCK - an acronym for Maddeningly Obtuse Connection (puzzle) by the Puzzler Previously known as Karn Utz.
What is the maddeningly tenuous connection between the two vehicles pictured here?
The white roof? ;D
They are not sheep?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/SNNP1.jpg)
I gave my all...
Kentucky?
I know I do a passable imitation of maddening. Anyway, what the "L". Only connect.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a C2. The Morris-Commercial is an LC3. There were LCs, LC3s and LC4s, but no LC2. This Corvette, given time travel and a lot else, might have been a Morris-Commercial.
Tenuous enough?
Travel through parallel universes much?
No. Traffic lights are a big problem.
Quote from: Tuckeroo on September 18, 2008, 12:45:35 PM
Kentucky?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/SNNP1.jpg)
Quote from: max on September 18, 2008, 12:47:39 PM
I know I do a passable imitation of maddening. Anyway, what the "L". Only connect.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a C2. The Morris-Commercial is an LC3. There were LCs, LC3s and LC4s, but no LC2. This Corvette, given time travel and a lot else, might have been a Morris-Commercial.
Tenuous enough?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/SNNP1.jpg)
The picture of the Morris Commercial is from the film "Babe", but I can't see what the connection with the Corvette is. James Cromwell doesn't own one by any chance?
You are about 1/2 way to solving this one - nice work!
To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Cromwell doesn't own a Corvette. He may, but if he does, it has nothing to do with this puzzle.
Your Cromwell hunch was a good one. ^-^
Anything to do with the comment by Peter Segal, the director of Adam Sandler's "The Longest Yard", in which Cromwell plays the part of the Warden? When asked about how you should approach the task of remaking a classic film, Segal said "It’s like finding a ’66 Corvette in a barn, it’s an American classic. You have to be careful in restoring it: you don’t touch the body, but you start by adding some new wheels, redo the interior, and take it out for a spin. People can still enjoy what they loved about the first film."
That's a good one, but not the connection I'm after.
This should be much easier to solve than the "Link Obscura" puzzle, methinks...
Does it mean you solved the Link Obscura? They both leave me speechless.
I did not.
But The both halves of the link suggested by this puzzle are pictured here, and a clue exists prominently, elsewhere on this site. 8)
Both are 2-seater, 2-door 4-wheeled RWD front-engined vehicles?
OK, but that's not what I'm looking for.
Also not the correct answer are:
Both held to the ground by gravity
Both illuminated by sunlight
Both names can be anagrammed into dirty words
Both have tires that were cured using the process of vulcanization
The seat cushions of both contain trace elements of a driver's flatulence
That should narrow it down a bit...
The crux of this puzzle has already been revealed, and there is, as I mentioned previously, a glaring clue located elsewhere within this site.
Here is something else you're not looking for:
The first image is a picture from "Babe".
The second image shows a Corvette.
John Cromwell plays in "Babe".
Oliver Cromwell's nickname was "Old Ironsides"
Wouldn't "Old Ironsides" also be the nickname of a famous corvette frigate?
Missed.
Both have V8 engines? ;D
Quote from: Ray B. on December 12, 2008, 05:58:32 AM
Here is something else you're not looking for:
The first image is a picture from "Babe".
The second image shows a Corvette.
John Cromwell plays in "Babe".
Oliver Cromwell's nickname was "Old Ironsides"
Wouldn't "Old Ironsides" also be the nickname of a famous corvette frigate?
Missed.
A commendably well-reasoned reply, but not the correct answer.
For your effort, a clue: Both are connected by flickering moving images on a screen.
Quote from: Joao Gois on December 12, 2008, 06:06:02 AM
Both have V8 engines? ;D
Don't make me retract the clue...
Another one:
The first image is a picture from the movie "Babe" (flickering moving images on a screen).
The second image shows a Corvette (a 1963 Stingray in my opinion).
The Corvette has the main role in the Series "Route 66" (flickering moving images on a screen).
John Cromwell plays in "Babe".
Jonn Cromwell also played the part of William Randolph Hearst in another movie (flickering moving images on a screen).
The Corvette has a Hurst shifter.
Now how's that for flickering moving images on a screen?
Getting closer!
The first image is a picture from the movie "Babe" (flickering moving images on a screen). Yes!
The second image shows a Corvette (a 1963 Stingray in my opinion). Yes!
The Corvette has the main role in the Series "Route 66" (flickering moving images on a screen). Yes!
John Cromwell plays in "Babe". Yes!
Jonn Cromwell also played the part of William Randolph Hearst in another movie (flickering moving images on a screen).
The Corvette has a Hurst shifter.
You're most of the way there...
:lmao:
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 12, 2008, 10:08:05 AM
John Cromwell plays in "Babe". Yes!
No.
It's James Cromwell.
Are you friends with BiPoplar Bear?
Quote from: ImpishGrin on December 12, 2008, 10:36:21 AM
No.
It's James Cromwell.
I know. I had his father's name in mind. The director.
As for the not-so-new-guy, I don't think Otto's question addresses to me, but I'd sure would like to know who he was before.
And as for the puzzle, I still can't find a connection between John Cromwell and Route 66. Too bas my Hurst connection wasn't the one, I liked the idea. Although I am not sure if the 63-64 Corvettes had Hurst shifters.
And I still haven't found no clue in that other topic, the fact that it's Glenn Corbett and not George Maharis notwithstanding.
And yet, I've found it:
Glenn Corbett and James Cromwell, 29 years later, played the same role in Star Trek: Zefram Cochrane.
For Corbett, it was in 1967 in a episode of the televsion series.
For Cromwell it was in 1996 in the film: Star Trek-First Contact.
Now that was a Mock Puzzle that was worth a Mock Turtle.
You are the master!
Quote from: Ray B. on December 12, 2008, 12:43:21 PM
As for the not-so-new-guy, I don't think Otto's question addresses to me, but I'd sure would like to know who he was before.
MG
That's what I thought.
That you are the master? A lot of people think that! :D
James Cromwell
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Babe
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& Star Trek / "Zefram Cochrane"
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Glenn Corbett
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Route 66
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 13, 2008, 01:56:48 AM
That you are the master? A lot of people think that! :D
Aw, shucks, you know I meant that it was MG. I only set records in the amount of time spent researching instead of working.
AP knows two masters: you, the historical master, and Paul Jaray, about to pass the 500 points limit.
Thank you Ray, but truth is that Otto posted more than 1000 quizzes, @re more than 500, and so on...I posted only less than 150! That's why I collect all these points. You can imagine how many times you posted a car that I was going to post and if I did, that point was lost. That is not my strategy, of course and I try to post when I can. The hard part is to find an obscure car for the others and You all are the real masters who can keep this place incredible day by day. I'm only using your work for my (endless) research on weird cars!
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 13, 2008, 02:00:49 AM
James Cromwell
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Babe
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& Star Trek / "Zefram Cochrane"
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Glenn Corbett
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Route 66
Now THAT'S farfetched / MOCK!!
And yeah, Ray B. is THE MAN! :thumbsup: :hail: :hail:
Nice of you, Joao, but it was easy with all those clues: if jim jarron hadn't noticed the first picture came from Babe and mentioned John James Cromwell, and if Otto hadn't agreed on Cromwell and advised us to look up that "Route 66" topic... Now it was down to an actor and a TV series. With a bit of imdb one had to get some results.