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Logain · Stretch Armstrong

It may not be the most lengthy of paragraphs, but you will need to be doubly lucky to get it and stay within order...

All I need is to stay within cheap, almost harsh and crude quarters. Panache? No. But the info others pass to a reporter cub...it's a low pay job. If at home, I may arduously work for odd hours; the one gotcha in my life. My recent work? A brief url on geocities to roam. I let all read my file. A guest is always welcome.

Logain · Stretch Armstrong

Nothing yet?

There's definitely something peculiar about the paragraph...even if it's not a pattern you're looking for.

Handsome Dan · My, he's handsome

Well, it doesn't contain the letter 'x'.

ChienFou · Leader of the pack

The sequence of vowels looks very contrived. Nothing else I can spot though.

Logain · Stretch Armstrong

*Bump*

It seems I let this one get away unsolved.

It's not a "can you find the pattern and reply in kind" paragraph. It's what's in this specific paragraph that you're looking for. The intro has 2 clues that will let you know if you fully got it or not.

Jas · Daedalian Member

This puzzle is decent! I'm eternally grateful to you for it Logain.

Jas · Daedalian Member

Well I'm not sure I've completely worked it out but....

Logain's paragraph is in imperial measurements, my sentence was in metric.

Maybe that will help

[This message has been edited by Jas (edited 01-29-2002 09:47 AM).]

Gomez · candid chimera

Thanks Jas, that makes much more sense than what I was thinking. When I noticed palm, hand and foot I spent about 15 minutes looking for body parts

[This message has been edited by Gomez (edited 01-29-2002 09:55 AM).]

Logain · Stretch Armstrong

Good spot Jas. Did either of you get the whole thing?

Jas · Daedalian Member

Well I noticed that things seemed to be lengthening but wasn't sure if that was part of the pattern... if it was then my reply didn't fit in too well

Logain · Stretch Armstrong

Jas, my 'stay within order' comment was to hint at the lengthening of it. There's also the other hint for the number of them. Also, I saw your "meter" immediately, but it wasn't till after Gomez' post that I noticed it was centimeter...d'oh

Logain · Stretch Armstrong

Here's one last hint...invis:
There are 14 related and ordered words hidden all together.

Imperial observer · Guest

It has been a lengthy puzzle, but I gather it is now largely solved. I did not measure up - fell two short. I looked around for a perch and found none, so settled for a rod. Must be out of my league.

IHSF CYFR CFML **?

Logain · Stretch Armstrong

The only two missing from your list Imperial are the first and third answers.

Imperial Observer · Guest

Thanks. Found both - LP - but never knew before that they were measures.