She was just telling me that she "likes to shop in downtown Downer's Grove."
Answer: Chicago, United States of America
She's staying with a great-great-aunt off Pauline Avenue in the Ukranian Village.
Answer: Chicago, United States of America
She was less worried about your dragnet than the court's net.
Answer: Tennis
Sure, I know where she went. She was just telling me about a snake farm where I could see someone milk a Siamese king cobra.
Answer: Bangkok, Thailand
She's led a stressful life, judging by the color of her hair. That or she's just too lazy to get it dyed.
Answer: Grey
I told her ever since that incident with the sultan's daughter, tourists have been asked not to bring any asps. If you have one, leave it ashore.
Answer: Istanbul, Turkey
She said she might ride into the city from Paris on the Orient Express. Oh, I hope there isn't a murder!
Answer: Istanbul, Turkey
You might spot her keeping a lookout from a tower in the river. Which river? I forgot to ask.
Answer: Istanbul, Turkey
I offered her some food, but she declined after narrowing her eyes and asking what farm it came from.
Answer: New American
I heard her muttering to herself that onions were inferior to ramps.
Answer: New American
Until I met him, I had no idea someone could feel so strongly about tempeh. So I would describe him as tempeh-mental.
Answer: Vegan
He mentioned he was going to Bruand's lock museum. I told him that I'd heard it was closed. I think somebody lost the key.
Answer: Paris, France
I would try watching out for him by Henri IV's New Bridge.
Answer: Paris, France
He was planning a rendezvous at the giant statue of Christ by Casablanca.
Answer: Havana, Cuba
I told him if he gets a chance, he has to catch a concert at the Plaza de San Francisco.
Answer: Havana, Cuba
He said he's staying at a "really classy joint" up the hill from Guápulo.
Answer: Quito, Ecuador
He caught a bus to the capital - but I don't know if he came south from Colombia or north from Peru.
Answer: Quito, Ecuador
He said something about standing in a rotary, flanked by four heroes.
Answer: Budapest, Hungary
Your friend there is a big fan of János "Blind" Bottyán. What Bottyán lacked in depth perception, he brought in sheer guts.
Answer: Budapest, Hungary
I wonder if his ride had an ejector seat, given that it didn't have a seat in the first place.
Answer: Jetpack
I'll bet she caught a boat to Quayaquil and then hitched her way northeast to the capital.
Answer: Quito, Ecuador
She looked like someone you don't want to go up against in a pie-eating contest.
Answer: Stocky
She was obsessed with trying a Grey's Papaya. I warned her to stay away from papayas that color.
Answer: New York, United States of America
There was something about the way she walked. Something that said, "I'm a few joints short."
Answer: Peg Leg
She wanted to go to Amsterdam, but not to regular old Amsterdam. She wanted a New Amsterdam.
Answer: New York, United States of America
I noticed she had a copy of "Okaz" tucked under her arm, opened to the sports page.
Answer: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Let me tell you, when she took off from here, she really took off. Didn't request tower clearance or anything.
Answer: Jetpack
I know she's meeting someone in "the garden von Erlach designed."
Answer: Salzburg, Austria
She said something about trying to snag a spare cherub from the Angels Staircase?
Answer: Salzburg, Austria
She had grandiose plans to build a perfect replica of the Automatic Man. I hope she succeeds, so she can meet something with more personality than her.
Answer: Steam Robotics
I gave her directions in the city, and told her to take a left on Moi, Haile Selassie, a right on Pumwani, and when she sees the police, turn herself in. She didn't appreciate that.
Answer: Nairobi, Kenya
Sure - she went to one of my favorite cities. I really thought the place would change when the British handed it over in 1997, but it's still a great place to make a fortune.
Answer: Hong Kong, China
Your friend went to my favorite Special Administrative Region in all of China.
Answer: Hong Kong, China
Her hair absorbed light like her pockets absorbed my money clip.
Answer: Dark
I hear she was sight-seeing in one of the public squares and asked where the tanks were. The authorities were not pleased.
Answer: Beijing, China
She was meeting her friend at the largest public square in the world - a space big enough to fit a million people.
Answer: Beijing, China
I can't say she had the most accessible hobby, given how excited she was to build a coal-fired autonomous hobby accessor lift.
Answer: Steam Robotics
You know how some cars come with automatic windows? His came with automatic soft-serve.
Answer: Ice Cream Truck
You're looking for the largest city in Seward's folly.
Answer: Anchorage, United States of America
He had sad eyes, going solely on the color.
Answer: Blue
He told me he was going to stowaway on a boat that's making a delivery to some monks.
Answer: Bangkok, Thailand
You might find him shopping at MBK.
Answer: Bangkok, Thailand
Here, he dropped this photo of a barge with all the snakes' heads on the prow. What a beaut!
Answer: Bangkok, Thailand
She's at a city whose motto goes, "2600 meters closer to the stars." La Paz is closer, though.
Answer: Bogota, Colombia
She dropped a photo of the peaks of Mt. Monserrate and Mt. Guadalupe.
Answer: Bogota, Colombia
If I ever need a discus thrown through a brick wall, I'll call her. And as it turns out, that's exactly what I need for this week's frisbee golf game.
Answer: Athletic
She got in trouble trying to light a cigarette with the Centennial Flame.
Answer: Ottawa, Canada
She believed there were two kinds of people: steamed dumpling people, and fried dumpling people. When I said I didn't like either of them, she said "Eureka! A third kind of person!"
Answer: Chinese
I heard she's fixing bets on toboggans at Green's Creek.
Answer: Ottawa, Canada
She was nursing a burn on her forearm, and said that she'd gotten it from a boiler. But she did also say the boiler had apologized.
Answer: Steam Robotics
She's planning a rendezvous at a café. She'll be the one perusing a "Gorkhapatra," which she'll be holding upside-down.
Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal
I'd give you less than a sporting chance of bringing down a woman who appears to be that good at sports.
Answer: Athletic
I told her she could drive from the city over to India on the Tribhuvan Highway. Of course, she forgot to mention she's terrified of heights.
Answer: Kathmandu, Nepal
She told me she's headed to "a royal residence of the intellect." I told her she should double-check the invitation.
Answer: Heidelberg, Germany
Her food was like her dedication to theft: hungry for more an hour later.
Answer: Chinese
I saw her strolling by with a Halldór Laxness novel under her arm.
Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland
Her eyes looked like someone had failed to prevent a forest fire.
Answer: Smoky
I would look for her at the Winter Garden in Perlan.
Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland
Your friend there is a big fan of János "Blind" Bottyán. What Bottyán lacked in depth perception, he brought in sheer guts.
Answer: Budapest, Hungary
I know she's poking around looking for an old mint. She didn't say the name, but there's a sign over the door that reads "ALLAMI PENZVERO."
Answer: Budapest, Hungary
You might find her trying to pet the cockroaches at the city's Natural Wild Insect Kingdom.
Answer: Shanghai, China
She said something about staying near the site of the 2010 World Expo.
Answer: Shanghai, China
The lady was good with numbers. I think she knew which noodle dish every one of them stood for on that giant menu.
Answer: Chinese
All Clue Answers
15 comments:
The lady was good with numbers. I think she knew which noodle dish every one of them stood for on that giant menu. - Chinese, not gambling
Ok thanks
I offered her some food, but she declined after narrowing her eyes and asking what farm it came from.
the answer isn't vegan, but zero carbon footprint.
I heard her muttering to herself that onions were inferior to ramps.
new american, not vegan.
I offered her some food, but she declined after narrowing her eyes and asking what farm it came from.
That is paranoia. I should have went with my gut but I changed it and had the wrong warrant.
She's headed to the old Santo Domingo convent, to scour a museum of religious art. Answer: Panama City
She could be picking up knick-knacks at the National Artisans Market, by the ruins of the old city. Answer: panama city
I offered her some food, but she declined after narrowing her eyes and asking what farm it came from.
Ok so you gave the answer as paranoia...but two other people said it could have been zero carbon footprint, vegan or paranoia....
two of the clues was the ice cream truck and that he had gray hair...I got guys off of those two and one of them had vegan and the other one didn't have the footprint, vegan or paranoia...so I went with the vegan...I was wrong...so maybe I did something wrong...?
I offered her some food, but she declined after narrowing her eyes and asking what farm it came from.
Answer: New American
I offered her some food, but she declined after narrowing her eyes and asking what farm it came from.
Answer: New American
(just re-confirmed this, it's most definitely the answer)
Thanks, the answer to this one is finally settled!
She had a craving for balsamic-marinated octopus. It paired well with my craving for other company. ???
Maybe New American?
Re: Anonymous said...
She had a craving for balsamic-marinated octopus. It paired well with my craving for other company. ???
The answer is Italian. (I got this as a 2nd clue for food and the first clue was definitely for Italian food.)
This is definitely Italian Food
Post a Comment