A little setup for the Password-impaired. When giving clues in Password, you can convey some extra information by modifying your inflection. For example, drawing out one of the sounds and stretching the word's pronunciation(e.g. "Cowwwwwwwwwwwwch...") means "The password is a word that commonly follows COUCH".
So we're playing Password. It's my turn to give clues first. I peek at the password, think about if for a couple of seconds, and come up with a money clue for which there is only one possible answer-- if my partner is geeky enough to get the reference. Knowing his television viewing habits, I decide to go for it.
My clue: "Picarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd..."
My partner looks at me quizzically, asks me to repeat it, and then gives me the correct answer. And as it turned out, both of our opponents also knew it. Even sweeter, it was the last clue of the game and sealed our victory, 11-9. A very satisfying finish.
Answer in the comments.
Posted by Peter at October 14, 2006 12:56 AMThe password was MANEUVER. The Picard Maneuver was a starship piloting gambit invented by Jean-Luc Picard (described in detail in this Wikipedia entry).
Posted by: Peter on October 14, 2006 01:17 AMNice. I would never have gotten that. I guess I'm not geeky enough - never heard of the Picard Maneuver. I am, however, *just* geeky enough to think that Sisco follows Picard... or maybe Janeway... of course, neither of those are Password words.
You remain, sir, the Password God.
But enough about how great you are, no comment at all on the woeful, lame, and sloooooooow 1 vs. 100?
Posted by: Dave on October 14, 2006 05:33 AMI am not geeky enough either. But have you considered "Heimlich...."?
Posted by: antkam on October 14, 2006 10:56 AMOooh, Heimlich is even better. Nice.
Posted by: Peter on October 14, 2006 12:37 PMi am plenty geeky enough to get that hint. so geeky in fact that i would also recommend 'corbomite'. :D
Posted by: dana on October 14, 2006 06:31 PMI would have gone "Jean-Luc", right Picard - wrong answer.
Posted by: Danielle on October 14, 2006 07:45 PMThe first thing I thought of was "engage", but then I realized where you were actually going with it. :-)
Posted by: Garrett Fitzgerald on October 14, 2006 07:53 PM1. When I saw the clue, I thought in my head that it was "engage" also. Thankfully, I had gone home earlier.
2. Did "heimlich..." not occur to you, or did you think that "Picard" was a safer first clue? I would think that given the choice, go for the one that's going to be well-known by more people, but then again if your partner is a spaz, you've served up a point to the other team on a silver platter.
Posted by: Travis Eberle on October 14, 2006 11:34 PMGeek part 2:
Corbomiiiiitttteee.....
Posted by: on October 15, 2006 08:04 AMI wouldn't have got Picard, but Heimlich, yes.
I did that once with "20 Words or Less," cluing "laboratory" in one word with "Dexteeer's..."
Posted by: Matt J. on October 15, 2006 04:37 PMGood clue for the situation, but even as a minor star trek fan I would not have pulled that out if I was your partner.
Posted by: Nathan on October 16, 2006 10:11 AMHow could it be anything else? :)
Posted by: Jack on October 16, 2006 08:03 PMI got it in about 750 milliseconds.
Posted by: RichM on October 17, 2006 08:39 AM