Help Me Feed My Dragons. Patches For Prizes.
I have three pet dragons. Their names are FRAZZLE, BURN and SPARKEY. One is ORANGE, one is WHITE and one is BROWN. They are fussy about what they eat and I need help finding food which will keep them all happy.
How to play :
Add to the thread by suggesting something they may like and I will tell you which dragons accept it. From the responses, work out why each dragon likes what it does. They appear to like a lot of vegetarian food, but I've a suspicion they may be cannabalistic too. I also need to know the colours of the three dragons, and a list of 20 foods they will all eat.
Grengate has deviously deduced the Dragons' colours.
Neuropol has cunningly calculated that Burn likes things with an even number of letters.
Iceng has fiendishly found that Frazzle likes things with exactly two vowels in the name.
Twinmum has ably ascertained that Sparkey likes things where the initial letter is alphabetically before the final letter of the word.
Iceng has also provided a veritable plethora of foodstuffs which will please all the dragons.
I now have three very happy and fat dragons.
Winners' patches have been sent.
Thank you all for playing.
Discussions
9 years ago
So rereading all the clues and doing some more thinking (not that easy early in the morning) and I think I see a pattern, but need to ask.. did Sparkey really discard that JAR? Apart from the jar, which doesn't fit, maybe Sparkey likes things where the the first letter is alphabetically before the last letter.
Reply 9 years ago
Yep, you're right, despite the unintentional misdirection.
Sparkey should have kept the JAR.
Patch on the way.
9 years ago
So my wife a retired teacher taught me about ( A E I O U sometimes Y )
Frazzle seems to likes things with two vowels in the name but not with more or less then two vowels. Tough for a Czech to work out.
Alex....
Reply 9 years ago
Watch out ICENG, you're potential Frazzle food!
(But you're safe from Sparkey and Burn.)
You will be awarded a patch.
9 years ago
Burn can have all the Salami he likes, if he only eats food with an even number of letters in it's name.
Reply 9 years ago
That's the one - Patch for NEUROPOL at the end of the game.
(If Burn doesn't eat you first #;¬)
9 years ago
If I die, so be first.
FRAZZLE is White, BURN is Orange and SPARKEY is Brown.
Reply 9 years ago
The dragons look at themselves and each other, and the scales fall from their eyes. They see that Sparkey is a rich shade of BROWN, Frazzle is purest WHITE and Burn is a very fluorescent ORANGE.
Well done - You will receive a patch at the end of the game.
9 years ago
Yes thanks to AndyGadget, Burn, Frazzle and Sparkey for a fun game.. even if it did make my brain hurt sometimes lol
9 years ago
Reply 9 years ago
The dragons thank you and tuck in to this cornucopia of gastronomic delights.
Not a pretty sight !
Reply 9 years ago
Thanks for running the Fun Game !! A
Reply 9 years ago
Thanks Alex. It was the Green Door game which gave me the idea. What other simple rules could you apply to a word? - and they are simple, when you know them. As always, three is the magic number and I concocted the dragon scenario around that.
9 years ago
After such a long time of having no idea, I do believe it has hit me (but I have been known to be wrong lol) I think Sparkey might like things with a double consonant / consonant blend.
Reply 9 years ago
No, sorry it's not that.
Reply 9 years ago
dang, and I even had the twinkids trying to help (they're smarter than me lol) guess I need to work the brain a bit more yet.
9 years ago
mm, I usually love logic puzzles, but for some reason, my brain is not co-operating on this one lol
I know Burn would like these, but would Frazzle and Sparkey enjoy some home cooked brownies. I was going to add extra chocolate but I knew Burn wouldn't agree with that idea
Reply 9 years ago
You're right about Burn and CHOCOLATE, and Frazzle doesn't like it either, but Sparkey does.
Forgetting about the humongous fluorescent orange beast for a moment (if you can), COOKED BROWNIES appeal only to Sparkey, whereas the concept of HOME is only appreciated by Frazzle.
Reply 9 years ago
The other two dragons stare accusingly at Sparkey and he guiltily spits out the COOKED BROWNIES because they may have come through the Green Glass Door. He thought they were RAW BROWNIES, which he likes.
(Sorry about that.)
9 years ago
Only Burn is a fan of SPICY…. you said only even number of letters
Reply 9 years ago
Burn realises his mistake and hastily regurgitates anything SPICY he may have eaten. Sparkey gobbles it up eagerly.
(Dragons have no table manners - Apologies for that.)
9 years ago
Brought a pumpkin, a yam and a tomato for your dragons.
Reply 9 years ago
Frazzle tucks in to the PUMPKIN while Burn munches the TOMATO.
All three look at the YAM in disgust.
Reply 9 years ago
How would they like a regular potato?
Reply 9 years ago
Burn would eat the POTATO if it wasn't so REGULAR.
None of the dragons like REGULAR things.
Reply 9 years ago
Funny, most potatoes I have "met" are quite irregular (at least in shape). :-)
Reply 9 years ago
The dragons don't like REGULAR things, but they don't like IRREGULAR things either, albeit for a different reason. Strange beasts, dragons.
Reply 9 years ago
does that mean they DO like regulation size things?
Reply 9 years ago
Frazzle and Sparkey are not impressed by REGULATION things but Burn is, for the reason Neuropol has deduced.
Reply 9 years ago
Yes, I saw that shortly after he posted and thought he was correct also....thus my "leading" question :-) which I went ahead and asked without reading any of the posts...my bad.
Reply 9 years ago
Would any of them like a disgusting potato?
Reply 9 years ago
Burn likes the DISGUSTING POTATO and Sparkey does like DISGUSTING things. Frazzle isn't impressed by anything like that.
(It's the individual words which are important, not combinations of them.)
Reply 9 years ago
(Oh, I see)
OK, I'd like to give the dragons a bucket of rotten...DRAGONS!!
Reply 9 years ago
Sparkey and Frazzle would gladly eat them all the DRAGONS, but Burn would be happy with one. However, they are utterly appalled at the thought of eating anything ROTTEN as it may have come through the Green Glass Door.
9 years ago
To start you off, I gave them a PLATE of CELERY.
They all loved it (and Frazzle ate the plate).
Reply 9 years ago
Here's a couple of clues to help with the simplest rule - Burn's.
Burn will eat CARP but he won't touch TROUT.
He dislikes CATFISH but likes MARLIN.
He'd eat BLOWFISH but he hates SWORDFISH.
9 years ago
How about freeze dried strawberries
Reply 9 years ago
The dragons are revolted by your suggestion. The mere suggestion that they may eat something which may have been through the Green Glass Door is anathema to them. However, Frazzle likes DRIED things.
(See near the bottom of the thread for why they don't like the other things.)
Reply 9 years ago
yes the reason i asked that was to confirm with the dried things.
9 years ago
How about salmon and a side of salty crackers
Reply 9 years ago
Frazzle and Burn gobble the SALMON with delight. Sparky doesn't like salmon. They all love the CRACKERS, although only Sparkey likes SALTY ones.
9 years ago
Just guessing BURN IS Brown, FRAZZLE is Orange and SPARKE is White.
Reply 9 years ago
You have angered the Dragons with your rash comment.
They snort and bellow but let you live as it is early in the day.
(You'll need a lot more information before you make guess.)
Reply 9 years ago
When color blind Frazzle returned through my green glass door did he understand the concept of body colors enough to give hint responses ?
What was his reaction to the troubadour singing White Christmas lyrics ?
While winsome wenches served him savory Field garlic on a clay table.
Reply 9 years ago
Burn has just eaten the TROUBADOUR - What sort of Christmas was that? - Sparkey loves CHRISTMAS.
Frazzle likes WENCHES, but none of the dragons care for anything WINSOME.
SAVORY things appeal to them all, and Frazzle avidly consumes the
FIELD GARLIC.
Burn likes GARLIC too, but neither Burn nor Sparkey like FIELD varieties.
Sparkey and Burn like CLAY things, but only Frazzle likes a TABLE.
(Frazzle was in fancy dress when he went through the Green Glass Door. He went as an aardvark.)
Reply 9 years ago
A nearby kitchen has prepared pea soup, Okra on clay plates, Spinach dried on a blanket, and clay wind chimes for pleasant ambiance for your next dragon meal.
Reply 9 years ago
Burn and Frazzle would both eat SOUP, but only Frazzle likes PEA SOUP.
Frazzle likes SPINACH, especially when it's DRIED. Burn is not keen on the BLANKET, but the others don't mind.
They all like the CHIMES, but only Burn fully appreciates the CLAY and WIND aspect of them. Sparkey does like them being CLAY.
Sparkey and Burn really love the PLEASANT AMBIANCE, but it does nothing for Frazzle.
Reply 9 years ago
. . . and Frazzle and Burn eat the OKRA, but Sparkey's not keen.
9 years ago
well, I'm at a total loss. The one idea I thought I had for one dragon turned out to be wrong and I have no idea what direction to go, so I'll just suggest random things and see what happens.
My latest offering is spicy onion soup with fresh sourdough bread with a side dish of pasta with marinara sauce
Reply 9 years ago
Only Burn is a fan of SPICY things and they all hate ONION (onion flame breath - yeuch!), but SOUP is something Burn and Frazzle both like.
Frazzle and Sparkey are BREAD fans, but no dragon likes the SOURDOUGH variety. Frazzle eats up the PASTA, but only after BURN has licked off all the MARINARA sauce. (Burn doesn't like the pasta itself.)