Puzzle Description:

A fool

#1: Gypso (Gypso) on Apr 9, 2008 [SPOILER]

Fantastic fool. Very nice puzzle too.

Here's my question: what do these last two puzzles have to do with their titles and each other?

Are we foolish if with get hooked on coffee drunk from a blue mug?

A fool and his/her coffee are soon parted?

Will there be a third puzzle in the series that further explores the title/image connection?

I hope it's soon. ;-)

Thanks Marcus.

who's Marcus?

Thanks for the comments Patricia. I actually created the puzzles first before thinking about a title, and then realised that they happened to both be answers to the same question. I'm not planning any more in the series, but you never know.

Nancy, "aanet" is Marcus (is me) - and I've finally worked out how to change my "Full Name" to my real name, by using the Settings button.

Well Hello there, nice to meet you!
I like your spin on these puzzles

Thank you Marcus for the title explanation.

I understand this one "What do you take me for"... a fool?

But I'm still slow on the first one "What do you take me for"...a mug? Does my mug remind you of someone? Wanna take me out for coffee?

As you can see, I am utterly lost. I'm certain that this is obvious to many of you. Can someone help me out with a hint?

I greatly enjoy your puzzles Marcus. Thank you so much! :)

Gypso

I didn't get that one either Gypso.

I enjoyed doing this one, nice puzzle, thanks :)

Though I doubt Bogart ever said, "What do you take me for? A mug?" it's the kind of slang I'd expect to hear in a Sam Spade movie: 1930's slang or possibly pseudo-1930's slang. It describes someone who is neither bright, nor handsome, nor well-intentioned, something between a chump and a thug. I think probably the original usage was as in "ugly mug" where it means a face, which is related to "mugging for the camera", and the use of "mug" to describe a person comes from there.

Lol...I like your puzzles Marcus.

Maybe the coffee one means:

What do you take me (out) for?...a cup of coffee.

...or, since the coffee one isn't obvious right off the bat (I had to squint before I "saw" it)...maybe the question is an actual query. That leaves Marcus with a series that is more open so we may see some more puzzles with even different interps lol...any way you make it, Marcus...you're my cup of tea...er, coffee.

Fool number 9.

Lol JoDeen. I like your explanation!

Thank you Jan. Your explanation makes complete sense to me. :)

Yeah, but like many things that make sense, it turns out to be wrong. I found something that said the slang for "mug" as fool dates to the 1790's where "mug" as face is from the 1940's.

Lol Jan. I like your "1940's" explanation. It's very colorful and has a "why I oughta" flavor to it.

In the meantime, Marcus has explained the term in his first "What do you take me for?" puzzle (#2614).

I was *this* close to looking "mug" up in the OED, but after post #11, I don't think I'm going to bother!

Fantastic puzzle! I love the expression on his face!

I love how his face looks. Thanks!

very nice and solvable. I like all the speculation. I have yet to do #1 though, so I'll wait to read that.

Who's Patricia?

Gypso is Patricia

Thanks, I have so much to learn !!!

"Get your programs, you can't tell the name if all you got's a number."

Heard from some vendor hawking programs at a ball game.

I liked the puzzle.

Pretty! :)

Great use of shadow.

Really nice image.

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