Comments on Puzzle #22: All In Favor, Say Nay
By Jan Wolter (jan)
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quality: difficulty: solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
A Horse
#1: Mark Conger (aruba) on Apr 16, 2004
Of Course!#2: Philip Snyder (Alex72) on Oct 28, 2004 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#3: Jan Wolter (jan) on Oct 28, 2004 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#4: theo van emmen (theo) on Dec 21, 2004
nice picture#5: Mattis Castegren (mattis) on Apr 7, 2005
Really a great picture, and some "uncommon" logic required at the end. The best picture yet (of the ones I have soloved). Im glad I saved the 5 for qualityrating for pictures like this#6: Mark Conger (aruba) on Jan 3, 2006
This puzzle holds up very well, even as the database has grown. It's really a pretty good picture!#7: Jan Wolter (jan) on Jan 3, 2006 [SPOILER]
The inspiration for this puzzle was a tapestry that is hanging on the wall of my den. It depicts a knight on a rather undersized horse against what looks like the red ball of a japanese flag. I couldn't make the rider come out right, so was left with just the horse. The original tapestry is supposed to be a reproduction of the battle flag under which the peasant's republic of Dithmarschen fought off one of the many attempts by either Denmark or other German states to assert rule over them. My grandfather collected all sorts of Dithmarsche memorabilia and I ended up with a middle name of "Dithmar" in honor this tiny country that hasn't existed for five hundred years. My grandfather wasn't actually from Dithmarschen, though his wife's family was. I've always suspect that his patriotism for Dithmarschen was a sly cover-up of his utter lack of patriotism for the nation of Germany during World War II.#8: michael31415 (ml.qwerty) on Apr 30, 2007
"Nay"#9: Gypso (Gypso) on Oct 12, 2007 [SPOILER]
I'm in favor of good puzzles like this one!
Nice puzzle Jan. The face was terrific!#10: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Oct 14, 2007 [SPOILER]
You have a fascinating history surrounding your name. Thanks for sharing it.
This is a great horse. After reading about your family's history, this is a great Dithmarschen horse! I love learning about new things.#11: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Oct 14, 2007 [SPOILER]
This is a great horse. After reading about your family's history, this is a great Dithmarschen horse! I love learning about new things.#12: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Oct 14, 2007
whoops, posted it twice. sorry#13: Gypso (Gypso) on Oct 14, 2007
It was really that great Sarah!!#14: Sarah Andrews (sarah) on Oct 15, 2007
Thanks Gypso#15: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Sep 18, 2008 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#16: Scott C (estray98) on Sep 19, 2008 [HINT]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#17: Nancy Snyder (naneki) on Sep 20, 2008
lol#18: Jota (Jota) on Nov 23, 2008
Loved the puzzle, the story and of course ...#19: Byrdie (byrdie) on Sep 14, 2009
Neigh! Nice puzzle with a fun little logic twist at the end to solve.#20: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 29, 2009
I love puzzles like this. Fun but challenging. Clean image. Cool story to go with it. Thanks, Jan.#21: Diana W (aeris) on Feb 3, 2011 [SPOILER]
I liked it. I didn't guess the image from the title, and I enjoyed the edge logic at the end.#22: Preston Aldrich (TaeKwonDoguy) on Apr 20, 2012
A backstory is always nice in a puzzle.#23: Velma Jones (CJ) on Nov 10, 2013
Nice.#24: Velma Jones (VJones) on Jan 28, 2014
Very nice image for the size. The last leg was a bit of a guess based on what the rest of the image.#25: Andrew Schultz (blurglecruncheon) on Jun 26, 2022
Man, it's always neat to see a really low-numbered puzzle with an interesting story. Especially from the site's founder.#26: Koreen (mom24plus) on Jun 26, 2022
I agree, Andrew.
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