Comments on Puzzle #31689: (North) American Mondegreen
By Kristen Vognild (kristen)
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peek at solution solve puzzle
quality: difficulty: solvability: line & color logic only
Puzzle Description:
I'll give you the genre, if you're stumped.
#1: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Oct 17, 2018 [SPOILER]
Am I seeing this right? It looks like a clown face on the left (easy enough to see), and a green balloon with a winged target painted on its surface on the right. What is it really?#2: jmk51321 (jmk51321) on Oct 18, 2018
I give up.#3: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Oct 18, 2018
Stumped ...#4: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 18, 2018
That's a propeller beanie#5: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 18, 2018
I'll give you some extra time to mull it over, with that new bit of information. :)#6: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Oct 18, 2018
The title is also clue.
Even more stumped than I was before the hints :/#7: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Oct 18, 2018
Stumped. But that seems to be my normal state of mind.#8: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 18, 2018
Okay, it's a folk song.#9: Stephanie Walker (callmeseverus) on Oct 19, 2018
"Clowns to the left of me... Jokers to the right... here I am, Stuck in the middle with you"....?#10: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 19, 2018
Nope! Good guess, but a mondegreen contains misheard lyrics. In this case, "clowns" is the incorrect word.#11: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Oct 19, 2018
I don't know any folk songs, so I won't get the real song, but I am happy to try to help others who have a chance. Kristen, are the misheard lyrics, "Clowns wearing a propeller"?#12: Spot (Pspaughtamus) on Oct 19, 2018 [SPOILER]
It's a shot in the dark, but anything that may help is worth saying, I guess.
Ha. I bet it's one I've always misheard. "I've seen clowns from both sides now..."#13: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Oct 19, 2018
I agree with Juli.#14: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 20, 2018
Juli got it! Hooray!!#15: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 20, 2018 [SPOILER]
More specifically, "I've looked at clowns from both sides, now"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbn6a0AFfnM#16: Jill Tallmer (Yidl) on Oct 22, 2018
But this is the version I know better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Xm30heHms
Joni Mitchell wrote it, but I know Judy Collins' version. Now I feel like I should go back and edit half my comments. :) Joni's Canadian, which is why I made the title "(North) American"
Clever!#17: Kathy Cain (kathycain) on Oct 22, 2018
I couldn't figure out the answer. I guess I really don't know clowns at all.#18: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Oct 22, 2018 [SPOILER]
As long as this isn't the one about "clowns in my coffee," I'm good.#19: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 23, 2018
Somehow, the thought of clowns in my coffee gives me pause.
You really don't, Kathy! LOL, JoDeen!#20: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Oct 24, 2018 [SPOILER]
Kathy, thanks to you, I've had that snippet from the song going through my head for about a day now...#21: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 25, 2018
...I really don't know clowns...aaa...aaa...tall...
It's the, "...aaa...aaa...tall," part that just won't let me alone! Gah!
My work here is done. :)
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