This Poem Is Much Too Deep For You (Posted on 2007-02-03)

	Submitted by Joe
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The obvious hint is "Each third line holds the golden key." Reproducing each third line: 1. Insanity shall permeate 2. Ninety eight and quarters three 3. Search with great care but not the aft 4. Snickering with hardy laughs 5. Themes prowl and slither to the front 6. Kindling for some balderdash 7. Until Theo Geisel appeared 8. Hints at the odd, the strange, the weird 9. Relished by the wisest men 10. Not just across, but up to down 11. Look FORE your hints, the rest is spam 12. Now have you found it, Sam-I-Am? Lines 1,6,8, and 9 refer to nonsense, which is most of the poem. Insanity, weird, and balderdash are all synonyms and "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" is a quote from Willy Wonka. Lines 2,4,7, and 12 refer to Dr. Seuss. Ninety-eight and quarters three is from "Oh the places you'll go"; the line being "And will you succeed? Yes you will indeed. Ninety eight and three quarters percent guaranteed. Hardy lauhgs is just... well, hardy laughs. Theo Geisel is Seuss's real name. And Sam-I-Am is Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham character. The remaining lines tell you what to do. Three hint at "front" and the fourth tells you to read "Not just across, but up to down." Reading the front (first) letter of each sentence from up to down yields: I like nonsense. It wakes up the brain cells. This is a quote from Dr. Seuss. The rest of the poem, is, as it says, spam. Rhymezone, thesaurus, and dictionary.com helped me to find random words as filler. So what's the answer? In the theme of nonsense, I propose whistling hippopotamuses, but many equivalently nonsensical answers exist.

	Subject	Author	Date
	Some Thoughts	K Sengupta	2007-05-07 12:26:43
	Theo Geisel	Penny	2007-02-03 23:33:08
	Mystic force and magic spelling	Gamer	2007-02-03 21:15:04
	re: Is it just ... (spoiler?)	brianjn	2007-02-03 18:50:41
	Is it just ... (spoiler?)	Charlie	2007-02-03 15:37:25