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What Rhymes with Matrix?

4/21/2009

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Posted by BJ
“Hey ‘word master’. Can you help Allie, my 4th grader and me with her homework assignment? We’re stuck.”
That’s how a recent note from our good friend Marlene began. She went on to say she and her daughter were working on solving “Think Pink” puzzles. She gave the following as an example:
​Question: What do you cal an overweight feline?
Answer: A fat cat.
​The ones they were trying to solve were:
•    A horse in the shape of a box.
•    A see through doe
•    A rooster that uses karate
•    An uncool flyer.
​With just a bit of thinking time I was able to solve these. Can you? (Answers are at the bottom of this post.)

I started to think about proposal related puzzles like these and came up with a few. Can you solve them? (I’ll post the answers once you’ve had a chance to work on these.)

If this gets you to thinking about and creating your own, please send them our way.
Proposal “Think Pink” Puzzles
For the amateur:
  • A shredder for responses.
  • The person assigned to locate the packaging.
  • A small request (or one that’s lots of fun!).
More difficult:
  • When a manager yells at everyone involved.
  • When the specific component of a response is not accepted.
  • When content contains many different strategic messages.
  • Expecting to win solely because the response is compliant.
Most difficult:
  • Discussing a document without enough of the team involved.
  • A tool used to create a form to produce a graphic of a writing instrument.
  • Punishment administered for having people seated in the wrong place at a kick-off session.
(Clue – The answer to each of these contains three words.)
And finally, my personal favorite:
  • When the compliance manager cracks her whip.
(For a clue to this, check the title of this post.)
Answers to the first set.
1) Square mare
2) Clear deer
3) Kickin’ chicken
4) Nerd bird.
2 Comments
Elise
3/26/2016 02:17:30 am

Fun fun fun -Thanks for getting my brain in gear this morning!

A shredder for responses. – proposal disposal
The person assigned to locate the packaging. – binder finder or folder holder
A small request (or one that’s lots of fun!). – rote quote
When a manager yells at everyone involved. – mean dean; loud crowd or scream team
When the specific component of a response is not accepted. – section rejection
When content contains many different strategic messages. – extreme theme
Expecting to win solely because the response is compliant. – scored award
Discussing a document without enough of the team involved. – alone, bemoan!
A tool used to create a form to produce a graphic of a writing instrument – story board accord
Punishment administered for having people seated in the wrong place at a kick-off session – declare chair guerre
When the compliance manager cracks her whip. – dominatrix inflicts a quick fix

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bj
3/26/2016 02:17:40 am

Some great answers Elise. Well done.

Glad you found it fun and thanks for playing!

We look forward to hearing from others of you out there.

Some of these were the same as I had come up with, some were different. I’d be happy to send you my versions if you’d like (I won’t post my answers here yet so that others can ‘play’ with these for a bit.). Send me an e-mail if you’d like me to send my answers to you.

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