This is
probably as
good a spot as any to
mention one of those really
irritating puzzles that keep you up at night trying to think of the
answer, because
dammit you
know the
answer, and besides, you're too
stubborn to check the
back of the
book anyway. I hate them.
Someone has to
node them, though, since this is
Everything, and some parts of
Everything are really
annoying. So this one might as well be written up by
me. The
W/U was originally going to be
entitled something like, 'What is the only
english word that...'. That title would have been
ridiculously long, and probably would have gotten lost in the
nodegel.
UFA is
short,
sweet,
to the point, and anyone looking for the
answer to this
puzzle will find it here (no
spoilers below, though. At least not yet.)
The
puzzle I'm referring to is this:
What is the only word in the english language which contains the letters 'u','f','a', in that order, immediately adjacent to one another?
Here are the
caveats:
There are several words, but they all share the same stem
This is not a stupid play on words like that damn 'gry' puzzle
The letters ('u','f','a') can only be used once each
Like I said, they're immediately adjacent, and in that order
That spongey thingy you use in the shower is spelled 'Loofah'. Sorry.
As of this
writing, the
solution is
not softlinked below. The
solution to this
puzzle has a node_id whose square is 1161241929.
Allow me to suggest you go somewhere else before trying to find that node, so as to avoid softlinking it here.
It would be polite for the others to not be
tempted to scan the
softlinks. Not that you're all
polite folks, but still...
Oh, and my
apologies in
advance for any
sleep loss.