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snowwy

Age Discrimination - a riddle

Jun 04, 2009 11:47

As far as I'm concerned, there is one and only one great shibboleth of Generation X.

What is it?

Hints so far:
Definition of shibboleth (hat tip to elffin, with thanks)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth

A version of the correct answer refers to a Call of Cthulhu deity. NOT Shub-Niggurath. The meter (of said deity's name) alone will give ( Read more... )

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elynne June 4 2009, 19:29:00 UTC

Sorry, um... what is "shibboleth"? I take it that it isn't some kind of Call of Cthulhu deity?

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Re: LazyWebs TTR snowwy June 4 2009, 20:07:03 UTC

Thank you very much for beating me to it.

Re: LazyWebs TTR elynne June 4 2009, 20:50:54 UTC

Oh, huh... interesting, that means almost exactly not what I thought it meant. Thanks!

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arielmn June 5 2009, 01:30:49 UTC

I, too, await enlightenment...

cynan_poly June 5 2009, 03:21:55 UTC

To paraphrase another generation's song:

"It ain't me
It ain't me!
I ain't no Gen-X-er, son!"

To wit: I *know* I'm not going to guess this, and am dubious I will understand even once you explain.

The fact that I have always hung out with people of several generations doesn't mean I know all, or ANY, of their "secret handshakes" (or shibboleths!) - it's just another extension of my High School experience: having friends in every group, but never really *belonging* in or to any of them - widely accepted, but hopelessly uncool. Story of my life.

But I look forward to *trying* to "get it." ("It" being the explanation, not the puzzle itself.)

I Feel Stupid maiagirl June 5 2009, 04:57:43 UTC

And contagious,
Here we are now
Entertain us!

If it's a song title you're after, my guess would be "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana.

Re: I Feel Stupid snowwy June 5 2009, 05:14:36 UTC

A good guess, but sadly not the correct one.

One last hint while we wait for YouTube:

You first heard this song on a unique TV "variety" show that ran in the late 70s and early 80s.

emberleo June 5 2009, 07:46:31 UTC

Sharona?

--Ember--

emberleo June 5 2009, 07:46:50 UTC

Sorry, I was going off the idea that it scans to the word "shibboleth", rather than being significant of the meaning, so that's probably all wrong...

--Ember--

imnotandrei August 13 2011, 15:53:31 UTC

This is an extremely belated comment, but this is your new co-worker, and I thought you'd be amused by this, from Slacktivist, if you haven't seen it before:

* The condensed version of the story, from Judges 12:

“Art thou an Ephraimite?”
“Um, uh … No?”
“Prove it. Say ‘shibboleth.’”
“Sibboleth.”
“Aha! Die Ephraimite!”
“Oh sit.”

Welcome! snowwy August 15 2011, 17:05:57 UTC

Too exhausted to laugh, which is a good thing. Don't want the whole floor thinking I'm insane.