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iPod iChing: Little Green Men

By catdynamics on August 19, 2011.

stormy friday as portends gather and it is move-in day!
Yes, They Are Back.

So, we probe a puzzle dujour: the Definitely Not NASA ponderings on Scenarios for SETI Success - aka Alien Ecoterrorists Attack!!!.

So, oh mighty iPod One: any Thennanin out There Threatening to Thwart Us?

Whoosh goes the randomizer.
Whoosh.

  • The Covering: Serenade for the Doll
  • The Crossing: Some Days You Gotta Dance - Dixie Chicks
  • The Crown: Það er Jólasveinninn Minn
  • The Root: Not Ready to Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
  • The Past: Menuett F-Dur - Mozart
  • The Future: This War is Over - Melissa Etheridge
  • The Questioner: Jólasveinninn Minn
  • The House: Krummi Situr á Kvíavegg
  • The Inside: Underwear - Pulp
  • The Outcome: Louie Louie - Toots and the Maytals

The Crossing:

"It was about five 'til five on Friday
We were all getting ready to go..."

The Crown: - Our Yulelad! - Y'know Yulelads - just like Thennanin...
Or, apparently, me - The Questioner - it is clearly up to me to stop The Christmas Cat from devouring us naughty children.
Word.

The Future: ow, bummer.

The House: Ravens sit on a wall, ready to pick at the carcasses

As always, the Key as explained by Sean

The Root:

The Outcome:

I have no idea what this means...

Mighty is the iPod One!

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