Skeptics' Circle #26

The Skeptics' Circle this week is a little mysterious. Follow the secret message to find the answers.

I was a little disappointed, though, that no grues were involved.

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Skeptics' Circle? Is that something like a Crop Circle?

By Bayesian Bouff… (not verified) on 19 Jan 2006 #permalink

>WHAT IS A GRUE

By infocom geek (not verified) on 19 Jan 2006 #permalink

Grues are creatures from an old text adventure series called "Zork". Basically, if you turn off the lights and stay in the dark, Grues can come out and eat you.

Basically.

By Anonymous (not verified) on 19 Jan 2006 #permalink

Anonymous, I think he knew. (The `infocom geek' is a bit of a giveaway. Even more of a giveaway is, well, type what he wrote at Zork and see what it says.)