Steven SpielBored Presents...The Tangredi Code
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2017 10:25 pm
Scene: The Bored curator SilverScreenSelect is found dead in a political thread.
The End
The Tangredi Code (Director’s Cut)
Scene: The Bored curator SilverScreenSelect is found dead in a political thread. Several clues are left nearby.
Scene: World-renowned Bored-ologist TBone Langdon is brought in to investigate.
He is joined by Beebs Neveu, a master puzzle solver and the granddaughter of the late SSS.
Beebs uses a black light to discovers an important clue…
Beebs: It says “45A, 45B, 58P, 2-2, 1-3, 2-5.” What does it mean?
TBone: I’m not sure. But I know who does. We must investigate this. But first, a serious pose:
Scene: TBone and Beebs realize they are being followed (probably by Republicans),
And the chase is on.
Scene: Along the way, they come across a mysterious box in an unused FNGD thread.
with a special device inside
TBone: What is it?
Beebs: A Bored cryptex. They are used to keep Bored secrets. You post something on a papyrus scroll which is then rolled
around a thin glass vial of vinegar. If you force it open, the vial breaks, vinegar dissolves papyrus, and your Bored secret is
lost forever. The only way to log on is to spell out the password with these five dials, each with 26 letters. That's 12 million
possibilities.
TBone: I've never met a girl who knew *that* much about a Bored cryptex.
Beebs: Obviously you’ve never met a French girl.
TBone: I’ve heard French girls are easy.
Beebs: Well that’s certainly true. Perhaps we should pose again.
TBone: Let’s do it.
TBone: Oh crap. We’ve been photobombed.
Scene: TBone and Beebs meet up with LB Teabing, yet another expert on puzzles
TBone: We found this message in the political thread where SSS was killed. Do you know what it means?
LB: Let’s see. 45A, 45B, 58P, 2-2, 1-3, 2-5. Interesting sequence of numbers. Let’s start with the first set, 45A, 45B, 58P.
I’m pretty sure it means ‘identify the 45 movies in List A and the 45 actors in List B. Then, form 58 pairs, each consisting of
one movie and one actor, according to a Tangredi’.
Beebs: What’s a Tangredi?
LB: A Tangredi is a principle you must discover for yourself. Named after world famous playwright Frank Tangredi.
TBone: Yeah, like that’s his real name.
LB: I wouldn’t make that up.
TBone: What about the second set of numbers? What are 2-2, 1-3, 2-5?
LB: It means two movies will be used twice, one will be used three times, and two will be used five times. It’s called the
Tangredi Code. All you need to do is find the right game, put the number into the Bored cryptex and the mystery is solved.
Beebs: None of this makes any sense.
LB: Well, at least we’re not pissing off the Catholics, now are we?
Scene: TBone and Beebs set off to find the Tangredi Codes hidden in The Bored.
They hurry through the crowded threads…
because it’s more suspenseful when you run. Especially when being chased by a tiger.
Scene: They keep trying the Tangredi Codes…
Beebs: This is tiring. We need to stop and pose.
TBone: How’s this?
Beebs: Perfect.
Scene: They keep trying the Tangredi Codes…
TBone: Next is Game of Terror. That’s number 173.
Beebs: That doesn’t work, either.
TBone: How about The Singer and the Song? It’s number 158.
Beebs: No.
TBone: I’ll bet it’s 164, Out of Order.
Al Pacino: I’m not out of order. You’re out of order!
Al Pacino: This whole crappy promo is out of order!
Beebs: What was that?
TBone: I’m not entirely sure. I didn’t write the screenplay.
Beebs: Well, they say the screenplay’s the thing.
TBone: What did you say?
Beebs: I said the screenplay’s the thing?
TBone: Let me see that Bored Cryptex.
TBone: Finally, we’ve solved the Tangredi Code.
Beebs: This ending doesn’t make any sense. You can’t just take any crappy movie and turn it into a crappy promo, can you?
TBone: Apparently. Anyway, game number 158 is called The Screenplay’s The Thing. That’s where the Tangredi
code comes from. I put that into the Bored Cryptex and voila!
Beebs: What does it say?
TBone: This is incredible. I can’t believe we’ve been used. LB set us up.
Beebs: It’s a message of great importance. Let’s read it together:
The Tangredi Code solved:
The End
The Tangredi Code (Director’s Cut)
Scene: The Bored curator SilverScreenSelect is found dead in a political thread. Several clues are left nearby.
Scene: World-renowned Bored-ologist TBone Langdon is brought in to investigate.
He is joined by Beebs Neveu, a master puzzle solver and the granddaughter of the late SSS.
Beebs uses a black light to discovers an important clue…
Beebs: It says “45A, 45B, 58P, 2-2, 1-3, 2-5.” What does it mean?
TBone: I’m not sure. But I know who does. We must investigate this. But first, a serious pose:
Scene: TBone and Beebs realize they are being followed (probably by Republicans),
And the chase is on.
Scene: Along the way, they come across a mysterious box in an unused FNGD thread.
with a special device inside
TBone: What is it?
Beebs: A Bored cryptex. They are used to keep Bored secrets. You post something on a papyrus scroll which is then rolled
around a thin glass vial of vinegar. If you force it open, the vial breaks, vinegar dissolves papyrus, and your Bored secret is
lost forever. The only way to log on is to spell out the password with these five dials, each with 26 letters. That's 12 million
possibilities.
TBone: I've never met a girl who knew *that* much about a Bored cryptex.
Beebs: Obviously you’ve never met a French girl.
TBone: I’ve heard French girls are easy.
Beebs: Well that’s certainly true. Perhaps we should pose again.
TBone: Let’s do it.
TBone: Oh crap. We’ve been photobombed.
Scene: TBone and Beebs meet up with LB Teabing, yet another expert on puzzles
TBone: We found this message in the political thread where SSS was killed. Do you know what it means?
LB: Let’s see. 45A, 45B, 58P, 2-2, 1-3, 2-5. Interesting sequence of numbers. Let’s start with the first set, 45A, 45B, 58P.
I’m pretty sure it means ‘identify the 45 movies in List A and the 45 actors in List B. Then, form 58 pairs, each consisting of
one movie and one actor, according to a Tangredi’.
Beebs: What’s a Tangredi?
LB: A Tangredi is a principle you must discover for yourself. Named after world famous playwright Frank Tangredi.
TBone: Yeah, like that’s his real name.
LB: I wouldn’t make that up.
TBone: What about the second set of numbers? What are 2-2, 1-3, 2-5?
LB: It means two movies will be used twice, one will be used three times, and two will be used five times. It’s called the
Tangredi Code. All you need to do is find the right game, put the number into the Bored cryptex and the mystery is solved.
Beebs: None of this makes any sense.
LB: Well, at least we’re not pissing off the Catholics, now are we?
Scene: TBone and Beebs set off to find the Tangredi Codes hidden in The Bored.
They hurry through the crowded threads…
because it’s more suspenseful when you run. Especially when being chased by a tiger.
Scene: They keep trying the Tangredi Codes…
Beebs: This is tiring. We need to stop and pose.
TBone: How’s this?
Beebs: Perfect.
Scene: They keep trying the Tangredi Codes…
TBone: Next is Game of Terror. That’s number 173.
Beebs: That doesn’t work, either.
TBone: How about The Singer and the Song? It’s number 158.
Beebs: No.
TBone: I’ll bet it’s 164, Out of Order.
Al Pacino: I’m not out of order. You’re out of order!
Al Pacino: This whole crappy promo is out of order!
Beebs: What was that?
TBone: I’m not entirely sure. I didn’t write the screenplay.
Beebs: Well, they say the screenplay’s the thing.
TBone: What did you say?
Beebs: I said the screenplay’s the thing?
TBone: Let me see that Bored Cryptex.
TBone: Finally, we’ve solved the Tangredi Code.
Beebs: This ending doesn’t make any sense. You can’t just take any crappy movie and turn it into a crappy promo, can you?
TBone: Apparently. Anyway, game number 158 is called The Screenplay’s The Thing. That’s where the Tangredi
code comes from. I put that into the Bored Cryptex and voila!
Beebs: What does it say?
TBone: This is incredible. I can’t believe we’ve been used. LB set us up.
Beebs: It’s a message of great importance. Let’s read it together:
The Tangredi Code solved:
Spoiler
Lyrically Speaking
Winter Extravaganza
Returns January 8, 2018
Hosted by LB (of course)
Here on The Bored,
and nowhere else
Winter Extravaganza
Returns January 8, 2018
Hosted by LB (of course)
Here on The Bored,
and nowhere else