To celebrate my 50th puzzle cache, I decided to do something a little bit different. For years, many cachers have told me my puzzles are 'too hard' or 'way out of their league'. While I certainly understand the frustration (we've all been there), I usually follow up those complaints by explaining that I'm happy to help with any puzzle that I own. Yet, I very rarely get asked about any of my puzzles. Many of them sit for months or years between finds, and it's a little disheartening. I want people to solve the puzzles and visit the caches. If you need a nudge, send me your work or ask me a question. Generally if you have started making progress on a puzzle, I'll help you out, you just have to ask!
So, I decided to put out a new type of puzzle. It's a double puzzle. Of course, solving this puzzle and inking your moniker to it's log gets you one smiley, but the other side of the coin is that it might just give you the nudge you need on a puzzle that you've been stuck on.
Regardless of who you are, you will have one of two advantages in this puzzle.
Either you will be a frequent Mikey Mac puzzle solver and make quick work of this puzzle OR you have put all of my puzzles on your ignore list and, with a little digging, might have some nudges for many of those puzzles you've buried away, while some of them have literally already been buried.
Don't make this too hard! The puzzle starts now!
In this puzzle, it was a horse of a different color.
In this puzzle, you had a big advantage if you watched the same movie as the other 25 attendees.
In this puzzle, you learned about a new feature of your keyboard.
In this puzzle, you IMDB'd Zelda's father.
In this puzzle, you sang a Lou Bega hit that was popular when I was in middle school.
In this puzzle, you saw characters from a video game that was first introduced in 1983.
In this puzzle, you tailgated with your closest friends.
In two different puzzles, you took your talents to Broadway.
In this puzzle, you had a very specific K-Mart shopping list.
In this puzzle, you inserted a writing implement into various fruits in a repetitive motion.
End of puzzle.