Isn’t there an obvious answer that the y means “yellow” and refers to the color of the axe?
Yes. Except there is no axe.
Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
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Re: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
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#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
By that logic, it might as well be "A."
Extending this, can there be found a single image that can be representative of all letters of the alphabet? A is for A Xylohphone B is for the Band in which I will play the Xylophone C is for the all the Concerts in which I will play the Xylophone D is the for the Disappointment my parents showed for my selection of the Xylophone . . . M is for the Mallets, used to play to Xylophone . . . W is for the time Wasted, l…
Q is for the Quiet my parents beg me for.
R is for the Resolve with which I continue to play.
S is for the Sadness that results.
T is for when I got Thrown out of the house at 16 with nothing but my xylophone.
(This needs Edward Gorey)
Re: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, although this answer is awesome and very well researched, it cannot match the famous answer to the question about parsing HTML using regular expressions :-) : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open... . BTW, I got curious about the highest scored answer and this meta answer explains how to find it: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/266570 . The highest scored answer is this one: https://stack…
“Even Jon Skeet cannot parse HTML using regular expressions.”
He meant Chuck Norris.
Re: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
#135First comment on the answer: > This is quite the most extraordinary stack exchange answer that I've ever seen. And I couldn't agree more. Well worth perusing if you (like me) usually only check the comments on HN.
No, although this answer is awesome and very well researched, it cannot match the famous answer to the question about parsing HTML using regular expressions :-) : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open... . BTW, I got curious about the highest scored answer and this meta answer explains how to find it: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/266570 . The highest scored answer is this one: https://stack…
My favorite is this one:
A bear falls into a well. The depth of the well is 19.617 meters, and it takes the bear 2.0000 second to reach the bottom of the well. What is the color of the bear?
Re: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
#136First comment on the answer: > This is quite the most extraordinary stack exchange answer that I've ever seen. And I couldn't agree more. Well worth perusing if you (like me) usually only check the comments on HN.
> And I couldn't agree more. Well worth perusing if you (like me) usually only check the comments on HN.
And in classic fashion, of course the moderators locked it as "off topic".
Re: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
#137First comment on the answer: > This is quite the most extraordinary stack exchange answer that I've ever seen. And I couldn't agree more. Well worth perusing if you (like me) usually only check the comments on HN.
In a way it is disappointing... Almost certainly, the person who drew this axe is still alive today. There are ~8 billion people alive today, so it is a simple matter of figuring out who to ask. Yet, while everyone might be only 6 handshakes away from everyone else (on average), we do not have sufficient human connectivity to locate this person, even with hundreds of people putting at least a little thought/effort in…
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Re: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm going to have to concur with the ban, sorry.
And I don't hold that against you in any way. As my long-suffering better half said about me recently (to her psych no less): sometimes he just says and does things to see what kind of reaction it gets from people; to work them out, to understand their limits and motivations, to find their boundaries. ...and maybe even more accurately: just to entertain himself. Certainly. The limits, the boundaries, are where there…
> sometimes he just says and does things to see what kind of reaction it gets from people
pours cereal box out onto the floor
"Some have called me a cereal instigator."
Re: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
#139Of course, it's a yak shaving tool!
Re: Which word begins with "y" and looks like an axe in this picture? (2017)
#140Why did no one guess "yurt" (with smoke coming out the chimney)?
Pictures of yurts here, first one with a chimney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurt