MOO is still wide awake in the USA (especially as we didn’t get to go to the party!) so for those of you who aren’t tucked up in bed:
Domicile03, Erin’s Dilemma
If this were a reality show, I’d be in a closet talking to a camera right now. I’ve always lived alone because it makes it so much easier to deal with certain… quirks I have. For example, I became a mycologist because I see mushrooms everywhere. That doesn’t mean I’m simply good at spotting mushrooms, but that I see mushrooms in places where no mushroom has a right to be. I wish I had some way of showing you the world through my eyes.
Wow, number 50! In marriage terms, we have reached our golden anniversary. Lots of hard work, but I am sure you will agree, lots of great rewards too? Anyway, down to business:
Domicile03, Guin
I was happy to help out my cousins, distant though they were, but if they thought they were getting a free vacation, they were sadly mistaken. I’d been trying to get at a particular area of exposed rock to take some measurements and the local wildlife hadn’t been at all cooperative. I could temporarily lure them into large pens, but if I wasn’t careful with their placement, they’d run riot and break out–making it impossible to safely examine the traces of weather.
I had four …Continue reading this article…
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And now, back to the mice. Ray is confused and needs your perspicacity:
Hardboiled, The Journey
Ray’s Confusion
After we got the bears out of town, it was time to get ourselves to safety. We’d arranged to stay with a distant cousin who was working on some Ecuadorian islands. We were taking a train to the coast, a boat to the island and then hiking inland to find her.We had a tradition, my …Continue reading this article…
It’s pretty quiet here at MOO HQ today, I guess we had too much fun at our birthday party yesterday! We still want to play though, so there will be more questions coming today. Here are the answers you were waiting for:…Continue reading this article…
We are having fun at MOO party but thinking of people who couldn’t make it! Please keep smiling as here is another chance to win a Mosaic Frame and a pack of MiniCards:
Domicile03, Sus’s Search
As an astronomer, Sus spends a lot of time searching the skies for new objects and events. In fact, she lives in her own observatory, with a gigantic telescope jutting through a hole in her roof.
Today, as she checks the usual night-sky objects off her list, she notices a new pattern. There’s something new amongst the asteroid belts and planets. Something new that’s comprised of three elements. Excitedly, she focuses the lens and watches as it speeds towards the earth.
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How about a little poem? A break would be nice. As Corvus said (he is our super clue writer), Unbearable will give people paws… er, pause. So let’s make tea and get started on this one!
Unbearable Lightness of Being: Poppa’s Tale
I know you probably want me to write a poem, but I’m not good at writing. My pen can never quite find its way across the page, roaming from uppercase to lowercase at a whim.. I’m also not a poet like my wife and son. In fact, when I try to count syllables, I usually end up writing numbers instead of letters. Well, if Black Bart could call himself a po8, I guess I can too. Anyway, here’s …Continue reading this article…
MOO staff are getting very excited about tonight’s birthday party and working on a tailored hairstyle… photos to come! In the meantime, let’s start playing with a new twisted question.
Up for grabs today we have the perfect ‘MOO Combo’ of a MiniCard Mosaic Frame and a pack of MOO MiniCards!
Hardboiled, Part Fifteen
The Warning
Mary was Goldilocks. But Goldilocks? She wasn’t Goldilocks at all. She was something far worse than a constant thorn in the side of the three bears. We prepared a message for Nick to deliver to the three bears:
W V U Y G ,
P V G L G H V K O N L Y …Continue reading this article…
Good morning, we hope yesterday’s questions added fun to your day! It seemed that question 44 wasn’t too easy. Thanks for your creativity though, I’m sure the three bears would have loved to stay at Sinead O’connor’s! Without further ado…
Question 43:
Answer: Mary and Goldilocks are missing

Winner: Clare Selley
Question 44:
Answer: Erin, the Hedgehog. Penny buns are a colloquial term for boletus badius, or porcini mushrooms.
Winner: Katie
Question 45:
Answer: To the lens of Sus’s telescope.
Winner: Bart Braem
Félicitations to the winners! Keep an eye on the blog for today’s questions…
That’s right folks, question 45 already! We hope you like our Cryptic Quiz, as part of MOO’s 3rd Birthday Celebrations. We are now entering the Third Zone. Will you take this challenge?…Continue reading this article…
Moving onto the next question. It’s time to check on our bears, apparently Goldilocks is causing trouble, again. If you want to win a Mix Tape USB from Suck UK, you know what to do – answers in comments please!
Unbearable Lightness of Being
Nick was waiting for the three bears when they finally arrived at Moo HQ. He got straight to the point, “Goldilocks is not who she seems and you’re in grave danger.”
“Oh,” said Momma bear, “I’m sure you must be imagining things.”
“Danger,” scoffed Poppa bear, “she can’t be stronger than me!”
“Why,” asked Baby bear in a soft voice, “who is she really?”
Nick told them who Goldilocks really was and all three bears went silent.
“Oh dear,” Momma …Continue reading this article…