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Q&A with the Muses! (NovemberDecember 2009)
At last, the long-awaited moment has arrived! The Muses have graciously agreed to answer your toughest questions--you know, the really impossible ones, like "Does Feather prefer chocolate or vanilla?" or "Which came first, Urania: the chicken or the egg?" They'll even answer your not-so-tough questions, like
Go ahead, ask away!
I would be happy to solve that problem, Editors, but there isn't nearly enough space in this little comment box.
(November 2, 2009 - 5:58 pm)
Why is ur age withheld? this is in response to urania
Because it's something I'd rather keep to myself! Wait a few hundred years and you'll understand what I mean. --Urania
(December 31, 2009 - 2:05 pm)
The answer is the egg, duh, because there were dinosaur eggs before there were even any chickens. (Hey, they didn't specify CHICKEN eggs, did they?:))
(January 1, 2010 - 12:16 pm)
No, the answer is the chicken, because, duh, God created all animals, not the animals eggs.
(November 22, 2010 - 8:07 pm)
I will now ask all the muses questions,in alphabetical order.
Even though you are my favorite muse, Urania, you are going to be last. Sorry.
Aeiou: I know you were able to talk in 1997, but why can't you talk anymore?
Bo: How do you know everything, even though you're a cow.
Chad: When did you become such a great inventor?
Crraw: I have 2 questions for you:
1. Why are you the only other muse who can understand Aeiou?
2. How do you manage to escape from Pwt every single time?
Feather: Do you know how to plant donut trees?
Kokopelli: What is up with you throwing pies in Urania's face?
Mimi:Is Koko annoying?
Pwt:Why do you hate Crraw so much?
Urania: Don't you hate it when Kokopelli throws pies in you face?
cat dog cat dog cat dog
(December 18, 2010 - 4:55 pm)
This question if for any of the muses who will answer. If you could have a super power, what would it be?
Mine would be the power to go into books, as any character I wanted, with any power I wanted. I could also go into your magazine and see how things worked when I closed the book! = )
Peace and Pies!
What do you mean, "IF"?? --Koko
(November 3, 2009 - 7:59 am)
That's me too!!!!!!! I LOVE to read, and I day dream about going into my books all the time!!!
(November 18, 2009 - 3:17 pm)
Me three! If I could do that, I think I would go into Attack of the Smart Pies first. It is AWESOME! Read it!
~CoolCat
(November 21, 2009 - 12:16 pm)
YES YES YES!! I WOULD LOVE THAT!!! I WISH I COULD!!! THAT WOULD BE SO COOL!!!
(November 27, 2009 - 2:14 pm)
I would but I cant afford it cause i dont get an allowance which is totally evil!!
(December 19, 2009 - 2:52 pm)
get it from the library
(April 7, 2010 - 4:43 pm)
Yeah, the library rocks : )
(June 12, 2010 - 5:06 pm)
I sooooo agree!I LOVE BOOKS!!!!!!!(If I could go in a book I would slip in "Stranger Tides" and "Muse"!)
(November 27, 2009 - 8:00 pm)
I wouldn't know what book to go into first! (Or second.) First I might go into The Twenty-One Balloons (my favorite book). Then I might go into The Little Prince. Which, as you may have guessed, is my second favorite book. BOOKS ROCK, PEOPLE! If you haven't, I am now making a suggestion to read those books. Urania, have you read any one of my two favorite books????
Well of course I've read The Little Prince--it's about someone who lives on another planet, after all! --Urania
(December 28, 2009 - 2:37 pm)
I've read The Little Prince! It is such a beautiful book, ful of wisdom. Urania, would that be considered philosophy?
(January 11, 2010 - 8:46 pm)
CAN THE MUSES TELL ME ABOUT THE HOT PINK BUNNY WAR
(September 2, 2010 - 5:39 pm)
That is what I DREAM about! Count me in!
(June 10, 2010 - 1:19 pm)
Urania, what's your favorite color? Do you like capes? (OK, that one was random. Ignore it if you want to.) Koko, what's your favorite kind of pie? (Or is that an impossible question?)
My favorite color is the color of our universe! Which is to say: beige. --Urania
I couldn't possibly pick a favorite! Every pie makes its own beautiful and unique SPLAT. --Kokopelli
(November 5, 2009 - 5:10 pm)
What happened on Pi Day? Someone sent in a letter about it. Koko called it the "Best. Holiday. EVER." Chad said Urania still woke up in the middle of the night screaming "NO MORE BANANA CREAM!!!" So -- what exactly did happen?
I'd rather not give anyone any ideas. --Chad
(November 6, 2009 - 3:22 pm)
On Pi Day, they (they being the gifted math class kids) ate pie! And Joseph brought in a book about pi as in the number. I got to eat pie on Tuesday the 16th of March for the Across Five Aprils party at the end. (P.S. My team only lost one of the battles, there was a SURPRISE FIRE DRILL in the middle of it.[It being Red Rover] So we won.) We didn't get to eat first, because we won. So there wasn't any cherry pie left and I had to eat peach! Which one would you pick, Kokopelli- peach or apple??
(March 20, 2010 - 2:45 pm)
TWILIGHT FAN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Your parents let you READ that?! I'm OLDER than you and I can't!
(June 11, 2010 - 8:58 am)
why won't your parents let you read it? i've never read the book, but i've seen one of the movies and it was fine.
(November 25, 2010 - 12:25 pm)
Urania: Why don't you get all your siblings and plot on a way to get Koko back? I mean, all is fair in love and war, right? *Hint*Hint*
Are you hinting that it might be love?? --Urania
Feather: How do you grow your plants so well? Do you feed the entire Kokoino County?
I would love to feed everyone, but sadly, some Muses just don't appreciate vegetables! Can you believe Mimi is the only one who would taste my Brussels sprout stew? --Feather
Bo: You might want to consider running away from Kokoino County. I mean, sooner or later they'll run out of meat, am I correct?
WHAT are you implying???? --Bo
Pwt: Since Kokopelli made satellite-guided pies, why not ask him to make a satellite-guided net?
Trust me, you don't want to owe Kokopelli a favor. --Pwt
Chad: What are you really good at with hardware appliances?? Do you have ANY musical talent at all??? I play flute, and I am in a flute group with five other people, and we are playing songs in our recital together.
Well, I can build a pipe organ out of pipe cleaners. Does that count as a musical talent? --Chad
Mimi: I can really get along with people, too! *Thinks* Except when they annoy me so much I jsut want to disappear. THEN you'd better watch out.
Yes, the hardest time to get along with people is when they don't want to get along with you! Or when they hit you with pies...Not to name any names. --Mimi
(November 8, 2009 - 7:39 pm)
Urania-
Maybe...
Aeiou-
How do you pronounce your name (ay OO) ?
Well I pronounce her name A-E-I-O-U, but she never pronounces it herself, so it's hard to say! --Crraw
(November 15, 2009 - 4:20 pm)
I say it Ay-you.
(December 19, 2009 - 2:54 pm)
I say Ay-yow.
(June 10, 2010 - 1:23 pm)
Me too.
(November 22, 2010 - 8:12 pm)
It wasn't Koko who made the satellite-guided pies. It was Chad.
Feather, if you want everyone to love your veggies, make BROCCOLI CASSEROLE. It is the only way I will eat broccoli.
If you're plotting a rebellion against Koko than you should throw Banana and Tar pies at him.
Do any of the Muses play the saxophone?
PIES ARE AWESOME!!
Saxophone? No. But sometimes Chad falls asleep in his lab, and the snoring sounds like a tuba full of socks. --Kokopelli
(November 27, 2009 - 2:23 pm)
Feather, I have not tried brussels sprouts yet, because I am not sure how they will taste. I eat broccoli straight...................
(December 28, 2009 - 2:41 pm)
brussel sprouts are great right feather
(April 18, 2010 - 3:33 pm)
Wow, you must be really smart Koko..
What does a tuba full of socks sound like? My friend plays the tuba, I might ask him...
Oh, and Pwt, how do you say your name?
from:Bob
(December 31, 2009 - 1:57 pm)
SAXOPHONES ROCK! I am going to play the saxophone. Next in line of awesome instruments are trombones. Then tubas, then recorders, then Orff instruments...
(June 10, 2010 - 1:31 pm)
Why is aeiou's name all vowels and why can't she speak?
(November 13, 2009 - 8:23 pm)
I <3 your name, and, yes, Crraw, no offense, she most likley did mean you!
Talking is fun, but I hate it when people overdo it.
(November 15, 2009 - 5:02 pm)
If you're anything like me, talking comes in handy sometimes.
(November 27, 2009 - 2:24 pm)
I completely agree with the whole talking thing I love to talk.
koko, were you an infant when you started the art of pie throwing or where you born with the talent?!
(April 5, 2010 - 2:14 pm)
Urania: Do you have any siblings? I have 2 younger sisters and I am the oldest child.
If you think it's hard for three siblings to get along, you should try having EIGHT sisters, like I do! Though I haven't seen them much over the past couple thousand years. --Urania
Bo: Have you ever ate homework? My teachers would not believe me if I came in and said, "Bo ate my homework!"
Only if the homework is made out of grass. --Bo
(November 13, 2009 - 11:59 pm)
Another one that a friend (AvalonGirl) and I thought up:
How many dimensions is Kokopelli? Technically, silhouettes are 2D, but then they're not supposed to be able to throw pies either. And in one article, a single line is shown, with the Muses saying: "What is it? A chopstick?" "No, it's Kokopelli from the side." Which adds support to the 2D hypothesis. Which one is it? Tell me? Please?
And I know you're not going to tell me this, but is Pwt a boy or a girl? I think he/she is a boy. (Why did I just type he/she? It completely defeats the purpose of using pronouns, since it is longer than the actual name Pwt!!!!!)
I'm sure I will think of more later...
~CoolCat
I'd like to think I have many dimensions. --Koko
I am a HE, for pete's sake! What is it that throws people off? Is it the skirt? --Pwt
(November 15, 2009 - 8:01 pm)
I think it's the skirt/neclace combo, though if one looks at ancient Egyptian art, it's pretty clear that that's what the guys, not the girls, wore back then.
(November 16, 2009 - 5:47 pm)
I was quite thrown by it myself untill I realized that he doesn't wear enough on top [ahem] to be a girl.
(November 22, 2010 - 8:15 pm)
I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the age-old questions/objects of ferocious debate/formers of political parties (?...) of all Musers has finally been answered! Thrilling! I was right about it, too!
~CoolCat
(November 18, 2009 - 8:27 pm)
P.S. Yeah, it's the skirt.
~CoolCat
(November 19, 2009 - 4:47 pm)
I knew you were a guy from my 1st issue of that wonderful magazine known as muse! That's how awesome I am. :) Could some of the muses please reply to this? Especially Aeiou!
Aeiou says she's very impressed with how awesome you are! It's hard to tell if she's being sarcastic or not. --Crraw
(December 19, 2009 - 2:57 pm)
Sorry Pwt, it IS the skirt.
(July 9, 2010 - 10:15 am)
[Note: So as not to interfere with the Muses' day-to-day Muserly duties, we ask that you keep it to THREE QUESTIONS or fewer. This post originally had 25 questions. --Ed.]
Bo, do you and Urania ever hang out to stare at the sky together?
Of course! Staring into space is, after all, my specialty. --Bo
Feather, what is your favorite flavor of donut?
Coconut! Wait, unless you're including filled donuts, because that would have to be Boston cream. Do sprinkles count as a flavor? Oh, I almost forgot about glazed! How could I forget glazed! Then there's... --Feather
It's not nice to torture Feather with such hard questions! --Mimi
Urania, how does one prove that if lim(as x approaches a) of f(x) = L exists, it is unique?
Nice try. I'm not doing your homework for you. --Urania
(November 16, 2009 - 5:45 pm)
Sorry for the over-questioning. For the record, the assignment that question came from was due and turned in before I even asked it here. I asked Urania because I'm pretty sure I got that question wrong.
(November 21, 2009 - 6:44 pm)
For Feather, if it involves donuts, it can't be torture.
(November 28, 2009 - 8:36 am)
Hey, in the last muse there is a code at the back does anyone know what it says? Please help me. I have all the letters but some are so simmilar they get mixed up.
Thanks!
I love MUSE!!!!!!!!!!!
(November 18, 2009 - 4:49 pm)
I figured It out. I went through and drew them all on paper, then I put them in alphabetical order. Then I sat down and DECODED THAT PAGE!!!!! :) I won't tell you, that would get to long, If you want ask the editors for help. (By the way, I was
wondering how the kids who get their magazine in braille decode the page?)
(November 24, 2009 - 9:58 pm)
wow! 25 questions! thats a lot! now for my questions:
Chad and urania, have you ever thought of making a computer software system that can continue to find the infinite numbers in pi?
Who needs a computer program? I can find digits of pi in my head! 6! 3! 1! 1! 5! --Urania
Which part of pi is that, Urania? --Chad
Who cares? --Urania
feather, have you ever grown rutabagas?
Of course! And my homegrown rutabagas will have you rutaBEGging for more! --Feather
(November 18, 2009 - 4:54 pm)
"Rutabega" is actually a codeword for "run" in the discreet language of Crushed Lemonade/hippie/odie/42.
(November 27, 2009 - 2:29 pm)
acually, i was talking about rutabAgas, not rutabEgas, but that might just be the plural. im not really sure. plus, my version of a rutabaga is a turniplike beet that apears to look like a beet. i know it is kind of convulsed, but whatever. (: and this didnt have the spam protection on it again.
If the web site is having technical problems, you can always just email to let us know. Thanks! --Ed.
(February 21, 2010 - 8:41 pm)
Kokopelli, what makes you so popular among fans of Muse? What's your secret to being liked even though you constantly torment your fellow muses with pies?
I'll let you in on a secret: People love watching OTHER people get pied in the face. --Koko
(November 21, 2009 - 5:47 pm)
I've always wondered that.
~CoolCat
(November 22, 2009 - 2:22 pm)
HIIII, FEATHER! You and Bo are my favorite. Anyway I have three questions: 1- Is Bo male or female? 2-Why is everyone so mean to the editors? They make muse possible! and 3-WHY DO YOU ALWAYS THROW MY LETTERS IN THE FMP? I APPERENTLY NEED A BETTER THREAT, BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW AWESOME THE EDITORS ARE THEY APPARENTLY NEED THREATINING!!! GRR!
Thanks for saying I'm half of your favorite! And Bo is a girl. --Feather
Threats are not always the answer. --Editors
(November 21, 2009 - 9:37 pm)
Dear Crraw,
In the Kokopelli and company, i have noticed that it is a desert there. So where do you build your nest?
Your number 1 fan and always with my head in the clouds,
Yoshi
P.S. You will notice that i have put this into letter format. this is because if i post here you (hopefully) cannot send message board posts into the FMP.
P.P.S. What actually happens to a letter thrown in the FMP?
Rocky cliffs are perfectly good for building nests. The tops of cactuses are OK, too, as long as you watch out for needles. And if I run out of cozy places to roost, there's always the FMP! --Crraw
(November 22, 2009 - 9:24 pm)
I was wondering...
How did Urania get picked to be in the New Muses? I know Larry Gonick has claimed that "I couldn't pronounce Terpsichore," but
a) You don't have to pronounce it, just spell it in Koko&Co.;
b) Clio isn't that hard to pronounce (Muse of History);
c) It's pronounced Terp-si-kor. Not that hard.
Tell me! Please!
Are you implying I SHOULDN'T be here?? Who wouldn't pick me? Just because Clio is the easiest to pronounce doesn't mean she's any fun. --Urania
(November 24, 2009 - 7:34 pm)
Of course not! You're my favorite Muse! Just, when Larry Gonick got asked that question before, he was quite evasive. And with my previous success ;-) on this page in the matter of Pwt, I wondered if I could get another clear answer.
(November 27, 2009 - 9:17 am)
Not to mention that I can't envision any entry criteria that would let both Kokopelli and you into the group. Since you two are practically exact opposites, I was wondering what got you both in.
Eds? Anything less evasive (Aaargh!) to say?
Not really frustratedly yours,
CoolCat
(January 18, 2010 - 8:27 am)
Craaw, have you ever considered writing anything else besides poetry? Like maybe, a novel? A muse article?
Well I AM the Muse of Poetry, and I like to stick to what I know! But maybe if it were a novel written in verse... --Crraw
(November 26, 2009 - 12:51 pm)
Pwt, how do you pronounce your name?
My less-polite friends say it sounds kind of like spitting. --Pwt
(November 30, 2009 - 5:50 pm)
Pwt, who do you mean by your "less-polite friends"? Kokopelli?
I don't want to name names, but some Muses around here are bigger fans of SPLATTERS than MANNERS. --Pwt
(December 1, 2009 - 7:09 pm)
I think I remember one of the muses saying in an issue from the Precambrian (ok, somewhere in '04-'06) that Pwt was pronounced "the way a marble sounds when dropped in the toilet". Quite tasteful, Muse.
PWT, I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE NOT A GIRL. When did this happen? Did someone else (Koko?) take control of the editors' office and force them to write lies? I was SHOCKED to see Pwt referred to as 'he' in the last issue of Kokopelli and Company (not this one, the last one). There must be an explanation for this, I thought frantically to myself. And indeed there was. Larry Gonick's signature was missing from the comic! I am therefore forced to conclude that SOMEONE ELSE took control of Muse for the month and that Pwt is a FEMALE. I mean, Pwt, you've always acted so girl-ish! One time (back in the Precambrian again) I wrote a letter to Muse (I never got around to sending it) with an extensively-researched chart with ample evidence proving that PWT IS A GIRL. I'm sorry, Muses. This battle is back on. :-D
Larry Gonick created the October comic strip, just like all the rest. Sorry to spoil your conspiracy theory. --Ed.
(December 8, 2009 - 1:02 am)
hey,
Do any of the muses have a passion for each other?
Well Pwt certainly has a passion for chasing Crraw... --Chad
It's perfectly normal! Birds should be in nets!! --Pwt
(December 12, 2009 - 10:34 am)
Actually, there was an issue about chromosomes a while back, and it said that some Y chromosomes can be mutated, and in the margins Pwt said "I'm a mutant!" (The Y chromosome is only present in males.)
(April 2, 2010 - 5:34 pm)
more proof that he's a he!
(April 8, 2010 - 5:45 pm)
Who else is in Kokonino County besides the regular Muses (not to say any of you are normal)??
Why would we need anyone else? I find that peace and quiet is best for inventing. --Chad
Also, in a Fablehaven book, I thnk in the third one, Kendra dodges a humpbacked man carrying a long, wooden flute, and falls into the grasp of a jaguar woman, or whatever. KOKOPELLI!!!!! I'M SHOCKED!! I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HELP EVIL FIGURES!!!!!! *starts to cry uncontrollably*
I...don't know what you're talking about. --Koko
Does Kokoino County have an interperative reading competition? In Nutley, it's called Forensics. I made it into the third round, but I have, like, three months of a break from it! :)
I don't have any idea what that is. But congratulations! --Mimi
(December 15, 2009 - 8:29 pm)
You read fablehaven too!!!!!! So do I, I LOVE them. Do you go to the forum? I am [Sorry, we can't post contact information for you, including usernames on other sites! --Ed.].
Alright, Now I have a question, What kind of books do you all read? I will read Almost anything I can get my hands on.
(December 17, 2009 - 8:22 pm)
I don't know about the Muses, but I LOVE the Fruits Basket manga. It's sorta like a Japanese comic book, but it's read right to left. like Naruto. It's so awesome. In Naruto, there are 50 books in the series. In Fruits Basket, there are 23. I'm TWO CHAPTERS away from finishing the WHOLE SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!! KYO AND TOHRU AND KISA ROOOOOCK
(December 23, 2009 - 4:49 pm)
OMG! Me too!!
(October 22, 2010 - 4:47 pm)
Eds.: AWWW
(January 11, 2010 - 8:53 pm)
Fablehaven rules! Oh, and Kokopelli isn't hunchbacked. NAVAROG a.k.a.*SPOILER ALERT* RULES!!!!!!!!! Oh, wait he's evil. Ah, well!
(June 11, 2010 - 9:16 am)
Thank you, Mimi!!!!! You're so kind! *scolds*kokopelli* see! SOME people LIKE to be kind. i still won't forgive you for almost hurling Kendra Sorenson off a plateau and killing her.... You're really nice. I'm being sarcastic.......
(December 23, 2009 - 4:44 pm)
Urania-
What happend to the other Muses? I mean not Kokopelli and all them, but Calliope and them? (Is that how you spell her name?) Did Kokopelli trap them in a gigantic pie?!? And why did you come, but not the others? PLEASE ANSWER SOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My sisters are all fine, don't worry--they just don't want to come live in Kokonino County with me. And with all that pie flying around, who can blame them?? --Urania
(December 19, 2009 - 10:58 am)
So, Urania, why do you stay within a hundred miles of Kokopelli?
Just wondering,
CoolCat
There are a few advantages to living in Kokonino County, such as...um...well, it hardly ever rains! --Urania
(December 20, 2009 - 8:53 am)
Calliope got her own magazine. As for the rest of them, who knows?
X
(July 9, 2010 - 10:25 am)
Urania- Okay, so then why did you come? I mean its true that there is a lotta pie flying around, so why did you not stay with your sisters? Does it have to do with modernization? Well this IS the 21st century, after all! By the way, Pwt says he's insulted and he's not answering you question (below). --Urania
Pwt- Is it true that some people people actually think you are a boy?!
Kokopelli- How did you come to love pie?!?!?!?!? That's a silly question. EVERYBODY loves pie. --Koko
P.S. sorry for asking Q's twice in a row!
(December 20, 2009 - 5:27 pm)
Who likes pumpkin/banana/apple cream pie..? My mom made it last night and I'm very willing to give it away...
Sounds extra splattery! --Koko
(December 31, 2009 - 2:06 pm)
So, how come none of my questions are showing up? like you know the other posts...
1. Koko, would you change you name if you had the chance? (not sayig that you should)
What's wrong with my name? I like it just fine! Of course, Miranda would be a nice name, too... --Koko
2. Urania, do you miss the other Muses?
We have family reunions from time to time, and some of us write letters. Calliope is an exhausting penpal, though--they don't call her the muse of EPIC poetry for nothing! --Urania
3. What's the best kind of pie?
I have far too many favorites to pick just one. --Koko
(December 31, 2009 - 2:12 pm)
I have two questions for Kokopelli. One: I cannot believe that your image comes from Pan, my favorite Greek god. Yes, I know, the word "panic" derives from his name, but I really don't think he went around throwing pies in people's faces. Plus he actually appreciates the Muses' music/ art/ stories. And you clearly don't. And he's the god of nature, so he would like to learn about the universe, so he would be nicer to Urania. So what's up with your total lack of similarity with him?? Sheesh.... And, two: You are the Muse of TUNES and tricks. TUNES. And music, no matter how bad, follows a mathematical pattern. Thus: your music comes from math, without math there would be no music, and be nicer to Urania for it.
Um...wait, what was the question again? --Koko
(January 1, 2010 - 11:43 am)
Yeah! Let's see some cooperation! (Not to mention that there is a mathematical science of throwing [e.g. pies]...)
(January 1, 2010 - 3:07 pm)
CoolCat: Yes, something about leverage and energy transfer. Even more evidence that math and Kokopelli are intertwined! So HA, Mr. Math-Is-Useless! And, Aeiou; I think you can speak, but you choose not to. And I understand completely! I think arm-talking and typing are much more fun than just talking all day. (That's why I'm so much more talkative here than "real" life. I just can't help myself!) I would like both Aeiou and Koko to respond to this post, so I can hear from both my favorite and least favorite Muses. Yes, the first and last parts of that last sentence match up. Aeiou=favorite and Kokopelli=least favorite. Just to clear up any confusion. Again: please reply, both of you!
Um...I'm the only Muse here right now. Hope that's OK. Does anyone want to compare crow-catching strategies? --Pwt
(January 1, 2010 - 6:34 pm)
Sigh.... those were, for your simple mind, a list of facts proving that you should be nicer to Urania and all the other Muses. And that your personality makes no sense because the person you are based on is completely different. And that math and music are so intertwined that I have no idea how the idea got into your head that math is silly. And Urania, if she's read this, will know what I'm talking about. So ask her. Politely. Or else.
(January 1, 2010 - 6:15 pm)
Are all the other Muses back now? Can they reply to my previous posts?
You don't want to talk about nets? Traps? Bird feeders covered in glue? Really, really big nets? --Pwt
(January 2, 2010 - 4:48 pm)
Can you make a really, really big net covered in glue for Kokopelli? And I have a plan for you to catch Craaw. See, you wait for him to land, like the last time you actually caught him, and then you smack your net down on top of him, only your net has a built in pie that hits him in the face so he can't escape. It's brilliant!
Hm, pie PLUS net...Kokopelli? Is that you? --Pwt
(January 4, 2010 - 8:57 am)
I have the same problem! Can anyone see this post?
Yes. --Ed.
(November 23, 2010 - 10:16 am)
I've noticed that you're very evasive when it comes to answering our questions. Often you just ask us a question in return. Why is that?
(January 3, 2010 - 9:31 pm)
Pwt: No, I am not Kokopelli. If I was, I wouldn't give ideas for my own capture. I was just using the Musers' favorite torture in my plan. By the way, when did you start chasing Craaw? Ever since Muse was created, probably....
Aeiou: You are my favorite Muse ever!!! I'm sorry I haven't talked to you much, what with all the fuss. I need to tell you a secret. It's in Starcode, my original language (did I mention I was an alien?). Try to figure it out: YROTU ADRBE MKY FSAGVKOHRNIYTXE MQUCSZE. And, anyone who tries to read this without Aeiou's permission: POIBE IKN YTOJUVR FSAMCLE!!! (And no, you do not unscramble the letters. That's too easy.)
AMENIBOVU SCAXYZS TAHSADNFKGS FHOJR TKHLE MPEOSISUAYGTE. CROEDWEQS RAOSCDK! --CFRGRHAJW
(January 4, 2010 - 4:17 pm)
Oh, oops. I read it..........................*Jeopardy Theme Song*.....................Okay then. I guess there's no pie coming. TQHWADNUKOS MFABNVGTO!!!!!!!
(June 12, 2010 - 4:10 pm)
Let's keep this Q&A thread going, OK? It's really fun, so people, keep checking it even though it's in the Nov/Dec section.
My question: What is the deal with Chad's and Aeiou's twins that I read about on Wikipedia? Which issue were they in? I mean, seriously, Bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz? Why have I never heard of them? Which question is going to be answered? :-)
Gosh, we don't know what issue that appeared in, either. Can any Musers out there help? --Ed.
(January 5, 2010 - 7:20 pm)
I don't believe that there is a Bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz. I mean, he/she would have to also be a Muse, and the editors said somewhere in the past that there were no Muses who didn't make the cut. Thus, he/she is not in existence. And, Aeiou: TAHRAKNBKLS FWOTR TYHNE RJELPCLDY!
(January 6, 2010 - 4:23 pm)
Why would he/she have to be a Muse? The New Muses were whoever signed up. Urania's sisters ("Calliope and them") didn't sign up, so they aren't New Muses; they are Old Muses, but that doesn't have anything to do with Bcdf...; if he/she didn't sign up, he/she wouldn't be a Muse.
"She, like Chad, has an identical twin named Bcdtghjklmnpqrs." ~from the Wikipedia article on Koko&Co, in the Aeiou section. Apparently we got the name wrong. (I can see why.) Chad's twin is named Frad.
Eds/Muses? Does siblingness of a Muse require one to be a Muse?
Your argument sounds pretty convincing to us. --Ed.
(January 7, 2010 - 8:54 am)
IC CSAJN RSEGAPD SRTXAZRCPODTE!!!!!!!!!!
(June 14, 2010 - 2:11 pm)
Chad's brother is Frad, his "long lost twin"! He appeared in the January 2005 issue, the one on forensics. What happened was someone stole Feather's doughnuts and the DNA evidence pointed to Chad, who maintained that he hadn't stolen them. Then, lo and behold, Frad showed up! He had drooled on the doughnuts, hence his DNA (identical to Chad's, since they're twins) was on the doughnuts. I can't remember any mention of BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ. :-)
(January 11, 2010 - 1:01 am)
Awesome, Annie! Thank you!
Now: The hunt for Bcdfghjklmnpzrstvwxyz. (Which is not the exactly right name, but is pretty close, and we all know what we mean.)
(January 12, 2010 - 8:21 am)
I know all the names. Bcdtghjklmnpqrs is the right name. Look at Wikipedia if you don't believe me. PS. Feather: My mom made Jelly Doughnuts last night. Do you want some?
(October 22, 2010 - 5:30 pm)
Oh yes, and Editors (or Aeiou/Crraw)? How do you pronounce Aeiou's [alleged] twin's name? Is it, like Aeiou's, each letter pronouced separately? Or is it something like bick-dif-guj-klum-nip-qu-stiv-wix-yiz? (It certainly would be...er...a challenge to have a sibling named such!)
(January 17, 2010 - 1:28 am)
I think BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ showed up in the article about how to survive a robot takeover. Yes... Chad, Feather or someone saw AEIOUs, and dumped both of them in honey, to find out which was a robot. Then, a huge robot chased after him.
(March 1, 2010 - 7:38 pm)
My dad used to sing an alphabet song that went:
Ab-k'def-gee-jeckle-m'nop'kwer-stoov-wicksiz
(AB CDEF GHI JKL MNOPQR STUV WXYZ)
Forgive me for this silliness. The gee part of the song is pronounced not like the LETTER g (jee) but like a hard g ('g' in 'gang').
So that is my interpretation of the alphabet's pronunciation. It is a swirl of Aeiou's name and her twin's name, which I don't feel like typing out. Cheers!
I believe that song originated on Sesame Street, when Big Bird thought the alphabet was just one big long word. --Ed.
(November 28, 2010 - 8:20 pm)
There was an old contest to design your own Muse, and one of them might have been BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ, Aeiou's twin sister. If I were at home I might be able to dig up the issue, but I could very easily be wrong, and she might have just appeared in the margins or a letter Frad-style.
(October 19, 2011 - 11:25 am)
Just remembered a question I've had for months:
Can Feather fly?
It depends how hard you throw him. --Koko
(January 8, 2010 - 7:43 am)
I've just decided to sing I'll Be There by Michael Jackson in my school's talent show. Too bad you don't audition for it. I hate to say it, but some of the acts are a waste of time.
Muse readers, any methods for memorizing those lyrics to I'll Be There?? HELP!
(January 11, 2010 - 8:52 pm)
Just keep singing it until it gets stuck in your head, then it will stay there for a few weeks.
(April 19, 2010 - 1:50 pm)
HOW COULD SOMEONE LIKE KOKOPELLI BE SO COOL?
ANYWAY WHAT IS: 888 TO THE 3RD POWER X4+398
(2800908686)
(January 12, 2010 - 7:08 pm)
Urania: I want to give you an Ultra-Deluxe Pie Deflector Shield with Pie Multiplyers, which deflects any pies thrown at you then sends 10 times that amount of pies back at the original thrower's face, but I need a strong enough box that Kokopelli won't sleal it. Any help?
(January 15, 2010 - 4:24 pm)
What is Aeiou? (Or rather was... they're all Muses now, but before theywere Muses they were something else. Igather it's kind of complicated.) And is it that she can't talk, or can but doesn't want to?
On this subject, as on most subjects, Aeiou is pretty tight-lipped. --Crraw
(January 17, 2010 - 8:58 am)
Any ideas on protecting Urania's gift? And do the Muses have any feedback on my previous comments?
(January 18, 2010 - 4:12 pm)
Wrap it in math papers.
Then there will be no need for a tag, either.
(January 19, 2010 - 12:10 pm)
Okay! I sent the Pie Deflector Shield to Urania. It was wrapped in math papers and was labeled, "Algebra Textbooks for Ninth Grade. Super Hard!" so that Kokopelli wouldn't get any ideas involving pie and Urania's things.
(P.S. Besides, if Koko does get any ideas, I purposely put a rip in the paper so Kokopelli will get an army of multiplied pies right in his face!)
I can't wait to get your package--I love super hard algebra problems! --Urania
(January 19, 2010 - 4:11 pm)
And yes, Urania, there are algebra textbooks in there. I thought you would like those as well.
(January 20, 2010 - 4:04 pm)
Please don't get offended, but did Kokopelli really propose to Urania in one of the old issues that (AARRGGHH) aren't for sale anymore? Was that when their incompatibility (i.e. "You know you can't have Koko and Urania in the same room... at least not if you want your birthday cake in one piece." ~Mimi) flared up for the first time?
(January 29, 2010 - 8:58 am)
Why did none of the Muses or Eds. reply to my comment?
We were hoping a reader knew the answer! --Ed.
(January 29, 2010 - 10:07 am)
SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY! I commented way too much! But I am desperate, very desperate this time! Editors: Does a letter have to be in paragraphs to get it in the Muse Mail section? I sent a letter, and it went into the FMP! I will use a threat next time if you don't answer my question! Mwah ha ha ha! (P.S. This is quite embarassing, but it is hard for me to write "interesting" topic sentences, as to my teachers. I'll do anything, anything, though, to get into Muse Mail.)
We get lots and lots of Muse Mail, so unfortunately most of it ends up in the FMP! The letters we choose to publish are the ones that say something unusual or interesting, and don't sound the same as every other letter. Also, remember that we work ahead of time: even if we do choose to publish your letter, it won't show up in the magazine for at least 3 months or so. --Ed.
(January 29, 2010 - 9:56 pm)
My sister reads the comics to me and Kokopelli is funny! My question is for Kokopelli: Do you like banana pie? (P.S. My sister is typing this for me.)
Of COURSE I like banana pie--it's the squelchiest kind! --Kokopelli
(January 29, 2010 - 10:36 pm)
Urania, why doesn't your dad protect you from pies with a lightning bolt or something cause that would be cool!
(March 6, 2010 - 8:23 pm)
Urania, do you even like talk to your dad? Wait, your dad is Zeus, right? Beacause that's what my Language Arts teacher told me (yes, we did learn about you and your sisters.).
(March 7, 2010 - 1:13 am)
Whoa, nice! I didn't know there was a chat thingamabob with the muses. I've been wondering about something... would Koko like Urania's sisters any better (or worse, I suppose) than Urania? I mean, 8 Urania doubles would seem rather terrifying to me if I was Koko. But he might get along well with Euterpe, Terpsichore, and Thalia, the old muses of music, dance, and comedy respectively. Who knows, Thalia might be the black sheep of the family and think it hilarious to team up with Koko in pie-throwing. Do Urania or Koko have any thoughts on this?
I've never met any of Urania's sisters. But extra pie targets are always welcome in Kokonino County! --Kokopelli
(March 29, 2010 - 5:38 pm)
Just wondering- What is the FMP for e-mail called? And how does it get in there? Or is it just called The Dreaded Delete Button?
We like to call it the virtual FMP, but feel free to come up with your own, catchier names. --Ed.
(April 2, 2010 - 11:17 pm)
recruiting for operation mothball!
please send all responses in code (easarcay iphercay iftshay eethray)
(April 8, 2010 - 5:55 pm)
Hatwa etha eckha?
(May 29, 2010 - 11:44 am)
Alright, someone needs to explain the Hot Pink Bunnies to me! I only just started getting Muse and I am totally lost. I don't like not understanding things to the extent of sitting imobile in algebra class for half and hour and giving anyone who says "inside joke" the silent treatment for three days. So someone, anyone, explain!
(April 25, 2010 - 7:09 pm)
Silver, Hot Pink Bunnies (HPBs) started when readers would write long letters arguing about which is better, cats or dogs. They are little bunny emoticons, obviously colored hot pink. Since the editors were getting tired of the cat-dog controversy, they started replacing any passage treating that topic in a published letter with an adorable little bunny. (Un)fortunately, readers fell in love with the HPBs, and they became an integral part of any FMP threat. (The FMP, or Fan Mail Pit, is where the editors throw fan mail they don't publish, and readers include elaborate, often silly threats in their letters to encourage the editors not to throw their letters in there, but instead to publish them.) I believe there are actually two species of HPB, the nice ones and the fierce ones. As far as I know, the HPBs subsist exclusively on HPCs (Hot Pink Carrots) and pies. They are much-loved by the Muser community.
By the way, welcome! We're glad to have you, and I TOTALLY understand the feeling of being a newbie. I'm only a few months past from being one myself.
Hope this helps,
CoolCat
P.S. @ the eds: The CAPTCHA is back.
(April 27, 2010 - 4:42 pm)
HOW DARE COOLCAT SAY MUSERS LIKE HPB'S?!?!?!?! My own experiences tell me to hate the hot pink bunnies, not love them!!!!! I have been attacked more than once on the island on which I have crash-landed (P.S. Editors, the thingamabob in the last issue is my spaceship's- please return it!)! HPBs are vicious, untrustworthy creatures of evil! How dare you say we love them!!!!!! You traitor!!!!!!!
(June 8, 2010 - 3:22 pm)
Well, Mango, it does seem like they are the most popular evil minion in the FMP-threat community. I suppose one might not "love" one's evil minions, but one certainly doesn't hate them.
I don't like HPBs either -- it just seemed like a lot of other people use them for their own purposes.
(August 10, 2010 - 8:26 am)
Wow...I'm pretty new to Muse and was wondering about the whole hot pink bunny fiasco. I for one cannot possibly imagine why everyones obbsessed about pie throwing. Could anyone help me?!
(June 21, 2010 - 6:44 pm)
I know that PWT PWNS, but i was wondering just how PWT PWNS
(May 14, 2010 - 8:16 pm)
Chad, why don't you make a transforming machine, then you can turn every muse into what ever they want, and only turn them back if they do your bidding?
(May 24, 2010 - 2:04 pm)
Crraw, why dont you try pecking PWT on the head? Maybe he would stop chasing you because of brain damage.
(June 12, 2010 - 5:02 pm)
Urania, which Greek Goddess would you want to be? I think you could be Athena.
(June 21, 2010 - 11:07 am)
Where are the Muses? Have they all gone on vacation to the Spy Kids thread (where Mimi told me no fighting)???? MUSES, COME BACK! WE NEED YOU!
(June 25, 2010 - 2:47 pm)
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!! Being Athena, I mean. ARTEMIS AND ATHENA ROCK!! URANIA TOO!!
(July 2, 2010 - 7:14 pm)
She is a Greek goddess. The Muses were (are?) goddesses, too, although somewhat minor ones. (OBVIOUSLY the Greeks were confused about the awesomeness level of their gods and goddesses.)
(August 10, 2010 - 8:32 am)
WHO IS DONAN S. ?!?!? Please, oh please, someone TELL ME!!! I don't CARE who tells me. (*sobbing*) Is he really trapped in th FMP? If so, please put all my letters to you in the FMP so it's like a reassurance letter.
P.S Editors: Can you please send some people into the FMP to rescue Donan S.? So I wont have to send my friends and I to invade Muse HQ.
P.S.S I really dont want to overrun Muse HQ.
(July 2, 2010 - 6:51 pm)
THANK YOU EDS for creating a muse Q and A page!!!! Also, thank you to whoever answered the question about HPBs. I only started reading MUSE a year ago, then had to sadly cancel my subscription for a while cause I moved.... but i will soon be getting a new one!
I have a question for AEIOU, one of my favorite muses - CAN you talk? I understand if you can and choose not to, as i do that my self most of the time (i am not a loud person) Can you talk at all, or do you just not want to?
Urania, another of my favorite muses, i am at a loss to explain why you like math so much! Math is hard. Math takes up time one could spend reading the new muse issue, or in your case chasing Kokopelli for hitting you in the face with a pie. Why do you like it???
Kokopelli, out of all the muses, why is it that Urania gets the most pies in the face??? I was at a party that Student Council set up for the school auction, and there was a pie in the face stand (long story) and all the student council members had to be hit in the face with cream pie! It was not fun when you are on the other end of it, but i am probably more sympathetic to your pie throwing hobby.
Bo, thank you for the very awesome fact about the 3D organ printers in the "naming names" issue. That seems so cool! Your fact page is awesome!
Thanks! And no one really knows about Aeiou--she won't tell us! --Bo
Math is sometimes hard, but always wonderful! --Urania
(July 7, 2010 - 11:15 am)
Donan S. is a boy who once lived in Kansas, but went the way of his etters and got stuck in the you-know-where. There have been many rescue attempts to save him in the works, and eventually one will happen. The editors are completely oblivious, even thinking his wailing is the Chicago wind. So if the authorities(and his mourning family) stumble upon Muse HQ, then they will shut down Muse and everyone will be forced to read Cricket instead. That's why a rescue is so important.
X
(July 15, 2010 - 7:37 am)
Aeiou, why don't you speak?
X
(July 9, 2010 - 10:09 am)
That is a really good question. I THINK it's simply that she cannot speak.
She can't speak english, at least.
But don't trust me: I'm pretty much a newbie.
(July 29, 2010 - 8:41 pm)
Aeiou is my favorite muse because she is so cute!
(July 14, 2010 - 9:35 pm)
Feather, what is the best donut quality?
Urania, x*y=z. Two other facts can be drawn. What? Answer at bottom.
z/x=y
z/y=x
(July 29, 2010 - 8:09 pm)
I think Crraw is evil. Please, Muses (yes, all of you) give me your standpoint on this!!!! Can I translate for you, Aeiou? Please?
(August 27, 2010 - 8:15 pm)
Hmmm... He might be evil.... though i don't think bad poetry is strictly "evil".... unless you're a Vogon (yes i did read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it rocked) Maybe every time Crraw leads Pwt somewhere while Pwt is chasing him, he is taking him to the vogon ship! GASP! And the HPBs are waiting to catch Pwt in his own net!
Or he could just be bored and talking to the HPBs cause there's nothing better to do. Personally, i would like to think that the muses AREN'T evil, but it is fun to speculate...
I have a question for Aeiou and Crraw... If Aeiou can't speak, then how do Crraw and everyone else know what she's saying? Is there like a special sleeve language, or does Aeiou mouth the words, or does she type ones and zeros into a computer and the computer translates it into words that pop up on screen, and they read those, or what? (If chad ever gets bored, there's a new invention he could make... "Aeiou Translator!")
And also, will we ever see Urania's sisters in a MUSE Magazine? I think it would be really cool if they all teamed up and got to Kokopelli FIRST for a change....
Feather, I have an extra doughnut - with purple sprinkles! Do you want it?
(September 25, 2010 - 12:06 pm)
Please. Editors, how long does it take for your comments to get published on this website?
We have to publish all the comments individually. So it depends how soon someone checks the comments, which happens several times a day. --Ed.
(September 28, 2010 - 3:48 pm)
Aah. Hey Feather, my favorite type of donut is Boston Creme! Have you ever had that one? Do you like it?
LISTEN UP, WORLD! PWT IS A BOY!!! A MALE!!! SO STOP ASKING HIM STUPID QUESTIONS LIKE: ARE YOU A GIRL? CUZ THE ANSWER IS NO!! HE IS NOT!!! HE'S PROBABLY IN THE FMP RIGHT NOW, SULKING BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE OFFENDED HIM!!!!!!!
You see Pwt, I am a loyal fan, so pick that head up and start chasing Crraw. It'll make you feel better.
Here in Kokonino County we don't have Boston Creme doughnuts. But we do have Kokonino Kreme, which is delicious! --Feather
(September 28, 2010 - 8:25 pm)
Yeah, Pwt. Do that! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ANSWER ME YOU ARE MY FAVORITE MUSE!!!!!
Pwt: Why do you chase Crraw?
Are you kidding? Why WOULDN'T I chase him?? --Pwt
(October 13, 2010 - 7:32 pm)
hey Aeiou? how many coding languages do you know,?? you're so cool, the best muse ever, YAY SOFTWARE!!!!!!!
Nathan H
P.S.
the rest of you are cool muses, YAY MUSE!!!!!!!
(October 15, 2010 - 10:54 am)
YAY YOU!!!!!!
(October 22, 2010 - 3:52 pm)
Dear Muse,
Can you please explain what HPB's are? Feather deserves more respect. I mean, he loves to eat donuts and doesn't that just automatically elevate him to some status of cool?! OK, and here is my Q's:
Mimi: I am sad for you. You are my favorite Muse and no-one asked you a question! Here's the first: why are you so awesomely cool?!
Feather: Jelly doughnuts are the BEST! You go bird! But are you a boy?
Urania: You don't happen to help with homework, do you?
(October 22, 2010 - 5:54 pm)
About the homework...
How do you prove the Pythagorean Theorem again? Without using overmuch algebra?
(December 16, 2010 - 11:22 am)
I think Feather might like chocolate because, after all, chocolate came from cocoa beans. Get it? COCOA BEANS! HAAHAAHAA!!!!!!
(November 5, 2010 - 8:11 pm)
WHO ARE THE HOT PINK BUNNIES?! I NEED TO KNOW!!!! PLEASE ANSWER THIS QUESTION IT HAS BEEN DRIVING ME NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry that was extreme I love cats and dogs so don't ask me to choose
(January 23, 2011 - 8:57 pm)
Hot Pink Bunnies are imaginary creatures that most Muse readers pretend to have, and threaten the editors with in their letters/etters/e-mails. I have been getting Muse since November/December 2008, and the HPB's are appearing less and less in letter/etters/e-mails. That's probaly because a) The editors are getting sick of it and not publishing letters/etters/e-mails with that threat, and b) readers are thinking of more creative things to threat with.
(February 2, 2011 - 11:10 am)
In response to both of you (because it's so likely that either of you are going to ever come back and read this), the HPBs first appeared as an attempt to end the Great Cat/Dog Wars. I forget exactly when the Great Cat/Dog Wars took place, or when the explanatory "Surfeit of Coneys" article was published, but long story short, the arguments between the Cat Lovers and the Dog Lovers were getting a little intense in the mail section, so the editors decided to end the war by a) having an entire issue devoted to cats and then dogs, and b) replacing all mentions of dogs or cats in future letters with little hot pink bunnies. The rest, as they say, is history.
(October 19, 2011 - 11:13 am)