The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[wolram]

Uhm, more hints? Is it a machine?

No.

Rod, perch, chain, I am missing something
whatever it is this thing is usually on top.

 

[wolram]

And it has to be a specific thing, not just anyone will do.
cabbage and grass and go will tell you which.

 

[honestrosewater]

Something about money... silver dollar?

 

[wolram]

It can fly but has no wings
it is singular
cabbage, grass, go, tells you which
rod perch chain something is missing---------
it is specific not anyone will do
salute
mad leader?

 

[honestrosewater]

It can fly but has no wings
it is singular
cabbage, grass, go, tells you which
rod perch chain something is missing---------
it is specific not anyone will do
salute
mad leader?

A Green Beret?

 

[wolram]

A Green Beret?

warm

Mad leader? It can fly, specific

 

[honestrosewater]

The Green Lantern?

 

[wolram]

The Green Lantern?

still warm

Others can be different colours.

Mad leader?

 

[honestrosewater]

The Green Lantern?

still warm

Others can be different colours.

Mad leader?

Ugh, I'm thinking Stalin, Hitler types of mad leaders (Green Lantern came from Stalin). what flies without wings- flags, stripes, colors, squirrels... eh...

 

[wolram]

This leader is still alive, only some think he is mad

 

[wolram]

He may be more than a cad.

 

[honestrosewater]

Green Fever? Green bombs, green monkeys, green stuff AHHH
Saddam, Kim Jong-il, Bush

 

[wolram]

Something green that can fly colonel

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, you won't believe what I found- it's very short.
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/character/bio/1119028.html

 

[wolram]

Oh no your going cold, its a thing a green thing that can fly
the colonel is a clue as to where it comes from.
mad colonel more than a cad.

 

[rachmaninoff]

Pinochet? Something from Chile?

 

[wolram]

Pinochet? Something from Chile?

no

this guys been seen in a tent.

 

[honestrosewater]

yeah, I just thought that was a funny coincidence...

Is Mad Mike the leader?

 

[wolram]

Is Mad Mike the leader?

no

He is MORE than a CAD

 

[rachmaninoff]

fly fishing?

 

[honestrosewater]

Do you have to be British to get these clues?

 

[rachmaninoff]

MORE CAD anagrams to ACME ROD

http://www.landbigfish.com/tacklestore/showcase.cfm?PID=915
Acme Kastmaster (found by google)

fly fishing; the caster (is that what it's called?) flies and has no wings.

 

[wolram]

Do you have to be British to get these clues?

I don't think so.
You have the green, you have said what it is a few posts back, in your list.
now all you have to do is say which specific one it is.

 

[wolram]

fly fishing; the caster (is that what it's called?) flies and has no wings.
no

Cad+more, not an anagram, leader, colonel

 

[honestrosewater]

The flag of Libya?

 

[rachmaninoff]

"Colonel Qadhafi"

 

[wolram]

The flag of Libya?

YES

 

[honestrosewater]

You said your question was easy! That's the hardest question I've seen. Phew. Lots of fun though. Okay, now I need to think...

Ah, great, I have to leave. Someone else can take over.

 

[brewnog]

Very good wolram, very good!

Honest, Europe.

 

[wolram]

Very good wolram, very good!

Honest, Europe.

Thanke kind sir, is that a clue?

 

[brewnog]

Honest, Europe.

Thanke kind sir, is that a clue?

Nope, I was saying "honestrosewater, you're up!"

Obviously far too cryptic...

 

[Gokul43201]

Obviously far too cryptic...

But hardly unexpected...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Moonbear is still due a question.

 

[honestrosewater]

Moonbear is still due a question.

What is with that- she's always due a question... Well, I'm here and ready.

America and China have this in common, though America's is bigger.

 

[brewnog]

A space programme?