Riddle my Postcard.

Suaimhneach

If there is a better forum for this, feel free to move it.

Today I recieved a post card. It was written with my name in Irish [which I only use for college] and my college address in Santry.

On the front there is a Ram. On the back, it merely says "1.6", in big black permanent marker. Here are pics.

- The Front

- The Back

From what I can make out the stamp says "Return address" "Post". It has a "Priority Aerphost" stamp as well as an Irish 48cent Stena Line stamp.

The ram is from Donegal. That's the only info on it.

I think this is intended to be funny, but I can't figure it out...

Any ideas?

Binomate

Do you look like a sheep? Maybe they want to have sex with you.

Ruu_Old

1.6gb of RAM?

chalky

Maybe its a clubs and socs thing. were you a member of any?

fuzzywiggle

Ruu wrote:

1.6gb of RAM?

oOoh good going Ruu.

o.O

Suaimhneach

Redbrick, the biggest nerd soc this side of the world.

However, I'd wager its a nerd joke, I just dont get it.

I do not look like a sheep.

Suaimhneach

Come on boards, dont let me down!

http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~jesjes/closeup.JPG - here is the post mark up close.

Dont leave me at a loss!!

Miguel_Sanchez

Maybe it's your ranking from ratemysheep.com ?

Blowfish

I don't suppose it would have anything to do with this fella would it?

JaneHudson

Maybe it is to do with the golden ratio? It has to do with measuring beauty mathematically. Architechts and designers use it.
the golden ratio = 1.61803399 and it is present notably in the spiral design of shells. Not sure where the ram comes in but I suspect you could find it in the spiral of his horns.

fuzzywiggle

JaneHudson wrote:

Maybe it is to do with the golden ratio? It has to do with measuring beauty mathematically. Architechts and designers use it.
the golden ratio = 1.61803399 and it is present notably in the spiral design of shells. Not sure where the ram comes in but I suspect you could find it in the spiral of his horns.

wow.. that's deep. well done man

Nehpets

maybe they want you to play this sheep game (version 1.6(1))

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/GAMES-ENTERTAINMENT/Arcade/Sheep-9660.shtml

Earthhorse

Jesjes wrote:

Come on boards, dont let me down!

Pretty sure Ruu has it with his 1.6gb of RAM. It's just a play on words.

Unless we're looking at it upside down and it actually reads 9.1.

[Jackass]

You have been initiated into the secret society of shadows.

It has had many great leaders as members and all though i can not divulege any more information, you must find the path yourself.

The answer is more obvious then it would leave you to believe...stop looking for clues, look for the answer.

Tar.Aldarion

He wants you to play counter strike 1.6. Good man.

Terry

Jesjes wrote:

Come on boards, dont let me down!

http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~jesjes/closeup.JPG - here is the post mark up close.

Dont leave me at a loss!!

the postmark reads "Return Express".
i have no idea what that means.

arseagon

julep wrote:

the postmark reads "Return Express".
i have no idea what that means.

I think that's actually "Return Address". Possibly that An post were a bit suspicious of it and attempted to return it to sender but couldn't because they had no return address?

Zapp Brannigan

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

He wants you to play counter strike 1.6. Good man.

That's what came into my mind aswell.

Terry

markdunne wrote:

I think that's actually "Return Address". Possibly that An post were a bit suspicious of it and attempted to return it to sender but couldn't because they had no return address?

i think you are correct.

Alter-Ego

JaneHudson wrote:

Maybe it is to do with the golden ratio? It has to do with measuring beauty mathematically. Architechts and designers use it.
the golden ratio = 1.61803399 and it is present notably in the spiral design of shells. Not sure where the ram comes in but I suspect you could find it in the spiral of his horns.

This probably makes the most sense so far.

abetarrush

Airmail within Ireland?


Its clear what this means. Ur gna die by sheep-death!

oO

Santa Claus

abetarrush wrote:

Airmail within Ireland?

Same thing occured to me, why put an airmail sticker on something inside the country.....I'd say it's a mate fecking with you or else a marraige proposal from an arab (although the offer of 1.6 rams for your hand in marraige should really have been addressed to your father!)

Steoob

o man this would actually tear me open if i was you.. things like this **** my mind..

i also reckon its 1.6 gigs of RAM

Ozzy

Maybe you sent yourself the postcard and you know already!:eek: The Machinist anyone?

I like the postal vibe going on at boards this season.

Suaimhneach

The beautiful thing was said before...

InFront

1.6MB RAM is the best suggestion yet I reckon. What do you study in college?

Any sheep farmers know what breed that is? Probably doesn't matter. 1st of June any relevency to you? ruu's suggestion is probably right.

[Jackass]

Secret society ftw.

abetarrush

Nick wrote:

Secret society ftw.

of RAMs!

stevenmu

Doubt it's 1.6Gb of Ram, who the hell has ever heard of 1.6Gb of Ram (before this thread) ?

Zedd

Hey

Do any of the years of the Ram mean any thing to you? (1979, 1991 or 2003)

The 1.6 could be the first of June on any of those years.

Dun laoire

Did you have sexual intercourse with a culchie on the 1st of june?

18AD

Maybe there's nothing to it and it was supposed to wreck your head.

seo-ireland

The 6 looks suspiciously like the ram's horns.

fuzzywiggle

Maybe the rams coat has a secret 1.6 woven into it...look really carefully. Then in 1 and a half years time you'll have to sheer it or something.

spoofilyj

I think its not 1.6 at all but a one eyed snail...
Maybe someones taking the piss out of the postal service "snail mail"
And the Ram is ment to be part of the joke!
Just my 2 cents.

swearne

Maybe the 1.6 is the "ramming" speed they are going to fly into you house, or sould be the day ie Jan 6th or 1st June, you'll never know till its too late!

exCrumlinBoyo

Maybe your hung like a ram with a penis lenght of 1.6 inches or is it meters?

InFront

Pardon the filth - but when rams do it, it last about 1.6 seconds... watch them and count.

exCrumlinBoyo

InFront wrote:

Pardon the filth - but when rams do it, it last about 1.6 seconds... watch them and count.

OtOhhhhhhhhhhhh...... True so True.....

zilog_jones

Ruu wrote:

1.6gb of RAM?

Highly dubious. A typical desktop modern enough to take that amount of memory has 2-4 DIMM slots (laptop would generally have 2 slots), and DDR-RAM modules are rarely (if at all) available in modules smaller than 128MB, and RAM is only available in sizes of powers of 2 (i.e. 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048MB, etc.), so a combination adding up to something close to 1.6GB is impossible on a typical system.

It would be possible in a server with 8, 16 or more slots, but it wouldn't be particularly impressive in this day in age - not deserving a postcard anyway.

<pedantic>Unless you are talking about actual "gb" - gram bits, or possibly gravity bits - not GB (gigabytes) - which I am not familiar with.</pedantic>

Maybe nothing was written on it, and the "1.6" is some crazy postman code?

Ruu_Old

I know, a very odd number.

InFront

I've solved it by the way.

This is a Kerry Hill Sheep, an animal first introduced to the area in the early 19th century from Powys, a district of Wales named after the ancienct Kingdom of Powys whose last King was Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, the ruler of all of 'Wha-els' who was killed in 1039, the year that Henry II became King of Germany who lived from 1017 to 1056 - that's a lifetime of 39 years, and do you know what the log of 39 is?... do you?

Check it. It's freaky shít.

Zedd

haha nicely strung together there:p is any of that true?

InFront

Of course it's true, it's the answer to the riddle! Obviously the postcard is a message from the afterlife from Henry II, I'm surpirsed nobody thought of it sooner...

vector

The sender could have just had the postcard to hand, so the sheep mighn't mean anything. But the 1.6 must have been written for a reason.

What could it be, a former dumper boyfriend boasting that he has recently bought a fancy car with a 1.6 liter engine? an internet user expressing his enthuasim for the new Firefox 1.6?

However I see that the 1.6 was written in a different marker then the address, it is a wider marker, suggesting the two were written at different times. I also see that you have some connection to a college. It is possible that the 1.6 is the number of an office/room (i.e first floor, room 6), does that mean something to you.

you say you only use your irish address in college. however if you are a student then your name must match either a birth/marrigage certificate or passport, which you would have produced on the registration day in first year. if you have such a document you might have used it for some other purpose, so the name is know elsewhere.

InFront

vector wrote:

What could it be, a former dumper boyfriend boasting that he has recently bought a fancy car with a 1.6 liter engine?

Like this 1.6L?:D

I love the way we're all coming up with theories when the answer is probably just a private joke we'll never understand:(

Ruu_Old

1.6 litre Dodge Ram? (only in America I think and probably much larger than 1.6L)

me and the biz

Maybe its nothing. Just a random postcard with two random numbers... the whole thing designed to melt your melon.

Maybe its just to drive you MMMMAAAAAAAAD.

I'm surprised nobodies done that already...

Terry

except for the person who posted right before you.

julep

julep wrote:

except for the person who posted right before you.

Ah, mine had an extraordinarily bad joke attached to it though.