tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post75180531422197206..comments2023-11-02T16:07:08.761+03:30Comments on Maureen's Blog: WHAT IS JORGE RODRIGUEZ?Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349710718701701101noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-80568916031129933252007-12-24T04:47:00.000+03:302007-12-24T04:47:00.000+03:30Maybe it's like a Jeopardy question in that when y...Maybe it's like a Jeopardy question in that when you use the tape you're supposed to ask yourself, "who does this belong to?" and the correct answer is "what is jorge rodriguez?"<BR/>or it could be a code, in which case i cannot help you. i am not a code-breaking nerdfighter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-40714542790872640622007-12-21T01:00:00.000+03:302007-12-21T01:00:00.000+03:30LOL! MJ, thank you for the totally legitimate and...LOL! MJ, thank you for the totally legitimate and awesomely cheer-filled photo of Danny Kaye! I love it and I feel the Cheer filling me as I type this! Which means I have become "Me - now with Cheer filling!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-28425063264918152352007-12-21T00:09:00.000+03:302007-12-21T00:09:00.000+03:30"What is Jorge Rodriguez?"Okay. Obviously Jorge Ro..."What is Jorge Rodriguez?"<BR/>Okay. Obviously Jorge Rodriguez is code for something. <BR/>I THINK THE COPY PLACE IS A COVER FOR A SPY ORGANIZATION and the password that lets them know you too are a member of the organization is the answer to the question.<BR/>I don't know the answer though. I'm not a member of that particular spy organization. All I know is the backstory. HOPE THAT HELPS.Jordynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10153687628108932363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-33564320172343195372007-12-20T21:00:00.000+03:302007-12-20T21:00:00.000+03:30Ah, Maureen, if you only knew what consequences yo...Ah, Maureen, if you only knew what consequences your publishing that picture of the tape dispenser might have!<BR/> Now that the trouble has begun, I feel confident that I can tell you the story, as I have nothing to lose and everything to gain.<BR/><BR/> When you stumbled upon that tape dispenser with the words "What is Jorge Rodriguez?" on it, you thought it was amusing, but, alas, it is far from amusing. For you see that question was not, as some have suggested, a recipient, or a worker. It was, of course, a secret message, one which unveils everything that the Postal Service has been trying to hide from the public for years. <BR/> Jorge Rodriguez, the soccer playing Venezuelan Vice President, is a zombie. Through my investigations, I have found that he and his fellow soccer playing Venezuelan zombies, in cahoots with the USPS, have hatched a dire plot to control our mail. Do not blame the USPS too much, though, their motives were simply to get rid of all of the different colored stamps. They had been annoyed by them for decades, and when Jorge and his minions promised them plain stamps, they let him have free reign in their databases. However, one unsuspecting mailman came across a secret email from Jorge, laying out their real plan, and mentioning that they were zombies. He rushed to his closest mailman friend and said, "Jorge Rodriguez is a-" but then their boss came over, so they quickly resumed taping up a box. His friend wrote "What is Jorge Rodriguez?" on a piece of tape, then stuck it to the side of the tape dispenser, and passed it to the unlucky mailman. When he turned to his friend, though, he was gone. And a few minutes later, the second man had vanished. You barely missed witnessing their kidnappings. I am afraid there is no hope for them now.<BR/> <BR/> So, Maureen, this goes far beyond the realm of a book contest. This message you found threatens the fate of the entire universe, and we thank you for revealing it to the world when I was too frightened to.<BR/> <BR/> Who am I, you ask? I am a mailman. I am a detective. I will watch them for as long as I can. And when they strike, I will warn you that the Soccer Playing Venezuelan Zombie War...has begun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-48598723400868174302007-12-20T16:37:00.000+03:302007-12-20T16:37:00.000+03:30Oh, thanks Joanna, but I actually go the idea from...Oh, thanks Joanna, but I actually go the idea from the nerdfighters scavenger hunt. The clue that was in teh bookstore, and no one could get to it. they called the bookstore to ask about it. So I decided to call the post office Maureen had put that she went to the East Village post office so i googled that found the adress went to google map, and found the phone number. I got my mom to make the actually call though cause i'm like insanely shy, and she ended up talking to the guy who acctually had tape dispencer on his desk. so really it was the nerdighters not me. otherwise i wouldn't have thought of it.<BR/>YES! GO NERDFIGHTERS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-47140368564060921602007-12-20T15:12:00.000+03:302007-12-20T15:12:00.000+03:30What is Jorge Rodriguez? What ISN'T Jorge Rodrigue...What is Jorge Rodriguez? What ISN'T Jorge Rodriguez?!<BR/><BR/>Okay, okay, just kidding. Of course, everybody knows that Jorge Rodriguez is the insider slang term for the USPS crime ring (founded by the aforementioned Venezuelan politician) that steals Christmas presents and then just claims they are "late". They also sell Santa letters under the table to people in Fiji, because people in Fiji have a fad going on about Santa Claus, and they pay nicely. The question is written on a USPS tape dispenser because the government currently has a spy working at that office to try to learn about the inner workings of Jorge Rodriguez, and he thought that the tape dispenser might encourage his fellow employees to "spill".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18279353376786358327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-47476824842826264192007-12-20T10:42:00.000+03:302007-12-20T10:42:00.000+03:30Danny Kaye!!! I had sort of forgotten about him. H...Danny Kaye!!! I had sort of forgotten about him. How could I? Since he is, obviously, immediate cheer itself incarnate. Hurrah for Danny Kaye.marrijehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510756369397420428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-62195714676472399292007-12-20T08:59:00.000+03:302007-12-20T08:59:00.000+03:30jk: If you are not already a librarian, then you s...jk: If you are not already a librarian, then you should definitely become one! You were sharp enough to go straight to the source to get the information; I know librarians with masters degrees and years of training who don't think to do that. You rock!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06706804231861257652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-88736404994544165902007-12-20T08:12:00.000+03:302007-12-20T08:12:00.000+03:30I am thinking that the people in the post office g...I am thinking that the people in the post office got incredibly bored a day or two ago, so they decided to play again. Each worker chose an object and had to name their object. They then had to write clues and a question (that included their object's name) on a sticker. Whoever they gave the tape and clues to would stick the sticker on the item they thought was correct. A person who we will call 'Layna' picked her object and named is Jorge Rodriguez. She then wrote the question 'Who is Jorge Rodriguez' on a sticker and set it off to the side while she wrote a set of clues. The clues were<BR/><BR/>Jorge is near something green, but not something bright purple.<BR/>Jorge is sitting on a desk, but not a black desk.<BR/>Jorge is near something sticky, but the sticky item is not a sticker.<BR/><BR/>She picked up her things and found her friend (who we will call Rafe) and gave him the clues and the tape.<BR/>"Go find Jorge!" she told him. He started running around the post office looking for green things on desks near sticky things. He spotted the bottle and the tape and exclaimed, "I've done it! But which is Jorge?" He looked near the bottle and saw two things that could be Jorge: the tape dispenser and the bottle containing the blue liquid. He guessed that Jorge was the tape dispenser and stuck the sticker on it. He then went to find Layna, but she had gone! You see, she was hungry and wanted a brownie, so she went down to the nearest bakery. Rafe desperately wanted to know if he was correct about Jorge, so he left the tape on the tape dispenser and waited for her to return to tell him if he was correct or not. Layna had not returned when you arrived, Maureen, so the tape was still there.<BR/><BR/>(Later on, after you left, it was discovered that Jorge was actually the bottle containing the blue liquid. Poor Rafe had answered incorrectly!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-2191450065577574032007-12-20T07:12:00.000+03:302007-12-20T07:12:00.000+03:30OMG thanks for posting a picture from White Christ...OMG thanks for posting a picture from White Christmas, my favorite holiday movie. My Cheer just went up 10 million points (plus I'm out of school for the holidays!)<BR/>Lots of people want an ARC but I, too, will offer my own explanation.<BR/><BR/>I was not very surprised to see you picture of the suspicious tape dispenser. In fact, I happen to know the explanation. <BR/>You see we just happen to be in the midst of the longest running World Wide Office Supply War in history. The ballpoint pens, paper clips, and scissors are waging war against the paper weights, rulers, and tape dispensers. The war started because of a perceived slight against the paper clips. Fifty years later the two sides have still not reconciled. "What is Jorge Rodriguez?" is, of course, secret code. I happen to know how to read the tape dispensers' codes. "What is Jorge Rodriguez?" is code for "Zombies are coming!" What we need to be worried about is the eminent arrival of the zombies.<BR/><BR/>That was a long comment...I'm really very sleep deprived at the moment. <BR/>Merry Christmas!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-54529860472488485432007-12-20T06:49:00.000+03:302007-12-20T06:49:00.000+03:30Oh Maureen! You have no idea how much I need Suite...Oh Maureen! You have no idea how much I need Suite Scarlett! Without this book, I very well may die. You could give me all the presents in the world, and I would rather have Scarlett. <3 Sorry for the melodramatics... I /am/ a theatre nerdfighter..<BR/><BR/>Well, unfourtunately for me, theatre will not help me here, and I am not very good at guessing things. But I am of course giving this a shot. You know, it strikes me as odd that the initials for Jorge Rodriguez are JR. Why? You may be asking this question. Well, MJ, I'll tell you why. In the spoken-phonetic alphabet, JR stands for Juliet & Romeo. Romeo and Juliet may very well be the most famous play ever written by the possibly most famous playwrite in the world, William Shakespeare. If you do not know what this play entails, I suggest you get your butt out of your computer chair and read it. Anyway, for those of you who do not know, Romeo and Juliet entails the story of young but tragically forbidden love. The only conclusion you can draw from this is that Jorge Rodriguez symbolizes young but tragically forbidden love. LOVE I TELL YOU. Hrmm, I guess theatre really did help me in the end. I don't know if my guess is correct of not. I hope beyond hope that it is, but if it isn't, I would still love it if you somehow responded to my feeble attempts.<BR/><BR/>Also, the other I wanted to discuss with you was the response videos to your last video. I still want to make one of those! I'm just lazy and haven't finished it yettt. :( Are you closing the chance to recieve your super special nerdfighting gift? Or can I still make a response? Thanks, and I love you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-91742355917710967692007-12-20T06:42:00.000+03:302007-12-20T06:42:00.000+03:30What is Jorge Rodriguez?Let me tell you a story. ...What is Jorge Rodriguez?<BR/><BR/>Let me tell you a story. My in-laws once received a package addressed to them in the following way: surname, city, province. No full name, no street, no postal code. I hear you laughing. Clearly, that was a long time ago.<BR/><BR/>I think that "What is Jorge Rodriguez?" is a reminder that putting just a name on a package isn't enough - you need the full address.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-31090032957382572062007-12-20T05:36:00.000+03:302007-12-20T05:36:00.000+03:30What is Jorge Rodriguez?Well, m'dear, the answer f...What is Jorge Rodriguez?<BR/><BR/>Well, m'dear, the answer for that is quite simple.<BR/><BR/>Jorge Rodriguez is a name. :] <BR/><BR/>But since I don't feel all too comfortable with that oh-ha-ha-she's-so-funny reply, I'm going to take another guess.<BR/><BR/>Jorge Rodriguez is a small, furry animal that has adopted one of the employees (not the other way around). Said employee was perplexed by the fact that a small, furry animal would take residence in his/her home, and even MORE perplexed as to what the creature was. (He/she had named the creature by now, after the first name that he/she saw). They told his/her co-workers about it, and proceeded to write the question on a tape dispenser.<BR/><BR/>Or, if you're looking for a less elaborate explanation, Jorge Rodriguez is a riddle. Or a question, rather, used to confuse various people. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-73141005162691920722007-12-20T05:30:00.000+03:302007-12-20T05:30:00.000+03:30Jorge Rodriguez is obviously the name of the intro...Jorge Rodriguez is obviously the name of the introspective, philosophical tape dispenser, best friend of Louis the Fan.Marissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046016800035947629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-83961973931455591912007-12-20T04:50:00.000+03:302007-12-20T04:50:00.000+03:30I have two suspicious suspicions about the tape di...I have two suspicious suspicions about the tape dispenser.<BR/>The first is that an employee at the East Village post office was wondering this to himself (My gut is telling me it is a him because of his very forceful WHAT and yes, it knows women can be forceful too, but in this case the WHAT just <I>feels</I> manly)(My gut is not a chauvinist.) (If it were I'd totally put in for a new one, because I'm a girl and there would bound to be disagreements.) while he was alone in the office one night, and after realizing his cell phone was dead and not knowing anyone's number by heart (cell phones do this to a person), and not feeling right to google anything not work related while at work, he jotted it down urgently and stuck the question to the tape dispenser, knowing it's a very popular piece of machinery in the office and that someone will <I>have</I> to see it by the time he comes in to work the next day and tell him what he is so <I>desperately</I> pondering.<BR/>The reason he used WHAT is still unknown.<BR/>It's possible, however, that he meant to add WITH only ran out of room.<BR/><BR/>The second is that you have stumbled across an elaborate and dangerous Scavenger Hunt, and this tape dispenser is a Crucial Next Clue.<BR/>I suggest solving the riddle of WHAT IS JORGE RODRIGUEZ? and getting in on the action.<BR/><BR/>But I don't know.<BR/>I could be wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-57584663853342354152007-12-20T04:35:00.000+03:302007-12-20T04:35:00.000+03:30In response to your question:"What is Jorge Rodrig...In response to your question:<BR/><BR/>"What is Jorge Rodriguez?" is obviously the answer to the Jeopardy question: "The name of a Salvadoran football player, Mexican football play, current Vice President of Venezuela, footballer for CF Pachua and radio host/producer."<BR/><BR/>The story BEHIND the Jeopardy answer taped on tape dispenser is very interesting. There was once a young lad who always wanted to be on Jeopardy. Let's say his name was Theo. Theo always watched Jeopardy and was constantly shooting off questions to anyone he passed by, whether it be family member, teacher or random business man on the street.<BR/><BR/>He wanted to be the BEST of all Jeopardy contestants. So, it is only logical that he was always quizzing himself from one of the many encyclopedias he kept in his room. Now, as you can imagine, carrying one around all the time would get pretty exhausting, so little Theo devised a way to study on the go.<BR/><BR/>He wrote every person/place/thing on a piece of paper. Then, as he walked around town, he would tape one of this pieces of paper here and there. This way, he would be able to quiz himself without the hassle where ever he went. Including (but not restricted to) the supermarket, school, bathroom stalls, and the backsides of bus benches.<BR/><BR/>So, coming back to the tape dispenser: one day little Theo was mailing yet another letter asking the producers of Jeopardy to allow children under ten be on the show, when he decided it was time to tape up another fact-let. Thus is how the question "What is Jorge Rodriguez?" got taped onto a tape dispenser at the post office.<BR/><BR/>Even today, if you look closely around the East Village, you can still spot the occasional "What is Benny Andersson?" taped to a telephone pole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-64803115217398694682007-12-20T04:24:00.000+03:302007-12-20T04:24:00.000+03:30Jorge is the secret name of Free Monkey and the sy...Jorge is the secret name of Free Monkey and the syphillis (spelling??) microbe when they are in a trenchcoat and spreading holiday cheer.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-54378465335782140072007-12-20T04:06:00.000+03:302007-12-20T04:06:00.000+03:30maureen, obviously, this is a blatant attempt to c...maureen, obviously, this is a blatant attempt to cheat at guessing the answers on jepordy. All post office employees are jepordy fanatics, therefore, all post office conflicts are solved by high-stakes jepordy guessing competitions. Most post-office employees are the workers of satan, so it isn't too suprising that one of them would cheat. There is always the chance that this cheating was done by a non-satan employee who is trying to win at jepordy for the price of his soul.---- J. D. MurphyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-29490563199566894532007-12-20T03:39:00.000+03:302007-12-20T03:39:00.000+03:30According to yahoo, Jorge Rodriguez has done and i...According to yahoo, Jorge Rodriguez has done and is a whole bunch of very accomplished things.<BR/><BR/>But. I think that instead, he really is...one of Santa's Elfs!!! And the reason why his name is on the post office's tape dispenser is because Jorge is always going into the post office to mail people presents and the staff is beginning to wonder exactly who/what this Jorge is!<BR/><BR/>(Now they know, and we do too.)Nurinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195733070420149461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-42412939753234758142007-12-20T03:32:00.000+03:302007-12-20T03:32:00.000+03:30I googled the name jorge rodriguez, but, as we all...I googled the name jorge rodriguez, but, as we all know, googling one thing can lead to many others. so I have decided to go against google (who said he was a foreign football player/politician/vice president/radio host) and come up with my own idea. Jorge Rodriguez is a super human/zombie. :D<BR/>And he is using the tape dispenser as subliminal messaging........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-3415278660373933162007-12-20T03:25:00.000+03:302007-12-20T03:25:00.000+03:30The person who wrote on the tape dispenser was obv...The person who wrote on the tape dispenser was obviously a disgruntled UPS worker and closet grammar freak who was watching Jeopardy. For him (or her) it went this way:<BR/>ANSWER: The current Vice President of Venezuela.<BR/>WORKER THINKING: Who is Jorge Rodriguez?<BR/>EVERY SINGLE CONTESTANT: What is Jorge Rodriguez?<BR/>WORKER: No! No, Jorge Rodriguez is not a what! He's a who! A who, I tell you!<BR/>The UPS worker wanted to share this with friends, but had no paper and instead had to write the terribly worded question on a tape dispenser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-9930478263940262382007-12-20T03:20:00.000+03:302007-12-20T03:20:00.000+03:30What is Jorge Rodriguez? Why Jorge Rodriguez is, o...What is Jorge Rodriguez? Why Jorge Rodriguez is, of course, the tape dispenser! (I mean, doesn't everyone name objects after people? I do. My laptop for example is King Henry IX since well, King Henry XIII my previous laptop decided to behead himself. But we won't get into that...) You see, Jorge Rodriguez is also el Zarco, which in spanish (apparently) means light blue. And as we see, Jorge the tape dispenser is sitting on his legacy - a light blue countertop next to a bottle of tasty light blue ER. <BR/><BR/>So is it really a trick question? I think not. I think it's the tape dispenser's call for help - he is having an identity crisis. As there are millions of Jorge Rodriguezes out there, he is currently frantically trying to find out who and what he really is. Incidentally if I were there, I would have been able to tell him. Too bad you didn't invite me to the Post Office with you. Now poor Jorge the tape dispenser must wait until the next Jorge Rodriguez self-help session.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-77219344366398009972007-12-20T03:04:00.000+03:302007-12-20T03:04:00.000+03:30Jorge Rodriguez is the name for enlightenment. Som...Jorge Rodriguez is the name for enlightenment. Some very wise UPS worker has achieved enlightenment, and he has named it JORGE RODRIGUEZ! while he was meditating in his cubicle/station/seat/whatever they have at the UPS office, a coworker overheard him chanting "Jorge Rodriguez...Jorge Rodriguez...Jorge Rodriguez.." When said coworker asked our wise friend who Jorge Rodriguez was, he answered "It's a complicated thing to explain." Rather than offend this enlightened being by asking others what Jorge Rodriguez was aloud, he wrote it on a label and stuck it on the office tape dispenser. And that is what Jorge Rodriguez is.<BR/><BR/>I think.Regen R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11897361638862916386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-42675946484032685492007-12-20T02:51:00.000+03:302007-12-20T02:51:00.000+03:30I think it's part of a joke. Like the question is...I think it's part of a joke. Like the question is What is Jorge Rodriguez and if you peel the tape off, you find the answer.<BR/><BR/>Or...It could be an inside joke with the workers there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20580332.post-91682016190030993122007-12-20T02:50:00.000+03:302007-12-20T02:50:00.000+03:30GRR.I CAN'T TYPE FAST ENOUGH OR SOMETHING. THE COM...GRR.I CAN'T TYPE FAST ENOUGH OR SOMETHING. THE COMMENT ABOVE ME WASN'T THERE WHEN I WROTE THAT. <BR/>I think I'm going to be un-cheerful for a day now. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com