Nord and Bert

      Nord and Burt Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It
      Walkthru by Bruce A. Smith

           Nord and Bert is not your typical Infocom product. The focus is on 
      verbal skills, being able to figure out puns, remember old sayings, and 
      perform other bits of word play. There are some puzzles though, and a few 
      are quite tricky and test your ability to think flexibly. The game is 
      divided up into eight stories, all of them entertaining and clever.
           Maps are not needed for Nord and Bert, because getting from location 
      to location is usually accomplished by typing in the name of your 
      destination. The only directions you use are up, down, in, and out, and 
      these connect areas that are no larger than three rooms.
           One point is awarded for each successful action, and rather than 
      listing these separately, we have highlighted them with quotation marks.


      The Shopping Bizzare 


      Dessert Aisle
          "CHOCOLATE MOUSSE." X NUMBERS. "PIE." MISC.


      Musselaneous
          "TAX." "MUSCLES." "SALE." GET ALL. MEETS.


      Meets
          X GIRL. READ RIBBON. "BRAT WURST." "MINTS." "STAKE." GET ALL. 
      MANICOTTI.


      Aisle of Manicotti
          "GIVE MINT." "KILL MAN WITH STAKE." BRITISH.


      British Aisle     
          READ SIGN. "PUDDING." "AUNTS." X AUNTS. "GIRL." WRITE.


      I'll Write
          "STATIONERY." "BEAR CLAWS." "FLOWER." SMELL FLOWER. "CENT." GET CENT. 
      "QUARTS." MOVE QUARTS. X DOOR. "LOX." GET LOX. X DOOR. "JAM." OPEN DOOR. 
      CELLAR.


      Cellar
          "SELLER." BUY LOX. "PUT LOX ON SALE." BUY LOX.


      You have completed the story and earn the rank of Super Saver.




      Play Jacks


          IN. X CONTRAPTION. GET CONTRAPTION. "PULL TAIL." OUT. OUT. "WEAR 
      SLEEVES." "JACK FROST." REMOVE JACKET. "TURN CRANK." (2 pts.). CLOSE BOX. 
      IN. "TURN ON SWITCH." X MERMAID. "PULL METAL." "CUT LINE WITH KNIFE." 
      CLOSE KNIFE. "TURN FAUCET." (2 pts.). X JACUZZI. "PULL PLUG." 


      You have earned the rank of Jackster.




      Buy the Farm


      Road
          "TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS." GET STONE. BARN.


      Barn
          "DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK." U. GET HAMMER. "PUT NOSE TO GRINDSTONE." 
      D. "HIT BROADSIDE OF BARN." STABLE.


      Stable
          X HORSE. "LOOK GIFT HORSE IN MOUTH." X TROUGH. GET OATS. "LEAD HORSE 
      TO WATER." "MAKE HIM DRINK." FIELD.


      Field
          "FIND NEEDLE IN HAYSTACK." "MAKE MOUNTAIN OUT OF MOLEHILL." "KILL TWO 
      BIRDS WITH ONE STONE." "SOW WILD OATS." BARNYARD.


      Barnyard
          "TURN SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES." GET ALL. "MAKE PURSE OUT OF SOW'S EAR." 
      OPEN PURSE. ROAD.


      Road
          "PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE." GET IN CART. MARKET.


      Market
          X PEPPERS. "PICK A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS." "UPSET THE APPLECART." 
      "PAY THE PIPER." GET BAG. GET IN CART. ROAD. GET OUT OF CART. BARN. "LET 
      CAT OUT OF BAG." STABLE. "PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY."


      Congratulations on earning the title of Sodbuster.




      Eat Your Words


      First Floor
          "TAKE UMBRAGE WITH WAITRESS." X TABLE. "TURN TABLE ON WAITRESS." X 
      PIE. "EAT HUMBLE PIE." GET SHORT SHRIFT. "GIVE SHORT SHRIFT." X WAITRESS. 
      GET UP. "PULL WOOL OVER EYES." "SWALLOW PRIDE." "GET DANDER UP." "KNOCK 
      CHIP OFF SHOULDER." SHAKE SALT. OPEN COOKIE. "TAKE ADVICE WITH GRAIN OF 
      SALT." X BIRD. EAT CROW. "GET DOWN TO NITTY-GRITTY." GET NAPKIN. "WAVE 
      WHITE FLAG." X SIGN. GET SIGN. "GIVE WAITRESS HER COMUPPANCE." X ROAST. 
      "TURN THE OTHER CHEEK." "HIT THE CEILING." I. "VENT SPLEEN." "GIVE 
      JAUNDICED EYE." "GIVE EVIL EYE." GET AXE. UP.


      Second Floor
          GET RAKE. "RAKE WAITRESS OVER COALS." X TREE. GET BRANCH. "OFFER 
      BRANCH." X FOOD. GET DESSERTS. "GIVE DESSERTS." X SIGN. "READ WAITRESS THE 
      RIOT ACT." "CALL WAITRESS ONTO CARPET." D. IN.


      Kitchen
          "WIPE BLOOD." X CARD. X CAN. "MAKE THE COOK A LAUGHING STOCK." "COOK 
      HIS GOOSE." "GET HIS GOAT." "WAVE CAPE AT COOK." "JUMP FROM FRYING PAN 
      INTO FIRE." "LEAVE THE COOK TO HIS OWN DEVICES." GET HATCHET. "GRIND AXE." 
      "GORE THE OX."


      You earn the rank of Satisfied Customer.




      Act the Part


          WHO'S THERE. "BOB WHO." SHAKE HANDS. KITCHEN. GET ALL. LIVING ROOM. 
      WEAR GLOVES. GET CORD. "TOUCH BOB WITH CORD." "GIVE BOB A LOBOTOMY." X 
      SPONGE. "X BOB." GET SHADE. "WEAR SHADE." X BOB. I. LIGHT MATCH. "PUT 
      MATCH IN HOLE." BLOW IN BOTTLE. "THE BACKSTROKE." X CHAIR. "PUT BOTTLE 
      UNDER CUSHION." WHO'S THERE. "GORILLA WHO." WAIT. G. G. WHO'S THERE. 
      "DWAYNE WHO."   


      You earn the rank of King of Comedy.

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