Ready: Hints

InvisiHints
Highlight between the brackets to read progressively less subtle hints.

How do I get past the stinky fish?
[Air freshener will only add to the smell, not take it away.]
[Examine the window for an apt description of your problem.]
[How would you create a breeze?]
[Do you have any such thing? You might not recognize it at first.]
[You might have noticed that the game is a little evasive about identifying a certain object.]
[The thing that looks like a radioactive symbol is actually an electric fan. Use it on the fish.]

What do I do with the lunch?
[Eat it, naturally.]
[You do so by clicking on Eddie with it.]

Where do I go to get duct tape?
[You'll have to buy it at a store somewhere.]
[If a store wants your business, it will need to advertise.]
[Maybe they have a website.]
[Use the computer and type in "duct tape".]

I know where to go, but how do I get there?
[You're going to need a road map.]
[The computer isn't going to be of any help this time.]
[That means it has to be a real map, on paper. Where would you keep something like that?]
[Have you looked in the basement? There's a filing cabinet.]
[It's not really all inaccessible.]
[The second drawer from the top isn't blocked at all. Open it.]

I found the place. Why can't I go in?
[Have you talked to the people standing around?]

How do I get rid of this guy?
[Well, he's got a burning cigarette in his mouth.]
[The game is made from pictures on ready.gov. Any really memorable images come to mind that you might expect to see?]
[Examine the items you have. Any details stand out?]
[The air freshener is flammable.]
[Use it on him and look at him go. Be sure to have your sound on.]

I have the rubber gloves, but now I'm stuck.
[Don't worry about the fish. Soon enough, it won't matter.]
[Focus on your primary goal.]

Okay, then, where's the duct tape?
[Have you talked to the store clerk?]
[Despite what he says, there is duct tape in the store.]
[After speaking to him, look carefully around the store.]
[The "no smoking" sign is held up by a piece of duct tape.]

How do I get the clerk to let me have the tape?
[Have you tried just taking it?]
[He's had to replace that sign before. I wonder why.]
[Have you bought the gloves?]
[He said something about customers being careless in the store.]
[Apparently, the reckless spilling of paint "happens all the time."]
[Maybe it could happen again. If that sign gets ruined, there won't be any reason to keep the tape there.]
[The paint is out of reach.]
[You also want it to look like an accident.]
[Throw the ball at the paint.]

What do I do about the power line over the car?
[You'll have to move it before you can go anywhere.]
[How do you handle a live wire without getting shocked?]
[You need to be insulated from the electricity.]
[Use the rubber gloves.]

How do I get a ticket to Switzerland?
[Have you talked to everyone at the airport?]
[The Swiss fellow is your exact double.]
[Have you been back to the city?]
[Have you looked at the drug label?]
[The Swiss guy said he was thirsty.]
[Use the drugs in a beverage and give it to him.]
[You can then pick up his luggage. His ticket and passport are in it.]

Uh, I don't have any orange soda. Do I have to start over?
[No, if you have to, you can get a drink somewhere else.]
[Do you remember anyone mentioning getting a drink of water for any reason?]
[Go to the store and ask the clerk.]

How do I get on my flight?
[The flight is delayed while the alert level is high.]
[So, you have to change the alert level.]
[Unfortunately, you don't have the authority to change the national alert level for real.]
[Fortunately, the airport guard depends on the TV to tell him what it is.]
[It's a little colored square in the corner of the screen.]
[Do you have anything like a little colored square?]
[You could cover it with your piece of duct tape.]
[Silver is not a color of the rainbow, and if there's such a thing as a Silver Alert you wouldn't want to be around for one.]
[The alert codes go down the spectrum. Blue and Green are backwards but nobody honestly believes they'll be used anyway.]
[Have you seen anything yellow?]
[Go to the store and use your duct tape with the paint spill.]
[Then you can put your colored tape on the screen.]
[Show your luggage to the guard, and you're off to the land of the neutral!]

Any easter eggs?
[There are things you can type into the computer and get responses to. They are:]
[duct, tape, duck tape, duck, ready, porn, ebay, xyzzy, absurd notions.]