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{{GameDescription|
	name=Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It|
	release=1987|
	developer=[[Infocom]]|
	publisher=[[Infocom]]|
	distributor=[[Infocom]]|
	platforms=Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST,<br />Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh|
	engine=[[Glk/ZCode|ZCode]]|
	support=Since ScummVM 2.2.0|
	purchase=No|
}}
'''Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It''' is a text adventure by [[Infocom]] that is comprised of puns and wordplay. There are seven chapters that can be completed in any order:

*The Shopping Bizarre: A grocery store has products with nonsensical homonyms, such as "chocolate moose", which must be reverted to normal.
*Playing Jacks: Words starting with "Jack" have to be constructed, with an item named "Jack of All Traits", to solve puzzles.
*Buy the Farm: On a farm, clichéd expressions have to be used in their literal meaning.
*Eat Your Words: Idioms must be used in their literal form while in a diner.
*Act the Part: After being transported to a 1950s-style sitcom, visual gags must be performed.
*Manor of Speaking: A strange house must be explored in a manner more akin to traditional text adventures.
*Shake a Tower: Letters in expressions must be re-arranged to create humorous new meanings.

After these are completed, its time to meet the mayor of Punster in a final chapter that mixes the elements of the other chapters.

== External links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_and_Bert_Couldn%27t_Make_Head_or_Tail_of_It Wikipedia article on Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It]
* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/nord-and-bert-couldnt-make-head-or-tail-of-it MobyGames entry for Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It]

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[[Category:Z-machine Games]]