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Shawn Franchi (Doctapeppa)
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 - 10:00 pm: |       |
Would somebody else blame the hurricane? Is the hurricane Hermine? |
(Stuccosalt)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 2:03 pm: | |
Were they trying to communicate with Joe?
Here's a wild guess: they hurricane has half passed them over. They're in the center, where it's calm. They are trying to alert someone (Joe) - maybe he's deaf or his senses are hindered somehow - that they are in the midst of a hurricane.
Anywhere close? |
Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 2:59 pm: | |
Will they ever retrieve the furniture? Probably
Do they want it to go somewhere nearby? Likely, but not important
In the same neighborhood? Not important
Are they making it seem as if the hurricane came through although it didn't? YES - now why would they want to do this?
Would somebody else blame the hurricane? Yes, almost certainly
Is the hurricane Hermine? Not relevant which hurricane it is
Were they trying to communicate with Joe? No
Here's a wild guess: they hurricane has half passed them over. They're in the center, where it's calm. They are trying to alert someone (Joe) - maybe he's deaf or his senses are hindered somehow - that they are in the midst of a hurricane.
Anywhere close? No, but what a good shot at it...I think all that's left is to determine a little bit more about Joe and we'll have it solved |
Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 4:26 pm: | |
Would Joe be buying the furniture from them? Or buying/giving them new furniture ("I'm Joe, and I guarantee that my lawn furniture is hurricane-proof...")? |
Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 4:30 pm: | |
Would Joe be buying the furniture from them? No
Or buying/giving them new furniture ("I'm Joe, and I guarantee that my lawn furniture is hurricane-proof...")? No, but I'd love to see that commercial! |
Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 4:40 pm: | |
Will Joe be giving them money because their furniture is in the street due to a "hurricane" (in this case hurricane "SalBill" I suppose)? Providing them with fame/publicity?
Is the furniture itself relevant beyond being faux-hurricane props? |
Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 4:42 pm: | |
Oh, and Joe's Plastic Lawn Furniture Guarantee isn't valid in any of the gulf states, it turns out... |
Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 5:00 pm: | |
Will Joe be giving them money because their furniture is in the street due to a "hurricane" (in this case hurricane "SalBill" I suppose)? No
Providing them with fame/publicity? Ahh...now we're getting close - yes, you're on the right track here
Is the furniture itself relevant beyond being faux-hurricane props? No |
Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 9:26 pm: | |
Is Joe a media personage? Reporter? Politician?
Are Bill and Sal hoping that their businesses will prosper if people think they've been hit by a hurricane? Do they own their own businesses? Is that relevant? Will they be able to avoid work due to an act of furniture-throwing, er, I mean, God?
Is there some local law or code they will be able to take advantage of if they can claim hurricane-trauma? |
Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 9:34 pm: | |
Is Joe a media personage? YES
Reporter? YES
Politician? No
Are Bill and Sal hoping that their businesses will prosper if people think they've been hit by a hurricane? No, N/A
Do they own their own businesses? Is that relevant? No
Will they be able to avoid work due to an act of furniture-throwing, er, I mean, God? Not relevant
Is there some local law or code they will be able to take advantage of if they can claim hurricane-trauma? No
You touched on the 'benefit' idea back in your post from 4:40 |
Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 9:39 pm: | |
Well, presumably there's not a big market for furniture-chuckers...
Are they hoping for media exposure? Are they actors? Models? Politicians? |
Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 9:50 pm: | |
Are they hoping for media exposure? Yes
Are they actors? Models? Politicians? None of these
RECAP:
Bill and Sal are throwing their plastic furniture into the street, making it look like a hurricane's winds are tossing the furniture around.
Joe, a reporter, is also there with the two guys.
Bill and Sal are hoping to get some media exposure, but not to be seen throwing the furniture.
Although Bill and Sal were simulating hurricane-like conditions, the hurricane was already there and may have been still brewing. |
Alizon (Alizon)
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 - 11:00 pm: | |
So, did Bill and Sal want to help Joe get some pictures of the "hurricane" and improve his salary or position at work? |
miroac (Miroac)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 3:31 am: | |
Are we close? Is there much more to it? (Am I allowed to ask that?)
So, Joe is there now? on their street? in front of their houses? on one of their lawns? interviewing one or both of them now?
He got there while they were throwing furniture? after they had finished?
Did they stop because they saw Joe coming?
Is the manner in which Joe got there relevant? car/van? helicopter?
Joe is a radio reporter? TV reporter? relevant?
Does Joe work for a local network? national? relevant?
Was there any specific people Sal and Bill wanted to be seen by through their media exposure? |
Simon Downham (Beroean)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 8:51 am: | |
Were they being paid by the TV crew to throw the furniture? |
Simon Downham (Beroean)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 8:52 am: | |
Or are they making their own video of the flying furniture? |
Jens Weber (Sundowner)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 2:24 pm: | |
Did the hurricane already pass that area?
Are Bill and Sal hoping to benefit financially from this action? (if so: insurance compensation?) Do they simply want to get rid of the furniture?
Does Joe want to get some good pictures without exposing himself to the hurricane?
Do Bill and Sal want to establish the fact that they "lost all their garden furniture in the hurricane"? (perhaps, in order to avoid having to give a barbecue for the parents-in-law?) |
Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 3:23 pm: | |
So, did Bill and Sal want to help Joe get some pictures of the "hurricane" YES
and improve his salary or position at work? No, by helping Joe it likely would not have affected either of these things - the help would have assisted on a bigger scale
Are we close? Yes, almost there
Is there much more to it? No, not much at all, simply now to figure out what kind of "help" the guys were providing Joe
(Am I allowed to ask that?) Absolutely
So, Joe is there now? Yes
on their street? Yes
in front of their houses? Yes
on one of their lawns? Maybe
interviewing one or both of them now? Maybe
He got there while they were throwing furniture? NO - they would not have been throwing any furniture before Joe arrived
after they had finished? No
Did they stop because they saw Joe coming? No
Is the manner in which Joe got there relevant? No
car/van? helicopter? Could have been these
Joe is a radio reporter? No, definitely not radio...
TV reporter? YES
relevant? Yes, extremely
Does Joe work for a local network? national? relevant? Probably national, this is somewhat relevant
Was there any specific people Sal and Bill wanted to be seen by through their media exposure? No
Were they being paid by the TV crew to throw the furniture? This is likely as well as granting them media exposure
Or are they making their own video of the flying furniture? No
Did the hurricane already pass that area? NO - it's still there
Are Bill and Sal hoping to benefit financially from this action? Maybe, but is probably wouldn't be much, and this isn't their goal
(if so: insurance compensation?) No,not this
Do they simply want to get rid of the furniture? No
Does Joe want to get some good pictures YES
without exposing himself to the hurricane? He's not in danger of this
Do Bill and Sal want to establish the fact that they "lost all their garden furniture in the hurricane"? YES, this is possibly one comment they may make
(perhaps, in order to avoid having to give a barbecue for the parents-in-law?) What a great idea, I have got to keep this in mind...no, it's not this reason
The only missing piece now is why Joe would want to get shots of flying furniture on camera, and why two guys would need to provide the 'hurricane' |
Alizon (Alizon)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 3:48 pm: | |
Because he wants to move people to give financial help to the victims of the real hurricane? |
Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 3:57 pm: | |
Because he wants to move people to give financial help to the victims of the real hurricane? No, not for this reason
HINTThere likely wouldn't have been many victims from this hurricane |
Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 4:41 pm: | |
Ah--Joe had traveled to the site of the impending hurricane only to have it veer off/die out before it hit? |
Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 4:58 pm: | |
Ah--Joe had traveled to the site of the impending hurricane only to have it veer off/die out before it hit? Bingo!
Great teamwork! See the spoiler below...
*SPOILER*
Joe is a TV weather reporter who has been sent to provide updates on a 'massive' hurricane. Unfortunately is isn't a big storm at all, and the TV network fears that people will lose faith in their weather reporting if they arrive and can only report on a minor storm. Joe enlists Sal and Bill to provide some 'evidence' that the storm is actually strong, and even allows them on camera to talk about the storm and how they are 'toughing it out'.
This is based on actual events...I have talked to people who have witnessed this very thing. National TV networks send their reporters to update on bad storms, and if the storms aren't strong enough to provide evidence, either the camera crew or local residents provide flying debris during televised reports, and locals sometimes get the chance to be interviewed if they will agree that the storm is actually worth worrying about. |
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