| Author | Message | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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You said earlier that it was important that you were listening to your tapes, but you seem to have said recently that you could just as well have been listening to mine. Is this correct? Is it consistent? Do you mean that it was important that you had chosen the music? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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You said earlier that it was important that you were listening to your tapes, but you seem to have said recently that you could just as well have been listening to mine. Is this correct? yes, but how would your tapes have gotten into my brother's car? Is it consistent? yes Do you mean that it was important that you had chosen the music? no, that's not what I mean | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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yes, but how would your tapes have gotten into my brother's car? Quantum tunnelling, I expect. When you said that it was important that they were your tapes, I thought this meant there was something peculiar to your tapes that would make the puzzle work, there being at the time (and there still being) no other construction I could place on the words  Is it actually the case that the puzzle would work had you, for example, borrowed my recordings? or bought new ones on the way to Transylvania? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Is your brother familiar with "The Pirates of Penzance"? with "HMS Pinafore"? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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When you said that it was important that they were your tapes, I thought this meant there was something peculiar to your tapes that would make the puzzle work, there being at the time (and there still being) no other construction I could place on the words Is it actually the case that the puzzle would work had you, for example, borrowed my recordings? or bought new ones on the way to Transylvania? yes to both Is your brother familiar with "The Pirates of Penzance"? with "HMS Pinafore"? at the time, he was familiar with neither - good questions.  | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Was this the first time Ben had heard Pinafore? Pirates? Did you know that he was not familiar with them? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Was this the first time Ben had heard Pinafore? Pirates? no to both, but he is not an elephant Did you know that he was not familiar with them? yes, because... | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Because he asked what that infernal nonsense was that you had just put on? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Because he asked what that infernal nonsense was that you had just put on? no | ||
| Mezzoforte (Mezzoforte)
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Were both pieces on the same tape? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Were both pieces on the same tape? no, but irrelevant | ||
| Evariste Galois (Galois)
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how about a recap? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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******** RECAP ******** (plus some new information) My brother and I were bored on a very long drive, and were listening to some of my old Gilbert and Sullivan tapes. First we listened to "The Pirates of Penzance", in which the Modern Major-General sings of "that infernal nonsense Pinafore". Then we listened to "HMS Pinafore", which my brother (who didn't know any better) had every reason to believe is infernal nonsense. "What's the plot of this?" he asked me. And then... | ||
| Quintus Marcius (Philippus)
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Did you answer the question? by referring back to the Major-General's song? Alternatively, did he ask at exactly the right time for his question to be answered by the lyrics? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Did you answer the question? yes by referring back to the Major-General's song? no Alternatively, did he ask at exactly the right time for his question to be answered by the lyrics? no - you do not need to know any more specific lyrics from either of the operettas. | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Did you tell him what the plot was? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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And then .. You said something? Or did something else happen first? You said "infernal nonsense"? You said "an interesting observation of the British class system" You said "a classic tale of frustrated romance" You said, something totally unrelated to HMS Pinafore, such as "there is a set of red lights approaching"? Or anything remotely linked to any of the above? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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By David Burn (Woubit) on Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 11:18 pm: Did you tell him what the plot was? yes By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 09:55 am: And then .. You said something? yes Or did something else happen first? nothing relevant You said "infernal nonsense"? You said "an interesting observation of the British class system" You said "a classic tale of frustrated romance" My explanation of the plot was more detailed than any of these - keep going You said, something totally unrelated to HMS Pinafore, such as "there is a set of red lights approaching"? no Or anything remotely linked to any of the above? yes | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Do we need to know the plot? Has this anything to do with mixed-up nursemaids and /or baby farmers? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Any of the following relevant: The amount of detail you provided? The slant / focus of your explanation? Something ironic? That your explanation made it seem like nonsense or like complete sense? The comprhensiveness of your explanation? Something specific within the explanation? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Any of the following relevant: The amount of detail you provided? The slant / focus of your explanation? Something ironic? That your explanation made it seem like nonsense or like complete sense? The comprhensiveness of your explanation? Something specific within the explanation? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Hey, Queen Isabella - stay away from that fella... |
