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| Dref (Dref)
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A man lies dead next to a small rock. | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Boring Questions list... did said small rock cause said man's death? directly? Is there any other relevent people? any relevent animals? Is the displacement of the rock with referance to the man relevent? Is the position in which the man lies relevent? Are the surroundings relevent?- Is the man lying on the ground? Is he outside? Does the rock have a particular relevent shape? Is there any particular relevent markings on the man? Is the man's profession relevent? His age? His physicallity? His relationship with any living things in this puzzle? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Boring Questions list... Boring answers below: ;) did said small rock cause said man's death? yes directly? yes Is there any other relevent people? no any relevent animals? yes Is the displacement of the rock with referance to the man relevent? no Is the position in which the man lies relevent? no Are the surroundings relevent?- no Is the man lying on the ground? yes Is he outside? yes Does the rock have a particular relevent shape? no Is there any particular relevent markings on the man? no Is the man's profession relevent? no His age? yes His physicallity? yes His relationship with any living things in this puzzle? no | ||
| Kapil Kapur (Dinkie)
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kryptonite ? superman ? in case you were calling our bluff about not being a classic | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Nope, no bluff. ;) And no Goliath either. ;) | ||
| Ian (Image)
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anything special about the rock? its size? composition? texture? weight? location? appearance? did the rock strike the man? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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anything special about the rock? nope, just a boring ole rock its size? composition? texture? weight? location? appearance? did the rock strike the man? yes | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Is the relevent animal domestic? common? • Mammal? - Rodent? - Canine? - Feline? - Equine? - Primate? - Ursine? - Monotreme? - Marsupial? • Reptile? • Avarian? • Insect? • Arachnid? • Fish? • Amphibian? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Is the relevent animal domestic? no common? yes • Mammal? - Rodent? - Canine? - Feline? - Equine? - Primate? - Ursine? - Monotreme? - Marsupial? • Reptile? • Avarian? this • Insect? • Arachnid? • Fish? • Amphibian? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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Is the man bald? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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yes, which leads me to believe that you know this... | ||
| Damien Sullivan (Docd)
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Obvious question then- Did a bird drop this rock on the man?... Thinking he was something round and shiny? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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yup to both | ||
| Damien Sullivan (Docd)
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Round and shiny like an ostrich egg? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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nope | ||
| Damien Sullivan (Docd)
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Is the type of bird relevant? Was the bird trying to: Break the object it thought it was aiming at? Kill it? Injure it? Frighten or otherwise deter it? Ricochet off it? Attract its attention? Land the rock on/in it without injury? Did the bird see something reflected in the shiny scalp? | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Afraid I've heard this story too, always had a hard time believing it.. it does make for a good puzzle, though! | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Is the type of bird relevant? not really Was the bird trying to: Break the object it thought it was aiming at? YES Kill it? yes Injure it? yes Frighten or otherwise deter it? Ricochet off it? Attract its attention? Land the rock on/in it without injury? no to rest Did the bird see something reflected in the shiny scalp? no By (Stuccosalt) on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 01:27 pm: Afraid I've heard this story too, always had a hard time believing it.. it does make for a good puzzle, though! Indeed, it's a good story, whether true or not. ;) | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Did the bird assume the bald head represented a predator (after its chicks)? Did the bird mistake the shiny head for something else? Did it think the polished bonce was some sort of food? Is there a significant sequence of events leading up to the bird dropping the stone o0n the man's head? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Fred - please read email | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Did the bird assume the bald head represented a predator (after its chicks)? no Did the bird mistake the shiny head for something else? yes Did it think the polished bonce was some sort of food? no Is there a significant sequence of events leading up to the bird dropping the stone o0n the man's head? none By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Monday, May 16, 2005 - 04:44 pm: Fred - please read email Okay, but soon you'll be demanding I check my snail mail too! ;) | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Simon, your second one is correct. I'd never seen it as a classic anywhere, but maybe I just missed it. | ||
| Ian (Image)
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was the bird trying to kill what it thought was food? a shellfish of some sort? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Fred, maybe it's not a classic puzzle but perhaps it's one of those urban type thingies. | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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was the bird trying to kill what it thought was food? yes a shellfish of some sort? no | ||
| Damien Sullivan (Docd)
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Was this the result of a learned behaviour by this particular bird? An innate behaviour of this bird species? Did the bird think it was aiming at an animal? At a plant? At something man-made? At something covering or protecting food? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Was this the result of a learned behaviour by this particular bird? An innate behaviour of this bird species? this Did the bird think it was aiming at an animal? yes At a plant? At something man-made? At something covering or protecting food? | ||
| Damien Sullivan (Docd)
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Did the bird think it was aiming at: A mammal? Reptile? Amphibian? Another bird? Another vertebrate animal? An invertebrate? More than one animal? | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Did the bird think it was aiming at: A mammal? Reptile? this Amphibian? Another bird? Another vertebrate animal? An invertebrate? More than one animal? | ||
| Damien Sullivan (Docd)
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A turtle or tortoise? If so, is there anything more to it than that? (A bird tries to crack a turtle's shell with a rock, but instead mistakenly hits a bald man) | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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Nope, that is all. Thanks to all participants, good job Damien, spoiler ahead... | ||
| Dref (Dref)
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The Ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus was killed when an eagle mistook the playwright's bald head for a rock and dropped a tortoise onto it. The dead body is poor Aeschylus. |
