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| Rachel (Myth)
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She turned the key and it was lost forever. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Hello... She - human? Is her age relevant? The key - brass key? plastic key? metal key? Type of key that could be put into a keyhole? ignition slot on a vehicle? Does the 'it' in the puzzle statement refer to the key? something else? something tangible? intangible? As she was turning the key, was she looking at 'it'? thinking about 'it'? When 'it' was lost, was she sad? happy? excited? stunned? Did she realize that when she turned the key 'it' would be lost? or was this a surprise to her? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Ixoye724 (Ixoye724) on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 03:59 pm: Hello... Hello!  She - human? yes Is her age relevant? yes The key - brass key? plastic key? metal key? not sure of material. Not necessary but might be useful so I'll check on that Type of key that could be put into a keyhole? no ignition slot on a vehicle? no Does the 'it' in the puzzle statement refer to the key? no something else? yes something tangible? yes intangible? no As she was turning the key, was she looking at 'it'? yes thinking about 'it'? This too probably When 'it' was lost, was she sad? this happy? excited? stunned? and this Did she realize that when she turned the key 'it' would be lost? No or was this a surprise to her? yes | ||
| Paul S (Psdubl07)
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Was she locking something with the key? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Rachel (Myth) on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 05:48 pm: By Ixoye724 (Ixoye724) on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 03:59 pm: The key - brass key? This one plastic key? metal key? not sure of material. Type of key that could be put into a keyhole? Minor blooper here, correct answer should have been Yope. By Paul S (Psdubl07) on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 06:01 pm: Was she locking something with the key? no | ||
| Vae (Vaetrus)
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Was the lost item, just covered from view? Dropped? Flown away? Did it leave the vicinity? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Vae (Vaetrus) on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 06:33 pm: Was the lost item, just covered from view? yope Dropped? yope Flown away? no Did it leave the vicinity? yes | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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This may be an FA, but when she turned the key, did 'it' move - upward? down? to the left? to the right? did it remain in place, and something else hid it from her view? Is 'she' age 1-5? 6-10? 11-15? older than 15? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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This may be an FA, but when she turned the key, did 'it' move - upward? down? to the left? this one to the right? did it remain in place, and something else hid it from her view? Is 'she' age 1-5? this 6-10? 11-15? older than 15? | ||
| Vae (Vaetrus)
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Did she break one of her pop-up kids toy? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Vae (Vaetrus) on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 07:51 pm: Did she break one of her pop-up kids toy? no | ||
| Vae (Vaetrus)
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One of those toys that kids fiddle with to make something pop up/hide relevant? | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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When she turned the key, did she think that she was: starting something? turning something off? locking something? unlocking something? moving something? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Vae (Vaetrus) on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 08:06 pm: One of those toys that kids fiddle with to make something pop up/hide relevant? no By Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 09:56 pm: When she turned the key, did she think that she was: starting something? yes turning something off? no locking something? no unlocking something? no moving something? no | ||
| Paul S (Psdubl07)
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A wind-up toy or something similar involved? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Paul S (Psdubl07) on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 04:49 am: A wind-up toy or something similar involved? Yes! | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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Was the condition of the toy lost? "Mint in box" or something? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Tim A. Dowd (Bodo) on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 06:11 pm: Was the condition of the toy lost? "Mint in box" or something? no | ||
| Paul S (Psdubl07)
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Is the toy what was lost? If so, she activated it with the key, and it walked away, or off a cliff? | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Was some part of the toy lost forever? Was what was lost something tangible? intangible? Would it have eventually been lost forever even if she never turned the key? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Paul S (Psdubl07) on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 04:40 am: Is the toy what was lost? yes!If so, she activated it with the key, yes!and it walked away, yes!or off a cliff? no By Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab) on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 04:53 am: Was some part of the toy lost forever? see above--all of it. Was what was lost something tangible? tangibleintangible? Would it have eventually been lost forever even if she never turned the key? no | ||
| Vae (Vaetrus)
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Was it a mechanic walking toy that was winded and then walked off? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Vae (Vaetrus) on Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 08:31 pm: Was it a mechanic walking toy that was winded and then walked off? yes. So close now. Why was it lost forever when it walked? | ||
| Vae (Vaetrus)
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Did it walked off a ledge? Precipice? Off of something? Did it just walk from view? Did it walk into something? Out of something? Under something? Above something? Did it just walk really fast away? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Vae (Vaetrus) on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 12:58 am: Did it walked off a ledge? sort of this Precipice? Off of something? Did it just walk from view? Did it walk into something? which sense of into? Out of something? Under something? sort of this Above something? Did it just walk really fast away? | ||
| Paul S (Psdubl07)
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off the curb? into the street? under a car? | ||
| Vae (Vaetrus)
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Into a substance? Into a mechanism? Into an object? Into an action? Other into? Into a tunnel? Under the tunnel surface? Off a ledge into and under something else? The into and under, of the same object? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Paul S (Psdubl07) on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 04:25 am: off the curb? FA into the street? FA under a car? no By Vae (Vaetrus) on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 12:07 pm: Into a substance? Into a mechanism? Into an object? Into an action? Other into? Into a tunnel? yeeesUnder the tunnel surface? yeees Off a ledge into and under something else? YES The into and under, of the same object? Not quite | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Did it fall onto a train and the train went through a tunnel and off into parts unknown? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 03:49 pm: Did it fall onto a train and the train went through a tunnel and off into parts unknown I like that solution, but no. | ||
| Vae (Vaetrus)
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Did it walk onto a moving object? (like a moving vehicle?) A stationary object? (like the ground, floor, or still vehicle?) Is the FA, that the toy is inside? (Inside a complex?) Is it outside? Did it walk under an object that is not of what it walks into? (Like a metal ceiling to a cavern, where the metal is not indiginous to the rock cavern floor.) | ||
| Paul S (Psdubl07)
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Did it fall into a manhole or something similar? | ||
| Rachel (Myth)
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By Paul S (Psdubl07) on Monday, November 14, 2005 - 09:17 pm: Did it fall into a manhole or something similar? I was picturing a sewer drain on the side of the street but yes! By the way Vaetrus, the false assumption was that it wasn't already in the street. ************************SPOILER************************ A young girl is playing with her wind-up toy in the street and when she turns the key, it walks/falls into the sewer-drain and is lost...forever. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Sad, but a good puzzle! |
