| Author | Message | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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They may be robbed but nobody ever takes their money | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Robbed of their dignity? Their sanity? Something of monetary value? They = humans? They = 2? 3? more than 5? 10? 100? etc. They = living beings? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Robbed of their dignity? Their sanity? Something of monetary value? This is mainly what I meant They could be robbed of literally anything but .. not their money They = humans? Yes They = 2? 3? more than 5? 10? 100? etc. more than 100 They = living beings? Yes | ||
| Drew Sollenberger (Sollen)
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do they simply have no money? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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do they simply have no money? I wondered if you'd ask - but they do have money. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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We was robbed when the referee disallowed the goal.  | ||
| John Faben (Bentarm)
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Do people take things off them other than their money? Do they not take their money because it would be worthless? Because taking it might have negative consequences? Do they take their jewelry? dvd players? everything except their money? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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We was robbed when the referee disallowed the goal - is this Norwich or ipswich? Hi John! Do people take things off them other than their money? I am assuming so but likely no more than anyone else Do they not take their money because it would be worthless? Yope Because taking it might have negative consequences? No Do they take their jewelry? dvd players? everything except their money? I am assuming so - yes | ||
| John Faben (Bentarm)
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Hi Simon - how's tricks? The connection between 'they'... Do 'they' all live in the same city? country? continent? relevant? Do 'they' all have the same profession? same religion? Do 'they' have a lot of money? relevant? If 'they' were to give me some money, would I be able to spend it? If I were to steal 'their' money, would I be able to spend it? Would it be particularly difficult to steal their money? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Hi Simon - how's tricks? Not bad John - plodding on - how's you? Are you still at Uni? (When are you going to update your website? ;-)) The connection between 'they'... Do 'they' all live in the same city? country? This one continent? relevant? yes Do 'they' all have the same profession? no same religion? noish Do 'they' have a lot of money? varies relevant? not especially If 'they' were to give me some money, would I be able to spend it? Yes If I were to steal 'their' money, would I be able to spend it? Technically yes but in practice , most unlikely Would it be particularly difficult to steal their money? Yes | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Is this money in the form of cash? credit cards? bank accounts? cheques? Is it in a form that requires one to present identification in order to spend it? Are "they" all the inhabitants of the country? or just some? are "they": more than a thousand? more than ten thousand? more than a million? | ||
| John Faben (Bentarm)
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still in Brum for now - heading to edinburgh for a master's degree next year. Will update the website when I find the password :D Do they all live in Europe? N. America? S. America? Australasia? Africa? Asia? (I was going to say the Vatican - but then they would more than 'noish' have the same religion...) Is it relevant what currency their money is? US dollars? pounds sterling? euros? Something less common? The currency of the country in which they live? The money that people wouldn't steal - is it in the form of cash? Might people steal money from them electronically? Would it be difficult to steal their money because it is well-guarded? well hidden? in a remote place? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Wunderland Is this money in the form of cash? This one credit cards? bank accounts? cheques? Is it in a form that requires one to present identification in order to spend it? Yesish Are "they" all the inhabitants of the country? noish or just some? Yes are "they": more than a thousand? more than ten thousand? more than a million? I'm not sure about this - I would hazard a guess at the figure being in hundreds but it might be more. Bentarm Well its good to see you back and all the best with your future studies! Do they all live in Europe? N. America? S. America? Australasia? Africa? Asia? Well I don't think they live in any of them! (I was going to say the Vatican - but then they would more than 'noish' have the same religion... Is it relevant what currency their money is? Yes US dollars? pounds sterling? euros? Something less common? This one The currency of the country in which they live? Yesish The money that people wouldn't steal - is it in the form of cash? Yesish Might people steal money from them electronically? They could steal other currencies but not this one Would it be difficult to steal their money because it is well-guarded? No well hidden? No in a remote place? Noish | ||
| Mo (Hakkunamatata)
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fictional? factual? Do they live in antartic or artic circle? on this planet? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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fictional? factual? Factual Do they live in antartic or artic circle? No on this planet? Yes | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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Anything like the (ancient) Spartans' money going on? Is the currency something too large to carry off, like, say, the statues on Easter island? Or something not used for currency in most places, like trees or cattle or land or something? Or does it even exist in tangible form? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Anything like the (ancient) Spartans' money going on? what did ancient the Spartans use - iron? Is the currency something too large to carry off, like, say, the statues on Easter island? Yes Or something not used for currency in most places, like trees or cattle or land or something? Yes Or does it even exist in tangible form? Yes | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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I believe they used very large, heavy coins worth very little each, making it somewhat inconvenient to carry around large sums of money without a trolley or wheelbarrow--kept inflation to a minimum, though. I could be all wet on that--Google or maybe Wikipedia could probably clarify. Is their currency man-made? Is it owned by individuals? Is it possible for one to determine who owns a particular hunk of cash by looking at it (assuming one knows what to look for/at)? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is their currency man-made? Yes Is it owned by individuals? Yes Is it possible for one to determine who owns a particular hunk of cash by looking at it (assuming one knows what to look for/at)? Yes | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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Here's a quote from Wikipedia: "Spartan currency consisted of bars of iron, thus making thievery and foreign commerce very difficult and discouraging the accumulation of riches." The quote is from here. | ||
| John Faben (Bentarm)
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Is the currency in the form of tattoos or similar? so removing it would be physically impossible? Can they spend their currency? amongst each other? in the UK? Do they live on an island? in the pacific? atlantic? Is the intrinsic value of their currency relevant? would it be worth a lot purely as an artefact? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is the currency in the form of tattoos or similar? No so removing it would be physically impossible? No but nice idea Can they spend their currency? Yes amongst each other? Yes in the UK? No Do they live on an island? Yes in the pacific? Yes atlantic? Is the intrinsic value of their currency relevant? Yopeish would it be worth a lot purely as an artefact? Noish | ||
| Chengappa C B (Chengappacb)
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Would it be helpful to find out what currency it is ? (Like Dolar, Pounds, Rupees etc) Is it in notes ? Coins ? made of paper ? Plastic ? Metal ? leather ? Others ? Has anyone robbed them of their money, only to find out later that it can not be spent ? Or it it IMPOSSIBLE to rob them of their money ? | ||
| Chengappa C B (Chengappacb)
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Please ignore the spelling errors in my previous question :-). Problem with the keyboard. | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Would it be helpful to find out what currency it is ? (Like Dolar, Pounds, Rupees etc) Yes Is it in notes ? No Coins ? No made of paper ? Plastic ? Metal ? leather ? Others ? This one Has anyone robbed them of their money, only to find out later that it can not be spent ? I know of no robbery but a robber would find it near impossible to spend Or it it IMPOSSIBLE to rob them of their money ? This too - not impossible but almost impossible | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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Stone? Clay? Wood? Is there a static total amount of money amongst them? Do they destroy any? Create more? Is all the money in the same place? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Stone? Clay? Wood? Yes - Stone Is there a static total amount of money amongst them? Do they destroy any? Create more? It appears to be static now Is all the money in the same place? No but it doesn't move Nearly there - any ideas as to where this might be? | ||
| Warwick Bassett (Lemon_Martini)
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Yap?Yap?Yap?*and nothing to do with dogs*? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Yap?Yap?Yap? Yes, Yes, Yes Spoyler to follow | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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****************** SPOILER ******************* On the island of Yap in Micronesia, they leave their money lying in the streets but it never gets stolen. For one thing you’d need a forklift truck to move the money (made from huge hunks of stone) and you’d never be able to spend the money because the money always stays where it is (even after changing hands – so to speak). And in anycase everyone knows who owns each item of the currency. Money on Yap More about Money on Yap And more about it | ||
| Chengappa C B (Chengappacb)
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Great puzzle ! |
