| Author | Message | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 15 Registered: 7-2006 |
The thing sat in his room for six years, glaring at him. He liked it very much. Then one day he realized all the trouble it had caused and destroyed it. What was it? By the way, if this sounds familiar, it is. True story. Feel free to e-mail early $p0i1ers. | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 175 Registered: 7-2006 |
The Thing - Alive? Dead? Animal? Never living? An anthropomorphisation, such as a figurine? (had to look that one up!!  ) | ||
| Robin Smith (Robin_smith)
New member Username: Robin_smith Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2006 |
Glaring with eyes? Sat as in rested or as in pearched? Destroyed it with a baseball bat? burnt it? ate it? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 16 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 3:59 pm: The Thing - Alive? Dead? Animal? Never living? This. An anthropomorphisation, such as a figurine? Yes, I'll be anthropomorphizing throughout the puzzle, I fear. (had to look that one up!! ) It's a wonderful word. Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 4:33 pm: Glaring with eyes? Yes. Sat as in rested or as in pearched? Hmm, interesting choice of words...but neither exactly. Destroyed it with a baseball bat? burnt it? ate it? None. | ||
| Anastas (Aragorn)
New member Username: Aragorn Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2004 |
Hi! Is it a piggy bank? Number of years relevant? Would it have caused trouble if it was not glaring at him? (for example if the thing was turned the way round) Did the thing change throughout the years? | ||
| Kitral Solane (Solane)
New member Username: Solane Post Number: 328 Registered: 5-2006 |
Is it a clock? Like on of those cat clocks with swinging tails and moving eyes? Does it have moving parts? Is it made of mostly one material? If I were to looka the thing, would I offhand probably describe it as glaring? staring? looking? Boring? Interesting? Not noticeable? Handy? Silly? Romantic? Method of destruction relevent? Is it shaped like an animal? Human? Other living creature? A nonliving thing with a few living features? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 17 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 6:12 pm: Hi! Hola! Is it a piggy bank? Nope. Number of years relevant? In that it's a true story, yes. Would it have caused trouble if it was not glaring at him? (for example if the thing was turned the way round) Yes. Did the thing change throughout the years? No. Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 6:40 pm: Is it a clock? Like on of those cat clocks with swinging tails and moving eyes? No, but those things are a little creepy. Does it have moving parts? No, I don't believe so. Is it made of mostly one material? Mostly, yes. If I were to looka the thing, would I offhand probably describe it as glaring? Possibly, not probable. staring? looking? Boring? Interesting? It could be this, depending on your interests. Not noticeable? It's noticable. Handy? Silly? Romantic? No to rest. Method of destruction relevent? A bit. Is it shaped like an animal? Partially.Human? Other living creature? A nonliving thing with a few living features? And partially this. | ||
| Anastas (Aragorn)
New member Username: Aragorn Post Number: 7 Registered: 8-2004 |
Does it hold any religious/spitirual value? Anything supernatural involved? Is "he" a man/woman? Age relevant? Cheers | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1268 Registered: 3-2005 |
Was it still causing trouble until he destroyed it? Would it have continued to cause trouble if he had not destroyed it? Was it functional? decorative? Was it mostly made of: metal? plastic? wood? ceramics? glass? textiles? rubber? Was it bigger than an apple? a breadbox? a car? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 18 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 9:08 pm: Does it hold any religious/spitirual value? No. Anything supernatural involved? Nope. Is "he" a man/woman? Age relevant? Human adult male. Cheers I raise my glass to the computer screen. Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 9:11 pm: Was it still causing trouble until he destroyed it? Yes. Would it have continued to cause trouble if he had not destroyed it? Most likely. Was it functional? Yope. decorative? Yes. Was it mostly made of: metal? Some of this.plastic? wood? Mostly this. ceramics? glass? textiles? rubber? Was it bigger than an apple? a breadbox? Between breadbox and car. a car? | ||
| Will (Dmfreak)
New member Username: Dmfreak Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2006 |
It's a true story... Newsworthy? Came from movie based on a true story? Simply a well known story? | ||
| Anastas (Aragorn)
New member Username: Aragorn Post Number: 8 Registered: 8-2004 |
Is the origin of the thing relevant? Did it sat in the living room/bedroom/study/office? Relevant? Did it cause trouble to the man/his family/to other people/to the house/to someone or something else? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 19 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 5:49 am: It's a true story... Newsworthy? Yes, very. Came from movie based on a true story? No. Simply a well known story? Yes, at least around here. Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 6:12 am: Is the origin of the thing relevant? YES. Did it sat in the living room/bedroom/study/officeHere.? Relevant? Yes. Did it cause trouble to the man/his family/to other people/to the house/to someone or something else? Some to the man, mostly to other people. | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 184 Registered: 7-2006 |
did the thing actually cause the trouble? Or was it some psychological effect of the thing being there leading to trouble? Party animal features - some amalgamation of human and creature? Like a carving of a sphinx? would there have continued to be trouble for the man: - If he had moved it to another room? If he had moved it out of the house? If he had sold it or given it away rather than destroyed it? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 21 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 1:25 pm: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- did the thing actually cause the trouble? Yes. Or was it some psychological effect of the thing being there leading to trouble? No. Party animal features - some amalgamation of human and creature? No. Like a carving of a sphinx? would there have continued to be trouble for the man: - If he had moved it to another room? Possibly. If he had moved it out of the house? Probably not. If he had sold it or given it away rather than destroyed it? Probably not. | ||
| Anastas (Aragorn)
New member Username: Aragorn Post Number: 15 Registered: 8-2004 |
Did it produce any noise? Was it a present from someone? Inherited? Custom made for the man? Bought from the store? Found somewhere? Is it an item one can easily find in a regular house? Can it be bought in a shop? Was there any mechanism inside the thing? | ||
| Anastas (Aragorn)
New member Username: Aragorn Post Number: 16 Registered: 8-2004 |
Was there any hidden camera involved or hidden recording device in the thing? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 22 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 2:06 pm: Did it produce any noise? No. Was it a present from someone? This.Inherited? Custom made for the man? Bought from the store? Found somewhere? Is it an item one can easily find in a regular house? Can it be bought in a shop? No and probably no. Was there any mechanism inside the thing? Yes. Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 2:10 pm: Was there any hidden camera involved or hidden recording device in the thing? YES. | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 189 Registered: 7-2006 |
Ah... Was the thing given to the man as a gift? With genuinely good intentions? With the intention of making use of the recordings? Was the man involved in illegal activities? Political activities? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 23 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 4:02 pm: Ah... Was the thing given to the man as a gift? Yes. With genuinely good intentions? With the intention of making use of the recordings? This. Was the man involved in illegal activities? Political activities? This. | ||
| Anastas (Aragorn)
New member Username: Aragorn Post Number: 19 Registered: 8-2004 |
E-mail with the possible answer sent. | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 24 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 4:53 pm: E-mail with the possible answer sent. That's it exactly! I'll $poi1 if no one else is working on it, but there's still the question of what the item is. | ||
| Bojan Basic (Bojan_basic)
New member Username: Bojan_basic Post Number: 347 Registered: 3-2004 |
World War I relevant? WWII? Were there any direct consequences after he destroyed it, like, just an example, one army which is much stronger than the other one is constantly being defeated, but after they find out they are being spied and destroy the recording device they start winning? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 25 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Friday, August 04, 2006 - 10:51 pm: World War I relevant? WWII? Noish. Were there any direct consequences after he destroyed it, like, just an example, one army which is much stronger than the other one is constantly being defeated, but after they find out they are being spied and destroy the recording device they start winning? To my knowledge there were no major changes of fortune. | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 196 Registered: 7-2006 |
Was the item a gift from one government to another? A kind of symbol of friendship? | ||
| Bojan Basic (Bojan_basic)
New member Username: Bojan_basic Post Number: 355 Registered: 3-2004 |
Was it something connected with his work? Or just an ordinary kind of decoration? | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1283 Registered: 2-2005 |
A statue? A painting? a fountain? Is its size what makes it something not likely to be found in an average house? it's intrinsic value (aside from its value as a bug-hiding place)? Silly guess--a Mickey Mouse telephone? | ||
| Master and Commander Unregistered guest |
Was it his wife? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 27 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 5:56 pm: Was the item a gift from one government to another? Not exactly. A kind of symbol of friendship? But yes. Bojan Basic Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 10:13 pm: Was it something connected with his work? Yes. Or just an ordinary kind of decoration? Ordinary for a very few professions. Rabrab Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 10:23 pm: A statue? Closest to this, but not exactly. A painting? a fountain? Is its size what makes it something not likely to be found in an average house? Not really. it's intrinsic value (aside from its value as a bug-hiding place)? No. Silly guess--a Mickey Mouse telephone? No, but good silly guees. Master and Commander Posted on Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 10:34 pm: Was it his wife? Unfortunately, no. | ||
| Bojan Basic (Bojan_basic)
New member Username: Bojan_basic Post Number: 362 Registered: 3-2004 |
His profession is political science? Does the thing have any "normal" shape? Geometrical? -- cube? ball? An animal? -- cat? dog? horse? donkey? monkey? pig? mouse? A mythological creature? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 30 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Sunday, August 06, 2006 - 3:27 pm: His profession is political science? You could call it that. Does the thing have any "normal" shape? Partially. Geometrical? It has a basically circular shape.-- cube? ball? An animal? -- cat? dog? horse? donkey? monkey? pig? mouse? A mythological creature?None of these. | ||
| Bojan Basic (Bojan_basic)
New member Username: Bojan_basic Post Number: 367 Registered: 3-2004 |
Did it stand on the wall? On the table? On the floor? In a corner? In the middle of the office? Was it more like a cylinder or like a ball? | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 204 Registered: 7-2006 |
I think I know what this is, so I'll back out at this point. but obviously continue to watch with interest | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 31 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Sunday, August 06, 2006 - 11:13 pm: Did it stand on the wall? Here. On the table? On the floor? In a corner? In the middle of the office? Was it more like a cylinder or like a ball? I would say, flattened cylinder with a relief on the end. Posted on Monday, August 07, 2006 - 10:32 am: I think I know what this is, so I'll back out at this point. but obviously continue to watch with interest Lovely. I suppose I could give the answer, but what the item was is kind of a puzzle in itself. | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1287 Registered: 2-2005 |
Was the relief a sculpture of an animal? Of an animal's face? or multiple animals? If yes, was it by chance a bird? Another silly guess: was it a plaque with a coat of arms on it? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 33 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Monday, August 07, 2006 - 1:48 pm: Was the relief a sculpture of an animal? This, and a bit more. Of an animal's face? or multiple animals? If yes, was it by chance a bird? Yes indeed. Another silly guess: was it a plaque with a coat of arms on it? No, but very close. | ||
| Bojan Basic (Bojan_basic)
New member Username: Bojan_basic Post Number: 370 Registered: 3-2004 |
An eagle? A pigeon? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 34 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Monday, August 07, 2006 - 2:44 pm: An eagle? This A pigeon? | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
New member Username: Rabrab Post Number: 1288 Registered: 2-2005 |
Great Seal of the United States? | ||
| Cake (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 36 Registered: 7-2006 |
Posted on Tuesday, August 08, 2006 - 3:51 am: Great Seal of the United States? Ta-da! ********SPOILER** In 1946, a wooden replica of the Seal was given to a US ambassador by Soviet school children as a sign of peace and cooperation. It hung or sat in his office for six years, then, during a routine security inspection, an evesdropping bug was found inside it. The thing could be triggered by radio signal to listen in on information. The Seal was promptly split open and taken away. It is now in the International Spy Museum, under it's popular nickname "The Thing". More thorough story here: http://www.spybusters.com/Great_Seal_Bug.html Good job everyone for sticking it out-- to Aragorn for getting the spying half and Rabrab for getting what it was. |
