| Author | Message | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 273 Registered: 6-2006 |
An easy one, that should go fast, while I work on some harder ones... As a huge fire was creeping through the woods towards my house, I calmly sat on the couch and watched television, and refused to call the fire department. Why? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 274 Registered: 6-2006 |
Geez...sorry Admin, forgot my name in the title. | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1278 Registered: 3-2005 |
Were you calmly watching your house in the woods, and the fire, on the television in your other house - and looking forward to collecting the insurance money the following day? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 275 Registered: 6-2006 |
Were you calmly watching your house in the woods, and the fire, on the television in your other house - and looking forward to collecting the insurance money the following day?no in every aspect | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1280 Registered: 3-2005 |
Oh well - worth a shot. Were the woods burning? Was it a real fire? (as opposed to, say, something in a painting) Was it happening as you sat on the couch? Were you aware of it? Did you expect it to reach the house? Did you expect someone else to call the fire department? Had someone else already called the fire department? Did the woods stretch all the way from the fire to the house? Was there an obstacle blocking its path? Were you in the house? Did you want the house to be burned? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 277 Registered: 6-2006 |
Were the woods burning? yes Was it a real fire? yes(as opposed to, say, something in a painting) Was it happening as you sat on the couch? yes Were you aware of it? yesish Did you expect it to reach the house? yesish Did you expect someone else to call the fire department? no Had someone else already called the fire department? yes Did the woods stretch all the way from the fire to the house? yes Was there an obstacle blocking its path?no Were you in the house? yes Did you want the house to be burned?no | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 370 Registered: 7-2006 |
Was your house constructed of something likely to be impervious to fire? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 279 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was your house constructed of something likely to be impervious to fire?no | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1281 Registered: 3-2005 |
Were you aware that the fire department had already been called? Did you see the fire? hear it? were you told about it? Did you expect the fire department to stop the fire before it reached the house? Did you expect something else to stop it? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 280 Registered: 6-2006 |
Were you aware that the fire department had already been called? no Did you see the fire? nohear it? no were you told about it? yes Did you expect the fire department to stop the fire before it reached the house? noish Did you expect something else to stop it?no | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1282 Registered: 3-2005 |
Did you expect the fire department to stop the fire at all? Did you expect the house to catch fire? Did you assume that the person who told you about the fire would call, or had called, the fire department? Did you believe that the fire was not real? | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 372 Registered: 7-2006 |
So, at the time the fire was raging, you weren't actually aware of it? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 281 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you expect the fire department to stop the fire at all? noish Did you expect the house to catch fire? no Did you assume that the person who told you about the fire would call, or had called, the fire department? no Did you believe that the fire was not real?yes So, at the time the fire was raging, you weren't actually aware of it?yope | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1283 Registered: 3-2005 |
So you were sitting on your couch watching TV when someone told you that there was a fire in the woods creeping towards your house, but you didn't believe them - correct so far? Was this person also in the house? Did they call you on the phone? Was it a child? Was it a known practical joker? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 282 Registered: 6-2006 |
So you were sitting on your couch watching TV when someone told you that there was a fire in the woods creeping towards your house, but you didn't believe them - correct so far? yes Was this person also in the house? yes Did they call you on the phone? no Was it a child?no Was it a known practical joker?no | ||
| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 81 Registered: 8-2006 |
Was the Fire over 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 miles away in the same woods your house was in? | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 377 Registered: 7-2006 |
Was the fire creeping towards your house very slowly? Was there something between your house and the woods which would be likely to prove a difficult barrier for the fire? Like a lake? Or canyon? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 287 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the Fire over 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 miles away in the same woods your house was in? no, perhaps 50ft. Was the fire creeping towards your house very slowly? slowly, but not very slowly Was there something between your house and the woods which would be likely to prove a difficult barrier for the fire? Like a lake? Or canyon? no | ||
| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 87 Registered: 8-2006 |
Was your house fireproof? :P | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 291 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was your house fireproof? :PHardly... made of wood as a matter of fact | ||
| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 88 Registered: 8-2006 |
Where you in a fireproof suit? Lol... | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1284 Registered: 3-2005 |
Did you think the person was not to be believed? Did you misunderstand the warning? Did you have some information that made you think the fire was not real? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 292 Registered: 6-2006 |
Where you in a fireproof suit? Lol...no Did you think the person was not to be believed?yesish Did you misunderstand the warning? no Did you have some information that made you think the fire was not real? noish | ||
| Sherluck_hums (Sherluck_hums)
New member Username: Sherluck_hums Post Number: 89 Registered: 8-2006 |
Was the person that warned you a person on the TV show you where watching? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 293 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the person that warned you a person on the TV show you where watching?no, it is already determined that they were in the house with me | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1286 Registered: 3-2005 |
Did you disbelieve the person because of a previous experience? Is their relationship to you relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 294 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you disbelieve the person because of a previous experience? no Is their relationship to you relevant? no, it was my mother, but it could have been anyone | ||
| Robin_smith (Robin_smith)
New member Username: Robin_smith Post Number: 45 Registered: 7-2006 |
to recap - you are sitting in your wooden house which is adjacent to the woods where there is a fire of reasonable size coming towards you. There are no obstacles between your house and the fire. You have been made aware of the fire by your mother, but are choosing not to believe her This all right so far? What is left to get? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 299 Registered: 6-2006 |
to recap - you are sitting in your wooden house which is adjacent to the woods where there is a fire of reasonable size coming towards you. There are no obstacles between your house and the fire. You have been made aware of the fire by your mother, but are choosing not to believe her This all right so far? yes What is left to get?why didn't I believe her, or even bother to look out the window to see if she was telling the truth! | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 388 Registered: 7-2006 |
Was the fire being shown on TV? With fire service in attendance? | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 389 Registered: 7-2006 |
sorry, that one didn't make sense. If the fire was on TV it wouldn't cause you not to believe her. Did something in her demeanour cause you not to believe your mother? Something about the way she told you? The phrasing she used? Or the manner of her voice? | ||
| Stuccosalt (Stuccosalt)
New member Username: Stuccosalt Post Number: 506 Registered: 8-2004 |
Is the specific wording of her warning relevant? Is the TV program you were watching relevant? Were you? or your mother? engaged in another relevant activity at the time? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 300 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the fire being shown on TV? With fire service in attendance? no sorry, that one didn't make sense. If the fire was on TV it wouldn't cause you not to believe her. thats ok Did something in her demeanour cause you not to believe your mother? no Something about the way she told you?no The phrasing she used?no Or the manner of her voice? no Is the specific wording of her warning relevant?no Is the TV program you were watching relevant? no Were you? or your mother? engaged in another relevant activity at the time? no | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1287 Registered: 3-2005 |
Did you not believe her because of something you saw? didn't see? heard? didn't hear? felt/tasted/smelled/didn't? something you remembered? something you forgot? Were you fully awake? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 303 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you not believe her because of something you saw? no didn't see?no heard?no didn't hear? no felt/tasted/smelled/didn't?no something you remembered?noish something you forgot? no Were you fully awake?yes | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1289 Registered: 3-2005 |
Did you think she was lying? joking? mistaken? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 304 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you think she was lying? joking?this--but why would I think that? mistaken? | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1290 Registered: 3-2005 |
Had you recently played a trick on her? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 306 Registered: 6-2006 |
Had you recently played a trick on her?no | ||
| Sobs (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 213 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you think her intention was to get you away from the TV so she could watch TV herself? | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 392 Registered: 7-2006 |
You thought she was joking- but the words weren't what made you think this? Was she laughing when she said it. Is it something she had said before, jokingly? | ||
| Aragorn (Aragorn)
New member Username: Aragorn Post Number: 56 Registered: 8-2004 |
Did she use to say there was a fire in the woods for some purpose in the past so now you would not believe her? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 310 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you think her intention was to get you away from the TV so she could watch TV herself? You thought she was joking- but the words weren't what made you think this? not in and of themselves, no Was she laughing when she said it. NO Is it something she had said before, jokingly?no Did she use to say there was a fire in the woods for some purpose in the past so now you would not believe her?no | ||
| Wunderland (Wunderland)
New member Username: Wunderland Post Number: 1294 Registered: 3-2005 |
Did you expect her to be joking about something even before she spoke? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 321 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you expect her to be joking about something even before she spoke?yesish | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 399 Registered: 7-2006 |
Did you think the statement was made to get you to react? To leave the house? To leave the room? To leave your seat? To turn off the TV? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 333 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you think the statement was made to get you to react? yes To leave the house? no To leave the room? no To leave your seat? no To turn off the TV?no | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 403 Registered: 7-2006 |
Was your mother displaying strong emotions when she told you about the fire? Crying? Shouting? hysterical? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 335 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was your mother displaying strong emotions when she told you about the fire?yes Crying?no Shouting?yes hysterical?not quite, but pretty much. She was freaking out | ||
| Catrien (Catrien)
New member Username: Catrien Post Number: 3 Registered: 8-2006 |
Was it the 1st of april? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 339 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was it the 1st of april? YES! *************SPOILER********************** I had always prided myself on never falling for an Arpil fools joke. This particular April Fools Day, I was sitting watching TV when my mom rushed into the room screaming that the backyard was on fire!! I said, "Yeah right, like I'm gonna fall for that" she kept trying to convince me and I refused to even look out the window to lend any credence to her lame attempt at fooling me. It wasn't until she physically lifted my from the couch and forced me to look out the window that I saw this huge fire (which had been accidentally set by an idiot trying to burn leaves during a drought) coming toward the house, and my dad and a few neighbors trying to hold it back with garden hoses! Quite an April Fools Day! |
