| Author | Message | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3550 Registered: 12-2000 |
Every Monday there are lots of people who are hard at it, but by Friday those same people have thinned out considerably, and this pattern will repeat itself each week from Monday to Friday. What's going on? | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 668 Registered: 11-2003 |
Trying to lose weight? ...but no, it will take more than a week to thin out considerably, unless you get a really bad stomach flu (-: | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3552 Registered: 12-2000 |
Brid Trying to lose weight? ...but no, it will take more than a week to thin out considerably, unless you get a really bad stomach flu (-: true! Nope | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1667 Registered: 6-2001 |
Does this take place in a specific place? In Hong Kong? At an airport? Are the people the same people each week? Will the ones who are hard at it on Friday be hard at it again the next Monday? Do the people stop because they have completed some task? They realise they are unable to complete it? They realise it's pointless? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3553 Registered: 12-2000 |
Bentarm Does this take place in a specific place? I'm thinking of one specific place, but it may well happen in other places In Hong Kong? no At an airport? no - nothing to do with our trip Are the people the same people each week? in a general loose way, yes Will the ones who are hard at it on Friday be hard at it again the next Monday? yes Do the people stop because they have completed some task? no They realise they are unable to complete it? yes They realise it's pointless? no | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1922 Registered: 8-2006 |
Relevant that Mon. to Fri. are the workdays? Schooldays? Era/time relevant? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 631 Registered: 5-2007 |
The New York Times crossword puzzle? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3554 Registered: 12-2000 |
Crazypalpig Relevant that Mon. to Fri. are the workdays? yes Schooldays? no Era/time relevant? yes Alex 319 The New York Times crossword puzzle? no | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 669 Registered: 11-2003 |
Does this happen now? Has it happened regularly for several months? Years? Decades? Are you one of the people involved? If not, do you know anybody who is? Many such people? Are the people involved all adult? young? elderly? teenagers? children? men? women? employees? a mixture of all or some of these groups? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3555 Registered: 12-2000 |
Brid Does this happen now? yes Has it happened regularly for several months? yes Years? possibly but probably not Decades? Are you one of the people involved? no If not, do you know anybody who is? yes, just one Many such people? Are the people involved all adult? the vast majority will be but there may be a few teenagers among them young? some will be young or youngish elderly? a few, but less than younger adults teenagers? see above children? probably not men? women? both men and women employees? many are employed a mixture of all or some of these groups? | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1926 Registered: 8-2006 |
Particular job relevant? Does it happen to all employed people? Weekends relevant? Are only employed people part of "they"? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3556 Registered: 12-2000 |
Crazypalpig Particular job relevant? no Does it happen to all employed people? no Weekends relevant? no Are only employed people part of "they"? no, but many are employed | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 260 Registered: 11-2007 |
"thinned out"=less people doing it? same amount of people, less intensity? If they keep at it, will they eventually finish it? Do they "thin out" because they lose enthusiasm? motivation? money? Anything to do with health clubs? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 923 Registered: 11-2003 |
Are they all in the same spot while doing this? Do these people have anything else in common than doing this thing? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3557 Registered: 12-2000 |
Lporter229 "thinned out"=less people doing it? yes same amount of people, less intensity? no If they keep at it, will they eventually finish it? yes Do they "thin out" because they lose enthusiasm? motivation? money? none of those Anything to do with health clubs? no Eli Are they all in the same spot while doing this? in a very general sense yes, but not in a specific sense Do these people have anything else in common than doing this thing? yes | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 670 Registered: 11-2003 |
Can this in principle be done everywhere? only outdoors? only indoors? only in certain types of buildings? Is any equipment necessary to do this? If so, is this equipment only intended for doing this? Or can it be done using only your body? Could a blind person do it? A deaf person? A paraplegic? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3558 Registered: 12-2000 |
Brid Can this in principle be done everywhere? yes only outdoors? only indoors? only in certain types of buildings? just about anywhere Is any equipment necessary to do this? yes for SVV of equipment If so, is this equipment only intended for doing this? one bit is, the other has plenty of other uses Or can it be done using only your body? certain parts are used more than others Could a blind person do it? no A deaf person? yes A paraplegic? yes | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 671 Registered: 11-2003 |
Anything to do with reading? Writing? A puzzle (other than the New York Times crossword puzzle)? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3559 Registered: 12-2000 |
Brid Anything to do with reading? not so much this as Writing? this one A puzzle (other than the New York Times crossword puzzle)? yes - that earlier guess from Alex was remarkably astute | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 931 Registered: 11-2003 |
Do they get an new puzzle every day? or is it the same one the whole week? is the puzzle in a newspaper? tv? radio? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3560 Registered: 12-2000 |
Eli Do they get an new puzzle every day? yes or is it the same one the whole week? no is the puzzle in a newspaper? yessish tv? radio? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 939 Registered: 11-2003 |
Can anyone join in on any day of the week? or do you have to start playing on the Monday? if you start playing on a Monday, can you skip a day and then play again the following day? are the puzzles printed? on the net? in some other format? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3561 Registered: 12-2000 |
Eli Can anyone join in on any day of the week? yes or do you have to start playing on the Monday? no if you start playing on a Monday, can you skip a day and then play again the following day? yes are the puzzles printed? yes on the net? you can find them on the net, but those ones are irrelevant here in some other format? any other format is irrelevant here | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 942 Registered: 11-2003 |
So we have printed puzzles. Do you have to buy a paper? magazine? to get them? are they handed out for free? are there any prizes to be won? Relevant what kind of puzzles they are? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3562 Registered: 12-2000 |
Eli So we have printed puzzles. yes Do you have to buy a paper? no... magazine? yes to get them? yes are they handed out for free? yes are there any prizes to be won? no or irrelevant Relevant what kind of puzzles they are? yes | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 943 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is this magazine published daily? weekly? monthly? would the puzzles be one per day? or only one that will last whole week? crossword? word puzzle? logic puzzle? mathematical puzzle? sudoku? kakuro | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3563 Registered: 12-2000 |
Eli Is this magazine published daily? yes weekly? monthly? would the puzzles be one per day? yes or only one that will last whole week? crossword? word puzzle? logic puzzle? mathematical puzzle? sudoku? this one kakuro not much more to go except to see how it fits in with the puzzle statement. Mid morning here in Hong Kong, so won't be back for hours | ||
| Alanlin (Alanlin)
New member Username: Alanlin Post Number: 85 Registered: 6-2007 |
The sudoku gets progressively more difficult during the week so people stop trying? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3564 Registered: 12-2000 |
Alanlin The sudoku gets progressively more difficult during the week so people stop trying? correct! ********* SPOILER *********** The free commuters' magazine in London has a sodoku puzzle each day, starting from Easy on a Monday to something like Fiendish on a Friday. I would give up by about Tuesday if I was a London commuter. Only the diehards stick it out until Friday. Thank you one and all | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1934 Registered: 8-2006 |
I do it too... And it goes from gentle on Monday to diabolical on Sunday. | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 672 Registered: 11-2003 |
Nice one! Sorry I missed the end |
