| Author | Message | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 22 Registered: 9-2009 |
"...and you can't even make a nice cup of tea." Why? | ||
| Flemsneezy (Flemsneezy)
New member Username: Flemsneezy Post Number: 225 Registered: 5-2009 |
Is some one saying this? Am i looking for the situation in which one might say this? situation in which one would be unable, for any number of reasons, to make a cup of tea? "can't" = physically incapable? could but it would be morally wrong? could but incompetence is hindering you? "nice" = good? appropriate for the situation? "cup of tea" = a physical cup of tea? just a figure of speech intended to represent something else? you = H?A?M? Relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 647 Registered: 7-2009 |
"Why" = why can't you make a nice cup of tea? why is someone saying the statement in quotes? Why is it notable that "you" can't make a nice cup of tea? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1149 Registered: 11-2008 |
I suppose the first part of the sentence - the one you left out - is far more important than the tea? So that the person is incapable to make a cup of tea AND something else? Is the tea related to the "something else"? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 23 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is some one saying this? Yes Am i looking for the situation in which one might say this? No situation in which one would be unable, for any number of reasons, to make a cup of tea? This one, with a small ish "can't" = physically incapable? This one could but it would be morally wrong? could but incompetence is hindering you? No to rest "nice" = good? This appropriate for the situation?N/A "cup of tea" = a physical cup of tea?This just a figure of speech intended to represent something else?No you = H?A? Yes M?Probably Relevant? Yes --- "Why" = why can't you make a nice cup of tea?This. why is someone saying the statement in quotes? Why is it notable that "you" can't make a nice cup of tea?Not these | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 24 Registered: 9-2009 |
I suppose the first part of the sentence - the one you left out - is far more important than the tea?It isn't So that the person is incapable to make a cup of tea AND something else? No Is the tea related to the "something else"? n/a | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2168 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is the person unable to make a nice cup of tea because ...the have no teabags or tealeaves? They have no means of boiling water? They simply do not know how to make a cup of tea? they are pysically incapable due to some incapacitation? a disability? Can they make tea but not nice tea? Is the speaker expressing an opinion or fact? Are they using some sort of tea substitute? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 31 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the person unable to make a nice cup of tea because ...the have no teabags or tealeaves? They have no means of boiling water? They simply do not know how to make a cup of tea? they are pysically incapable due to some incapacitation? a disability? No to all. Can they make tea but not nice tea? Correct. Is the speaker expressing an opinion or fact? Fact. Are they using some sort of tea substitute? No. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 334 Registered: 5-2009 |
Does "you" refer to a person the speaker addresses? Or does it have a more general meaning? Would "...and one can't even make a nice cup of tea" mean more or less the same? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 33 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does "you" refer to a person the speaker addresses? No. Or does it have a more general meaning? Yes. Would "...and one can't even make a nice cup of tea" mean more or less the same? Yes, it could also have been said this way. | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 335 Registered: 5-2009 |
So it would be impossible for anyone to make a nice cup of tea? Is the boiling point of water relevant? Would it be possible to make a nice cup of coffee? A glass of hot milk? To fry eggs? If no, would it be impossible for the same reason you can't make a nice cup of tea? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 648 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the location relevant? Is this on Earth? Or Sci-Fi? If on Earth, are weather conditions relevant? Does this happen in present day? Real? Fiction? Something you made up? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1154 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the person speaking identical with the "you" in the puzzle statement (ie would it be possible to say: "I can't even make..) The impossibility to make a nice cup of tea: is it due to lack of time? space? ingredients? conditions? Is the problem that the person has the means to make a cup of tea but their quality is not sufficient to make a NICE one? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 35 Registered: 9-2009 |
So it would be impossible for anyone to make a nice cup of tea? Yes. Is the boiling point of water relevant? Yes! Would it be possible to make a nice cup of coffee? No. A glass of hot milk? Yes. To fry eggs? I think so. If no, would it be impossible for the same reason you can't make a nice cup of tea?Yes. --- Is the location relevant? Yes. Is this on Earth? Or Sci-Fi? Earth. If on Earth, are weather conditions relevant? Noish Does this happen in present day? Yes. Real? Fiction? Something you made up? It's based on reality, but not a specific event. --- Is the person speaking identical with the "you" in the puzzle statement (ie would it be possible to say: "I can't even make..)Yes. The impossibility to make a nice cup of tea: is it due to lack of time? space? ingredients? conditions?Only conditions. Is the problem that the person has the means to make a cup of tea but their quality is not sufficient to make a NICE one? If you mean that the tea-making equipment/ingredients are lacking in quality, no. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 654 Registered: 7-2009 |
Are they at high altitude? Below sea level? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 336 Registered: 5-2009 |
Is the situation being on a high mountain (e.g. Mount Everest)? And you can't make a cup of tea because the water boils at a temperature far below 100° C? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 36 Registered: 9-2009 |
***SPOILER*** You've got it! Water boils at 69°C at the top of Mt. Everest, which is not hot enough to extract the full flavor of tea leaves (or coffee beans). Thanks for playing (: | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 711 Registered: 5-2008 |
Except for green teas: http://coffeetea.about.com/od/teabrewing/a/teatemp.htm :) | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1167 Registered: 11-2008 |
One more reason for me not to climb up there :-)) Thanks for the puzzle! |
