| Author | Message | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2009 |
My first puzzle - not sure if it's "lateral thinking" or not. Should be pretty easy. /// Ellie's relatives like swimming. She doesn't. She swims regularly nonetheless. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 365 Registered: 9-2009 |
Welcome to the forum (: Is it her job? Is she forced to? Is she HAF? Both "she" = Ellie? Is swimming better than the alternative? Is there a particular reason she doesn't like swimming? Would it help to know that reason? Has she never liked swimming? Did something happen to make her dislike swimming? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 2 Registered: 10-2009 |
Is it her job? no Is she forced to? yes Is she HAF? yes Both "she" = Ellie? yes Is swimming better than the alternative? yes Is there a particular reason she doesn't like swimming? no Would it help to know that reason? n/a Has she never liked swimming? yes Did something happen to make her dislike swimming? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 368 Registered: 9-2009 |
So she just plain dislikes swimming, and we don't need to explore why further? Does she swim with her relatives? Does she swim for the same reason as them? Swimming=the specific action of swimming, or just generally being in water? Relevant where she swims? If so: pool? Lake? Sea? River? Other? Does she swim to: get away from something? Get relief/treat some medical condition? Get excercise? Get somewhere? does she swim: Several times a day? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? Yearly? Even less? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 3 Registered: 10-2009 |
So she just plain dislikes swimming, and we don't need to explore why further? no, more to know Does she swim with her relatives? no Does she swim for the same reason as them? no Swimming=the specific action of swimming, or just generally being in water? yes Relevant where she swims? yes If so: pool? no Lake? no Sea? no River? no Other? yes Does she swim to: get away from something? no Get relief/treat some medical condition? no Get excercise? no Get somewhere? no does she swim: Several times a day? no Daily? no Weekly? yesish Monthly? no Yearly? no Even less? no Please define HAF for me so I'm sure I answered that correctly. Thanks. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 372 Registered: 9-2009 |
HAF: human, adult, female does she dislike: the swimming she does about every week? Swimming in general? Is it done: indoors? Outdoors? Inside a structure? Is she swimming in plain water? Or is there something special with it? Something disgusting? Does she dive? Is she wearing a bikini, swimsuit or other casual swimwear? Or a wetsuit? Diving equipment? Other? Does she swim at the same location every time? Does she swim alone? does she dislike swimming in general because of the purpose of this specific swimming? Relevant how long she has been doing it? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 4 Registered: 10-2009 |
Oops. She is not a HAF. does she dislike: the swimming she does about every week? Y Swimming in general? Y Is it done: indoors? Y Outdoors? N Inside a structure? Y Is she swimming in plain water? Y Or is there something special with it? N Something disgusting? N Does she dive? N Is she wearing a bikini, swimsuit or other casual swimwear? N Or a wetsuit? N Diving equipment? N Other? N Does she swim at the same location every time? Y Does she swim alone? Y does she dislike swimming in general because of the purpose of this specific swimming? N Relevant how long she has been doing it? N | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1014 Registered: 7-2009 |
when someone asks HAF, they're actually asking three separate questions: Is she a Human? Adult? Female? So when you answer it, you should answer it as such. You can say "yes" if all three are true, or "no to all three" if all three are wrong, but if it's yes to some and no to others, then answer each one separately. I'm interpreting your answer right now as she's a non-human male(or genderless) child. Is this a correct interpretation? Welcome to the forum! | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2009 |
I will not challenge Noel's interpretation... | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 6 Registered: 10-2009 |
Although, Y to female. | ||
| Fleemco198 (Fleemco198)
New member Username: Fleemco198 Post Number: 102 Registered: 9-2009 |
are the words SWIM and SWIMMING refering to someone being in some sort of pool like setting? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 7 Registered: 10-2009 |
Y | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 403 Registered: 6-2009 |
<i> Welcome to the Forum Amosoya!<i> Any particular reason why her relatives like swimming? Any specific relatives relevant? City/Country relevant? Century relevant? If she didn't swim would she be...hurt? Frightened? Sick? Given out to? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1016 Registered: 7-2009 |
Thank you for the clarification. She's nonhuman, so is she a fish? A duck? An otter? A dolphin or whale? A different swimming animal? Is she a microscopic organism? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 8 Registered: 10-2009 |
Any particular reason why her relatives like swimming? Any specific relatives relevant? City/Country relevant? Century relevant? If she didn't swim would she be...hurt? N Frightened? Y Sick? N Given out to? Don't understand question, sorry. She's nonhuman, so is she a fish? N A duck? N An otter? No... A dolphin or whale? N A different swimming animal? Y Is she a microscopic organism? N | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 9 Registered: 10-2009 |
Any particular reason why her relatives like swimming? Y Any specific relatives relevant? Y City/Country relevant? Y. City and/or state might be relevant, but this isn't a good clue... Century relevant? N | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1018 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is she something similar to an otter, then? A beaver? A mink? A platypus? If none of the above, is she a mammal? A bird? A reptile? An amphibian? An insect? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 10 Registered: 10-2009 |
Is she something similar to an otter, then? Y A beaver? N A mink? N A platypus? N If none of the above, is she a mammal? A bird? A reptile? An amphibian? An insect? SEE ABOVE | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1019 Registered: 7-2009 |
A polar bear? a muskrat? an echidna? a porcupine? a weasel? A different kind of bear? | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 408 Registered: 6-2009 |
A weasel? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 11 Registered: 10-2009 |
Hey, don't call her a weasel! But I must admit, you're both getting extremely close... | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 454 Registered: 3-2004 |
A ferret? badger? polecat? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 42 Registered: 10-2009 |
A ferret? Y!!! badger? polecat? Just finish off a few details and I'll call it a day. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
Moderator Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 203 Registered: 3-2009 |
Is she a pet than needs to be bathed regularly, whether she likes it or not? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 49 Registered: 10-2009 |
Yes. ***SPOILER*** Ellie is a pet ferret who swims in the bathtub every time her owner needs to bathe her. She's not a big fan of it. Some of her "relatives" like swimming a lot; this can refer to certain other pet ferrets but especially refers to the truly aquatic members of the Mustelidae family: otters. |
