| Author | Message | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 603 Registered: 6-2003 |
Seeing lots of rulebreakers on the forum, I've been being nostalgic and remembering rulebreakers of times gone by. I can't remember if it was the 'original' type of rulebreaker, when first introduced on this forum, but certainly one big trend was the following, which is what I'm doing here: As normally happens, you ask questions, and I respond. There are no CAs. However, when you work out the rule, you have to prove it by getting me to respond: "By Jove, I think you've got it!" Otherwise, it's a normal rulebreaker as per usual. Good luck! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 453 Registered: 9-2009 |
Will Jove agree? Is my name GalFisk? Are you a logician? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Am i a mathematician? Would Jules amend? Shall Ernie flee? What do you think? If there was such a thing as a flying mansion, what would you do if you owned one? | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 443 Registered: 6-2009 |
Will Jove not agree? Is my name Quovyntye? Are you not a logician? Can six slippery snails slowly slide seewards? Am I a mathematician? Shall Jules amend? Would Ernie flee? What do I think? If there was such a thing as a flying cappuccino, what would you do if you owned one? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1086 Registered: 7-2009 |
How fun! Every good boy does fine? Do you see what I see? Is the sky falling for chicken little? Is the sky falling at all? Are you falling? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1687 Registered: 5-2003 |
Hello? Goodbye? 1? 2? 3? One? Two? Three? Did the brown fox jump over the lazy dog? | ||
| Yojimbo (Yojimbo)
New member Username: Yojimbo Post Number: 17 Registered: 11-2009 |
can pillows fall faster than a bird? what do bruises like best? E, T, A, O, I, N? are red frogs usually sinister? is tomorrow going to be fresh? why is London west of Paris? how does my mailbox know when the workday is done? where does cake get their material? can the cat sleep while it's staring at me? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 604 Registered: 6-2003 |
Eek...I recognise I was away for the whole weekend, but maybe less questions between each of my posts, please, as I'd like to spend less than an hour in trying to answer them...! Thanks :-) (This is partly the reason I haven't answered your questions yet, Yojimbo...it's 3am as I write this, and despite my love for the LTPF, I'm going to bed now :-)) Will Jove agree? Well... Is my name GalFisk? Galfisk? Maybe. Are you a logician? Logically, yes. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Well, a woodchuck could chuck lots... Am i a mathematician? Maybe implicitly. Would Jules amend? Wouldn't... Shall Ernie flee? Shouldn't... What do you think? Thinking deviously. If there was such a thing as a flying mansion, what would you do if you owned one? Start to wean myself off of driving: it's boring! Will Jove not agree? What's agreement? Is my name Quovyntye? It's questionable. Are you not a logician? Logically, no... Can six slippery snails slowly slide seewards? Slowly, carefully, smoothly... Am I a mathematician? Arguably, maybe. Shall Jules amend? Judiciously... Would Ernie flee? Easily... What do I think? Winning tonight. If there was such a thing as a flying cappuccino, what would you do if you owned one? Ask a yuppie to drink it - don't like cappuccinos. How fun! Hi! Every good boy does fine? Five boys... Do you see what I see? Interestingly, yes. You? Is the sky falling for chicken little? Falling is likely... Is the sky falling at all? At the top. Are you falling? yes... Hello? ... Goodbye? ... 1? ... 2? ... 3? ... One? ... Two? ... Three? ... Did the brown fox jump over the lazy dog? The beast likely did... | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1103 Registered: 7-2009 |
By? Jove? I? Think? You've? Got? It? Have you got it? I've got it. Actally, no I don't. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 462 Registered: 9-2009 |
Hey? What's up? Do you like? Am I not grand? Can you see the rain? Did you catch the night bus? Have you met their new best friend? Will there be a spring May next year? Honorable mention? Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 605 Registered: 6-2003 |
can pillows fall faster than a bird? Through a fall... what do bruises like best? Bruise wax... E, T, A, O, I, N? In Neo's imagination. are red frogs usually sinister? Sinisterly red... is tomorrow going to be fresh? Baby fresh, Bob. why is London west of Paris? Otherwise, Parisians out. how does my mailbox know when the workday is done? Karma works here, you know? where does cake get their material? Their material? can the cat sleep while it's staring at me? Well, it tries often... By? ... Jove? ... I? ... Think? ... You've? ... Got? ... It? ... Have you got it? Hell, yes. I've got it. Interesting... Actally, no I don't. Ah, no? Hey? ... What's up? U Do you like? yes... Am I not grand? Interesting idea. Can you see the rain? You? Yes... Did you catch the night bus? Yes, yesterday caught. Have you met their new best friend? Yes - yesterday. You... Will there be a spring May next year? Thought 'twas winter now. Honorable mention? Maybe. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? ... | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 606 Registered: 6-2003 |
Blooper... In the final set of questions, I forgot to finish an answer: What's up? Universe. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1105 Registered: 7-2009 |
One day was I bringing jugs inside, or did I just think I did? | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 495 Registered: 6-2009 |
Was Noel bringing jugs inside? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 607 Registered: 6-2003 |
One day was I bringing jugs inside, or did I just think I did? By Jove, I think you've got it! Was Noel bringing jugs inside? Inside? No... The way it was going, it looked like it would go quickly! Care to $poil, Noel? :-) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1108 Registered: 7-2009 |
Well, I didn't think I had the whole thing. This is what I know. The answer depends on the time of the post. Time X:YZ -The first word in the answer starts with the same first letter as the Xth word of the question. - The second word starts with the same first letter as the word that is Y places after the Xth word. - The third word starts with the same first letter as the word that is Z places after the X+Yth word. - If the sentence is too short, you loop around to the beginning. Is that the whole rule? I was scratching my head trying to figure out how you got some of your longer answers that are more than three words. Also, it was challenging to ask an appropriate question once I figured it out. I started trying to figure out an answer at 4:5something. By the time I finished my question, it was after 5:00, so I had to change my question. Then I had to wait several minutes because it wouldn't work if either of the numbers in the minute were 0. Then I was afraid I was going to post it at the wrong minute. So I feel slightly less sorry for you that we asked so many questions in the first set. ;p | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 608 Registered: 6-2003 |
Well, I didn't think I had the whole thing. This is what I know. The answer depends on the time of the post. Time X:YZ -The first word in the answer starts with the same first letter as the Xth word of the question. - The second word starts with the same first letter as the word that is Y places after the Xth word. - The third word starts with the same first letter as the word that is Z places after the X+Yth word. - If the sentence is too short, you loop around to the beginning. that's pretty much right Is that the whole rule? not entirely, see below I was scratching my head trying to figure out how you got some of your longer answers that are more than three words. May as well say - if I continue after three words, the rest of the sentence is arbitrary (and so, if I could answer "...think you've got it!" to finish the sentence accordingly, I did)... the alternative was to force you to be even more complex in your sentence construction in eliciting my response :-) The only part of the rule that's left is: why did I not stop my response at, for instance, "By Jove, I think..."? Also, it was challenging to ask an appropriate question once I figured it out. I started trying to figure out an answer at 4:5something. By the time I finished my question, it was after 5:00, so I had to change my question. Then I had to wait several minutes because it wouldn't work if either of the numbers in the minute were 0. Then I was afraid I was going to post it at the wrong minute. So I feel slightly less sorry for you that we asked so many questions in the first set. ;p lol, sorry! Always the problem with rulebreakers where the time plays a part in the rule...I'll try to make it methodologically easier next time I do one :-) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1109 Registered: 7-2009 |
It seems to have something to do with the number of words in the answer. The longer the question is, the longer the answer tended to be. I can't figure out if it's a limit on the number of times you loop around, or something else. | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 610 Registered: 6-2003 |
Shouldn't be too difficult, I hope. As a clue, look at all the questions where my answer has simply been "...". Look at other answers where ellipses have formed part of my answer. Extrapolate accordingly... :-) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1127 Registered: 7-2009 |
Oh geesh. It's even/odd number of words, isn't it? The question has to have an even number of words to avoid ellipses. Everything I was thinking of before was way too complicated. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 522 Registered: 6-2009 |
The amount of words in a question has twice as the amount of words in its answer. If the word is even, take away one from the amount of letters it has double it and that's how many words the answer has plus "...". Ex. "Are you now alive?" 4 / 2 = 2 so "Am Alive" could be an answer. "Are you alive" 3 - 1 = 2 / 2 = 1 so "Yes..." And so that's it? If the time of the question was 5:11 then you'd keep repeating that until there's not enough words in the question. Then you'd add in more relevant words to fill up the amount of words you worked out that question's answer is meant to have. So my question is 3:32 Are you there with me, or are you just not here? So the answer would start with: T O A N And the letters: 11 - 1 = 10 / 2 = 5 so Two oranges and nuts sing. Am I OTRT? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 611 Registered: 6-2003 |
***** SPOILER ***** Together, you've pretty much got it. There are some technical inaccuracies, and I could probably force you to get it precisely right, but that'd be too cruel :-) The three parts to the rule are as follows: 1) If the number of words in the question is n, then the answer has n/2 words. If n/2 is not a whole number, then an ellipsis replaces the .5 of a word. 2) For the first three words of an answer, I'm going to quote Noel from earlier, which gives a perfect, similarly algebraic, rationale: The answer depends on the time of the post. Time X:YZ -The first word in the answer starts with the same first letter as the Xth word of the question. - The second word starts with the same first letter as the word that is Y places after the Xth word. - The third word starts with the same first letter as the word that is Z places after the X+Yth word. - If the sentence is too short, loop around to the beginning. 3) After the third word, the rest of the sentence is arbitrarily chosen in accordance with the sentence-length as determined by rule 1). If it is possible to answer "By Jove, I think you've got it!", then do so. Well done to both of you! | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1142 Registered: 7-2009 |
Ha, so it was total luck that I happened to ask a question of exactly 14 words. =) I was just trying to ask a long enough question that your answer might give me a clue about how the rest of the rule went. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1146 Registered: 7-2009 |
PS, I very much enjoyed this rulebreaker. Thank you. |
