| Author | Message | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1005 Registered: 8-2006 |
Hi there. I Hope you are all well. If not perhaps this puzzle can help you. I am thinking of something particular serving to boost your self-esteem. Can you find out what? | ||
| Fleemco198 (Fleemco198)
New member Username: Fleemco198 Post Number: 469 Registered: 9-2009 |
does it have to do with emotions? some phycological behavior? subconscious involved? is it something you would do one your own? or is it a social activity? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1007 Registered: 8-2006 |
does it have to do with emotions? yes some phycological behavior? not physiological subconscious involved? no is it something you would do one your own? yes or is it a social activity? no | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2613 Registered: 5-2003 |
Psychological behavior? Physical activity? Mental? Are tools or props needed? Can it be done indoors? Outdoors? In the air? Underwater? Sitting? Standing? Alone? With others present? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1009 Registered: 8-2006 |
Psychological behavior? no Physical activity? yes Mental? no Are tools or props needed? yes Can it be done indoors? no Outdoors? yes In the air? no Underwater? no Sitting? no Standing? yes Alone? yes With others present? yes | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 749 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does doing it make one feel stronger? taller? faster? smarter? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2154 Registered: 11-2008 |
does it work for both men and women? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1010 Registered: 8-2006 |
Does doing it make one feel stronger? no taller? yes but only as a side-effect faster? no smarter? no does it work for both men and women? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 91 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a game of some sort? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1011 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is it a game of some sort? no, not really | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1781 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does it require: strength? Intelligence? Coordination? Balance? Speed? Stamina? Can it be done by someone who's: blind? Deaf? One-legged? Is it done standing still? Can it be done without hands? Can it be called a skill? Can you get better at it with practice? Is it fun? Challenging? Dangerous? Interesting to watch? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1012 Registered: 8-2006 |
Does it require: strength? just a little Intelligence? no Coordination? just a little Balance? just a little Speed? no Stamina? no Can it be done by someone who's: blind? yes, but it would be less effective Deaf? yes One-legged? yes Is it done standing still? yes, part of it is standing still Can it be done without hands? yes Can it be called a skill? no Can you get better at it with practice? no Is it fun? yes Challenging? no Dangerous? no Interesting to watch? yes | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2218 Registered: 11-2008 |
Does it make you feel/appear slimmer/prettier/more clever? Does it involve some sort of trick? Optical illusion? Is it a process, or rather an one-off thing? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1013 Registered: 8-2006 |
Does it make you feel/appear slimmer/prettier/more clever? nothing of these Does it involve some sort of trick? Optical illusion? yesish to both Is it a process no, or rather an one-off thing? yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1831 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does it change your appearance somehow? Is a mirror invovled? Or lens? Clothing relevant? can the tools/props be: homemade? Bought? Rented? Can they be found in an amusement park? At a circus? Is water invovled? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1014 Registered: 8-2006 |
Does it change your appearance somehow? yes Is a mirror invovled? no Or lens? no Clothing relevant? no can the tools/props be: homemade? no Bought? no Rented? no Can they be found in an amusement park? no, but on the right track At a circus? no Is water invovled? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1856 Registered: 9-2009 |
Video equipment involved? Computers? In the internet relevant? Could you do this in the 1800s? 1500s? Roman times? Sports involved? Miniatures? Do you go to a place created for the purpose of performing this activity? Do you have to pay to get in? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1015 Registered: 8-2006 |
Video equipment involved? no Computers? no In the internet relevant? no Could you do this in the 1800s? 1500s? Roman times? The prop was created later but technology etc. to create it was already available in Roman times. And with the prop you could have done it at any time. Sports involved? no Miniatures? no Do you go to a place created for the purpose of performing this activity? yes Do you have to pay to get in? no Nice questions you're getting closer and closer. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1873 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is water involved? Do you appear different after performing the activity? Or just while doing it? Is it relaxing? Exciting? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1017 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is water involved? no Do you appear different after performing the activity? no Or just while doing it? yes Is it relaxing? no Exciting? yesish, for many people it may be exciting | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1900 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is music invovled? Or other sound? Is it done in a gym? On a playground? Can children do it? Old people? The part that is not done standing still, is it done: walking? Running? Sitting? Laying down? Crawling? Jumping? Spinning? Sliding? Flying? Rolling? On wheels? Inside something? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1019 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is music invovled? no Or other sound? no Is it done in a gym? no On a playground? no but on the right track Can children do it? yes Old people? yes The part that is not done standing still, is it done: walking? yes more or less Running? no Sitting? no Laying down? no Crawling? no Jumping? possibly Spinning? no Sliding? no Flying? no Rolling? no On wheels? no Inside something? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1941 Registered: 9-2009 |
Do people all around the world do it? Or is it popular only in certain areas? If so, in [LTPF list of continents]? Can the prop be called a: toy? Tool? Ride? Vehicle? Is there any danger to this activity? Can it be done any time of the day? In any weather? Do several people usually do this activity together? If so, do they: cooperate? Compete? Neither? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1020 Registered: 8-2006 |
Do people all around the world do it? no Or is it popular only in certain areas? yes If so, in [LTPF list of continents]? Germany, Europe Can the prop be called a: toy? noish Tool? no Ride? no Vehicle? no Is there any danger to this activity? no Can it be done any time of the day? yes In any weather? yes Do several people usually do this activity together? If so, do they: cooperate? Compete? Neither? The activity as such is done by one person but usually others watch (you could call it cooperation) | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 771 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the change in appearance of the person created by refracting light? from a reflection off of a curved surface? because something near the person moves, and that is the only reference for the eye? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1021 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the change in appearance of the person created by refracting light? from a reflection off of a curved surface? because something near the person moves, and that is the only reference for the eye? No to all. Perhaps I should have answered the question above: "Does it involve some sort of optical illusion?" with noish rather than yesish. In this puzzle optics is not more relevant than in every day life. But the phenomenon is visible. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2029 Registered: 9-2009 |
Perspective relevant? Are objects involved that are not to scale? Do you: lift something relevant? Stand on something relevant? Are lights involved? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1022 Registered: 8-2006 |
Perspective relevant? no Are objects involved that are not to scale? no, the relevant object is to be scaled Do you: lift something relevant? no Stand on something relevant? yes Are lights involved? no | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 800 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do you stand on something fixed? something that moves? Is the whole point to stand on this thing? or do you do a specific action while standing on it? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1023 Registered: 8-2006 |
Do you stand on something fixed? yes something that moves? no Is the whole point to stand on this thing? yes or do you do a specific action while standing on it? noish, you may do some action but this is not relevant for solving the puzzle | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1174 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the "fixed thing" a scale? Do you hold something while standing on it? Like balloons? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1024 Registered: 8-2006 |
Thank you for joining in. Is the "fixed thing" a scale? No I wouldn't call it like that, but I don't really understand what you mean with scale. Do you hold something while standing on it? no/irr Like balloons? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1258 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Scale": something you weigh yourself on. Is the thing you stand on flat? Round? Bumpy? Bigger than a toaster? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2109 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does it make you feel important? Are you standing where a great person once stood? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1025 Registered: 8-2006 |
"Scale": something you weigh yourself on. OK. no it is not a scale Is the thing you stand on flat? yes, on the upper side Round? no Bumpy? no Bigger than a toaster? yes Does it make you feel important? yes Are you standing where a great person once stood? no but on the right track | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 333 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is it a pedestal? A stage? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1026 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is it a pedestal? yes exactly A stage? no The only thing left to be found out is something special about the pedestal. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1332 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it an Olympic pedestal? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2145 Registered: 9-2009 |
Or is it in a museum? Do you stand together with sculptures? Of important people? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1027 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is it an Olympic pedestal? no Or is it in a museum? no but on the right track Do you stand together with sculptures? no Of important people? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1344 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do you stand with other people? Alone? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1799 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it at an important historical site? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1028 Registered: 8-2006 |
Do you stand with other people? Alone? this Is it at an important historical site? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1371 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the pedestal indoors? Outdoors? Can this be done at more than one site? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1029 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the pedestal indoors? Outdoors? this Can this be done at more than one site? it can be done at two sites but irr | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1386 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hmmm...could you please recap? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1030 Registered: 8-2006 |
Somewhere in Germany there is a particular pedestal. It is to be used in the following way: you get on it and stay there for a while (you may be watched by others) with the intention to boosts your self-esteem. The latter works only because of some characteristic of the pedestal left to be found out. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1408 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is what the pedestal is made of relevant? Is it hollow? Solid? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1031 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is what the pedestal is made of relevant? a little Is it hollow? no Solid? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1419 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the height of the pedestal relevant? Is it a foot tall? 2 feet? 3 feet? 4? 5? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1032 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the height of the pedestal relevant? a little Is it a foot tall? 2 feet? 3 feet? 4? 5? about 4 feet as far as I remember | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1430 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are you overlooking something relevant when standing on this pedestal? Is the pedestal on the ground? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1033 Registered: 8-2006 |
Are you overlooking something relevant when standing on this pedestal? no Is the pedestal on the ground? yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2258 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is there any relevant writing on the pedestal? Is the pedestal a reproduction of another pedestal? A great person is relevant, correct? Do you strike a specific pose when standing on the pedestal? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 843 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the relevant thing to do with the pedestal itself? or with a view behind it? (For example, there could be a tall statue behind it, and from in front of the pedestal it looks like your head is near the statue's even though they are far apart) | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1034 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is there any relevant writing on the pedestal? yes Is the pedestal a reproduction of another pedestal? no A great person is relevant, correct? no Do you strike a specific pose when standing on the pedestal? no Is the relevant thing to do with the pedestal itself? yes or with a view behind it? no (For example, there could be a tall statue behind it, and from in front of the pedestal it looks like your head is near the statue's even though they are far apart) no | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1803 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the pedestal the kind that normally holds an honored statue of a famous person? But they've left it open? And somehow by standing on the pedestal you're supposed to feel like an honored person? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1035 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the pedestal the kind that normally holds an honored statue of a famous person? But they've left it open? And somehow by standing on the pedestal you're supposed to feel like an honored person? yes to all | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1805 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was it intentionally left open? Or was it just never completed? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1036 Registered: 8-2006 |
Was it intentionally left open? yes Or was it just never completed? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1458 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it left open for this specific purpose (so others could stand on it)? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1037 Registered: 8-2006 |
Was it left open for this specific purpose (so others could stand on it)? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1509 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the intent to make one feel immortalized (like a statue of someone)? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1806 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was it a statement about the value of ordinary people? Is it in what was East Germany? Was the pedestal part of the communist message? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1038 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the intent to make one feel immortalized (like a statue of someone)? yes Was it a statement about the value of ordinary people? yesish Is it in what was East Germany? no but irr Was the pedestal part of the communist message? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1581 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the pedestal labelled? If so, does it give a name? A description of a person? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1039 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the pedestal labelled? yes If so, does it give a name? no A description of a person? yesish | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1631 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it say "This is a great man" or something similar? "Remember this man"? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1040 Registered: 8-2006 |
Does it say "This is a great man" or something similar? "Remember this man"? something similar but simpler | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1655 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the writing on the pedestal related to Germany in any way? Or would it work in other countries as well? Maybe "a fighter"? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1042 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the writing on the pedestal related to Germany in any way? no Or would it work in other countries as well? yes but in some languages it may not fit as well as in German Maybe "a fighter"? no, still simpler | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1678 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is there only one word written on the pedestal? "Great"? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1044 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is there only one word written on the pedestal? yes "Great"? no, fewer letters | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1695 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Man"? "Good"? "I"? Is the word in English? Is it one letter? 2? 3? 4? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1696 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Me"? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 1045 Registered: 8-2006 |
----------------SPOILER---------------- "Me"? yes The exact German word is "ICH" which is "I" or "Me" in English. Photo of the pedestral It was created by an artist named Hans Traxler. The concept is that every human is unique. So everyone who likes can stand on the pedestal and get for taking photos. Thanks to all for playing! |
