| Author | Message | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 706 Registered: 9-2009 |
I named one of my cats after a famous political person. But I failed somehow. Please explain. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6791 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you get the name correct? Did you name the cat using a nickname? But you got the nickname wrong? Or were the characteristics of the cat and the politician totally different? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2181 Registered: 3-2006 |
Not Mao? (I had him in one of my puzzles some time ago.) Were you a young child? And couldn't quite pronounce the name? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4012 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did you have a scrund about the name? The politician? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 707 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you get the name correct I did Did you name the cat using a nickname? Sort of But you got the nickname wrong? Or were the characteristics of the cat and the politician totally different? Possibly, but irrelevant Not Mao? (I had him in one of my puzzles some time ago.) Not Mao, no Were you a young child? A 23 year child And couldn't quite pronounce the name? No | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 708 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you have a scrund about the name? The politician? No to both | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2189 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did you name your cat Winston and then try to apply for a US visa in your cat's name? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 1072 Registered: 5-2007 |
This politician: was he [insert LTPF List of Nationalities]? And did he live in the [insert LTPF List of Centuries]? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 113 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you name him Dewey? As in Dewey Beats Truman? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 712 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you name your cat Winston I tried, but I realized that I failed somehow and then try to apply for a US visa in your cat's name? Haha, not this This politician: was he [insert LTPF List of Nationalities]? And did he live in the [insert LTPF List of Centuries]? No need: The name has been found out: Winston -- presumably we can assume Sir Winston Churchill Did you name him Dewey? As in Dewey Beats Truman? So no Remaining: why I failed somehow (less important) and why would I try to name my cat Winston in the first place | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3510 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you name him Winston because of something he (the cat): looked like? Did? His background? Any characteristic of Sir Winston Churchill relevant? Were you unsuccessful in naming the cat Winston? Did everybody end up calling the cat something else? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 714 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you name him Winston because of something he (the cat) FA: looked like? No Did? His background? Yope. Or yes, for svv of 'background' Any characteristic of Sir Winston Churchill relevant? None whatsoever Were you unsuccessful in naming the cat Winston? Yes Did everybody end up calling the cat something else? Yes | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 160 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did they call him Winnie? And so they thought he was a she? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 715 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did they call him Winnie? Yes! And so they thought he was a she? Well, she actually is a she... So it is I that failed to see this at the beginning and tried to name the cat Winston, but after I realized my mistake I reverted back to Winnie The failure has been cleared out. Remaining: why would I try to name my cat Winston in the first place. Her background is yopishly relevant -- or it is relevant for svv of 'background' and no characteristics of Sir Winston Churchill are relevant | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7072 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the cat an English breed? From England? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 716 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the cat an English breed? From England? No to both | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2199 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was Winston the arch-enemy of a Kitler? http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/ | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7075 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the cat already named Winnie when you got her? And you liked the sound of "Winston" better? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 720 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was Winston the arch-enemy of a Kitler? Haha, no. No 'Sieg Miaow!' heard around Was the cat already named Winnie when you got her? No! And you liked the sound of "Winston" better? So no The explanation is rather simple -- and silly --- but more ground work is necessary | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7091 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the cat have a name already when you got her? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3517 Registered: 9-2009 |
Any other cats relevant? Or pets? Or animals? Or names? Is the letter W relevant? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 722 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did the cat have a name already when you got her? No Any other cats relevant? Or pets? Or animals? Or names? Is the letter W relevant? Not these, but... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7094 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did someone else suggest the name "Winston"? Had you been planning on getting a cat for a while? And planning to name it "Winston"? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 724 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did someone else suggest the name "Winston"? My wife did, but that is not relevant Had you been planning on getting a cat for a while? Not at all And planning to name it "Winston"? So no | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2201 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was she a stray cat? Did you find her in a particular place? In a particular way? Would the puzzle work if you'd called her Monty? De Gaulle? (This last would be a hilarious name for a cat.) Did you find her up a tree? Was she fighting mice on the beaches? Did she refuse to surrender? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 726 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was she a stray cat? Yesish or Yope Did you find her in a particular place? This In a particular way? And more importantly this Would the puzzle work if you'd called her Monty? No De Gaulle? No, no other name would've have worked(This last would be a hilarious name for a cat.) My other cat is called Pufus, short for Marcus Ulpius Pufus, so De Gaulle is reasonable Did you find her up a tree? No Was she fighting mice on the beaches? Not then and never thereafter Did she refuse to surrender? She was not chased in any way | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 164 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was she German? Used to belong to a Nazi? Did you find her on a hill near a church? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2204 Registered: 3-2006 |
Hmmm ... did you find him in a WC? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2205 Registered: 3-2006 |
I mean "her" ... sorry, Winnie | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 727 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was she German? Used to belong to a Nazi? Did you find her on a hill near a church? No to all, but interesting connections Hmmm ... did you find him in a WC? No, but very good thinking I mean "her" ... sorry, Winnie Winnie forgives easily but never forgets | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7098 Registered: 4-2010 |
Had Winnie been injured when you got her? Hit by a car? Abused by former owners? Mauled by an animal? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 738 Registered: 9-2009 |
Had Winnie been injured when you got her? Yope Hit by a car? Not hit, but a car is involved Abused by former owners? Yes Mauled by an animal? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 891 Registered: 9-2010 |
Thrown from a car into traffic?! :-( *hopes not* (I've heard of at least one instance of that, though I think it was a dog...he survived...thank God) | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2208 Registered: 3-2006 |
Had she been left inside a car, rather like one of those nodding dogs from the Churchill insurance adverts? (I doubt it, as I don't think that Churchill Insurance exists outside the UK, but hey.) Did she demonstrate the spirit of the blitz? Some sort of Churchillian resilience? Did her cruel ex-owners make her inhale cigar fumes? Or perhaps car fumes, so that she coughed like a chain-smoking former PM? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 739 Registered: 9-2009 |
Thrown from a car into traffic?! Exactly this! My wife rescued her. This and some other unrelated thing -- which is yet to be discovered -- prompted the name :-( *hopes not* (I've heard of at least one instance of that, though I think it was a dog...he survived...thank God) Had she been left inside a car, rather like one of those nodding dogs from the Churchill insurance adverts? (I doubt it, as I don't think that Churchill Insurance exists outside the UK, but hey.) Did she demonstrate the spirit of the blitz? Some sort of Churchillian resilience? Did her cruel ex-owners make her inhale cigar fumes? No, but smoking is relevant to the other yet-to-be-discovered thing. The rest are a no Or perhaps car fumes, so that she coughed like a chain-smoking former PM? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7108 Registered: 4-2010 |
When your wife rescued her, was she injured? Had she been set on fire in the past? Burned? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 742 Registered: 9-2009 |
When your wife rescued her, was she injured? Only frightened Had she been set on fire in the past? Burned? No to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7113 Registered: 4-2010 |
Smoking relevant - smoking as in smoking cigarettes? Cigars? Marijuana? Crack? Another illegal drug? Relevant who the smoker was? Former owners? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 743 Registered: 9-2009 |
Smoking relevant - smoking as in smoking cigarettes? This one Cigars? Marijuana? Crack? Another illegal drug? Relevant who the smoker was? No Former owners? Owners of what? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7116 Registered: 4-2010 |
I meant 'were the former owners of the cat the smokers?', but I don't think that's relevant now.... Did the cat try to smoke a cigarette? Try to eat one? That was already lit? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 745 Registered: 9-2009 |
I meant 'were the former owners of the cat the smokers?', but I don't think that's relevant now.... I see now. I have no idea who those were Did the cat try to smoke a cigarette? Try to eat one? That was already lit? No to all. The cat is linked to the 'smoking' part in the more lateral way | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2209 Registered: 3-2006 |
Churchill is a brand of cigarettes. Is this relevant? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 747 Registered: 9-2009 |
Churchill is a brand of cigarettes. Is this relevant? No, but VERY OTRT. This is the only way forward | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7121 Registered: 4-2010 |
Isn't there also a brand called Winston? Or am I mistaken? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 748 Registered: 9-2009 |
Isn't there also a brand called Winston? Yes it is! Or am I mistaken? So no... Last piece: what was the connection between the Winston brand of cigarettes and the way I found my cat, so that it determined me to try to name her Winston -- latter changed to Winnie? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 898 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the cat found around cigarettes? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 749 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the cat found around cigarettes? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7132 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the cat found near fire? In fire? In a pile of cigarette butts? Or cigarette boxes? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 763 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the cat found near fire? In fire? In a pile of cigarette butts? Or cigarette boxes? None of these. The manner in which she was found made me think at this connection, but no cigarettes where present at the scene | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7146 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is she smoke-colored? Cigarette-colored? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 766 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is she smoke-colored? Cigarette-colored? No, nothing related to how the cat looks is relevant. Just the story of her 'rescue', which you already know | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7154 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was she huddled near a car's tailpipe? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 193 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the driver smoking while holding the cat, and accidentally chucked the cat instead of the cigarette? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 768 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was she huddled near a car's tailpipe? Was the driver smoking while holding the cat, and accidentally chucked the cat instead of the cigarette? No to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7175 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are any actual, physical cigarettes related to the story? Were you smoking at the time of the rescue? Was your wife? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 773 Registered: 9-2009 |
Are any actual, physical cigarettes related to the story? Not cigarettes, but... Were you smoking at the time of the rescue? Was your wife? None of us | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7185 Registered: 4-2010 |
Anything with the word "Winston" written on it? Maybe cigarette papers? Or an empty box? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 775 Registered: 9-2009 |
Anything with the word "Winston" written on it? Maybe cigarette papers? Or an empty box? This! More than one, actually. One small step left | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7196 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was she in a pile of boxes? Next to several boxes? Had she eaten several boxes? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 776 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was she in a pile of boxes? Next to several boxes? Had she eaten several boxes? No to all. She was thrown in the middle of the street, out of a moving car | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7207 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was a cigarette box also thrown from the car? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 778 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was a cigarette box also thrown from the car? Not from the car and there were more than one, but OTRT and very close now | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7219 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were cigarette boxes thrown at you? At your wife? At the cat? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 786 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were cigarette boxes thrown at you? At your wife? At the cat? No to all, but I think we're close enough, so here comes the ******* SPOILER ******* Nine years ago, it seemed that Winston cigarettes were very popular around here. As such, we (my wife and me) were constantly observing empty packets thrown up in the street. When a cat was thrown from a moving car -- like an empty pack of cigarettes -- and subsequently rescued and adopted by my wife, we held a two hour phone conference to give the animal a name. We finally agreed that the name should be Winston. A few weeks later, observing 'strange' behaviour on the part of our new cat and upon closer inspection we changed her name to Winnie. Since 2001 she is a close family member. Thanks to all who participated, especially to Woodworm and Balin for sticking with it to the end. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7237 Registered: 4-2010 |
I enjoyed this one - yay for cats and puzzles about them! |
