| Author | Message | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 43 Registered: 11-2011 |
They must have thought I was crazy. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15885 Registered: 4-2010 |
"They": H? A? M/F? "I" = you, Andy? Was this because of something you did? Said? Something they thought you did? Said? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 49 Registered: 11-2011 |
"They": H? yes A? yes M/F? both "I" = you, Andy? yes Was this because of something you did? yes Said?no Something they thought you did? noish Said? no | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5061 Registered: 9-2010 |
"They" = people you know personally? Friends? Family? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 51 Registered: 11-2011 |
"They" = people you know personally? no Friends? Family? | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 45 Registered: 11-2011 |
Would anyone you know do it as well? Was this a planned thing? Or did a set of circumstances fall into place that left you with no other choice but to do it? Did you gain something by doing it? Lose something by doing it? Did doing it affect anyone else? If so was it: Your family? Your friends? Your neighbors? Your co-workers? Did it involve rule breaking? Did the outcome of what you did produce a good result, an expected result, a bad result? Did you sell or trade something of greater value for something of lesser value? Was your motive for doing it for monetary gain? Did you even have a motive? If so was it for prestige? Notoriety? to secure a different position in your company? Did you give something away? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2011 |
Would anyone you know do it as well? yope Was this a planned thing? no Or did a set of circumstances fall into place that left you with no other choice but to do it? yesish Did you gain something by doing it? no Lose something by doing it? no Did doing it affect anyone else? no, FA If so was it: Your family? Your friends? Your neighbors? Your co-workers? Did it involve rule breaking? no Did the outcome of what you did produce a good result, an expected result, a bad result? yope - FA Did you sell or trade something of greater value for something of lesser value? no Was your motive for doing it for monetary gain? no Did you even have a motive? FA If so was it for prestige? Notoriety? to secure a different position in your company? Did you give something away? no I found these difficult to answer. I suggest finding out what it was that I did first. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15892 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you planning on doing the something? Did you do it spur-of-the-moment? Did you do it completely? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 57 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you planning on doing the something? no Did you do it spur-of-the-moment? yesish, but FA Did you do it completely? yes | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 51 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was it some lunacy like going over Niagra falls in a barrel? Anything that dramatic? Did you compete in something? Did you get into something? Get on something? Did you wear something? Did you digest something? Climb on tp of something. Was it a physical action? (and yes, I have found that questons are not so easy to answer when it comes to these puzzles; I empathize with you). | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 60 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was it some lunacy like going over Niagra falls in a barrel? Anything that dramatic? no Did you compete in something? no Did you get into something? no Get on something? no Did you wear something? no Did you digest something? not literally Climb on tp of something. no Was it a physical action? yes | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did you study something? memorize something? So it was a brain thing? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 61 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did you study something? loosely speaking, 'studying' something caused me to do this memorize something? no So it was a brain thing? i'm not sure exactly what you mean but i guess so... | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 55 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did studying this thing give you new insight? Or cause you to change your profession? Did it cause a "eureka" moment, an enlightenment of sorts? Do I need to work out what you were studying? If so was it anything on: magic? science related? any of the academics such as language, english, history, math, geography? health related? was it to be an improvement? Or just an accomplishment? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 65 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did studying this thing give you new insight? very loosely, i fear i'm leading you down the wrong track here. Or cause you to change your profession? absolutely nothing like this Did it cause a "eureka" moment, an enlightenment of sorts? no Do I need to work out what you were studying? yes, this is very relevant to the puzzle - but don't think of it as studying, more as... If so was it anything on: magic? science related? any of the academics such as language, english, history, math, geography? health related? none of these was it to be an improvement? no, FA Or just an accomplishment? no, FA | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 57 Registered: 11-2011 |
Ok, not studying, just reading then? Was it something you intentionally wanted to read, or stumbled across? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 66 Registered: 11-2011 |
Ok, not studying, just reading then? yes i read something, and this led me to do something Was it something you intentionally wanted to read this, or stumbled across? | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 59 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was what you read a book? A fictional book, a story book? If so, did this reading make you wanna go for the gold? Meaning throw caution to wind and just go for it no matter what it cost you AND your family? Btw, are you married? Have kids? Or does that not matter in this puzzle? Does family matter, here? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 67 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was what you read a book? no A fictional book, a story book? If so, did this reading make you wanna go for the gold? Meaning throw caution to wind and just go for it no matter what it cost you AND your family? no, nothing like this Btw, are you married? i am Have kids? 3 boys Or does that not matter in this puzzle? the kids are irrelevant to the puzzle, the fact i'm married is a relevant fact Does family matter, here? see last answer | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 61 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was what you read an article? In a newspaper? A magazine? On a wall? Did what you do involve the kids as well? If so, did you take them somewhere? And was what you did done FOR the kids, or for you? | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 62 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was what you read an article? In a newspaper? A magazine? On a wall? Did what you do involve the kids as well? If so, did you take them somewhere? And was it done FOR the kids, or for you? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 71 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was what you read an article? no In a newspaper? A magazine? On a wall? Did what you do involve the kids as well? no If so, did you take them somewhere? And was it done FOR the kids, or for you? neither, FA - what i did wasn't FOR anyone | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15895 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it relevant exactly what you were reading? Why? Where? When? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 72 Registered: 11-2011 |
Is it relevant exactly what you were reading? yes Why? yes Where?yes When? not this one really | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15898 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you reading a book? Something online? were you reading it because it had been recommended to you? By your wife? Were you indoors? Outdoors? In a public place? A private home? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 75 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you reading a book? no Something online? no were you reading it because it had been recommended to you? no By your wife? Were you indoors? yes Outdoors? In a public place? yes A private home? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15900 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you in a bookstore? Library? Were you reading an advertisement? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you in a bookstore? Library? Were you reading an advertisement? all no | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 66 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you reading words? Patterns? A crystal ball? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 81 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you reading words? this Patterns? A crystal ball? | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 67 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you reading a holy book? Or a scroll? Were you in a holy place? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 502 Registered: 7-2011 |
From the sublime to the ridiculous - Were you reading something on a package, e.g. a box of cereal? Reading a menu? Maybe checking calories? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 83 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you reading a holy book? Or a scroll? Were you in a holy place? From the sublime to the ridiculous - Were you reading something an package, e.g. a box of cereal? Reading a menu? Maybe checking calories? no to all | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1819 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you read a sign? Something like "Smoking forbidden" and you had the urge to light a cigarette? You said the fact that you are married is relevant -- was your wife present? Did she think also that you're kind of crazy in doing that? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4568 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were you reading aloud? Were you tilting your head to read something that was also tilted? Or did you contort your body in some other way? Or screw up your eyes? Read from a reflection? Read backwards? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 84 Registered: 11-2011 |
sorry, this is from my phone on lunchbreak and i can't see how i can easily copy the original text. No to everything in Rbruma and Galfisk's questions with the exception below. Did she think also that you're kind of crazy in doing that? no, FA - at least not in the same way 'they' must have thought! | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 70 Registered: 11-2011 |
naturally when you run out of ideas you shoot for the ridiculous. That said, were you reading the Tarot? Sky writing, morse code? This "reading", is it reading in the traditional sense such as normal words on a page? And is it something anyone would read or would want to read? And is this reading material easily accessible to any one. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 85 Registered: 11-2011 |
naturally when you run out of ideas you shoot for the ridiculous. That said, were you reading the Tarot? Sky writing, morse code? nothing like these This "reading", is it reading in the traditional sense such as normal words yes on a page? yesish And is it something anyone would read or want to read? no And is this reading material easily accessible to any one. no | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 73 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were these words written on a rock, on a wooden chest, carved in the wall, on a coin? Is it more of an inscription or an article type thing? Is written on metal? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 87 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were these words written on a rock, on a wooden chest, carved in the wall, on a coin? Is it more of an inscription or an article type thing? Is written on metal? none of these. In the interests of not dragging it on unnecessarily, the words were on paper, though whether you would call it a page or not could be debated - the yesish to 'on a page?' was to avoid anyone making an FA, not intentionally to cause one : ) | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 75 Registered: 11-2011 |
Andy, you missed Galfisk's questions. Here they are: Were you reading aloud? Were you tilting your head to read something that was also tilted? Or did you contort your body in some other way? Or screw up your eyes? Read from a reflection? Read backwards? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 100 Registered: 11-2011 |
it was covered in the 'no to all' comment from yesterday RECAP They must have thought I was crazy. They (human adults - both males and females) must have thought I (Andy) was crazy when I did something I wasn't planned on doing. What I did was a result of reading some words on paper, although whether you could call it a page can be debated. They weren't people I knew personally, and it's relevant why and where i was reading the words - established as an indoor place that isn't private. It's also a relevant fact that I'm married. There are other bits and pieces discovered but mostly 'what it's not' and nothing I've deemed significant enough to include in a recap. To complete the first stage of the puzzle, work out what it was I was reading, where I was, and what I did. : ) | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1825 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were you inside a government building? Inside a railroad station? A hospital? A school? A church? Was the piece of paper affixed to a wall? a door? on the floor? Was it of standard A4 / letter dimensions? smaller? bigger? If you weren't married, would you have behaved differently? Was whatever was written there intended for everyone to read? Was it a warning? An information passed by the owners of the building? You said your wife wasn't present. Is that relevant? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 103 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you inside a government building? Inside a railroad station? A hospital? A school? A church? none of these. i fear i may have misled on the public vs private question. for clarity, it was in a privately owned building that is open to the public - not a public building per se Was the piece of paper affixed to a wall? a door? on the floor? Was it of standard A4 / letter dimensions? all no smaller? yes bigger? If you weren't married, would you have behaved differently? yope, FA Was whatever was written there intended for everyone to read? Was it a warning? An information passed by the owners of the building? no to all of these You said your wife wasn't present. Is that relevant? she wasn't present, and it is relevant | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1828 Registered: 9-2009 |
privately owned building but open to the public: a museum? the royal palace? the entrance into a company? do you need to buy a ticket to enter there? do you go there regularly or was it a one-time occasion? If the paper was not intended to be read by the general public, was it intended for the employees only? For one specific person? Did you do the "crazy" act in order to read the paper? Or you reacted after you read that? Was the paper handwritten? printed? Was it a post-it on someone's desk? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1829 Registered: 9-2009 |
Just to rule this out -- a brothel? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 104 Registered: 11-2011 |
privately owned building but open to the public: a museum? the royal palace? the entrance into a company? do you need to buy a ticket to enter there? no to all do you go there regularly or was it a one-time occasion? not regularly but this wasn't the first time i had been there If the paper was not intended to be read by the general public, was it intended for the employees only? no For one specific person? yes Did you do the "crazy" act in order to read the paper? no Or you reacted after you read that?this Was the paper handwritten? yes printed? no Was it a post-it on someone's desk? no Just to rule this out -- a brothel? amusing,but no | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1830 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were you in a shop? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 105 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you in a shop? yes : ) | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1831 Registered: 9-2009 |
The handwritten paper -- was it a shopping list? Was it written for you? For someone else? Did your wife write it? Relevant who wrote it anyway? I know my wife gives me written instructions all the time :-) | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 79 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you in a pawn shop, or a porn shop? LOL! Auction house? In a shop that sells women's garments? Jewelers? Drug store? Was it even a trade store where folks buy stuff? Was it an indoor flea market? A gallery? Did your wife know that you were there? Was whatever you read written to YOU? Did the writing come from someone who worked in the building other than the owner? Was the writing an invitation? A list of things? Was it a bill? Did the writing reference someone else? Was it from someone you knew? This building, is it theme orientated? Like say a hardware store only has hardware, or does it have many departments? When someone goes into this shop, do they typically carry something out that they did not come in with? Has it anything to do with children? Was YOUR reaction to what you read one of desire, amazement, anger, shock? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 108 Registered: 11-2011 |
The handwritten paper -- was it a shopping list? yes! Was it written for you? yes For someone else? no Did your wife write it? yes Relevant who wrote it anyway? yes Were you in a pawn shop, or a porn shop? LOL! Auction house? In a shop that sells women's garments? Jewelers? Drug store? Was it even a trade store where folks buy stuff? Was it an indoor flea market? A gallery? none of these specifically, it was a supermarket - although this is only slightly relevant Did your wife know that you were there? yes Was whatever you read written to YOU? yes Did the writing come from someone who worked in the building other than the owner? no Was the writing an invitation? A list of things? yes, see above - it was a shopping list Was it a bill? Did the writing reference someone else? no Was it from someone you knew? yes, my wife This building, is it theme orientated? Like say a hardware store only has hardware, or does it have many departments? this, as above, it was a supermarket When someone goes into this shop, do they typically carry something out that they did not come in with? groceries Has it anything to do with children? \b {no} Was YOUR reaction to what you read one of desire, amazement, anger, shock? none of these really so we're nearly there for the first part of the puzzle. I was in a supermarket, I read a shopping list and I did something. | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 83 Registered: 11-2011 |
You remembered to buy milk and bread! | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 84 Registered: 11-2011 |
Were you in the produce dept? Cold cuts? Meats. Did you pick up sundries? Cosmetics, Pampers, females items like women use on a monthly basis? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 120 Registered: 11-2011 |
i was in the fruit and veg area, but that's irrelevant. I might have bought all of those things, but none of these are relevant to the puzzle | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1127 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did the thing you had done require an item? If yes, was the item in your possession? Someone else's possession? Shop's possession? Was it something people usually use for shopping? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 516 Registered: 7-2011 |
Wild lateral thought: Are cell phones relevant? could you have been "reading" the prices, etc, with your smart phone and sending them to your spouse or significant other? I sometimes wonder how people managed to shop before the invention of cell phones! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2345 Registered: 2-2011 |
did something on the list sound like an instruction? so you did the thing? was your reaction amusement? disbelief? puzzlement? wonder? is a pun involved? a double meaning? | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 91 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did you go to the wrong store by mistake? Had you made a mistake or misjudgement of some kind? Did you pick up anything from the store you were in? Could you have picked up anything that was on the list from the store you were in? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 126 Registered: 11-2011 |
wow, loads of questions. all 'no' unless otherwise specified : ) Did the thing you had done require an item? If yes, was the item in your possession? Someone else's possession? Shop's possession? Was it something people usually use for shopping? Are cell phones relevant? could you have been "reading" the prices, etc, with your smart phone and sending them to your spouse or significant other? did something on the list sound like an instruction? so you did the thing? was your reaction amusement? YES, but more than this, i laughed out loud uncontrollably for a significant length of time. The other shoppers in the immediate vicinity must have thought I was crazy disbelief? a touch of this puzzlement? wonder? is a pun involved? a double meaning? Did you go to the wrong store by mistake? Had you made a mistake or misjudgement of some kind? a very slight misjudgement is relevant Did you pick up anything from the store you were in? Could you have picked up anything that was on the list from the store you were in? yes so there is the puzzle. A man goes into a supermarket, reads a shopping list and bursts out laughing uncontrollably. What happened? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 520 Registered: 7-2011 |
Had the person who wrote the list (I assume it was not you) used an abbreviation that made it seem as if something else was intended/ required? double meaning? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 127 Registered: 11-2011 |
Had the person who wrote the list (I assume it was not you correct assumption) used an abbreviation that made it seem as if something else was intended/ required? no double meaning? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4597 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the shopping list itself funny`? Is something else in the store funny? Is the hopping list in conjunction with something else funny? Did you go into the wrong store? Or bring the wrong shopping list? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 128 Registered: 11-2011 |
Is the shopping list itself funny`? yes Is something else in the store funny? no Is the hopping list in conjunction with something else funny? yope Did you go into the wrong store? no Or bring the wrong shopping list? no | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2344 Registered: 12-2010 |
The shopping list was written by your wife, correct? Was there anything else written on the shopping list (except for the products she wanted you to buy)? Was something drawn on the shopping list? Did she write it in verse? Buy some apples, milk and bread and some shampoo for my head. Please pick up a pound of cherries and a pint of Ben & Jerry's. Don't forget to buy some wine, and a Little Tree, scented "pine". Brace yourself, here comes the rest: Please get me a pregnancy test! | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 130 Registered: 11-2011 |
The shopping list was written by your wife, correct? yes Was there anything else written on the shopping list (except for the products she wanted you to buy)? yes with a small ish Was something drawn on the shopping list? no Did she write it in verse? no : ) haha good questions | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 522 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was there something already written (printed?} on the paper she used for the list? was it a receipt from a store? (I use them for grocery lists more than I want to admit!) | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 132 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was there something already written (printed?) on the paper she used for the list? was it a receipt from a store? no to all sorry | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15934 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you misread something on the list? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 134 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did you misread something on the list? no | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1141 Registered: 1-2011 |
Was the order of the products on the list somehow funny? Were quantities of the products funny? Was there any comment added by your wife? Did your wife write the funny thing on purpose? Did anybody else besides your wife write something on the list? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 138 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was the order of the products on the list somehow funny? no Were quantities of the products funny? no Was there any comment added by your wife? noish Did your wife write the funny thing on purpose? in the spirit of the question, yes, but i strongly suspect there's an FA Did anyone else besides your wife write something on the list? no hint : the FA above is important to resolve as that is what ultimately makes it a lateral thinking puzzle in my honest opinion. otherwise it's just 'my wife once wrote something funny on a shopping list and when i saw it i burst out laughing. guess what it was she wrote.' : ) | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1145 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did your wife also consider this thing funny? Did she mean it to be funny? If you had read the shopping list at home, would you still have burst out laughing? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2369 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it the justaposition of two or more items which was funny? was it something which related to another aspect of your life? Like she asked you to get ribs and she's home with cracked ribs? was it funny because of your circumstances at the time? like where you were in the store? or what you were standing next to? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 139 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did your wife also consider this thing funny? yope, it would be useful to clarify what thing you mean, you may have an FA Did she mean it to be funny? yes If you had read the shopping list at home, would you still have burst out laughing? yesish Was it the justaposition of two ore more items which was funny? it would be really useful if you could rephrase this for me. there may be something slightly relevant to the puzzle and OTRT in what you're asking. Was it something which related to another aspect of your life? noish Like she asked you to get ribs and she's home with cracked ribs? nothing like this Was it funny because of your circumstances at the time? only that i was in the supermarket. at least in how i think you meant it, if you knew the full circumstances you'd have the answer to the puzzle. hope that makes some kind of sense. explore like where you were in the store? no Or what you were standing next to? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2371 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it the description of one item? the words she used? that particular choice of words? or was it the combination of two or more items? did the items read a certain way mean something else? was the list in alphabetical order? in any particular order? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 561 Registered: 8-2011 |
Were there any items on the shopping list that you don't normally have on the shopping list? Did she give a funny reason for wanting an ordinary item? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 141 Registered: 11-2011 |
was it the description of one item? no the words she used? yope that particular choice of words? yope or was it the combination of two or more items? no did the items read a certain way mean something else? no was the list in alphabetical order? no in any particular order? no Were there any items on the shopping list that you don't normally have on the shopping list? yes Did she give a funny reason for wanting an ordinary item? no, FA | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2379 Registered: 2-2011 |
were any of the items things you would not expect to find on a shopping list? was it her use of adjectives? quantities? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 142 Registered: 11-2011 |
were any of the items things you would not expect to find on a shopping list? YES, great question was it her use of adjectives? yope but irrelevant quantities? no great leap shez - to solve the puzzle, find out a little bit more about what was on the shopping list that you wouldn't normally expect to find on there, and why I found it so funny. There may still be an FA in there to iron out before you get to the answer. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2353 Registered: 12-2010 |
Was there one unusual item? more than one? Did she actually want you to buy the item(s)? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 149 Registered: 11-2011 |
Was there one unusual item? more than one? this Did she actually want you to buy the item(s)? no - good question | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15947 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she just want to make sure you read the list? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 151 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did she just want to make sure you read the list? no, but a good thought | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2383 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she ask you to get an end to famine and world peace? or something more concrete like a new house or car? or help around the house? more hours in the day? an ideal husband? a dance partner? a new body? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 152 Registered: 11-2011 |
did she ask you to get an end to famine and world peace? nothing like this or something more concrete like a new house or car? more of this nature or help around the house? more hours in the day? not like these so much an ideal husband? a dance partner? a new body? more along the lines of the last one to prevent a guessing game - i just want a broad description of the kind of things she had written on there - then i'll reveal more specifics, and you can complete the puzzle by telling me why it was funny. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2389 Registered: 2-2011 |
it's hard to say without casting aspersions on your wife - I'm sure she's a lovely looking woman facelift? boob job? lipo? were you at the body shop? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 153 Registered: 11-2011 |
facelift? boob job? lipo? nothing like these were you at the body shop? no don't need to be that specific really, just a broad description/categorisation of the type of items that were on there will do | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 100 Registered: 11-2011 |
did she write: grow more hair? lose weight? take out the garbage? get me a new car? | ||
| Chek101 (Chek101)
New member Username: Chek101 Post Number: 101 Registered: 11-2011 |
... or did she write down something like: new refrigerator new couch rug? new car? Anything like that? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 154 Registered: 11-2011 |
did she write: grow more hair? lose weight? take out the garbage? get me a new car? ... or did she write down something like: new refrigerator new couch rug? new car? Anything like that? more like the second bunch in written style - but not really like any of these. There's still an FA I think. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1154 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did she write she wanted a thing? If yes, was it a tangible item? an idea? an emotion? Did she write she wanted you to do someting? Like come back home early? Did she write she wanted to be ...(adjective)? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 155 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did she write she wanted a thing? yes, multiple things If yes, was it a tangible item? this an idea? no an emotion? no Did she write she wanted you to do someting? only in the sense that she wrote things on a shopping list - i.e. buy these things Like come back home early? no Did she write she wanted to be ...(adjective)? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4626 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it at all possible to buy the funny listed items? Or make them? Or give them to her? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 156 Registered: 11-2011 |
Is it at all possible to buy the funny listed items?NO! Or make them? Or give them to her? so that's what I was holding out for! great question. she listed some things that I couldn't possibly buy. they were silly things, some quite rude even. you might say that they were funny in themselves, but what in particular did I find so hilarious? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 571 Registered: 8-2011 |
People? Body parts? Places (example: Buy Scotland, while you're out)? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1166 Registered: 1-2011 |
Experiences? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 161 Registered: 11-2011 |
People? Body parts? Places (example: Buy Scotland, while you're out)? yes, these kinds of things Experiences? no The exact things on the list are unimportant to solving the puzzle. You just need to tell me why I found the nonsensical items so funny. ****RECAP**** I arrived at the supermarket to do the grocery shopping armed with a shopping list written by and given to me by my wife. After a couple of minutes I noticed that the list contained numerous items that I couldn't possibly buy (nonsensical items, some rude -the exact items aren't important to solving the puzzle). I laughed out loud for a significant period of time, which must have made it look like I was a complete nutjob to any other shoppers in the immediate vicinity. What was going on here? What was so funny? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4642 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you imagine these items being in the store? Or imagine a store where they were sold? Imagine people buying them? Imagine some other funny situation? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 162 Registered: 11-2011 |
Did you imagine these items being in the store? no Or imagine a store where they were sold? no Imagine people buying them? no Imagine some other funny situation? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2428 Registered: 2-2011 |
was the list funny because you'd done the exact same thing to her? was it because she wasn't expecting you to consult the list? | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 163 Registered: 11-2011 |
was the list funny because you'd done the exact same thing to her? YES! many times - here comes the spoiler... **************SPOILER*************** This is a true story from a couple of years ago. Over a period of many months I'd really amused myself by putting on my best Mrs H handwriting and disguising nonsense in the middle of the shopping lists she kept on show on the kitchen side. She thought it was pretty funny the first time, but over time became rather annoyed with me doing it - especially as a couple of times it turned out she'd been with her mum. Consequently she put an end to my fun when she stopped leaving them on show. A few months down the line I was sent on a very rare solo monthly shopping trip, list in hand. I was in the fruit and veg section when I noticed she'd got me back good and proper! Thanks everyone for playing and sticking with it : ) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15987 Registered: 4-2010 |
Nice one! Another classic case of us over thinking the answer. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 581 Registered: 8-2011 |
That is too funny. I want to do that to my husband now! He's a good sport, though, and I think he'll get a good laugh. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2429 Registered: 2-2011 |
great puzzle! you would think we'd have learned by now not to overthink it |
