| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16652 Registered: 4-2010 |
A man boasted and successfully avoided monetary loss. How? Man = H/A/M FSEI | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3992 Registered: 1-2007 |
Title relevant? Drinking? Did the man boast about his ability to do something? his finanacial situation? success with women? some great sporting achievement? I'll stop there in case I create an LTPF list of what men boast about. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2913 Registered: 2-2011 |
well I think you've missed out an important one did he boast about any physical attribute? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16654 Registered: 4-2010 |
Title relevant? Laterally. You can solve it without the title Drinking? No Did the man boast about his ability to do something? Noish/Yope his finanacial situation? Yope. No to rest success with women? some great sporting achievement? I'll stop there in case I create an LTPF list of what men boast about. I'm a bit surprised that list doesn't already exist. well I think you've missed out an important one did he boast about any physical attribute? No | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 20 Registered: 2-2012 |
Did the man boast about one or more of his possessions? If so, a television? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16657 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the man boast about one or more of his possessions? Yes If so, a television? No | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 847 Registered: 8-2011 |
Drugs relevant? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 345 Registered: 1-2012 |
Was the possession electronic? Would it normally be kept in the: Living room? Dining room? Study? Bedroom? Bathroom? Home theatre? Other? Did he actually have the possession? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 346 Registered: 1-2012 |
Sorry if this is a double post... Did the man actually own the possession? Or was he faking it? Was it electronic? Or no? Physical? Mental? Would it be kept in a: Living room? Dining room? Study? Bathroom? Bedroom? Home theatre? Other? Was the possession smaller than: A kitteh? A breadbox? A backpack? A refrigerator? A small bathroom? A large bathroom? A car? A house? A street? A neighborhood? A city? A state? A country? A continent? The world? The sun? The solar system? The galaxy? The universe? That was fun! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16662 Registered: 4-2010 |
Drugs relevant? No Did the man actually own the possession? Yes Or was he faking it? Was it electronic? Or no? This Physical? This Mental? Would it be kept in a: Living room? Dining room? Study? Bathroom? Bedroom? Home theatre? Other? The story I got this from doesn't actually say, but given the time period, I'd assume in a study. Was the possession smaller than: A kitteh? A breadbox? A backpack? Between backpack and fridge A refrigerator? A small bathroom? A large bathroom? A car? A house? A street? A neighborhood? A city? A state? A country? A continent? The world? The sun? The solar system? The galaxy? The universe? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 24 Registered: 2-2012 |
Just based on the puzzle title, is it perhaps a giant bottle of Budweiser beer? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 25 Registered: 2-2012 |
Oops I see that drinking is not relevant, so I apologise for my previous question. But just for "yes" points.. Will the answer to Beachbum's last posteed question be "no"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16664 Registered: 4-2010 |
Just based on the puzzle title, is it perhaps a giant bottle of Budweiser beer? No Oops I see that drinking is not relevant, so I apologise for my previous question. But just for "yes" points.. Will the answer to Beachbum's last posteed question be "no"? It was indeed. "Yes points" -- I think that's a new term. Nice! | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 35 Registered: 2-2012 |
re "Yes Points".. there are already quite a few variants of puzzle types here.. So why not someone host one where the object is to get the most "no" answers (for example)? Although thinking about it, it would always be trivially easy to come up with a question whthin the context of a certain puzzle, that could be always answered no, for example "Space shuttle relevant?" | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16666 Registered: 4-2010 |
re "Yes Points".. there are already quite a few variants of puzzle types here.. So why not someone host one where the object is to get the most "no" answers (for example)? Interesting idea... that might make a good experimental type. Care to try it out? Although thinking about it, it would always be trivially easy to come up with a question whthin the context of a certain puzzle, that could be always answered no, for example "Space shuttle relevant?" Point taken. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3995 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is his boast based on the item's value? it's use? Does he claim to have invented it? Are we talking 20th Century here? If so insert LTPF of decades in the 20th Century. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16671 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is his boast based on the item's value? Noish it's use? Yes Does he claim to have invented it? No Are we talking 20th Century here? Yes If so insert LTPF of decades in the 20th Century. 1920s or '30s | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3996 Registered: 1-2007 |
Could the item be considered rare? antique? Just to clarify the man boasting is doing so in the 20's or 30's? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16677 Registered: 4-2010 |
Could the item be considered rare? No antique? No Just to clarify the man boasting is doing so in the 20's or 30's? Yes | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3998 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did the boasting save him from making a bad investment? buying something that he didn't need? Incurring a fine or some other penalty? Having to compensate someone? Infringing on copyright or a patent? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16680 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the boasting save him from making a bad investment? buying something that he didn't need? Incurring a fine or some other penalty? Having to compensate someone? Infringing on copyright or a patent? No to all | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2920 Registered: 2-2011 |
is the item a safe? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 849 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did his boasting the direct cause of the avoidance of the monetary loss? If so (or even if not), was he bragging about some kind of security system? A large dog, perhaps? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16682 Registered: 4-2010 |
is the item a safe? Yes! Did his boasting the direct cause of the avoidance of the monetary loss? Yes If so (or even if not), was he bragging about some kind of security system? Yes, see above A large dog, perhaps? So not this | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4000 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did someone who was going to rob him overhear his boast and then thought it wouldn't be worth it? Hey my 4000th post which has only taken me 5 years | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2922 Registered: 2-2011 |
congratulations, king of puns! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16685 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did someone who was going to rob him overhear his boast Yes and then thought it wouldn't be worth it? No Hey my 4000th post which has only taken me 5 years Congratulations Peter366! (It is a leap year, after all...) | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4001 Registered: 1-2007 |
Hey my 4000th post which has only taken me 5 years Congratulations Peter366! (It is a leap year, after all...) I never thought of that Does he boast about the safe as a decoy and actually keeps his valuables elsewhere? I'm assuming that the avoidance of monetary loss is his not being robbed. Is that right? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16688 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he boast about the safe as a decoy and actually keeps his valuables elsewhere? I'm assuming that the avoidance of monetary loss is his not being robbed. Is that right? Yes to all of this, so **********SPOILER********** This is from the Agatha Christie short story "Strange Jest." In the story, Miss Marple talks briefly about her Uncle Henry and mentions how he boasted frequently about a supposedly unbreakable safe he installed. Because of all his talking, burglars broke in one night and broke open the safe...but there was nothing in the safe in the first place; his valuables were hidden behind some books. Nice solve Peter, nice work everyone else, new puzzle below. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4005 Registered: 1-2007 |
Oh and to think my 4000th post could have been a solve . Nice work Balin |
