| Author | Message | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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A woman purchased a very common item for less than a dollar. Later it ended up costing her over $ 20,000 when a man found out she had done so. Explain. | ||
| Annelies Horckmans (Annls)
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Did she purchase something illegal? Did she had to pay a fine of 20,000? the common item: do you normally find it in the bathroom? in the kitchen? in the living room? only women buy it or do men too? did it cost her so much money because she bought it? or because of the way she used it? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Was the man her husband? Employer? Government employee? Did she break the law in buying the thing? Did her buing the thing imply that she would be, or had been, breaking the law? | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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Annis: Did she purchase something illegal? \b(No} Did she had to pay a fine of 20,000? Sort of... the common item: do you normally find it in the bathroom? in the kitchen? in the living room? None of the above only women buy it or do men too? Both did it cost her so much money because she bought it? or because of the way she used it? Both, in a sense...explore this. ABC: Was the man her husband? Employer? Neither Government employee? Yes Did she break the law in buying the thing? Strictly speaking, no. Did her buing the thing imply that she would be, or had been, breaking the law? Yes | ||
| Christopher Anderson (Cazo97)
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Did martha stewart do this also? Is it common stock? | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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Did martha stewart do this also? Not that I'm aware of. Is it common stock? No. | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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So, would be breaking the law? Had been breaking the law? Is the item something that I - living in a reasonably large city - could probably go out and legally buy in a nearby shop? | ||
| Annelies Horckmans (Annls)
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Did it involve fraude? Did she try to collect ensurance money? Did she buy matches? Did she set her place or something else on fire? | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Was the $20,000 her court expenses, relating to an arrest caused by the purchase of the item? | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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Abc: So, would be breaking the law? Yes Had been breaking the law? No Is the item something that I - living in a reasonably large city - could probably go out and legally buy in a nearby shop? Yes Annls: Did it involve fraude? Did she try to collect ensurance money? Did she buy matches? Did she set her place or something else on fire? None of the above Rabrab: Was the $20,000 her court expenses, relating to an arrest caused by the purchase of the item? No...but on the right track | ||
| Kapil Kapur (Dinkie)
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were any other items involved ? if so were these items bought or stolen ? | ||
| Kapil Kapur (Dinkie)
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was the man a judge ? | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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were any other items involved ? if so were these items bought or stolen ? No other relevant items involved was the man a judge ? Yes indeed. | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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What kind of shop would one be likely to buy it? Hardware store? Clothes shop? Technical hobby shop? Supermarket? Chemists? Flower shop? Bookstore? Shoe shop? Petrol station / garage? Auto dealer? Music shop? Video rental shop? Off-licence? Computer store? Jeweller's? Travelling agency? Bakery? Furniture shop? Office stationery shop? Am I likely to have bought this kind of thing at least once in my life? Or perhaps more than once? Do people buying this kind of thing usually come under suspicion of being criminals in spe? Is there something special about her? That you can see first time you meet her? | ||
| Annelies (Annls)
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Did she try to sell the item to a third party? Was it an eatable item? Was is something you usually carry with you? keep in your car? in your home? Is it something you actually use, or something that you place somewhere? | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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ABC: What kind of shop would one be likely to buy it? Supermarket? Bookstore? Petrol station / garage? Any of these, unlikely any of the others Am I likely to have bought this kind of thing at least once in my life? Definitely Or perhaps more than once? Yes. Do people buying this kind of thing usually come under suspicion of being criminals in spe? No. Is there something special about her? Specify, please That you can see first time you meet her? No. Nothing physical. Annls: Did she try to sell the item to a third party? No. Was it an eatable item? No. Was is something you usually carry with you? keep in your car? No in your home? Yes, I suppose. Is it something you actually use, or something that you place somewhere? It is used, in a sense | ||
| Mosquito (Mosquito)
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did she buy a newspaper? magazine? map? other printed matter? | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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did she buy a newspaper? magazine? map? other printed matter? Yes! Newspaper. | ||
| Annelies (Annls)
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She wasn't allowed to buy a newspaper? Because she wasn't allowed to read what is in it? Was she in an unusual situation? Was she in a healthy state of mind? Was she in a jury? | ||
| Barbara Johannessen Bailey (Rabrab)
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Was she under house arrest? And the newspaper proved that she'd left her home? Was the $20,000 bail that she forfeited? | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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emailed | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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Annls: She wasn't allowed to buy a newspaper? Essentially yes Because she wasn't allowed to read what is in it? Yes Was she in an unusual situation? Was she in a healthy state of mind? No and yes Was she in a jury? Yes! Rabrab: Was she under house arrest? And the newspaper proved that she'd left her home? Neither Was the $20,000 bail that she forfeited? No. Zenith: emailed Haven't seen it yet... | ||
| Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
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She was in a jury under sequester, and by purchasing the paper she proved she violated the terms of the sequestering...? | ||
| Annelies (Annls)
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In a jury you have to decide without any influences outside the court whether the accused is guilty or not, and because you bought the newspaper you 'got in the touch with the real world and their thoughts of the case' therefor you are influenced and that's forbidden as a member of the jury, that's way she had to pay $20,000? | ||
| Ahmer Ali (Ahmer)
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Both Lzeiters and Annls got it! In July, Lindy Heaster of Woodbridge, Va., was assessed $21,290 for having bought a newspaper. (She was a juror, ordered by the judge in a murder trial to avoid all media coverage. The judge ultimately declared a mistrial over Heaster's gaffe, voiding the conviction of Gerardo Lara and forcing the prosecutor to start all over.) |
