| Author | Message | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Good night Lynne  | ||
| Robert Banfield (Robertino)
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OK, it's a long shot, but - the "they" are eating more, and the "them" are worried in case the "they" are pregnant? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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OK, it's a long shot, but - the "they" are eating more, and the "them" are worried in case the "they" are pregnant? A good idea Robert but not the one | ||
| Robert Banfield (Robertino)
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An American football team has decided to go bunjee-jumping for the weekend, and their manager (or the bunjee crew) are getting a little nervous about the possible outcome? One group of weight-trainers is worried that the other is going to outdo them by eating more=getting stronger? A big fast-food joint is getting worried that their biggest cutomers are going to eat them out of business? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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An American football team has decided to go bunjee-jumping for the weekend, and their manager (or the bunjee crew) are getting a little nervous about the possible outcome? One group of weight-trainers is worried that the other is going to outdo them by eating more=getting stronger? A big fast-food joint is getting worried that their biggest cutomers are going to eat them out of business? All very creative ideas but not the one I have in mind. To solve this one I'm pretty certain you'll need to do some digging. | ||
| Robert Banfield (Robertino)
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OK, let's get the trenching tools out: Are the "them" always nervous - but especially so when "they" eat more? Are both "they" and "them" human? - are both in the plural? Are we to understand "eating" in the usual sense of the word - i.e. consuming food or other victuals? Is the word "apparently" used to denote that something only appears to be taking place/have taken place? Do we understand "makes them more nervous" to mean "causes them to be more nervous" or "causes them to feel more nervous"? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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OK, let's get the trenching tools out: That's the spirit Are the "them" always nervous In the circumstances within the context of the puzzle - Yes - but especially so when "they" eat more? Not "when" they eat more but because they eat more Are both "they" and "them" human? Yes - are both in the plural? Yes Are we to understand "eating" in the usual sense of the word - i.e. consuming food Yes or other victuals? no Is the word "apparently" used to denote that something only appears to be taking place/have taken place? Well the extra nervousness definitely takes place but as to the cause it is what I have been lead by reporting sources (and seems to make sense) Do we understand "makes them more nervous" to mean "causes them to be more nervous" or "causes them to feel more nervous"? The latter | ||
| Robert Banfield (Robertino)
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Is the first group ("they") physically separated, or confined in any way, from the other group? Are either of the groups of mixed gender? Are both of the groups of mixed gender? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is the first group ("they") physically separated, or confined in any way, from the other group? Yesish Are either of the groups of mixed gender? Are both of the groups of mixed gender? Both | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Does the nervous group see the others at work, socially, on TV, read about them in a newspaper or magazine, at a gym, at a sports fixture? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Does the nervous group see the others at work, socially, on TV, read about them in a newspaper or magazine, at a gym, at a sports fixture? Mainly on TV and the media in general | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Do they appear on cookery programmes? Are they 'celebrity' chefs? Are they food experts? Are they in soaps? Adverts? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Do they appear on cookery programmes? Are they 'celebrity' chefs? Are they food experts? Are they in soaps? Adverts? Yope (could be misleading) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Is that a yope to all, or just adverts? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is that a yope to all, or just adverts? Sorry - it was a Yope to all | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Are all my suggestions partly right, but they are also included in other foodie areas of life? Or does the yope mean that only some of them do? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Are all my suggestions partly right, but they are also included in other foodie areas of life? Yes and are included in other areas of life in general Or does the yope mean that only some of them do? This is correct too | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Would you consider yourself or me as being someone who is the overeater or the nervous one? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Would you consider yourself or me as being someone who is the overeater Definitely Not or the nervous one? Most unlikely | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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They eat more than them? More than they usually eat? More than some other control group? More than most people? More of a particular thing? Are them nervous about the health of they? About the amount of food available? What they will do when the food is gone? About the influence of they on everyone/anyone else? Do them know they (personally, I mean)? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Hi Tim! Apparently, because they eat more, it makes them more nervous than usual. They eat more than them? Yessish but not necessarily so, however I think the correct answer is probably, Not Relevant. More than they usually eat? No other control group? No control groups relevant More than most people? Yes More of a particular thing? No Are them nervous about the health of they? No About the amount of food available? No What they will do when the food is gone? No About the influence of they on everyone/anyone else? No, actually Do them know they (personally, I mean)? Them, might know some of they but it's not really elevant | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Will they stop eating more at some point? Have they always eaten more? Will their offspring follow suit? Are them a small number of people? An organisation? Doctors and other health officials? |
