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| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Since taking a new job, Lyle has found it necessary to make an extra trip to the grocery store about once a week. Why? | ||
| John Faben (Bentarm)
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Because he works at a grocery store, and works one day a week? Does he buy something from the grocery store that he didn't used to buy? Buy more of something he has always bought? Is the amount he is paid in his new job relevant? The time at which he is paid? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Does he socialise a lot more now? | ||
| Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
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is he now forced to purchase meals, or a six-pack of a beverage, to take for lunch since his new workplace is too far away from a restaurant to eat out for lunch? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Because he works at a grocery store, and works one day a week? No to both Does he buy something from the grocery store that he didn't used to buy? Maybe, and more likely... Buy more of something he has always bought? ...this one most likely Is the amount he is paid in his new job relevant? No The time at which he is paid? No Does he socialise a lot more now? No, not really is he now forced to purchase meals, or a six-pack of a beverage, to take for lunch since his new workplace is too far away from a restaurant to eat out for lunch? No, not the case here but a good suggestion | ||
| Ian (Image)
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Relevant what he's buying? Coffee? Snacks for the break room? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Relevant what he's buying? Yes Coffee? Snacks for the break room? No to both | ||
| Drew Sollenberger (Sollen)
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does he use something that he is buying at his job? use it for the job(ie he must have it)? uses it because it is convienent or he perfers to have it at the job? for somereason I feel I should ask if he is selfemployed exact job relevent? does he buy stationary or other items used for writing? buy office supplies? food? perishables? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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does he use something that he is buying at his job? Yes use it for the job(ie he must have it)? It is not a requirement for the job, strictly speaking, but... uses it because it is convienent or he perfers to have it at the job? ...yes, he feels that this is the case for some reason I feel I should ask if he is self employed Possibly, but does not have to be the case. exact job relevent? Yes does he buy stationary or other items used for writing? No buy office supplies? No food? Yes perishables? Yes | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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Is he a teacher? Social worker of some kind? Is the food for himself? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Is he a teacher? Social worker of some kind? Neither of these Is the food for himself? Yes and no...rephrase/explore | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Does he work with pigs? one pig? Does he buy food for the pig(s)? Does he work on a farm? as a butcher? cook? in a circus? zoo? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Does he work with pigs? one pig? No to both Does he buy food for the pig(s)? N/A Does he work on a farm? as a butcher? cook? in a circus? No, but... zoo? Yes | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Does he buy food in order to feed it to an animal? animals? Is the food he buys generally used as animal food? Is a dangerous animal involved? A large one? Does the title hint at the story of the "Three Little Piggies"? Is there a wolf involved? Any animal involved at all? Some animal called ____-pig that isn't a pig? A guinea pig? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Does he buy food in order to feed it to an animal? No animals? No Is the food he buys generally used as animal food? No, not that I'm aware of (although I'm sure once the type of food is discovered there will be a well-educated forum participant who will correct me on this) Is a dangerous animal involved? Yes, in a certain way it is A large one? Depends on how you define 'large' Does the title hint at the story of the "Three Little Piggies"? No Is there a wolf involved? No Any animal involved at all? Yes Some animal called ____-pig that isn't a pig? A guinea pig? No, no type of 'pig' involved in the story | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Does he want to eat the food? Is there anything that prevents his doing so? Does he buy the food but does not intend to eat it? Does he buy the food for some other person? Type of food important? Vegetables? Cereals? Meat? Eggs? Fruit? Milk products? Fish? Does he buy anything besides food? The animal involved - is it a carnivore? Mammal? Bird? Reptile? Amphibian? Fish? Insect? Spider? Is it approx. the size of a mouse? cat? big dog? lion? horse? crocodile? elephant? whale? (is it by any chance one of these?) | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Does he want to eat the food? No Is there anything that prevents his doing so? Hmmm...well mostly no, but he would say 'yes' Does he buy the food but does not intend to eat it? Correct Does he buy the food for some other person? Yes, but explore this carefully Type of food important? Yes Vegetables? Cereals? Meat? Eggs? Fruit? This one, no to the rest Milk products? Fish? Does he buy anything besides food? Can you rephrase this (I want to make sure I answer you the most beneficial way The animal involved - is it a carnivore? Yes Mammal? Bird? Reptile? Yes to this one, no to the rest Amphibian? Fish? Insect? Spider? Is it approx. the size of a mouse? Bigger... cat? Maybe bigger... big dog? Possibly up to this size lion? horse? crocodile? elephant? whale? (is it by any chance one of these?) No, and it's not as big as any of these | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Does he buy the food so some other person can eat it? Look at it? Smell it? Serve it? Play with it? Other person's occupation important? also a zoo employee? Visitor? Manager? Personal friend of Lyle? Relative? In the zoo at all? Is Lyle a keeper? vet? caretaker? cleaning personnel? manager? dompteur? Does he buy different kinds of fruit? Is the type of fruit important? Southern fruit? Red? Green? Yellow? Orange? Purple? Brown? Is it ripe? Not ripe yet? Overripe? Mouldy? Does he buy the fruit the way one would usually buy it? Does he buy anything relevant which is not fruit or attached to the fruit? The reptile - is it a snake? saurian? lizard? turtle? tortoise? gecko? chameleon? Is it alive? In a terrarium? cage? Office? Kitchen? other room? Walking around freely? In the zoo at all? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Does he buy the food so some other person can eat it? This is closest, but not quite the exact word you would use for it Look at it? Somewhat this Smell it? Probably, at some point Serve it? No Play with it? Maybe this, but only a bit Other person's occupation important? Well, there still may be a little to explore here, and the issue about occupations may help also a zoo employee? No Visitor? Yes Manager? No Personal friend of Lyle? No Relative? No In the zoo at all? Yes Is Lyle a keeper? vet? caretaker? cleaning personnel? manager? dompteur? Not any of these Does he buy different kinds of fruit? No, always the same kind Is the type of fruit important? Yes Southern fruit? Not necessarily Red? Green? Orange? Purple? Brown? Not these, but... Yellow? This one Is it ripe? Yes Not ripe yet? Overripe? Mouldy? None of these Does he buy the fruit the way one would usually buy it? Yes Does he buy anything relevant which is not fruit or attached to the fruit? No The reptile - is it a snake? Yes saurian? lizard? turtle? tortoise? gecko? chameleon? Some of these may be involved, but not primarily Is it alive? Yes In a terrarium? Probably, but beware FA cage? Also possible, but avoid FA Office? No Kitchen? No other room? No Walking around freely? Definitely not In the zoo at all? Yes good q's | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Is the other person homo sapiens? male? female? adult? child? baby? Is he/she a regular visitor? Was he/she there only once? Does he/she eat in a certain "piggy-style" way? Is the fruit a banana? ananas? lemon? pear? Is Lyle a snake charmer? artist? does he work in an office? with the animals? is he a gardener? a maintenance person? security? ticket booth man? salesman? does he sell food? drinks? ice-cream? Is it one particular snake that's important? More than one snake? Snakes in general? Is something relevant that can only be found in connection with reptiles? Is Lyle frightened by the snake? Is the other person frightened by the snake? Is the snake's diet important? Is the snake ill? Is the zoo visitor interested in the snake? Have we found all important people (Lyle + the visitor)? animals (snake(s), maybe other reptile(s))? things (the fruit)? Anything in the scenery important? The location inside the zoo? Time of day relevant? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Is the other person homo sapiens? male? female? adult? child? baby? Yes - male or female children (here was the lurking FA) Is he/she a regular visitor? This may be the case Was he/she there only once? Probably this is the case most often Does he/she eat in a certain "piggy-style" way? No Is the fruit a banana? ananas? No...lemon? Yes to this Is Lyle a snake charmer? No artist? Of a sort, yes, some would refer to him as this does he work in an office? No with the animals? No, not directly is he a gardener? a maintenance person? security? ticket booth man? None of these salesman? Yes, but not primarily does he sell food? drinks? ice-cream? None of these Is it one particular snake that's important? No More than one snake? Snakes in general? Yes, both of these fit the description Is something relevant that can only be found in connection with reptiles? I don't think so...but try asking this a different way Is Lyle frightened by the snake? No, but... Is the other person frightened by the snake? Yes Is the snake's diet important? No Is the snake ill? No Is the zoo visitor interested in the snake? Maybe, maybe not Have we found all important people (Lyle + the visitor)? Yes animals (snake(s), maybe other reptile(s))? You've identified the important one(s) things (the fruit)? You've identified the only kind of food/fruit that is involved, yes Anything in the scenery important? Yes The location inside the zoo? To a degree, yes Time of day relevant? No | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Is Lyle a photographer? Does he want the children to bite into the lemon so that they make strange grimaces? Does he take pictures of children with snakes? e. g. the snake is around their shoulders? Is the snake in fact harmless? Does he want the child in the picture to look extremely horrified? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Is Lyle a photographer? Yes Does he want the children to bite into the lemon so that they make strange grimaces? YES Does he take pictures of children with snakes? Well, it appears that way, but... e. g. the snake is around their shoulders? No, not this kind of picture Is the snake in fact harmless? Well yes, but only because of a certain aspect of what Lyle does Does he want the child in the picture to look extremely horrified? Likely not to this extent, but at least somewhat 'uncomfortable' Just a little more to reveal and we'll have the solution... | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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Now I find myself thinking of how they filmed some scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark... | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Good thinking, Tim, now just think in our era instead of the 'Raiders' era... | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Is there some kind of barrier between the child and the snake that you don't see in the picture? a glass pane? Does Lyle milk the snake to get rid of the poison? Is the snake stunned by the flashlight? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Is there some kind of barrier between the child and the snake that you don't see in the picture? a glass pane? No, no glass pane involved here Does Lyle milk the snake to get rid of the poison? No Is the snake stunned by the flashlight? N/A, no flashlight involved | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Is there a living snake involved? or just some picture/poster of a snake which is used as a background image for the photos? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Is there a living snake involved? Yes or just some picture/poster of a snake which is used as a background image for the photos? This is part of it, but it does involve a live snake in a way | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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Well, I didn't want to push past Christiane, who has done most of the work and all, but... Are there multiple (at least two, anyhow) cameras involved? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Are there multiple (at least two, anyhow) cameras involved? Yes, that would work, in addition to one possible other scenario | ||
| Christiane Scharf (0815)
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Hi Tim, that's nice of you, but if you have any ideas - just go ahead! I don't mind. I don't claim ownership of this puzzle (or any other). Besides, I seem to be running out of creativity on this one... Does the child see the live snake? at the moment the picure is taken? Does Lyle perhaps do a photomontage? Maybe he could split up the exposure time of the picture - half of the exposure time is used to take a picture of the snake, then he takes the picture of the child with the same background (minus snake) on the same piece of film (I have no idea if this would work)?? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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Does the child see the live snake? Yes, but... at the moment the picure is taken? NO Does Lyle perhaps do a photomontage? Yes Maybe he could split up the exposure time of the picture - half of the exposure time is used to take a picture of the snake, then he takes the picture of the child with the same background (minus snake) on the same piece of film (I have no idea if this would work)?? Yes, you have the right idea...nice work! | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
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* * * * SPOILER * * * * Lyle is a part-time photographer at a zoo. The zoo features several large snakes in the reptile area, and even offers the chance to have your picture taken "with the snake", although it's merely a picture of a person standing against a neutral background and the previously taken shot of the snake is imposed next to the person. Lyle has had sucess getting children and adults to 'react' to having a snake next to them, but has had a hard time getting young children to act as if they are next to a snake. His idea was to offer small kids a taste of lemon, then take the picture as soon as they react to the sour taste. This creates the impression that the kids are somewhat repulsed by the large reptiles. Very nice work Christiane, and a few final touches by Tim |
