| Author | Message | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 328 Registered: 6-2003 |
A few weeks ago, a friend asked me to commit a crime. The title and puzzle statement are inspired by peter36's puzzle of a similar name. | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 36 Registered: 1-2007 |
your friend = human? male? you = human? did he/she do it by mistake i.e. ask you to do something that they did not know was a crime? Or was it an error similar to the peter36 puzzle? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 308 Registered: 1-2007 |
I have to have a go at this one i guess Is this crime arson? theft? murder? assault? burglary? computer crime? copyright violation? any vehicles involved? Does your friend actually want you to commit the crime? have you ever done so? would the crime be punishable by a custodial sentence? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 329 Registered: 6-2003 |
your friend = human? male? both you = human? Last time I checked did he/she do it by mistake i.e. ask you to do something that they did not know was a crime? no Or was it an error similar to the peter36 puzzle? not this either Is this crime arson? theft? murder? assault? burglary? computer crime? copyright violation? any vehicles involved? none of these, I'm pleased to say Does your friend actually want you to commit the crime? yes have you ever done so? yes would the crime be punishable by a custodial sentence? yope | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 50 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does it involve school/college/any other educational institution? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 331 Registered: 6-2003 |
Does it involve school/college/any other educational institution? no | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 52 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is this crime against one person or a group of people? Does it involve cheating or scamming somebody/a group of people? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 333 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is this crime against one person or a group of people? Both. :-D Does it involve cheating or scamming somebody/a group of people? no | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 44 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does this crime involve: Doing something prohibited in a public place? Alcohol? Jaywalking? Is it something you need to be caught in the act of committing to be charged, or can your participation be detected later? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 278 Registered: 11-2003 |
Do you? or he? gain anything by doing this? Did he want you to do it alone? or for you two to do it together? Did you actually do it? Is location relevant here? Is this a crime only in some place(s)? like a weird law that has never been abolished? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 334 Registered: 6-2003 |
Does this crime involve: Doing something prohibited in a public place? yes, but I don't think the public aspect is a necessary part of the crime Alcohol? no Jaywalking? no Is it something you need to be caught in the act of committing to be charged, or can your participation be detected later? depending on how you commit the crime, it could be either. Do you? or he? gain anything by doing this? nothing but the satisfaction of having done it Did he want you to do it alone? didn't matter or for you two to do it together? ditto Did you actually do it? yes Is location relevant here? yes Is this a crime only in some place(s)? YES like a weird law that has never been abolished? the "weirdness" is subjective; but to answer the spirit of the question, the law's still being enforced | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 320 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is that a law that most people would take some pleasure in breaking? i.e a very unpopular law? Would most people in your experience have broken this law? It's not cheating on your taxes is it!!! | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 293 Registered: 11-2003 |
Traffic law relevant? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 335 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is that a law that most people would take some pleasure in breaking? quite possibly i.e a very unpopular law? this would be why, yes Would most people in your experience have broken this law? probably not, no It's not cheating on your taxes is it!!! no - I've not yet had the fortune of having to fill out a tax form... Traffic law relevant? ...neither have I bothered to learn how to drive yet, so no | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 297 Registered: 11-2003 |
Well, as you said no vehicle's involved, I didn't think of you driving, lol. More like a pedestrian breaking a traffic law, like you walking on red light? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 336 Registered: 6-2003 |
Well, as you said no vehicle's involved, I didn't think of you driving, lol. More like a pedestrian breaking a traffic law, like you walking on red light? ah, see what you mean. No, nothing like this either. | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 88 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is this law in effect only in your city/state/country or is it a law common to most of the countries of the world? | ||
| Rage29 (Rage29)
New member Username: Rage29 Post Number: 1 Registered: 4-2007 |
does this involve beating up someone in school/college/at work? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 337 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is this law in effect only in your city/state/country or is it a law common to most of the countries of the world? FA! does this involve beating up someone in school/college/at work? no | ||
| Hakkunamatata (Hakkunamatata)
New member Username: Hakkunamatata Post Number: 139 Registered: 2-2006 |
Is the country the law is in effect part of Asia? Africa? North America? South America? Europe? United Kingdom? Atric? Antartica? Is it something to do with public nuisance? destroying or harming public property? degrading public property? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 338 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is the country the law is in effect part of... Asia Is it something to do with public nuisance? this is closest destroying or harming public property? degrading public property? Not necessarily | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 853 Registered: 8-2006 |
This is from real life, correct? Your profile says that you live in England, so maybe your friend asks you to break a law that is in some parts of asia, but not in England?Yes, I know, this is a VERY long shot | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 100 Registered: 1-2007 |
You replied: Is this law in effect only in your city/state/country or is it a law common to most of the countries of the world? FA! Does that mean that this law is not in effect in your own country? Did you commit the crime in your own country? If so, was it punishable in your country? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 319 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is this a law that only exists in one Asian country? Where you actually in this country when you broke that law? If so, where you arrested and charged? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 340 Registered: 6-2003 |
This is from real life, correct? yes Your profile says that you live in England, so maybe your friend asks you to break a law that is in some parts of asia, but not in England? YES!! Yes, I know, this is a VERY long shot and yet you hit the bullseye! Is this a law that only exists in one Asian country? yes Where you actually in this country when you broke that law? NO If so, where you arrested and charged? N/A Foulglory's questions are omitted, as they essentially discover the same info that the other questions by Eli and Crazypalpig do. | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 862 Registered: 8-2006 |
So your friend asked you to once to do something against the law in Chiina or somewhere in asia that is not in england. Relevant which that law is? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 342 Registered: 6-2003 |
So your friend asked you to once to do something against the law in Chiina or somewhere in asia that is not in england. Correct. Relevant which that law is? very much so. | ||
| Foulglory (Foulglory)
New member Username: Foulglory Post Number: 109 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did you procreate one too many times? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 339 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is the law Chinese? Indian? Indonesian? Japanese? Pakistani? Thai? Korean? Malaysian? other? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 343 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did you procreate one too many times? as I said with the taxes and driving questions.... no Is the law Chinese? Indian? Indonesian? Japanese? Pakistani? Thai? this one Korean? Malaysian? other? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
New member Username: Woubit Post Number: 2506 Registered: 1-2003 |
I dimly remember that in Thailand, it is illegal to leave your house without wearing underwear. Are you guilty of this? | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 870 Registered: 8-2006 |
Jobs relevant? Any animals relevant?(I remember some sort of asian law stating that having a goat in the street is against the law) | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 346 Registered: 6-2003 |
I dimly remember that in Thailand, it is illegal to leave your house without wearing underwear. Are you guilty of this? once or twice, but this isn't the law in question. Jobs relevant? no, with a very small ish Any animals relevant? only insofar as humans are animals (I remember some sort of asian law stating that having a goat in the street is against the law) yet another interesting law, but not the one I'm thinking about. Hint: The event that caused me to want to commit this crime has recently been in the news. Knowing this could help. | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 66 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does the law require you to do something? prohibits from doing something? prohibits possession of items or their particular use? Does this law apply to everybody? only to foreigners? The reason this law exists in Thailand but not in England, is it cultural? religious? political? historical? economical? geographical ( e.g. there would be no reason for England to have a law protecting its coral reefs )? "just so happened"? Were you in England when you were asked to commit this crime? Is it related to your visiting amazon.com from another puzzle? | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 875 Registered: 8-2006 |
Lemme see... Shootings in the town where I live now?(Blacksburg Va. Go hokies!) | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 350 Registered: 6-2003 |
Does the law require you to do something? no prohibits from doing something? yes prohibits possession of items or their particular use? no Does this law apply to everybody? everyone who enters the country, yes only to foreigners? no The reason this law exists in Thailand but not in England, is it cultural? this religious? political? historical? ...and possibly a smidgeon of this as well economical? geographical ( e.g. there would be no reason for England to have a law protecting its coral reefs )? "just so happened"? no to the rest Were you in England when you were asked to commit this crime? YES Is it related to your visiting amazon.com from another puzzle? no Lemme see... Shootings in the town where I live now?(Blacksburg Va. Go hokies!) unless VA has upped sticks to Thailand in the past week, then no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 159 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did the event causing you to want to commit the crime happen in Thailand? Did you want to do the crime as a sort of protest, or a way of saying "Thank god we don't live in Thailand so we can do this here"? Did he ask you to do it because it is against an Thai law? Sort of for the fun of doing something "illegal"? Or is it just something that we would think nothing of doing in England, and he asked you to do it just because he wanted to do it? Is it anything to do with what you wear? What you do to other people? Where you go? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 352 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did the event causing you to want to commit the crime happen in Thailand? yes Did you want to do the crime as a sort of protest, or a way of saying "Thank god we don't live in Thailand so we can do this here"? yes Did he ask you to do it because it is against an Thai law? pretty much Sort of for the fun of doing something "illegal"? not really, no Or is it just something that we would think nothing of doing in England, yes and he asked you to do it just because he wanted to do it? not really - without giving too much away, the main impetus behind doing the act was, "What a weird law they have in Thailand - thank goodness there's nothing like that here". Is it anything to do with what you wear? no What you do to other people? yes Where you go? no | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 878 Registered: 8-2006 |
Speaking out against the government? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 167 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was the event someone being punished for breaking this law? So you wanted to celebrate being able to do that thing without being punished in the same way? So the law is to do with what you do to other people? Did you do it to your friend? Or he did it to you? Does it cause harm to the other person in any way? Does it inconvenience them? Is it a law couples were more likely to break? Eg no holding hands in public? Something like this that might offend the moral sensibilities of the public? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 358 Registered: 6-2003 |
Speaking out against the government? no - but sooo close I winced reading the question Was the event someone being punished for breaking this law? yes So you wanted to celebrate being able to do that thing without being punished in the same way? yes So the law is to do with what you do to other people? For svv of 'do', yes Did you do it to your friend? Or he did it to you? Does it cause harm to the other person in any way? Does it inconvenience them? no to all these Is it a law couples were more likely to break? not especially Eg no holding hands in public? Something like this that might offend the moral sensibilities of the public? Not 'moral', but essentially that's correct | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 883 Registered: 8-2006 |
So you are protesting against something: Famous people? | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 81 Registered: 4-2007 |
Oh! You did not paint something over Her Majesty's portrait, did you? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 362 Registered: 6-2003 |
So you are protesting against something: in a very small way Famous people? no Oh! You did not paint something over Her Majesty's portrait, did you? No, I didn't: I didn't mirror the real-life event exactly. :-) I just did an act regarding the law in general. As you've almost certainly got this, you can $poil at will... | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 84 Registered: 4-2007 |
The law in Thailand prohibits displaying disrespect to the members of royal family. So did you say something inappropriate about the Queen? written article in a [school] newspaper or a blog? drawn a cartoon? told a joke? | ||
| Logician (Logician)
New member Username: Logician Post Number: 363 Registered: 6-2003 |
The law in Thailand prohibits displaying disrespect to the members of royal family. So did you say something inappropriate about the Queen? written article in a [school] newspaper or a blog? drawn a cartoon? told a joke? Absolutely - the specific act isn't relevant, only that it involves the crime of lese majeste, illegal in Thailand (and other countries), but not in England. And that's a SPOILER. | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 907 Registered: 8-2006 |
Wow. for this easy a puzzle, it sure took longer then the ones I make... :-( |
