| Author | Message | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3477 Registered: 12-2000 |
Why would somebody send me a straw? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1365 Registered: 10-2001 |
You lost your dentures? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1366 Registered: 10-2001 |
A straw for drinking with? A piece of straw (as in a plant stalk)? Send = via the post / hand delivered? A present? Was the purpose serious / a joke / a reminder / practical? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3480 Registered: 12-2000 |
Posted on Thursday, December 27, 2007 You lost your dentures? LOL - no A straw for drinking with? an ordinary drinking straw, yes A piece of straw (as in a plant stalk)? no Send = via the post / hand delivered? posted A present? no Was the purpose serious / a joke / a reminder / practical? serious | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1367 Registered: 10-2001 |
Was there something special about the individual straw or could it have been any old straw? Is your relationship with the sender relevant? Relevant what the straw is made of / what it looks like? Relevant where the straw is now? Relevant what is happening to/with the straw now? Do you have a use for it? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3481 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was there something special about the individual straw or could it have been any old straw? with certain qualifications it could Is your relationship with the sender relevant? yessish Relevant what the straw is made of not really / what it looks like? yes, to a certain degree Relevant where the straw is now? no Relevant what is happening to/with the straw now? not now, no Do you have a use for it? not now | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1368 Registered: 10-2001 |
So, you needed a straw for something specific? And that purpose has now been fulfilled? Did you need it for decorative purposes? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3482 Registered: 12-2000 |
So, you needed a straw for something specific? yope - rephrasing would help And that purpose has now been fulfilled? yes Did you need it for decorative purposes? no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1369 Registered: 10-2001 |
Did you request the straw? Did the person who sent it benefit from you receiving it? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3483 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did you request the straw? no Did the person who sent it benefit from you receiving it? yes | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 198 Registered: 11-2007 |
Was the straw the only thing in the parcel? Did you know the person who sent it to you? friend? relative? co-worker? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3487 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was the straw the only thing in the parcel? no, and FA Did you know the person who sent it to you? no friend? relative? co-worker? none of these | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 201 Registered: 11-2007 |
Did you know what to do with the straw when you received it? Were there instructions with the straw? Did the straw come in a box? bag? envelope? Is it relevant? Was it one of those chain type things where you would have to send a straw to somebody else? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3488 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did you know what to do with the straw when you received it? yes Were there instructions with the straw? yes Did the straw come in a box? bag? envelope? This one, FA sorted out, it wasn't a parcel Is it relevant? yes, but I wouldn't dwell overly muchly on it Was it one of those chain type things where you would have to send a straw to somebody else? no | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 202 Registered: 11-2007 |
Besides the straw and instructions, was there anything else in the envelope? The intended use for the straw...Were you to blow through it? suck something through it? Was it intended to come into contact with your mouth at all? Did you have to alter the straw in anyway? After using the straw, did you have to respond to the person who sent it to you? provide that person with information? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3489 Registered: 12-2000 |
Besides the straw and instructions, was there anything else in the envelope? yes The intended use for the straw...Were you to blow through it? no suck something through it? yessish Was it intended to come into contact with your mouth at all? yes Did you have to alter the straw in anyway? no After using the straw, did you have to respond to the person who sent it to you? yes provide that person with information? no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1370 Registered: 10-2001 |
Was the straw intended for you? Did you have to send the sender something? Did you have to contact them? Was/is the sender an individual or an organisation? Anything to do with charity? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3490 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was the straw intended for you? yes Did you have to send the sender something? ideally, yes Did you have to contact them? not in the first instance, no Was/is the sender an individual or an organisation? organisation Anything to do with charity? yes | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1371 Registered: 10-2001 |
suck something through it? yessish Was the idea of the straw to: demonstrate something to yourself? make a point? to determine / measure something? Were you to suck and draw something onto the end of the straw? Is the charity a well known one? Relevant? What do they want from you: money? time? services? Were you already affiliated with them | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3492 Registered: 12-2000 |
suck something through it? yessish - this may be more misleading than it need be, but a change of word will make all things clear Was the idea of the straw to: demonstrate something to yourself? yes make a point? that too to determine / measure something? in a sense, yes Were you to suck and draw something onto the end of the straw? no Is the charity a well known one? yes, although a lot of people are unaware of it Relevant? not really What do they want from you: money? yes time? services? Were you already affiliated with them Indirectly, I think I know where they got my address from, and that's fine, as I support them wholeheartedly | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1372 Registered: 10-2001 |
were you to: suck something against the straw? into the straw? simply suck air? something esle? suck at all? was the idea for you to gain insight: about yourself? about something else? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3493 Registered: 12-2000 |
were you to: suck something against the straw? no into the straw? no simply suck air? yes something esle? there was something else that you had to do whilst sucking air through the straw, yes suck at all? I think 'suck' is the best description for drawing air through the straw was the idea for you to gain insight: about yourself? about something else? this one | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1373 Registered: 10-2001 |
So, you had to do something else whislt sucking in air? Was this: With your hands? With your mouth? Something else? Is the charity something to do with "disabilities"? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3494 Registered: 12-2000 |
So, you had to do something else whislt sucking in air? Was this: With your hands? yes With your mouth? no Something else? yes Is the charity something to do with "disabilities"? yes it would come under that category | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1374 Registered: 10-2001 |
You had to do more than one thing other than suck air? Was the idea to illustrate how difficult some aspect of life is for someone with a particular "disability"? Are we talking "learning disability" or some physical disability? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3495 Registered: 12-2000 |
You had to do more than one thing other than suck air? yes Was the idea to illustrate how difficult some aspect of life is for someone with a particular "disability"? absolutely Are we talking "learning disability" or some physical disability? physical | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1375 Registered: 10-2001 |
Is this something to do with thalidamide? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3496 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is this something to do with thalidamide? no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1376 Registered: 10-2001 |
What do we need to discover.. What actions you were required to perform in addition to sucking through the straw? Any other items sent with the straw? Any other items you were required the use? The naturte of the disability? Anything else? | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 7 Registered: 12-2007 |
do you suck this straw by mouth or by nose? drugs relevant? are you paralysed? are you disabled which is relevant to using this straw? did that straw helped you in doing something and now you don't need it any more or will you need it later on? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3497 Registered: 12-2000 |
do you suck this straw by mouth or by nose? mouth drugs relevant? no are you paralysed? no are you disabled which is relevant to using this straw? remember that this is not me, but a charity making a point - but yes, disability is relevant to the straw did that straw helped you in doing something and now you don't need it any more or will you need it later on? the straw helped me realise something | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 8 Registered: 12-2007 |
beside the straw and the instruction there was something else... how many? 1? 2?3? more? if more so more but of one kind or more but different things? if different, shape different? material(s) which they are made of? is it a common thing(s) we can easily get it (them) in somewhere? in a shop? on the black market? how much could it (each of them) cost? less than 10$, less than50$? 50-100$? over 100$? over 500$? is it an electic equipment or partly electic equipment? is it a plant? an animal? any other form of life? is is someting made of more than one material? plastic? metal? wood? glass? cloth? liquid? gas? something else? and to all above - is it relevant the particular kind of those materials? which one? generaly is this thing(s) a liquid? gas? solid?(hard?, pulp?, soft?) something in between? if so - between which and which? | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 9 Registered: 12-2007 |
the straw helped you imagine the problem of a disabled person? what that disabled person would use this straw for? just the straw or together with this other thing(s)? if so, will the disabled person read and follow the same instructions? I think the disability is relevant? only one disability? more than one? 2?3? more? are you working for this organisation? do you know anybody disabled and you needed to use this straw and this other thng(s) to help this person later on or just to realise something? | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 10 Registered: 12-2007 |
the title of this riddle is The last straw. did you get more before? similar ones with all the same features? different ones? for different use? for the same use but which brought different results? you had to use all the straws in the same time? or one by one rather? relevant the time between each of the uses? with the previous straws you get any other instructions? different than the one you got recently? tha same? very similar? did you get any other things with the previous straws? different ones than the one you got recently? tha same? very similar? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1377 Registered: 10-2001 |
Lynne - you missed me at: Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 1:07 pm: | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3498 Registered: 12-2000 |
beside the straw and the instruction there was something else... how many? 1? just one 2?3? more? no if more so more but of one kind or more but different things? not different, much the same as the instructions if different, shape different? material(s) which they are made of? is it a common thing(s) we can easily get it (them) in somewhere? in a shop? on the black market? how much could it (each of them) cost? less than 10$, less than50$? 50-100$? over 100$? over 500$? nothing that can be bought is it an electic equipment or partly electic equipment? is it a plant? an animal? any other form of life? is is someting made of more than one material? no to all plastic? metal? wood? glass? cloth? liquid? gas? something else? this one and to all above - is it relevant the particular kind of those materials? which one? generaly is this thing(s) a liquid? gas? solid?(hard? this, pulp?, soft?) something in between? if so - between which and which? don't dwell too much on what was also in the envelope, you have all that is necessary the straw helped you imagine the problem of a disabled person? yes what that disabled person would use this straw for? no just the straw or together with this other thing(s)? if so, will the disabled person read and follow the same instructions? no he wouldn't I think the disability is relevant? yes only one disability? yes, or at least that is relevant to the puzzle more than one? 2?3? more? are you working for this organisation? no do you know anybody disabled yes and you needed to use this straw and this other thng(s) to help this person later on or just to realise something? this was sent by the charity to make the point the title of this riddle is The last straw. the title is not relevant to the puzzle except that it was a straw that was sent to me - sorry if you got waylaid by the word 'last' did you get more before? more of what? similar ones with all the same features? different ones? for different use? for the same use but which brought different results? you had to use all the straws in the same time? or one by one rather? relevant the time between each of the uses? with the previous straws you get any other instructions? different than the one you got recently? tha same? very similar? did you get any other things with the previous straws? different ones than the one you got recently? tha same? very similar? I only had one communication from the charity so all these questions are n/r RECAP for clarity I had a communication from a charity containing a straw for me to 'suck' through. I also needed to do something else at the same time. The only other contents of the envelope were details of the charity and donation forms. What else did I need to do apart from sucking through the straw? What did it illustrate for me and can you guess at the charity involved from this illustration? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1378 Registered: 10-2001 |
re: Lynne - you missed me at: Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2007 - 1:07 pm: actually - i don't think it matters any longer .... | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3499 Registered: 12-2000 |
What do we need to discover.. sorry, didn't see this before What actions you were required to perform in addition to sucking through the straw? yes Any other items sent with the straw? no, see above answers Any other items you were required the use? yes The naturte of the disability? yes Anything else? see RECAP | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 11 Registered: 12-2007 |
is the disability connected with: sight, smell, hearing, nerves, brain, missing part of a body? other? the other thing you were using.. how many? 1? 2?3? more? if more so more but of one kind or more but different things? if different, shape different? material(s) which they are made of? is it a common thing(s) we can easily get it (them) in somewhere? in a shop? on the black market? how much could it (each of them) cost? less than 10$, less than50$? 50-100$? over 100$? over 500$? is it an electic equipment or partly electic equipment? is it a plant? an animal? any other form of life? or a part of any form of life? is is someting made of more than one material? plastic? metal? wood? glass? cloth? liquid? gas? paper? something else? and to all above - is it relevant the particular kind of those materials? which one? generaly is this thing(s) a liquid? gas? solid?(hard?, pulp?, soft?) something in between? if so - between which and which it was: | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3500 Registered: 12-2000 |
is the disability connected with: sight, smell, hearing, nerves, brain, missing part of a body? other? other the other thing you were using.. how many? 1? 2?3? two more? if more so more but of one kind or more but different things? two similar things if different, shape different? material(s) which they are made of? is it a common thing(s) we can easily get it (them) in somewhere? in a shop? on the black market? how much could it (each of them) cost? less than 10$, less than50$? 50-100$? over 100$? over 500$? is it an electic equipment or partly electic equipment? is it a plant? an animal? any other form of life? or a part of any form of life? is is someting made of more than one material? it's already been established that you have to do something else with your hand/s plastic? metal? wood? glass? cloth? liquid? gas? paper? something else? and to all above - is it relevant the particular kind of those materials? which one? generaly is this thing(s) a liquid? gas? solid?(hard?, pulp?, soft?) something in between? if so - between which and which it was: | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 12 Registered: 12-2007 |
did you touch anything with the straw? except your mouth? did you hold the straw? you were sucking the air towards yourself (your mouth) like the way you drink e.g. coca-cola or outside - like the way you make bubles in water? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3501 Registered: 12-2000 |
did you touch anything with the straw? except your mouth? no, nothing else did you hold the straw? no you were sucking the air towards yourself (your mouth) like the way you drink e.g. coca-cola or outside - like the way you make bubles in water? not really, the purpose of the exercise was to illustrate something else | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 13 Registered: 12-2007 |
did you touch anything with your hands? your hands were tied? or hidden behind so that you couldn't have used them? the disability is on phisical ground? pchisological (mental)? connected with head? arms? legs? trunk? back? genitals? skin? inside body? outside? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3502 Registered: 12-2000 |
did you touch anything with your hands? yes your hands were tied? or hidden behind so that you couldn't have used them? no to both the disability is on phisical ground? pchisological (mental)? no connected with head? arms? legs? trunk? this is the closest back? and this genitals? skin? inside body? yes outside? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1379 Registered: 10-2001 |
bardzo dobrze Kayros is the disability anything to do with the nervous system? Muscular problems? paralysis / co-ordination? If not the above any of the following: endocrinal disorder reproductive system respiratory system cardio-vascular system digestive system skeletal system skin neoplasms congenital disorder inherited disorder ???? are we talking human beings or animals? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3503 Registered: 12-2000 |
bardzo dobrze Kayros is the disability anything to do with the nervous system? Muscular problems? paralysis / co-ordination? none of these If not the above any of the following: endocrinal disorder reproductive system respiratory system this one cardio-vascular system digestive system and this skeletal system skin neoplasms congenital disorder if that means from birth, then yes inherited disorder yes ???? are we talking human beings or animals? humans | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1380 Registered: 10-2001 |
asthma? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3504 Registered: 12-2000 |
asthma? no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1381 Registered: 10-2001 |
lupus? cystic fibrosis? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3505 Registered: 12-2000 |
lupus? no cystic fibrosis? yes | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2007 |
heart? lungs? stomach? liver? pancreas? intestine? kidney? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3506 Registered: 12-2000 |
heart? lungs? stomach? liver? pancreas? intestine? kidney? lungs and digestive system - cystic fibrosis | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 15 Registered: 12-2007 |
Beroean (Beroean) -how did you know I am polish??? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3507 Registered: 12-2000 |
To find - how to I was to use the straw, and what it illustrated | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3508 Registered: 12-2000 |
ah, I wondered what those words were! | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1382 Registered: 10-2001 |
Did the use of your hands involve touching or applying anything to your face? Kayros, Wiem poniewaz email .pl :-) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3509 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did the use of your hands involve touching or applying anything to your face? touching a part of my face | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 16 Registered: 12-2007 |
did you bind the straw? tear? fold? tie? cut? or you left it as it is in its normal shape? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3510 Registered: 12-2000 |
did you bind the straw? tear? fold? tie? cut? or you left it as it is in its normal shape? i didn't do anything to the straw other than put it in my mouth and breathe air through it | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1383 Registered: 10-2001 |
were you supposed touch your nose / close off the air supply to your nose? Witam Kayros! | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 17 Registered: 12-2007 |
touching mouth? lip? upper? down? tongue? nose? ear? someting else? cheek? is it relevant what part of your face you were touching? how and what for? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3511 Registered: 12-2000 |
were you supposed touch your nose / close off the air supply to your nose? yes I think I can go for the spoiler now | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 18 Registered: 12-2007 |
jak się robi kursywę? (how to do italics?) scdsc ok, I know...:-) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3512 Registered: 12-2000 |
********** SPOILER ********** The Cystic Fibrosis Trust sent me the usual fund raising request, but instead of including a pen they included a straw. It was a thin straw like you get with a carton of juice but twice the length (maybe you get them to drink cocktails, I don't know.) Anyway, you pinched your nose and breathed through the straw for one minute. It seemed easy at first and then quickly you felt breathless. But that is how cystic fibrosis sufferers feel all the time as their lung function is severely impaired, often just 65% of normal capacity. I felt it was one of the most inspired ways of getting the message across of how that particular disability actually feels. | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1384 Registered: 10-2001 |
Kayros, przepraszam za mój slabi polski | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 19 Registered: 12-2007 |
ok, please go for a spoiler, i am not good in medicine... unless Beroean doesn't want it. Anyway... why dont you try to guess my riddle?!?! :-) (Towel and wire) | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1385 Registered: 10-2001 |
Good puzzle Lynne! | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3514 Registered: 12-2000 |
Thank you! | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 20 Registered: 12-2007 |
where are you from? very nice puzzle:-) a nice one!! we were so close... the only thing I forgot that I thought that you sucked the air once and that was it, but no..:-) you were doing it for a longer time... | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3516 Registered: 12-2000 |
I'm from Yorkshire - northern England - but I now live on the east coast. | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2007 |
I was in England many times.. and once in Scotland:-) (but the questioan was generally to polish-speaking Beroean:-) ) | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1387 Registered: 10-2001 |
And I am from the south of England. I am trying to learn Polish but find it very hard!! We have set some questions in your puzzle Kayros! | ||
| Kayros777 (Kayros777)
New member Username: Kayros777 Post Number: 22 Registered: 12-2007 |
so how do you know polish? - many of us overe there isn't it? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1388 Registered: 10-2001 |
Tak.. you are in Poland? see my note above | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3517 Registered: 12-2000 |
We have a lot of Polish farm labourers working round our way. | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1390 Registered: 10-2001 |
I have some Polish friends. Polish here (about 10,000 in the Basingstoke area) Many are plumbers / bus drivers and work in all places - shops, factories etc |
