| Author | Message | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 16 Registered: 11-2008 |
Unfortunately for him, his choice gave him just enough time to change his mind. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 777 Registered: 12-2004 |
Does this involve any: Dead men? Albatrosses? Elevators? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 20 Registered: 11-2008 |
First puzzle, hope it's decent! =) Does this involve any: Dead men? Yope Albatrosses? No Elevators?No | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 779 Registered: 12-2004 |
First "Him" = H? A? M? First "His" = of or belonging to the first "Him"? A different male? Second "Him" = First "Him"? Second "His" = of or belonging to the first "Him"? the second "Him"? A different male? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 22 Registered: 11-2008 |
All pronouns represent one HAM, let's call him Nate. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 781 Registered: 12-2004 |
Are there any other persons relevant to the puzzle? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 23 Registered: 11-2008 |
Are there any other persons relevant to the puzzle? No. Only Nate is relevant. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 783 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did Nate want to make a choice that would give him just enough time to change his mind? More than enough time to change his mind? Less than enough time to change his mind? Did he want to be able to change his mind? Did he try to kill himself by taking a whole bunch of painkillers, just to realize that he would still be alive, but with numerous diseases? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 25 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did Nate want to make a choice that would give him just enough time to change his mind? No More than enough time to change his mind? No Less than enough time to change his mind? NoDid he want to be able to change his mind? NoDid he try to kill himself by taking a whole bunch of painkillers, just to realize that he would still be alive, but with numerous diseases? No, OTRT | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 788 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did he ever consider that there was a possibility that his mind wouldn't be the same forever? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 28 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he ever consider that there was a possibility that his mind wouldn't be the same forever? I'll say no; we could assume this "bad decision" was impulsive. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 809 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did he wish that he hadn't made the decision he had made? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 33 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he wish that he hadn't made the decision he had made? Yes. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 816 Registered: 12-2004 |
His choice gave him just enough time to change... His mind about wanting to make the decision? His mind about the decision? The decision itself? Something else? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 35 Registered: 11-2008 |
His choice gave him just enough time to change... His mind about wanting to make the decision? His mind about the decision? The decision itself? Something else? With some of these being very similar, I'll just say he 'changed his mind' in the sense that he regretted the decision he made. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 817 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did he regret even making a decision? Did he have to make a decision? Would deciding to not make a decision be a decision, and thus turning this into a paradox? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 36 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he regret even making a decision? Yes. See above. Did he have to make a decision? Yes. Kind of irrel. Would deciding to not make a decision be a decision, and thus turning this into a paradox? Irrel. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 831 Registered: 12-2004 |
Was his decision... A choice of action? A choice of words? Just thoughts? Surveys relevant? Was he equally hungry as thirsty and equally distant from food and water? Was he unable to make a "rational" decision, since choosing it would only be rational to choose the best option? Was he thereby doomed to make an irrational decision, by arbitrarily choosing the food over the drink or vice versa, or by deciding to choose neither and die of thirst and/or starvation? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 38 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was his decision... A choice of action? Yes. No to the rest. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 840 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did he do something that he couldn't un-do? Nineteen Eighty-Four relevant? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 39 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he do something that he couldn't un-do? Yes. Hence the "unfortunately" in the first post. Nineteen Eighty-Four relevant? Not at all. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 841 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did he commit some kind of crime? Was there any injury? Destruction of property? MURDER?! Was the result of his choice of action something that he did not foresee? Did he get some new information after he already made his decision? Did he find out that Bob Barr was a Libertarian only after he already voted for him? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 40 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he commit some kind of crime? Nope. Was there any injury? A whole ton. Destruction of property? Nossir. MURDER?! No. Was the result of his choice of action something that he did not foresee? No. Did he get some new information after he already made his decision? No. Did he find out that Bob Barr was a Libertarian only after he already voted for him? f(x)^-1 | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 845 Registered: 12-2004 |
Why do you have to answer in function notation (you know what I mean!)? Eschew obfuscation, espouse elucidation, that's what I always say. Did everybody die? Did anybody die? Did everybody get injured? Did anybody get injured? Did Nate get injured? As a direct result of his actions? By the indirect end result of a series of events that began with him either making or not making a decision of whether or not to choose to decide whether or not to take a course of action or not to take said action, after having considered the nature and possible repercussions of the aforementioned action or lack thereof? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 42 Registered: 11-2008 |
It's simply a meaningless answer to a question I thought was a shot in the dark, and unrelated to anything previous. It was funny, though. Did everybody die? No. Did anybody die? Yes. Did everybody get injured? No. Did anybody get injured? Yeah. Did Nate get injured? ..and then some. As a direct result of his actions? Yes. By the indirect end result of a series of events that began with him either making or not making a decision of whether or not to choose to decide whether or not to take a course of action or not to take said action, after having considered the nature and possible repercussions of the aforementioned action or lack thereof? Twelve. ignore final answer | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 860 Registered: 12-2004 |
ROFL my waffle. | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did Nate die? If so, was his death caused... (and if he didn't die, substitute "injury" for "death") By poison? By blood loss? By physical (not chemical, as with poison) organ damage? By suffocation? Was Nate attempting suicide? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 43 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did Nate die? Sure did; poor bastard. If so, was his death caused... (and if he didn't die, substitute "injury" for "death") By poison? Nope. By blood loss? It's possible. By physical (not chemical, as with poison) organ damage? This is more likely. By suffocation? No. Was Nate attempting suicide? Sure was; dumb bastard. | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 298 Registered: 10-2003 |
Was Nates decision about the way he wanted to kill himself? And the choice about how to commit suicide gave him enough time to regret the kind of suicide? the decision to commit suicide? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 45 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was Nates decision about the way he wanted to kill himself? Yes! And the choice about how to commit suicide gave him enough time to regret the kind of suicide? Yope. the decision to commit suicide? Yes! | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 299 Registered: 10-2003 |
So in the time between "starting" the suicide and his death something happened that made him not wanting to die any more? Did he see someting? Hear something? Remember something? Did he have a certain reason to kill himself and before he died he realised that he misunderstood something? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 47 Registered: 11-2008 |
So in the time between "starting" the suicide and his death something happened that made him not wanting to die any more? This and the rest are FA; let's say the decision was impulsive, and he just realized for no reason at all that he no longer wanted to die. What gave him just enough time to realize this? This puzzle's teetering on the edge of completed-ness. | ||
| Cookie (Cookie)
New member Username: Cookie Post Number: 300 Registered: 10-2003 |
well I always thought that jumping from a high building is a bad way to kill yourself because you could change your mind and then it is too late | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2008 |
well I always thought that jumping from a high building is a bad way to kill yourself because you could change your mind and then it is too late There it is, folks, the ******************SPOILER**************** Nate, in a depressed emotional state, impulsively decides to kill himself and jumps from his 20th floor apartment building. This gives him just enough time to realize his decision was impulsive and not what he really wanted before becoming a janitorial inconvenience on the concrete below. Thanks to DoctaPeppa for trailblazing my first puzzle, and to D_gordon and Cookie for the deathblows. If you enjoyed, I just started a new puzzle, "The Cage". |
