| Author | Message | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 153 Registered: 1-2010 |
He couldn't wait, so he got the scrund. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1576 Registered: 7-2009 |
Title relevant? If so, annelid as in earthworm? Is there an earthworm in this puzzle? Or does it just refer to "early bird gets the worm"? which relates to "he couldn't wait"? He = HAM? He = a bird? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 155 Registered: 1-2010 |
Title relevant? indirectly. If so, annelid as in earthworm? yes. Is there an earthworm in this puzzle? no, not really. Or does it just refer to "early bird gets the worm"? which relates to "he couldn't wait"? it relates to a different expression involving worms. He = HAM? in reality: yes, probably not, yes. However, only the human is relevant. He = a bird? no. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1579 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he get the scrund because he missed something happening? missed seeing something? missed hearing something? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 156 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he get the scrund because he missed something happening? missed seeing something? missed hearing something? no to all, believe it or not. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1582 Registered: 7-2009 |
If he had waited, he would have experienced A. Because he didn't wait, he experienced B instead. Which led to his scrund: missing A? or experiencing B? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 158 Registered: 1-2010 |
If he had waited, he would have experienced A. Because he didn't wait, he experienced B instead. Which led to his scrund: missing A? or experiencing B? this last one. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1780 Registered: 11-2008 |
Tread on a worm and it will turn? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 159 Registered: 1-2010 |
Tread on a worm and it will turn? nope. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1596 Registered: 7-2009 |
The relevant something ("B") he experienced, was it something he...saw? heard? felt? tasted? consumed? did? How long did he fail to wait: seconds? minutes? hours? days? weeks? months? years? Any other people relevant? Location relevant? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 160 Registered: 1-2010 |
The relevant something ("B") he experienced, was it something he...saw? thisish. heard? felt? tasted? consumed? did? thisish too. How long did he fail to wait: seconds? minutes? hours? days? weeks? months? years? probably one of the last two. Any other people relevant? sort of. Location relevant? yope. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1598 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is it that he really was not able to wait? Or that he was so eager and impatient that he didn't wait any more? Is the reason he couldn't wait because of himself (in contrast to the following)? Or because of some external pressure (such as a deadline)? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 161 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is it that he really was not able to wait? Or that he was so eager and impatient that he didn't wait any more? this. Is the reason he couldn't wait because of himself (in contrast to the following)? this. Or because of some external pressure (such as a deadline)? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1603 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he think he would get some personal gain from not waiting? If so, financial? entertainment? social? other? Or, did he think he would avoid something unpleasant by not waiting? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 162 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he think he would get some personal gain from not waiting? yes. If so, financial? entertainment? this. social? probably this, too. other? Or, did he think he would avoid something unpleasant by not waiting? no, the only thing unpleasant would be the wait itself. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1604 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was the scrund a direct result of something that happened during the entertainment? Or was the scrund from the process of obtaining the entertainment? Was the entertainment live music? a game? an amusement park? at a bar? a sport? If he had waited, would he have still been able to experience the entertainment, just later? Or would he have missed out on the opportunity? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 164 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was the scrund a direct result of something that happened during the entertainment? I guess this. Or was the scrund from the process of obtaining the entertainment? Was the entertainment live music? a game? an amusement park? at a bar? a sport? no to all. If he had waited, would he have still been able to experience the entertainment, just later? yes, and it might have been more entertaining if he had waited. Or would he have missed out on the opportunity? he might miss out on related opportunities, but not the entertainment itself. HINT: Because he didn't wait, he got one form of entertainment--and the scrund as a result. Had he waited, he would have gotten a different form that would not lead him to have the scrund. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 165 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was the scrund a direct result of something that happened during the entertainment? I guess this. Or was the scrund from the process of obtaining the entertainment? Was the entertainment live music? a game? an amusement park? at a bar? a sport? no to all. If he had waited, would he have still been able to experience the entertainment, just later? yes, and it might have been more entertaining if he had waited. Or would he have missed out on the opportunity? he might miss out on related opportunities, but not the entertainment itself. HINT: Because he didn't wait, he got one form of entertainment--and the scrund as a result. Had he waited, he would have gotten a different form that would not lead him to have the scrund. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 675 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was the entertainment a movie? a play? Were two movies or plays shown one after the other in the same theater, and he really wanted to see the later one, but decided to see the earlier one in order to avoid waiting? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 166 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was the entertainment a movie? no. a play? no. Were two movies or plays shown one after the other in the same theater, and he really wanted to see the later one, but decided to see the earlier one in order to avoid waiting? so no. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1607 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did the entertainment involve a person/people who were entertainers? Was it passive entertainment (e.g. sitting back and letting something happen)? Or active (i.e. requiring him to participate in order to be entertained)? Were electronics/machinery involved in the entertainment? Were companions involved (people with him who were also being entertained)? Was he in a crowd of people? Was he alone? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 168 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did the entertainment involve a person/people who were entertainers? nobody was standing in front of him entertaining him, but yes, there were people involved. Was it passive entertainment (e.g. sitting back and letting something happen)? Or active (i.e. requiring him to participate in order to be entertained)? more of this. Were electronics/machinery involved in the entertainment?not directly. Were companions involved (people with him who were also being entertained)? I doubt it. Was he in a crowd of people?no. Was he alone?more likely this. In case you are wondering, this is a true story that I heard on the internet, but googling it won't help because it's very obscure. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
Moderator Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 313 Registered: 3-2009 |
Is a growing plant relevant? A scientific experiment? Fermentation? Astronomy? As for the worm reference: Book worm? A worm's eye view? Worming one's way in or out of something? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 172 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is a growing plant relevant? A scientific experiment? Fermentation? Astronomy? none of these. As for the worm reference: Book worm? this. good job. A worm's eye view? Worming one's way in or out of something? Sorry about the wait, but I just joined facebook and now I'm addicted. :P | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1626 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was he reading a book? did he skip to the back page of the book to see how it ended? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 173 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was he reading a book? He did read a book during the course of the story, yes. However, it would work just as well if he didn't read the book but just flipped through the pages. did he skip to the back page of the book to see how it ended? no but good guess. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2403 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he skip to the end of a series of events, or a story of some sort? Did others have the opportunity to wait, or just him? If there were others, did they join him in his actions? Or was he unique? Did he have some ability, or authority, that allowed him to not wait? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 175 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he skip to the end of a series of events, or a story of some sort? no. He did read a book, but skipping to the end wasn't involved. Did others have the opportunity to wait, or just him? anybody could wait, but only a few people would benefit. If there were others, did they join him in his actions? Or was he unique? some of them might have; some might not have. Did he have some ability, or authority, that allowed him to not wait? ability, yes. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1414 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he get a scrund about the book? Its contents? Did he read something relevant in it? See something relevant in it? Would his scrund be corrected by reading the book all the way through? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 179 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he get a scrund about the book? yesish. Its contents? yesish. Did he read something relevant in it? See something relevant in it? this. Would his scrund be corrected by reading the book all the way through? no. He did in fact read the book all the way through, but that is irrelevant. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1433 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he see: an image? Text? Numbers? Some physical feature of the book itself? Such as the way it was bound? Or did he see something that was not part of ther book, but had been put inside? Is his scrund about: this specific book? All books identical to this one? Similar books? Books from a specific place? books in general? The author? authors in general? Or something completely different? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 183 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he see: an image? Text? Numbers? this, believe it or not. Some physical feature of the book itself? Such as the way it was bound? Or did he see something that was not part of ther book, but had been put inside? Is his scrund about: this specific book? All books identical to this one? Similar books? Books from a specific place? thisish. books in general? The author? authors in general? Or something completely different? sort of. It is about books in a certain category, related to place but not exactly the same. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1445 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he see page numbers? Were they in reverse order? Was the book in a foreign language? Translated from one? Was it a comic book? I was confused for a moment by a Japanese comic, before realizing it was to be read from right to left, and "back to front" - is this relevant? Did he think all books translated from Japanese were to be read back to front? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 186 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he see page numbers? YES! Were they in reverse order? no. Was the book in a foreign language? to him, yes. Translated from one? so no. Was it a comic book? no, but it could be, I suppose. I was confused for a moment by a Japanese comic, before realizing it was to be read from right to left, and "back to front" - is this relevant? no. Did he think all books translated from Japanese were to be read back to front? no. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1633 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he read a book in a foreign language (to him) because he was too impatient wait for it to come out in his own language? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1634 Registered: 7-2009 |
Is the number of pages relevant? Did he think the book was very long? Or very short? Because of the number of pages it had in the foreign language? But Because of the nature of the language it was in, it wasn't really an unusual length at all? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 188 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he read a book in a foreign language (to him) because he was too impatient wait for it to come out in his own language? YES! He was Estonian, and he read it in English, although that is not really relevant. Is the number of pages relevant? Did he think the book was very long? Or very short? Because of the number of pages it had in the foreign language? But Because of the nature of the language it was in, it wasn't really an unusual length at all? no to all. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1636 Registered: 7-2009 |
Were the events of the book the same in the English version as in the Estonian version? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1478 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the scrund about all English books? Is it relevant how the pages were numbered? If there were blank pages? Would he get the scrund if he saw: only the first few page numbers? Only the last few page numbers? Only a few page numbers in the middle? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 190 Registered: 1-2010 |
Were the events of the book the same in the English version as in the Estonian version? Yes. Was the scrund about all English books? yes. Is it relevant how the pages were numbered? not exactly. If there were blank pages? no, this is irrelevant. Would he get the scrund if he saw: only the first few page numbers? Only the last few page numbers? Only a few page numbers in the middle? Any of them would work. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1503 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he get the scrund from: the placement of the numbers on the page? The order of the numbers? The font used for printing the numbers? The physical size of the numbers? Their numerical values? Was there something different with the page numbering of this book? Different from Estonian books? Different from other English books? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 191 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he get the scrund from: the placement of the numbers on the page? this. The order of the numbers? The font used for printing the numbers? The physical size of the numbers? Their numerical values? Was there something different with the page numbering of this book? Different from Estonian books? Different from other English books? no to rest. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1641 Registered: 7-2009 |
Does the placement of numbers on the page have some meaning in Estonia that it doesn't have in English Speaking countries? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 192 Registered: 1-2010 |
Does the placement of numbers on the page have some meaning in Estonia that it doesn't have in English Speaking countries? not that I know of. The answer is actually very simple and you guys are almost there. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1580 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were the number placed on the: bottom? Top? Middle? Were all pages numbered? could he have gotten the scrund from other English books? Any English book? Were roman numerals used? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 193 Registered: 1-2010 |
Were the number placed on the: bottom? Top? Middle? this. Were all pages numbered? not every last one, but irrelevant. could he have gotten the scrund from other English books? a few. Any English book? no. Were roman numerals used? irrelevant. ****************SPOILER*********************** An Estonian person couldn't wait for the release of Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. So he bought it in English and read it before the book was released in Estonian. When he got the book, he saw the page numbers in an odd place. He said in an online video that it was different from Estonian books for this reason. Congratulations. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 716 Registered: 6-2008 |
I don't get it. What was the scrund? that all English books have page numbers in the middle of the page, whereas it was only this specific book? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 195 Registered: 1-2010 |
That's right. |
