| Author | Message | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 775 Registered: 6-2008 |
Inspired by the "rerpse" puzzle: I sometimes used to pleak as a child. I wasn't aware that anyone else had done it until I recently found a Facebook group called "I used to pleak". Well, it didn't say that exactly, but you get the idea. Though if I had actually thought about it, I probably would have come to the conclusion that other kids did this too. What does it mean to pleak? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 776 Registered: 6-2008 |
Oh, forgot my name in the title. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 375 Registered: 4-2010 |
Can you pleak with others? Alone? Indoors? Outdoors? Does pleaking involve food? Drink? Can adults pleak? Do more kids than adults pleak? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 779 Registered: 6-2008 |
Can you pleak with others? Yes Alone? Yes too Indoors? A close variation could be done indoors Outdoors? though the version I was thinking of is done outdoors, to the extent that "indoors" is defined as "inside a building" Does pleaking involve food? No Drink? No Can adults pleak? Yes Do more kids than adults pleak? I'd think so | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 383 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does pleaking involve game of some sort? Does pleaking require equipment of some sort? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 780 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does pleaking involve game of some sort? It is a game, yes. Does pleaking require equipment of some sort? Yesish, though "equipment" is not the best word | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 399 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is pleaking typically played alone? In a group? How many? 2? 5? 10? 20? More? | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 218 Registered: 5-2010 |
Can you pleak sitting down? Lying down? Can you pleak at night? Does pleaking require a specific location? A specific object? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 781 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is pleaking typically played alone? In a group? Either How many? 2? 5? Usually this or fewer 10? 20? More? Can you pleak sitting down? Yes, in fact this is most common Lying down? Can you pleak at night? If there are enough lights around Does pleaking require a specific location? No in the sense of where in the world, but yes in another sense A specific object? Yes | ||
| Vadron (Vadron)
New member Username: Vadron Post Number: 53 Registered: 5-2010 |
So, you can't pleak lying down? Can you pleak standing up? Could a toddler pleak? A baby? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2366 Registered: 11-2008 |
Do you need electricity to pleak? A computer? Is a computer game involved? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 782 Registered: 6-2008 |
So, you can't pleak lying down? Sorry for missing that one. You can. Can you pleak standing up? Yes, in some cases. Could a toddler pleak? Yes A baby? Probably few would Do you need electricity to pleak? A computer? Is a computer game involved? No to all three | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 436 Registered: 4-2010 |
Can you walk/run when pleaking? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 784 Registered: 6-2008 |
Can you walk/run when pleaking? No | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 493 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is pleaking: a mental activity? involving vision? simpler than reading? involving counting? a physical activity? involving hand-hand coordination? involving hand-eye coordination? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 785 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is pleaking: a mental activity? Yesish involving vision? Yes simpler than reading? Yes involving counting? Noish a physical activity? No involving hand-hand coordination? No involving hand-eye coordination? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 449 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is pleaking playing "I Spy"? Or some similar game? | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 221 Registered: 5-2010 |
Does it involve pretending an object is something else? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 787 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is pleaking playing "I Spy"? No Or some similar game? Not similar in the rules--but there is a similarity that may lead you to a key aspect of when/where the "game" of pleaking is played | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 451 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do you pleak while waiting for something? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 788 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do you pleak while waiting for something? In a sense one usually is waiting for something, but avoid a FA Hint: What is the "equipment"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 453 Registered: 4-2010 |
Would you typically carry the equipment around with you? Can you lift it? Is it a cell phone? Deck of cards? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 454 Registered: 4-2010 |
And I think you missed It_so_happened's questions above. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2369 Registered: 11-2008 |
Cards? Pexeso? | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 222 Registered: 5-2010 |
Do you (or did you) often do it on car trips? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 789 Registered: 6-2008 |
Sorry about missing this: Does it involve pretending an object is something else? No Cards? Pexeso? No to both Do you (or did you) often do it on car trips? YES. The "equipment" is a car, which the pleakers are riding in. Something similar can be done in a building (the indoor version). It cannot be done, e.g., walking along the street, though. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 790 Registered: 6-2008 |
Oh, and I missed Balin's last set of questions--again. It should be clear though that all the answers are No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 491 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it the alphabet game (trying to find all the letters of the alphabet in order on highway signs, buildings, etc.)? Trying to find a license plate from all 50 states? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 792 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it the alphabet game (trying to find all the letters of the alphabet in order on highway signs, buildings, etc.)? Trying to find a license plate from all 50 states? No to both. Hint(before you resort to randomly guessing games, which is boring and probably useless, as this is very unlikely to appear on a "LTPF list of games for road trips"): While the car in which the pleakers are riding is the only necessary equipment, there is an important other condition to be met, both for the car and the indoor version. This means that on many road trips there is never an opportunity to pleak. | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 499 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is it spotting the first -something-? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 793 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it spotting the first -something-? Not in the sense of spotting an object along the road, which I assume is what you're thinking, though which of a collection of things happens first is relevant. However, it would be almost impossible to figure it out from that clue. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 514 Registered: 4-2010 |
Must one be driving in the city to pleak? The country? On a highway? On twisting back roads? On a mountain? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 794 Registered: 6-2008 |
Must one be driving in the city to pleak? The country? On a highway? On twisting back roads? On a mountain? All of these are possible | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2028 Registered: 9-2009 |
Are windows important to pleaking? Daylight? Is pleaking the act of breathing on a window and drawing in the resulting dew? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 796 Registered: 6-2008 |
Are windows important to pleaking? YES Daylight? In the sense of it not being dark outside, yes Is pleaking the act of breathing on a window and drawing in the resulting dew? No, but this is by far the closest guess yet | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 543 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it involve rolling down a window? Can pleaking be done with all car windows? With non-car windows? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1340 Registered: 3-2006 |
The necessary conditions: Does the air in the car have to be colder than it is outside? Or does the air outside need to be colder? If the condensation is on the inside, perhaps 'to pleak' is to write messages in the 'fog'? to people in other cars? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1342 Registered: 3-2006 |
Maybe it has to be raining? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 797 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does it involve rolling down a window? No Can pleaking be done with all car windows? I think so With non-car windows? Yes, as in the indoor "version" The necessary conditions: Does the air in the car have to be colder than it is outside? Or does the air outside need to be colder? Irr. If the condensation is on the inside, perhaps 'to pleak' is to write messages in the 'fog'? to people in other cars? No Maybe it has to be raining? YES! Now you are getting there. | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1350 Registered: 3-2006 |
Do you follow the trail of the raindrops with your finger? Maybe trying to get it to go at the same speed? Do you try to guess which raindrop would reach the bottom of the window first? Do you count the number of raindrops? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 553 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does it involve watching the rain through the window? And thinking deeply? (No, that can't be it.) Can you pleak in light rain? Or must it be storming? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 554 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it watching the drops on the window and watching them combine into bigger drops as they slide down the window? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 798 Registered: 6-2008 |
Do you follow the trail of the raindrops with your finger? Maybe trying to get it to go at the same speed? No Do you try to guess which raindrop would reach the bottom of the window first? YES Do you count the number of raindrops? Not necessarily ***********SPOILER************************** Pleaking is watching raindrops move along a window and trying to guess which will reach the bottom first. I never thought so many people did that until I found a Facebook group with a title something like "I used to race raindrops down car windows". For those curious, the word came from something like "plip-plop" (the sound of raindrops) and "streak", which is what the drops make as they slide. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 566 Registered: 4-2010 |
Nice! I did this all the time when I was younger. Still do it now. | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 242 Registered: 5-2010 |
I did this too! | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1369 Registered: 3-2006 |
Heehee, my favourite thing about raindrops on car windows was to watch a drop move slowly down, making its own track, then slip into a previously used path and slide all the way down, really quickly!! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2044 Registered: 9-2009 |
Mine too! It never occurred to me to look at which one got to the bottom first, I was simply fascinated with their movements (and still am, to an extent). |
