| Author | Message | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2150 Registered: 6-2006 |
It's entirely possible that I posted this puzzle, or some variety of it, years ago... I can't recall. So if you know the answer, please don't sp0il! Daniel threatened me with physical violence. Because of my reaction, Daniel now anticipates receiving a sizable amount of money. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2113 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does he anticipate to receive the money from: you? Someone else? Will he get the money? Do you want him to get the money? Is it real currency? Or monopoly money? Was his threat serious? Or meant in jest? Did you overreact? Or dismiss his threat? Did he ever carry out his threat? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4569 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is he expecting an insurance type payout? Were you protecting yourself or your possessions and he got hurt (physically or mentally) in the process and sues you? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1269 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he expect a lawsuit? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2151 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does he anticipate to receive the money from: you?yes Someone else?no Will he get the money?maybe Do you want him to get the money?yope Is it real currency?yes Or monopoly money?no Was his threat serious?noish to yope Or meant in jest?yesish to yope Did you overreact?no Or dismiss his threat?yope Did he ever carry out his threat?no, but... Is he expecting an insurance type payout?no Were you protecting yourself or your possessions and he got hurt (physically or mentally) in the process and sues you?no Does he expect a lawsuit?no | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 588 Registered: 6-2009 |
Did you react by: Carrying out some physical action? Not doing something you would otherwise have done? Saying something? Going somewhere? Directly interacting with Daniel in some way? Interacting with someone else? With an object? If he does get the money, will you just hand it to him? (In cash? A check? Credit card? A bank transfer? Stock tips? Something valuable he can sell?) Will you carry out some action that is profitable to him? Is it up to you whether he gets the money now? Or are you just waiting to see whether your reaction has led to his profit? If he gets the money, will you be poorer? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2152 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you react by: Carrying out some physical action?no Not doing something you would otherwise have done?no Saying something?yes Going somewhere?no Directly interacting with Daniel in some way?yes Interacting with someone else?no With an object?no If he does get the money, will you just hand it to him?yes (In cash?this A check?or this Credit card?not this A bank transfer?not likely Stock tips?no Something valuable he can sell?no) Will you carry out some action that is profitable to him?noish Is it up to you whether he gets the money now?yope Or are you just waiting to see whether your reaction has led to his profit?yope If he gets the money, will you be poorer?yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1279 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do you want to give Daniel the money? Are you buying something from him? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2154 Registered: 6-2006 |
Do you want to give Daniel the money?yope, leaning strongly toward no Are you buying something from him?no ish | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1283 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you say something positive to him? Negative? Neutral? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2155 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you say something positive to him? Negative? Neutral? none of these very accurately describes the nature of my remark...this also depends on whether you're meaning positive and negative in terms of attitude, tone or grammar... grammatically, there was a negative and an arguably positive part. My attitude was neutral to positive, is suppose. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1287 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you make a suggestion? Give advice? A tip? Hint? Exact amount of money relevant? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2131 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you tell him he'd get money? Did you make a bet? In jest? But he took it seriously? Did you challenge him to some kind of contest? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2156 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you make a suggestion?noish Give advice?no A tip?no Hint? no Exact amount of money relevant?yope Did you tell him he'd get money?yope Did you make a bet?yes In jest?no But he took it seriously?yes Did you challenge him to some kind of contest?noish | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1340 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you bet money with him? Or did you bet him something, but not bet money? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2162 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you bet money with him?yes Or did you bet him something, but not bet money?no | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 604 Registered: 6-2009 |
Was the bet that you wouldn't say something? And he tricked you into it with his "threat of physical violence"? Were you betting that something would happen? Or it wouldn't? Or on one of many possible outcomes? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2165 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was the bet that you wouldn't say something?no And he tricked you into it with his "threat of physical violence"?no Were you betting that something would happen?no Or it wouldn't?yesish Or on one of many possible outcomes?no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2171 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you make the bet as response to the threat? Or was the bet already in effect at the time? Did you bet he couldn't do something? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2167 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you make the bet as response to the threat?yes Or was the bet already in effect at the time?no Did you bet he couldn't do something?yes | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 619 Registered: 6-2009 |
Did you bet that he couldn't carry out his threat? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2169 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did you bet that he couldn't carry out his threat? yesish or yope | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2174 Registered: 9-2009 |
Has he won the bet? Does he think he has won the bet? Did he beat you at something? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2171 Registered: 6-2006 |
Has he won the bet?not as of yet Does he think he has won the bet?no Did he beat you at something?he's beaten me at lots of things, but none that are relevant to this puzzle! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1349 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he have to do something physical in order to collect? Is it long-term? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2173 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does he have to do something physical in order to collect?yes Is it long-term?yes, in the sense that there is no deadline for him to do what he would need to do to win the bet, no in the sense that the thing he has to do does not have to be completed over a long period of time | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1361 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he have to win something? Complete something? Does his feat require strength? Endurance? Patience? Perseverance? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2176 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does he have to win something?no Complete something?noish Does his feat require strength?possibly Endurance?not likely Patience?maybe Perseverance?maybe | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1365 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does this feat require equipment of some sort? That he has to buy? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2182 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does this feat require equipment of some sort?yes, for svv of "equipment" That he has to buy?yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1369 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the "equipment" food? Books? Does the feat involve eating? Sleeping? Reading? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2183 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the "equipment" food?partially Books?no Does the feat involve eating? Sleeping? Reading?none of these | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2182 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does it involve making food? If so, making: good food? Lots of food? Better food than you? Or just as good? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2188 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does it involve making food?no If so, making: good food? Lots of food? Better food than you? Or just as good?so no to all | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2185 Registered: 9-2009 |
Relevant what the food is? Is it a prepared food? A raw material? A vegetable or fruit? Is it especially: cold? Hot? Spicy? Expensive? Rare? Is the challenge to find this food in the first place? Or does he have to do something with it after he buys it? If so: change it? Serve it? Give it to you? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2189 Registered: 6-2006 |
Relevant what the food is?yes Is it a prepared food?it can be A raw material?it could be raw, yes A vegetable or fruit?no Is it especially: cold?can be Hot?can be Spicy?not usually Expensive?sometimes Rare?no Is the challenge to find this food in the first place?no Or does he have to do something with it after he buys it?yes If so: change it?no Serve it?no Give it to you?no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2186 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it eaten? Saved? Is he building a collection? does the food contain: veggies? Fruit? Dairy products? Meat? Fish? Eggs? Grain? Is it mainly: sweet? Savoury? Salty? Sour? Bitter? Do you like it? Does he? Relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2192 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it eaten?usually yes, for this purpose, no Saved?no Is he building a collection?no does the food contain: veggies? Fruit? Dairy products? Meat? Fish? Eggs? Grain?none of these, fruit of vegetable is technically closest Is it mainly: sweet? Savoury? Salty?usually this Sour? Bitter? Do you like it?yes Does he?not sure Relevant?nope | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 640 Registered: 6-2009 |
French fries? Potato chips? Pretzels? Some other packaged snack food? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2194 Registered: 6-2006 |
French fries? Potato chips? Pretzels?none of these, but otrt Some other packaged snack food?yope | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 641 Registered: 6-2009 |
Nuts? Sunflower seeds? Crackers? Popcorn? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2195 Registered: 6-2006 |
Nuts?yes! and I'll go ahead and say that the specific type of nuts is irrelevant Sunflower seeds? Crackers? Popcorn? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 642 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is he supposed to plant the nuts? Crack them? Did he threaten to "crack you like a walnut" and then you challenged him to crack an actual walnut? Hehe. | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2197 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is he supposed to plant the nuts?no Crack them?no Did he threaten to "crack you like a walnut" and then you challenged him to crack an actual walnut? Hehe.no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1390 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the nuts supposed to remain whole throughout this bet? Shelled? Is this a head-to-head challenge (do you have to do this too)? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2201 Registered: 6-2006 |
Are the nuts supposed to remain whole throughout this bet? irrel Shelled?irrel Is this a head-to-head challenge (do you have to do this too)?no, only him | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1394 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he supposed to see how far the nuts will travel? Throw them? Launch from a catapult or cannon? Is this done with multiple nuts? Only one? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2203 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is he supposed to see how far the nuts will travel? Throw them? Launch from a catapult or cannon?no to all Is this done with multiple nuts?yes Only one?no | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2211 Registered: 6-2006 |
HINT: Find out exactly what Daniel's threat was | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1422 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he threaten physical harm? Demeaning of reputation? General insults? Was his threat serious? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2213 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did he threaten physical harm?yes Demeaning of reputation?no General insults?no Was his threat serious?yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1434 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was his threat in semi-jest? Did he want to hurt you? Is the specific harm he threatened relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2216 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was his threat in semi-jest?yes Did he want to hurt you?yes Is the specific harm he threatened relevant?yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2219 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it relevant: which part of the body he would hurt? the nature of the injury? the method of inflicting the injury? The tools, if any, used to inflict the injury? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2222 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it relevant: which part of the body he would hurt?yes the nature of the injury?no the method of inflicting the injury?yes The tools, if any, used to inflict the injury?yesish | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 671 Registered: 6-2009 |
Part of the body: In the region of the arms? legs? front torso? back? neck? head? Interior body part? Method of inflicting injury: Using only his own body (punching, kicking, slapping, etc)? Using a potentially lethal weapon? Using a weapon intended to injure (mace, stun gun, etc)? Using an unusual object as a weapon? Drowning? Poison? Depriving you of something? Indirectly causing you to be injured? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2224 Registered: 6-2006 |
Part of the body: In the region of the arms?no legs?next to this, but not this front torso?near to this back?no neck?no head?no Interior body part? no Method of inflicting injury: Using only his own body (punching, kickingthis, slapping, etc)? Using a potentially lethal weapon? Using a weapon intended to injure (mace, stun gun, etc)? Using an unusual object as a weapon? Drowning? Poison? Depriving you of something? Indirectly causing you to be injured?no to the rest | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 675 Registered: 6-2009 |
He was going to kick you in the thigh? hip? pelvis? stomach? *ahem* somewhere between the legs? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2225 Registered: 6-2006 |
He was going to kick you in the thigh? hip? pelvis? stomach? *ahem* somewhere between the legs?this. and his specific wording is important. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 677 Registered: 6-2009 |
Hm. Well, here come the really awkward questions. The nuts? The walnuts? The lady-parts? The [insert slang word for vagina here]? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2226 Registered: 6-2006 |
Hm. Well, here come the really awkward questions. The nuts?precisely The walnuts? The lady-parts? The [insert slang word for vagina here]?no need for the rest! haha | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 836 Registered: 6-2008 |
Since you (presumably) don't have the "nuts" he was referring to, did you offer to let him kick some nuts of the botanical kind? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2228 Registered: 6-2006 |
Since you (presumably) don't have the "nuts" he was referring to, did you offer to let him kick some nuts of the botanical kind? not quite, but otrt | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 682 Registered: 6-2009 |
Relevant why he was threatening to kick you? Why he specifically said he'd kick you in the nuts when you're a girl? Did you respond with sarcasm? Or just by making the bet? Was the bet supposed to be serious? Would him winning the bet involve him kicking the walnuts? Would you have to do anything with the walnuts before he interacted with them? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2230 Registered: 6-2006 |
Relevant why he was threatening to kick you?no Why he specifically said he'd kick you in the nuts when you're a girl?the fact that he threatened this despite me being a girl is relevant. But not why. It just kind of slipped out of his mouth without him thinking Did you respond with sarcasm?noish Or just by making the bet?yesish Was the bet supposed to be serious?yes Would him winning the bet involve him kicking the walnuts?no, but... Would you have to do anything with the walnuts before he interacted with them?no, but I think there's an FA | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 685 Registered: 6-2009 |
Sorry, I know you said type of nut was irrelevant, I just like walnuts. Is type of nut irrelevant to the point that this scenario would work with some hitherto undiscovered type of nut that doesn't have a shell? Okay, in carrying out this bet, does he have to be in possession of some nuts? If so, will he ever touch them? Alter them in some way? Use them to create something? Will you touch them? If he doesn't need to have nuts, does he need to kick something? In telling someone what he needs to do, would you use the word "nuts"? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2232 Registered: 6-2006 |
Sorry, I know you said type of nut was irrelevant, I just like walnuts. Is type of nut irrelevant to the point that this scenario would work with some hitherto undiscovered type of nut that doesn't have a shell? yes. it would work with any type of nut, shelled or unshelled Okay, in carrying out this bet, does he have to be in possession of some nuts?yes If so, will he ever touch them?yes Alter them in some way?no Use them to create something?no Will you touch them?yes If he doesn't need to have nuts, does he need to kick something?he does need to have the nuts, he also need to kick something In telling someone what he needs to do, would you use the word "nuts"?yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2284 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does he need to kick: the nuts? You? Both? Something else? Does he kick the nuts and then give them to you? Or give them to you and then kick them? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2239 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does he need to kick: the nuts?no You?yes Both?no Something else?no Does he kick the nuts and then give them to you?no Or give them to you and then kick them?no | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 701 Registered: 6-2009 |
Would what he has to do be a literal interpretation of "kicking you in the nuts"? For example, he has to kick you while inside of a nut? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2242 Registered: 6-2006 |
Would what he has to do be a literal interpretation of "kicking you in the nuts"?yes For example, he has to kick you while inside of a nut?not this, but much much closer | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 851 Registered: 6-2008 |
Maybe both of you need to be in a tub (e.g. bathtub) full of nuts? Which means he needs a lot of money to buy enough nuts such that you can be "in the nuts"? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2245 Registered: 6-2006 |
Maybe both of you need to be in a tub (e.g. bathtub) full of nuts? so ridiculously close... Which means he needs a lot of money to buy enough nuts such that you can be "in the nuts"?yes, but.... It's almost there. I almost called this a sp0!ler... one more post should do it.... | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 713 Registered: 6-2009 |
Do you both need to be "in the nuts"? just him? just you? Is it actually a tub/wading pool/some other large container full of nuts? A nut tree/field? Or do you just have to be coated in nuts? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 2249 Registered: 6-2006 |
Do you both need to be "in the nuts"? just him? just you?this is all that's important Is it actually a tub/wading pool/some other large container full of nuts?a pool... A nut tree/field? Or do you just have to be coated in nuts? I think we'll call this a ********** SPOILER ************* About ten years ago, when my brother, Daniel, was 11 and I was 17, he got angry at me for some reason and threatened to "kick me in the nuts." I laughed, and told him good luck, considering that I lack the necessary parts. Daniel, always determined, and always a smart ass, laughingly said that somehow he'd find a way. So, I told him this: If you can, at any point in our lives, manage to buy enough nuts to fill up a swimming pool, not a kiddie pool, but at least a small swimming pool, somehow trick or force me into these nuts, and manage to kick me while I'm "in the nuts" I will refund you double the cost of the operation. Ten years later, 21 years old, my brother is still quite serious that he WILL accomplish this feat. Every few years we've discussed the terms, addressing questions like "are packing peanuts considered nuts? Are actual peanuts considered nuts for that matter...the answers are no and yes, respectively) While I don't want to have to pay him, I still think it would be AMAZING if he could pull it off. I'll start worrying when he actually has any money to potentially buy the nuts in the first place. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1499 Registered: 4-2010 |
Coming back from my five day trip, and I read this thread...haven't stopped laughing since. Great puzzle - I'd love to find out if, and when, he succeeds. That would be hilarious, despite the possible cost. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 728 Registered: 6-2009 |
Wow... I shudder to think what lengths your brother might go to in order to commandeer an empty swimming pool. Great puzzle! |
