| Author | Message | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 215 Registered: 9-2010 |
This evening, I mocked a group of female college students and they started flirting with me. Explain. Note: This is a true story, except that only one flirted with me. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 220 Registered: 9-2010 |
Clarification so this doesn't make me sound like a lady's man posting my success stories: I mocked them with the deliberate intent of annoying them. Not with getting them to flirt with me. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3588 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you mock: something they: did? Wore? Had? Were? Resembled? Did you know why they started flirting with you? Was it as direct result of you mocking them? Was it the way you did it? Did they misunderstand the mockery as something else? Did they think you were flirting with them? Relevant why you wanted to annoy them? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 221 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you mock: something they: did? this is closest Wore? Had? Were? Resembled? Did you know why they started flirting with you? Yes Was it as direct result of you mocking them? Yes Was it the way you did it? I'm not sure what you mean by this... Did they misunderstand the mockery as something else? Yes Did they think you were flirting with them? possibly Relevant why you wanted to annoy them? absolutely | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2253 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did they assume, from something you said, that you had large quantities of cash? Or that you were a personal acquaintance of someone sexy? Or that you could secure them a modelling contract? Or a place at Harvard? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 146 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did you say that whatever they had done was great (as in "great") and they didn't get the sarcasm? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 223 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did they assume, from something you said, that you had large quantities of cash? Or that you were a personal acquaintance of someone sexy? Or that you could secure them a modelling contract? Or a place at Harvard? None of these Posted on Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 8:22 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you say that whatever they had done was great (as in "great") and they didn't get the sarcasm? No, but you're somewhat OTRT | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3594 Registered: 9-2009 |
Had you interacted with them before this? Had they annoyed you? Relevant which college they were from? Sports relevant? Their field of study relevant? Did you say something sarcastic? Was the mocking purely verbal? Or did you do something relevant? Relevant how you responded to the flirting? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 226 Registered: 9-2010 |
Had you interacted with them before this? No Had they annoyed you? Yes... Good question. Relevant which college they were from? The fact that they were from UConn may have helped a little, but not much. Sports relevant? possibly a very little bit, in relation to the fact that they were from UConn. Their field of study relevant? No Did you say something sarcastic? Somewhat sarcastic, sarcastic in the sense that it wasn't an actual serious statement, but more mocking than sarcasm Was the mocking purely verbal? Or did you do something relevant? It was my words and some aspect related to them Relevant how you responded to the flirting? Not at all. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7376 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the recent recruitment scandal relevant? Were you annoyed by the somthing they had done? The girls - were they cheerleaders? From the marching band? Did they flirt with you because of what you said? Did it have an unintended meaning of inviting flirtation? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 230 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the recent recruitment scandal relevant? you mean the basketball scandal? Not at all. Were you annoyed by the somthing they had done? Yes The girls - were they cheerleaders? From the marching band? Irrelevant, assume no. Did they flirt with you because of what you said? yes Did it have an unintended meaning of inviting flirtation? If you were an idiot (or had been drinking, as they had been most likely) then yes, it could. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3596 Registered: 9-2009 |
Had they intended to annoy you? To annoy anyone? Were they noisy? Is their appearance relevant? Clothing? Relevant where this happened? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7386 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did they think you were playing hard-to-get? Acting tough? Relevant at all? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 235 Registered: 9-2010 |
Had they intended to annoy you? To annoy anyone? probably not, but irrelevant Were they noisy? yes Is their appearance relevant? Clothing? Relevant where this happened? no to these Did they think you were playing hard-to-get? Acting tough? Relevant at all? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7394 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the setting relevant? Were you indoors? Outdoors? Were there more people there than just you and the girls? Many more? Were they being overly talkative/chatty? Shouting? Cheering? Were they being noisy verbally? Or through other actions? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 238 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the setting relevant? Were you indoors? Outdoors? irrelevant Were there more people there than just you and the girls? irrelevant, but no Many more? Were they being overly talkative/chatty? yes, but it's not just that... Shouting? Cheering? None of these though Were they being noisy verbally? this Or through other actions? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7401 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they talking all at once? Talking like stereotypical college girls? Is what (or whom) they were talking about relevant? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 241 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they talking all at once? To some extent, yes Talking like stereotypical college girls? What do you mean by this? Is what (or whom) they were talking about relevant? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7414 Registered: 4-2010 |
Clarification - were they just blabbering on and on? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 392 Registered: 2-2009 |
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand Balin gets a big old :-P for that one, as I take offense on behalf of my gender -- I would suggest not implying this to any females you meet at college. Much to learn about the world, you have, grasshoppa ;-) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7419 Registered: 4-2010 |
Well, I SAID "stereotypical," emphasis on the "stereo".... | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 247 Registered: 9-2010 |
Clarification - were they just blabbering on and on? There's more to it. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7429 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they talking loudly? Even though there was no need to? Had they been talking for a long time? In the same place? Were you in the same place as them for a long time? For the entire conversation? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 252 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they talking loudly? Yes, but there's more. Even though there was no need to? Probably, but it wasn't just the talking I was mocking Had they been talking for a long time? I wouldn't know because In the same place? Were you in the same place as them for a long time? I was walking down a path that they were approaching. I could hear them (talking and some other part that you have yet to find which is the major component) and proceeded to mock them. So no. For the entire conversation? see above | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7432 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they doing something else annoying? Involving a certain body part? Snapping gum? Chewing loudly? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 255 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they doing something else annoying? Yes Involving a certain body part? Well it was verbal, so that would involve the mouth and vocal cords... Snapping gum? Chewing loudly? None of these | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7445 Registered: 4-2010 |
Singing? Off-key? And loudly? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 265 Registered: 9-2010 |
Singing? Off-key? And loudly? No, although they were doing what they were doing quite loudly. Hint: verbally may not be the best word to use. What they were doing was definitely vocal (as it involved making sound using the vocal chords) but it may or may not qualify as verbal (while they were speaking, this is not the main point.) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7452 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they screaming? Gargling? Making animal sounds? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 268 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they screaming? Gargling? Making animal sounds? None of these. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7459 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they screeching? Were the sounds directed at each other? At no one in particular? At you? Did they know you were there before you mocked them? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1007 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they calling you Mr. Coke? *innocent look* | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 275 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they screeching? No, but it sounded somewhat like it, which should be a hint. Were the sounds directed at each other? this one At no one in particular? At you? Did they know you were there before you mocked them? irrelevant, they may have. Were they calling you Mr. Coke? *innocent look* No. :-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1012 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they singing off key? Imitating someone singing off key? (I'm glad they weren't calling you Mr. Coke. That's what WE get to call you. :-) Speaking of which, my latest puzzle's been $poyled. Check it out ;-) ) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7470 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they acting something out? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 279 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they singing off key? Imitating someone singing off key? No (already answered) (I'm glad they weren't calling you Mr. Coke. That's what WE get to call you. :-) Speaking of which, my latest puzzle's been $poyled. Check it out ;-) ) I will Were they acting something out? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7510 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they doing something relevant with their bodies? Related to what they were "saying"? Relevant what they were wearing? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 286 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were they doing something relevant with their bodies? Unless you count making the noise/sound they were making, no. And as a hint, it's a very simple noise/sound to think of. Related to what they were "saying"? The topic of their conversation is irrelevant. What is relevant is the sound they were making while talking, and if what I just said doesn't make it obvious to at least some extent what they were doing, them quite frankly you're all idiots. Relevant what they were wearing? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7550 Registered: 4-2010 |
Laughing? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 296 Registered: 9-2010 |
Laughing? Yes, more specifically.... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7559 Registered: 4-2010 |
Laughing loudly? In an extremely annoying tone? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 299 Registered: 9-2010 |
Laughing loudly? In an extremely annoying tone? Both of these. Slightly more to it, which caused me to make a comment (as deduced above) which they misinterpreted and flirted with me. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7565 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did they laugh for a long time? In this loud annoying tone? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 303 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did they laugh for a long time? irrelevant In this loud annoying tone? Absolutely! Now how did I respond that caused them to flirt? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1071 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you imitate their laughter? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 319 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you imitate their laughter? Not as much "imitating" as mocking, but yes. Now find out exactly how I mocked it and how that caused them to flirt with me (the second should be somewhat obvious once you get the first) | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 320 Registered: 9-2010 |
And as a hint, the title is relevant somewhat. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7688 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you mock it by making a lateral puzzle out of it? Something involving the Internet? Did you post about it on Facebook? Record a video of it and post it on YouTube? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 333 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you mock it by making a lateral puzzle out of it? Something involving the Internet? Did you post about it on Facebook? Record a video of it and post it on YouTube? No to all (well the first one is true, but not the solution.) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7713 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the way you mocked it involve computers at all? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 334 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does the way you mocked it involve computers at all? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7801 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you mock it by talking to them? Saying something? About them? About their laughter? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 337 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you mock it by talking to them? Saying something? About them? About their laughter? Yes to all, though I didn't directly say something about their laughter, rather what I said implied that I was mocking it. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8249 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you laugh back at them? Did you say something about all of them? about one of them? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 338 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you laugh back at them? Yes, but there's more to it. Did you say something about all of them? Yope about one of them? The statement applied to all of them. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8313 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you speak back to them in the aforementioned loud annoying tone? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 339 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you speak back to them in the aforementioned loud annoying tone? Yes, but it's not just HOW I spoke to them.... (Although the loud annoying "laugh" tone will help you figure out the other relevant part. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8374 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you say something that referred to the tone? Did you directly mention laughing? The tone of the laughter? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8375 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you say something that referred to the tone? Did you directly mention laughing? The tone of the laughter? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 345 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you say something that referred to the tone? Did you directly mention laughing? The tone of the laughter? What I said referred to the tone of the laughter, but not directly. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8383 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you say just one sentence to them? More? Did you go up to them and say the thing? Shout it at them from where you were standing? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 348 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you say just one sentence to them? More? Either one or two, it could be understood as either. Did you go up to them and say the thing? Shout it at them from where you were standing? They were walking by me as I said it to them. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8392 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the statement a question? An exclamation? An ordinary sentence? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 350 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the statement a question? An exclamation? This is closest. An ordinary sentence? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8404 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you shout something at them? In that high pitched tone? Could you please recap? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 356 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did you shout something at them? In that high pitched tone? Yes, although it's the tone of the laugh that this is referring to. Could you please recap? I was walking by a group of girls (about my age, they were college students) who were laughing in an extremely annoying tone. I mocked their laughter in a way that qualifies somewhat as imitating but is more a mock. I said a short statement that could either be one (compound) sentence or two shorter sentences, in the same annoying laughing tone that they were speaking in. Although I intended it in an entirely mocking way, they perceived what I said as flirting and started to flirt back. If I'm missing anything that we determined, chime in. As a hint, what I said to them is a well-known quote. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8443 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the quote from Shakespeare? Is it a proverb? If neither of those, is the quote originally from [LTPF list of centuries]? From a form of entertainment? A play? TV show? Movie? Book? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 359 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the quote from Shakespeare? Is it a proverb? No to all If neither of those, is the quote originally from [LTPF list of centuries]? 20th From a form of entertainment? A play? TV show? Movie? This Book? The film was based on a far lesser-known book. I don't know if the quote was in the book. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8458 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the movie an action film? Animated? Drama? Comedy? Western? Romance? Silent? Black-and-white? Christmas? Thriller? Mystery? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 360 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the movie an action film? Animated? Drama? this is closest Comedy? Western? Romance? Silent? Black-and-white? I believe a portion of it was. Christmas? Thriller? Mystery? no to rest | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8471 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the film from [LTPF list of decades]? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 364 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the film from [LTPF list of decades]? The original is from the 1930s. It has been remade many times since then. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8498 Registered: 4-2010 |
The Wizard of Oz? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1573 Registered: 9-2010 |
I bet that's it...either that or Gone with the Wind, which I've never seen, but then Greg would've said something about romance, probably. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too?" "There's no place like home?" "Auntie Em, Auntie Em!" "In the vernacular of the peasantry, looks like a whopper!" "Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean you have the power to run the rest of us! For twenty-five years I've been dying to tell you what I think of you, and now...well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!" "I've sent a little insect along to take the fight out of them..." "You stay out of this, Glinda, or I'll fix you as well!" "Helping the little lady along, are we, my fine gentlemen? Well, stay away from her! Or I'll stuff a mattress with you! And you...I'll use you for a beehive!" "I had an Auntie Em once..." "He's the horse of a different color you've heard tell about." (All right...enough quoting. And by the way, I did not use IMDb at all, I swear it. Just ask my Tortiesibling...for THIS movie, I do not NEED IMDb...*grin*) | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 367 Registered: 9-2010 |
The Wizard of Oz? Yes! I bet that's it...either that or Gone with the Wind, which I've never seen, but then Greg would've said something about romance, probably. Never seen Gone with the Wind, except when when I was 9 and I wanted to eat something and my Mom was watching it in the kitchen on AMC and refused to turn it off. So I endured it for 5 minutes, and my mom cried at the line "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn". That's all I remember. "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too?" Yes! Should be pretty obvious why they thought I was flirting with them now (keep in mind they were quite probably drunk, or at least had been drinking somewhat. A sober, rational person would likely not make the same mistake "There's no place like home?" "Auntie Em, Auntie Em!" "In the vernacular of the peasantry, looks like a whopper!" "Almira Gulch, just because you own half the county doesn't mean you have the power to run the rest of us! For twenty-five years I've been dying to tell you what I think of you, and now...well, being a Christian woman, I can't say it!" "I've sent a little insect along to take the fight out of them..." "You stay out of this, Glinda, or I'll fix you as well!" "Helping the little lady along, are we, my fine gentlemen? Well, stay away from her! Or I'll stuff a mattress with you! And you...I'll use you for a beehive!" "I had an Auntie Em once..." "He's the horse of a different color you've heard tell about." (All right...enough quoting. And by the way, I did not use IMDb at all, I swear it. Just ask my Tortiesibling...for THIS movie, I do not NEED IMDb...*grin*) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1575 Registered: 9-2010 |
They (or she, as it may be) thought you were calling them pretty? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 368 Registered: 9-2010 |
They (or she, as it may be) thought you were calling them pretty? Precisely! Time for good ole, ****SPOILER**** The girls were laughing in a horrible laugh that sounded like a witch's cackle. So, doing my Wicked Witch of the West impersonation, I cackled back "I'll get You My Pretty, and Your Little dog too". One of the girls (in real life) or all of them (for this puzzle) believed I was in fact calling her (them) pretty (and was flirting with her/them), and possibly that the "little dog too" was a reference to UConn Huskies (I forget her exact words, but she mentioned the school sports in some way too) and hence flirted back. Good job everyone. |
