| Author | Message | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 600 Registered: 8-2010 |
This is a camouflaged rulebreaker, in that it's a rulebreaker passed off as a normal puzzle. Ask questions like you might ask for a normal puzzle, but don't expect normal answers. The goal is to figure out the rule. This is also a CA rulebreaker, by the way, but if you ask complete questions that shouldn't come into play. Why did Kurt spend his lifetime trying to avoid Leonard? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9965 Registered: 4-2010 |
Kurt - H? A? M? Leonard - H? A? M? Does Kurt know Leonard? Does Leonard know Kurt? Are they friends? Are they relatives? Are they neighbors? Friends? Relatives? Neighbors? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 601 Registered: 8-2010 |
Kurt - H? A? M? CA Leonard - H? A? M? CA -- okay, I guess these will happen more often than I thought Does Kurt know Leonard? CA Does Leonard know Kurt? CA Are they friends? no Are they relatives? no Are they neighbors? no Friends? no Relatives? no Neighbors? no | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 109 Registered: 12-2010 |
What does "CA rulebreaker" mean? Are they still alive? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2065 Registered: 9-2010 |
A CA rulebreaker means the answer sometimes can't be given, as the rule won't allow it...so the only possible answer is "CA", "can't answer". Are they dead? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 604 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are they still alive? yes Are they dead? no | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2173 Registered: 7-2009 |
Are there two of them? Three? Four? Five or more? 10 or more? 100 or more? Are they all HAM? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 605 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are there two of them? no Three? no Four? yes Five or more? yes 10 or more? no 100 or more? no Are they all HAM? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9968 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are they human? Are they adult? Are they male? Human? Adult? Male? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 570 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are they human? Are they adult? Are they male? Is Kurt a dog? Leonard's dog? The other way around? Are they archrivals? Archenemies? Are there [LTPF list of integers] of them? Are there [LTPF list of integers] males? Are there [LTPF list of integers] females? Can we refer to them, using the male/female names as appropriate, in the following list of priority? Males: 1. Bob 2. Josephus 3. Gonzalo 4. Morris 5. Boris 6. Tyrone 7. Moses 8. Francisco 9. Alouicious 10. Brett Females: 1. Mary 2. Sue 3. Lulu 4. Patty 5. Lucinda 6. Lucretia 7. Luisa 8. Xavierelda 9. Matilda 10. Frilly (use up to the right number of Males and Females in accordance with the previous question) Are they all human? Adult? Teen? Child? Senior Citizen? Alive? Dead? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 606 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are they human? no Are they adult? no Are they male? yes Human? no Adult? no Male? yes Are they human? no Are they adult? no Are they male? yes Is Kurt a dog? no Leonard's dog? no The other way around? no Are they archrivals? no Archenemies? no Are there [LTPF list of integers] of them? no Are there [LTPF list of integers] males? yes Are there [LTPF list of integers] females? yes Can we refer to them, using the male/female names as appropriate, in the following list of priority? yes Males: yes 1. Bob yes 2. Josephus no 3. Gonzalo no 4. Morris no 5. Boris no 6. Tyrone no 7. Moses no 8. Francisco no 9. Alouicious no 10. Brett no Females: yes 1. Mary yes 2. Sue no 3. Lulu no 4. Patty no 5. Lucinda no 6. Lucretia no 7. Luisa no 8. Xavierelda no 9. Matilda no 10. Frilly no (use up to the right number of Males and Females in accordance with the previous question) yes Are they all human? no Adult? no Teen? no Child? no Senior Citizen? yes Alive? yes Dead? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9996 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he male? Is she female? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 572 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are there any possible answers other than "yes", "no", or "CA"? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 609 Registered: 8-2010 |
Is he male? yes Is she female? yes Are there any possible answers other than "yes", "no", or "CA"? nope, only those three | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10055 Registered: 4-2010 |
1? A? The answer is 42? The answer is 2A? The answer is 101010? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 612 Registered: 8-2010 |
1? yes A? CA The answer is 42? no The answer is 2A? CA The answer is 101010? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10160 Registered: 4-2010 |
42? 2A? 101010? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 614 Registered: 8-2010 |
42? no 2A? CA 101010? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10174 Registered: 4-2010 |
B? 2B? 2B or not 2B? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 616 Registered: 8-2010 |
B? CA 2B? CA 2B or not 2B? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10176 Registered: 4-2010 |
A? AB? BA? B A? A B? a? ab? ba? b a? a b? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10177 Registered: 4-2010 |
A? AB? BA? B A? A B? a? ab? ba? b a? a b? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 618 Registered: 8-2010 |
All answers to the above two posts are CA. This won't get you too far. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10180 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is K relevant? Is L relevant? Is Kurt relevant? Is Leonard relevant? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 620 Registered: 8-2010 |
Is K relevant? yes Is L relevant? yes Is Kurt relevant? yes Is Leonard relevant? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10184 Registered: 4-2010 |
Relevant, K is? Relevant, L is? Relevant, Kurt is? Relevant, Leonard it? Relevant, A is? Is A relevant? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 622 Registered: 8-2010 |
Relevant, K is? yes Relevant, L is? yes Relevant, Kurt is? yes Relevant, Leonard it? yes Relevant, A is? yes Is A relevant? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10186 Registered: 4-2010 |
All the world's a stage? And all the men and women merely players? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 624 Registered: 8-2010 |
All the world's a stage? no And all the men and women merely players? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10189 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the world a stage? Are all the men and women merely players? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 627 Registered: 8-2010 |
Is the world a stage? CA Are all the men and women merely players? no Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. --Macbeth, Act V, Scene V That's not relevant; I just had the urge to quote it for some reason. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10191 Registered: 4-2010 |
Am I relevant? Is Macbeth relevant? Would she have died anyway? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 628 Registered: 8-2010 |
Am I relevant? yes Is Macbeth relevant? yes Would she have died anyway? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10197 Registered: 4-2010 |
Would? Would she? Would she have? Would she have died? Would she have died anyway? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 629 Registered: 8-2010 |
Would? CA Would she? CA Would she have? CA Would she have died? CA Would she have died anyway? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10204 Registered: 4-2010 |
Anyway? Died anyway? Have died anyway? She have died anyway? Would she have died anyway? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 630 Registered: 8-2010 |
Anyway? CA Died anyway? CA Have died anyway? CA She have died anyway? CA Would she have died anyway? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10225 Registered: 4-2010 |
Would? She? Have? Died? Anyway? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 631 Registered: 8-2010 |
Would? CA She? CA Have? CA Died? CA Anyway? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10245 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any? Ere? Area? Axis? This? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 632 Registered: 8-2010 |
Any? yes Ere? CA Area? yes Axis? no This? CA MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR BLOOPER!!! Great, I just realized I've been inconsistent. Now to go back and look through all of my answers ... The following answers have been changed: The answer is 2A? no Is the world a stage? no That wasn't as bad as I thought. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10257 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yes? No? CA? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 633 Registered: 8-2010 |
Yes? CA No? CA CA? CA | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2281 Registered: 9-2010 |
How many roads must a man walk down? Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail? Before she sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannonballs fly? Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friends, is blowin' in the wind? The answer is blowin' in the wind? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 634 Registered: 8-2010 |
How many roads must a man walk down? no Before you call him a man? no How many seas must a white dove sail? no Before she sleeps in the sand? no How many times must the cannonballs fly? no Before they're forever banned? no The answer, my friends, is blowin' in the wind? no The answer is blowin' in the wind? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10282 Registered: 4-2010 |
How? Many? Roads? Must? A? Man? Walk? Down? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 635 Registered: 8-2010 |
How? CA Many? no Roads? no Must? CA A? CA Man? no Walk? CA Down? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10291 Registered: 4-2010 |
How many? Many roads? Roads must? Must a? Must how? Must walk? Must down? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 636 Registered: 8-2010 |
How many? no Many roads? no Roads must? no Must a? CA Must how? CA Must walk? CA Must down? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10306 Registered: 4-2010 |
Am? I? Relevant? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 637 Registered: 8-2010 |
Am? CA I? CA Relevant? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10315 Registered: 4-2010 |
Many relevant? Relevant many? A must? Must a? Must many? Many must? A relevant? Relevant a? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 638 Registered: 8-2010 |
Many relevant? yes Relevant many? yes A must? CA Must a? CA Must many? no Many must? no A relevant? yes Relevant a? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10319 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are certain words Yes? Others No? Others CA? Does Yes have priority over No have priority over CA? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 639 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are certain words Yes? Others No? Others CA? Does Yes have priority over No have priority over CA? This is all correct. The rule is of the form: -if any words can be answered Yes, answer Yes; -otherwise, if any can be answered No, answer No; -otherwise, CA. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10324 Registered: 4-2010 |
Kurt? Leonard? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 640 Registered: 8-2010 |
Kurt? CA Leonard? CA Your first two questions already established "Kurt" and "Leonard" as CA words, in case you didn't know. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10331 Registered: 4-2010 |
Truk? Truck? Dranoel? Noel? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 642 Registered: 8-2010 |
Truk? CA Truck? no Dranoel? CA Noel? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10337 Registered: 4-2010 |
Dra? Noel? Dranoel? Noeldra? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 643 Registered: 8-2010 |
Dra? CA Noel? no Dranoel? CA Noeldra? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10343 Registered: 4-2010 |
Why? Did? Kurt? Spend? His? Time? Trying? To? Avoid? Leonard? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 644 Registered: 8-2010 |
Why? CA Did? CA Kurt? CA Spend? CA His? no Time? no Trying? no To? CA Avoid? CA Leonard? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10348 Registered: 4-2010 |
A? B? C? D? E? F? G? H? I? J? K? L? M? N? O? P? Q? R? S? T? U? V? W? X? Y? Z? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 647 Registered: 8-2010 |
All of the above (all single-letter questions) are CA. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10352 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is? He? She? Male? Female? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 649 Registered: 8-2010 |
Is? CA He? CA She? CA Male? yes Female? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10356 Registered: 4-2010 |
A? Aa? Aaa? Aaaa? Aaaaa? Aaaaaa? M? Mm? Mmm? Mmmm? Mmmmm? Mmmmmm? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 652 Registered: 8-2010 |
CA to all of the above | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10364 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ee? Eye? Ey? Hey? Grey? Obey? Alley? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 656 Registered: 8-2010 |
Ee? CA Eye? no Ey? CA Hey? CA Grey? no Obey? CA Alley? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10378 Registered: 4-2010 |
Balin? Whirligig? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2308 Registered: 9-2010 |
Kayleetonkslupin? Kaylee Tonks-Lupin? Kaylee Arafinwiel? Tortiekitten? TortieKitten? Tortiesibling? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 658 Registered: 8-2010 |
CA to all Wait, No to Whirligig. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10393 Registered: 4-2010 |
Nilab? Gigilrihw? Nipulsknoteelyak? Nipul-Sknot Eelyak? Leiwnifara Eelyak? Nittekeitrot? NettikEitrot? Gnilbiseitrot? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 659 Registered: 8-2010 |
CA to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10400 Registered: 4-2010 |
Male? Emal? Lema? Alem? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 661 Registered: 8-2010 |
Male? yes, CA to rest Emal? Lema? Alem? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2325 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are anagrams going to be of any use whatsoever? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 663 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are anagrams going to be of any use whatsoever? no, nor will anything that isn't an actual word | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10411 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are all non-official-English-words CA? Are names CA (as long as they're not also a lijit word)? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 664 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are all non-official-English-words CA? Are names CA (as long as they're not also a lijit word)? yep | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2333 Registered: 9-2010 |
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun? Coral is far more red than her lips' red? If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun? If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head? I have seen roses damask, red and white? But no such roses see I in her cheeks? And in some perfumes is there more delight? Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks? I love to hear her speak, yet well I know? That music hath a far more pleasing sound? I grant I never saw a goddess go? My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground? And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare? As any she belied with false compare? –William Shakespeare, Sonnet 130 "Bite me, alien boy!" (lol, sorry...) | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 665 Registered: 8-2010 |
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun? no Coral is far more red than her lips' red? no If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun? no If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head? yes I have seen roses damask, red and white? no But no such roses see I in her cheeks? no And in some perfumes is there more delight? yes Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks? no I love to hear her speak, yet well I know? CA That music hath a far more pleasing sound? yes I grant I never saw a goddess go? no My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground? no And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare? no As any she belied with false compare? yes | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2335 Registered: 9-2010 |
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head? And in some perfumes is there more delight? That music hath a far more pleasing sound? As any she belied with false compare? Just checking to see if these are still yeses. And trying to figure out what they have in common that's different from the others... | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 666 Registered: 8-2010 |
they are still yeses | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2339 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is "I love to hear her speak, yet well I know?" a CA because it's not a full sentence? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 667 Registered: 8-2010 |
Is "I love to hear her speak, yet well I know?" a CA because it's not a full sentence? no, it's a CA because none of the words can be categorized Yes or No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10448 Registered: 4-2010 |
As? Any? She? Belied? With? False? Compare? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2348 Registered: 9-2010 |
If? hairs? be? wires? black? wires? grow? on? her? head? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 668 Registered: 8-2010 |
As? CA Any? yes She? no Belied? no With? CA False? no Compare? CA If? CA hairs? no be? CA wires? no black? yes wires? no grow? CA on? CA her? no head? no Some of these may be a bit inconsistent with earlier answers, but I'm too lazy to check and it shouldn't matter much. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10459 Registered: 4-2010 |
That? music? hath? a? far? more? pleasing? sound? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10460 Registered: 4-2010 |
That? music? hath? a? far? more? pleasing? sound? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 669 Registered: 8-2010 |
That? no music? no hath? CA a? CA far? CA more? CA pleasing? yes sound? yes Same answers both times. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10467 Registered: 4-2010 |
Male? Lame? Female? Flame? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 670 Registered: 8-2010 |
Male? yes Lame? no Female? yes Flame? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10475 Registered: 4-2010 |
Depolarized? Depolarize? Polar? Depot? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 671 Registered: 8-2010 |
Depolarized? no Depolarize? CA Polar? no Depot? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10485 Registered: 4-2010 |
Depolarizing? Abstemious? Facetious? Abstemiously? Facetiously? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 677 Registered: 8-2010 |
Depolarizing? no Abstemious? no Facetious? no Abstemiously? CA Facetiously? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10495 Registered: 4-2010 |
Bite? Me? Alien? Boy? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 679 Registered: 8-2010 |
Bite? CA Me? no Alien? no Boy? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10499 Registered: 4-2010 |
Reward? Drawer? Loop? Pool? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 680 Registered: 8-2010 |
Reward? no Drawer? no Loop? no Pool? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10505 Registered: 4-2010 |
Iron? Silver? Gold? Copper? Zinc? Brass? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 682 Registered: 8-2010 |
Iron? Silver? Gold? Copper? Zinc? Brass? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10508 Registered: 4-2010 |
Man, I'm stumped. Man? I'm? Stumped? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 685 Registered: 8-2010 |
Man, I'm stumped. Think less along the lines of characters and more along the lines of word meanings. Man? this would normally be a "no," but in this case is CA I'm? CA Stumped? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10512 Registered: 4-2010 |
Awesome? Good? Set? Speak? Spoken? Spoke? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 688 Registered: 8-2010 |
Awesome? no Good? yes Set? no Speak? CA Spoken? yes Spoke? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10518 Registered: 4-2010 |
Good? Better? Best? Bad? Worse? Worst? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 690 Registered: 8-2010 |
Good? yes Better? no Best? no Bad? no Worse? no Worst? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10523 Registered: 4-2010 |
Awful? Awesome? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 693 Registered: 8-2010 |
Awful? no Awesome? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10528 Registered: 4-2010 |
Crazy? Wicked? Sick? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 694 Registered: 8-2010 |
Crazy? no Wicked? no Sick? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10532 Registered: 4-2010 |
Male? Mail? Here? Hear? There? Their? They're? To? Too? Two? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 696 Registered: 8-2010 |
Male? yes Mail? no Here? CA Hear? CA There? CA Their? no They're? CA To? CA Too? CA Two? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10536 Registered: 4-2010 |
Cake? Came? Tame? Take? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 699 Registered: 8-2010 |
Cake? no Came? CA Tame? yes Take? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10544 Registered: 4-2010 |
Mate? Team? Meat? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 700 Registered: 8-2010 |
Mate? no Team? no Meat? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10548 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fame? Same? Game? Name? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 702 Registered: 8-2010 |
Fame? no Same? no Game? no Name? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10551 Registered: 4-2010 |
Aim? Claim? Fail? Tail? Sail? Tale? Sale? Rail? Gale? Quail? Wail? Whale? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 704 Registered: 8-2010 |
Aim? no Claim? no Fail? no Tail? no Sail? no Tale? no Sale? no Rail? no Gale? no Quail? no Wail? no Whale? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10553 Registered: 4-2010 |
Parsimonious? Antidisestablishmentarianism? Floccinaucinihilipilification? Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 705 Registered: 8-2010 |
Parsimonious? no Antidisestablishmentarianism? no Floccinaucinihilipilification? no Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10556 Registered: 4-2010 |
Aha? Ab? Arc? Add? Ale? Arf? Agog? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 708 Registered: 8-2010 |
Aha? CA Ab? no Arc? no Add? CA Ale? no Arf? CA Agog? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10560 Registered: 4-2010 |
Forgive the spaghetti approach, but I'm utterly stuck... Is the number of letters relevant? Number of vowels? Number of consonants? Part of speech relevant? Number of meanings for the word? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 710 Registered: 8-2010 |
Forgive the spaghetti approach, but I'm utterly stuck... Is the number of letters relevant? Number of vowels? Number of consonants? none of these Part of speech relevant? yes Number of meanings for the word? yope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10564 Registered: 4-2010 |
Run? Cool? Tooth? Walk? Bar? Relevant if a word can be more than one part of speech? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 713 Registered: 8-2010 |
Run? no Cool? yes Tooth? no Walk? no Bar? no Relevant if a word can be more than one part of speech? not really; I'll use whichever part of speech works | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10568 Registered: 4-2010 |
Crazy? Create? Bottle? The? Him? Into? And? Ouch? Suddenly? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 716 Registered: 8-2010 |
Crazy? no Create? CA Bottle? no The? CA Him? no Into? CA And? CA Ouch? CA Suddenly? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10572 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yellow? Pale? Ill? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 718 Registered: 8-2010 |
Yellow? no Pale? no Ill? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10574 Registered: 4-2010 |
Run? Ran? Running? Drive? Drove? Driving? Skate? Skated? Skating? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 720 Registered: 8-2010 |
Run? no Ran? CA Running? no Drive? no Drove? CA Driving? no Skate? no Skated? no Skating? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10578 Registered: 4-2010 |
Origin? Original? Originate? Originals? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 722 Registered: 8-2010 |
Origin? no Original? no Originate? CA Originals? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10587 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are certain parts of speech always Yes? No? CA? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 725 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are certain parts of speech always Yes? No? CA? this | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10597 Registered: 4-2010 |
Verb tenses relevant? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 726 Registered: 8-2010 |
Verb tenses relevant? not unless they can be used as other parts of speech | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10605 Registered: 4-2010 |
Do all words of a certain part of speech always receive the same answer? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 727 Registered: 8-2010 |
Do all words of a certain part of speech always receive the same answer? not always | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10607 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the order of the words in the post relevant? [man, this is a tough rule...] | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 728 Registered: 8-2010 |
Is the order of the words in the post relevant? [man, this is a tough rule...] order is not relevant, except for the fact that if the words form a coherent sentence, each word will be assessed based on how it is used in the sentence; mostly, you can just focus on individual words | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10617 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are any of the specific letters in the word relevant? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 729 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are any of the specific letters in the word relevant? letters are not relevant, only meaning (although in a couple of cases letters become relevant) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2407 Registered: 9-2010 |
parts of speech relevant? Noun? Pronoun? Adjective? Verb? Adverb? Preposition? Conjunction? Interjection? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 732 Registered: 8-2010 |
parts of speech relevant? Noun? Pronoun? Adjective? Verb? Adverb? Preposition? Conjunction? Interjection? put simply: anything that isn't an adjective, pronoun, or noun will be CA, and articles are also CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10624 Registered: 4-2010 |
Scary? Orange? Bromine? Oxygen? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 735 Registered: 8-2010 |
Scary? no Orange? no Bromine? no Oxygen? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10642 Registered: 4-2010 |
Chewy? Crunchy? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 738 Registered: 8-2010 |
Chewy? no Crunchy? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10645 Registered: 4-2010 |
Soft? Hard? Bright? Dark? Light? Windy? Rainy? Icy? Snowy? Sunny? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2421 Registered: 9-2010 |
Gregorio de Coca-Cola Tierra? Gregorio? de? Coca-Cola? Tierra? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 739 Registered: 8-2010 |
Soft? no Hard? no Bright? no Dark? yes Light? no Windy? no Rainy? no Icy? no Snowy? no Sunny? no Gregorio de Coca-Cola Tierra? Gregorio? de? Coca-Cola? Tierra? CA to all -- proper nouns are CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10699 Registered: 4-2010 |
Kooky? Insane? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 743 Registered: 8-2010 |
Kooky? yes Insane? no | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2442 Registered: 9-2010 |
iz doriana kitteh? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2443 Registered: 9-2010 |
or kaseburger? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 746 Registered: 8-2010 |
iz doriana kitteh? no or kaseburger? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10714 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are specific letters relevant for "yes" words? For "no"? For "CA"? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 751 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are specific letters relevant for "yes" words? For "no"? For "CA"? no, specific letters are not relevant | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10724 Registered: 4-2010 |
Alabaster? Boring? Creative? Dumb? Elephantine? Fast? Great? Happy? Idiotic? Jumbled? Kooky? Lazy? Melodramatic? Numb? Overanalytic? Personal? Quotable? Reliable? Stupid? Terrifying? Ugly? Verifiable? Wishful? Xenial? Youthful? Zany? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 753 Registered: 8-2010 |
Alabaster? no Boring? no Creative? no Dumb? no Elephantine? yes Fast? no Great? no Happy? yes Idiotic? no Jumbled? no Kooky? yes Lazy? no Melodramatic? yes Numb? no Overanalytic? no Personal? no Quotable? no Reliable? yes Stupid? no Terrifying? no Ugly? yes Verifiable? yes Wishful? no Xenial? I'm not sure if this is an actual word; if so, probably no; if not, CA Youthful? no Zany? yes Note that in some cases, answering correctly becomes a subjective matter. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10792 Registered: 4-2010 |
Xerox? Xenon? Xylophone? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 768 Registered: 8-2010 |
Xerox? no Xenon? no Xylophone? no | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 612 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the male student who posted two posts above this post a transvestite? Are beers relevant? Is anyone drunk? Is anyone drunk? Is anyone drunk? Xerox? Xenon? Xylophone? Hydrogen? Helium? Lithium? Beryllium? Boron? Carbon? Nitrogen? Oxygen? Fluorine? Neon? Sodium? Magnesium? Aluminium? Silicon? Phosphorus? Sulfur? Chlorine? Argon? Potassium? Calcium? Scandium? Titanium? Vanadium? Chromium? Manganese? Iron? Cobalt? Nickel? Copper? Zinc? Gallium? Germanium? Arsenic? Selenium? Bromine? Krypton? Rubidium? Strontium? Yttrium? Zirconium? Niobium? Molybdenum? Technetium? Ruthenium? Rhodium? Palladium? Silver? Cadmium? Indium? Tin? Antimony? Tellurium? Iodine? Xenon? Caesium? Barium? Lanthanum? Cerium? Praseodymium? Neodymium? Promethium? Samarium? Europium? Gadolinium? Terbium? Dysprosium? Holmium? Erbium? Thulium? Ytterbium? Lutetium? Hafnium? Tantalum? Tungsten? Rhenium? Osmium? Iridium? Platinum? Gold? Mercury? Thallium? Lead? Bismuth? Polonium? Astatine? Radon? Francium? Radium? Actinium? Thorium? Protactinium? Uranium? Neptunium? Plutonium? Americium? Curium? Berkelium? Californium? Einsteinium? Fermium? Mendelevium? Nobelium? Lawrencium? Rutherfordium? Dubnium? Seaborgium? Bohrium? Hassium? Meitnerium? Darmstadtium? Roentgenium? Ununbium? Ununtrium? Ununquadium? Ununpentium? Ununhexium? Ununseptium? Ununoctium? Ennennennium? All of the above is the entire periodic table except that ennennennium is the hypothetical generic name for element 999 which is not synthesized Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fights o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen, through the mist of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, what is that in the breeze o'er the towering steep, as it fitfully blows, half conceals half discloses? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 789 Registered: 8-2010 |
Is the male student who posted two posts above this post a transvestite? yes -- HEY! Why make fun of Balin? I should make this a CA just to teach you a lesson! ("Yes" is the official answer according to the rule.) Are beers relevant? yes Is anyone drunk? no Is anyone drunk? no Is anyone drunk? no No to all of the elements listed Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fights o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? no And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? yes On the shore dimly seen, through the mist of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, what is that in the breeze o'er the towering steep, as it fitfully blows, half conceals half discloses? no Are you doing okay, Gregory? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10898 Registered: 4-2010 |
FTR, no, I am not. And? The? Rockets? Red? Glare? Bombs? Bursting? In? Air? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 792 Registered: 8-2010 |
And? CA The? CA Rockets? no Red? no Glare? no Bombs? no Bursting? no In? CA Air? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10936 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are? Beers? Relevant? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 795 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are? CA Beers? no Relevant? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10941 Registered: 4-2010 |
Gave? Proof? Through? Night? That? Our? Flag? Was? Still? There? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 798 Registered: 8-2010 |
Gave? CA Proof? no Through? CA Night? no That? no Our? no Flag? no Was? CA Still? CA There? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10951 Registered: 4-2010 |
Oh? Say? Does? That? Star? Spangled? Banner? Yet? Wave? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 803 Registered: 8-2010 |
Oh? CA Say? CA Does? CA That? no Star? no Spangled? no Banner? no Yet? CA Wave? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10957 Registered: 4-2010 |
O'er? Land? Of? Free? Home? Brave? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 805 Registered: 8-2010 |
O'er? CA Land? no Of? CA Free? yes Home? no Brave? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10961 Registered: 4-2010 |
Reef? Beer? Cheese? Too? Three? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 810 Registered: 8-2010 |
Reef? no Beer? no Cheese? no Too? CA Three? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10963 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are any words with three or fewer letters not CA? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 813 Registered: 8-2010 |
Are any words with three or fewer letters not CA? I can think of at least one to which the response is "no," and one to which it would be "yes" | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10996 Registered: 4-2010 |
Why? Did? His? Are? Any? Not? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 816 Registered: 8-2010 |
Why? CA Did? CA His? no Are? CA Any? yes Not? CA Wow, you found both types in one post, and neither of those was one of the words I was thinking of. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11007 Registered: 4-2010 |
Wow - but it doesn't help me that much. Cwm? Crwth? Tsk? Tsktsk? Tsktsks? Brrr? FTR, those are all actual words. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 819 Registered: 8-2010 |
Cwm? no Crwth? no Tsk? CA Tsktsk? CA Tsktsks? CA Brrr? CA | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11020 Registered: 4-2010 |
For? Fort? Forty? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 823 Registered: 8-2010 |
For? CA Fort? no Forty? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11024 Registered: 4-2010 |
Forts? Force? Farce? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 824 Registered: 8-2010 |
Forts? Force? Farce? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11038 Registered: 4-2010 |
John? Warren? May? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 831 Registered: 8-2010 |
John? no Warren? no May? no | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 648 Registered: 9-2010 |
Since you think I hate transvestites, let's have some fun. Do you hate transvestites? Do I hate transvestites? Am I a transvestite? Are you a transvestite? I can hez chaseberger, is he a transvestite? Are there any kittehs who are transvestites? Once? A? Jolly? swagman? Camped? By? A? Billabong? Under? The? Shade? of? A? Coolibah? Tree? And? He? Sang? As? He? Sat? And? Waited? Till? His? Billie? Boiled? You'll? Come? A? Waltzing? Matilda? With? Me? Waltzing? Matilda? Waltzing? Matilda? You'll? Come? A? Waltzing? Matilda? With? Me? And? He? Sang? As? He? Sat? And? Waited? Till? His? Billie? Boiled? You'll? Come? A? Waltzing? Matilda? With? Me? Down? Came? A? Jumbuck? To? Drink? At? The? Billabong? Up? Jumped? The? Swagman? And? Grabbed? Him? With? Glee? And? He? Sang? As? He? Stowed? That? Jumbuck? In? His? Tucker? Bag? You'll? Come? A? Waltzing? Matilda? With? Me? I'll post the rest later Kumquat? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 848 Registered: 8-2010 |
Do you hate transvestites? no Do I hate transvestites? no Am I a transvestite? no Are you a transvestite? no I can hez chaseberger, is he a transvestite? no Are there any kittehs who are transvestites? yes Once? CA A? CA Jolly? yes swagman? no Camped? CA By? CA A? CA Billabong? no Under? CA The? CA Shade? yes of? CA A? CA Coolibah? no Tree? no And? CA He? no Sang? CA As? CA He? no Sat? CA And? CA Waited? CA Till? CA His? no Billie? no Boiled? CA You'll? CA Come? CA A? CA Waltzing? no Matilda? CA With? CA Me? no Waltzing? no Matilda? CA Waltzing? no Matilda? CA You'll? CA Come? CA A? CA Waltzing? no Matilda? CA With? CA Me? no, and from now on, assume CA if I say nothing And? He? no Sang? As? He? no Sat? And? Waited? Till? His? no Billie? no Boiled? You'll? Come? A? Waltzing? no Matilda? With? Me? no Down? Came? A? Jumbuck? no To? Drink? At? The? Billabong? no Up? Jumped? The? Swagman? no And? Grabbed? Him? no With? Glee? no And? He? no Sang? As? He? no Stowed? That? no Jumbuck? no In? His? no Tucker? no Bag? no You'll? Come? A? Waltzing? no Matilda? With? Me? no I'll post the rest later or you could have mercy and NOT post it … Kumquat? no CLARIFICATION AND RECAP OF ALREADY-ESTABLISHED FACTS, AS WELL AS SOME ADVICE, A NOTE ON MY FURTHER BEHAVIOR IN ANSWERING, AND SOME SELF-REFERENTIAL WORDS TACKED ONTO THE END TO LAMPSHADE THE LENGTH OF THIS HEADER: The only words that are not CA are adjectives (with the exception of articles), nouns (except proper names), and pronouns. Any words/questions that do not fall into one of these will be ignored. There are a select few words that fall into the above but are still CA for a different reason; these will be noted when responding. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 658 Registered: 9-2010 |
Ok, I'll have mercy, oh awesome Whirligig Am I merciful? Am I the Lord your God? Am I the Lard your God? Am I dead? Am I alive? Am I cool? Is me cool? What does "lampshade the length of this header" mean? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 569 Registered: 2-2009 |
To quote a Jasper Fforde book, "I'm working on a system that hides [plot]holes by highlighting them to the reader, that just says, 'Ho! I'm a hole, don't think about it!' but it's a little cutting-edge." For more information, go here. And now, though I'm horrid at these things, I'll at least ask some questions so you who are better at them can have some more to work with. Elementary, my dear Watson? Elementary? Who are you? Pizza the Hutt? Pizza the Hut? Pizza Hut? Pizza? Jolly? Old? Saint? Saints? Giants? Jets? Am I the very model of a modern Major-General? Are you the very model of a modern Majorette? Titans? Titians? Lampshade? Are you hanging a lampshade? Are you wearing a lampshade? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 870 Registered: 8-2010 |
WARNING: If you hate TVTropes, DO NOT follow Kalira's link. Am I merciful? no Am I the Lord your God? no Am I the Lard your God? no Am I dead? no Am I alive? yes Am I cool? yes Is me cool? yes Elementary, my dear Watson? no Elementary? no Who are you? no Pizza the Hutt? no Pizza the Hut? no Pizza Hut? no Pizza? no Jolly? yes Old? yes Saint? no Saints? no Giants? no Jets? no Am I the very model of a modern Major-General? no Are you the very model of a modern Majorette? no Titans? no Titians? no Lampshade? no Are you hanging a lampshade? no Are you wearing a lampshade? no | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2760 Registered: 9-2010 |
I love TVTropes! :-D and thanks for the $poyler on my rulebreaker, Whirligig! most excellently well done :-D | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11215 Registered: 4-2010 |
I don't know TVTropes... Santa? Claus? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 871 Registered: 8-2010 |
Santa? Claus? CA to both -- remember, proper nouns are CA I love TVTropes! :-D and thanks for the $poyler on my rulebreaker, Whirligig! most excellently well done :-D So do I! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11219 Registered: 4-2010 |
Rope? Knife? Candlestick? Wrench? Revolver? Lead pipe? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2762 Registered: 9-2010 |
I suggest it was Whirligig in the LTPF Active Puzzles with the Rulebreaker of Doom! =P | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 874 Registered: 8-2010 |
Rope? Knife? Candlestick? Wrench? Revolver? Lead pipe? no to all, except possibly yes to this one | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11236 Registered: 4-2010 |
Lead? Led? Pipe? Pip? Midnight? Train? To? Georgia? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 877 Registered: 8-2010 |
Lead? yes Led? Pipe? no Pip? no Midnight? no Train? no To? Georgia? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11239 Registered: 4-2010 |
Lair? Boar? Bore? Boor? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 880 Registered: 8-2010 |
Lair? no Boar? no Bore? no Boor? no Maybe at this point it would be best to try to figure out a connection between all of the words that are Yes. Compiling a list might help you. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11277 Registered: 4-2010 |
Am? I? Alive? Cool? Is? Me? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2817 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are they still alive? yes Four? yes Five or more? yes Are they male? yes Are they male? yes Are there [LTPF list of integers] males? yes Are there [LTPF list of integers] females? yes Can we refer to them, using the male/female names as appropriate, in the following list of priority? yes Males: yes 1. Bob yes Females: yes 1. Mary yes (use up to the right number of Males and Females in accordance with the previous question) yes Senior Citizen? yes Alive? yes Is he male? yes Is she female? yes 1? yes Is K relevant? yes Is L relevant? yes Is Kurt relevant? yes Is Leonard relevant? yes Relevant, K is? yes Relevant, L is? yes Relevant, Kurt is? yes Relevant, Leonard it? yes Relevant, A is? yes Is A relevant? yes Am I relevant? yes Is Macbeth relevant? yes Any? yes Area? yes Relevant? yes Many relevant? yes Relevant many? yes A relevant? yes Relevant a? yes Male? yes Female? yes If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head? yes And in some perfumes is there more delight? yes That music hath a far more pleasing sound? yes As any she belied with false compare? yes Any? yes black? yes pleasing? yes sound? yes Good? yes Spoken? yes Tame? yes Cool? yes Dark? yes Kooky? yes Elephantine? yes Happy? yes Kooky? yes Melodramatic? yes Reliable? yes Ugly? yes Verifiable? yes Zany? yes Is the male student who posted two posts above this post a transvestite? yes -- HEY! Why make fun of Balin? I should make this a CA just to teach you a lesson! ("Yes" is the official answer according to the rule.) Are beers relevant? yes And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? yes Relevant? yes Free? yes Any? yes Are there any kittehs who are transvestites? yes Jolly? yes Shade? yes Am I alive? yes Am I cool? yes Is me cool? yes Jolly? yes Old? yes Lead pipe? no to all, except possibly yes to this one Lead? yes | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 884 Registered: 8-2010 |
Am? I? no Alive? yes Cool? yes Is? Me? no Also, BLOOPER: According to the rule as I've been following it, "Five or more" might actually be a No. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 2823 Registered: 9-2010 |
I is confuseded kitteh :-( I is can haz cheezburger? I? Is? Can? Haz? Cheezburger? Kaseburger? Cheeseburger? A Have? I? May? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 885 Registered: 8-2010 |
I is can haz cheezburger? no I? no Is? Can? Haz? Cheezburger? no Kaseburger? no Cheeseburger? no A Have? I? no May? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11298 Registered: 4-2010 |
Cheese? Burger? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 888 Registered: 8-2010 |
Cheese? no Burger? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11329 Registered: 4-2010 |
I iz stuk... Stuck? Stumped? Completely? Lost? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 898 Registered: 8-2010 |
Stuck? no Stumped? no Completely? Lost? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11379 Registered: 4-2010 |
Complete? Athlete? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 901 Registered: 8-2010 |
Complete? yes Athlete? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11393 Registered: 4-2010 |
Compete? Athletic? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 906 Registered: 8-2010 |
Compete? Athletic? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11398 Registered: 4-2010 |
Completed? Completes? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 911 Registered: 8-2010 |
Completed? yes Completes? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11404 Registered: 4-2010 |
Competed? Competes? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 913 Registered: 8-2010 |
Competed? Competes? CA to both, I believe | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11412 Registered: 4-2010 |
Believe? Relieve? Deliver? Quiver? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 917 Registered: 8-2010 |
Believe? Relieve? Deliver? Quiver? no, CA to rest -- remember, verbs are CA unless they can be used as other parts of speech | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11459 Registered: 4-2010 |
Vomit? Use? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 920 Registered: 8-2010 |
Vomit? no Use? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11472 Registered: 4-2010 |
Muse? Fuse? Excuse? Uses? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 922 Registered: 8-2010 |
Muse? no Fuse? no Excuse? no Uses? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11783 Registered: 4-2010 |
I? Have? No? Clue? About? What? The? Answer? Is? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 932 Registered: 8-2010 |
I? Have? No? no Clue? no About? What? no The? Answer? no Is? Okay, here's a list of words that have been answered Yes. What do all of these words have in common: 1 alive any area black cool dark elephantine female free good four happy he jolly kooky lead (depending on your POV, this might be a No in this list though -- sometimes it depends on context) male melodramatic more old pleasing relevant reliable senior shade she some sound spoken tame ugly verifiable zany | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11814 Registered: 4-2010 |
The only similarity I can think of (besides "you've answered Yes to them") is that they don't begin with I, N, Q, W, or X - relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2345 Registered: 7-2009 |
Does the "depending on your POV" comment mean that it depends on the *meaning* of the word, or the *pronunciation*? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 933 Registered: 8-2010 |
The only similarity I can think of (besides "you've answered Yes to them") is that they don't begin with I, N, Q, W, or X - relevant? no Does the "depending on your POV" comment mean that it depends on the *meaning* of the word, or the *pronunciation*? it depends on the meaning, as implied by the pronunciation (it only works if pronounced "leed" and means "initial/most important," not "led" as in "a poisonous, heavy metal") | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11853 Registered: 4-2010 |
Words within words relevant? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 201 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is it relevant that many of those words contain long vowel sounds (A, E, U, O)? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 934 Registered: 8-2010 |
Words within words relevant? no, but may be a bit OTRT depending on what you mean Is it relevant that many of those words contain long vowel sounds (A, E, U, O)? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11941 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any specific letters in the word relevant? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 935 Registered: 8-2010 |
Any specific letters in the word relevant? no, consider the meaning of the word as a whole | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2355 Registered: 7-2009 |
they can all be used to describe people, I think... | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 936 Registered: 8-2010 |
they can all be used to describe people, I think... not this, but OTRT | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3150 Registered: 9-2010 |
adjectives? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 937 Registered: 8-2010 |
adjectives? clarify please | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3151 Registered: 9-2010 |
the words are adjectives...descriptive words...right? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 938 Registered: 8-2010 |
the words are adjectives...descriptive words...right? some are adjectives, some are nouns, some are pronouns -- this has already been established | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 939 Registered: 8-2010 |
CLARIFICATION/HINT: yes, they can all describe -- describe what? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 203 Registered: 11-2008 |
All used to describe people? (ie, Kurt/Leonard) | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 940 Registered: 8-2010 |
All used to describe people? (ie, Kurt/Leonard) yes If you meant for me to answer that honestly instead of using the rule, then no, Noel already guessed this a few posts back. The word that caused the question to be answered Yes was "used," by the way. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12133 Registered: 4-2010 |
Books? Some other object? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 941 Registered: 8-2010 |
Books? Some other object? probably no, but it DOYD of "object" | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 793 Registered: 9-2010 |
Ok, now I'll guess all the opposites of the yes words and see what happens Nonsingle? Dead? All? Outside? Ok, not quite the opposite of area, but it's the best I've got White? Warm? Uncool? Asking for cool as in temperature and as in popular. Would cool be yes for both meanings? light? nonelephantine? best I've got male? enslaved? bad? five? Ok, not quite the opposite of four sad? she? miserable? normal? Follow? female calm? less? young? displeasing? irrelevant? unreliable? junior? sun? he? none? quiet? unspoken? wild? pretty? unverifiable? normal? And some synonyms One? living? space? cold? popular? womanly? Feminine? Liberated? Nice? Awesome? Cuatro? Quad? Jubilant? Joyous? Felicitous? Manly? Masculine? weird? Bizarre? Strange? Alien? herd? direct? dramatic? Exaggerating? Hyperbolizing? Greater? Elderly? Ancient? Pleasureful? Trusty? Trustworthy? Noise? Contained? Controlled? Repulsive? Pitiful? True? Loco? Crazy? Insane? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 794 Registered: 9-2010 |
Wait... You said "no" to "Whirligig?". But that's a name, not a word. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 950 Registered: 8-2010 |
Nonsingle? no Dead? no All? no Outside? no White? no Warm? no Uncool? no Asking for cool as in temperature and as in popular. Would cool be yes for both meanings? "cool" as in "not warm" would be a "no," "cool" as in "popular" would be a "yes" ("popular" itself I'm not so sure about) light? no nonelephantine? no male? yes enslaved? no bad? no five? no -- no other number spelled out is a Yes AFAIK sad? yes she? yes miserable? no normal? yes Follow? CA -- the proper opposite was "following," which is a Yes here, but would be a No if you asked it instead of "follow" female? yes calm? yes less? no young? no displeasing? no irrelevant? no unreliable? no junior? no sun? no he? yes none? no quiet? yes, but this may mislead -- in fact I'm reconsidering my saying yes to "sound" unspoken? no wild? no pretty? no unverifiable? no normal? yes One? no living? yes space? yes cold? no popular? yes, I think womanly? yes Feminine? yes Liberated? no, and I can't remember why I said Yes to "free" earlier -- I can justify it, though, and this is still a No Nice? yes Awesome? no Cuatro? no Quad? yes, and this should be a BIG HINT Jubilant? yes Joyous? yes Felicitous? yes Manly? yes Masculine? yes weird? yes Bizarre? yes Strange? no Alien? yes, I think herd? no direct? yes dramatic? yes Exaggerating? no Hyperbolizing? yes, I think Greater? no Elderly? yes Ancient? no, at least I think not -- depends on your POV Pleasureful? yes Trusty? yes Trustworthy? yes Noise? yes Contained? yes Controlled? yes Repulsive? yes Pitiful? no True? I really can't answer this, but at the same time this isn't a CA; this is another hint Loco? yes Crazy? no Insane? no Wait... You said "no" to "Whirligig?". But that's a name, not a word. I beg to differ ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirligig Also: Since this is a hard puzzle, any following questions may not be answered with a straight Yes or No; I might say e.g. "not in this context" or "sometimes," etc. in order to give you more of a hint. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13021 Registered: 4-2010 |
Can you please recap what is known about the rule? Zany? Qiviut? Xenon? Jukebox? Karaoke? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1059 Registered: 9-2010 |
Beer? Vodka? Gin? Tonic? Pot? Weed? Marijuana? Antidisestablishmantarianism? (Assuming I spelled that right) Democracy? Republic? Socialism? Communism? Socialist? socialist the common noun as in "one who believes in socialism" not the proper noun as in "of or relating to the Socialist Party". And that goes for all political terms used below Communist? Liberal? Conservative? Libertarian? Anarchist? Rent? Is? Too? Damn? High? Party? Member? Neo-Nazi? Racist? Rapist? Rape? Drape? Murder? Robbery? Assault? Battery? Einsteinium? Nobelium? Praseodymium? Palladium? Hmm, Quad is a yes? Un? Uni? Bi? Di? Tri? Quint? Quin? Hex? Sex? Hept? Sept? Oct? Octo? Can a word be different things depending on the meaning of the word? If so... Quad? (Related to the number four) Quad? (Like on a college campus) Quad? (Slang for quadrant) Quad? (quadraphonic, even though I don't know what that means) Quad? (short for quadrapalejic) Quad? (as in quadricips) Racist? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 957 Registered: 8-2010 |
Can you please recap what is known about the rule? It only involves the meanings of words. Anything except nouns, adjectives except articles, and pronouns becomes a CA. If there's anything I'm forgetting, let me know. Zany? yes Qiviut? no Xenon? no Jukebox? no Karaoke? no Beer? Vodka? Gin? Tonic? Pot? Weed? Marijuana? Antidisestablishmantarianism? (Assuming I spelled that right) you didn't (the a is an e) Democracy? Republic? Socialism? Communism? Socialist? Communist? Liberal? Conservative? Libertarian? Anarchist? Rent? no to this and all unanswered ones above Is? CA Too? CA Damn? CA High? no Party? no Member? no Neo-Nazi? no Racist? no Rapist? no Rape? no Drape? no Murder? no Robbery? no Assault? no Battery? ... Einsteinium? Nobelium? Praseodymium? Palladium? no to this and all up to the "..." Un? no Uni? no Bi? yes Di? yes Tri? yes Quint? yes Quin? no Hex? no Sex? no, nor if it refers to ... well ... never mind Hept? no Sept? no Oct? no Octo? no Quad? (Related to the number four) this, no to rest Quad? (Like on a college campus) Quad? (Slang for quadrant) Quad? (quadraphonic, even though I don't know what that means) though I thought this might be a yes until I looked it up Quad? (short for quadrapalejic) Quad? (as in quadricips) Racist? no, position in the list does not change the answer | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1061 Registered: 9-2010 |
Can they all refer to numbers? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 960 Registered: 8-2010 |
Can they all refer to numbers? I'm not sure what you're asking here. Following the rule (no italics?), this sentence is a "no." There are "yes" words that don't refer to numbers, but rather to something else. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13053 Registered: 4-2010 |
Words that refer to something abstract? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 962 Registered: 8-2010 |
Words that refer to something abstract? Generally yes, though there may be exceptions I can't think of right now. It's something else. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13084 Registered: 4-2010 |
Words that have multiple meanings? Multiple spellings? Multiple pronunciations? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1088 Registered: 9-2010 |
Wait, why is Palladium a no but the other three elements aren't? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1089 Registered: 9-2010 |
Autological? Homological? Heterological? Homosexual? Heterosexual? Bisexual? Lesbian? Lebanese? Sarah Palin thinks knowing Dick Cheney's daughter gives her foreign experience because "she's a Lebanese" | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13104 Registered: 4-2010 |
"And I've met the president of France - Nicolas Sarcophagus..." | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 965 Registered: 8-2010 |
Words that have multiple meanings? Multiple spellings? Multiple pronunciations? no to all Wait, why is Palladium a no but the other three elements aren't? they are all No, but I was too lazy -- everything from the "..." to Palladium is a No; sorry I didn't make that clear enough Autological? yes or no Homological? yes or no Heterological? I can't answer this question, yet it isn't really a CA Homosexual? no Heterosexual? no Bisexual? no Lesbian? no Lebanese? no It seems from your first three that you might know the answer -- do you want to $poil and put this one finally to rest? Or was it by mere chance that you stumbled upon an extremely useful hint? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1097 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it words which describe themselves? I just had a guess, I wasn't really sure. But your answers to those three proved I was right. | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1098 Registered: 9-2010 |
And if so... Black? blue? Bold Italicized I just want to see if asking in different colors and styles will make a difference. Even though it's over. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13117 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ah, clever! Just to throw a couple more out there: Multisyllabic? Four? Fifth? Seventh? Underlined? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1099 Registered: 9-2010 |
invisible? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1100 Registered: 9-2010 |
oops, let's try that again. Balin made a cross-post so it wasn't white invisible? | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 968 Registered: 8-2010 |
Well, I see no need to answer your other questions (they're all Yes) so: **********SPOILER********** Finally! The rule is as follows: -Articles and any other words besides nouns, adjectives, and pronouns are all CA. -Otherwise, words will be answered Yes if they describe themselves (autological) and No if they do not (heterological). -Phrases and sentences are answered Yes if any word would be a Yes, otherwise No if any word would be a No, otherwise CA (if all words are CA). The title and puzzle statement refer to the Grelling-Nelson paradox, formulated by Kurt Grelling and Leonard Nelson (Kurt and Leonard). The paradox is whether "heterological" is autological or heterological, or equivalently what it should be answered as according to my rule. Also, HINT for "Silly claim": You might want to check out "Silly claim." It'll probably be close to being solved once you get the hint. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13147 Registered: 4-2010 |
Higgledy piggledy, "Heterological": Self-categorical? I cannot say. This, paradoxically, Unorthodoxically, Boggles my mind for much More than a day. Three hexasyllabic words - is that a record? |
