| Author | Message | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1429 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he really killed me? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 815 Registered: 12-2010 |
he = H?A?M? A real person? A fictional person? me = you, Rbruma? "kill" as in "end someone's life"? Or in a figurative meaning? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1430 Registered: 9-2009 |
he = H?A?M? Yes A real person? A fictional person? This me = you, Rbruma? No "kill" as in "end someone's life"? Yesish Or in a figurative meaning? Also a little bit of this, for puzzles' sake BLOOPER: Did he really kill me? :D | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 819 Registered: 12-2010 |
me = H?A?M? A real person? A fictional person? Does this happen in a book? film? game? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1431 Registered: 9-2009 |
me = H?A?M? A real person? yope A fictional person? yes Does this happen in a book? yes to this, no to the rest film? game? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 826 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is it a novel? Science fiction? Fantasy? Crime? Is it important when it was written? If so, [LTPF list of decades], please. Is the story set in our world? In a fictional world? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 307 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it written in the 1st person (hence the me)? me = H?A?M? is the fictional me actually dead? is there any doubt? does me think there's a possibility it may have been an accident? did me die from a shooting? knifing? poison? strangulation? a battering? being hit by a car? drowning? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 684 Registered: 1-2011 |
Poetry involved? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1432 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it a novel? Science fiction? Fantasy? Crime? Is it important when it was written? If so, [LTPF list of decades], please. No to all. The book itself was written a few decades ago, but it relates to things that happened in the 6th-5th centuries before Christ Is the story set in our world? Yesish In a fictional world? is it written in the 1st person (hence the me)? Not the book, but a story from it me = H?A?M? Yes is the fictional me actually dead? Not yet is there any doubt? does me think there's a possibility it may have been an accident? It was, but OTWT did me die from a shooting? DOYD of shooting, but most important... knifing? poison? ... this, beware FA strangulation? a battering? being hit by a car? drowning? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1433 Registered: 9-2009 |
Poetry involved? No, but good question | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12594 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does "me" die? Become sick? Does "me," at any point, think he's dead? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1434 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does "me" die? Yes Become sick? Does "me," at any point, think he's dead? No, he is going to die any time now | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12603 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he know he's going to die? But doesn't know when? Was he murdered? Does he know (or think) this? Does he know who killed him? Does he think he does? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1435 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does he know he's going to die? Yes But doesn't know when? No, it's a matter of hours Was he murdered? No Does he know (or think) this? No Does he know who killed him? No, and this is OTRT! Does he think he does? I lost track here. Would you please rephrase? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12607 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he think he knows who killed him? (i.e. Does he think Johann Pachelbel killed him, but it wasn't actually Pachelbel?) | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1436 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does he think he knows who killed him? No (i.e. Does he think Johann Pachelbel killed him, but it wasn't actually Pachelbel?) Something along these lines, but might mislead | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 314 Registered: 2-2011 |
was he shot by a poisoned arrow? dart from a blow pipe? or is the poisoning something more like scepticemia from a wound? did this happen during a battle? is the confusion because there were a number of people "shooting" at the same time and it might have been any one of them? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 693 Registered: 1-2011 |
Does he suspect anybody of having killed him? If so, are his suspicions justified? Or is he just wondering? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1438 Registered: 9-2009 |
was he shot by a poisoned arrow? A big YES. Well done dart from a blow pipe? or is the poisoning something more like scepticemia from a wound? did this happen during a battle? I think so is the confusion because there were a number of people "shooting" at the same time and it might have been any one of them? Yes again, explore Does he suspect anybody of having killed him? No If so, are his suspicions justified? Or is he just wondering? This one | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12637 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the poison slow-acting? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12638 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the poison slow-acting? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 333 Registered: 2-2011 |
is "me" a king? another kind of leader? is this from the Old Testament? Greek history? Roma? Persian? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1442 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the poison slow-acting? It made its effects in a few hours... I don't know if it can be classified as such Is "me" a king? No another kind of leader? Yes, assume a kind of a tribal leader, but that is largely irrelevant is this from the Old Testament? Greek history? Roma? Persian? No to all. The period is right, the region is wrong | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 343 Registered: 2-2011 |
Bhuddism? I think there's a parable of the poisoned arrow but I don't know the details - I thought it was about being treated? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1443 Registered: 9-2009 |
Bhuddism? Yes I think there's a parable of the poisoned arrow but I don't know the details - I thought it was about being treated? And yes again -- very well done! If someone wants to keep exploring I will let this stay for one more day, if not -- as Shez discovered the source -- I will $poil it | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12665 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he even realize he'd been shot? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1444 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he even realize he'd been shot? Yes, he was on his deathbed | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12673 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he accuse anyone? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1445 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he accuse anyone? Noish | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4721 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it a "no man can kill me"-type story? Is a prophecy involved? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1449 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it a "no man can kill me"-type story? Is a prophecy involved? No to both | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 470 Registered: 8-2001 |
Does the puzzle statement refer to the fact he wasn't sure who had killed him? Was the person who fired the arrow aware it was poisoned? Was he the one who poisoned it? Did the doctor (or whatever) not treat the wound correctly? Helped spread the poison? Did something that released the poison? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1458 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does the puzzle statement refer to the fact he wasn't sure who had killed him? Yes Was the person who fired the arrow aware it was poisoned? Probably, but irrelevant Was he the one who poisoned it? Who knows? Did the doctor (or whatever) not treat the wound correctly? a big yes (-ish), which concludes the story Helped spread the poison? It spread by itself... Did something that released the poison? Since all the facts are clear, let's proceed to the ****** SPOILER ******* The puzzle was an introduction to the the "Teaching of the poisoned arrow", a famous Buddhist parable. Here it goes, in short: Questioned one day about the problem of the infinity of the world, the Buddha said, "Whether the world is finite or infinite, limited or unlimited, the problem of your liberation remains the same." Another time he said, "Suppose a man is struck by a poisoned arrow and the doctor wishes to take out the arrow immediately. Suppose the man does not want the arrow removed until he knows who shot it, his age, his parents, and why he shot it. What would happen? If he were to wait until all these questions have been answered, the man might die first." Thanks to all who participated. |
