| Author | Message | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 576 Registered: 7-2011 |
I never thought of being impolite in that area. Well, it was all just a misunderstanding. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2445 Registered: 2-2011 |
is that area a geographical area? a particular location? area as in subject? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 577 Registered: 7-2011 |
is that area a geographical area? no a particular location? yessish area as in subject? no | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 797 Registered: 9-2008 |
Did you DO something impolite? SAY something impolite? Fail to DO or SAY something? Are other people relevant? Is the location a general "type" of location such as: School, church, city park, museum, government building, airport/train station, other? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 581 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did you DO something impolite? No SAY something impolite? No Fail to DO or SAY something? No Are other people relevant? Remotely; not present at the time of the puzzle. Is the location a general "type" of location such as: School, church, city park, museum, government building, airport/train station, other? No/noish; OTWT. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 587 Registered: 7-2011 |
Hint; The location is not in one geographic place at all times. | ||
| Andy_hornby (Andy_hornby)
New member Username: Andy_hornby Post Number: 228 Registered: 11-2011 |
is the location in a vehicle? in your car? a boat? other type of vehicle? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 589 Registered: 7-2011 |
is the location in a vehicle? in your car? a boat? other type of vehicle?Could be in any of these places. Be more specific - or maybe more general. | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 438 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did you point a finger at something? (I've been told that this is considered rude among certain people.) Were you on an airplane, or in another mode of transportation? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 592 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did you point a finger at something? (I've been told that this is considered rude among certain people.) No - it's not based on anything I did or didn't do. Were you on an airplane, or in another mode of transportation? N.R. | ||
| Jondahr (Jondahr)
New member Username: Jondahr Post Number: 247 Registered: 10-2011 |
To be both specific and general: is it relevant in some specific place or part of some kind of vehicle or during some sort of travel? Like, say, the toilet of a bus/train/plane/boat, or waiting in line to get aboard a bus/train/plane/boat? Does travel enter into this at all? Did you read this on a sign? Read it somewhere else? Hear somebody say it? Someone you were talking to? Or a conversation you overheard? An announcement? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 603 Registered: 7-2011 |
To be both specific and general: is it relevant in some specific place or part of some kind of vehicle or during some sort of travel? Like, say, the toilet of a bus/train/plane/boat, or waiting in line to get aboard a bus/train/plane/boat? See answer below. Does travel enter into this at all? No. It also works standing still. Did you read this on a sign? Not exactly a sign. Read it somewhere else? Yes, but don't be misled. Hear somebody say it? Someone you were talking to? Or a conversation you overheard? An announcement? No to all of these. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 605 Registered: 7-2011 |
I'm hoping to get my puzzles solved within the next week or so, as we are having a thundering herd of relatives coming in. So here's a BIG HINT. The 'place' is on the human body. The puzzle refers to an article of clothing. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5146 Registered: 9-2010 |
My friend Niki, whose grandparents live in Iran, went to visit them when she was about 12. She got arrested when she was out riding her bicycle, because she wasn't dressed properly. Her grandmother went down to the police station and told the guy who was there that her granddaughter was an American, it wasn't her fault she didn't know how to dress properly, and handed him an American $20 dollar bill and he let her go. Something like that? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 607 Registered: 7-2011 |
My friend Niki, whose grandparents live in Iran, went to visit them when she was about 12. She got arrested when she was out riding her bicycle, because she wasn't dressed properly. Her grandmother went down to the police station and told the guy who was there that her granddaughter was an American, it wasn't her fault she didn't know how to dress properly, and handed him an American $20 dollar bill and he let her go. Something like that?No. No law or custom is violated in the owning or wearing of certain garments. Different countries are slightly relevant, but not Iran. Suggestion: identify the garments, then find out why there was a 'misunderstanding'. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5149 Registered: 9-2010 |
is the article of clothing worn to cover the: head? neck? upper torso? arms? hands? lower torso? legs? feet? (pick any and all that are applicable, lol) | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 608 Registered: 7-2011 |
is the article of clothing worn to cover the: head? neck? upper torso? arms? hands? lower torso? this legs? feet? (pick any and all that are applicable, lol) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5151 Registered: 9-2010 |
underwear? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 610 Registered: 7-2011 |
underwear? Yes! Now why did I think I had unmannerly underwear? And what was the 'misunderstanding' that led to this thought? Please note that nothing was showing that should not have been. | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 174 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did you misread something on a clothing tag? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 613 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did you misread something on a clothing tag?OTRT. I read it correctly, but 'misunderstood' it. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 614 Registered: 7-2011 |
This is sort of laterally related to the 'Hide and Seek' puzzle. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5154 Registered: 9-2010 |
did you purposely misunderstand it, like Doriana's Hello Kitty soap dispenser puzzle? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 616 Registered: 7-2011 |
did you purposely misunderstand it,YES like Doriana's Hello Kitty soap dispenser puzzle? but more like 'Hide & Seek' | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5155 Registered: 9-2010 |
so was there a typo in another language? was it in French? was the English meaning completely different with the foreign word being misspelled? of course, mai second langwich iz kitteh, were awlmost everythin iz misspelled fonetically...hehehe. wut yuo thinkz, soli kitteh? can haz cheezburgur. *givz* of course, my second 'language' is 'lolspeak' where almost everything is misspelled phonetically. =) is that at all relevant, Soli? *gives Soli favorite cheeseburger* =) | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 617 Registered: 7-2011 |
so was there a typo in another language? No, AFAIK it was spelled correctly. was it in French? YES was the English meaning completely different from what I thought it would be, from looking at the French word.with the foreign word being misspelled? see above of course, mai second langwich iz kitteh, were awlmost everythin iz misspelled fonetically...hehehe. wut yuo thinkz, soli kitteh? can haz cheezburgur. *givz* *nomz* of course, my second 'language' is 'lolspeak' where almost everything is misspelled phonetically. =) is that at all relevant, Soli? *gives Soli favorite cheeseburger* =) and thank you!, or Merci! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2501 Registered: 2-2011 |
is the word(s) on a label? one word? a phrase? is it - in its correct meaning - to do with size? colour? washing instructions? the French for that item? is the item underpants? panties? (sorry - need to clarify because in England underwear is a generic term for all undergarments) | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 619 Registered: 7-2011 |
is the word(s) on a label?yope one word? a phrase? a two-word phrase is it - in its correct meaning - to do with size? colour? washing instructions? the French for that item? the French phrase for a certain thing - but not the name of the garment itself. is the item underpants? panties? knickers, yes (sorry - need to clarify because in England underwear is a generic term for all undergarments)I suppose this phrase could be applied to other ungergarments or even to outergarments; I've just never seen it anywhere else. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 620 Registered: 7-2011 |
is it - in its correct meaning - to do with size? colour? washing instructions?Sorry- skipped these. No to all. the French for that item? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 627 Registered: 7-2011 |
Since tomorrow is R-day - when I have a houseful of relatives come in for 5 days - I will go ahead and $poyle this. It seems to be essentially solved anyway. *********SPOILER*********** When buying some, ahem, intimate garments, I noted on the package that they were described (in French) as 'sans etiquette,' with an accent over the first 'e'. The Spanish wasn't much better: 'sin etiqueta.' As an Anglophone, I associate etiquette with Emily Post, and this seemed to say that I had rude undies! The English part of the package solved the mystery. They are label-free. Seems that tags irritated some people's tender skin. Thx to Shez, Kaylee & Docd for their participation. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2518 Registered: 2-2011 |
:o) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5159 Registered: 9-2010 |
welcome soli! thanks for the language lesson. hehe. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 628 Registered: 7-2011 |
Glad we got to the bottom of this little mystery! :>) |
