| Author | Message | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1605 Registered: 10-2001 |
They Are Always Certain and Always Wrong! How come? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5443 Registered: 9-2010 |
Because They Think that Using Capital Letters Randomly makes them Awesome? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 874 Registered: 8-2011 |
Are The Capital Letters Random? Or Was It On Purpose? Names relevant? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1606 Registered: 10-2001 |
Because They Think that Using Capital Letters Randomly makes them Awesome? No (the capitals in the statement are incidental - sorry it's my faulty style!) Are The Capital Letters Random? No, see above Or Was It On Purpose? Names relevant? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4746 Registered: 9-2009 |
Are they humans? Are they certain about something? Wrong about the same thing? Is the group "they" defined by their being wrong? Such as "losers in a betting pool"? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1607 Registered: 10-2001 |
Are they humans? Yes Are they certain about something? Yes Wrong about the same thing? Yes Is the group "they" defined by their being wrong?Yes Such as "losers in a betting pool"? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2963 Registered: 2-2011 |
is their profession relevant? do they announce or publish the thing they are certain about? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1608 Registered: 10-2001 |
is their profession relevant? No do they announce or publish the thing they are certain about? Yes | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5233 Registered: 12-2000 |
Weather forecasters? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1609 Registered: 10-2001 |
Hi Lynne! Weather forecasters? No This is a lateral puzzle, not a fact sheet ;-) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 5237 Registered: 12-2000 |
LOL | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1483 Registered: 1-2011 |
Are they certain about something from their professional field? From their private lives? Do they all have anything else in common besides being certain and wrong? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1610 Registered: 10-2001 |
Are they certain about something from their professional field? Possibly From their private lives? Possibly Do they all have anything else in common besides being certain and wrong? No | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1485 Registered: 1-2011 |
Are they certain and wrong always about the same thing? Different things from the same field? Are they certain about a statement about facts? A decision? An evaluation? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2975 Registered: 2-2011 |
are these people always wrong by definition? like conspiracy theorists? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1611 Registered: 10-2001 |
Redwine Are they certain and wrong always about the same thing? Yes Different things from the same field? No Are they certain about a statement about facts? Sometimes A decision? Sometimes An evaluation? Sometimes | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1612 Registered: 10-2001 |
Shez are these people always wrong by definition? No like conspiracy theorists? No | ||
| Jane (Jane)
New member Username: Jane Post Number: 37 Registered: 4-2012 |
What ho, Watson. Top of the morning to you, old chap. Awfully sorry to rush off so suddenly in the middle of that infernal Circus Maximus business. See you caught the blighter in the end, though. Splendid work. Good to see you're still in the business. Are they always wrong about whatever they are wrong about precisely because they are certain about it? Do they broadcast the things they are certain about in the press? On TV? On the radio? Online? Are any particular words relevant? Does the way they express their certainty make them wrong? | ||
| Jane (Jane)
New member Username: Jane Post Number: 38 Registered: 4-2012 |
Is it relevant how they broadcast the things they are certain about? Do the people who constitute "they" only become "they" when they say these things? Or are they a particular group of people? Type of person? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4768 Registered: 9-2009 |
Do they know they're wrong when they announce that they're certain? Does anyone else know? Are they actually wrong at that moment? Or are they making predictions which turn out to be wrong later? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1613 Registered: 10-2001 |
Jane Hello! It's good to see you after all these years - I hope you are well! Are they always wrong about whatever they are wrong about precisely because they are certain about it? Noish Do they broadcast the things they are certain about in the press? Not aware of it but it is possible On TV? Noish On the radio? No Online? Yes Are any particular words relevant? Yes Does the way they express their certainty make them wrong? Yes Is it relevant how they broadcast the things they are certain about? Yes Do the people who constitute "they" only become "they" when they say these things? Yes Or are they a particular group of people? No Type of person? No Good work Jane! Hi Galfisk! Do they know they're wrong when they announce that they're certain? No Does anyone else know? Yes Are they actually wrong at that moment? Yes Or are they making predictions which turn out to be wrong later? No More good work! | ||
| Jane (Jane)
New member Username: Jane Post Number: 53 Registered: 4-2012 |
I'm very well, thanks. How about you? Are "they" people who spell definitely "definately"? Something along these lines? Something involving a spelling mistake? Another kind of mistake? Do "they" say these things in the same place? On a social network? In one place? In many places? Ironically, I noticed on the preview screen that I had spelled "definitely" wrong | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1614 Registered: 10-2001 |
Jane you are an ace detective – you are spot on! Are "they" people who spell definitely "definately"? YES – This EXACTLY Ironically, I noticed on the preview screen that I had spelled "definitely" wrong What can I say? Only that you have glorious insight and intuition! ************* SPOILER ************** (See Jane’s comment above!) In emails and on forums, I see so many examples of people that have written the word 'definate' which is clearly a misspelling of 'definite'. Whenever they write ‘definate’ or ‘definately’ they are “certain” because they are expressing the quality of certainty, via the meaning of the word they wrote. And they are always “wrong” because that word is misspelled! | ||
| Jane (Jane)
New member Username: Jane Post Number: 58 Registered: 4-2012 |
Ha! I like it | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16955 Registered: 4-2010 |
Love it, and I completely agree. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4117 Registered: 1-2007 |
Cool puzzle and what an awesome spoil by Jane | ||
| Jane (Jane)
New member Username: Jane Post Number: 113 Registered: 4-2012 |
Why don't people who spell definitely "definately" spell infinitely "infinately"? |
