| Author | Message | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 194 Registered: 5-2012 |
My husband asked me a question. I responded accurately, and in verse. He replied, "That's not what I meant." What was his question, and what was my smart-Alec (smart-Alecia?) response? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17595 Registered: 4-2010 |
If you had not answered in verse, would he have replied the same? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 195 Registered: 5-2012 |
If you had not answered in verse, would he have replied the same? Yes. Since an answer in prose would have been OK, why did I answer in verse? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4338 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did his question contain a rhyme? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 196 Registered: 5-2012 |
Did his question contain a rhyme? No | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1675 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was your verse... a poem? a song? Well-known? From a movie? a musical? a book? Dr Seuss relevant? I.e. What are a few of your favorite things? "Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens..." | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 198 Registered: 5-2012 |
Was your verse....a poem? Yessish - verse, anyway. a song? no Well-known? Yes, very From a movie? a musical? a book? Dr Seuss relevant? None of these. | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 402 Registered: 2-2012 |
Dlcgnet don't you mean e.g.?? Was his question ambiguous? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 199 Registered: 5-2012 |
Was his question ambigious? Yes; it could have had two meanings, and I took it as meaning one way. Very good q. | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 202 Registered: 5-2012 |
A hint to help you along: The verse I replied with should be known to every native English speaker on the forum. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2091 Registered: 9-2009 |
Not being a native speaker, I probably have no clue, but I wanted to ask this Is it a famous Shakespeare verse? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 203 Registered: 5-2012 |
Is it a famous yes Shakespeare no verse? You may well know this verse anyhow. Explore! | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2095 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it a verse from a famous poet? Or maybe one from folk culture? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2466 Registered: 11-2008 |
A nursery rhyme? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 204 Registered: 5-2012 |
Is it a verse from a fammous poet? No Or maybe one from folk culture? Yes! A nursery rhyme? Yope. I wouldn't have thought of it that way, though. | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 205 Registered: 5-2012 |
2nd thought. Although this is often said by or to children, they would not be of nursery age. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2470 Registered: 11-2008 |
Just a shot in the dark - easy peasy, lemon squeezy? So only your reply was in rhyme, and it did not rhyme with your husband's question, right? Cockney rhyming slang relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3171 Registered: 7-2009 |
The verse that comes to mind is "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." Relevant? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3172 Registered: 7-2009 |
If not the above, is the verse a memory aid to help children remember something? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 206 Registered: 5-2012 |
Just a shot in the dark - easy peasy, lemon squeezy? Shot missed, sorry. So only your reply was in rhyme, and it did not rhyme with your husband's question, right? Right Cockney rhyming slang relevant? No The verse that comes to mind is "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." Relevant? No If not the above, is the verse a memory aid to help children remember something? Yes! | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3175 Registered: 7-2009 |
To help them remember something about science? math? history? religion? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17633 Registered: 4-2010 |
A-B-Cs? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 207 Registered: 5-2012 |
To help them remember something about science? math? history? religion? No to all. A-B-Cs? No | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2476 Registered: 11-2008 |
To remember.. some classroom knowledge? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3179 Registered: 7-2009 |
To remember something about the calendar? If so, months? days of the week? To remember something about telling time? About a different life skill? To remember something safety related? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 208 Registered: 5-2012 |
To remember something about the calendar? If so, months? Yes! days of the week? Noel, I think you've got it! Want to go ahead and $poyle? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3182 Registered: 7-2009 |
The only rhyme about the calender I know is the one that starts "30 days hath September." If right, that solves the response, but I think we've still got to figure out the original question, right? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 210 Registered: 5-2012 |
The only rhyme about the calendar I know is the one that starts "30 days hath September." That's the one! If right, that solves the response, but I think we've still got to figure out the original question, right? Yes, and September is relevant. This happened a few weeks ago. | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 211 Registered: 5-2012 |
Sorry, Alhucema, I missed your question. Answer is yope, I suppose. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3189 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he ask you something about September 31? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 214 Registered: 5-2012 |
Did he ask you something about September 31? No, but you are really close! | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2493 Registered: 11-2008 |
did you use the word "remember"? Did he ask you about a certain day? event? when is the event going to happen? did he mention the word September? did he count how many days would elapse before a certain date? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 217 Registered: 5-2012 |
did you use the word "remember"? no Did he ask you about a certain day? event? when is the event going to happen? Yes to all. did he mention the word September? no did he count how many days would elapse before a certain date? Yes! ***********SPOILER************** He asked "What's the last day of the month?" I said, "30 days hath September, April, June and November. The 30th." Of course, what he meant was "What day of the week does the last day of the month fall on?" ...but we were both too lazy to get up and look at the calendar! Good work, all, specially Noel and Alhucema. |
