| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17845 Registered: 4-2010 |
OK, so I can't remember the puzzle that I originally wanted to post, but I came up with another one. "So a digital watch, then?" | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 65 Registered: 9-2012 |
Was that said by you? by a guest? Relevant by whom? Was it ever said? Was it heard by you? relevant who heard it? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17846 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was that said by you? Yes by a guest? Relevant by whom? Not particularly, but it was me Was it ever said? Was it heard by you? See prev relevant who heard it? No | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1724 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is this a response to somebody's complaint about ticking? Was it a joking response? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17850 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is this a response to somebody's complaint about ticking? No Was it a joking response? Yes | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1744 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did someone propose a hypothetical thing, and you sarcastically pointed out that a digital watch was that thing? eg if somebody said "I really wish there was a way of telling the time without having to look at where the hands are" | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17852 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did someone propose a hypothetical thing, Not exactly and you sarcastically pointed out that a digital watch was that thing? Yes, but I wouldn't say "sarcastically" e.g. if somebody said "I really wish there was a way of telling the time without having to look at where the hands are" This is very, VERY OTRT | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1746 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did someone say they were going to invent a certain thing? That they wanted a certain thing? That they wished a certain thing existed? Would a digital watch really fit the criteria? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17853 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did someone say they were going to invent a certain thing? That they wanted a certain thing? That they wished a certain thing existed? No to these, OTWT Would a digital watch really fit the criteria? Yes | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 807 Registered: 9-2008 |
Here is one of my pet peeves: Clocks that don't have indicators - of any kind! - for the numerical positions around the dial. Relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17865 Registered: 4-2010 |
Here is one of my pet peeves: Clocks that don't have indicators - of any kind! - for the numerical positions around the dial. Relevant? No | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 727 Registered: 5-2008 |
Was it said in response to something someone else said? to you? in person? Was it said in response to an advert? image? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17870 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it said in response to something someone else said? Yes, although "said" isn't the best word... to you? No! in person? No! Was it said in response to an advert? No image? No | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 730 Registered: 5-2008 |
Was it written? in words? English? in response to something someone else wrote? in words? English? | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 421 Registered: 2-2012 |
Did the person you were speaking too, actually own a digital watch? Does it have anything to do with accuracy? Was the idea of a digital watch a good thing? Or a bad thing? Was the discussion about something else whose primary purpose is not that of a digital watch, but yet it could serve as one? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17877 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it written? No in words? Yes English? Yes in response to something someone else wrote? No in words? English? Did the person you were speaking too, actually own a digital watch? I was not speaking to anyone in particular; it was just an observation on my part Does it have anything to do with accuracy? No Was the idea of a digital watch a good thing? Or a bad thing? Neither Was the discussion No about something else whose primary purpose is not that of a digital watch, but yet it could serve as one? Um... Noish/Yope. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4366 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was somebody learning or trying to teach someone how to tell the time? Is keeping or telling time relevant at all? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4367 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was somebody learning or trying to teach someone how to tell the time? Is keeping or telling time relevant at all? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17879 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was somebody learning or trying to teach someone how to tell the time? No Is keeping or telling time relevant at all? NoISH | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2178 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you look at a digital watch while saying / thinking that remark? At someone using it? Different time zones relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17890 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you look at a digital watch while saying / thinking that remark? No, FA At someone using it? Ditto Different time zones relevant? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3549 Registered: 2-2011 |
was someone buying a watch? giving a watch? using a watch as a compass relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17912 Registered: 4-2010 |
was someone buying a watch? giving a watch? using a watch as a compass relevant? No to all | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3552 Registered: 2-2011 |
were you making a joke? being sarcastic? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3553 Registered: 2-2011 |
were you making a joke? being sarcastic? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17920 Registered: 4-2010 |
were you making a joke? Yes being sarcastic? More the former | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17929 Registered: 4-2010 |
RECAP: "So a digital watch, then?" I made this joking comment to nobody in particular after hearing something "said" by someone involving a watch that did not have hands. HINT: This is not an R.E.M. puzzle. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1808 Registered: 4-2007 |
Were you responding to a song? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17931 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you responding to a song? Yes | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1810 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did the song mention specifically a watch with no hands? Did it suggest that a watch with no hands was strange, or non-existent? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17933 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the song mention specifically a watch with no hands? Yes Did it suggest that a watch with no hands was strange, or non-existent? No | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1812 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was the song written before the days of digital watches? When the song mentioned a watch with no hands, was it supposed to refer to an analogue watch missing the hands? A broken watch? A watch for people with no hands? (you never know)... Did it imply that a watch with no hands would be useless? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17936 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the song written before the days of digital watches? No, but it was before they became vastly popular. I'll just say it was an 80s song. When the song mentioned a watch with no hands, was it supposed to refer to an analogue watch missing the hands? A broken watch? I'm not sure to these, but I think the former would be closest A watch for people with no hands? (you never know)... No, but I like that answer. I wish it was correct Did it imply that a watch with no hands would be useless? No | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1814 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did the mention of a watch with no hands appear in the lyrics? Is the video relevant? Did the mention of it in the song suggest that the writer had not thought about the possibility of a digital watch? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17938 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the mention of a watch with no hands appear in the lyrics? Yes, those exact words Is the video relevant? No; I have never seen the video Did the mention of it in the song suggest that the writer had not thought about the possibility of a digital watch? Hmm... not sure how to answer this. I'll say Yope for now | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 2118 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the lack of hands on the watch suggesting that the time of day (or the amount of time something takes) is uncertain or imprecisely defined? or does it imply that time stands still? or does the methaphor/simile/analogy not involve time at all? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17952 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the lack of hands on the watch suggesting that the time of day (or the amount of time something takes) is uncertain or imprecisely defined? or does it imply that time stands still? or does the methaphor/simile/analogy This is what I was looking for; nobody had yet said it was a metaphor. For what, I'm not sure, but... not involve time at all? ****SPOILER**** The song "These Dreams" by Heart contains the line "I search for the time on a watch with no hands." My literal mind decided that the lead singer could just be wearing a digital watch. Nice solve Biograd, and nice work Enjay et al (and there's a lot of al). New puzzle right now. |
