| Author | Message | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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The sum of the parts is greater than the whole | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Hi Lynne! Anything to do with: Hand sewing? Domestic life? Life in Ye olde East Anglia National affairs International affairs? | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Chemistry? Cooking (basically chemistry, only edible  )? Actual mathematics (please no...)? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 01:26 pm: Hi Lynne! Hi Si! Anything to do with: Hand sewing? no Domestic life? noish Life in Ye olde East Anglia only in that I saw this in this area, but say no National affairs not 'affairs' as such, but people the length of the country could have seen this International affairs? no By Eliot (Eliot) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 01:54 pm: Chemistry? yes, but no technical knowledge required Cooking (basically chemistry, only edible )? edible, yes, but no cooking takes place within the timeframe of the puzzle although as it involves the edible, cooking of a sort must have taken place at some time Actual mathematics (please no...)? no, you're safe there, in fact I"m not even sure whether my puzzle statement is strictly accurate!  | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Are we talking about a meal here or a foodstuff? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 02:52 pm: Are we talking about a meal here or a foodstuff? foodstuff | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is it a drink rather than a food? Is it a mixture of ingredients? Something like a pudding, cake, trifle, punch? Does it contain alcohol? Does the name indicate that the sum of parts is greater? Is it humourous? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 03:16 pm: Is it a drink rather than a food? no Is it a mixture of ingredients? yes Something like a pudding, cake, trifle, punch? none of these Does it contain alcohol? no Does the name indicate that the sum of parts is greater? no Is it humourous? no | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is it a savoury foodstuff? Or sweet? Does something disappear or change significantly during the cooking process? Have you eaten it recently? Was there something missing? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 03:40 pm: Is it a savoury foodstuff? possibly Or sweet? yes Does something disappear or change significantly during the cooking process? no Have you eaten it recently? oh yes Was there something missing? no | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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A pancake? Something exotic? Was it expensive? Did you eat it in a restruant? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 03:48 pm: A pancake? Something exotic? Was it expensive? Did you eat it in a restruant? no to all | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Did you buy it? Was it prepared for you? Was the eating experience, somehow unusual? Is it moist? Fluid? A pie? Seasonal? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 03:51 pm: Did you buy it? no, but many did Was it prepared for you? not in that sense Was the eating experience, somehow unusual? no Is it moist? Fluid? A pie? no to those Seasonal? in the form that it was in, it was seasonal | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Is the foodstuff all in one piece or is it loose like nuts are? Is the fact that many ate it relevant? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 04:00 pm: Is the foodstuff all in one piece no or is it loose like nuts are? close, but not really Is the fact that many ate it relevant? no, just that it was a seasonal offering of a sort | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Sweets (akin to opal fruits etc)? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 04:07 pm: Sweets (akin to opal fruits etc)? yes, and ... | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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chocolates? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 04:09 pm: chocolates? correct but you have to work out in what form they were | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Hmmm.. Was it a Terry's Chocolate orange? Were the chocolates constructed to resemble a familiar shape / structure / picture or similar? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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was it a Christmas feature such as a stocking? |
