| Author | Message | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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The vet told her that her pet was not sick. | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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vet = veterinarian? veteran (as of a war)? 'her' = human? adult? "normal" by most definitions? 'her pet' = an animal? living? if not, recently living? did she take her pet to the vet to find out what was wrong with it? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Stucco, vet = veterinarian? veteran (as of a war)? YES, NO 'her' = human? adult? "normal" by most definitions? YES, YES, YES 'her pet' = an animal? living? if not, recently living? YES, YES did she take her pet to the vet to find out what was wrong with it? YES PAUL | ||
| Chuck Raby (Wildcard)
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The indication that her pet was sick, was it behavior? Appearance? Both? Animal have some obvious injury? Her pet, the type of animal relevant? Cat? dog? pig? chicken? cow? frog? spider? bird? hamster? rat? rabbit? turtle? fish? ferret? snake? Lizard? crab? elephant? hippo? lion? tiger? penguin? polar bear? fox? owl? monkey? buffalo? antelope? zebra? horse? giraffe? lynx? goose? duck? brown bear? panda? koala? coyote? wolf? shark? whale? octopus? eel? clam? starfish? rhino? cougar? leopard? panther? gorilla? seal? walrus? platypus? goat? sheep? deer? bobcat? snail? rock? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Chuck The indication that her pet was sick, was it behavior? Appearance? Both? YES, NO, NO Animal have some obvious injury? NOT INJURY Her pet, the type of animal relevant? YES Cat? dog? pig? chicken? cow? frog? spider? bird? hamster? rat? rabbit? turtle? fish? ferret? snake? Lizard? crab? elephant? hippo? lion? tiger? penguin? polar bear? fox? owl? monkey? buffalo? antelope? zebra? horse? giraffe? lynx? goose? duck? brown bear? panda? koala? coyote? wolf? shark? whale? octopus? eel? clam? starfish? rhino? cougar? leopard? panther? gorilla? seal? walrus? platypus? goat? sheep? deer? bobcat? snail? rock? BIRD (BUT AN INTERESTING LIST - WHO HAS A WALRUS, STARFISH OR PLATYPUS AS A PET?) | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Maybe the walrus was the carpenter's pet? So, was it a bird that was kept in a cage? Was its abnormal behaviour associated with its eating? Its emanation of sounds (or lack thereof)? Its moving about (or lack thereof)? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Torgeir, Maybe the walrus was the carpenter's pet? YES OR JOHN LENNON'S So, was it a bird that was kept in a cage? YES Was its abnormal behaviour associated with its eating? NO Its emanation of sounds (or lack thereof)? YES Its moving about (or lack thereof)? NO REGARDS PAUL | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Is this a talking bird? If so, is what it said relevant? Is there some quality of the noises it made that sounded 'off' to her -- i.e. "My bird sounds hoarse" (...which actually is far better than your horse sounding bird.) | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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WHO HAS A WALRUS, STARFISH OR PLATYPUS AS A PET? I had a duck-billed platypus when I was up at Trinity, With whom I soon discovered a remarkable affinity. He used to live in lodgings with myself and Arthur Purvis, And we all went up together for the Diplomatic Service. I had a certain confidence, I own, in his ability - He mastered all the subjects with remarkable facility; And Purvis, though more dubious, agreed that he was clever, But no one else imagined he had any chance whatever. I failed to pass the interview. The Board, with wry grimaces, Took exception to my boots and then objected to my braces, And Purvis too was failed by an intolerant examiner Who said he had his doubts as to his sock-suspenders' stamina. Our summary rejection, though we took it with urbanity, Was naturally wounding in some measure to our vanity. The bitterness of failure was considerably mollified, However, by the ease with which our platypus had qualified. The wisdom of the choice, it soon appeared, was undeniable - There never was a diplomat more thoroughly reliable. The creature never acted with undue precipitation, But gave to every question his mature consideration. He never made rash statements his enemies might hold him to - He never stated anything, for no one ever told him to; And soon he was appointed, so correct was his behaviour, Our Minister (without Portfolio) to Trans-Moravia. My friend was loved and honoured from the Andes to Estonia. He soon achieved a pact between Peru and Patagonia, He never vexed the Russians nor offended the Romanians, He pacified the Letts and yet appeased the Lithuanians, Won approval from his masters down in Downing Street so wholly, He was soon to be rewarded with the grant of a Portfolio... When, on the Anniversary of Greek Emancipation, Alas! He laid an egg in the Bulgarian Legation. This untoward occurrence caused unheard-of repercussions, Giving rise to epidemics of sword-clanking in the Prussians, The Poles began to threaten, and the Finns began to flap at him, Directing all the blame for this unfortunate mishap at him; The Swedes withdrew entirely from the Anglo-Saxon dailies The right of photographing the Aurora Borealis, And, all efforts at rapprochement in the meantime proving barren, The Japanese (in self-defence) annexed the Isle of Arran. My platypus, once thought to be more cautious and more tentative Than any other living diplomatic representative, Was now an awful warning to all diplomatic students Of the risks attached to negligence, the perils of imprudence. Beset and persecuted by the forces of reaction, He reaped the consequences of his ill-considered action, And, branded in the Honours List as "Platypus, Dame Vera", Retired - a lonely figure - to lay eggs at Bordighera. Patrick Barrington | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
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Hmm - you don't think it odd to have a pet rock  Was he telling clean jokes rather than sick ones? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Was the bird more quiet than usual? More noisy than usual? Little change in noise level, but rather a change in noise quality? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Stucco, Lynne Torgeir, Is this a talking bird? If so, is what it said relevant? NO, NO Is there some quality of the noises it made that sounded 'off' to her -- i.e. "My bird sounds hoarse" YES Was he telling clean jokes rather than sick ones? NO Was the bird more quiet than usual? More noisy than usual? NO, NO Little change in noise level, but rather a change in noise quality? YES PAUL | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Is it important to find out more about the change in noise quality? Or would it be better to try to find the cause of the change? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Torgeir, Is it important to find out more about the change in noise quality? YES Or would it be better to try to find the cause of the change? YES regards Paul | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Was it a songbird? Did its voice sound higher or lower in pitch than normal? Louder or quieter? Rougher? Was it singing a different song? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Stucco, Was it a songbird? Did its voice sound higher or lower in pitch than normal? Louder or quieter? NO to THOSE Rougher? Was it singing a different song? YES, NO | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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Well, at least it's not the classic UL about the woman on holiday who adopts a stray doggie only to find, when taking it to the vet after returning home, that it is, in fact, a rat... Was the bird the particular breed she thought it was? Was the change in it's voice due to normal birdie maturation (for its species)? Had it swallowed something? Was it the same bird as before the voice change? Was it a typical pet breed of bird? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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Did the bird actually sound differently? Or was its owners hearing to blame? Had something changed within the bird to cause the difference? Was the sound changed between its leaving the bird and its entering the lady's ears? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Tim, Was the bird the particular breed she thought it was? YES Was the change in it's voice due to normal birdie maturation (for its species)? Had it swallowed something? NO, NO Was it the same bird as before the voice change? YES Was it a typical pet breed of bird? YES | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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TORGEIR, Did the bird actually sound differently? DIFFICULT TO ANSWER - DIFFERENT TO WHAT? I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES. Or was its owners hearing to blame? NO Had something changed within the bird to cause the difference? WHAT DIFFERENCE? MAYBE YES. Was the sound changed between its leaving the bird and its entering the lady's ears? NO | ||
| Arjun (Jun)
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Is it important what breed the bird was? Did the bird eat/drink something that caused the voice quality to change? Is some other bird? animal? human? responsible directly/ indirectly for the change? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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I meant "Did the bird sound differently at the time we enter the puzzle, as compared to what it used to sound like in the past?" Would a budgie fill the role of the bird adequately? Was the way it sounded at the time of the puzzle more? equally? less? normal for such a bird, compared to the way it used to sound in the past? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Arjun, Is it important what breed the bird was? A LITTLE - YES Did the bird eat/drink something that caused the voice quality to change? NO Is some other bird? animal? human? responsible directly/ indirectly for the change? INDIRECTLY YES | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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TORGEIR, I meant "Did the bird sound differently at the time we enter the puzzle, as compared to what it used to sound like in the past?" IN THE RECENT PAST - NO IN THE DISTANT PAST - YES Would a budgie fill the role of the bird adequately? NO Was the way it sounded at the time of the puzzle more? equally? less? normal for such a bird, compared to the way it used to sound in the past? LESS - IT SOUNDED UNUSUAL | ||
| Tim A. Dowd (Bodo)
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On a tree by a river a little tom-tit Sang "Willow, titwillow, titwillow!" And I said to him, "Dicky-bird, why do you sit Singing 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow'?" "Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?" I cried, "Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?" With a shake of his poor little head, he replied, "Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!" Sir William Schwenk Gilbert Something farm-ish like a duck? Goose? Chicken? Cockatoo/parrot-type bird? Lovebird? Parakeet? Was its voice "normal" originally (i. e. when she acquired it)? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Tim, Something farm-ish like a duck? Goose? Chicken? NO Cockatoo/parrot-type bird? Lovebird? Parakeet? YES - IT WAS A PARROT Was its voice "normal" originally (i. e. when she acquired it)? VERY SOON AFTER SHE ACQUIRED IT SHE NOTICED | ||
| Arjun (Jun)
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Did the person who sold the bird cheat her (the owner)? Was the owner disappointed? If so, was this because the bird's voice was different when she intended to buy it? | ||
| Torgeir Apeland (Abc)
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So - is the bird imitating someone? And that someone is sick? | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Arjun, Did the person who sold the bird cheat her (the owner)? NO Was the owner disappointed? If so, was this because the bird's voice was different when she intended to buy it? NO | ||
| Paul Sloane (Admin)
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Torgeir, So - is the bird imitating someone? And that someone is sick? Well done ***** SPOILER ***** In this true story the woman bought a parrot from a pet shop. When she got it home it developed a bad cough. She took it to the vet who said there was nothing wrong with it. She then investigated its history and found that the parrot had previously been the pet in an old people's home and it had learnt to copy the heavy coughs of some of the inmates. |
