| Author | Message | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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80% wrong | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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20% right? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 03:20 pm: 20% right? indeed. Good to see that you have entirely shaken off your mathematical training, and are once again able to count  | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Does this refer to a set of answers, or statements, 80% of which are wrong? Or one single answer or statement which is 80% wrong? or wrong 80% of the time? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 03:24 pm: Does this refer to a set of answers, or statements, 80% of which are wrong? Or one single answer or statement which is 80% wrong? this is one way of looking at it... or wrong 80% of the time? ...and this is another | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Is 80% an exact figure? or an approximation? Was this statement made recently? (this week? this month? this year?) Does it refer to people? places? things? intangibles? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 03:29 pm: Is 80% an exact figure? or an approximation? this one Was this statement made recently? (this week? this month? this year? this one) Does it refer to people? places? things? this oneintangibles? | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Is some sort of test or exam relevant? Science relevant? A particular country relevant? Voting relevant? Is the approximate 80% wrong someone's opinion? your opinion? fact? Is politics relevant? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 03:51 pm: Is some sort of test or exam relevant? no Science relevant? not to this puzzle, no A particular country relevant? no Voting relevant? no Is the approximate 80% wrong someone's opinion? your opinion? fact? this is closest - but this is, as usual, a silly puzzle Is politics relevant? no | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Source of the statement relevant? Was it spoken? In print? Something else? Is it attributable to a single source? Is it a well-known statement? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By (Stuccosalt) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 04:40 pm: Source of the statement relevant? very much so Was it spoken? In print? this one Something else? Is it attributable to a single source? yes Is it a well-known statement? no | ||
| Tommy Petersson (Tommyp)
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Was the statement in a newspaper? magazine? British? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Tommy Petersson (Tommyp) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 06:05 pm: Was the statement in a newspaper? no magazine? no British? the statement in question was in English, but it did not appear in a "British" publication | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
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Title relevant? Song relevant? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Haenlomal (Haenlomal) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 06:50 pm: Title relevant? only very peripherally Song relevant? ditto | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Did you read this in a non British publication? on the internet? was is read in a book? a leaflet? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 08:10 pm: Did you read this in a non British publication? I have not actually read the publication in which the statement exists. I have merely been told what the statement is. on the internet? was is read in a book? a leaflet? the communication to me arrived in an email. In which none of the words was mis-spelled | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Okay so the things in which the 80% relates to.. Non-human animals? Food? Drink? Books? or another form of publication? Vehicles? Are the 'things' all the same thing or a variety of 'things'? | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Are they tangible things? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 08:20 pm: Okay so the things in which the 80% relates to.. Non-human animals? Food? Drink? Books? or another form of publication? this is closest Vehicles? Are the 'things' all the same thing yes or a variety of 'things'? By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 08:21 pm: Are they tangible things? yes | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Are the things a type of written publication? or something related to a publication i.e pages? Is any of the following relevant? Grammar? Spelling? Words? Numbers? Language? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 08:35 pm: Are the things a type of written publication? no or something related to a publication i.e pages? no Is any of the following relevant? Grammar? Spelling? Words? this one Numbers? Language? |
