| Author | Message | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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In the middle of reading a document, a strange student called dryman suddenly stopped, stuck both hands out in the air and twitched them vigorously, then picked up the manuscript and continued to read. What, besides his inherent strangeness, could explain such bizarre behavior? | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Does he simply do this every ten minutes as a matter of course?  Is anyone else involved? Did something he read make him do this? Something he saw? Heard? Felt? Location relevant? | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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Does he simply do this every ten minutes as a matter of course? no Is anyone else involved? no Did something he read make him do this? yes Something he saw? Heard? Felt? no to rest Location relevant? not really | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Did he do this to see if something was true? For a medical reason? Is he reading something about the brain? Muscles? Reflexes? | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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Did he do this to see if something was true? yope For a medical reason? noish Is he reading something about the brain? Muscles? Reflexes? irrelevant | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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So the general subject of the document is irrelevant? Did one paragraph cause him to do this? One sentence? One word? Wild guess: Is he imitating playing a piano or other instrument? | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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So the general subject of the document is irrelevant? pretty much Did one paragraph cause him to do this? no One sentence? no One word? yes Wild guess: Is he imitating playing a piano or other instrument? no | ||
| Fred Z (Dref)
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Is the exact word relevant? | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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Is the exact word relevant? no | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Was he observing something about his hands? Will this action help him understand the document? Could he have gone on reading without doing it? If one were watching this student, would one immediately understand what he was doing? | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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Was he observing something about his hands? noish Will this action help him understand the document? yes Could he have gone on reading without doing it? yes If one were watching this student, would one immediately understand what he was doing? probably not! | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Will the action help him understand the particular word? Is it's place on the page relevant? Wild guess #2: Is he imitating typing? | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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Will the action help him understand the particular word? yes Is it's place on the page relevant? no Wild guess #2: Is he imitating typing? yes! can you spoil? | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Let's hope so. Has he found a typo and is trying to find out what the real word should be? | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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Has he found a typo and is trying to find out what the real word should be? close enough! *** SPOILER *** While reading, I came across an unfamiliar word that was similar to one I already knew. I unconsciously "typed" the word in the air to see if it was a probable typo of the known one. that was fast! by the way I put a question on your junk puzzle. | ||
| Eliot (Eliot)
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Oh, right! Good puzzle. Funny. |
