| Author | Message | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Must have been the champagne Warning: this is strictly a Friday afternoon puzzle. | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Should someone have had real pain instead? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 03:02 pm: Should someone have had real pain instead? yes. And she is not a million miles from Vim University, either  | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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So is that (part of) the answer? Or are you just being obnoxious? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 03:16 pm: So is that (part of) the answer? no Or are you just being obnoxious? yes. I'm sorry  It was just that the blinding flash of pain I myself experienced when I read your question caused me to lash out in self-preservation Please forgive me. | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
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Must have been the champagne... ...that is responsible for the massive hangover being currently experienced?  ...that is responsible for the some unusual action(s) by certain individual(s)/group? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Haenlomal (Haenlomal) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 03:45 pm: Must have been the champagne... ...that is responsible for the massive hangover being currently experienced? no, but good thinking in the circumstances ...that is responsible for the some unusual action(s) by certain individual(s)/group? no | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Could it have been another alcoholic beverage? or even a non alcoholic beverage? Was a person involved in this puzzle? more than one? Did the champagne have a negative effect? positive? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 04:38 pm: Could it have been another alcoholic beverage? or even a non alcoholic beverage? it could have been either, instead or as well, but champagne is by far the most likely Was a person involved in this puzzle? no more than one? Did the champagne have a negative effect? positive? this one | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Was a previous event relevant? Any non human animals involved? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 04:43 pm: Was a previous event relevant? I'm not quite sure what this means, but I think the answer is yes Any non human animals involved? no | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Is a piece of electronic equipment relevant? Some sort of celebration relevant? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Sam Greene (Pandora) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 04:48 pm: Is a piece of electronic equipment relevant? yope Some sort of celebration relevant? yes | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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A celebration, but one that did not involve people? Were there space aliens involved? robots? At any rate, was that a Buzzard yope on electronic equipment? | ||
| Tommy Petersson (Tommyp)
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Any non animal humans involved? Did someone win (something)? a competition? on the lottery? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 08:34 pm: A celebration, but one that did not involve people? yes Were there space aliens involved? no robots? no At any rate, was that a Buzzard yope on electronic equipment? it was a Buzzard yope on "a piece of elcetronic equipment", yes By Tommy Petersson (Tommyp) on Friday, March 11, 2005 - 11:52 pm: Any non animal humans involved? no Did someone win (something)? no a competition? no on the lottery? no | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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So there is more than one piece of electronic equipment involved? Computers? televisions? other audiovisual equipment? Were the pieces of electronic equipment the ones doing the celebrating? Was this celebration a holiday that humans also celebrate? Was it a birthday party? Was it a celebration of an achievement of someone or something? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 12:00 pm: So there is more than one piece of electronic equipment involved? yes Computers? televisions? other audiovisual equipment? this one, ish Were the pieces of electronic equipment the ones doing the celebrating? excatly so Was this celebration a holiday that humans also celebrate? no Was it a birthday party? no Was it a celebration of an achievement of someone or something? yesish | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Had one of them just gotten a PhD? Are these pieces of electronic equipment all of the same type? Are they the sort of equipment that might be found in someone's home? Or are they only used in specialist environments? like research labs? or hospitals? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Saturday, March 12, 2005 - 07:38 pm: Had one of them just gotten a PhD? no. They don't just give those things away, you know Are these pieces of electronic equipment all of the same type? yes Are they the sort of equipment that might be found in someone's home? yope Or are they only used in specialist environments? like research labs? or hospitals? no - they are common enough pieces of equipment | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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It's Friday afternoon again, so this puzzle can now be revived. Mobile phones? other communications-related equipment? other portable equipment? Did one or more of these pieces of equipment start malfunctioning? or cease to function at all? or start behaving strangely? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Friday, March 18, 2005 - 12:02 pm: Mobile phones? no other communications-related equipment? yes, for somewhat vv of "communications" other portable equipment? no Did one or more of these pieces of equipment start malfunctioning? no or cease to function at all? no or start behaving strangely? well, yes, but this may perhaps be misleading |
