| Author | Message | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Strange diet Warning: another Friday afternoon puzzle. | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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For a person? an animal? "Diet", meaning the types and/or amounts of food one eats? meaning the things with which one occupies oneself during the day? or something else? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 05:20 pm: For a person? this one an animal? "Diet", meaning the types and/or amounts of food one eats? this one, though amounts are not relevant meaning the things with which one occupies oneself during the day? or something else? | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Is the diet strange because of one or more things that it includes? one or more things that it excludes? Does this diet include anything that is not normally considered to be food? (by, say, the prevailing culture at the time and place of this story) | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Diet for a particular individual? For Male(s) or Female(s) or both? Was the diet intentional? | ||
| Simon Downham (Beroean)
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Does this puzzle derive from another "joke" with a punchline? | ||
| Fred Z (Dref)
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Any puns here? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 05:30 pm: Is the diet strange because of one or more things that it includes? this one one or more things that it excludes? Does this diet include anything that is not normally considered to be food? yes (by, say, the prevailing culture at the time and place of this story) By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 07:44 pm: Diet for a particular individual? yes For Male(s) or Female(s) or both? no - just one individual Was the diet intentional? FA By Simon Downham (Beroean) on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 07:45 pm: Does this puzzle derive from another "joke" with a punchline? yes, of course  That is what Friday afternoon puzzles are for. By Fred Z (Dref) on Friday, April 01, 2005 - 08:40 pm: Any puns here? only one | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Someone ate something strange? once? more than once? regularly? Was the eater human? other animal? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 01:50 am: Someone ate something strange? well, this is a joke, so in fact no one ate anything strange. But for the purposes of the puzzle, someone did indeed eat something strange. If that makes sense. once? more than once? regularly? this one, subject to above caveats Was the eater human? this one other animal? And welcome to the LTPF - I am not sure if we have met before | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Does that mean that someone ate something which may or may not be strange depending on which meaning is assigned to some ambiguous word? (If that makes sense...) or is it just that this didn't really happen? And welcome to the LTPF - I am not sure if we have met before I guess not. Hi. | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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Does that mean that someone ate something which may or may not be strange depending on which meaning is assigned to some ambiguous word? (If that makes sense...) it makes perfect sense, and is an entirely accurate summary or is it just that this didn't really happen? it did not really happen, no. | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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so something like eating a ray for a light snack? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 03:39 am: so something like eating a ray for a light snack? well, for svv of "something like", yes | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Is it relevant where this is happening? Would it help to know more about the person who is eating? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 03:48 am: Is it relevant where this is happening? no, not really - somewhere on Planet Earth, sometime in the 20th century Would it help to know more about the person who is eating? indeed it would | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Male? Female? relevant? Do they have a relevant name? occupation? physical characteristic? personality trait? habit? age? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 03:55 am: Male? Female? this one relevant? yes Do they have a relevant name? yes occupation? yes physical characteristic? no personality trait? yes habit? no age? no | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Is anything else about her that I didn't mention relevant? Is she clever? wise? silly? careless? Her occupation: manual labour? office? retail? management? military? What about her name is relevant: spelling? pronunciation? length? a double meaning? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 04:10 am: Is anything else about her that I didn't mention relevant? I do not think so Is she clever? wise? silly? careless? she, like every other human being, was all of those things at one time or another Her occupation: manual labour? office? retail? management? military? none of those What about her name is relevant: spelling? pronunciation? length? a double meaning? none of those either - it is just a question of identification | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Is she famous? Does she share a name with a famous person (other than herself)? Her occupation: politics? entertainment? sport? Did she eat her words? or her hat? | ||
| David Burn (Woubit)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 04:20 am: Is she famous? yes Does she share a name with a famous person (other than herself)? I am not quite sure what this means, but she is famous in her own right Her occupation: politics? entertainment? this one sport? Did she eat her words? or her hat? neither, but good thinking |
