| Author | Message | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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Marnina was very upright, but she wanted people to think she was slimy & dishonorable. How come?? | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Marnina: human? adult? female? Marnina = she = she? slimy = literally? or metaphorically? was she an actress? undercover agent? | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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are any of these relevant to the puzzle: her job? hobbies? her health? her romantic relationships? her family? her education? her pets? her place of residence? her physical appearance? her nationality? her religion? her politics? by doing this does she hope to gain a benefit? a financial one? an emotional one? does she hope to stop herself losing a benfit? financial? emotional? does she do this to help herself? someone else? to make something good happen? to stop something bad from happening? | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Did she want specific people to think she was slimy and dishonorable? or just people in general? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 09:01 pm: Marnina: human? yes adult? yesfemale? yes Marnina = she = she? yes slimy = literally? no or metaphorically? yes was she an actress? no undercover agent? no By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 09:09 pm: Hi Hannah!! Nice to see you online again!! Now that you're here, how about solving "Why is This Year..." before the story in question gets re-published (Online!! making it easy to cheat) are any of these relevant to the puzzle: her job? no hobbies? no her health? yes her romantic relationships? no her family? no her education? no her pets? noher place of residence? yes her physical appearance? no her nationality? no her religion?yesish her politics? no by doing this does she hope to gain a benefit? yeissh a financial one? possibly an emotional one? yesish does she hope to stop herself losing a benfit? This is actually a more natural way of describing this situatiin financial? possibly} emotional? Yes does she do this to help herself? yes someone else? no to make something good happen? no to stop something bad from happening? yes By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 09:15 pm: Did she want specific people to think she was slimy and dishonorable? yes or just people in general? no | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Does acting this way help her to... gain respect? buy a car? keep people at arms length? keep people from bugging her? coworkers? attract a certain type of person? repulse a certain type of person? complete some sort of study? write a paper? write for a newspaper/journal? If Marnina is so upright... wouldn't it truly make her a dishonest person by acting like somebody she isn't? After all, is that not simply another form of lying? | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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is she trying to avoid being in trouble with the law? or going to prison? is any crime involved? has she committed a crime? has she been accused of one? | ||
| Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
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is she working undercover? | ||
| Kapil Kapur (Dinkie)
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is there somebody else involved ? have they done something wrong ? | ||
| Ozymandias (Ozymandias)
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Place of residence as in... house? Kind of house? Country? State (If the US)? Town? Sorroundings? central vs. peripherical location of her place of residence? number of meters above sea levels? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 01:03 am: Does acting this way help her to... gain respect? yope buy a car? no keep people at arms length? no keep people from bugging her? yes coworkers?yes but not just them attract a certain type of person? yope repulse a certain type of person? no complete some sort of study? no write a paper? no write for a newspaper/journal? no If Marnina is so upright... wouldn't it truly make her a dishonest person by acting like somebody she isn't? After all, is that not simply another form of lying? Good point--OK--so she's not perfect. But the sort of person she's making herself appear to be is much worse than the sort she actually is By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 08:44 am: is she trying to avoid being in trouble with the law? no or going to prison? no is any crime involved? no has she committed a crime? nohas she been accused of one? no | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters) on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 06:46 pm: is she working undercover? By Kapil Kapur (Dinkie) on Friday, August 26, 2005 - 03:36 pm: is there somebody else involved ? yes have they done something wrong ? no By Ozymandias (Ozymandias) on Friday, August 26, 2005 - 04:26 pm: Place of residence as in... house? irrel Kind of house? irrel Country? yes, that's reldevant. She lives in the US State (If the US)? irrel Town? irrel Sorroundings? central vs. peripherical location of her place of residence? irrel number of meters above sea levels? irrel | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters) on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 06:46 pm: is she working undercover? By Kapil Kapur (Dinkie) on Friday, August 26, 2005 - 03:36 pm: is there somebody else involved ? yes have they done something wrong ? no By Ozymandias (Ozymandias) on Friday, August 26, 2005 - 04:26 pm: Place of residence as in... house? irrel Kind of house? irrel Country? yes, that's reldevant. She lives in the US State (If the US)? irrel Town? irrel Sorroundings? central vs. peripherical location of her place of residence? irrel number of meters above sea levels? irrel | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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is she working undercover? no | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Is she trying to hide something? Is it her goal to keep people from bugging her? Is it her goal to keep people away? | ||
| Kapil Kapur (Dinkie)
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how many other people involved ? had she ever been slimy and dishonourable in the past ? was it a dare ? is she trying to help somebody else ? is it for material gain ? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 12:32 am: Is she trying to hide something? yes Is it her goal to keep people from bugging her? yes Is it her goal to keep people away? no By Kapil Kapur (Dinkie) on Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 06:01 pm: how many other people involved ? at least 2 directly & possibly more. Msny indirectly had she ever been slimy and dishonourable in the past ? no was it a dare ? no is she trying to help somebody else ? no is it for material gain ? noish | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Is she trying to hide something about her... physically? emotionally? mentally? financially? Is she pregnant? | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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is she ill? is someone else relevant ill? any transplants involved? medical bills? euthanasia? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 01:33 am: Is she trying to hide something about her... physically? yes emotionally? no mentally? no financially? no Is she pregnant? no By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Sunday, August 28, 2005 - 04:26 pm: is she ill? yes is someone else relevant ill? yope any transplants involved? no medical bills? no euthanasia? no | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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is she trying to hide the fact that she is ill? or tryijg to make it seem that she has a different condition from the real one? is she likely to die? to continue on for a long time with the illness? to get better? is she trying to avoid sympathy? avoid people helping her? is she trying to avoid being discriminated against? is she trying to stop people having a wrong impression of her? is she trying to make herself disagreeable so that peole will not want to spend time with her? and thereby will not find out about her illness? is it relevant whether anyone else knows about her illness? do they? do her co-workers know? does her family? is she trying to avoid being made to retire from work? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 - 03:50 pm: is she trying to hide the fact that she is ill? yes or tryijg to make it seem that she has a different condition from the real one? no is she likely to die?oooh--this question reminds me of the puzzle I posted about the woman who read in a home health book that "half of all stroke patients eventually die" & wanted to have a stroke in order to have a chance of being in the other half. Is Marnina likely to die from the illness in question? Possibly continue on for a long time with the illness? possibly to get better? less likely is she trying to avoid sympathy? possibly avoid people helping her? ditto is she trying to avoid being discriminated against? ditto is she trying to stop people having a wrong impression of her? ditto is she trying to make herself disagreeable so that peole will not want to spend time with her? no and thereby will not find out about her illness? is it relevant whether anyone else knows about her illness? all that's relevant is that she believes that the people she wants to think she's slimy & dishonorable do not know about her illness do they? do her co-workers know? does her family? is she trying to avoid being made to retire from work? possibly |
