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| Katy (Katy)
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The most obvious answer was also the most inappropriate by far! | ||
| Alizon (Alizon)
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Because of political correctness? Gender related? | ||
| Drew Sollenberger (Sollen)
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politician that refuses to ever answer a question for fear of angering someone important? important who is 'answering' the question? politician? person in authority? person related biologically to the individual asking the question? someone maried or dating the asker of the question? are white lies to avoid hurting someone feelings important? a 8 month pregnent women ask if she look fat? (never ever answer that question!) | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Alizon (Alizon) on Monday, January 16, 2006 - 08:55 pm: Because of political correctness? Gender related? No By Drew Sollenberger (Sollen) on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 01:42 am: politician that refuses to ever answer a question for fear of angering someone important? No important who is 'answering' the question? No, apart from one minor fact politician? person in authority? No, or not necessarily to these person related biologically to the individual asking the question? someone maried or dating the asker of the question? Not necessarily, but in the actual case this was the scenario are white lies to avoid hurting someone feelings important? No a 8 month pregnent women ask if she look fat? (never ever answer that question!) I have no idea what I would say!! | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
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a 8 month pregnent women ask if she look fat? (never ever answer that question!) I have no idea what I would say!! Simple. Ask her back "What do YOU think?", and beat a hasty retreat while they're thinking about it.  Title relevant? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Haenlomal (Haenlomal) on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 03:40 pm: a 8 month pregnent women ask if she look fat? (never ever answer that question!) I have no idea what I would say!! Simple. Ask her back "What do YOU think?", and beat a hasty retreat while they're thinking about it. Nice plan, let me know how that goes Title relevant? It is, but probably only to me!! May be worth exploring though | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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Have you stopped beating your wife? | ||
| John Morahan (Wunderland)
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I mean, was that the question?  | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Does this have to do with another lateral puzzle? One involving a ping pong ball? or a duckling? or something that can float that is trapped in a pipe? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 10:11 pm: Have you stopped beating your wife? By John Morahan (Wunderland) on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 10:12 pm: I mean, was that the question? Glad to hear it! - no it wasn't By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 10:29 pm: Does this have to do with another lateral puzzle? No, but OTRT!! One involving a ping pong ball? or a duckling? or something that can float that is trapped in a pipe? No, but I'd like to hear those! If they're classics could you post them in the chatroom> | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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HINT: Not an LP but another... | ||
| Drew Sollenberger (Sollen)
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so a trivia puzzle? and the triva question involved sexes in the question? or in the answer? did the answer sound inappropriate because it implied something about women? about men? about the interatctions between the sexes? | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Is it a riddle? Does this revolve around a game called battle of the sexes? Or one of those games where all the questions sound awful/dirty but aren't? I.e. 4-letter name for a woman ending in _unt? 4-letter word for intercourse ending in k? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Drew Sollenberger (Sollen) on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 03:51 pm: so a trivia puzzle? Yes! and the triva question involved sexes in the question? or in the answer? No did the answer sound inappropriate because it implied something about women? about men? about the interatctions between the sexes? No By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 07:00 pm: Is it a riddle? Yesish Does this revolve around a game called battle of the sexes? No Or one of those games where all the questions sound awful/dirty but aren't? No I.e. 4-letter name for a woman ending in _unt? 4-letter word for intercourse ending in k? No, this puzzle is rated 'U' Drew asked "a trivia puzzle?" - which is incredibly close. "Boys vs Girls" was just to help with the scenario / situation in which the question was asked | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Um... the questions ARE rated U. They're only dirty if YOU have the dirty mind. The answers were AUNT and TALK, respectively. So is this "trivia puzzle" not really a trivia puzzle? Is it just that it involves several pieces of trivia rather than one? Are trivia questions asked? Trivial Pursuit? Is it a board game? Was there only one particular puzzle-relevant question? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 04:02 pm: Um... the questions ARE rated U. They're only dirty if YOU have the dirty mind. The answers were AUNT and TALK, respectively. In that case I apologise!  So is this "trivia puzzle" not really a trivia puzzle? Is it just that it involves several pieces of trivia rather than one? Are trivia questions asked? Trivial Pursuit? YES!! Is it a board game? Was there only one particular puzzle-relevant question? This puzzle is about a single question, yes Boys vs girls is how the game is usually played in our family. The boys nearly always win but they have easier questions | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Are you sure it's not "Battle of the Sexes"? I swear, I can answer almost all the male questions but none of the female questions. Who the hell cares what a haberdashery is??? Nobody calls it that. Except Cleolinda when referencing ass-haberdashery, ass-hats, and ass-clowns. Ok, so that was dirty. Did the question revolve around: Politics? World Geography? Religion? Common houshold items? Sex? Vehicles? Kids? Flora? Fauna? Minerals? Something? Somebody? A joke? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Friday, January 20, 2006 - 06:36 pm: Are you sure it's not "Battle of the Sexes"? Well in our house it is, but no I swear, I can answer almost all the male questions but none of the female questions. Who the hell cares what a haberdashery is??? Nobody calls it that. Except Cleolinda when referencing ass-haberdashery, ass-hats, and ass-clowns. Ok, so that was dirty. Did the question revolve around: Politics? World Geography? I think it was probably in this category, although that may mislead Religion? Common houshold items? Sex? Vehicles? Yes - with an ish Kids? Flora? Fauna? Minerals? Something? Yes Somebody? A joke? No to rest | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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******** RECAP ****************** The situation is a game of Trivial Pursuit. A question was asked (by me to my Dad & husband, but that's not relevant) which I think was in geography category. It involved vehicles. The most obvious answer (in fact the one given) was so inappropriate as to be funny. The correct answer was not a trick in any way | ||
| Lisa (Dlcygnet)
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Ok... category geography... vehicles involved... Cars? Trains? Trucks? Other? Did the question involve how long a particular stretch you could travel was? I.e. How far did was the run made by the Orient Express? Did the question ask for mode of travel? Ask for a location? Ask for a distance? Ask for a name? a person? a place? a landmark? Did the actual response involve a... person? place? thing? distance? body part? | ||
| Katy (Katy)
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By Lisa (Dlcygnet) on Monday, January 23, 2006 - 03:16 pm: Ok... category geography... vehicles involved... Cars? Trains? Trucks? Other? This one Did the question involve how long a particular stretch you could travel was? I.e. How far did was the run made by the Orient Express? Did the question ask for mode of travel? No to these Ask for a location? It mentioned a location Ask for a distance? Ask for a name? It mentioned a name a person? a place? a landmark? These two are the closest to something that was mentioned in the question Did the actual response involve a... person? place? thing? distance? body part? None of these, although 'thing' can be loosely applied | ||
| Lewis Zeiters (Lzeiters)
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driving distance to a location overseas? |
