| Author | Message | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 99 Registered: 6-2006 |
Difficulty: Medium Type: Fictional Story: "Just one?" To Solve: What is the question about? | ||
| Robin Smith (Robin_smith)
New member Username: Robin_smith Post Number: 17 Registered: 7-2006 |
how much sugar in tea? Is it to do with an amount of an object? Is it to do with a game? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 100 Registered: 6-2006 |
how much sugar in tea? No Is it to do with an amount of an object? Yope Is it to do with a game? No | ||
| Kitral Solane (Solane)
New member Username: Solane Post Number: 277 Registered: 5-2006 |
Are you saying it? Is whoever is saying it in a shop? Home? Street vendor stall? Based of movie? TV show? Book? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 101 Registered: 6-2006 |
Are you saying it? No Is whoever is saying it in a shop?No Home?No Street vendor stall? No Based of movie? Yes, kind of, but it won't help you TV show? No Book? No | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 6 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is the title relevant? Has someone asked for one of something, to which the provider is confirming "Just one?" Or has someone asked for a quantity of something, and being told there's "Just one"? Or maybe how many of something are left? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 105 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the title relevant? No Has someone asked for one of something, to which the provider is confirming "Just one?" No Or has someone asked for a quantity of something, and being told there's "Just one"? No. The question mark inside the quotation marks is correct Or maybe how many of something are left? Yope | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 33 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is a human saying this? Just one? (:-) to one other? Human? More than one? Lots? Is is said? Written? Thought? (notwithstanding the fact that to say or write something you must at some point be thinking it) Is the one representing a quantity? If so, is it something that you could have 1.0001 of, like a weight or length, or would you usually have 1,2,3,etc. of, like a Cornetto? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 110 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is a human saying this? Just one? Yes, one human to one other? Human? More than one? Lots? to one human Is is said? Written? Thought? said Is the one representing a quantity? Yes If so, is it something that you could have 1.0001 of, like a weight or length, No or would you usually have 1,2,3,etc. of, like a Cornetto? Yes | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 40 Registered: 7-2006 |
Age of either party particularly relevant? Older person saying "Just One?" to younger person? Or younger to older? Is it likely that the person saying "Just One?" Would have preferred more than one? Or preferred less than one? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 111 Registered: 6-2006 |
Age of either party particularly relevant? No Older person saying "Just One?" to younger person? Or younger to older? Irrelevant Is it likely that the person saying "Just One?" Yope Would have preferred more than one? Or preferred less than one? FA | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 112 Registered: 6-2006 |
Once again: Age of either party particularly relevant? No Older person saying "Just One?" to younger person? Or younger to older? Irrelevant Is it likely that the person saying "Just One?" Would have preferred more than one? Or preferred less than one? FA | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 49 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is the relationship between the parties relevant? Friends? Enemies? Family? Colleagues? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 113 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the relationship between the parties relevant? Yes Friends? Enemies? Family? Colleagues? Yes | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 54 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is the phrase said as a result of one of the people counting some items? If so, is the expression one of Surprise? Happiness? Sadness? Anger? Humour? Or just puzzlement? would Just One be considered an unusually low (? or high?) number of these items to see in one situation? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 114 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the phrase said as a result of one of the people counting some items? No If so, is the expression one of Surprise? Happiness? Sadness? Anger? Humour? This one! Or just puzzlement? would Just One be considered an unusually low Yes(? or high? No) number of these items to see in one situation? Yes | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 55 Registered: 7-2006 |
Would it be something usually found in pairs? Or something usually found in larger numbers? (and if so....) | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 115 Registered: 6-2006 |
Would it be something usually found in pairs? No Or something usually found in larger numbers? In this case: Yes | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 57 Registered: 7-2006 |
So the amusement is caused by there being just one of something that would normally be in larger numbers? Would these items A specific larger number (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,....) ... or hundreds and thousands ?? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 116 Registered: 6-2006 |
So the amusement is caused by there being just one of something that would normally be in larger numbers? Yope Would these items A specific larger number (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,....) ... or hundreds and thousands ?? This one | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 59 Registered: 7-2006 |
I assume from your previous anwer it's not literally "hundreds & thousands", the sweets? Are these things: Living? Animate? Real? Would it be useful to determine the nature of their work? Were the objects (or object, in this case) something connected with the guys' work? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 117 Registered: 6-2006 |
I assume from your previous anwer it's not literally "hundreds & thousands", the sweets? Maybe one hundred to some hundred could be expected Are these things: Living? No Animate? No Real? Yes Would it be useful to determine the nature of their work? Yes Were the objects (or object, in this case) something connected with the guys' work? Yes | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 75 Registered: 7-2006 |
Sorry, slight misunderstanding. There is a confection in England, small flakes of multicoloured candy, called "Hundreds & Thousands", which I thought may be the subject of the puzzle. Hence my hanging on to this phrase :-) | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 118 Registered: 6-2006 |
Sorry, slight misunderstanding. There is a confection in England, small flakes of multicoloured candy, called "Hundreds & Thousands", which I thought may be the subject of the puzzle. Hence my hanging on to this phrase :-) That's alright with us, but there are no sweets in the puzzle :-) | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 81 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is the nature of the work predominantly physical (i.e. involving manual labour)? Clerical? Legal? Entertainment-related? Technical? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 119 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the nature of the work predominantly physical (i.e. involving manual labour)? No Clerical? Office-Job: Yope - Church-Job: No Legal? Yes Entertainment-related? No Technical? No | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 89 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is it necessary to determine mor specifically the nature of the work? or is 'legal profession' sufficient? Do both people work in the same job? (in case we do need to be more specific...) Barristers? Judges? Legal secretaries? People overseeing reading of wills? And is the Just One relating to some physical item? Document? Client? Case? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 120 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it necessary to determine mor specifically the nature of the work? Yes or is 'legal profession' sufficient? Do both people work in the same job? Yes (in case we do need to be more specific...) Barristers? Judges? Legal secretaries? People overseeing reading of wills? All no And is the Just One relating to some physical item? This one Document? Client? Case? To avoid confusion: The "Yes" behind "Legal?" was meant to mean "not illegal" (no mafia or so) | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 98 Registered: 7-2006 |
[Thanks, I/we could've spent considerable time hanging on THE legal profession rather than simply A legal profession (-: ] For their work, do the people spend most of their working time inside an office-type enviromnent? At the time of the statement, is either party (? or both?) looking at the thing to which the statement relates? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 121 Registered: 6-2006 |
For their work, do the people spend most of their working time inside an office-type enviromnent? Yes, at least lots of their time At the time of the statement, is either party (? or both?) looking at the thing to which the statement relates? No | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 167 Registered: 7-2006 |
aha! Trawling through the past puzzles provides a LTPF-type list of professions!! Do the people work in the following areas? artistic/musical/writer? Banking/financial/real estate? Clerical/Administrative? Computer related / Hardware ? Construction / Craftsman ? Education / Academic Research ? Entertainment / Media ? Executive / Management ? Hospitality / Travel ? Legal Services ? Manufacturing / Distributions ? Medical / Health Services ? Politics / Government / Military ? Sales / Marketing ? Technical / Science / Engineering ? Teaching / Child care? Transportation ? Food Service ? Other ? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 132 Registered: 6-2006 |
Do the people work in the following areas? artistic/musical/writer? Banking/financial/real estate? Clerical/Administrative? Computer related / Hardware ? Construction / Craftsman ? Education / Academic Research ? Entertainment / Media ? Executive / Management ? Hospitality / Travel ? Legal Services ? Manufacturing / Distributions ? Medical / Health Services ? Politics / Government / Military ? Sales / Marketing ? Technical / Science / Engineering ? Teaching / Child care? Transportation ? Food Service ? Other ? This one. Apparently their job is not mentioned (or I would not put it into one of these categories). But it is a quite common profession and absolutely legal | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 171 Registered: 7-2006 |
oh dear... Does their work involve animals? supplying some service to people? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 133 Registered: 6-2006 |
Does their work involve animals? No supplying some service to people? Yes, but usually an indirect service | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 180 Registered: 7-2006 |
Ok, the objects:- Is the assumption correct that the two people are in a conversation? And that the phrase "just one" is said during the conversation? (for ease, let's say Vic and Bob are holding the conversation, ok?) Can Vic see one of the object being referred to? Can Vic see more than one? Can Bob see one of the objects? Can Bob see more than one? Are Vic and Bob together during this conversation? Or discussing this by phone? email? letter? Would a normal person be able to physically lift one of these objects? Is the object a solid thing? Would one typical example of this thing be approximately the size of:- A grain of rice? A pea? A football? A breadbin? A car? A bus? A house? A town? A planet? (if somewhere in between, please indicate) | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 143 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the assumption correct that the two people are in a conversation? Yes And that the phrase "just one" is said during the conversation? Yes (for ease, let's say Vic and Bob are holding the conversation, ok?) Ok Can Vic see one of the object being referred to? No Can Vic see more than one? No Can Bob see one of the objects? No Can Bob see more than one? No Are Vic and Bob together during this conversation? Yes Or discussing this by phone? email? letter? No Would a normal person be able to physically lift one of these objects? With difficulties, but yes, at least for a short time Is the object a solid thing? Yes Would one typical example of this thing be approximately the size of:- A grain of rice? A pea? A football? A breadbin? Somewhere here A car? A bus? A house? A town? A planet? | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 183 Registered: 7-2006 |
So the difficulty someone would have lifting this thing would be because of it's size and/or weight, correct? This thing is not physically fixed to the floor, correct? (I was thinking of parking meters) | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 144 Registered: 6-2006 |
So the difficulty someone would have lifting this thing would be because of it's size and/or weight, correct? Probably size and weight, yes This thing is not physically fixed to the floor, correct? Yes, not fixed (I was thinking of parking meters) No | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 186 Registered: 7-2006 |
Would determining what this object is give away the whole thing? Is the thing something one would be likely to find: - Indoors? Outdoors? Both? Inside an office? Inside a home? (assuming the home is not a home-office, just a domestic dwelling) | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 146 Registered: 6-2006 |
Would determining what this object is give away the whole thing? Hmm, maybe Is the thing something one would be likely to find: - Indoors? Outdoors? Both? Inside an office? Inside a home? (assuming the home is not a home-office, just a domestic dwelling) Well, usually everywhere, but in this special case mainly outdoors. Its not that difficult. | ||
| Rebecca Kreisler (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 171 Registered: 6-2006 |
this profession: public service of any kind? firefighters? police? religious/clergy? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 148 Registered: 6-2006 |
this profession: public service of any kind? Yes firefighters? police? Yes! religious/clergy? | ||
| Rebecca Kreisler (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 173 Registered: 6-2006 |
thank goodness, I didn't think it was possible to come up with any other professions!! ok, so between the size of a car and a breadbin... Closest to size of: microwave? chair? motorcycle? refrigerator? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 149 Registered: 6-2006 |
Closest to size of: microwave? chair? motorcycle? This one, only a litte smaller and not that heavy refrigerator? | ||
| Rebecca Kreisler (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 174 Registered: 6-2006 |
I'm so baffled.... Is the object electronic? electrical? does it have moving parts? manmade? invented recently, 10yrs ago, 20? 50? 100? more? been around since the dawn of time? usually remain stationary? do the police use this object regularly? does is help perform a certain function? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 151 Registered: 6-2006 |
I can hardly answer your questions but i'll try to. Its much easier than you think Is the object electronic? No electrical? No does it have moving parts? Erm, generally yes, but not this one can't move anymore [big hint] manmade? Well, yes invented recently, 10yrs ago, 20? 50? 100? Wasn't invented more? been around since the dawn of time? Almost, yes usually remain stationary? As i said: This one can't move do the police use this object regularly? Big hint: The police has to do whith these objects regulary, but they dont "use" it. does is help perform a certain function? No | ||
| Rebecca Kreisler (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 176 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was this object at one time living? it always seems easy whan you know the answer!! | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 152 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was this object at one time living? YES it always seems easy whan you know the answer!! true  | ||
| Rebecca Kreisler (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 177 Registered: 6-2006 |
Um, dead human bodies? did something major happen which police thought would cause many casualties, but only one person died? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 153 Registered: 6-2006 |
Um, dead human bodies? Perfect did something major happen which police thought would cause many casualties, but only one person died? No | ||
| Rebecca Kreisler (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 178 Registered: 6-2006 |
in this situation would there usually be hundreds of bodies? hundreds of living people? they are humored that only one person died? or that only one person is present? is how the person died relevant? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 154 Registered: 6-2006 |
in this situation would there usually be hundreds of bodies? Yes hundreds of living people? No they are humored that only one person died? No or that only one person is present? Yope is how the person died relevant? No | ||
| Rebecca Kreisler (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 179 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it just suprising that this is the only body in that specific place? Is it the first body buried in a new cemetery? Were there other bodies there previously? Are there other bodies there now and there is just something specific that only applies to this one? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 155 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it just suprising that this is the only body in that specific place? FA Is it the first body buried in a new cemetery? No Were there other bodies there previously? No Are there other bodies there now and there is just something specific that only applies to this one? Yes | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 194 Registered: 7-2006 |
So, are the policemen discussing some method of death? Is the method of death of one person significantly different to others? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 156 Registered: 6-2006 |
So, are the policemen discussing some method of death? No Is the method of death of one person significantly different to others? | ||
| Rebecca Kreisler (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 181 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is just one of the bodies male? or just one female? or is the just one referring to any type of different physical characteristic of one body, like hair color or age? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 159 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is just one of the bodies male? or just one female? or is the just one referring to any type of different physical characteristic of one body, like hair color or age? All no | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 201 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is the just one: - Dead through murder? Dead through suicide? Dead through accident? Dead through natural causes? Dead at all? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 160 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the just one: - Dead through murder? Yes Dead through suicide? Dead through accident? Dead through natural causes? Dead at all? Yes | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 208 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is the humour in the statement caused by the method of the murder? Is the method of the murder relevant? Is humour caused be the fact that only one person has been murdered this way? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 161 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is the humour in the statement caused by the method of the murder? No Is the method of the murder relevant? No Is humour caused be the fact that only one person has been murdered this way? No In general, you already found out by what the amusement was caused: So the amusement is caused by there being just one of something that would normally be in larger numbers? Yope Would these items A specific larger number (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,....) ... or hundreds and thousands ?? This one | ||
| Mike Holden (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 223 Registered: 7-2006 |
Are the two discussing a death/murder scene? Could this murder happen again in similar circumstances? If it did, would it be likely more people would die? Is location of the dead body relevant? Or circumstances - e.g. homeless? Drug Addict? Very old? very young? | ||
| Stefan and Philipp (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 162 Registered: 6-2006 |
Are the two discussing a death/murder scene? Yes Could this murder happen again in similar circumstances? If it did, would it be likely more people would die? irrelevant Is location of the dead body relevant? YES Or circumstances No - e.g. homeless? Drug Addict? Very old? very young? | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 244 Registered: 7-2006 |
erm... Has the dead body been found in a cemetery? | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 245 Registered: 7-2006 |
...which would make the puzzle statement a reply to the statement "There's been a body found in the cemetery!"? | ||
| Sobs (Sobs)
New member Username: Sobs Post Number: 163 Registered: 6-2006 |
erm... Has the dead body been found in a cemetery? ...which would make the puzzle statement a reply to the statement "There's been a body found in the cemetery!"? YES, exactly ******Spoiler******Spoyler This happened in the german TV-series "Tatort". One of the two inspectors had anwered a phone call about the newly found body and summarized it to his colleage saying: "We have a body in the cemetery!" The humorous answer was: "Just one?" | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 250 Registered: 7-2006 |
Very good. Considering it concerns dead bodies/murder and police it's amazing we didn't zoom in on it sooner |
