| Author | Message | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1029 Registered: 6-2006 |
Janet's method of stress relief ended up putting her in an extremely stressful situation. How? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3238 Registered: 12-2000 |
Yoga? She ended up in ER with a ripped tendon? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1031 Registered: 6-2006 |
Yoga?no She ended up in ER with a ripped tendon?no, good idea though | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1116 Registered: 10-2001 |
Method of stress relief: eating? drinking? exercise? sit down activity? on your feet activity? other? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1032 Registered: 6-2006 |
Method of stress relief: eating? no drinking? no exercise? noish or yope sit down activity? possibly on your feet activity? possibly other? yes | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1117 Registered: 10-2001 |
Let's see.. is it regarded as a common form of stress relief? is it particularly relevant tpo the solution? does it involve other people? equipment? indoors / outdoors? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1034 Registered: 6-2006 |
Let's see.. is it regarded as a common form of stress relief?relatively common I suppose is it particularly relevant tpo the solution? yes does it involve other people? no equipment? yesish indoors / outdoors? either | ||
| Zephyr14 (Zephyr14)
New member Username: Zephyr14 Post Number: 152 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it some mental activity? or physical? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1036 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is it some mental activity?no or physical?yes | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1118 Registered: 10-2001 |
making / constructing something? type of sport? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1038 Registered: 6-2006 |
making / constructing something? no type of sport? no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1119 Registered: 10-2001 |
Picking her nose? Doing something to her own body? Using some chemicals / substances? Playing a game? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1042 Registered: 6-2006 |
Picking her nose? no Doing something to her own body? no Using some chemicals / substances? no, at least not how you mean Playing a game? no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 85 Registered: 1-2007 |
Aromatherapy? bath oils? anything to do with a reaction to a scent? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1044 Registered: 6-2006 |
Aromatherapy?no bath oils?no anything to do with a reaction to a scent?no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1122 Registered: 10-2001 |
painting her nails? Putting on makeup? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1045 Registered: 6-2006 |
painting her nails? no Putting on makeup? no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 93 Registered: 1-2007 |
Do we need to establish what has cuased her stress? Anything to do with Massage? p.s I was unaware that picking one's nose was a form of stress relief , I must of missed a meeting  | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1124 Registered: 10-2001 |
"p.s I was unaware that picking one's nose was a form of stress relief , I must of missed a meeting." I imagine that those who engage in the fine art of nose picking are equally oblivious to the purpose that it may serve for some practitioners. Whilst we are here, is it a bad habit of some sort such as biting nails etc? Is it something that might be regarded as somewhat taboo? Some form of preening? Was she shaving? Brushing her hair? Looking in the mirror? Did the activity involve anyone else? any animals? Was she being watched? Relevant? Reading a book? Cooking (have we had that one - can't remember)? Was she using any machinery? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1049 Registered: 6-2006 |
Do we need to establish what has cuased her stress? no Anything to do with Massage? noish or yope "p.s I was unaware that picking one's nose was a form of stress relief , I must of missed a meeting." I imagine that those who engage in the fine art of nose picking are equally oblivious to the purpose that it may serve for some practitioners. Whilst we are here, is it a bad habit of some sort such as biting nails etc? no Is it something that might be regarded as somewhat taboo? no Some form of preening? Was she shaving? Brushing her hair? Looking in the mirror? no to all Did the activity involve anyone else? no any animals? no Was she being watched? yope or yesish, but possible FA Relevant? yes Reading a book? no Cooking (have we had that one - can't remember)? no Was she using any machinery? no | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 611 Registered: 1-2001 |
Did she take up a new hobby? Did she have to learn some skill? alone - e.g. from a book? with others - e.g. at night class? Was the situation stressful because of time constraints? damage limitation? money costs? publicity? loss of something valued? injury? danger? Was she decorating? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1050 Registered: 6-2006 |
Did she take up a new hobby? Did she have to learn some skill?no alone - e.g. from a book? with others - e.g. at night class? Was the situation stressful because of time constraints?no damage limitation?no money costs?noish publicity?no loss of something valued?yope injury?no danger?no Was she decorating?no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1126 Registered: 10-2001 |
The stressful situation - did it occur as a result of: her actually engaging in the stress relief activity? her preparing for it in some way? someone she met as a consequence? a coincidence? something else? Is Janet a human? How many people involved in this puzzle other than Janet.. none, one, two, more? The method of stress relief: squeezy ball? Did she actually ever engage in it? If so, did she normally do it indoors? Outdoors? relevant? A form of collecting? A form of relaxation? Is there anything else about Janet that we need to discover? eg age, occupation relevant? Time, place,relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1052 Registered: 6-2006 |
The stressful situation - did it occur as a result of: her actually engaging in the stress relief activity? no her preparing for it in some way? yope or yesish someone she met as a consequence? no a coincidence? yope something else? yes Is Janet a human? yes How many people involved in this puzzle other than Janet.. none, one, two, more? just one directly involved, several others indirectly The method of stress relief: squeezy ball? Yes!....ish Did she actually ever engage in it? irrel If so, did she normally do it indoors? Outdoors? relevant? irrel A form of collecting? no A form of relaxation? I suppose Is there anything else about Janet that we need to discover?no eg age, occupation relevant? Time, place,relevant?yes. place more so than time | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 219 Registered: 9-2003 |
does it take place in a gym? a park? is it a squeezy ball which fits in the palm of your hand? did she have only 1? did she squeeze it? did she drop it? throw it? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1053 Registered: 6-2006 |
does it take place in a gym? a park? neither is it a squeezy ball which fits in the palm of your hand?yes did she have only 1?I think 2 or 3, but not really relevant did she squeeze it?no did she drop it?no throw it?no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 223 Registered: 9-2003 |
did she put them down somewhere? lose them? did someone else take them? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1054 Registered: 6-2006 |
did she put them down somewhere?no lose them?no did someone else take them?yes | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1127 Registered: 10-2001 |
Was it a squeezy 'animal' or something similar? relevant? Did someone steal them? Taken by accident? Someone hide them? Were they taken by a child? Did Janet have them with her when they were taken? The place from where they were taken. Workplace? Home? Shop? On treansport? Other? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 540 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is she juggling? Did she notice that the balls were gone because they were not there anymore, or because they were replaced with something else, similar? | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 226 Registered: 9-2003 |
did she know they had been taken? did she try to get them back? find them? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1056 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was it a squeezy 'animal' or something similar?no relevant? yes Did someone steal them?no Taken by accident? no Someone hide them? no Were they taken by a child? no Did Janet have them with her when they were taken? yes The place from where they were taken. Workplace? no Home? no Shop? no On treansport? yope Other? yes Is she juggling? no Did she notice that the balls were gone because they were not there anymore,no or because they were replaced with something else, similar?no did she know they had been taken?yes did she try to get them back?no find them?no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1128 Registered: 10-2001 |
So, the exact nature and identity of these "things" is importnat? Are they squeezy? Are they balls? Are they joined? Some on took them deliberately? As a punishment? As a prank? Were they confiscated? Were they borrowed? Was it a therapeutic intervention? The location: Indoors? The Red Clay Café? Outdoors? On the street? In a park? | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 230 Registered: 9-2003 |
was she walking somewhere when they were taken? driving? on public transport? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1061 Registered: 6-2006 |
So, the exact nature and identity of these "things" is importnat? yes Are they squeezy? yes Are they balls? not really Are they joined? no Some on took them deliberately? yes As a punishment? noish As a prank? no Were they confiscated? yes Were they borrowed? no Was it a therapeutic intervention? no The location: Indoors? yes The Red Clay Café? no Outdoors? On the street? In a park? none of these was she walking somewhere when they were taken? yope driving? no on public transport? no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1129 Registered: 10-2001 |
Is Janet a child? A student? Did this take place in a school / college or similar? Did a teacher confiscate the squeezy objetcs? Or if not a teacher, someon ein authority? Was janet making a noise? Relevant? Were the objects intened for the use that Janet used them for i.e. stress busters? Were the objects mistaken for soemthing else? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1067 Registered: 6-2006 |
Is Janet a child? no A student? no Did this take place in a school / college or similar? no Did a teacher confiscate the squeezy objetcs? no Or if not a teacher, someon ein authority? yope Was janet making a noise?no Relevant? no Were the objects intened for the use that Janet used them for i.e. stress busters? yes Were the objects mistaken for soemthing else? yes | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 242 Registered: 9-2003 |
did a police officer take them? did someone think they were weapons? bomb material? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1068 Registered: 6-2006 |
did a police officer take them? yesish did someone think they were weapons? bomb material?neither of these | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1130 Registered: 10-2001 |
The reason that the items were confiscated: They were mistaken for something else? They were thought to be dangerous? They were thought to be offensive? Other reason(s)? Was the confiscator a: security guard? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1070 Registered: 6-2006 |
The reason that the items were confiscated: They were mistaken for something else? yes They were thought to be dangerous? yope They were thought to be offensive? no Other reason(s)? yes Was the confiscator a: security guard? yes | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 247 Registered: 9-2003 |
did the guard think they could be used as weapons? that they might contain something dangerous? be made of something dangerous? were they shaped like dumbells? are they a regular 3d shape? like a cube? cuboid? cylinder? pyramid shape? sphere? umm whatever a 3d oval is called? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1071 Registered: 6-2006 |
did the guard think they could be used as weapons?no that they might contain something dangerous?yesish be made of something dangerous? noish were they shaped like dumbells?no are they a regular 3d shape?no like a cube?no cuboid?no cylinder?sort of this pyramid shape?no sphere?noish umm whatever a 3d oval is called?sort of this | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1131 Registered: 10-2001 |
The squeezy objects: Colour (color) relevant? Would they only have been viewed as a threat in the context of the location? We have established that they are sort of cyindrical - where they designed to look like something specific e.g. an animal? The setting / location: Indoors? (my memory fails but I think we established this) Outdoors? In the city? A public building? A bus station / train station or similar? A shop? Was she entering a building or a form of transport? Was she at an airport? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1072 Registered: 6-2006 |
The squeezy objects: Colour (color) relevant? yesish Would they only have been viewed as a threat in the context of the location? yope We have established that they are sort of cyindrical - where they designed to look like something specific e.g. an animal? no The setting / location: Indoors?yes (my memory fails but I think we established this) Outdoors? no In the city? probably A public building? possibly A bus station / train station or similar? yopishly similar A shop? no Was she entering a building or a form of transport? yope Was she at an airport? yes! | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1132 Registered: 10-2001 |
Was she carrying the (offending) objects in her hand? hand luggage? Suit case? Relevant? Did the objects cause concern individually or a sa combination? Did it appear that she was smuggling something in/out? Relevant if she was embarking / disembarking / meeting someone? So, the objects weren't supposed to actually resemble anything but they were mistaken for something? Mistaken for drugs? vegetables? food items? grenades? Were they luminous? Relevant what material they wree made from? | ||
| Snoozer (Snoozer)
New member Username: Snoozer Post Number: 546 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was she mistaken for a terrorist? Did people think she had bombs or dynamite? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1074 Registered: 6-2006 |
Was she carrying the (offending) objects in her hand?no hand luggage?this Suit case?no Relevant? yope Did the objects cause concern individually or a sa combination? one would have been sufficient to cause concern Did it appear that she was smuggling something in/out? yes Relevant if she was embarking / disembarking / meeting someone? yes, embarking So, the objects weren't supposed to actually resemble anything but they were mistaken for something? yes Mistaken for drugs?yes vegetables? food items? grenades? Were they luminous? no Relevant what material they wree made from?yes Was she mistaken for a terrorist?no Did people think she had bombs or dynamite?no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 255 Registered: 9-2003 |
were they shaped like an item of fruit? were they made from rubber? some sort of jellyish material? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1133 Registered: 10-2001 |
So the guard thought that Janet was smuggling drugs out of the country? were the items picked up on an xray? Were they seen, touched, smelt by the guard? Are the contents (innards) of the items relevant? Did the guard think they were bags of drugs eg bags of heroin / cocaine? Type of drugs suspected relevant? Is it mainly that we have to discover what the items were, at this stage, or is there other stuff to find out? Relevant which country she was leaving from? Bolivia / Columbia? Were the items bean bags (similar)? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1134 Registered: 10-2001 |
Was there a sniffer dog involved? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1135 Registered: 10-2001 |
polystyrene balls relevant? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1075 Registered: 6-2006 |
were they shaped like an item of fruit? not particularly were they made from rubber?yes, partially some sort of jellyish material?no So the guard thought that Janet was smuggling drugs out of the country? yes were the items picked up on an xray? yes Were they seen, touched, smelt by the guard? yes Are the contents (innards) of the items relevant?yes Did the guard think they were bags of drugs eg bags of heroin / cocaine? yes Type of drugs suspected relevant? yes Is it mainly that we have to discover what the items were, at this stage, or is there other stuff to find out? yeah, thats pretty much it Relevant which country she was leaving from? Bolivia / Columbia? no Were the items bean bags (similar)? no Was there a sniffer dog involved? no polystyrene balls relevant? no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 261 Registered: 9-2003 |
partially made of rubber - is it made of 1 other material? 2? 3? 4? is there any plastic in it? metal? wood? are they a specific colour? if so would it help to know it? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1079 Registered: 6-2006 |
partially made of rubber - is it made of 1 other material?this 2? 3? 4? is there any plastic in it? metal? wood? none of these are they a specific colour?more likely to be some colors than others, but no if so would it help to know it?probably not | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1136 Registered: 10-2001 |
were the items home made? For example - baloons stuffed with something? Were they made entirely from rubber? Rubber outer layer? Something else inside? Powder - possibly white powder - inside? Sand? Something similar to powder or sand? Something quite different? Did she buy them? If she bought them, are they sold for the use that she employed them for? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1081 Registered: 6-2006 |
were the items home made? yes For example - baloons stuffed with something? similar, yes Were they made entirely from rubber? no Rubber outer layer? yes Something else inside? yes Powder - possibly white powder - inside? yes, well, powdery at least Sand? no Something similar to powder or sand? yes Something quite different? no Did she buy them? she bought the separate components If she bought them, are they sold for the use that she employed them for? no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1137 Registered: 10-2001 |
So she bought some rubber items and filled them with a white powdery substance? (No wonder Airport security thought it was drugs) She used the finished items to squeeze to relieve stress? The rubber items: Balloons / condoms / rubber gloves / rubber bladders (for say basket ballls footballs) / inner tubes for bicycle tyres? I can't think of anything else other than some rubber sheath-like - bag-like items. The powdery substance: Flour (such as wheat flour? Talcom powder? Something else? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1138 Registered: 10-2001 |
To add to the scenario, maybe she was going on holiday (vacation) and she wished to properly unwind with these home-made stress relievers. Or maybe she was going on an important business trip and needed something extra to unwind from the stress? | ||
| Beccaann (Beccaann)
New member Username: Beccaann Post Number: 1083 Registered: 6-2006 |
So she bought some rubber items and filled them with a white powdery substance?yes (No wonder Airport security thought it was drugs)no kidding She used the finished items to squeeze to relieve stress? yes The rubber items: Balloons / condoms this / rubber gloves / rubber bladders (for say basket ballls footballs) / inner tubes for bicycle tyres? I can't think of anything else other than some rubber sheath-like - bag-like items. The powdery substance: Flour (such as wheat flour? this Talcom powder? Something else? I suppose that will suffice for a... ************SPOILER********************* This is the text of an article written about this true incident: Here’s a great thing to do for stress relief: Take several condoms and fill them with flour. Squeezing them is as good as those expensive items you can buy (as well as being a fun phallic gag). Unfortunately, however, they actually increased the stress level for freshman Janet Lee at Bryn Mawr College. In the space of a few hours on Dec. 21, 2003, Janet Lee landed in a Philadelphia jail cell, where she would remain for three weeks, held on $500,000 bail and facing 20 years in prison on drug charges. All over flour found in her luggage. The big questions are: –How is it that field tests conducted twice came up with results showing that the powder was a mix of opium, amphetamines, and cocaine? –How is it that officers and prosecutors believed that someone would mix those drugs together and then carry them in that quantity in un-swallowed condoms in their luggage through airport security? Isn’t this just odd enough for them to question the field tests before a defense attorney got involved and asked for expedited laboratory tests (which, of course, verified that it was flour)? –What bright person is going to get going on this and start marketing flour-filled-condom stress-relievers? I think it would be a big hit — everyone should carry them on flights. Lee has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against city police. Good. You should have seen what happened the guy who packed a bag of oregano. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 151 Registered: 1-2007 |
LOL i can see the tabloids having a whale of a time with headlines for that story how about "3 weeks in jail my innocent client has had to enDURE EXclaims lawyer" |
