| Author | Message | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 60 Registered: 4-2007 |
Once in a lifetime | ||
| Suido (Suido)
New member Username: Suido Post Number: 61 Registered: 8-2007 |
is it a letter in the word lifetime? a human lifetime? a specific humans lifetime? anyones lifetime? everyones lifetime? something happens once? only once? once to anyone? once to everyone? does someone/something ____ once in their lifetime? lose something? gain something? create something? win something? do something? have an opportunity? is the title relevent? the band? any of their songs? any songs? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 61 Registered: 4-2007 |
is it a letter in the word lifetime? no a human lifetime? yes a specific humans lifetime? yes anyones lifetime? no everyones lifetime? no something happens once? yes only once? yes once to anyone? it could happen to anyone in the right circumstances once to everyone? no does someone (this) /something ____ once in their lifetime? yes lose something? gain something? create something? win something? do something? have an opportunity? no to rest is the title relevent? no, just couldn't think of anything else to go with the statement, and thought I'd try and throw in some confusion at the same time ;-) the band? any of their songs? any songs? no to all | ||
| Suido (Suido)
New member Username: Suido Post Number: 65 Registered: 8-2007 |
in the blank spot in my sentence, is it a single word? more than one word? does the individual want this to occur? not want this to occur? any ambivalence? does it involve action on the part of the individual? a specific individual... is the individuals identity relevent? a, m? famous? known to you? european? nth american? sth american? asian? african? australian/pacific islander? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 62 Registered: 4-2007 |
in the blank spot in my sentence, is it a single word? no more than one word? so, yes does the individual want this to occur? irr not want this to occur? irr any ambivalence? no does it involve action on the part of the individual? no a specific individual... is the individuals identity relevent? not really a, m? yope, no famous? no known to you? yes european? yes, but irrelevant nth american? sth american? asian? african? australian/pacific islander? no to rest | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 449 Registered: 6-2007 |
is specific age relevant? she, 13 - 18 years? human? is there more than 1 relevant person? explore a single event? does the event involve another person? does it involve.. money? family? work? crime? love? travel? epiphany? is it possible for it to happen more than once in an individual's lifetime? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 64 Registered: 4-2007 |
is specific age relevant? yes she, 13 - 18 years? no, and fa human? yes is there more than 1 relevant person? yes explore a single event? noish does the event involve another person? yes does it involve.. money? no family? yes work? crime? love? travel? epiphany? no to rest is it possible for it to happen more than once in an individual's lifetime? no | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 458 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does ( or could ) the event description include "... for the first time ..."? Is this event generally perceived as positive? negative? neutral? Is another person involved actively? passively? "Becoming a new parent"? | ||
| Suido (Suido)
New member Username: Suido Post Number: 70 Registered: 8-2007 |
Quote: a, m?yope, no is specific age relevant? yes she, 13 - 18 years? no, and fa a clarification, if i may... adult? 13-18 years? <13 years? >18 years? is another definition of 'adult' other than physical age the reason for the yope? relevent? male? female? does the event involve 1 more person? 2 more people? 3 more people? 4 more people? >4 more people? the individuals feelings about the event occuring are irrelevent? so the event will occur whether they like it or not? do other people cause the events? if the event had not occured at the moment that it did, could it have happened at a later date? would it have happened? is the event some sort of rite of passage? ceremony? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 65 Registered: 4-2007 |
Emeraldink Does ( or could ) the event description include "... for the first time ..."? no Is this event generally perceived as positive? the actual event that led to this puzzle would be a positive event negative? neutral? Is another person involved actively? yes passively? "Becoming a new parent"? no Suido Quote: a, m?yope, no is specific age relevant? yes she, 13 - 18 years? no, and fa a clarification, if i may... adult? yes 13-18 years? <13 years? yes >18 years? is another definition of 'adult' other than physical age the reason for the yope? no relevent? yesish male? no female? yes, but gender is irr does the event involve 1 more person? yes 2 more people? this 3 more people? 4 more people? >4 more people? the individuals feelings about the event occuring are irrelevent? yes so the event will occur whether they like it or not? yes do other people cause the events? no if the event had not occured at the moment that it did, could it have happened at a later date? I'll say no to this as it's unlikely that it could have happened at any other time would it have happened? is the event some sort of rite of passage? no ceremony? yes, for svv of 'ceremony' | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 476 Registered: 6-2007 |
is immediate family involved? mother? father? sister? brother? son? daughter? aunt? uncle? is reunion relvant? family feud? bat mitzvah? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 66 Registered: 4-2007 |
is immediate family involved? yes mother? father? sister? brother? son? daughter? this aunt? uncle? is reunion relvant? no family feud? bat mitzvah? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 480 Registered: 6-2007 |
so we have a daugther? who is 9? 10? 11? 12? years old? and another person? the once in a lifitme event happened to the daughter? regarding the event...did it come from any planning? organization? could it have only happened at her age? during initiation of the "happening" is it relevant where she was? who was with her? what she was doing? does some aspect fo the family change? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 67 Registered: 4-2007 |
so we have a daugther? 2 actually who is 9? 10? 11? 12? years old? none of these and another person? yes the once in a lifitme event happened to the daughter? all three regarding the event...did it come from any planning? no organization? no could it have only happened at her age? yes during initiation of the "happening" is it relevant where she was? no who was with her? no what she was doing? yesish does some aspect fo the family change? no | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2042 Registered: 2-2001 |
Birthday relevant? Allignment of the digits (e. g. in 1976 my birthdate was 9/8/76 in M/D/YY format, which only happens every hundred years)? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 68 Registered: 4-2007 |
Birthday relevant? yes Allignment of the digits (e. g. in 1976 my birthdate was 9/8/76 in M/D/YY format, which only happens every hundred years)? but not this | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 506 Registered: 6-2007 |
are the daughters twins? if yes, their birthday is relevant? if no, is one of their birthday relvant? both? is one? both? of them 13 years old? mother's birthday relevant? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 69 Registered: 4-2007 |
are the daughters twins? no if yes, their birthday is relevant? if no, is one of their birthday relvant? both? this is one? both? of them 13 years old? no mother's birthday relevant? yes | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 7 Registered: 9-2007 |
Was it the only year in which the mother's age was a certain multiple of the daughter's age? If not, something else mathematically amusing? Is the daughter we are talking about still unborn, and the once in a lifetime moment her birth? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 70 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was it the only year in which the mother's age was a certain multiple of the daughter's age? no, but ORT If not, something else mathematically amusing? yes Is the daughter we are talking about still unborn, and the once in a lifetime moment her birth? no | ||
| Suido (Suido)
New member Username: Suido Post Number: 111 Registered: 8-2007 |
were the relevent ages palindromic ( eg 31 & 13?) | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 72 Registered: 4-2007 |
were the relevent ages palindromic ( eg 31 & 13?)no | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 13 Registered: 9-2007 |
Ok, so now we have to start listing out mathematical once-in-a-lifetime coincidences of age... here goes nothing... To simplify a bit: Daughter 1's age = X, Daughter 2's age = Y Mother's age = Z X + Y + Z = something significant Z - X - Y = "" X * Y * Z = "" lateral thinking owned by brute force atm lol X + Y = 18 (in reference to the adult 'yope' ) X + Y = Z Z = 2Y and Y = 2X (or any other geometric progression) i think this line of questions is going to get me banned from this forum, so switching back to old skewl Is the mathematical coincidence the only thing that makes the situation unique? Or should we explore other coincidences as well? Is the mathematical coincidence something a layman could identify or something only a student of math (or a well-informed individual) would be aware of? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 73 Registered: 4-2007 |
Ok, so now we have to start listing out mathematical once-in-a-lifetime coincidences of age... here goes nothing... To simplify a bit: Daughter 1's age = X, Daughter 2's age = Y Mother's age = Z X + Y + Z = something significant Z - X - Y = "" X * Y * Z = "" none of these lateral thinking owned by brute force atm lol X + Y = 18 (in reference to the adult 'yope' ) the yope was because it's not just an adult X + Y = Z not this, but getting closer Z = 2Y and Y = 2X (or any other geometric progression) or this i think this line of questions is going to get me banned from this forum, so switching back to old skewl Is the mathematical coincidence the only thing that makes the situation unique? yes Or should we explore other coincidences as well? no Is the mathematical coincidence something a layman could identify or something only a student of math (or a well-informed individual) would be aware of? It's something a layman can (or at least should be able to) identify | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 23 Registered: 9-2007 |
Were their ages 1, 23 and 45? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 74 Registered: 4-2007 |
Were their ages 1, 23 and 45? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 539 Registered: 6-2007 |
are any of these numbers relevant.. 1? 2? 3? 4? 5? 6? 7? 8? 9? 10? 11? 12? 13? 14? 15? 16? 17? 18? 19? 20? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 75 Registered: 4-2007 |
are any of these numbers relevant.. 1? 2? 3? this 4? 5? 6? 7? and this 8? 9? 10? 11? 12? 13? 14? 15? 16? 17? 18? 19? 20? | ||
| Suido (Suido)
New member Username: Suido Post Number: 136 Registered: 8-2007 |
k, there are 2 daughters, one aged 3, the other aged 7. Both of the daughters birthdays are relevant - are they the same day? consecutive days? within a week of each other? It is one of the daughters birthday at the time this event occurred? the 3yo? or the 7yo? and so this mathematical coincidence has just occurred? Is the mother's birthday also relevant? can the mathematical coincidence be expressed as a single equation that uses all three ages? are powers relevant? prime numbers? are we right in assuming the relevant ages should be expressed in years? are months relevant? and/or days? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 76 Registered: 4-2007 |
k, there are 2 daughters, one aged 3, the other aged 7. yes Both of the daughters birthdays are relevant - are they the same day? consecutive days? within a week of each other? irrelevant when their birthdays were It is one of the daughters birthday at the time this event occurred? the 'event' is a result of all the birthdays the 3yo? or the 7yo? and so this mathematical coincidence has just occurred? yes, as the last birthday has recently occured Is the mother's birthday also relevant? yes can the mathematical coincidence be expressed as a single equation that uses all three ages? yes are powers relevant? no prime numbers? no are we right in assuming the relevant ages should be expressed in years? yes are months relevant? and/or days? no to both | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 40 Registered: 9-2007 |
are there ages 3, 7 and 37? | ||
| Lshooter3k (Lshooter3k)
New member Username: Lshooter3k Post Number: 77 Registered: 4-2007 |
are there ages 3, 7 and 37? yes **** SPOILER **** This year my daughters celebrated their 3rd and 7th birthdays, whilst their mother celebrated her 37th. When I was talking to someone about their ages it occured to me that this was the only year this would happen, and that it would also make a good lateral puzzle. Thanks for taking part in my first lateral, and well done to Noobdogg for solving it. | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 56 Registered: 9-2007 |
Nice one mate! |
