| Author | Message | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 696 Registered: 4-2007 |
he said something--i thought. | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 637 Registered: 6-2007 |
is he h? a? m? did you think he said something to you? was it one word? could he have said something to someone else? did you want him to say something to you? did you say something to him? did you ask him anything? | ||
| Sparkplug1 (Sparkplug1)
New member Username: Sparkplug1 Post Number: 48 Registered: 6-2007 |
he is H/A/M? said as spoke? did you hear a certain sentence? were you looking at him? were you in the same room with him? were you on the phone? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 698 Registered: 4-2007 |
68-- is he h? a? m? yes, no, and yes (but last is irr) did you think he said something to you?no was it one word?yesish could he have said something to someone else? no did you want him to say something to you? i didn't mind him talking did you say something to him? maybe, but irr did you ask him anything? no spark-- he is H/A/M? see above said as spoke? yes did you hear a certain sentence? yesish were you looking at him? yes, but irr were you in the same room with him?yes, but can be anywhere were you on the phone? no | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2187 Registered: 2-2001 |
Would it nearly as accurate to say "While he was saying something I was thinking"? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 703 Registered: 4-2007 |
Would it nearly as accurate to say "While he was saying something I was thinking"? no | ||
| Sparkplug1 (Sparkplug1)
New member Username: Sparkplug1 Post Number: 53 Registered: 6-2007 |
was it a child? was he just learning to talk? did you misunderstand him? were you paying attention to him when he spoke? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 643 Registered: 6-2007 |
did he say something? did you say anything relevant after your thought? could the statement be equally substituted with "I thought he said something?" or in part by ' "something", he said' were you anticipating specific words? a thought? idea? a reaction? is your relationship to him relevant? family? friend? colleague? stranger? patron? provider? familiar? "was it one word?yesish " was there a bunch of words with one word being more relevant than the rest? is anyone's emotion relevant? yours? his? any relevant actions? or lack thereof? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 708 Registered: 4-2007 |
spark: was it a child? yes was he just learning to talk? no did you misunderstand him? no were you paying attention to him when he spoke? yes 68: did he say something? yes did you say anything relevant after your thought? no could the statement be equally substituted with "I thought he said something?" no or in part by ' "something", he said' can you rephrase this one, my brain's not working properly tonight were you anticipating specific words? yesish a thought? yesish idea? yesish a reaction? no is your relationship to him relevant?not really relevant to figuring out the puzzle... family?this, he's my son friend? colleague? stranger? patron? provider? familiar? "was it one word?yesish " was there a bunch of words with one word being more relevant than the rest? yes, exactly is anyone's emotion relevant?no yours?no his? no any relevant actions?no or lack thereof?no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 654 Registered: 6-2007 |
only trying to elliminate.. did he say the word "something"? did the 2 events in the statement occur simultaneously? is this relevant? were you thinking about saying something? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 712 Registered: 4-2007 |
68: only trying to elliminate.. did he say the word "something"? no did the 2 events in the statement occur simultaneously?no, they were sequential is this relevant? yes were you thinking about saying something?no | ||
| Sparkplug1 (Sparkplug1)
New member Username: Sparkplug1 Post Number: 63 Registered: 6-2007 |
did you think he said something obscene? was it something you wanted him to say? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 713 Registered: 4-2007 |
did you think he said something obscene? no was it something you wanted him to say?irr | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 658 Registered: 6-2007 |
is the statement written in the correct sequence? did he speak to you? were the 2 different "actions" in the statement in any way a response to the same stimulus/stimuli? is there any relevance to his age? is there some topic of conversation lingering here? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 714 Registered: 4-2007 |
is the statement written in the correct sequence? yes did he speak to you? yes were the 2 different "actions" in the statement in any way a response to the same stimulus/stimuli? they were related, if that is what you are asking... is there any relevance to his age? yes--he is going to be four years old in a few weeks is there some topic of conversation lingering here? not really, he could be talking to me about anything | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 263 Registered: 9-2007 |
One interpretation that I think hasn't been mentioned yet is, "He said something that I thought". What i mean is, you were thinking something, and he said exactly or approximately the same thing, mind-reader types. Relevant? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 717 Registered: 4-2007 |
One interpretation that I think hasn't been mentioned yet is, "He said something that I thought". What i mean is, you were thinking something, and he said exactly or approximately the same thing, mind-reader types. Relevant? no, sorry it's not this | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 996 Registered: 9-2003 |
so he said something? and you had to think about it to work out what he meant? did he say something about his birthday? you? his home? another person? a toy? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 718 Registered: 4-2007 |
so he said something?yes and you had to think about it to work out what he meant? yes, this-- but a slight fa lurking did he say something about his birthday? you? his home? another person? a toy?the main topic of conversation is irrelevant. He could have been discussing anything. | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 671 Registered: 6-2007 |
is what he said relevant? did him saying something make you aware of his presence? did he say something close to nonsense that provoked you to think about something profound? did you think about an action? something you needed to do? something you did? something someone else did? something someone else needs to do? a need? a distaste? about prevention? about safety? about him? about someone else? about something ironic? about something curious? about a song? about a poem? about something you have read? about something you have learned? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 723 Registered: 4-2007 |
is what he said relevant? yesish or yope did him saying something make you aware of his presence? no did he say something close to nonsense that provoked you to think about something profound? no did you think about an action? something you needed to do? something you did? something someone else did? something someone else needs to do? a need? a distaste? about prevention? about safety? about him? about someone else? about something ironic? about something curious? about a song? about a poem? about something you have read? about something you have learned?none of these | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 675 Registered: 6-2007 |
could your thought be summed up in a sentence? a question? did you remember something? did your thought have anything to do with what he said? were the two events in the statement within seconds? minutes? hours? of one another? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 725 Registered: 4-2007 |
could your thought be summed up in a sentence? yes a question? possibly did you remember something? no did your thought have anything to do with what he said? yes were the two events in the statement within seconds? this minutes? hours? of one another? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 681 Registered: 6-2007 |
did he ask you a question? make an observation? make a demand? express a feeling? repeat something? read something ?[that would be impressive!] spout nonsense? is it a relevant choice that you made to think and not speak? relevant what might have happened if you said your thought out loud? did you speak you thought? rel? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 729 Registered: 4-2007 |
did he ask you a question?no make an observation? this is closest make a demand? no express a feeling? no repeat something? no read something ?[that would be impressive!] no, not quite reading yet...that would be impressive spout nonsense? no, though he does spout nonsense from time to time is it a relevant choice that you made to think and not speak? no relevant what might have happened if you said your thought out loud? no did you speak you thought? no, just thought inside my head rel? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 691 Registered: 6-2007 |
is there something relevant to reveal before the statement? after? if both, then is one more relevant than the other? before? after? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 734 Registered: 4-2007 |
is there something relevant to reveal before the statement?no after? yesish or yope, but I don't want to mislead if both, then is one more relevant than the other? before? after? see above | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 699 Registered: 6-2007 |
is it possible for you to have had that thought before he said something? was he interacting with you as you thought? relevant? what would be the most revealing path/paths to explore? what you thought your location setting object / objects other people action absence of action activity an event/happening health / feeling weather circumstances other relevant stimuli | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 740 Registered: 4-2007 |
is it possible for you to have had that thought before he said something? no, because it was what he said that made me think... was he interacting with you as you thought? he was continuing to talk to merelevant? yes what would be the most revealing path/paths to explore? what you thought this is closest to understand the puzzle, but there is something else your location setting object / objects other people action absence of action activity an event/happening health / feeling weather circumstances other relevant stimuli the rest aren't really relevant | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 769 Registered: 6-2007 |
aahh...the "something else".. could it be found by looking around the room you were in? the environment? the words your son said? something someone told you? something you learned recently? something audible? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 756 Registered: 4-2007 |
aahh...the "something else".. could it be found by looking around the room you were in?no the environment?no the words your son said?yes, this something someone told you?no something you learned recently?no something audible?no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 774 Registered: 6-2007 |
so.. it's not relevant what he is talking about, but the words he is saying are relevant.. or is it one word? noun? verb? did he make a complete sentence? is it how he said them? grammar? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 757 Registered: 4-2007 |
so.. it's not relevant what he is talking about, but the words he is saying are relevant.. yes or is it one word?this noun? thisverb? did he make a complete sentence?he says the one word, but then he does this later is it how he said them? grammar?no to both keep working at it; you're making headway... | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 777 Registered: 6-2007 |
is the noun an object? something he likes? dislikes? something he wants? something in your house? is it a category? did he repeat it from something he heard? a cartoon? a movie? someone in his family? is the noun something intangible? tangible? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 762 Registered: 4-2007 |
is the noun an object?no something he likes? dislikes? something he wants? something in your house? is it a category? did he repeat it from something he heard? a cartoon? a movie? someone in his family? no to these is the noun something intangible?this tangible? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 794 Registered: 6-2007 |
is the noun an instance of a verb? proper noun? name? is it a thought? a vague noun like "thing"? is it a concrete noun? abastract noun? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 767 Registered: 4-2007 |
is the noun an instance of a verb? no, I don't believe so proper noun?no name? no is it a thought? no a vague noun like "thing"? no, it's not vague is it a concrete noun?no abastract noun? this it can also be used as an adverb, I think hint in white....Check out the title; it might help | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 806 Registered: 6-2007 |
whenever? today? tomorrow? yesterday? tonight? now? hour? second? moment? time? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 770 Registered: 4-2007 |
whenever? today? tomorrow? yesterday?yes, this exactly! tonight? now? hour? second? moment? time? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 822 Registered: 6-2007 |
Is the Beatles song "Yesterday" relevant? did you think about yesterday? something that happened yesterday? is there anything relevant about the day before the statement? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 779 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is the Beatles song "Yesterday" relevant? no did you think about yesterday? no something that happened yesterday? no is there anything relevant about the day before the statement?no | ||
| Bodo (Bodo)
New member Username: Bodo Post Number: 2241 Registered: 2-2001 |
Did you think he was mistaken in his use of the word? Was he? Were you trying to figure out why he used that word? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 787 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did you think he was mistaken in his use of the word?noish Was he?yesish or yope Were you trying to figure out why he used that word?no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 830 Registered: 6-2007 |
if your son had said only the word "yesterday" and nothing else, would you have thought the same thing? would the puzzle work the same? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 790 Registered: 4-2007 |
if your son had said only the word "yesterday" and nothing else, would you have thought the same thing?yes would the puzzle work the same?for the most part, yes... | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 834 Registered: 6-2007 |
If another person had said "yesterday" would you have had that thought? did your thought have anything to do with the definition of the word yesterday? of common use of the word yesterday? some wordplay? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 792 Registered: 4-2007 |
If another person had said "yesterday" would you have had that thought? no, just him did your thought have anything to do with the definition of the word yesterday?yesish of common use of the word yesterday?and possibly this some wordplay?no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 836 Registered: 6-2007 |
Was your son referring to a day other than the previous day? relevant what he was actually referring to? did he misuse the word and you understood what he actually meant? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 794 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was your son referring to a day other than the previous day? yes, exactly relevant what he was actually referring to?yesish or yope did he misuse the word and you understood what he actually meant?yesish or yope | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 840 Registered: 6-2007 |
was he referring to a specific day? did he make you think of a specific day? was he referring to a day in the past? can "yesterday" be substituted with another, more accurate word? is a day of the week relevant? Saturday? Sunday? Monday? Tuesday? Wednesday? Thursday? Friday? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 813 Registered: 4-2007 |
was he referring to a specific day? yes did he make you think of a specific day? the word "yesterday" didn't make me think of a specific day, but what he said after I thought made me think of a specific day was he referring to a day in the past? YES! This is it, exactly--you're well on your way! can "yesterday" be substituted with another, more accurate word? yes, or words, if that helps is a day of the week relevant? Saturday? Sunday? Monday? Tuesday? Wednesday? Thursday? Friday?no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 848 Registered: 6-2007 |
do we need to identify an event on the relevant day he was referring to? is it just that he thinks anything in the past is yesterday? relevant whether it was 3 days before? 5? If you had told him what you were thinking,would he have understood? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 818 Registered: 4-2007 |
do we need to identify an event on the relevant day he was referring to? no, the event itself is not important...see below is it just that he thinks anything in the past is yesterday?YES! This is it exactly relevant whether it was 3 days before? 5? this is not relevant--he has a great memory and could include anything that happened in the last year If you had told him what you were thinking,would he have understood? no This is close enough for a spoiler, but would you like to figure out my thought? If it gets tedious, I'll go ahead and spoil. Basic recap: 1. My son says to me, "yesterday" 2. I think... 3. Then he relates an event to me. 4. Hint: Then I say to myself--ah, now I know when the "yesterday" event happened or "oh, that's what yesterday meant" (something to that effect... | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1077 Registered: 9-2003 |
well i suppose you thought something along the lines of, but nothing happened yesterday? or that didn't happen yesterday? or what did we do yesterday? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 828 Registered: 4-2007 |
well i suppose you thought something along the lines of, but nothing happened yesterday? or that didn't happen yesterday? or what did we do yesterday?these are pretty close, but check the title out... | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1086 Registered: 9-2003 |
whenever did we do that? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 839 Registered: 4-2007 |
whenever did we do that?exactly! and that's the final piece of the puzzle! ************** SPOILER *************** My son and I were sitting in our rec room (for those that don't know what that is, it's like a big playroom upstairs). He looked at me and said, "Yesterday," and my immediate thought was, "great, when did this happen?" because he starts anything that had to do with the past (be it yesterday, 5 days ago, even a year ago,) with the word "yesterday." He then proceeded to tell me about an event, and then I thought, "ok, now I know what he's talking about/when he's talking about." I never know the exact day he's talking about, but I generally get the drift. It's hard when he's talking about an event where I wasn't there, but I usually say, "oh, ok" or "oh that's good" to encourage him even if I don't have a clue what he's talking about. That's the good thing about four year-old boys. They don't mind if you don't have a clue what they are talking about as long as you seem interested--plus they (at least he) are going about a mile a minute so if I don't clue into what he's talking about, he's onto something new a minute later! Thanks to sixtyeight for sticking with it and getting most of the puzzle and to damia for fitting in the final piece of the puzzle! Hope you enjoyed it! Now I'll go see if I have anymore "yesterdays" I need to decipher! |
