| Author | Message | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1292 Registered: 10-2001 |
I overheard this in a conversation at work and it was said in all seriousness. "He would blank blank but he can't blank it | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 640 Registered: 4-2007 |
Do we have to find out what words the blanks represent? Or did he say the word blank? Was his remark unintentionally funny? Or stupid? Did his words have any kind of double meaning? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1293 Registered: 10-2001 |
Do we have to find out what words the blanks represent? Yes Or did he say the word blank? No Was his remark unintentionally funny? Yes Or stupid? Yope Did his words have any kind of double meaning? Noish | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 641 Registered: 4-2007 |
Would it have been funny to the person he was talking to? Or was it only funny to you because you heard it out of context? Did he say something he didn't mean to say? Did the remark make him seem unintelligent? Are all the blanks different words? Are any of them the same? If they are, any chance of you pointing out which ones? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1294 Registered: 10-2001 |
Would it have been funny to the person he was talking to? I would have thought so, but only when I pointed it out Or was it only funny to you because you heard it out of context? Yesish, but it sounds funny anyway Did he say something he didn't mean to say? No Did the remark make him seem unintelligent? Yesish Are all the blanks different words? Yes Are any of them the same? No If they are, any chance of you pointing out which ones? I would if there were | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 642 Registered: 4-2007 |
All right, if we call the blanks 1 2 3 & 4... Are 1 & 3 verbs? Are 2 & 4 nouns? Adverbs? Did the statement seem to be stating the impossible? Could you understand the real meaning of what he was trying to say, even though you could see how it would be funny? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 640 Registered: 6-2007 |
are there any rhymes in the completed statement? any opposites among the blanks? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1296 Registered: 10-2001 |
All right, if we call the blanks 1 2 3 & 4... Are 1 & 3 verbs? Are 2 & 4 nouns? Adverbs? On the risk of exposing gross ignorance of the gramma of my mother tongue, here goes.. 1 = Verb 2 = Noun (I think!) 3 = Verb Did the statement seem to be stating the impossible? Yope Could you understand the real meaning of what he was trying to say, even though you could see how it would be funny? Well, I was again showing my ignorance because I have since learned that it is a serious issue and upon brief questioning I understood the real meaning. However when I first heard it, it sounded ridiculous to my uninformed mind | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1297 Registered: 10-2001 |
are there any rhymes in the completed statement? No any opposites among the blanks? No | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1055 Registered: 3-2006 |
Does the last word end in -ING? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1298 Registered: 10-2001 |
I overheard this in a conversation at work and it was said in all seriousness. "He would verb noun but he can't verb verb" | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1299 Registered: 10-2001 |
Does the last word end in -ING? No | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 644 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is 2 a word which does not represent a physical object? A concept or idea? Or something like the word "it"? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1302 Registered: 10-2001 |
s 2 a word which does not represent a physical object? Yes A concept or idea? Yes Or something like the word "it"? No | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1057 Registered: 3-2006 |
Hmmm ... those two successive verbs have got me foxed, if one isn't a gerund. OK, does one end in -ED (eg "he can't stay focused")? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1303 Registered: 10-2001 |
Hmmm ... those two successive verbs have got me foxed, if one isn't a gerund. OK, does one end in -ED (eg "he can't stay focused")? BLOOPER Not only am I ignorant but I am also stupid! Please look again at the modified statement below (which being a mod means that I can also ammend earlier in the puzzle too!) I overheard this in a conversation at work and it was said in all seriousness. "He would verb noun but he can't verb it! | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1304 Registered: 10-2001 |
I overheard this in a conversation at work and it was said in all seriousness. "He would verb noun but he can't verb it! | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1306 Registered: 10-2001 |
Sorry that I've blooped but I hope I haven't frightened everyone off! Just to make it up I will insert the first word.. "He would go noun but he can't verb it! | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1060 Registered: 3-2006 |
He would go bananas but he can't risk it? (Perhaps said of a Scrabble player who holds AAABNNS but would open up a triple if he played it.) | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1307 Registered: 10-2001 |
He would go bananas but he can't risk it? (Perhaps said of a Scrabble player who holds AAABNNS but would open up a triple if he played it.) Very creative but not what I heard :-D | ||
| Wildcard (Wildcard)
New member Username: Wildcard Post Number: 622 Registered: 8-2001 |
Hmm like.. He would go see, but he can't see going? Is that the right format? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1308 Registered: 10-2001 |
Hmm like.. He would go see, but he can't see going? Is that the right format? No Remember you only have to find two words now, a noun and a verb... "He would go noun but he can't verb it! | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1309 Registered: 10-2001 |
"He would go noun but he can't verb it! You could equally substitute the word "go" for "become" "He would become noun but he can't verb it! | ||
| Wildcard (Wildcard)
New member Username: Wildcard Post Number: 625 Registered: 8-2001 |
Are the verb and noun homonyms? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1311 Registered: 10-2001 |
Are the verb and noun homonyms? No, but good idea | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1228 Registered: 6-2001 |
Is there any relevant similarity between the verb and the noun we're looking for? Does he would go "noun" mean: he would go mad? he would go away? he would change in some physical characteristic? mental characteristic? location? does "verb" it mean: afford it? like it? work out how to do it? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1312 Registered: 10-2001 |
Is there any relevant similarity between the verb and the noun we're looking for? difficult to answer that - they are associated Does he would go "noun" mean: he would go mad? he would go away? he would change in some physical characteristic? mental characteristic? location? None of these does "verb" it mean: afford it? Yes! like it? work out how to do it? | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 700 Registered: 4-2007 |
would the last verb be: handle? like? stand? (as in "he can't handle it, he can't like it, or he can't stand it") | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1313 Registered: 10-2001 |
"He would go noun but he can't aford it! You could equally substitute the word "go" for "become" "He would become noun but he can't afford it! | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1314 Registered: 10-2001 |
would the last verb be: handle? like? stand? (as in "he can't handle it, he can't like it, or he can't stand it") See above | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1229 Registered: 6-2001 |
bankrupt? | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1316 Registered: 10-2001 |
bankrupt? Bingo! | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3403 Registered: 12-2000 |
Oh, I had 'he would kick ass but he can't reach it' in my mind. | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1230 Registered: 6-2001 |
do you want us to get any more? presumably the reason is that his assets wouldn't be enough to cover his debts, so he'd have to pay a portion of his income to his creditors as well, although I can think of other scenarios | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1317 Registered: 10-2001 |
"He would go bankrupt but he can't afford it!" I couldn't beleive my ears when I heard this apparent contradiction but I was soon to learn that it can be a "catch 22" situation. Bankruptcy becoming unaffordable |
