| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3158 Registered: 8-2001 |
Because of Romana's good fortune, an insult directed at her was accurate, but not in the intended sense. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1178 Registered: 3-2006 |
Romana suffered from anosmia for many years, but one day her sense of smell was miraculously restored. So when someone shouted at her "you smell", it was actually true. Hmmm. Maybe unlikely. But more seriously: does this puzzle hang on the double meaning of a word, along those lines? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3159 Registered: 8-2001 |
Woodworm (Woodworm) New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1178 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Monday, March 10, 2008 - 10:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Romana suffered from anosmia for many years, but one day her sense of smell was miraculously restored. So when someone shouted at her "you smell", it was actually true. Hmmm. Maybe unlikely.Clever but not my puzzle But more seriously: does this puzzle hang on the double meaning of a word, along those lines? yesish | ||
| Travis (Travis)
New member Username: Travis Post Number: 16 Registered: 12-2007 |
Romana = H? A? F? Her = Romana? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3161 Registered: 8-2001 |
Travis (Travis) New member Username: Travis Post Number: 16 Registered: 12-2007 Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 4:06 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Romana = H? yes A? probably F? yes but irrel Her = Romana? | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1674 Registered: 6-2001 |
Her good fortune - winning something? avoiding some loss? recovering from an illness? If she hadn't enjoyed her good fortune, would the insult have been accurate for the intended reason? Or not accurate at all? | ||
| Travis (Travis)
New member Username: Travis Post Number: 18 Registered: 12-2007 |
You missed my last question: the "her" in the puzzle statement is Romana? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3162 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1674 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 6:57 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Her good fortune - winning something? no avoiding some loss? no recovering from an illness? no If she hadn't enjoyed her good fortune, would the insult have been accurate for the intended reason? no Or not accurate at all? yes Travis (Travis) New member Username: Travis Post Number: 18 Registered: 12-2007 Posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 9:13 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) You missed my last question: the "her" in the puzzle statement is Romana?yes | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1003 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is gambling relevent? Anything to do with black or red? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3163 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1003 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 - 2:04 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is gambling relevent? no Anything to do with black or red? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1015 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is it relevant who insulted her? Is it relevant why? Did they intend the insult to be accurate, or was it just a general hurtful thing to say (eg you might tell someone, "you're an idiot" even though they are perfectly intelligent really) Was Romana offended by the insult? If not, would she have been offended if she had not had the good fortune? Was the insult refering to her appearance? Intelligence? Personality? Was her good fortune related to any of these things? Did the good fortune mean that the intended meaning of the insult was not true? Or just meant that it was also true in another way? Did the insulter know about Romana's good fortune? Relevant? Did the good fortune change the very thing about her that the insult had been directed at? Other than Romana's good fortune and the thing about her that was insulted. do we need to know anything else about her? Any other relevant people than Romana and the insulter? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3174 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1015 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 6:51 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it relevant who insulted her? no Is it relevant why? yes Did they intend the insult to be accurate, or was it just a general hurtful thing to say (eg you might tell someone, "you're an idiot" even though they are perfectly intelligent really) the former Was Romana offended by the insult? irrel If not, would she have been offended if she had not had the good fortune? Was the insult refering to her appearance? noIntelligence? noish or yope Personality? no Was her good fortune related to any of these things? no, yes. yope Did the good fortune mean that the intended meaning of the insult was not true? no Or just meant that it was also true in another way? yes Did the insulter know about Romana's good fortune? irrel Relevant? Did the good fortune change the very thing about her that the insult had been directed at? yesish Other than Romana's good fortune and the thing about her that was insulted. do we need to know anything else about her? yes Any other relevant people than Romana and the insulter? yes | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1020 Registered: 4-2007 |
Her good fortune was related to her intelligence...was it purely good luck, or was a certain amount of effort from Romana needed? Did she become more intelligent? Did she receive the oppurtunity to improve her intelligence? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1021 Registered: 4-2007 |
Few extra questions...did she pass an exam? Achieve some other thing for which intelligence is needed? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3177 Registered: 8-2001 |
Her good fortune was related to her intelligence...was it purely good luck, or was a certain amount of effort from Romana needed? the latter Did she become more intelligent? no Did she receive the oppurtunity to improve her intelligence? no Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1021 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 10:25 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Few extra questions...did she pass an exam? no Achieve some other thing for which intelligence is needed? yes | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3191 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Find out exactly what Romana achieved. | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 684 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did she... ...get a job offer? a promotion? ...get accepted into a college? graduate school? ...win a competition? an award? ...invent something? discover something? publish something? ...solve a problem? figure something out? Is her job relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3192 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alex319 (Alex319) New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 684 Registered: 5-2007 Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 7:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did she... ...get a job offer? no a promotion? no ...get accepted into a college? no graduate school? no ...win a competition? no an award? no ...invent something? no discover something? no publish something? YES--now find out details about this ...solve a problem? no figure something out? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1030 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was she a writer? Is she you? Did she get a book published? Short story? Newspaper/magazine article? Had she been trying to get something published for a long time and finally managed it? Is it relevant whether she was paid for this? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3193 Registered: 8-2001 |
Posted on Sunday, March 23, 2008 - 8:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was she a writer? yes Is she you? yesish but irrel. i.e., no one actually insulted me this way (that I know of), but I realized such an insult couild apply to me Did she get a book published? no Short story? no Newspaper yes/magazine article no? Actually, it was a poem & an op-ed Had she been trying to get something published for a long time and finally managed it? no Is it relevant whether she was paid for this? no | ||
| Grainbeer (Grainbeer)
New member Username: Grainbeer Post Number: 305 Registered: 4-2002 |
The "good fortune" still seems unclear to me... is it related to economy ("she was well off")? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3197 Registered: 8-2001 |
Grainbeer (Grainbeer) New member Username: Grainbeer Post Number: 305 Registered: 4-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 6:02 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The "good fortune" still seems unclear to me... is it related to economy ("she was well off")? No, the good fortune is just that her submissions were published | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1032 Registered: 4-2007 |
Could this puzzle still work if Romana had had something different published? A book? Magazine article? Is the other meaning of the insult connected to her being a writer? Would it work if she'd had, say, a photograph she took published? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3199 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1032 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Friday, March 28, 2008 - 8:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Could this puzzle still work if Romana had had something different published? Depends on what A book? no Magazine article? possibly Is the other meaning of the insult connected to her being a writer? see below Would it work if she'd had, say, a photograph she took published? possibly | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3203 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: All that is relevant about the publication is the sort of place where it appeared: probably a newspaper but possibly a magazine. (The actual case was a newspaper | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1037 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was the insult along the lines of "You are..."? "You look..."? Is it a common insult? If somebody were to say it to Romana in csual conversation, would she be insulted or would she take it as the secon meaning? Was it shouted at her in the street? Were other people there to hear it? Relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3207 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1037 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Saturday, March 29, 2008 - 11:02 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the insult along the lines of "You are..."? no "You look..."? noIs it a common insult? yesish If somebody were to say it to Romana in csual conversation, would she be insulted or would she take it as the secon meaning? Both meranings are insulting, but almost everyone would take is as the first meaning Was it shouted at her in the street? no Were other people there to hear it? irrel Relevant? no | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1086 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was the insult supposed to be true in a figurative sense, but was now true in a literal sense? Or vice versa? Is there a specific word in the insult that could have two different meanings? Or a phrase? Was the insult anything to do with newspapers or magazines? With being published? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3235 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1086 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 10:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the insult supposed to be true in a figurative sense, but was now true in a literal sense?yes Or vice versa? no Is there a specific word in the insult that could have two different meanings? yesish Or a phrase? yes Was the insult anything to do with newspapers or magazines? With being published? Neither the literal nor the figurative insult mentions newspapers, magazines, or gettiung published, but, of course, the literal form can apply to someone who publishes in a newspaper or magazine | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1209 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did the intended insult pertain to: her age? her attractiveness (or otherwise)? her upbringing? her weight/size? her sexual proclivities? her family? her education? her personal hygiene? her intelligence? her social class? her race? religion? her kindness (or otherwise) to others? When interpreted in the second way (ie the publication-related way), would the insult imply: that the writing was weak? ill-informed? self-aggrandizing? verbose? that she had been pushy in getting published? obsequious towards her editors? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3239 Registered: 8-2001 |
Woodworm (Woodworm) New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1209 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 1:22 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did the intended insult pertain to: her age? no her attractiveness (or otherwise)? no her upbringing? no her weight/size? no her sexual proclivities? no her family? no her education? no her personal hygiene? no her intelligence?yope her social class? no her race? no religion? no her kindness (or otherwise) to others? no When interpreted in the second way (ie the publication-related way) false assumption--both ways were related to the publication, would the insult imply: that the writing was weak? yes ill-informed? not specifically self-aggrandizing? no verbose? no that she had been pushy in getting published? no obsequious towards her editors? no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1112 Registered: 1-2007 |
Anything to do with the word Weekly? i.e you write weakly would be accurate if she was contributing to a paper on a weekly basis? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3261 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1112 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 10:06 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Anything to do with the word Weekly?no i.e you write weakly would be accurate if she was contributing to a paper on a weekly basis? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3266 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: THINK OF A VERY COMMON & VERY GENERAL INSULT. | ||
| Chat2lynne (Chat2lynne)
New member Username: Chat2lynne Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2008 |
anything to do with plagiarism?? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3272 Registered: 8-2001 |
Chat2lynne (Chat2lynne) New member Username: Chat2lynne Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 8:30 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) anything to do with plagiarism?? no | ||
| Chat2lynne (Chat2lynne)
New member Username: Chat2lynne Post Number: 3 Registered: 4-2008 |
anything to do with the word 'sense'? (sorry if these are ridiculous/irrelevant Qs-have not done this before!) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3273 Registered: 8-2001 |
Chat2lynne (Chat2lynne) New member Username: Chat2lynne Post Number: 3 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 - 8:41 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) anything to do with the word 'sense'? no (sorry if these are ridiculous/irrelevant Qs (Irrelevant questions are inevitable--they rule out possibilities & help puzzles get solved.)before!) | ||
| Zenith (Zenith)
New member Username: Zenith Post Number: 632 Registered: 10-2004 |
"You're a poor writer"? Although that wouldn't be very fortunate if it did happen to be accurate in either sense... | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3275 Registered: 8-2001 |
Zenith (Zenith) New member Username: Zenith Post Number: 632 Registered: 10-2004 Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 12:14 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "You're a poor writer"? Although that wouldn't be very fortunate if it did happen to be accurate in either sense... no | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1677 Registered: 6-2001 |
The usual meaning of the insult - would it mean that Romana was stupid? less intelligent than average? That she was bad at some specific thing? writing? reading? forming sentences? Would the insult be literally true of anyone who ever had anything published in that particular newspaper? Of anyone who had exactly one poem published? Could it be literally true of someone who had never had anything published anywhere? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3276 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1677 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2008 - 7:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The usual meaning of the insult - would it mean that Romana was stupid? see next answer but one less intelligent than average? see next answerThat she was bad at some specific thing? yes writing? yes reading? no forming sentences? well, writing Would the insult be literally true of anyone who ever had anything published in that particular newspaper? yes Of anyone who had exactly one poem published?yes Could it be literally true of someone who had never had anything published anywhere? yes | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1682 Registered: 6-2001 |
Did they say that "you are a 'bloop' writer" where bloop is some adjective/adjectival phrase we have yet to discover? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3280 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1682 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Friday, April 25, 2008 - 1:55 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did they say that "you are a 'bloop' writer" where bloop is some adjective/adjectival phrase we have yet to discover?no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1132 Registered: 1-2007 |
Something like "that's rich coming from you" given that being published might have made her feel comparatively well off? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3290 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1132 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 12:59 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Something like "that's rich coming from you" given that being published might have made her feel comparatively well off? NO | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1685 Registered: 6-2001 |
Taking a hint from the capital letters... was she paid for her writing? paid well? Did someone imply that she was a poor writer? that, say, her writing wasn't worth the paper it was written on? Is some play on "poor" meaning poor quality and "poor" meaning "not rich"? relevant? Something similar? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3292 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1685 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 11:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Taking a hint from the capital letters Don't--I judt forgot to press the "shift" bar after writing an unrelated email reply in capitals... was she paid for her writing? irrel paid well? ditto Did someone imply that she was a poor writer? not in those words that, say, her writing wasn't worth the paper it was written on? no Is some play on "poor" meaning poor quality and "poor" meaning "not rich"? no relevant? no Something similar? yesish | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1252 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was the article written about something negative? Like... slavery or working conditions during the industrial revolution or what inspectors don't catch during restaurant inspections? Did somebody just read the story and say something like "Wow, that's bad."? Did the author take that exclamation to mean that he/she had touched the reader and made her point? Meanwhile, the reader was just having a hard time getting through the article because it was written so poorly? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3295 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1252 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 11:42 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the article written about something negative? irrel Like... slavery or working conditions during the industrial revolution or what inspectors don't catch during restaurant inspections? irrel Did somebody just read the story and say something like "Wow, that's bad."? no Did the author take that exclamation to mean that he/she had touched the reader and made her point? not applicable Meanwhile, the reader was just having a hard time getting through the article because it was written so poorly? irrel | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1255 Registered: 6-2005 |
Would it help to find out what made the writing so bad/poor? I.e. Did she have an unfortunate choice of article title? Is her English not what it should be? Is her grammar bad? Spelling? Homonymns relevant? Is English even her first language? Did the critic say something along the lines of "Did you just learn English?" | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3296 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1255 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 12:26 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would it help to find out what made the writing so bad/poor?false assumption. The colloquia & intended sensde of the insultmeant that her writing was poor, but the accurate sense did not. Why the speaker disliked her writing is irrel I.e. Did she have an unfortunate choice of article title? see previous answer Is her English not what it should be? ditto Is her grammar bad? ditto Spelling? ditto Homonymns relevant? no Is English even her first language? irrel Did the critic say something along the lines of "Did you just learn English?" no | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 20 Registered: 4-2008 |
Was it "this is awful" and "this is aweful"? Did she write a lateral thinking puzzle? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3310 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo) New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 20 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 8:36 pm: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Was it "this is awful" and "this is aweful"?no Did she write a lateral thinking puzzle? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1263 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was the expression more along the lines of... "I can't read this." "I can't discipher this." "I don't understand." Was it the writer's intent to be deliberately... difficult to read/interpret/discipher? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1264 Registered: 6-2005 |
An insult about a poem and an Opinion/Editorial? Or just the poem? Just the Op-Ed? Typical response to such pieces (in more words,usually): "I disagree." "Ugly." "Pretty." "Will you go out with me?" "Lesbo." or "Feminazi." Any of these along the right lines? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3313 Registered: 8-2001 |
An insult about a poem and an Opinion/Editorial? irrel Or just the poem? ditto Just the Op-Ed? ditto Typical response to such pieces (in more words,usually): "I disagree." "Ugly." "Pretty." "Will you go out with me?" "Lesbo." or "Feminazi." Any of these along the right lines? no | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 30 Registered: 4-2008 |
Not sure if this has been asked, but is her "Good fortune" merely being published, or is there something more? | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 31 Registered: 4-2008 |
After a google search, maybe this is it? Is "Romana" Romana Petri? Is what she published "The Umbrian War"? If so, was the insult "This is dead language!" or something along those lines? And of course, it really was, as Umbrian is a dead language. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3316 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo) New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 30 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 1:27 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Not sure if this has been asked, but is her "Good fortune" merely being published, or is there something more?the former Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo) New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 31 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 1:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) After a google search, maybe this is it? no Is "Romana" Romana Petri? No--she's this forum's very own Felicia Nimue Is what she published "The Umbrian War"? no If so, was the insult "This is dead language!" or something along those lines? no And of course, it really was, as Umbrian is a dead language. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1269 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is the insult related to "poetic license"? Did Romana... Use too many generalities? Take too many liberties? Write a bad poem? Take advantage of reader suspension of disbelief? Would the insult be more directed at the poem? At the op-ed piece? Both? Does Romana need to have her "poetic license" revoked? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3325 Registered: 8-2001 |
lcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1269 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 8:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the insult related to "poetic license"?no Did Romana... Use too many generalities?irrel Take too many liberties? irrel Write a bad poem? irrel Take advantage of reader suspension of disbelief? irrel Would the insult be more directed at the poem? irrel At the op-ed piece? irrel Both? irrel Does Romana need to have her "poetic license" revoked? irrel | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1278 Registered: 6-2005 |
Mkay... the person who wrote it (you) is irrelevant, the type of piece(s) is irrelevant, the text itself is irrelevant... only that the pieces were published is relevant? Is the name of the publication/newspaper relevant? Is the reputation of the author relevant? What about the name of the author? (I.e. Somebody might have uttered "Never heard of you.") | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3328 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1278 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 10:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Mkay... the person who wrote it (you) is irrelevant, yes the type of piece(s) is irrelevant yope, the text itself is irrelevant yes... only that the pieces were published is relevant? no Is the name of the publication/newspaper relevant? no Is the reputation of the author relevant? no What about the name of the author? no(I.e. Somebody might have uttered "Never heard of you.") I'm sure many people did, but it's irrel | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1281 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is the type of piece somewhat relevant then? I.e. Did somebody proclaim that one or both pieces shouldn't be in the newspaper? Was it highly unlikely that the pieces were going to be published to begin with? I.e. Only because of missed deadlines or extra space did the pieces make it into the paper at all? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3331 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1281 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 10:50 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the type of piece somewhat relevant then? yesish I.e. Did somebody proclaim that one or both pieces shouldn't be in the newspaper? no Was it highly unlikely that the pieces were going to be published to begin with? noI.e. Only because of missed deadlines or extra space did the pieces make it into the paper at all? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1283 Registered: 6-2005 |
Do the two pieces have absolutely nothing to do with each other? Do they have everything to do with each other? Was the same material used for inspiration on both? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3336 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1283 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 4:57 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Do the two pieces have absolutely nothing to do with each other? irrel Do they have everything to do with each other? irrel Was the same material used for inspiration on both? irrel | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1286 Registered: 6-2005 |
Ok... we've already established that the criticism wasn't directed at your poem or your Op-ed or that they were irrelevant. Does the criticism involve suggesting that you write something more worthwhile? Something different? I.e. You should write the news! You should work on serious journalism or have your own column. (Not these fluff pieces/space fillers.) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3337 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1286 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 5:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Ok... we've already established that the criticism wasn't directed at your poem or your Op-ed or that they were irrelevant. No, the criticism was directed at at least one of these, but which one is irrel Does the criticism involve suggesting that you write something more worthwhile? no Something different? noI.e. You should write the news! You should work on serious journalism or have your own column. no (Not these fluff pieces/space fillers.) | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1290 Registered: 6-2005 |
If which one was irrelevant... does that mean there is something the two pieces have in common? Was it your by-line? I mean, Romana's by-line? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3340 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1290 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 5:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) If which one was irrelevant... does that mean there is something the two pieces have in common? Yes--but you already knpow what it vis--they were published in a newspaper Was it your by-line? see previous answer I mean, Romana's by-line? ditto | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1295 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is the choice of newspaper the source of critique? Is it a small newspaper? A tabloid? A large newspaper? A school newspaper? Is it an upstanding newspaper, but just happens to have an unfortunate title? I was on the newspaper staff for "The Hustler" - which is actually the name of Vanderbilt University's school paper (named after one of the old faculty) and has been the name long before the Magazine of similar name and far more ill repute came out. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3343 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1295 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 9:04 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the choice of newspaper the source of critique? no Is it a small newspaper? irrel A tabloid? dittoA large newspaper? ditto A school newspaper? dittoIs it an upstanding newspaper, but just happens to have an unfortunate title? no--it's a perfectly normal title I was on the newspaper staff for "The Hustler" - which is actually the name of Vanderbilt University's school paper (named after one of the old faculty) and has been the name long before the Magazine of similar name and far more ill repute came out.wheeeeeeeee | ||
| Fantasmagoria (Fantasmagoria)
New member Username: Fantasmagoria Post Number: 2 Registered: 5-2008 |
Did the fact that she was criticized act as free advertising/lead to more publicity? Did she have a disability? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3360 Registered: 8-2001 |
(Fantasmagoria) New member Username: Fantasmagoria Post Number: 2 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 11:05 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did the fact that she was criticized act as free advertising/lead to more publicity? no Did she have a disability? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1311 Registered: 6-2005 |
So Romana's good fortune was that she got published, both articles in the same newspaper... and got paid for her work? Does the insult have anything to do with her wealth? Her compensation? Is the insult strictly towards the writing itself? Do any of the following appear in the insult: Reporter? Editor? Producer? Journalist? Newshound? Chief? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3364 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1311 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 - 8:46 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So Romana's good fortune was that she got published, both articles in the same newspaper... The only thing relevant is that she got published in a newspaper--one piece would work as well as two and got paid for her work payment is irrel? Does the insult have anything to do with her wealth? no Her compensation? noIs the insult strictly towards the writing itself? yes Do any of the following appear in the insult: Reporter? Editor? Producer? Journalist? Newshound? Chief? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1316 Registered: 6-2005 |
The insult is strictly about the writing? But the content of the writing or choice/number of articles is completely irrelevant? What about the length of the article? Was she particularly verbose or used long words? Too many small words? Is there another quality/charicteristic about this writing that needs to be discovered in order to derive the insult? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3366 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1316 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 - 9:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The insult is strictly about the writing? yes But the content of the writing or choice/number of articles is completely irrelevant? yes What about the length of the article? Was she particularly verbose or used long words? Too many small words? The criticism just expresses dislike of the piece; it does not get specific Is there another quality/charicteristic about this writing that needs to be discovered in order to derive the insult? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1318 Registered: 6-2005 |
"You're lucky you got published"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3369 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1318 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 4:48 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "You're lucky you got published"? No. (How would that be ambiguous??) | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1321 Registered: 6-2005 |
Depends on where the pauses fall and tone of voice. i.e. "You're Lucky! You got published." vs. "You're lucky you got published." Written humor is different from spoken humor because of these nuances. I.e. What did the fish say when it swam into the concrete wall? Answer: Dam! You have to say it out loud for it to be funny. Would you have to solicit the criticism for it to make sense? Does the criticism make more (any?) sense if it's in response to the question "What did you think of the piece?"? "Did you read my article?"? Did you like my story?"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3370 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1321 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 8:44 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Depends on where the pauses fall and tone of voice. i.e. "You're Lucky! You got published." vs. "You're lucky you got published." Good point--the first is a bit insulting too, but less than the secondWritten humor is different from spoken humor because of these nuances. I.e. What did the fish say when it swam into the concrete wall? Answer: Dam! You have to say it out loud for it to be funny. Actually, I think punctuation takes care of both cases Would you have to solicit the criticism for it to make sense? no Does the criticism make more (any?) sense if it's in response to the question "What did you think of the piece?"? "Did you read my article?"? Did you like my story?"? It makes sense in response to those questions but no more sense than it would make if it arose spontaneously | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 990 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did the insult imply (or state) that you should get a job doing something else? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3387 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 990 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did the insult imply (or state) that you should get a job doing something else? It certainlt doesn't state it. If it implies it, the implication is pretty loose | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1344 Registered: 6-2005 |
"Don't quit your day job."? Is the insult a fairly common expression? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3390 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1344 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:24 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "Don't quit your day job."? no Is the insult a fairly common expression? VERY!! | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 995 Registered: 6-2003 |
Does it include the word "worth"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3400 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 995 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 4:35 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it include the word "worth"?no | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 729 Registered: 7-2001 |
Earlier you said: "The colloquia & intended sense of the insult meant that her writing was poor, but the accurate sense did not" Are we looking here for a word/phrase that has a specific meaning but has come to have a popular negative meaning? something stating that you or your writing were/was intelligent but phrased in such a way that this was meant as an insult eg 'too clever by half'? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3411 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 729 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 11:40 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Earlier you said: "The colloquia & intended sense of the insult meant that her writing was poor, but the accurate sense did not" Are we looking here for a word/phrase that has a specific meaning but has come to have a popular negative meaning? yes something stating that you or your writing were/was intelligent but phrased in such a way that this was meant as an insult eg 'too clever by half'? no HINT: Neither sense of the insult applies only to writing. | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1000 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is it a single word that has the double meaning? or a phrase? Is it just a generic insult? an insult directed at one's intelligence? one's character? one's demonstration of a skill? one's expression of oneself? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3416 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1000 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 - 9:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it a single word that has the double meaning? yesor a phrase? Well, the phrase also has a double meaning but that arises from the different word meanings Is it just a generic insult? yes an insult directed at one's intelligence? see previous answer one's character? ditto one's demonstration of a skill? ditto one's expression of oneself? ditto | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1003 Registered: 6-2003 |
Does the word with the double meaning function as the same part of speech in both meanings of the phrase? If so: is it a noun? a verb? an adjective? an adverb? something else? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3424 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1003 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 - 9:09 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the word with the double meaning function as the same part of speech in both meanings of the phrase? yesIf so: is it a noun? a verb? an adjective? an adverb? something else? it is a noun | ||
| Puzzleguy (Puzzleguy)
New member Username: Puzzleguy Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does the insult contain the word "are"? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1363 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does the phrase include some mention of good fortune? I.e. the word "Lucky"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3427 Registered: 8-2001 |
Puzzleguy (Puzzleguy) New member Username: Puzzleguy Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 9:45 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the insult contain the word "are"? Could be 'are' or 'is' depending on how many newspaper pieces they are referring to Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1363 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 8:45 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the phrase include some mention of good fortune?no I.e. the word "Lucky"? no | ||
| Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama)
New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 78 Registered: 5-2008 |
Does the insult contain any word meaning rubbish? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3447 Registered: 8-2001 |
Unleashedllama (Unleashedllama) New member Username: Unleashedllama Post Number: 78 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 2:12 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the insult contain any word meaning rubbish? yes!! | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1207 Registered: 4-2007 |
The word rubbish? Something that could be construed as her articles only being good for the rubbish bin? In the intended meaning, would the word meaning rubbish be describing Romana herself? Her writing ability? Her articles? In the second meaning, would the word meaning rubbish be describing Romana herself? Her writing ability? Her articles? Is it the word meaning rubbish that can have two meanings? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3450 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1207 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Friday, June 13, 2008 - 9:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The word rubbish? no. A word that figuratively has a similar meaning Something that could be construed as her articles only being good for the rubbish bin? no In the intended meaning, would the word meaning rubbish be describing Romana herself? no Her writing ability? see next answer Her articles? yes In the second meaning, would the word meaning rubbish be describing Romana herself? no Her writing ability? no Her articles? yesish. I'm talking the first meaning to be the intnded, common, non-literal meaning & the second to be the ;literal meaning} Is it the word meaning rubbish that can have two meanings? yes, but we're really concerned with its occurrence in a phrase | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 128 Registered: 5-2008 |
straight from an online thesaurus: balderdash? bilge? bosh? crap? debris? detritus? dreck? drivel? dross? ejectamenta? foolishness? garbage? garble? gibberish? hogwash? junk? leavings? litter? nonsense? offal? offscouring? pish? poppycock? refuse? remains? riffraff? rubble? rummage? scoria? slop? trash? tripe? trumpery? waste? worthless? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3452 Registered: 8-2001 |
Liquizt (Liquizt) New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 128 Registered: 5-2008 Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 1:33 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) straight from an online thesaurus: balderdash? bilge? bosh? crap? debris? detritus? dreck? drivel? dross? ejectamenta? foolishness? garbage? garble? gibberish? hogwash? junk? leavings? litter? nonsense? offal? offscouring? pish? poppycock? refuse? remains? riffraff? rubble? rummage? scoria? slop? trash? tripe? trumpery? waste? worthless?Crap. Now it should be easy!! Remember, it's part of a very common phrase!! | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1346 Registered: 3-2006 |
I'm still giggling at the word 'ejectamenta' So the relevant phrase is: Cut the crap? You don't know crap? Holy crap? To shoot craps? Perhaps Romana had published a treatise on faeces, and a reviewer had said to her: 'clearly, you don't know crap'? Anything along these lines? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3454 Registered: 8-2001 |
Woodworm (Woodworm) New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1346 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 10:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) I'm still giggling at the word 'ejectamenta''Scoria' is pretty good, too So the relevant phrase is: Cut the crap? no You don't know crap? no Holy crap? no To shoot craps? no Perhaps Romana had published a treatise on faeces, and a reviewer had said to her: 'clearly, you don't know crap'? no Anything along these lines? Well, what counts as being along those lines? It's a very, very common insult that includes the word 'crap.' | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1209 Registered: 4-2007 |
A load of crap? A piece of crap? Full of crap? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3455 Registered: 8-2001 |
Enjay (Enjay) New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1209 Registered: 4-2007 Posted on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 12:37 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) A load of crap? no A piece of crap? no Full of crap?yes *********SPOILER***** When Romana's got her piece published in her city's newspaper,someone said, "Your piece is full of crap," which was literally true, since newspapers are often used to line birdcages or in litter boxes for small dogs. I'm surprused it was so hard, but I know I'm a crappy judge of a puzzle's difficulty.Please check out my new one!! |
