| Author | Message | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 66 Registered: 2-2008 |
I thought they were trying to sell me sports equipment, and I had no idea why. Then I realized what they really wanted to make me buy, and I understood why they were selling it to me, although I had expressed no interest in it. Rather silly little puzzle. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1047 Registered: 4-2007 |
They: a company? Advertisers? Salespeople? General unspecifiable "they"? Did you see an advertisement? Receive a cold call? Get visited by a salesperson? Go to a shop? Were they selling the thing to you because they thought you were interested? Because you looked like they might be? Because you had been interested in something similar? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 67 Registered: 2-2008 |
Posted on Monday, March 31, 2008 - 5:44 pm: They: a company? yesish. Advertisers? Yes. Salespeople? No. General unspecifiable "they"? No. Did you see an advertisement? Yes. Receive a cold call? Get visited by a salesperson? Go to a shop? No to rest. Were they selling the thing to you because they thought you were interested? Yes. Because you looked like they might be? No. Because you had been interested in something similar? Yesish... | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1061 Registered: 4-2007 |
TV advert? Radio? Print advert? Was the advert targeted directly at you? Like sent to your address? Or targeted at your general market, like printed in a specialist magazine or shown during a specialist TV programme? If so, wuld other members of this group have been interested in the thing they were selling? Or generally aimed at everyone, like a billboard? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 68 Registered: 2-2008 |
Enjay (Enjay) TV advert? Radio? Print advert? None. Was the advert targeted directly at you? Yes, good q. Like sent to your address? But no.Or targeted at your general market, like printed in a specialist magazine or shown during a specialist TV programme? No. If so, wuld other members of this group have been interested in the thing they were selling? Or generally aimed at everyone, like a billboard? No. | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1128 Registered: 11-2003 |
E-mails? or spam? relevant? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 72 Registered: 2-2008 |
Eli (Eli) E-mails? or spam? relevant? No, but you're getting close. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1066 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was the advert sent to you in some way? By post? Given to you by hand? Did you receive a telephone call? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 94 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is a pun or mistaken impression involved? A word with two meanings (one sports-related and the other something else)? Is how they thought you would be interested relevant? Your name? Profession? Location? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 75 Registered: 2-2008 |
Enjay (Enjay) Was the advert sent to you in some way? No.By post? No. Given to you by hand? No.Did you receive a telephone call? No. Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) Is a pun or mistaken impression involved? Yes. A word with two meanings (one sports-related and the other something else)? Yes.Is how they thought you would be interested relevant? Yes. Your name? YESISH. Profession? Location? No to rest. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1215 Registered: 3-2006 |
Your name, as in Gourami? I think I know this: if so, I ran something very very similar a while back. (It's called 'Goodbye, gals' in the archive for 22 July 2007 if you want to check. I'm 99% certain it's the same puzzle, more or less. I won't reveal it here, so people can play on if they wish. It's good fun and you've added a neat new dimension to it.) | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 78 Registered: 2-2008 |
Yes, wow, that's a strange coincidence. I'll go ahead and spoil, since its a repeating puzzle anyway. **********SPOILER On any website where I use the username "Gourami," the Google ads associated with that page always offer discounts on Discus. At first I wondered why they were trying to sell me a discus, since I had no interest in the sport, but eventually I realized that they were referring to the fish (gouramis and discus are similar freshwater fishes). What I didn't even realize was, on lateralpuzzles.com the discus ads come up no matter what your username is, because the word "discus" is in the url. I think that that's a rather bizarre coincidence. Thanks, Woodworm, for pointing it out. |
