| Author | Message | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3596 Registered: 12-2000 |
I was surprised to read something on the front page of a newspaper the other day. When I got closer I found that it was something totally different to what I thought it said. However, I wonder whether the editor knew what he was doing? What did I think I saw, and what did it actually say? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1087 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was it a headline? An article? A picture caption? The name of a writer? Did you think the editor should have picked up on the potential misreading of the thing and changed it to something else? Was the actual thing it said something unsurprising? Were you surprised at what you thought you saw because it didn't make sense? You wouldn't have expected to see it on a newspaper? Is April Fool's Day relevant? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3600 Registered: 12-2000 |
Enjay Was it a headline? No An article? no A picture caption? no The name of a writer? no Did you think the editor should have picked up on the potential misreading of the thing and changed it to something else? no Was the actual thing it said something unsurprising? correct Were you surprised at what you thought you saw because it didn't make sense? no - it made very good sense You wouldn't have expected to see it on a newspaper? no Is April Fool's Day relevant? no | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3602 Registered: 12-2000 |
Clarification You wouldn't have expected to see it on a newspaper? no I should have written incorrect - I would expect to see what I thought I saw, in a newspaper | ||
| Travis (Travis)
New member Username: Travis Post Number: 45 Registered: 12-2007 |
Did it say something that you thought was self-referential, but actually referred to something else? (e.g., "Newspaper To Shut Down") | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3603 Registered: 12-2000 |
Travis Did it say something that you thought was self-referential, but actually referred to something else? (e.g., "Newspaper To Shut Down") no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1486 Registered: 10-2001 |
As an aside, my mother-in-law was on the phone to me today saying I'd left my book at her place about the British National Front. As it is I am apolitical in terms of worldly governments and party politics and so I couldn't think what on earth she was talking about. However, once she went to fetch the book all became clear. It was my copy of the BNF (British National Formulary) of Medicines! Clearly she'd confused the titles BNP (British National Party) and NF (National Front) and had put two and two together to make five or more. | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1487 Registered: 10-2001 |
Was it an advert? Part of an article? Name of the paper? Some other title? Would it help to discover which newspaper? Was it written after publication by someone who looked at / read the newspaper? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3605 Registered: 12-2000 |
Beroean Clearly she'd confused the titles BNP (British National Party) and NF (National Front) and had put two and two together to make five or more. LOL Was it an advert? sort of Part of an article? no Name of the paper? no Some other title? not a title Would it help to discover which newspaper? possibly Was it written after publication by someone who looked at / read the newspaper? no | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1488 Registered: 10-2001 |
Was it some advertising of the content inside? A preview? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3606 Registered: 12-2000 |
Beroean Was it some advertising of the content inside? yes A preview? no | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 726 Registered: 1-2001 |
Did it relate to a free DVD? something else given away with the paper? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3607 Registered: 12-2000 |
Sunshine - hey there! Did it relate to a free DVD? no something else given away with the paper? YES | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1136 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is this something that would be given away regularly with that paper? like a magazine? or something that was a once off? if so, a book? vouchers? money? lottery tickets? raffle tickets? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3608 Registered: 12-2000 |
Eli Is this something that would be given away regularly with that paper? no like a magazine? no or something that was a once off? yes if so, a book? no vouchers? no money? no lottery tickets? no raffle tickets? no - good suggestions though.... | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 727 Registered: 1-2001 |
ssh - I'm not really here - much too much work to do! Was it something you got inside the paper? at the same time? did you have to send away for it? was one paper enough to get it or did you have to buy for a week or similar? Was "free" one of the words you read? "Free to every reader" - so you optimistically thought the paper was free that day? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3609 Registered: 12-2000 |
Sunshine ssh - I'm not really here - much too much work to do! OK, I won't tell! Was it something you got inside the paper? yessish at the same time? yessish did you have to send away for it? yessish was one paper enough to get it or did you have to buy for a week or similar? just one Was "free" one of the words you read? YES "Free to every reader" that was the essence - so you optimistically thought the paper was free that day? no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1096 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is the free item a poster? Is the expression "Free for All" relevant? Did you think a riot or some other mass public disorder had occured? Long shot this but are the upcoming Olympic Games relevant? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3610 Registered: 12-2000 |
Peter Is the free item a poster? no Is the expression "Free for All" relevant? no Did you think a riot or some other mass public disorder had occured? no with an ish Long shot this but are the upcoming Olympic Games relevant? indirectly, yes - good question! | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1230 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was "Tibet" one of the words? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3611 Registered: 12-2000 |
Woodworm Was "Tibet" one of the words? how do I answer? OK, it was what I thought it said | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1098 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was the offer a free bet with a bookmaker? Did you confuse To Bet with Tibet? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3612 Registered: 12-2000 |
Peter Was the offer a free bet with a bookmaker? yes! Did you confuse To Bet with Tibet? not To Bet, but I did think the word Tibet was there. Can you work out exactly what it did say? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1232 Registered: 3-2006 |
Free £1 Bet? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3613 Registered: 12-2000 |
Woodworm Free £1 Bet? yes! *********** SPOILER *********** I was a few feet away from the Sun paper and was surprised to see Free Tibet on the front page in the header bit. On closer examination I saw that it said Free £1bet (for every reader, on the line below, in smaller writing). It was the day of the Grand National btw Good teamwork. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1100 Registered: 1-2007 |
Nice puzzle Lynne. As an aside I work for an Irish Bank in their project area. In the past few years compliance has become the no.1 agenda throughout the company and strict penalties are imposed for any breech of compliance or regulatory procedures. Accordingly nearly all my work colleagues backed the horse named "Comply or Die" who duly obliged by winning the Grand National. I backed the second horse (Bah!!) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3614 Registered: 12-2000 |
Bad luck! I can see a funny symbol in front of the �1 sign (it may appear of course in this PS). I thought I'd got rid of it, but it must be the browser. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3615 Registered: 12-2000 |
Hmm the pound sign which I definitely put in as I could see it again when I went through my history, has now changed to question mark. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 3616 Registered: 12-2000 |
And now I can't see the funny sign (which I can also see in my history). The funny sign looking like a Scandinavian A with a squiggle on top |
