| Author | Message | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 9 Registered: 11-2008 |
Maybe he just wanted to eat albatross. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1224 Registered: 12-2004 |
He = H? A? M? eat = ingest? albatross = some kind of strange bird? Albatrosses relevant? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2008 |
He = H? A? M? Yes to all. eat = ingest? Yes. albatross = some kind of strange bird? Yes. Albatrosses relevant? Yes to this obligatory question. | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 115 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is this the same puzzle as the one in the "dead men, albatrosses, elevators..." subforum? Should I step away? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 19 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is this the same puzzle as the one in the "dead men, albatrosses, elevators..." subforum? Should I step away? No. | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 116 Registered: 11-2008 |
Sweet. Does 'he' actually eat an albatross? Part of an albatross? want to eat an albatross in the near future? or already ate albatross and is reflecting? albatross. heh | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 21 Registered: 11-2008 |
Sweet. Does 'he' actually eat an albatross? Part of an albatross? want to eat an albatross in the near future? or already ate albatross and is reflecting? albatross. heh No to all. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 3 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he eat a human? was it unknowingly? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 25 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he eat a human? No. was it unknowingly? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he try to eat an albatross? Did he chase after a bird? Did he eat something else instead? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 28 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he try to eat an albatross? Did he chase after a bird? Did he eat something else instead? No to all. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was he thinking about eating an albatross? was this in lieu of doing something else? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 33 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was he thinking about eating an albatross? No. was this in lieu of doing something else? Define "this." | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 131 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the subject (let's say, Eugene) doing something that seemed to onlookers that "Maybe he just wanted to eat albatross"? Does the man plan to eat something? Are we harbouring a FA concerning the 'eating' in the puzzle statement? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 47 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the subject (let's say, Eugene) doing something that seemed to onlookers that "Maybe he just wanted to eat albatross"? Yes. Does the man plan to eat something? No. Are we harbouring a FA concerning the 'eating' in the puzzle statement? He doesn't actually eat an albatross, or anything else, if that's what you mean. But 'eat' is meant in the usual sense. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 37 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is he really desiring to eat anything? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is he really desiring to eat anything? No. | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1315 Registered: 12-2004 |
Is the puzzle statement a quotation? If so, was the speaker... You? Me? A character? Him? Her? Them? It? Some other pronoun? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 64 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the puzzle statement a quotation? Yes. If so, was the speaker... You? This one. Me? A character? Him? Her? Them? It? Some other pronoun? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 75 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is Doctapeppa relevant in solving this puzzle? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 70 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is Doctapeppa relevant in solving this puzzle? No. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the person you are speaking about someone you know in real life? fictional? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 72 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the person you are speaking about someone you know in real life? fictional? This one. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 81 Registered: 11-2008 |
Does the person say anything that leads you to say "maybe he just wanted to eat an albatross" Does this have anything to do with a detective? Does this have anything to do with a different spin on the classic albatross tale? Is the person using sign language? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 77 Registered: 11-2008 |
Does the person say anything that leads you to say "maybe he just wanted to eat an albatross" No. Does this have anything to do with a detective? No. Does this have anything to do with a different spin on the classic albatross tale? No. Is the person using sign language? No. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 84 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is this a puzzle that has no purpose other than to get us to ask questions about it? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 79 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is this a puzzle that has no purpose other than to get us to ask questions about it? No. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 90 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the person doing anything at all? is he sleeping? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 82 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the person doing anything at all? Yes. is he sleeping? No. | ||
| Erinye (Erinye)
New member Username: Erinye Post Number: 59 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the fictional character in question found in a novel? Poem? Short story? Movie? TV show? Other? Are deserted islands relevant? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1387 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did he put salt on it? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 83 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the fictional character in question found in a novel? Poem? This one. Short story? Movie? TV show? Other? Are deserted islands relevant? No. Did he put salt on it? FA | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 536 Registered: 5-2003 |
The Ancient Mariner? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 85 Registered: 11-2008 |
The Ancient Mariner? Ding-ding-ding! *****SPOILER***** In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," the titular character shoots an albatross that had followed the ship for nine days. Then his shipmates get mad at him, expecting the weather to turn worse, then they support him when it turns better, then they all die when the ship is becalmed, but the Ancient Mariner doesn't die...but that's not the point. The point is, we never learn why he shot the albatross. There's probably a fair amount of literary criticism on this topic, but I thought, "Maybe he just wanted to eat albatross." He never did, though. As an aside, this is a really great poem, and if you want to read it, you can easily find it by googling the title. It is also responsible for the idiom of an albatross as a burden, as the other sailors hang the albatross around the Ancient Mariner's neck when they are becalmed, as well as the phrase "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." Now I'll have to think of a new puzzle or two. | ||
| Usmcfink (Usmcfink)
New member Username: Usmcfink Post Number: 265 Registered: 10-2008 |
I just finished reading the poem. Interesting. |
