| Author | Message | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2008 |
There is a bathtub in a field | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1252 Registered: 12-2004 |
Was there a bathtub in this field? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 15 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was there a bathtub in this field? There was a bathtub in a field. | ||
| Scood (Scood)
New member Username: Scood Post Number: 30 Registered: 11-2008 |
was the bathtub used to bath in? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 23 Registered: 11-2008 |
was the bathtub used to bath in? Not while it was in the field | ||
| Scood (Scood)
New member Username: Scood Post Number: 33 Registered: 11-2008 |
so was the bathtub moved to the field so at one point it was used to bath in? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 25 Registered: 11-2008 |
so was the bathtub moved to the field yes so at one point it was used to bath in?prior to being moved to the field | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 281 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was the bathtub moved to the field by humans? By a natural force (e.g. tornado)? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 31 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the bathtub moved to the field by humans? yes | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 43 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the bathtub ever inside a house? Was it in a house in the field, but the house was destroyed, leaving only the bathtub? Is the field a battlefield? Is the field a magnetic field? All bathtubs on Earth are in Earth's magnetic field. :-P About how large is the field? Smaller than 1,000 square feet? 100,000? 1,000,000? 10,000,000? Larger than 10,000,000 square feet? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 126 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was it used to secretly make moonshine? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 33 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the bathtub ever inside a house? yes Was it in a house in the field, but the house was destroyed, leaving only the bathtub? no Is the field a battlefield? no Is the field a magnetic field? no Was it used to secretly make moonshine? no | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 46 Registered: 11-2008 |
About how large is the field? Smaller than 1,000 square feet? 100,000? 1,000,000? 10,000,000? Larger than 10,000,000 square feet? You missed this question. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 35 Registered: 11-2008 |
About how large is the field? Smaller than 1,000 square feet? 100,000? 1,000,000? 10,000,000? Larger than 10,000,000 square feet? The field is roughly 142 acres | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 152 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the bathtub in the field for a purpose? If so, is the purpose to hold water? another liquid? anything else? for persons to hide in? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 38 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the bathtub in the field for a purpose? yes If so, is the purpose to hold water? no another liquid? no anything else? yes for persons to hide in? no The exact size of the field is not relevant | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 156 Registered: 11-2008 |
is its purpose to hold something solid? Only to hold something? Or is there more to it? | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 145 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the bathtub used as a form of feeding trough for animals fenced in the field? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 43 Registered: 11-2008 |
is its purpose to hold something solid? yes Or is there more to it? yes Is the bathtub used as a form of feeding trough for animals fenced in the field? no | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 157 Registered: 11-2008 |
Solid as in one piece? Several pieces (such as stones)? Or such as sand? Is the bathtub supposed to be full? Overflowing? Relevant? Is it going to serve as an obstacle? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 46 Registered: 11-2008 |
Solid as in one piece? I wouldn't say that Or such as sand? This is closest but not quite all Is the bathtub supposed to be full? Overflowing? relevant? Define full and overflowing. Is it going to serve as an obstacle? no | ||
| Vagary (Vagary)
New member Username: Vagary Post Number: 146 Registered: 11-2008 |
Are we talking about a NORMAL household bathtub, that has somehow been moved to a field? Full: filled to maximum capacity with something Overflowing: filled to maximum capacity, and then some, causing spillage outside the shape of the bathtub Is it relevant that the bath may be either full or overflowing? If so: is it full? Is it overflowing? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1292 Registered: 12-2004 |
Did the bathtub fall from the sky? (e.g., an aircraft of some kind is transporting bathtubs for some reason, and somebody accidentally opens a door and whooosh! Out goes a bathtub.) | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 47 Registered: 11-2008 |
Are we talking about a NORMAL household bathtub, that has somehow been moved to a field? an old fashioned clawfooted bathtub Full: filled to maximum capacity with something Overflowing: filled to maximum capacity, and then some, causing spillage outside the shape of the bathtub its overflowing, but I wouldn't say there is spillage Is it relevant that the bath may be either full or overflowing? Yope, it can help you determine the answer, but its not necessary for it to be full | ||
| Slameye (Slameye)
New member Username: Slameye Post Number: 6 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the bathtub carried to the filed? Dragged? Driven in a vehichle of some sort? Dropped from an (any type of)aircraft? Did it get there without touching the ground in som other manner? Is it there to collect something, i.e. will it get filled eventually? Has it been in the field for more than an hour a day a week a month a year? Will it be removed when it has served it's purpose? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 48 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did the bathtub fall from the sky? (e.g., an aircraft of some kind is transporting bathtubs for some reason, and somebody accidentally opens a door and whooosh! Out goes a bathtub.) No, but I like that answer | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 287 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was it filled with dirt? for use as a planter? for composting? Filled with gravel? wood chips? manure? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1307 Registered: 12-2004 |
Was it transported by land, then? In some sort of vehicle? Perhaps a train? Or maybe a truck of some kind? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1308 Registered: 12-2004 |
Is it filled with air? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 166 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is it there to help accomplish a task? Prevent something from happening? Just for fun? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 52 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was it filled with dirt? for use as a planter? for composting? yes, yes, no Filled with gravel? wood chips? manure? no to all Is it filled with air?no Is it there to help accomplish a task? Prevent something from happening? Just for fun? Yes, yes, yesish | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1321 Registered: 12-2004 |
Any organisms relevant? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 55 Registered: 11-2008 |
Any organisms relevant? yes | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1332 Registered: 12-2004 |
Plantae? Fungi? Animalia? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 57 Registered: 11-2008 |
plantae? yes Fungi? Not for this scenario animalia? Define animalia | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1336 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hmmm.... where is Andrew when you need him? Animalia = the kingdom of organisms in domain Eukarya (something like that) that are multicellular and ingest other organisms for energy. I think. | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 60 Registered: 11-2008 |
Animalia = the kingdom of organisms in domain Eukarya (something like that) that are multicellular and ingest other organisms for energy. then yes, but be careful of FA | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1343 Registered: 12-2004 |
Are any animals relevant? Are any plants relevant? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 63 Registered: 11-2008 |
Are any animals relevant? if using your definition of animalia, yes Are any plants relevant? yes | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1348 Registered: 12-2004 |
Relevant animals: Invertebrate? Arthropoda? Mollusca? Cnidaria? Chordata? Vertebrata? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 65 Registered: 11-2008 |
vertebrata - this one, but be careful of FA | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1356 Registered: 12-2004 |
Hagfish? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1357 Registered: 12-2004 |
Would these animals be found in an aqueous environment? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 69 Registered: 11-2008 |
Hagfish?Would these animals be found in an aqueous environment? No, no. You are working off a FA | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 2238 Registered: 8-2006 |
Worms and dirt? Is the animal in question bigger than a fly? A mouse? A dog? A horse? A blue whale? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 72 Registered: 11-2008 |
Worms and dirt? present but not to relevant in determining the solution. Is the animal in question bigger than a fly? A mouse? A dog? A horse? A blue whale? Bigger than the first three, smaller than the second two. Once again be careful of FA | ||
| Slameye (Slameye)
New member Username: Slameye Post Number: 12 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is something growing in the tub? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 78 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is something growing in the tub? yes | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 80 Registered: 11-2008 |
Ooops, looking over this thread it appears I missed some questions because Slameye posted at the same time I was writing my response to a previous question. I'll be more careful of that in the future The bathtub was transported to the field Was the bathtub carried to the filed? yope Driven in a vehichle of some sort? yes Dropped from an (any type of)aircraft? No Did it get there without touching the ground in som other manner? yes but irrelevant Is it there to collect something, i.e. will it get filled eventually? yes Has it been in the field for more than a month Will it be removed when it has served it's purpose? yes | ||
| Slameye (Slameye)
New member Username: Slameye Post Number: 14 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the tub being used as a gigantic flower pot to grow vegetables (or similar)? and will be taken away after harvesting? Thanks for noticing my earlier questions | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 91 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the tub being used as a gigantic flower pot to grow vegetables (or similar)? yes and will be taken away after harvesting? no Thanks for noticing my earlier questions yw | ||
| Slameye (Slameye)
New member Username: Slameye Post Number: 18 Registered: 11-2008 |
So there's a tub that's being used as a big flower pot for groeing something. And there's an animal present. Is what's being grown being grown to feed the animal? Will the animal stay in the tub? | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1382 Registered: 12-2004 |
Is the relevant animal by any chance a human? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 93 Registered: 11-2008 |
So there's a tub that's being used as a big flower pot for groeing something. yes And there's an animal present. yesish, an animal is necessary for the answer Is what's being grown being grown to feed the animal? no Will the animal stay in the tub?no Is the relevant animal by any chance a human?yes You've got the what. Now we just need the why | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1395 Registered: 12-2004 |
I'm still a little confused. If a human is the relevant animal, then what was my FA? For agriculture? For decoration? For the purposes of having a lateral thinking puzzle? To break a couple world records? Just to be random? To confuse people? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 529 Registered: 5-2003 |
Does the person live near the tub? Is his food growing in it? Is a scientific experiment being performed? Is anything else in the field? | ||
| Obvious (Obvious)
New member Username: Obvious Post Number: 95 Registered: 11-2008 |
I'm still a little confused. If a human is the relevant animal, then what was my FA? - alot of people distinguish between humans and other animals For agriculture? no For decoration? yes For the purposes of having a lateral thinking puzzle? no To break a couple world records? no Just to be random? no To confuse people? no ***Spoiler*** This is probably is far as people will get. Farmer Joe saw a toilet being used as a flower pot in his neighbors yard (shockingly my neigbor does that in rl). He loved the idea, the uniqueness, etc but knew his wife would never go for it. So when it was time to replace his old bathtub, he hauled it out into the field to use it as a giant pot to grow all of his wife's favorite flowers. Then when the flowers are grown he's going to transport back into the yard, hoping that his wife will be too thrilled by the flowers to demand he throw the tub out | ||
| Brid (Brid)
New member Username: Brid Post Number: 699 Registered: 11-2003 |
Where I come from there are bathtubs in many fields. Farmers put them there for the cows to drink from. But that would hardly count as a puzzle, would it? |
