| Author | Message | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 20 Registered: 12-2008 |
Even though the chips were oiled and salted, the man couldn't eat them | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 215 Registered: 11-2008 |
Computer chips relevant? Chips of rock? Concrete? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 21 Registered: 12-2008 |
Computer chips relevant? Chips of rock? Concrete? no to all | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 216 Registered: 11-2008 |
Allergies relevant? Man -- H? A? M? Alive at the time of this puzzle? Salted -- is sodium chloride relevant? Some other salt in the chemical sense? Or salt in the cryptographic sense? Oiled -- is the source of the oil animal? Vegetable? Mineral? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 23 Registered: 12-2008 |
Allergies relevant? <b?no</b> Man -- H? A? M? Alive at the time of this puzzle? yes Salted -- is sodium chloride relevant? Some other salt in the chemical sense? Or salt in the cryptographic sense? typical table salt Oiled -- is the source of the oil Vegetable? yes | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 217 Registered: 11-2008 |
Are the chips, in origin, vegetable? Animal? Mineral? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 24 Registered: 12-2008 |
Are the chips, in origin, vegetable? Animal? Mineral? no to all | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 328 Registered: 11-2008 |
The reason why he could not eat them: was there basically a problem on the part of the chips? (were they not edible?) Of the man (was he unable to move?) Of general circumstances (were the chips behind a thick glass?) | ||
| Doctapeppa (Doctapeppa)
New member Username: Doctapeppa Post Number: 1742 Registered: 12-2004 |
Could he eat cinnamon bunzah? | ||
| D_gordon (D_gordon)
New member Username: D_gordon Post Number: 220 Registered: 11-2008 |
Couldn't eat them -- was physically unable? Or it would be harmful for him to do so? Or some authority forbade him from eating them? Did the man have some medical condition which made salt harmful to him? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 25 Registered: 12-2008 |
was there basically a problem on the part of the chips? (were they not edible?) yes Could he eat cinnamon bunzah? just as well as you can ;) Couldn't eat them -- was physically unable? no Or it would be harmful for him to do so? yes Or some authority forbade him from eating them? I believe that this question could be answered yes for every substance any human would ever encounter so I will answer it yope Did the man have some medical condition which made salt harmful to him?no | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 344 Registered: 11-2008 |
So the chips were not the fish-and-chips sort, but something else which is not edible and is called "chips" ? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 28 Registered: 12-2008 |
So the chips were not the fish-and-chips sort, but something else which is not edible and is called "chips" ? yes | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 347 Registered: 11-2008 |
Poker tokens? Money? Cow dung? Chips off the old block? Chips on somebody's shoulders? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 30 Registered: 12-2008 |
Poker tokens? Money? Cow dung? Chips off the old block? Chips on somebody's shoulders? no to all | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 349 Registered: 11-2008 |
Are the chips made of a material which is not edible? Have they ever been edible? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 31 Registered: 12-2008 |
Are the chips made of a material which is not edible? yes Have they ever been edible? For the purpose of this puzzle, I'll say no. One may be able to argue that point, but its irrelevant | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 139 Registered: 9-2008 |
Do these chips have anything to do with optimizing the horsepower of an engine? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 32 Registered: 12-2008 |
Do these chips have anything to do with optimizing the horsepower of an engine? no | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 142 Registered: 9-2008 |
Are these chips made from plant material? or synthetic material? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 33 Registered: 12-2008 |
Are these chips made from plant material?no or synthetic material? which definiton of synthetic are you asking about? | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 145 Registered: 9-2008 |
Definition Number 2? Just kidding! Noting or pertaining to compounds formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 36 Registered: 12-2008 |
Noting or pertaining to compounds formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin? yes | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 148 Registered: 9-2008 |
Does one typically find these chips in an oiled and salted condition? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 37 Registered: 12-2008 |
Does one typically find these chips in an oiled and salted condition? no | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 368 Registered: 11-2008 |
So they are not made of potatoes? Are they made of some originally natural but human-processed substance? Are they a part of a larger whole? Would a normal person consume the salt and the oil used to salt and oil the chips? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 39 Registered: 12-2008 |
So they are not made of potatoes? Are they made of some originally natural but human-processed substance? yes Are they a part of a larger whole? I believe I can answer this yes, but that if I do so you'll be working of an FA Would a normal person consume the salt and the oil used to salt and oil the chips?yes | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 41 Registered: 12-2008 |
So they are not made of potatoes? that is correct Come on and ask some questions. Think about the one thing that hasn't yet been asked in regards to these chips | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 164 Registered: 12-2008 |
Were the chips oiled and salted by mistake? Did they accidently get caught up in a process which oils and salts something edible? Or did someone oil and salt them deliberately? Were they oiled and salted at the same time (or one immediately after the other)? Did the person oiling and salting them mistake them for something edible? Do they look like something edible? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 46 Registered: 12-2008 |
Or did someone oil and salt them deliberately? yes Were they oiled and salted at the same time (or one immediately after the other)? no Did the person oiling and salting them mistake them for something edible? yes Do they look like something edible? yes | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 167 Registered: 12-2008 |
Anything to do with plastic play food? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 62 Registered: 12-2008 |
**Spoiler** Yes!! Finally!! - I can't believe it took this long to get to that point, especially given the first questions asked. The mans daughter came and brought up the potato chips from her picnic basket and wanted him to eat them. He said he couldn't eat them because they were not salted. So she went into the kitchen, put salt on them, and came back out. Then he said he couldn't eat them because chips need oil. So she went back into the kitchen and dumped a bottle of oil over them. She came back out but he still couldn't eat the chips because toy food isn't edible | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 175 Registered: 9-2008 |
Very nice, Bolapara! This was a good one...very clever. :-) And actually, this puzzle wrapped up fairly quickly. In the LTPF, I often need to remind myself of the lesson learned from The Tortoise and the Hare. :-) |
