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| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4681 Registered: 8-2001 |
Two weeks after Olinda got fired, her former co-worker Clark encountered her in the supermarket. He asked her a practical question & realized a moment later that it had a painful & unexpected double meaning. What was it?? | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 58 Registered: 8-2009 |
Does one of the meanings refer to her firing? Does the other meaning refer to... her physical appearance? her heatlth? her psychological state of mind? her social situation? her economic situation? her family situation? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 603 Registered: 11-2008 |
Does one of the meaning refer to the situation in the supermarket? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 604 Registered: 11-2008 |
Does one of the meanings refer to the situation in the supermarket? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4684 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 58 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 9:43 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does one of the meanings refer to her firing? yope Does the other meaning refer to... her physical appearance? no her heatlth? no her psychological state of mind? possibly her social situation? yope her economic situation? yopeher family situation?unlikely Alhucema (Alhucema) New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 603 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 9:52 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster Post Number: 604 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 9:52 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does one of the meanings refer to the situation in the supermarket? yes | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 59 Registered: 8-2009 |
Does what he says refer to item(s) she bought? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4687 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 59 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 3:05 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does what he says refer to item(s) she bought? yes | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 619 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was it one item? more? Food? Drink? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4689 Registered: 8-2001 |
Alhucema (Alhucema) New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 619 Registered: 11-2008 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 6:57 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was it one item?possibly more? ditto Food? irrelDrink? ditto | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 79 Registered: 8-2009 |
Hmm... so his comment is not specific to the actual item(s) she bought? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4690 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 79 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 7:19 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Hmm... so his comment is not specific to the actual item(s) she bought?yope or noish, i.e., it IS yesishly specific | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 180 Registered: 7-2009 |
Does it refer to an ingredient in the item(s)? The nutritional value of the items? Category of items? (such as diet/lo-cal items)? | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 80 Registered: 8-2009 |
So his comment is somewhat specific to what she bought (in some way), yet it's irrelevant whether or not she bought food or drink... Did she buy any non-food items? Did his comment have to do with ..."staying home"? ..."keeping busy"? ..."working"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4691 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 180 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 7:59 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it refer to an ingredient in the item(s)? no The nutritional value of the items? no Category of items? no(such as diet/lo-cal items)? no Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 80 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 8:01 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So his comment is somewhat specific to what she bought (in some way), yet it's irrelevant whether or not she bought food or drink... yes Did she buy any non-food items? irrel Did his comment have to do with ..."staying home"? ..."keeping busy"? ..."working"? none of those | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 82 Registered: 8-2009 |
Hmm... I have a hard time reconciling how what he says can be at all specific if it's irrelevant what she bought, but... Is a play on words involved? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4693 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 82 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 8:42 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Hmm... I have a hard time reconciling how what he says can be at all specific if it's irrelevant what she bought, but...Think of characteristics of her items other than the characteristics you mentioned Is a play on words involved?yes or yesish | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 184 Registered: 7-2009 |
Price? Was she buying all inexpensive items? All store brand items? Or some fancy, expensive items? | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 83 Registered: 8-2009 |
Well that's just it, if it doesn't matter whether she bought food or non-food items, I'm not sure where to start with "characteristics" (if you had specific items or types of items in mind, I'd think you'd have said yes to either "food" or "non-food")... Do the items she bought have a theme? If so, did he pick up on it? Was the theme deliberate on her part? Are the items she bought... all the same color? ...all for the same purpose? | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 84 Registered: 8-2009 |
Ah, good thinking Noel - although we only got a "yope" for whether or not it was about her economic situation... | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4694 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 184 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 8:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Price? Was she buying all inexpensive items? All store brand items? Or some fancy, expensive items? Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 83 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 8:57 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Well that's just it, if it doesn't matter whether she bought food or non-food items, I'm not sure where to start with "characteristics" (if you had specific items or types of items in mind, I'd think you'd have said yes to either "food" or "non-food")... I never said I had specific types or items in mind. There's another possibility. . . Do the items she bought have a theme? irrelIf so, did he pick up on it? no Was the theme deliberate on her part? irrel Are the items she bought... all the same color? irrel ...all for the same purpose? ditto Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 84 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 8:59 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Ah, good thinking Noel - although we only got a "yope" for whether or not it was about her economic situation...Think about another aspect of what she's buying that may be yopishly relevant to her economic situation | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1525 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was she buying a rather large number of items? A rather small quantity of items? Did he say something along the lines of... "Woah! Can you afford all that?" "Are you eating for two?" "Light shopping day?" "Don't spend it all in one place!" "Wish I had your control." | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4697 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1525 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 11:13 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was she buying a rather large number of items? no A rather small quantity of items? yes. GOOOOOOOOOOOD QUESTION!! Did he say something along the lines of... "Woah! Can you afford all that?" no "Are you eating for two?" no "Light shopping day?" no "Don't spend it all in one place!" no "Wish I had your control." no | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 86 Registered: 8-2009 |
"Cutting back, huh?" "Downsizing, huh?" | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4699 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 86 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 1:27 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "Cutting back, huh?" no "Downsizing, huh?" no | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 89 Registered: 8-2009 |
Are we on the right track in guessing that his comment was both an observation about the frugality of her purchases, and an unwitting reminder of her firing? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4700 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 89 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 3:18 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are we on the right track in guessing that his comment was both an observation about the frugality of her purchases, yope or noish and an unwitting reminder of her firing? yes | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 443 Registered: 10-2008 |
Did the comment have anything to do with money? With the exact number of things she bought? With who she was buying for (just herself vs. several people)? Is it relevant whether she bought multiples of the same item, or different ones? Should we figure out what her job was previous to being fired? Has she taken another relevant job? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4702 Registered: 8-2001 |
Gourami (Gourami) Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 443 Registered: 10-2008 Posted on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 7:40 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did the comment have anything to do with money? yopeWith the exact number of things she bought? yopeWith who she was buying for (just herself vs. several people)? no Is it relevant whether she bought multiples of the same item, or different ones? no Should we figure out what her job was previous to being fired? no Has she taken another relevant job? no | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 915 Registered: 7-2001 |
is the 'express till' relevant (not sure if you have the same thing - the till that says '10 items or less' for instance)? (Even though it should say, of course, '10 items or fewer - well done Marks and Spencer for getting the sign right) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4706 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 915 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 9:42 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is the 'express till' relevant (not sure if you have the same thing - the till that says '10 items or less' for instance)? yes (Even though it should say, of course, '10 items or fewer - well done Marks and Spencer for getting the sign right) And how!! | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 197 Registered: 8-2009 |
Did she have more than the miminum # of items, and he asked if she was worried about getting kicked off the line? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 239 Registered: 7-2009 |
Any of the following terms especially relevant? "Fast lane"? "Express lane"? "Express till"? Or is what he said just related to the idea of the fast lane? Did he inadvertently draw a comparison between the fast lane at the grocery store and another line? Such as the line at the unemployment office? A line at a soup kitchen? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4709 Registered: 8-2001 |
BLOOOOOPERRRRRALERTTTTTT!!!! is the 'express till' relevant (not sure if you have the same thing - the till that says '10 items or less' for instance)? yes The answerv should be yesish Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 197 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 6:49 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did she have more than the miminum # of items, and he asked if she was worried about getting kicked off the line?Noel (Noel) no New member Username: Noel Post Number: 239 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 7:13 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Any of the following terms especially relevant? no"Fast lane"? no"Express lane"? no"Express till"? Or is what he said just related to the idea of the fast lane? yesish Did he inadvertently draw a comparison between the fast lane at the grocery store and another line? no Such as the line at the unemployment office? noA line at a soup kitchen? no | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 210 Registered: 8-2009 |
Did he let her go before him on the the checkout line because she had less stuff? Was his question something along the lines of "Would you like to go before me"? Did his question have anything to do with her leaving the store? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 467 Registered: 10-2008 |
Is it relevant where in the supermarket they were while this exchange took place? If so, was she in the express lane? Was he? Were they in another lane? Outside the store, still among the aisles? Did he say something that seperated himself from her/ pointed out a difference between them? Did he ask what the maximum number of items was for the express lane? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4710 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 210 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 5:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did he let her go before him on the the checkout line because she had less stuff? yes Was his question something along the lines of "Would you like to go before me"? That's precisely what he asked, and right after uttering that sentence, he made the remark with the double meaning. Did his question have anything to do with her leaving the store? no Gourami (Gourami) Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 467 Registered: 10-2008 Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 10:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it relevant where in the supermarket they were while this exchange took place? yesIf so, was she in the express lane?possibly {ditto} Were they in another lane? ditto Outside the store, still among the aisles? Huh? What aisles? Did he say something that seperated himself from her/ pointed out a difference between them? yes Did he ask what the maximum number of items was for the express lane? no | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 916 Registered: 7-2001 |
Did he say, 'I'm going to be around much longer than you'? or something which referred to how long he would be in the queue? how much stuff he had to put through? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4712 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 916 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, August 23, 2009 - 8:36 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did he say, 'I'm going to be around much longer than you'? no or something which referred to how long he would be in the queue? nohow much stuff he had to put through?yes | ||
| Dropofahat (Dropofahat)
New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 247 Registered: 8-2009 |
The puzzle statement appears to suggest that it was a question he asked that had a double meaning - but you referred to it as a "remark" above. Is it indeed a question? Or a statement? Does that matter? Did he mention his paycheck? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4714 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dropofahat (Dropofahat) New member Username: Dropofahat Post Number: 247 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 2:37 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The puzzle statement appears to suggest that it was a question he asked that had a double meaning - but you referred to it as a "remark" above. Is it indeed a question? yes Or a statement? yesDoes that matter? It was a question ("Would you like to go ahead of me?") followed by a statement & the statement is what has the double meaning. This is from a novel. It could have been in a different form. Did he mention his paycheck? no | ||
| Ferrets101 (Ferrets101)
New member Username: Ferrets101 Post Number: 43 Registered: 8-2009 |
Does Clark work at the Supermarket? Is that where Olinda worked before she got fired? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4717 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ferrets101 (Ferrets101) New member Username: Ferrets101 Post Number: 43 Registered: 8-2009 Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 11:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does Clark work at the Supermarket?no Is that where Olinda worked before she got fired? no | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1528 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does his statement refer to the contents of her basket? Does his statement refer to the contents of his basket? More vague? I.e. "I've got more than you." "You've got less than me." "You seem a bit short this week." | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4718 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1528 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 11:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does his statement refer to the contents of her basket? yesDoes his statement refer to the contents of his basket? yes More vague? I.e. "I've got more than you."That's so close that I'm going to SPOIL this puzzle. "You've got less than me." ditto "You seem a bit short this week." no *******SPOILER *************** Two weeks after Olinda got fired, she ran into her former co-worker Clark in the supermarket.They were about to get in line when, noticing the contents of her cart, he said,"Would you like to go ahead of me? You have so little." This comes from Disgrace, a novel by by Coetzee. Please check out my new puzzle! |
