| Author | Message | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1160 Registered: 11-2008 |
It does not pay off to be over confident. All what Daniel received was a good run for his money. Explain. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 656 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was Daniel overconfident? Or someone else? "run for his money" - literal? (i.e. he actually did something involved with money) or figurative? (i.e. he got taken advantage of in some way not related to money). did he make an investment? A bet? did he buy something? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1161 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was Daniel overconfident? Yes Or someone else? No "run for his money" - literal? (i.e. he actually did something involved with money) Literal in the sense he did something involved with money, yes or figurative? (i.e. he got taken advantage of in some way not related to money). There is a figurative note in this sentence as well did he make an investment? No A bet? No did he buy something? Yes | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 658 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he order something that never arrived? Did he buy a product that turned out to be different than advertised? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1162 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he order something that never arrived? No Did he buy a product that turned out to be different than advertised? No but OTRT | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 687 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he expect it to do something it didn't? Not do do something it did? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1172 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he expect it to do something it didn't? Yes Not do do something it did? Yes | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 689 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he misunderstand what the purpose was? Or think he could use it for something other than its intended use? Is the thing he purchased an object? A service? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 38 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he underestimate his own skill? Overestimate the quality/reliability of what he bought? Did he try to save money? If so, did it come at the cost of safety? Reliability? Usefulness? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1173 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he misunderstand what the purpose was? Yesish Or think he could use it for something other than its intended use? Yes Is the thing he purchased an object? This A service? Did he underestimate his own skill? If you mean overestimate, then yes Overestimate the quality/reliability of what he bought? No Did he try to save money? No If so, did it come at the cost of safety? Reliability? Usefulness? and so, neither | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 40 Registered: 9-2009 |
Thanks, I meant overestimate. The thing he bought, was it a tool? Machine? Substance? Sports equipment? Transportation? Toy? Did he break it? Injure himself? Injure others? Are there other relevant people in this puzzle? Or things? Or do we mainly need to figure out what he bought, what he tried to do and what happened when he did? Did he originally buy the object for its original purpose? Or for his own intended purpose? Relevant? Is price relevant? Was it expensive for this type of product? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1177 Registered: 11-2008 |
Thanks, I meant overestimate. The thing he bought, was it a tool? Machine? Substance? This Sports equipment? Transportation? Toy? Did he break it? No Injure himself? Yope Injure others? No Are there other relevant people in this puzzle? Yes, one Or things? No, except for the one he bought Or do we mainly need to figure out what he bought, what he tried to do and what happened when he did? Exactly so Did he originally buy the object for its original purpose? Yope Or for his own intended purpose? Yope Relevant? Essentially :-)) Is price relevant? No Was it expensive for this type of product? No and irr | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 695 Registered: 7-2009 |
The substance? Is it a liquid? A goo? A powder? A solid? A gas? Is it meant to be consumed by a person? Used externally on a human body? Used on an inanimate object? Used on/for a non-human animal? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1185 Registered: 11-2008 |
The substance? Is it a liquid? possibly A goo? I am not sure what this means A powder? Possibly A solid? Possibly, with svv of solid A gas? No Is it meant to be consumed by a person? Yes Used externally on a human body? Used on an inanimate object? Used on/for a non-human animal? No to the rest | ||
| Deathateaster (Deathateaster)
New member Username: Deathateaster Post Number: 235 Registered: 5-2007 |
Goo - such as a mix of cournflour and water to make a substance that is hard if you apply pressure, but flows as a liquid if left on its own? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1190 Registered: 11-2008 |
Goo - such as a mix of cournflour and water to make a substance that is hard if you apply pressure, but flows as a liquid if left on its own? Ah, I see. Then the answer is No | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 703 Registered: 7-2009 |
I was using goo to mean something like hair gel or marshmellow creme or anything that's somewhere in between a liquid and a solid. Amorphous, usually sticky, gooey, messy. Is it food? Drink? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 46 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he consume it? Was it medicine? Drug? Was it flammable? Is (non)flammability relevant? Is the other person HAM? Did he buy the substance from this person? Was this person present at the incident? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1194 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is it food? Drink? Yope to both, see below Did he consume it? Yes Was it medicine? Yes Drug? Yes as medicine, no as an addictive substance Was it flammable? Probably not Is (non)flammability relevant? Not at all Is the other person HAM? Yes for H and A, irrelevant for M Did he buy the substance from this person? Yes Was this person present at the incident? No Very good questions! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 51 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he buy it from a pharmacy? Did he have the condition it was meant to treat? Was it a laxative? Or diuretic? (thinking about a possible interpretation of "a run for his money" =) Did he throw up? Get sick? Go to the hospital? Viagra relevant? Did he use too much, or too little (compared to recommended dosage)? Did the person selling it know what he intended to do? If so, was he warned? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1195 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he buy it from a pharmacy? Yes Did he have the condition it was meant to treat? No Was it a laxative? Yes indeed Or diuretic? No(thinking about a possible interpretation of "a run for his money" =) Perfectly correct thinking Did he throw up? No Get sick? No - just the usual effect of a laxative Go to the hospital? No Viagra relevant? No Did he use too much, or too little (compared to recommended dosage)No? Did the person selling it know what he intended to do? The person selling it assumed that he was going to use it according to the recommendations written on it If so, was he warned? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 53 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he think the laxative wouldn't work/work that well on him? If so, was there a particular reason why he didn't think so? Did he interact with the pharmacist other than by buying the laxative? Did he take it as part of a bet/dare? Did he think it would do something in addition to/instead of the laxative effect? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1196 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he think the laxative wouldn't work/work that well on him? No If so, was there a particular reason why he didn't think so? Did he interact with the pharmacist other than by buying the laxative? Not really Did he take it as part of a bet/dare? No Did he think it would do something in addition to No/instead of Yes the laxative effect? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 434 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did he think the laxative would help him lose weight? get rid of excess fluid? get some kind of infection/parasite out of his digestive system? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1198 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he think the laxative would help him lose weight? get rid of excess fluid? get some kind of infection/parasite out of his digestive system? None of the above | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 327 Registered: 3-2004 |
So when he went to the Pharmacy he had already decided what to buy? Decided to buy a laxative? Or decided to buy a drug with a specific name? Did he not know what a laxative is? Or not know what that specific drug should do? Is it important to know what effect he supposed the drug would have? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1201 Registered: 11-2008 |
So when he went to the Pharmacy he had already decided what to buy? Yes Decided to buy a laxative? No Or decided to buy a drug with a specific name? No Did he not know what a laxative is? He did know what a laxative is Or not know what that specific drug should do? True Is it important to know what effect he supposed the drug would have? Essential :-)) | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 435 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was the intended effect of the laxative to treat a medical condition? or something else entirely? Did the intended effect involve digestion at all? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1204 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was the intended effect of the laxative to treat a medical condition? Yes or something else entirely? No Did the intended effect involve digestion at all? No | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 437 Registered: 6-2008 |
Would any laxative have worked as well? (I mean, not "worked" as in had an effect, I mean made sense for the reason he was intending) | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 338 Registered: 3-2004 |
Problem with language relevant? Him being in a foreign country, mis-understanding something? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1205 Registered: 11-2008 |
Would any laxative have worked as well? (I mean, not "worked" as in had an effect, I mean made sense for the reason he was intending) Any laxative would work for this puzzle; however, a FA is lurking in your question Problem with language relevant? Yes! Him being in a foreign country, mis-understanding something? Yes - he was in a foreign country and something was misunderstood. Almost there, folks. :-)) | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 714 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he have diarrhea? Did the misunderstanding have to do with thinking the drug would fix diarrhea? When, in fact, it does the opposite? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1208 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he have diarrhea? No Did the misunderstanding have to do with thinking the drug would fix diarrhea? No When, in fact, it does the opposite? And so, no | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 727 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did he mistranslate the box? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 728 Registered: 7-2009 |
Ooh, was his overconfidence that he thought he knew what the box said, so he didn't ask for help from the pharmacist? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1217 Registered: 11-2008 |
Did he mistranslate the box? Ooh, was his overconfidence that he thought he knew what the box said, so he didn't ask for help from the pharmacist? Neither but both definitely OTRT | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 438 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the relevant foreign language Spanish? French? Italian? German? something else? Did he mis-translate a word for "laxative"? "diarrhea"? "constipation"? the name of the condition he was trying to treat? no mental translation involved at all? I am aware that "constipado" means "congested" (as from a cold) in Spanish, not "constipated". But this confusion would have resulted in the opposite problem, namely mistaking a decongestant for a laxative. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 1221 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the relevant foreign language Spanish? This French? Italian? German? something else? Did he mis-translate a word for "laxative"? "diarrhea"? "constipation"? this one, precisely the name of the condition he was trying to treat? and so, this no mental translation involved at all? I am aware that "constipado" means "congested" (as from a cold) in Spanish, not "constipated". But this confusion would have resulted in the opposite problem, namely mistaking a decongestant for a laxative. Bingo. That's exactly it, you have just to switch the countries. Here goes the ************SPOILER*********** Daniel is a Spaniard with a fairly good knowledge of English. On a trip to an English-speaking country, he catches a cold. He goes to a pharmacy and asks something for his "constipation" (which in most Spanish-speaking regions, means a common cold with a blocked nose, sneezing, sometimes fever... we have all been through it). The pharmacist - of course - gives him exactly what he is asking for. Until now, Dani does not stop wondering about the low expertise level of the pharmacists abroad who, instead of giving him a product that could alleviate his cold, gave him a medicine that not only did not help his condition at all, but added a non-wanted DIARRHEA! This shows that sometimes it is better not to be too confident as to our language skills, and better look things up in a dictionary. FALSE FRIENDS (similar words having different meanings in another language) can cause you many an embarassing situation. (Btw. be careful with this one, too. "Embarazada" in Spanish means "pregnant", and there are some pretty good stories with this mistranslation as well :-)) Thanks everybody for participating, and especially Biograd for the final diagnosis. |
