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| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4932 Registered: 8-2001 |
When the political activist tried to explain his protest, listeners everywhere on the political spectrum agreed on one thing: he made a fool of himself. How come? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1744 Registered: 5-2003 |
He had no idea what he was talking about? He was protesting something that didn't exist? That didn't have the effect he thought it did? Did he have a scrund? Location relevant? Time period? More than one person involved? Are any of the following relevant: Activist's age? Name? Sex? Appearance? Ethnicity? Language? Education? Family? Friends? Acquaintances? Criminal record? Birthplace? Citizenship? Intelligence? Wisdom (in the sense of observation skills)? Is what he was protesting relevant? If so, did it have anything to do with: The environment? Elections? Abortion? Homosexuality? Science? Education? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4935 Registered: 8-2001 |
Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1744 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 8:19 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) He had no idea what he was talking about? noish or yope He was protesting something that didn't exist? no That didn't have the effect he thought it did? no Did he have a scrund? no Location relevant? yopeTime period? no More than one person involved?unless you're protesting yourself to yourself, more than one person is always involved in a protest. But it's irrel whether he was the only protester. Are any of the following relevant: Activist's age? Name? Sex? Appearance? Ethnicity? Language? Education? Family? Friends? Acquaintances? Criminal record? Birthplace? Citizenship? Intelligence? Wisdom (in the sense of observation skills)?Only his language is relevant Is what he was protesting relevant? no If so, did it have anything to do with: The environment? Elections? Abortion? Homosexuality? Science? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 757 Registered: 10-2008 |
Is his language relevant in that it affected his speech? For example, was he speaking in a language that the audience didn't understand? Or a language other than his native tongue? Is it relevant just because the statement would have to be in English for the puzzle to work? Or in another language? Was he saying something about what he was protesting when he seemed to be a fool? Was he talking about protesting in general? Was it even something he said that made him seem like a fool? Was he explaining to one person, or to all the listeners? Does it matter through what medium other people were hearing it? In person? The radio? | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 952 Registered: 7-2001 |
did he make himself look ignorant? stupid? self-defeating? self-contradictory? greedy? slothful? hypocritical? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4936 Registered: 8-2001 |
Gourami (Gourami) Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 757 Registered: 10-2008 Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 2:00 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is his language relevant in that it affected his speech? see belowFor example, was he speaking in a language that the audience didn't understand? no Or a language other than his native tongue? no Is it relevant just because the statement would have to be in English for the puzzle to work? yesOr in another language? no Was he saying something about what he was protesting when he seemed to be a fool? no Was he talking about protesting in general? yes Was it even something he said that made him seem like a fool? yesWas he explaining to one person, or to all the listeners? irrelDoes it matter through what medium other people were hearing it? no In person? irrel The radio? irrel Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 952 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 7:06 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did he make himself look ignorant? yes stupid? yes self-defeating? noish self-contradictory? no greedy? no slothful? no. (What about the rest of the 7 deadly sins?hypocritical? no | ||
| Probably_monty_hall (Probably_monty_hall)
New member Username: Probably_monty_hall Post Number: 61 Registered: 10-2009 |
Did he misspeak? Inflect incorrectly? Say something vague? Say something that could be interpreted in a different way? Relevant what he was protesting? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 768 Registered: 10-2008 |
Did he say something about his rights? About the form his protest was taking (if so: holding up signs, a petition, shouting, writing letters, asking for contributions)? Did he make it clear that he didn't understand a certain idea? A certain word? A certain phrase? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4940 Registered: 8-2001 |
Probably_monty_hall (Probably_monty_hall) New member Username: Probably_monty_hall Post Number: 61 Registered: 10-2009 Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 8:35 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did he misspeak? yopeInflect incorrectly? noSay something vague? see next answerSay something that could be interpreted in a different way? yes Relevant what he was protesting? no Gourami (Gourami) Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 768 Registered: 10-2008 Posted on Monday, November 16, 2009 - 8:46 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did he say something about his rights? no About the form his protest was taking (if so: holding up signs, a petition, shouting, writing letters, asking for contributions)? no Did he make it clear that he didn't understand a certain idea? noA certain word? no A certain phrase? no | ||
| Yojimbo (Yojimbo)
New member Username: Yojimbo Post Number: 98 Registered: 11-2009 |
did he make himself look proud or envious? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 611 Registered: 3-2004 |
He did make himself look stupid and ignorant? Was he stupid and ignorant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1826 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he metaprotesting (ie, protesting about protesting? Or protesters)? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4946 Registered: 8-2001 |
Yojimbo (Yojimbo) New member Username: Yojimbo Post Number: 98 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 8:12 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did he make himself look proud no or envious no? Tommyp (Tommyp) New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 611 Registered: 3-2004 Posted on Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 11:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) He did make himself look stupid yopeand ignorant yope? Was he stupid and ignorant? possibly but not necessarily Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1826 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 11:16 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was he metaprotesting (ie, protesting about protesting? no Or protesters)? no | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1735 Registered: 6-2001 |
You said location is relevant: only because it has to take place in an English-speaking country? Could this happen in Australia? In the US? in Canada? the UK? You said when is irrelevant: could this have happened in 15th Century Norwich? 18th Century New York? 21st Century Brisbane? Did he deliberately make a fool of himself? Is the manner in which he protested relevant? Had he taken some common form of protest and done it badly? (eg, he went on 'hunger strike', but interpreted this as meaning that he was going to refuse to be hungry) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4948 Registered: 8-2001 |
Bentarm (Bentarm) New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1735 Registered: 6-2001 Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 1:59 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) You said location is relevant: only because it has to take place in an English-speaking country? yesish Could this happen in Australia? I think so In the US? Yes--that's where it did happenin Canada? yes the UK? I'm pretty sure it could You said when is irrelevant: could this have happened in 15th Century Norwich? 18th Century New York? 21st Century Brisbane? Did he deliberately make a fool of himself? no Is the manner in which he protested relevant? noHad he taken some common form of protest and done it badly? noish(eg, he went on 'hunger strike', but interpreted this as meaning that he was going to refuse to be hungry) no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 586 Registered: 9-2009 |
Relevant where he was from? Was he not a native English speaker? Did he speak about: how to protest? Where? When? How to avoid trouble? How to cause trouble? How to prepare? Some other aspect of protesting? Did he appear stupid and ignorant about: how protests work? What effect they usually have? Their size? The target of the protest? The world in general? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4959 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 586 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 1:24 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Relevant where he was from? noWas he not a native English speaker? irrelDid he speak about: how to protest? no Where? noWhen? no How to avoid trouble? no How to cause trouble? noHow to prepare? no Some other aspect of protesting? yesish Did he appear stupid and ignorant about: how protests work? no What effect they usually have? Their size? no The target of the protest? no The world in general? no | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 512 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did he use poor grammar? pronunciation? Idiomatic expressions relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4962 Registered: 8-2001 |
Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 512 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Friday, November 27, 2009 - 5:13 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did he use poor grammar? no pronunciation? no Idiomatic expressions relevant? no or noish, but you're ORT | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 531 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was there a double meaning? Was the thing that made him look stupid something he said? something he wrote on a sign? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4981 Registered: 8-2001 |
Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 531 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 9:36 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was there a double meaning? yes Was the thing that made him look stupid something he said? yessomething he wrote on a sign? no | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 558 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was the alternate meaning just silly? vulgar/obscene? would it have implied he had a misconception (e.g a scrund)? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4984 Registered: 8-2001 |
Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 558 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 11:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the alternate meaning just silly? yesishvulgar/obscene? nowould it have implied he had a misconception (e.g a scrund)? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4990 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Just one ambiguous word is the issue here. | ||
| Twilightseeker (Twilightseeker)
New member Username: Twilightseeker Post Number: 72 Registered: 2-2009 |
Was the ambiguous word a homonym? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4994 Registered: 8-2001 |
Twilightseeker (Twilightseeker) New member Username: Twilightseeker Post Number: 72 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 11:02 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the ambiguous word a homonym? yes or yesish | ||
| Twilightseeker (Twilightseeker)
New member Username: Twilightseeker Post Number: 96 Registered: 2-2009 |
Was this a common word such as their/there/they're, you/you're or a near/sometimes homonym like are/our? Or was it a longer or less common word? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5002 Registered: 8-2001 |
Twilightseeker (Twilightseeker) New member Username: Twilightseeker Post Number: 96 Registered: 2-2009 Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 - 12:04 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was this a common word such as their/there/they're, you/you're or a near/sometimes homonym like are/our? not that short or common Or was it a longer or less common word? yes, but it's not a rare word, either | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5014 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: This should be easy now. Just find a word that has two senses, where in one sense, a political activist might very well apply the word to himself, but in the other sense no one would apply the word to himself. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1451 Registered: 7-2009 |
Does the word refer to a political party? An emotion? A set of behaviors? a type of behavior? A belief system? A description of intelligence level? A description of achievement? A political mindset? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5020 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1451 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Saturday, January 02, 2010 - 3:20 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the word refer to a political party?for both senses of the word, no An emotion? dittoA set of behaviors? for one sense, yes; for the other, yope a type of behavior? for both senses, yes A belief system? for one sense, noish or yope; for the other sense, noA description of intelligence level? no A description of achievement? no A political mindset? for one sense, no; for the other sense, yes | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1147 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is the word a noun? verb? adjective? adverb? some other part of speech? (If the two senses are different parts of speech, same questions for both.) Is the word spelled the same way in both senses? Is one sense much more common than the other? (if so, which?) Does either sense involve a literary reference? cultural reference? metaphor of some other kind? The sense in which no one would apply the word to himself: Is that because it would be a factually false statement ('I am a jelly donut')? an unflattering statement ('I am stupid')? a meaningless/nonsense statement that cannot be classified as true or false? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5025 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1147 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Monday, January 04, 2010 - 6:10 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the word a noun? verb? adjective? adverb? some other part of speech? (If the two senses are different parts of speech, same questions for both.) In the sense the activist intended, it's a verb. In the senme he didn't intend, it's an adjective. Is the word spelled the same way in both senses? yes Is one sense much more common than the other? no(if so, which?) Does either sense involve a literary reference? nocultural noreference? no metaphor of some other kind? The sense in which no one would apply the word to himself: Is that because it would be a factually false statement ('I am a jelly donut')? no an unflattering statement ('I am stupid')? yes, but the sense does not involve stupidity a meaningless/nonsense statement that cannot be classified as true or false? no | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1148 Registered: 6-2003 |
Does the word end with '-ing'? In the unflattering sense, does it mean something like crazy? evil? ugly? unpopular? unkind? unskilled? | ||
| Probably_monty_hall (Probably_monty_hall)
New member Username: Probably_monty_hall Post Number: 134 Registered: 10-2009 |
Something like "I'm barking mad"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5029 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 1148 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 3:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does the word end with '-ing'? In the unflattering sense, does it mean something like crazy? noevil? noish ugly? yopeunpopular? noishunkind? nounskilled? no Probably_monty_hall (Probably_monty_hall) New member Username: Probably_monty_hall Post Number: 134 Registered: 10-2009 Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 - 3:53 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Something like "I'm barking mad"? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5031 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: The negative sense of the world is general term of condemnation rather than one indicating a specific vice. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1497 Registered: 7-2009 |
Was the word "fool"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5038 Registered: 8-2001 |
Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1497 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 8:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the word "fool"? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1138 Registered: 9-2009 |
Nazism relevant? Fascism? Other political movement considered bad/evil? Non-political movement? Movement not considered bad (by most)? Did he say/could he have said "I am [word]"? Or would it have to be formulated differently? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5039 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1138 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 3:51 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Nazism relevant? no Fascism? no Other political movement considered bad/evil? no Non-political movement? noMovement not considered bad (by most)? No specific political movement is relevant Did he say/could he have said "I am [word]"? He did! Or would it have to be formulated differently? no | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 618 Registered: 6-2008 |
Are both senses grammatically correct as the sentence was spoken? or is one of them incorrect? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5043 Registered: 8-2001 |
Biograd (Biograd) New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 618 Registered: 6-2008 Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 8:09 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Are both senses grammatically correct as the sentence was spoken yesor is one of them incorrect? no | ||
| Oisin (Oisin)
New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 252 Registered: 12-2008 |
"I am revolting?" | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5064 Registered: 8-2001 |
Oisin (Oisin) New member Username: Oisin Post Number: 252 Registered: 12-2008 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:13 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "I am revolting?" Yes!! ************ SPOILER ***************** When the activist said, "I am revolting," well, he obviously wasn't thinking about the other interpretation. |
