| Author | Message | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2506 Registered: 5-2003 |
"A hell of a headache. But a short one." | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2090 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is it ended by the death of the head owner? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2091 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is it ended by the death of the head owner? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2507 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it ended by the death of the head owner? No, but it could have been. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1750 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it ended by: unconsciousness? Sleep? Painkiller? Narcosis? Is it a literal headache? Or headache as in dilemma? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2517 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it ended by: unconsciousness? Sleep? Painkiller? Narcosis? Is it a literal headache? Or headache as in dilemma? None of these. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1758 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is there a thump? Does it cause the headache? Or end it? Is the owner of the head HAM? Is the headacha a literal pain? Is the pain in the head of the head owner? Is a medical procedure relevant? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 1132 Registered: 10-2008 |
Is there a real head involved? If so, is it a human head? Is some kind of "thinking" machine involved? Is someone involved speaking these words? Someone looking on? Or is it just an apt way to describe something? Does the headache go on for a measurable length of time? If so, seconds? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Longer? | ||
| Fleemco198 (Fleemco198)
New member Username: Fleemco198 Post Number: 451 Registered: 9-2009 |
was death involved? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2536 Registered: 5-2003 |
Note: There is a definite FA involved here, which explains some of the odd answers. Is there a thump? Yes. Does it cause the headache? No. Or end it? No. Is the owner of the head HAM? Yes. Is the headacha a literal pain? Yope. Is the pain in the head of the head owner? Yope. Is a medical procedure relevant? No. Is there a real head involved? No. If so, is it a human head? Yes. Is some kind of "thinking" machine involved? No. Is someone involved speaking these words? Yes. Someone looking on? Yes. Or is it just an apt way to describe something? Yes. Does the headache go on for a measurable length of time? Not really. If so, seconds? I said it's a short one. Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Longer? was death involved? No, but... | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2110 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the head a skull? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2541 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the head a skull? No. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2597 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it the head of a statue? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2549 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it the head of a statue? No. There is a definite FA here. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1765 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it a human head? Animal head? Fake head? Object that can be called a head, but does not resemble a biological head? Such as the head of foam on a glass of beer? A fictional head? Not a head at all? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 206 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is it another body part called a head? (I am thinking of one in particular, but I don't want to get too specific in case that is not the tone of this puzzle.) | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2555 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it a human head? Animal head? Fake head? This. Object that can be called a head, but does not resemble a biological head? Such as the head of foam on a glass of beer? A fictional head? Not a head at all? Or this. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 39 Registered: 4-2010 |
So it's a fake human head? Was it the head that was hurt? Or the head owner? Someone else? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 1140 Registered: 10-2008 |
Are there multiple heads? If so, is one a real human head? A fake human head? Some other kind of non-living "head"? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2564 Registered: 5-2003 |
So it's a fake human head? Could be. Was it the head that was hurt? Yes. Or the head owner? Someone else? Are there multiple heads? Assume yes. If so, is one a real human head? Yes. A fake human head? Assume yes. Some other kind of non-living "head"? No. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 208 Registered: 1-2010 |
Could it easily be mistaken for a real human head? Was it designed to look like one? Was it designed for a movie? A play? As a work of art? For scientific purposes? Religious purposes? For some sort of crime? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2599 Registered: 5-2003 |
Could it easily be mistaken for a real human head? Was it designed to look like one? Was it designed for a movie? A play? As a work of art? For scientific purposes? While technically incorrect, this is closest; no to all the others. Religious purposes? For some sort of crime? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 209 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is it for a pseudoscience? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2600 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it for a pseudoscience? No. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 210 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is science somehow involved? Is it obviously not a head? Is it the wrong color? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2601 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is science somehow involved? Yes. Is it obviously not a head? Yes. Is it the wrong color? Irr. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 211 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is it made out of: paper? plastic? metal? wood? clay? cardboard? Is it two-dimensional? Was it made by scientists? Was science required to make it? Is biology relevant? physics? chemistry? astronomy? geology? Was a special knowledge of anatomy required to construct the head? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2607 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it made out of: paper? plastic? metal? wood? clay? cardboard? Is it two-dimensional? Was it made by scientists? Was science required to make it? Is biology relevant? physics? chemistry? astronomy? geology? Was a special knowledge of anatomy required to construct the head? It's irrelevant how the head was made or, indeed, if it even existed. Science was required in the incident -- primarily physics, but biology and astronomy are mildly relevant and may lead you to what was really going on. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 747 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was someone theorizing? or demonstrating? that a person's head would be injured in some hypothetical situation? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2608 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was someone theorizing? or demonstrating? This. that a person's head would be injured in some hypothetical situation? Yes! With an ish. | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 1145 Registered: 10-2008 |
So, it could be a thought experiment with a hypothetical head? Or an actual demonstration with a fake head? Is the fake head supposed to stand in for a real one? Is the demonstration about a situation that a person, and their head, could actually find themselves in? Or maybe just their head? In that case, would their headache be short? Would they die? Outer space involved? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2610 Registered: 5-2003 |
So, it could be a thought experiment with a hypothetical head? Or an actual demonstration with a fake head? This. Is the fake head supposed to stand in for a real one? Yes. Is the demonstration about a situation that a person, and their head, could actually find themselves in? Yes. Or maybe just their head? No. In that case, would their headache be short? Would they die? Yes to both. Outer space involved? Yes, though this incident could have occurred under other circumstances as well. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2156 Registered: 11-2008 |
Mythbusters involved? (I remember they once demonstrated whether a human head can be cut off with a ceiling fan.) | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 1157 Registered: 10-2008 |
I was thinking of the balistics gel dummy too, Alhucema! Are they demonstrating the effects of depressurization (like one's head exploding)? Lack of oxygen? Lack of gravity? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2615 Registered: 5-2003 |
Mythbusters involved? Good thinking, but no. (I remember they once demonstrated whether a human head can be cut off with a ceiling fan.) Eeew. Can it? Are they demonstrating the effects of depressurization (like one's head exploding)? Lack of oxygen? Lack of gravity? None of these. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2166 Registered: 11-2008 |
If I remember correctly, it can't if it is a normal ceiling fan. Then they made a quite powerful fan themselves, sharpened its edges and even then it only cut a dent in the dummy head but was far away from cutting it off completely. Was it some sort of NASA testing? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2618 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was it some sort of NASA testing? Yes. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 213 Registered: 1-2010 |
Were they testing to see how a head would fare in outer space? Did the headache happen to the fake head for a short time? Did this signify that people in outer space would get short headaches? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2173 Registered: 11-2008 |
Does it mean that the dummy head was damaged in such a manner which would result in a fatal injury if it were a real human head? If so, would the injury be caused by an object? By a mere change of outer conditions (such as eg pressure)? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2620 Registered: 5-2003 |
Were they testing to see how a head would fare in outer space? No. Did the headache happen to the fake head for a short time? Fake heads don't get headaches, but I think I know what you mean. Had the head been real, the headach would have been short. Did this signify that people in outer space would get short headaches? No. Does it mean that the dummy head was damaged in such a manner which would result in a fatal injury if it were a real human head? Yes. If so, would the injury be caused by an object? Yes. By a mere change of outer conditions (such as eg pressure)? No. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2174 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is it relevant what the object is made of? If so, is it metal? stone? plastic? glass? Can this be done only/mostly/more easily in the outer space? Would the head be crushed? severed? pierced? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2622 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it relevant what the object is made of? Yes. If so, is it metal? Primarily this. stone? plastic? With elements of this. glass? And this. Can this be done only/mostly/more easily in the outer space? No to all. Would the head be crushed? This. severed? pierced? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2180 Registered: 11-2008 |
Would the head be propelled against something? Or vice versa? Would the crushing object press the head from the side? Or rather be placed around it? Would the object be very heavy? Quick moving?Extreme pressure involved? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2623 Registered: 5-2003 |
Would the head be propelled against something? This. Or vice versa? Would the crushing object press the head from the side? Or rather be placed around it? Neither. Below, I assume you mean what the head would be crushed against. Would the object be very heavy? Yes. Quick moving? Yope. Extreme pressure involved? I don't think so. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2183 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is it relevant what object it is? Is it a part of a car/another vehicle? Is the head quick moving rather than the object? Instant change of speed relevant? (like in the test of brakes with dummies with and without safety belts)? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2625 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it relevant what object it is? Yes. Is it a part of a car/another vehicle? The latter. Is the head quick moving rather than the object? Yes. Instant change of speed relevant? Yes. (like in the test of brakes with dummies with and without safety belts)? You have the right idea. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2186 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the speed change caused by braking? Acceleration? Is the object a wall? If so, of a spaceship? An aircraft? Are safety belts relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2627 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the speed change caused by braking? Acceleration? Thisish. Is the object a wall? No. If so, of a spaceship? An aircraft? Are safety belts relevant? No. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2190 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the object part of something bigger? Is the object bigger than: a bullet (actually, is it a bullet)? An apple? A microwave? A car? Is it stationary? Is it on/below ground? In water? Is the dummy head inside it (like it would be eg. in a car) ? Is the dummy head on a body? Relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2630 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the object part of something bigger? Yes. Is the object bigger than: a bullet (actually, is it a bullet)? No. An apple? A microwave? This. A car? Is it stationary? Yope. Is it on/below ground? Above ground. In water? No. Is the dummy head inside it (like it would be eg. in a car) ? Yes. Is the dummy head on a body? Assume yes, if you like. Relevant? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 90 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a crash test dummy? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2632 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it a crash test dummy? Assume yes. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2215 Registered: 11-2008 |
Is the object only slightly bigger than the head? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2641 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the object only slightly bigger than the head? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 129 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the object a vehicle? Car? Truck? Train? Bus? Plane? Other? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2645 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the object a vehicle? Part of one. Car? Truck? Train? Bus? Plane? Other? This. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2228 Registered: 11-2008 |
A spaceship? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2647 Registered: 5-2003 |
A spaceship? Yep. | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2233 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was excessive gravity (or whatever this is called) involved? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2653 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was excessive gravity (or whatever this is called) involved? In a sense, yes! | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2243 Registered: 11-2008 |
Acceleration? Were they testing acceleration similar as in the takeoff of a spaceship? And found out it would crush the astronaut's head? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2656 Registered: 5-2003 |
Acceleration? Yes! Were they testing acceleration similar as in the takeoff of a spaceship? Not quite. And found out it would crush the astronaut's head? Under certain circumstances... | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1827 Registered: 9-2009 |
Takeoff relevant? Reentry? Landing? Is the object a helmet? A seat? Would it come loose during acceleration? Or just put enough pressure on the head to crush it? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2659 Registered: 5-2003 |
Takeoff relevant? This. Reentry? Landing? Is the object a helmet? A seat? Neither. Would it come loose during acceleration? Yes. Or just put enough pressure on the head to crush it? Again, under certain circumstances. Look out for FAs! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1911 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the head stationary? Or is it being accelerated? With the rest of the testing rig? Do we need to find out more about the "certain circumstances"? Are they testing a worst-case scenario? some sort of emergency equipment? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2678 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is the head stationary? Or is it being accelerated? This. With the rest of the testing rig? Yes. Do we need to find out more about the "certain circumstances"? Yes. Are they testing a worst-case scenario? Yes. some sort of emergency equipment? Yes. Excellent questions, all! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1942 Registered: 9-2009 |
Ejection seat relevant? Other emergency ejection mechanism? Would the person, under certain circumstances, be ejected headfirst into a door, canopy or other object that was supposed to have been retracted, opened, launched or otherwise removed beforehand? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2679 Registered: 5-2003 |
Ejection seat relevant? Other emergency ejection mechanism? Would the person, under certain circumstances, be ejected headfirst into a door, canopy or other object that was supposed to have been retracted, opened, launched or otherwise removed beforehand? Got it. ********************* Spoiler ********************* NASA's Gemini spacecraft included ejection seats for its crew in the event of problems during launch. During one test the seats fired, but the hatches did not. Astronaut John Young, who would be the Gemini's first pilot, observed, "A hell of a headache. But a short one." | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2285 Registered: 11-2008 |
Thanks, Jenburdoo, for this puzzle! It was fun! |
