| Author | Message | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4499 Registered: 12-2000 |
My daughter wrote something on Facebook that made me chuckle. However, a friend of her's wrote something in response that made her sound really cruel - it had us ROFL, so to speak. Can you work out what was said? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 730 Registered: 5-2009 |
Did she write something about herself? a friend of her? a relative? a teacher/professor? another person she knows personally? a celebrity? a stranger? an animal? Is your daughter less than six years old? six to ten years old? eleven to thirteen years old? fourteen to seventeen years old? eighteen to twenty-one years old? older? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4500 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she write something about herself? yes a friend of her? no a relative? no a teacher/professor? teacher another person she knows personally? no a celebrity? no a stranger? no an animal? no Is your daughter less than six years old? six to ten years old? eleven to thirteen years old? fourteen to seventeen years old? eighteen to twenty-one years old? older? this one | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2791 Registered: 5-2003 |
What's her friend's age, using the same rubric? Are their ages relevant? Was the friend the teacher? Is anyone relevant besides her and her friend? Is the teacher relevant? Is the remark only cruel out of context? In context? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4501 Registered: 12-2000 |
What's her friend's age, using the same rubric? Are their ages relevant? he's the same age as her Was the friend the teacher? no Is anyone relevant besides her and her friend? yes Is the teacher relevant? yes Is the remark only cruel out of context? In context? difficult to answer, I'll say yes to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 756 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she write something about the school in general? Did the teacher write the response? Another student? And WOW, 4500 posts! Congratulations! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 757 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ach, scratch my second question. We cross-posted. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4502 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she write something about the school in general? no Did the teacher write the response? no Another student? no And WOW, 4500 posts! Congratulations! d'you know, I never noticed! | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 734 Registered: 5-2009 |
Did the response assume the context is a different one than originally intended? Did she look like being cruel to her teacher? her friend? someone else? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4503 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did the response assume the context is a different one than originally intended? no Did she look like being cruel to her teacher? no her friend? no someone else? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 762 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she look like being cruel to you? Other family? A particular group/race/religion? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4504 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she look like being cruel to you? no Other family? no A particular group/race/religion? particular group | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 763 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the group one you can join (like a club)? Or is it based on age? Sexual orientation? Height? Weight? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4505 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is the group one you can join (like a club)? yes, although it's misleading to call it a club Or is it based on age? this one Sexual orientation? Height? Weight? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 737 Registered: 5-2009 |
A group of old people? Young people? Did she say the teacher could/might join the group? Couldn't/wouldn't join it? Same for the teacher leaving the group? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 765 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you ROFLing at the friend's comment? At what the original comment now seemed like? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4506 Registered: 12-2000 |
A group of old people? Young people? this one Did she say the teacher could/might join the group? no and FA Couldn't/wouldn't join it? no Same for the teacher leaving the group? no | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4507 Registered: 12-2000 |
Were you ROFLing at the friend's comment? yes At what the original comment now seemed like? exactly so | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 766 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she now seem cruel to children? Infants? Teenagers? Kids who were a specific age? Grade? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4508 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she now seem cruel to children? yes Infants? close in age to this Teenagers? Kids who were a specific age? yes Grade? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 768 Registered: 4-2010 |
Toddlers? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4510 Registered: 12-2000 |
Toddlers? just a bit older - definitions do vary so I'll just say three year olds | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 769 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she appear to insult their intellectual ability? Physical ability? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4512 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she appear to insult their intellectual ability? Physical ability? no to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 777 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hmmm... Ability to process emotions? Spiritual ability? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4514 Registered: 12-2000 |
Hmmm... Ability to process emotions? Spiritual ability?no to both It would help to find out what situation she was in with the three year olds | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 808 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was she teaching the 3-year-olds? Babysitting? Day care? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4515 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was she teaching the 3-year-olds? YES Babysitting? Day care? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2829 Registered: 5-2003 |
Anyone relevant besides your daughter, her friend, the teacher and the three-year-olds? Or was the friend the teacher, so the two overlap? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 824 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she seem to be insulting the kids' learning ability? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 825 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was she teaching the kids in preschool? Day care? Sunday school? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4516 Registered: 12-2000 |
Anyone relevant besides your daughter, her friend, the teacher and the three-year-olds? no, just my daughter who it has been found IS the teacher and the three year olds Or was the friend the teacher, so the two overlap? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4517 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she seem to be insulting the kids' learning ability? no | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4518 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was she teaching the kids in preschool? this one, although it's part of a full school - but not too relevant really Day care? Sunday school? no to these but it's quite possible that she could have said what she said in these situations | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 844 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did her statement appear to insult all the kids? One? Some? Do we need to know anything more about the kids, other than they are 3? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4519 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did her statement appear to insult all the kids? no One? Some? Do we need to know anything more about the kids, other than they are 3? nothing about them as individuals, just what the original situation was that she wrote about | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 848 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she write about something that happened in school? If these were high-school students, would this have appeared as insulting? Middle school? Elementary school? College/university? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4520 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she write about something that happened in school? in a way If these were high-school students, would this have appeared as insulting? nothing was insulting Middle school? Elementary school? College/university?it's possible that it could have happened at elementary school, but less likely, and highly unlikely that it would have elicited the same remark at any of the other levels of education | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 850 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the apparently cruel statement seem to be hateful? Arrogant? Sarcastic? Insulting? Tormenting? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4521 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did the apparently cruel statement seem to be hateful? Arrogant? Sarcastic? Insulting? Tormenting? none of these in the original form, although it was turned into something that sounded to be tormenting | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 857 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did the friend's comment "add to" the original comment? Or just put a new perspective on it? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4522 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did the friend's comment "add to" the original comment? no Or just put a new perspective on it? yessish | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 863 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is context relevant? Did the comment refer to an event? Or was it a generalization? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4523 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is context relevant? yes Did the comment refer to an event? in a manner of speaking - it refered to something that had been done, so if you consider that an event... Or was it a generalization? it was a bit of a generalisation though about what had been done | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 864 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did it refer to something that had been done during the school day? In a class? Inside jokes relevant? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4524 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did it refer to something that had been done during the school day? yes In a class? yes Inside jokes relevant? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 868 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the comment about what the class had done in that class? What one student had done? Some? How far they'd advanced? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4525 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was the comment about what the class had done in that class? yes What one student had done? no Some? no, it really referred to all of them How far they'd advanced? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 871 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the subject of the class relevant? If so, was it [LTPF list of school subjects]? Or was it nap time, snack time, recess, or something else like this? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4526 Registered: 12-2000 |
Is the subject of the class relevant? yes If so, was it [LTPF list of school subjects]? oh ok, then :-) painting Or was it nap time, snack time, recess, or something else like this? nope | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 875 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fingerpainting? Did she describe it as *gulp* ROT13 "svatrevat"? Which is not a way one would describe 3-year-olds? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4527 Registered: 12-2000 |
Fingerpainting? she didn't say, but it may well have been Did she describe it as *gulp* ROT13 "svatrevat"? not at all, I wouldn't have chuckled at that as I wouldn't have understood! Which is not a way one would describe 3-year-olds? obviously not! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 881 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did her comment involve specific colors? The subject of the paintings? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4528 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did her comment involve specific colors? The subject of the paintings? no to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 882 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was her comment about how well the kids were painting? Did she use the word "painting"? Or "paint"? Did the kids get paint all over themselves? Did she call them "messy"? Or something similar? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4529 Registered: 12-2000 |
OK - I've translated your ROT13 language and must emphasise that what she said was totally G rated, and the response from her friend was just plain funny (although 'svatrevat' is a regular word to describe a weight of knitting yarn which bugs the living daylights out of me) | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4530 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was her comment about how well the kids were painting? no Did she use the word "painting"? Or "paint"? she did say paint Did the kids get paint all over themselves? this was obvious from her comment, although she didn't use the words themselves Did she call them "messy"? nothing like that was actually said by her, but it was obvious that they were Or something similar? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 885 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she say something like "The kids got paint all over themselves today"? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4531 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she say something like "The kids got paint all over themselves today"? no, although it was obvious that they had | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 886 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she use the word "kids" or "today"? Did they get paint all over the classroom too? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4532 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she use the word "kids" or "today"? no Did they get paint all over the classroom too? possibly, I don't know | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4533 Registered: 12-2000 |
I'm not one for prolonging puzzles for the sake of it. I wonder whether you'd like to hear his response, and then use that to work out what she said? Just a thought. Let me know. I won't post anything unless you say. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 888 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yeah, I'm getting stuck, so could you post that? Thanks. | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4534 Registered: 12-2000 |
'That's just sick. shame on your for torturing them in that way.' Remember that she wasn't sick and she didn't torture them! | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4535 Registered: 12-2000 |
doesn't really help, does it? :-) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 893 Registered: 4-2010 |
Maybe. I've got a few ideas now... Did she say what the assignment was? Did she help the students at all with the painting? Did she mention what kind of paint it was (in the comment)? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4536 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she say what the assignment was?noDid she help the students at all with the painting? yes Did she mention what kind of paint it was (in the comment)? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 894 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she say, in the comment, that she helped the kids paint? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4537 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she say, in the comment, that she helped the kids paint? only indirectly, but she obviously had | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 895 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she accidentally leave out a word in the comment? i.e. "I painted the kids" instead of "I painted with the kids"? Did she use the word "paint" as a noun? Verb? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4538 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she accidentally leave out a word in the comment? i.e. "I painted the kids" instead of "I painted with the kids"? no but you're on the right track - ish Did she use the word "paint" as a noun? Verb? verb | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 897 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did one of the words she used have an unintended second meaning? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4539 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did one of the words she used have an unintended second meaning? good question - her entire (short) sentence was read differently by her friend | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 898 Registered: 4-2010 |
Short sentence - was it 2 words? 3? 4? 5? 6? 7? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4540 Registered: 12-2000 |
Short sentence - was it 2 words? 3? 4? 5? 6? 7? 9 | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 900 Registered: 4-2010 |
OK, so her entire 9-word sentence, that included the word "paint" as a verb, was misunderstood, right? Did she say they painted on paper (or whatever material)? And the friend misunderstood it as body painting or something? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4541 Registered: 12-2000 |
OK, so her entire 9-word sentence, that included the word "paint" as a verb, was misunderstood, right? I think it was a deliberate misunderstanding, but that just made it funny Did she say they painted on paper (or whatever material)? no And the friend misunderstood it as body painting or something? not quite, but again on the right track | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 906 Registered: 4-2010 |
OK... Material the kids painted on relevant? Type of paint? Color? Any object in the room? The fact that the teacher helped them? The fact that my guitar amplifier is picking up foreign radio stations? Anything that happened before/after the painting relevant? Did one of the kids have to pee? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4542 Registered: 12-2000 |
Material the kids painted on relevant? Type of paint? Color? Any object in the room? no to all The fact that the teacher helped them? the teacher in this case is of course herself, as has long ago been found out, and yes she did help them - important The fact that my guitar amplifier is picking up foreign radio stations? we've had the police frequency butt in on us before now - freaky Anything that happened before/after the painting relevant? no Did one of the kids have to pee? no doubt, but she didn't actually say so concentrate just on her and the children painting | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 911 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she mention the kids in the comment? Using the word "students"? "Children"? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4543 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she mention the kids in the comment? Using the word "students"? "Children"? she referred to them, yes | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4544 Registered: 12-2000 |
I'm on forum time, so I'm off to bed now. Good work. ttyl | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 915 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she refer to them in the possessive ("my")? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1403 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did she use the word "helped"? painting walls relevant? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4545 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she refer to them in the possessive ("my")? no Did she use the word "helped"? no painting walls relevant? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2065 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did the other comment make it seem like she forced them to do something? Something other than painting? That she hurt them? Made them uncomfortable? Bored them? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4546 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did the other comment make it seem like she forced them to do something? in a way Something other than painting? no That she hurt them? yes - but remember that this was a joke on his part Made them uncomfortable? I think they would be! Bored them? but no, not at all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 967 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she say she "made them paint"...something? "Had them paint"? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1409 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did she say "paint themselves"? which could mean painting on their own, or actually painting their own bodies? Is a paintbrush relevant? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4547 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she say she "made them paint"...something? "Had them paint"? no to both Did she say "paint themselves"? which could mean painting on their own, or actually painting their own bodies? no to both Is a paintbrush relevant? in a lateral way, yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 980 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she say that she had them "paint pictures" or something like this? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4548 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did she say that she had them "paint pictures" or something like this? nope | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 1411 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did her friend make it sound like she had been using the paintbrush to physically hurt the children? to...sexually abuse them? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4549 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did her friend make it sound like she had been using the paintbrush to physically hurt the children? to...sexually abuse them? good grief no - that would not be funny. This is just a ridiculous notion that would not happen in anything other than a silly cartoon I think I perhaps better spoil ************** SPOILER ************* My daughter said 'Remind me not to paint with three year olds' To which her goofy friend said 'That's just sick. shame on your for torturing them in that way' - conjuring up an image of her dipping them in paint and swinging them round to use them AS paintbrushes Thank you one and all, particularly Balin who laboured so valiantly! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 997 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ooh, that would be ROFL-worthy. Can't wait for your next one, hopefully with even more ROFLs! |
