| Author | Message | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 538 Registered: 8-2001 |
Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot ~Big Yellow Taxi, Joni Mitchell Before she was lost, few people knew her. While she was lost, many people “knew” where she was, but they still kept searching. If she had never been lost, they would have never realized what they had. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13130 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are all "she"s the same? H? A? F? All "they"s the same? Are "they" the "many people"? H? A? M? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 549 Registered: 8-2001 |
Are all "she"s the same? Yes H? No A? Let's assume yes F? Yes All "they"s the same? Yes Are "they" the "many people"? Part of the "many" H? A? M? They are all human, all adult, mixed male and female. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13137 Registered: 4-2010 |
"She" - an animal? A tree? Another plant? A ship? Do the people have something in common? Are they from the same area? Same country? State? Town? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 562 Registered: 8-2001 |
"She" - an animal? An animal A tree? Another plant? A ship? No to these Do the people have something in common? Yes Are they from the same area? Possibly Same country? State? Town? Not likely. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 785 Registered: 1-2011 |
Do "they" share common profession? They kept searching - for her? for something else? She was lost - died? disappeared? change location to an unknown one? people knew her - see her? meet her? have scientific knowledge about her? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 568 Registered: 8-2001 |
Do "they" share common profession? Yes They kept searching - for her? For her for something else? No She was lost - died? No disappeared? Yes change location to an unknown one? YES people knew her - see her? Yope meet her? NO have scientific knowledge about her? Perhaps, but irrelevant | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13150 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is she a rare animal? A wild one? A domesticated one? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 489 Registered: 2-2011 |
was she a mammal? bird? fish? reptile? insect? is this a true story? FYOI? FSEI? was it in the news? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 581 Registered: 8-2001 |
was she a mammal? bird? fish? reptile? insect? Reptile is this a true story? Yes FYOI? FSEI? No to these was it in the news? Yes | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 496 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she get lost in the sewers? was she an alligator or crocodile? a snake? was she a rare specimen? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 594 Registered: 8-2001 |
did she get lost in the sewers? Nope was she an alligator or crocodile? No a snake? YES was she a rare specimen? I'd say Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13201 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did they know she was rare before she was lost? While she was lost, did they know the general idea of where she was? Did they think they knew where she was? But actually didn't? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 598 Registered: 8-2001 |
ARG! BLOOPER ALERT!! Are all "she"s the same? The MOST correct answer would be NO. The puzzle statement could be most accurately written as... While she was lost, many people "knew" where "she" was. Ugh, sorry!! | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 599 Registered: 8-2001 |
Did they know she was rare before she was lost? Yes While she was lost, did they know the general idea of where she was? Yes, for both "shes" - see my correction. Did they think they knew where she was? Yes for both "she"s. But actually didn't? No for both. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 642 Registered: 7-2010 |
So, there are two shes? And one of them disappeared and the other didn't? The one who escaped: Did she escape from a terrarium? From a zoo? From a person who had her as a pet? Was she a wild animal that had been captured and then escaped again? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 607 Registered: 8-2001 |
So, there are two shes? Yesish is probably the least misleading. And one of them disappeared Yes and the other didn't? No The one who escaped: Did she escape from a terrarium? No From a zoo? YES From a person who had her as a pet? No Was she a wild animal that had been captured and then escaped again? Perhaps but not relevant here... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13247 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it a female animal (bear?) that escaped? A pregnant one? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 633 Registered: 8-2001 |
Was it a female animal (bear?) that escaped? Yes, and she's a snake (see above). A pregnant one? Not that I know of | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 530 Registered: 2-2011 |
is the second she also a snake? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 796 Registered: 1-2011 |
Does "get lost" refer to the same type of location as "where"? It may seem a bit complicated, so I will explain. I think about the situation when, for example, "get lost" refers to the initial habitat of she, like "the zoo", while "where" refers not to her new habitat, but rather to any general location, like "on earth", or "in her mom's belly" - if pregnancy was relevant. | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 645 Registered: 8-2001 |
Is the second she also a snake? YOPE Redwine - I'm still not sure I'm getting it, but here's my best shot: Does "get lost" refer to the same type of location as "where"? Yes, in that all locations in this puzzle are specific locations more than "on earth" or the other examples you provided. No, in that the specific location she was lost from is required to solve the puzzle. The "where" can be more general, though there are specifics, if anyone guesses them. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 542 Registered: 2-2011 |
was there publicity about her loss? on TV? newspapers? did she lay some eggs? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 676 Registered: 8-2001 |
Was there publicity about her loss? YES! On TV? Here Newspapers? Here too and... did she lay some eggs? Nope | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 643 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the one "she" the cobra that escaped from the zoo in New York? Is the other one the "twittering cobra"? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 687 Registered: 8-2001 |
Well, played Potato!! I knew I spent some time this morning writing that "You-Know-What"! Is the one "she" the cobra that escaped from the zoo in New York? YES!! Is the other one the "twittering cobra"? YES!! You-know-what on the way! | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 688 Registered: 8-2001 |
***** SPOILER ***** She is the Bronx Zoo cobra. On Monday, March 28, 2011, she went missing from an off-exhibit enclosure within the reptile house. Zoo officials were confident she was still somewhere within the reptile house, but closed the exhibit to the public until she could be found. “Our best strategy is patience, allowing her time to come out of hiding," said zoo director Jim Breheny. The same day someone launched a Twitter feed called “@BronxZooCobra” that billed itself as “an Egyptian cobra out on the town” and provided tweets from around NYC documenting the cobra seeing the sights. Within 11 hours, the feed had over 20,000 followers. Highlights include: * Holding very still in the snake exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. This is gonna be hilarious! * Leaving Wall Street. These guys make my skin crawl. * On top of the Empire State Building! All the people look like little mice down there. Delicious little mice. * "Indiana Jones, why did it have to be Indiana Jones? * I do speak Parseltongue, but with a thick Bronx accent. * Just FYI, I've had it with Samuel L. Jackson too. Other twitter users got in on the fun, including: * Cushy and warm! RT @HiltonNewYork @bronxzooscobra Do you have a place to stay in NYC tonight? We can offer you the Penthouse ssssuite. While over 20,000 knew where “she” was, it wasn’t much help in locating the missing snake. One clever Twitter user did try to pinpoint her location. Her response “Sure, let me just...wait a second! RT @JamColoured @BronxZoosCobra Can you turn GPS tracking on your iPhone please? No reason”. The real Bronx Zoo Cobra was recaptured on Thursday, March 31, 2011. The story hit most sites on Friday April 1 – causing a little confusion as to whether her capture was legit or an April Fool’s Day prank. To date, the Bronx Zoo has not admitted any involvement with the Twitter account, though if it wasn’t someone in their Marketing Department – it should have been! She is marketing gold, as people previously unaware there even was a zoo in the Bronx are now adding a zoo visit and a chance to see “Mia the not-missing Cobra” to their “Must Do” lists. Personally, I’m amused to see the tweets have continued, despite the capture of the real Mia. After Capture… * Anyone else got a case of the Mondays? I do. It's a plexi-glass case enclosure in the Reptile House. * I know the zoo doesn't like it when you tap on the glass, but I don't mind it. In fact, feel free to tap really hard. With a hammer even. * Children 2 years and under are always free at The Bronx Zoo. Um. Hello. I'm under 2. Full article about the reptile’s recapture is HERE. | ||
| Twilightseeker (Twilightseeker)
New member Username: Twilightseeker Post Number: 223 Registered: 2-2009 |
Aha! I should've known. That story was hilarious. :D | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 740 Registered: 8-2001 |
I really enjoyed the Twitter feed. |
