| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6644 Registered: 8-2001 |
When someone in the audience tried to insult the visiting lecturer, the visiting lecturer turned the attempted insult into a compliment. How come? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1194 Registered: 12-2010 |
This sounds vagely familiar, I think I've heard a similar puzzle before. However, I don't remember the answer. Does this happen as a university? the visiting lecturer: H/A/M? F? Is the visiting lecturer a professor/researcher from another university? a scientist? a politician? a famous person? the "someone": H/A/M? F? a student? a professor? researcher? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6645 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1194 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2011 - 9:35 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) This sounds vagely familiar, I think I've heard a similar puzzle before. Well, I haven't! I hope it;'s not an old puzzle! However, I don't remember the answer. Does this happen as a university? irrel the visiting lecturer: H yes/A probably but not necessarily/M? F? Is the visiting lecturer a professor/researcher from another university? a scientist? a politician? a famous person? all are irrel the "someone": H yes/Avery probably/M? irrel F? irrela student? irrel a professor? irrel researcher? irrel | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1196 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is it relevant what the visiting lecturer was talking about? A controversial topic? Was the insult related to the person of the visiting lecturer? To what he was talking about? Can we call the someone Cindy? And the visiting lecturer Marco? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6646 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1196 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2011 - 10:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it relevant what the visiting lecturer was talking about? no A controversial topic?well, the insulter disagreed with the speaker Was the insult related to the person of the visiting lecturer? yes To what he was talking about?yope Can we call the someone Cindy? sureAnd the visiting lecturer Marco? ditto | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1198 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did Cindy insult Marco while he was talking? Afterwards? Beforehand? Did she shout the insult? So that everyone could hear it? Was the insult related to his physical appearance? His voice? His theories/opinion? His argumentation? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6647 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1198 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2011 - 11:43 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did Cindy insult Marco while he was talking? noish Afterwards?yesish Beforehand? bnoDid she shout the insult? no So that everyone could hear it? everyone did hear it Was the insult related to his physical appearance? no His voice? no His theories/opinion? see next answer His argumentation? yes | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1199 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did Marco ask if there were any questions left? And then Cindy insulted him? Did she say that his argumentation was hard to follow? That one of his arguments is wrong? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1228 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did Cindy say something generally insulting (like "You're an idiot")? Something that insulted Marco's views ("You'd have to be an idiot to believe that)? Or something that just disagreed with the views in a way that wasn't entirely name-calling (like "I don't know how anyone could think such a thing.") | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6650 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1199 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 10:38 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did Marco ask if there were any questions left? no And then Cindy insulted him? no Did she say that his argumentation was hard to follow? no That one of his arguments is wrong? Anyone who considers that a n insult won't last long on the lecture circuit. . .or anyone else, Having people one (or more) of your arguments is wrong is a hazard of belonging to the human race. Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn) New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1228 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 4:55 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did Cindy say something generally insulting (like "You're an idiot")?noish Something that insulted Marco's views ("You'd have to be an idiot to believe that)? no Or something that just disagreed with the views in a way that wasn't entirely name-calling (like "I don't know how anyone could think such a thing.") no | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1204 Registered: 12-2010 |
Well, there are different ways of telling someone that their argument is wrong... Did Cindy interrupt Marco? Is it relevant whether Cindy knew anything about the topic Marco was talking about? Did she? Could this have happened if Marco hadn't been a visiting lecturer but one who is always there? Did Cindy hear him for the first time? Is anything else about Marco relevant? Age? Race? Religion? About Cindy? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6651 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1204 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 8:29 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Well, there are different ways of telling someone that their argument is wrong... Well, of course it can be done in an insulting way, but so can almost anything. Did Cindy interrupt Marco? no Is it relevant whether Cindy knew anything about the topic Marco was talking about? yopeDid she?probably but not necesasrily Could this have happened if Marco hadn't been a visiting lecturer but one who is always there? yes Did Cindy hear him for the first time? irrel Is anything else about Marco relevant? no Age? no Race? no Religion? noAbout Cindy? no | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1207 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is it relevant how many people there were? What kind of room this was? Relevant how long the lecture was? Did he show any pictures/graphs/presentations? Relevant? Did Cindy say that his argumentation was too simple? Not scientific? that he was plagiarising? Did she insult him with a single word? More than one word? Without words? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6652 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1207 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 8:59 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it relevant how many people there were? no What kind of room this was? no Relevant how long the lecture was? no Did he show any pictures/graphs/presentations? irrel Relevant? no Did Cindy say that his argumentation was too simple? noNot scientific? nothat he was plagiarising? no Did she insult him with a single word? noMore than one word? yes Without words? no | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1184 Registered: 7-2001 |
did she say/imply that he was lying? that he was stupid? ignorant? vain? naive? sexist? prejudist in some way? racist? gullible? did she insult his physical appearance? his intelligence? his reasoning power? his sense of humour? his academic originality? did she say/imply that he was falsifying data? misinterpreting data? being old fashioned? out of date? not keeping up with current research in the field? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6653 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1184 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2011 - 10:21 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did she say/imply that he was lying? no that he was stupid? no ignorant? no vain? noish naive? no sexist? no prejudist in some way? noracist? no gullible? no did she insult his physical appearance? no his intelligence? no his reasoning power? yope or yesish his sense of humour? no his academic originality? no did she say/imply that he was falsifying data? nomisinterpreting data?no being old fashioned? noout of date? no not keeping up with current research in the field? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 591 Registered: 2-2011 |
that he was twisting things to make himslef look good? exaggerating? leaping to conclusions? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13341 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did her insult related to any particular argument? To Marco's arguments in general? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6657 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 591 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 9:02 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) that he was twisting things to make himslef look good? noishexaggerating? no leaping to conclusions? Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13341 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 4:21 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did her insult related to any particular argument? no To Marco's arguments in general? yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3897 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the insult in the form of "Your arguments are <word>"? Did she accuse him of a specific argumentation fallacy? Such as using a straw man? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 604 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she accuse him of making his arguments simplistic? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6663 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3897 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 9:12 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the insult in the form of "Your arguments are <word>"? no Did she accuse him of a specific argumentation fallacy? noSuch as using a straw man? no Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 604 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 11:16 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did she accuse him of making his arguments simplistic? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 614 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she criticise the way he expressed his arguments? the rationale behind them? the way he backed them up? examples used? references? plagiarism? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6664 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 614 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 8:26 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did she criticise the way he expressed his no the way he backed them up? noishexamples used? no references? no plagiarism? no | ||
| Sauron (Sauron)
New member Username: Sauron Post Number: 7 Registered: 9-2005 |
the disputed topic was on feminism? Gays/Lesbians? Male dominance? politics? Maths? science? Did the lecturer turn the tables via pun or a literal meaning or wit? | ||
| Sauron (Sauron)
New member Username: Sauron Post Number: 8 Registered: 9-2005 |
the disputed topic was on feminism? Gays/Lesbians? Male dominance? politics? Maths? science? Did the lecturer turn the tables via pun or a literal meaning or wit? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6666 Registered: 8-2001 |
Sauron (Sauron) New member Username: Sauron Post Number: 8 Registered: 9-2005 Posted on Saturday, April 30, 2011 - 10:06 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) the disputed topic was on feminism? Gays/Lesbians? Male dominance? politics? Maths? science? the disputed topic is irrel--any controversial topic will do Did the lecturer turn the tables via pun no or a literal meaningyes or yesishor wit? ditto | ||
| Sauron (Sauron)
New member Username: Sauron Post Number: 9 Registered: 9-2005 |
the disputed topic was on feminism? Gays/Lesbians? Male dominance? politics? Maths? science? Did the lecturer turn the tables via pun or a literal meaning or wit? | ||
| Sauron (Sauron)
New member Username: Sauron Post Number: 10 Registered: 9-2005 |
the disputed topic was on feminism? Gays/Lesbians? Male dominance? politics? Maths? science? Did the lecturer turn the tables via pun or a literal meaning or wit? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6669 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: It would help a lot if you identified the particular flaw Cindy was accusing Marco of. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 660 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she accuse him of promoting his own research in his arguments? citing his own research? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6672 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 660 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - 10:21 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did she accuse him of promoting his own research in his arguments? no citing his own research? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3937 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is her exact wording relevant? Or could any remark pointing out that particular flaw be turned into a compliment? Was he guilty of the flaw? Relevant? did she compare him to someone else? Or his arguments to someone else's? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6677 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3937 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2011 - 2:54 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is her exact wording relevant?yope Or could any remark pointing out that particular flaw be turned into a compliment? no, but there's more than one wording he could have used Was he guilty of the flaw? no Relevant? no did she compare him to someone else? no Or his arguments to someone else's? no | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3951 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did she accuse him of cheating somehow? Did she criticize his sources? Wikipedia relevant? The internet? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6678 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3951 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2011 - 9:31 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did she accuse him of cheating somehow? Did she criticize his sources? Wikipedia relevant? The internet? no to all | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3960 Registered: 9-2009 |
Would her criticism have made sense for any arguments? Any arguments about a controversial subject? Only a specific sort of arguments? Would it have worked a hundred years ago? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6679 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3960 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Friday, May 06, 2011 - 7:39 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Would her criticism have made sense for any arguments? see next answerAny arguments about a controversial subject? Well, March has to disagree with her, but the subject need not be generally controversial Only a specific sort of arguments? noWould it have worked a hundred years ago? yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3975 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the setting (lecturer+audience) relevant? Or could it have worked if they were two friends disagreeing on something? She only attacked his arguments, correct? Did she use an adjective to describe them? Is her criticism some sort of well known fallacy? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6689 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3975 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 3:29 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the setting (lecturer+audience) relevant? Or could it have worked if they were two friends disagreeing on something? She only attacked his arguments, correct? Did she use an adjective to describe them? Is her criticism some sort of well known fallacy?Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3975 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 3:29 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the setting (lecturer+audience) relevant? Or could it have worked if they were two friends disagreeing on something? yesShe only attacked his arguments, correct? yesDid she use an adjective to describe them? no Is her criticism some sort of well known fallacy? no | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1096 Registered: 8-2001 |
Did she specifically mention his arguments in the comment? His reasoning? Since she didn't use an adjective, did she call him something? That implied an insult to his reasoning? As in "You're a ____"? Did her insult involve an obsolete or older meaning of a word? And he chose to take it as meaning that older meaning? Did she call him a pedant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6694 Registered: 8-2001 |
Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1096 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 6:54 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did she specifically mention his arguments in the comment? His reasoning? Since she didn't use an adjective, did she call him something? no That implied an insult to his reasoning? As in "You're a ____"? no Did her insult involve an obsolete or older meaning of a word? no And he chose to take it as meaning that older meaning? no Did she call him a pedant? no | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1164 Registered: 8-2001 |
Reposting since you did not answer these... Did she specifically mention his arguments in the comment? His reasoning? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6696 Registered: 8-2001 |
Vesica (Vesica) New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1164 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 4:59 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Reposting since you did not answer these... Sorry!! Did she specifically mention his arguments in the comment? yesish His reasoning? ditto | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6702 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Cindy's attempted insult was a fairly common remark.It's virtually always intended as an insult, but, as Cindy pointed out, it shouldn't be. | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1187 Registered: 7-2001 |
did she say his argument was not balanced? that he only gave one side of the story? that he was being too emotionally involved with it? not dispassionate enough? not seeing the wood for the trees? not looking at the situation in the round? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6721 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1187 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Saturday, May 28, 2011 - 2:54 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did she say his argument was not balanced? that he only gave one side of the story? that he was being too emotionally involved with it? not dispassionate enough? not seeing the wood for the trees? not looking at the situation in the round? no to all! | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6749 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Cindy is implying that Marco is glib. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1477 Registered: 12-2010 |
Does she say something about the wording of his arguments? The choice of words? A specific word? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6752 Registered: 8-2001 |
Doriana (Doriana) New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1477 Registered: 12-2010 Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2011 - 7:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does she say something about the wording of his arguments? The choice of words? A specific word? no to all | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6775 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Just think of the 5 things you'd be most likely say if you wanted to criticize someone for being glib in responding to criticisms. | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 856 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did she accuse him of not responding to the subject of criticisms but only saying meaningless things? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6788 Registered: 8-2001 |
Redwine (Redwine) New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 856 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 - 12:04 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did she accuse him of not responding to the subject of criticisms but only saying meaningless things? No. HINT: She used a phrase that is often used to criticize someone's responses in a discussion. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 994 Registered: 2-2011 |
"you're not listening" "you're not answering the question" "you're being dismissive" "you're not sticking to the point" you're speaking in genralisations" | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6791 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 994 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 - 6:29 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "you're not listening" no "you're not answering the question" no "you're being dismissive" no "you're not sticking to the point" no you're speaking in genralisations" no. None of these is particularly close, but "You're being dismissive"is closest. | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1193 Registered: 7-2001 |
'you're ignoring the obvious'? to which he might reply that it's cleverer to look past the obvious argument to see if there is a more correct one? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6793 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1193 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2011 - 2:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) 'you're ignoring the obvious'? no to which he might reply that it's cleverer to look past the obvious argument to see if there is a more correct one? no | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 871 Registered: 1-2011 |
"You didn't respond my question?" | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6800 Registered: 8-2001 |
Redwine (Redwine) New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 871 Registered: 1-2011 Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - 2:47 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "You didn't respond my question?" no. ANOTHER HINT: The insult is a generalization. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1022 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it a generalisation about speakers? professors? men? "none of you take any notice of what we're saying"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6802 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1022 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 8:26 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) is it a generalisation about speakers? noprofessors? no men? no "none of you take any notice of what we're saying"? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6807 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: The generalization is about Marco's replies, not about some population group to which Marco belongs | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1055 Registered: 2-2011 |
all your answers are superficial? none of your answers gets to the point of the question? all your answers are a bit offhand? your answers are too brief? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6810 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1055 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 4:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) all your answers are superficial? no none of your answers gets to the point of the question? no all your answers are a bit offhand? no your answers are too brief? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6839 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Cindy is accusing Marco of being a wiseguy.(OK, I earlier said glib. But wiseguy might help more.} | ||
| Dbw (Dbw)
New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 58 Registered: 6-2011 |
Did Cindy make a sarcastic remark? Regarding rocket science, brain surgery, or Einstein? Is Marco purposely ignoring sarcasm? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6849 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dbw (Dbw) New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 58 Registered: 6-2011 Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 8:39 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did Cindy make a sarcastic remark? yes or yesish Regarding rocket science, brain surgery, or Einstein? noIs Marco purposely ignoring sarcasm? yes | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1119 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she suggest that he was taking all the questions at face value? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6854 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1119 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Friday, July 01, 2011 - 8:22 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) did she suggest that he was taking all the questions at face value? no | ||
| Dbw (Dbw)
New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 73 Registered: 6-2011 |
Did she call him a smart-aleck? Is his name Alec? Am I on the right track? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6859 Registered: 8-2001 |
Dbw (Dbw) New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 73 Registered: 6-2011 Posted on Friday, July 01, 2011 - 7:33 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did she call him a smart-aleck? no Is his name Alec? no Am I on the right track? no or noish (his name is irrel) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6877 Registered: 8-2001 |
RECAP & HINT: Add this to the puzzle description: Cindy's intended ins ultimplied that Marco was a something like a "wiseguy" & he took it literally--as a compliment. Think of another word she might have used. She didn't use that word but finding it would make you ORT (on the right track.) | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1150 Registered: 2-2011 |
Mr Know-it-all? or know-all? clever clogs? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6883 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1150 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2011 - 7:58 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Mr Know-it-all? This (or your next guess) is the relevant expression she might have used. She didn't use it, but she said something that implied he was a glib know-it-all, It's a common criticism, What is it? or know-all? See previous answer. clever clogs? No, I never even heard that delightful expression before. Thanks for introducing me to it!! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1161 Registered: 2-2011 |
bighead? show-off? egomaniac? wise guy? smarty-pants? windbag? I think clever clogs is something children might use | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6887 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1161 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2011 - 7:12 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) bighead? show-off? egomaniac? wise guy? smarty-pants? windbag? No, she didn't call him a name, but the insult she gave him is similar to calling someone a know-it-all. I think clever clogs is something children might use I'm the least maternal person in the world & have had almost no contact with children since I was one. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1164 Registered: 2-2011 |
but they still have the best insults | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2727 Registered: 7-2009 |
"you think you know everything"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6888 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1164 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2011 - 7:27 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) but they still have the best insults Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2727 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2011 - 7:38 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "you think you know everything"? You're very ORT (on the right track. Keep going. . . .) | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1167 Registered: 2-2011 |
"you're so full of yourself"? "you have an answer for everything"? "you think you know so much more than we do"? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6892 Registered: 8-2001 |
Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1167 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2011 - 8:13 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) "you're so full of yourself"? no "you have an answer for everything"? YES!! "you think you know so much more than we do"? no ****** SPOILER *********** When Marco gave a lecturer once, he did his best to answer a series of questions from hostile questioner Cindy. "You've got an answer for everything," Cindy finally said. "Why, thank you, Marco replied "I try very hard to be well prepared, and I'm flattered that you think I've succeeded." And thank you, Shez, for solving this puzzle. Please see my new one! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1176 Registered: 2-2011 |
excellent! | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6895 Registered: 8-2001 |
Thanks--So were your questions!! | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1629 Registered: 12-2010 |
Nice puzzle! That's what I like about your puzzles - the solution is often so simple and obvious, and nevertheless it takes us ages to figure it out (: | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 6902 Registered: 8-2001 |
Thanks--I like your astute questions & hope to see more of them on my puzzles soon! |
