| Author | Message | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 865 Registered: 7-2010 |
Harrison's eagerness to know resulted in him not knowing at all. Him = Harrison | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 1153 Registered: 5-2009 |
Harrison: H? A? M? Living at the end of the story? Was Harrison eager to know simply out of curiosity? Because of possible material gain? Another kind of gain? Avoidance of material loss? Another kind of loss? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1532 Registered: 8-2001 |
Harrison = HAM? Time period relevant? Time period now-ish? To know: A fact? A person? Someone in the Biblical sense? ;) | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 867 Registered: 7-2010 |
Harrison: H? Yes A? Assume A or T M? Yes Living at the end of the story? Yes Was Harrison eager to know simply out of curiosity? No, irr to the rest Because of possible material gain? Another kind of gain? Avoidance of material loss? Another kind of loss? The thing Harrison wants to know and the reason why he wants to know it are irrelevant for this puzzle. Assume it's the time and place where his friends want to meet. Harrison = HAM? See above Time period relevant? Yesish Time period now-ish? Yes To know: A fact? This A person? Someone in the Biblical sense? ;) | ||
| Dbw (Dbw)
New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2011 |
His cell phone rang and he was so excited to receive the call, he dropped his phone and broke it? Is his name relevant? Is Harrison a given name or surname? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 1155 Registered: 5-2009 |
Harrison: H? A? M? Living at the end of the story? Was Harrison eager to know simply out of curiosity? Because of possible material gain? Another kind of gain? Avoidance of material loss? Another kind of loss? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 869 Registered: 7-2010 |
His cell phone rang and he was so excited to receive the call, he dropped his phone and broke it? No, but very good line of thought! Is his name relevant? No Is Harrison a given name or surname? Assume it's his given name @Markobr: See my previous post :-) | ||
| Dbw (Dbw)
New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 3 Registered: 6-2011 |
Was the thing he was eager to know about the same thing he ended up knowing nothing about? Was he trying to find this thing out by talking to someone face-to-face? On the phone? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 871 Registered: 7-2010 |
Was the thing he was eager to know about the same thing he ended up knowing nothing about? Yes Was he trying to find this thing out by talking to someone face-to-face? On the phone? This | ||
| Dbw (Dbw)
New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 5 Registered: 6-2011 |
Did he place the call? Did he receive the call? Was there no call at all? Was someone supposed to call him and didn't? Did someone hang up on him? Did he use a land line? We are assuming he was arranging a meeting with friends; was his correspondent one of these friends? Or doesn't it matter... | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 373 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did he get amnesia? Fall unconscious? Did he literally know nothing? Or did he know nothing about this subject? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 872 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did he place the call? No Did he receive the call? Yope Was there no call at all? Was someone supposed to call him and didn't? Yope Did someone hang up on him? No Did he use a land line? No We are assuming he was arranging a meeting with friends; was his correspondent one of these friends? Or doesn't it matter... Irr, assume one of his friends Did he get amnesia? Fall unconscious? Did he literally know nothing? Or did he know nothing about this subject? No to all | ||
| Dbw (Dbw)
New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 13 Registered: 6-2011 |
Did he use a cell phone? Did it run out of batteries while he was waiting for a call? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 874 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did he use a cell phone? Yes Did it run out of batteries while he was waiting for a call? Yes | ||
| Dbw (Dbw)
New member Username: Dbw Post Number: 17 Registered: 6-2011 |
He kept checking his cell phone to see if his friend called yet, causing him to run down his battery and miss the call. | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 876 Registered: 7-2010 |
He kept checking his cell phone to see if his friend called yet, causing him to run down his battery and miss the call. No, but OTRT | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 381 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is the fact only important to Harrison and his friend(s)? Could I look up this fact on Google? On Wikipedia? In the phone book? In the dictionary? In a foreign language dictionary? By searching Harrison's friend's house? By asking a random person on the street? By asking an expert in the subject? | ||
| Metyx (Metyx)
New member Username: Metyx Post Number: 8 Registered: 6-2011 |
Does his phone have call waiting? Did he miss one call because he was already on another? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 878 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is the fact only important to Harrison and his friend(s)? Yes Could I look up this fact on Google? No On Wikipedia? No In the phone book? No In the dictionary? No In a foreign language dictionary? No By searching Harrison's friend's house? No By asking a random person on the street? No By asking an expert in the subject? No Does his phone have call waiting? No Did he miss one call because he was already on another? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1112 Registered: 2-2011 |
did he keep call his friend and couldn't get through then the battery ran out? was he changing his ring tone? listening to music? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 908 Registered: 1-2011 |
Could Harrison recharge the battery of the phone? Would Harrison need to leave his cell phone somewhere in order to have the battery charged? Was Harrison aware that his phone is short on battery? | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1540 Registered: 8-2001 |
Was he waiting for a call directly to his cell? Or was he using his cell to call into a voicemail box over and over? And thus ran down the battery? Is it relevant where Harrison is? Is it a location that would be more taxing on a cell phone battery than most? Is the phone having trouble finding a signal? | ||
| Metyx (Metyx)
New member Username: Metyx Post Number: 11 Registered: 6-2011 |
Did he want to know what it was like to be surprised, but spoiled his own surprise party by discovering that his friends were planning it for him? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 880 Registered: 7-2010 |
did he keep call his friend and couldn't get through then the battery ran out? No was he changing his ring tone? No listening to music? Yes! Was he waiting for a call directly to his cell? Yes Or was he using his cell to call into a voicemail box over and over? No And thus ran down the battery? So no Is it relevant where Harrison is? Yope Is it a location that would be more taxing on a cell phone battery than most? Irr Is the phone having trouble finding a signal? So irr Did he want to know what it was like to be surprised, but spoiled his own surprise party by discovering that his friends were planning it for him? No You've got all the essential parts. So wait for the you-know-what... | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 881 Registered: 7-2010 |
******* SPOILER ******* Harrison is one of those persons who would listen to music on their MP3 player whenever they leave the house. On a day when he had to spend several hours outside, he expected an important call to his cell phone, but since he was afraid of not hearing his phone ring when using his MP3 player, he listened to the music on his phone instead. This drained its battery so much that the phone turned off before Harrison recieved his call. |
