| Author | Message | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1247 Registered: 7-2010 |
What meant nothing for him ended life as they knew it. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 683 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did he do something? Not do something? Is it something most people have done? do regularly? do daily? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1250 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did he do something? Yes Not do something? No Is it something most people have done? The way he did it, no do regularly? No do daily? No | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1251 Registered: 7-2010 |
Confusion prevention: Is it something most people have done? The way he did it, no do regularly? The way he did it, no do daily? The way he did it, no | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 685 Registered: 8-2011 |
How many in "they": 2-10? 10-50? 50-500? 500-50,000? more than that? Is "he" HAM? Are they H/A/Male? H/A/Mixed? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1252 Registered: 7-2010 |
How many in "they": 2-10? 2 10-50? 50-500? 500-50,000? more than that? Is "he" HAM? No/Irr, assume yes/Irr, assume yes Are they H/A/Male? H/A/Mixed? THis | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 687 Registered: 8-2011 |
Is he an animal? Is he a fictional character? A spiritual being? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1253 Registered: 7-2010 |
Is he an animal? Yes Is he a fictional character? No A spiritual being? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2731 Registered: 2-2011 |
is he a mammal? bird? insect? fish? did he bite them? sting them? poison them? | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 938 Registered: 6-2003 |
Are "they" a human couple? Adam and Eve? Did "he" (the animal) do something extraordinary? or rather something quite usual for his species? Did he eat? drink? run? fly? swim? Did "he" interact with "them"? Did "he" and "they" ever met? | ||
| Ostap (Ostap)
New member Username: Ostap Post Number: 104 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did they die? Did their live change? if so: were they happy about the change? Did he know in advance that his action would have these consequence? Did they know? | ||
| Amu (Amu)
New member Username: Amu Post Number: 126 Registered: 2-2010 |
Evolution relevant? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1256 Registered: 7-2010 |
Shez is he a mammal? bird? This insect? fish? did he bite them? sting them? poison them? No to all Sundowner Are "they" a human couple? Yes Adam and Eve? But no Did "he" (the animal) do something extraordinary? Yesish or rather something quite usual for his species? No Did he eat? drink? run? fly? swim? No to all Did "he" interact with "them"? Yope Did "he" and "they" ever met? Yes Ostap Did they die? No Did their live change? Yes if so: were they happy about the change? No Did he know in advance that his action would have these consequence? No Did they know? They didn't know he was going to do it Amu Evolution relevant? Just in a lateral way | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1257 Registered: 7-2010 |
BLOOPER ALERT!! Did "he" (the animal) do something extraordinary? Yope or rather something quite usual for his species? Yes | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 690 Registered: 8-2011 |
Was he a pet? If so, a parrot? If not, I may have another puzzle idea. :-) | ||
| Amu (Amu)
New member Username: Amu Post Number: 129 Registered: 2-2010 |
A stork brought them a baby? (just kidding) Does the exact species matter? Any of these (if not a parrot): penguin, fowl, pelican, eagle, vulture, pigeon, owl? | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 945 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did they lose property? money? Did they lose an opportunity they had before? Did they understand that a dream never would come true? Did their health deteriorate? Did they get separated? or have to separate? Did the bird destroy something? kill some other animal? put some machine out of order? Did the bird die? Did the bird did what he did on purpose? or was it more accidentally? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1259 Registered: 7-2010 |
Ciaobella Was he a pet? Yes If so, a parrot? If not, I may have another puzzle idea. :-) I'm sorry, but he WAS a parrot ;-) Amu A stork brought them a baby? (just kidding) Lol, no, but nice idea :-) Does the exact species matter? Any of these (if not a parrot): penguin, fowl, pelican, eagle, vulture, pigeon, owl? Well, it was a parrot Sundowner Did they lose property? money? No/irr Did they lose an opportunity they had before? No Did they understand that a dream never would come true? Noish Did their health deteriorate? No Did they get separated? Yes or have to separate? Not necessarily, but they understandably did Did the bird destroy something? No kill some other animal? No put some machine out of order? No Did the bird die? No Did the bird did what he did on purpose? Yes, but he wasn't aware of the consequences or was it more accidentally? Not really | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 52 Registered: 1-2012 |
Are 'they' scientists? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 53 Registered: 1-2012 |
Oh, and FYOI? FSEI? True story? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2743 Registered: 2-2011 |
did the parrot wee on something? somebody? and here I have to admit my ignorance, because birds don't really wee do they - but I hope you get my meaning did he pass on a disease? | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 947 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did the parrot make a terrible noise? which one of them could not stand? Did the parrot say something relevant? did he repeat words or sounds he had heard before? Did he give away something with his behavior? that one of the two has done something illicit? that she was cheating him? Did some fact or assumption the couple built their relationship on turn out to be a lie? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1260 Registered: 7-2010 |
Kyeannpepper Are 'they' scientists? Irr Oh, and FYOI? FSEI? True story? This Shez did the parrot wee on something? somebody? Lol, no did he pass on a disease? No Sundowner Did the parrot make a terrible noise? Not really which one of them could not stand? Yope Did the parrot say something relevant? Yes did he repeat words or sounds he had heard before? Yes Did he give away something with his behavior? No that one of the two has done something illicit? No, but... that she was cheating him? YES Did some fact or assumption the couple built their relationship on turn out to be a lie? Yope And we have a winner here... | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1261 Registered: 7-2010 |
********** SPOILER ********** Tell-tale parrot exposes cheating girlfriend LONDON — Chris Taylor, a 30-year-old British computer programmer, grew suspicious of his live-in girlfriend when his pet parrot began to imitate her saying, “I love you, Gary.” Ziggy, an 8-year-old African gray parrot, would also make kissing noises whenever the name Gary was mentioned on TV and would mimic Suzy Collins saying, “Hiya, Gary,” every time she answered her mobile phone. Confronted with the evidence, Collins admitted to a month-long affair with a coworker named Gary and moved out of their shared Leeds apartment that same night. “I wasn’t sorry to see the back of Suzy after what she did, but it really broke my heart to let Ziggy go,” Taylor, 30, told the Times of London in its online edition Tuesday. “I love him to bits and I really miss having him around, but it was torture hearing him repeat that name over and over again. “Ziggy was one in a million; he was a loyal friend, and I have no doubt he was looking out for me.” Taylor said Ziggy, who was named after a David Bowie song, has found a new home thanks to a local parrot dealer. Collins, 25, told the newspaper she was staying with friends and said she shed no tears for the tell-tale bird. “I’m not proud of what I did but I’m sure Chris would be the first to admit we were having problems,” said Collins, a call-center worker. “We had spoken about splitting up several times and I think it was inevitable.” She added: “I’m surprised to hear he’s got rid of that bloody bird; he spent more time talking to it than he did to me. I couldn’t stand Ziggy, and it looks now the feeling was mutual.” | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2745 Registered: 2-2011 |
chortle! | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 695 Registered: 8-2011 |
Well done and very entertaining. Poor Ziggy! | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 56 Registered: 1-2012 |
Oh. I was thinking of a bird that-wait, I'm going to save THAT for another lateral puzzle! | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1917 Registered: 9-2009 |
Very nice puzzle and a great story. I have two cats and shouldn't worry about many parrots lurking around, but you never know :-) | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3952 Registered: 1-2007 |
If the bottom of his cage was lined with woodshavings would he be called Ziggy Sawdust? Thanks I'm here all week. |
