| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17098 Registered: 4-2010 |
Courage failed him. True story "Him" = HAM | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 462 Registered: 1-2010 |
Can we call him Tapio? Is anyone else relevant? If so, how many people? Is the location relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17112 Registered: 4-2010 |
Can we call him Tapio? Yes Is anyone else relevant? No If so, how many people? Is the location relevant? Yes | ||
| Jane (Jane)
New member Username: Jane Post Number: 317 Registered: 4-2012 |
Is what happened as a result of courage failing him relevant? "Courage" = bravery, etc? Or something named Courage? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17115 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is what happened as a result of courage failing him relevant? Yes "Courage" = bravery, etc? Yes Or something named Courage? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4138 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does he Die? suffer injury? become the victim of a crime? incur financial loss? lose his job? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17120 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does he Die? suffer injury? become the victim of a crime? incur financial loss? lose his job? No to all | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 467 Registered: 1-2010 |
The location: North America? South America? Europe? Asia? Africa? Australia/Oceania? Antarctica? The ocean? Outer space? Inside the Earth? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17125 Registered: 4-2010 |
The location: North America? South America? Europe? Asia? Africa? Australia/Oceania? Antarctica? The ocean? Outer space? Inside the Earth? Irrel, except that it happened on Earth. I will add that this was in a town or city, and that's all I can remember. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4140 Registered: 1-2007 |
So did he suffer some disappointment? or is there a literal fail involved like failing an exam? Is the man's profession relevant? politics? current news events? hobbies/passtimes? sports? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17141 Registered: 4-2010 |
So did he suffer some disappointment? You could say that or is there a literal fail involved like failing an exam? Not like this Is the man's profession relevant? DOYD of "profession" politics? current news events? hobbies/passtimes? sports? No to all | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 202 Registered: 2-2012 |
Does this story involve on particular event? If so, would the outcome have been better if he had not been courageous? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17154 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does this story involve on particular event? Yes If so, would the outcome have been better if he had not been courageous? Yes | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4147 Registered: 1-2007 |
Would this be physical courage or more like moral courage? Did other people suffer as a result of Tapio's courage? If so family? friends? the whole town? city ? country? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17164 Registered: 4-2010 |
Would this be physical courage or more like moral courage? More like amoral courage! Did other people suffer as a result of Tapio's courage? No If so family? friends? the whole town? city ? country? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4152 Registered: 1-2007 |
Has a crime been committed? By Tapio? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17175 Registered: 4-2010 |
Has a crime been committed? No, but about as OTRT as you can get. (Tenses, anyone?) By Tapio? Yes | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 806 Registered: 1-2012 |
Had a crime been committed? Will a crime be committed? Is a crime being committed right now (hope not...)? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17178 Registered: 4-2010 |
Had a crime been committed? Will a crime be committed? Is a crime being committed right now (hope not...)? No to all, but you're still getting there. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3053 Registered: 2-2011 |
did Tapio fail to commit a crime? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17192 Registered: 4-2010 |
did Tapio fail to commit a crime? Yes! | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4155 Registered: 1-2007 |
Murder? Robbery? Burglary? Assault? Sexual Crime? fraud? Computer Crime? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17202 Registered: 4-2010 |
Murder? Robbery? This Burglary? Assault? Sexual Crime? fraud? Computer Crime? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3075 Registered: 2-2011 |
a stick-up? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17218 Registered: 4-2010 |
a stick-up? Hmm... don't think you'd call it a stick-up. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4158 Registered: 1-2007 |
Would the robbery have been considered audacious? Was he trying to steal money? art? jewellery? a vehicle? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3089 Registered: 2-2011 |
did courage fail him to commit the robbery? or something leading up to the robbery? like steal a getaway car? break a window? get a gun? other? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17227 Registered: 4-2010 |
Would the robbery have been considered audacious? Not really Was he trying to steal money? This art? jewellery? a vehicle? did courage fail him to commit the robbery? Yes or something leading up to the robbery? like steal a getaway car? break a window? get a gun? other? Nothing like this | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3095 Registered: 2-2011 |
would the robbery have been clandestine? as opposed to confronting someone and threatening them? or in between like pickpocketing? or fraud? would it have involved any physical danger? fear of retribution? or jut plain getting caught? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17234 Registered: 4-2010 |
would the robbery have been clandestine? No as opposed to confronting someone and threatening them? Closer to this or in between like pickpocketing? or fraud? Neither of these would it have involved any physical danger? fear of retribution? or jut plain getting caught? Mainly this HINT: It's a common type of robbery. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4163 Registered: 1-2007 |
Snatching someone's handbag? Just want to check if the robbery is from an indvidual or a place of business? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17239 Registered: 4-2010 |
Snatching someone's handbag? No Just want to check if the robbery is from an indvidual or a place of business? The latter | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3103 Registered: 2-2011 |
smash and grab? ramraiding? shoplifting? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17241 Registered: 4-2010 |
smash and grab? ramraiding? shoplifting? No to all | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4165 Registered: 1-2007 |
Time for the old Sledgehammer methinks. Does the crime involve removing cash from a till? Is the business a retail outlet of some discription? One that normally accepts cash from it's customers? Is his crime deliberately accepting incorrect change? Does he commit the crime by causing confusion? does he need a distraction? Does he impersonate anyone to carry out this crime? Does he wear special clothing? Could his crime be better described as a con or swindle? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17244 Registered: 4-2010 |
Time for the old Sledgehammer methinks. Does the crime involve removing cash from a till? No Is the business a retail outlet of some description? Not really One that normally accepts cash from it's customers? YESISH Is his crime deliberately accepting incorrect change? No Does he commit the crime by causing confusion? does he need a distraction? FA Does he impersonate anyone to carry out this crime? Does he wear special clothing? No to both Could his crime be better described as a con or swindle? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4168 Registered: 1-2007 |
This is a toughie... Does he use violence in committing this crime? Or the threat of violence? Does he carry a weapon? Is there a significant sum of money involved? less than $100 ? $1000 ? $10,000? $100,000? more? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17249 Registered: 4-2010 |
This is a toughie... Does he use violence in committing this crime? Or the threat of violence? Yes, but FA Does he carry a weapon? I don't know, but assume Yes, and same FA Is there a significant sum of money involved? less than $100 ? $1000 ? $10,000? $100,000? more? His robbery would have probably netted thousands HINT: Remember that Tapio failed to commit the crime, and his attempted robbery was a common type of robbery (especially in detective stories). | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3110 Registered: 2-2011 |
does it concern a will? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3111 Registered: 2-2011 |
or appropriating an oject or objects worth a great deal of money? stealing from a church? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17255 Registered: 4-2010 |
does it concern a will? No or appropriating an oject or objects worth a great deal of money? Yope. He was trying to steal money. stealing from a church? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4169 Registered: 1-2007 |
Hmmm I'm struggling Is this type of robbery still prevalent today? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17261 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hmmm I'm struggling Is this type of robbery still prevalent today? Yes HINT: He was at a place with a lot of money. | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 883 Registered: 1-2012 |
A bank? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17264 Registered: 4-2010 |
A bank? Yes -- this was a good-old attempted bank robbery. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3115 Registered: 2-2011 |
Ok, I'll buy it - was the plan to break into the bank? hide and get locked in there overnight? steal the key or an identity and let himself in? was he employed by the bank? was the plan to rob the bank during banking hours? was some cash lying around and he lacked the courage to help himself? was he one of those people engaged to sort out the old banknotes to be sent to be destroyed? I heard about some women employed to do that who stuffed some down their bras... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17266 Registered: 4-2010 |
Ok, I'll buy it - was the plan to break into the bank? Yope; see below hide and get locked in there overnight? steal the key or an identity and let himself in? was he employed by the bank? No to rest was the plan to rob the bank during banking hours? Yes was some cash lying around and he lacked the courage to help himself? No was he one of those people engaged to sort out the old banknotes to be sent to be destroyed? No I heard about some women employed to do that who stuffed some down their bras... No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17275 Registered: 4-2010 |
RECAP: Tapio planned to rob a bank during banking hours. However, in a lateral way, courage foiled this attempt. HINT: He lacked courage at one point. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4180 Registered: 1-2007 |
Just to clarify Balin would this have been the sort of bank robbery where the robber points a weapon at a teller and demands cash from the till? Was there someone else in the bank that caused him to lose his nerve? did he think law enforcement was present? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17301 Registered: 4-2010 |
Just to clarify Balin would this have been the sort of bank robbery where the robber points a weapon at a teller and demands cash from the till? Yes Was there someone else in the bank that caused him to lose his nerve? NO (FA) did he think law enforcement was present? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3203 Registered: 2-2011 |
did he not even go into the bank? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17314 Registered: 4-2010 |
did he not even go into the bank? Yes... | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4198 Registered: 1-2007 |
That question was asked in the negative so does your answer mean he didn't go into the bank? Did he mistake some other premises for a bank? While courage may have failed him was incompetence a factor also? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3227 Registered: 2-2011 |
was he scared to cross the road to where the bank was? was there a scary dog outside? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17328 Registered: 4-2010 |
That question was asked in the negative so does your answer mean he didn't go into the bank? Yes Did he mistake some other premises for a bank? No While courage may have failed him was incompetence a factor also? Yes was he scared to cross the road to where the bank was? No was there a scary dog outside? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17355 Registered: 4-2010 |
BIG HINT: The man wanted to go into the bank, but couldn't, and there was no one inside. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4239 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did something physically prevent him from going into the Bank? Not sure if this has been asked but was the bank open at the time? Apart from Tapio's presence is there anything unusual about the day's trading for the Bank? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17357 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did something physically prevent him from going into the Bank? Not sure if this has been asked but was the bank open at the time? NO and that's the answer. Apart from Tapio's presence is there anything unusual about the day's trading for the Bank? **********SPOILER********** Tapio spent 20 minutes in the bank's parking lot trying to build up the courage to rob said bank. However, by the time he went over to rob it, the bank had closed, foiling his attempt. Nice work everyone; new puzzle in a bit. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4244 Registered: 1-2007 |
LOL the solution was so straight forward we danced around it for ages. Nice work Balin. Btw did you visit Ireland yet? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17360 Registered: 4-2010 |
Not yet. I'm going in January. |
