| Author | Message | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2021 Registered: 9-2009 |
Yesterday I was knocked out. Can you reconstruct the chain of events? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17169 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you fall and hit your head? Did something hit you on the head? Were you at home? Out in public? Relevant? Given that you're doing a puzzle about it, I'm going to assume you're OK now. But it must have been painful. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2022 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you fall and hit your head? Yes Did something hit you on the head? Yope Were you at home? Yes Out in public? Relevant? Yes Given that you're doing a puzzle about it, I'm going to assume you're OK now. But it must have been painful. I'm pretty ok now, I could've be dead however, which is not my first goal | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17176 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the object that caused your unconsciousness made of metal? Is it normally inside your house? Always inside your house? Were you inside your house? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2023 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the object that caused your unconsciousness made of metal? Is it normally inside your house? Always inside your house? Were you inside your house? Yes to all | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 807 Registered: 1-2012 |
Would the object normally be found in one room? If so: Study? Kitchen? Living room? Front hall? Bedroom? Bathroom? Basement? Other? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2495 Registered: 12-2010 |
Are there other relevant people? If so, one person? More than one? H/A/M? H/A/F? Did it happen while you were awake? Asleep? Is the time of day relevant? If so, morning? noon? afternoon? evening? night? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2024 Registered: 9-2009 |
Would the object normally be found in one room? No If so: Study? Kitchen? Living room? Front hall? Bedroom? But the specific event was here Bathroom? Basement? Other? Are there other relevant people? No If so, one person? More than one? H/A/M? H/A/F? Did it happen while you were awake? Yesish Asleep? No Is the time of day relevant? Not really, it was in the evening If so, morning? noon? afternoon? evening? night? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17181 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you trying to fall asleep? Were you in bed? Did you fall out of bed? Was the object a piece of furniture? On a piece of furniture (such as a nightstand)? A lamp? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2025 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were you trying to fall asleep? No Were you in bed? Initially, yes Did you fall out of bed? But not this Was the object a piece of furniture? I don't think you can call it that, but it's a common item On a piece of furniture (such as a nightstand)? A lamp? No to the rest | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4157 Registered: 1-2007 |
Was fatigue a factor in your accident? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3070 Registered: 2-2011 |
had you just woken up? did you fall? was the object on the floor? or did you walk into it? did it fall on you? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2026 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was fatigue a factor in your accident? No, not really had you just woken up? Yes! did you fall? I did, yes was the object on the floor?But no or did you walk into it? In a sense... it's not something that can be moved, normally did it fall on you? So, no | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 844 Registered: 1-2012 |
Was the object the floor? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2027 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was the object the floor? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3086 Registered: 2-2011 |
was the object portable? a computer? a guitar? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2028 Registered: 9-2009 |
was the object portable? No! a computer? a guitar? | ||
| Potato (Potato)
New member Username: Potato Post Number: 1360 Registered: 7-2010 |
Did you fall because you tripped over something? Slipped on something? Walked into something and then fell (backwards)? Was it a window? A door? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3091 Registered: 2-2011 |
a wall? a door? a window? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4162 Registered: 1-2007 |
Can i eliminate an obvious red herring and ask if the boxing reference in the puzzle title is in any way relevant other than as a link to being knocked out. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2029 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you fall because you tripped over something? Slipped on something? Walked into something and then fell (backwards)? This is closest. And indeed I fell backwards Was it a window? A door? a wall? a door? a window? Can i eliminate an obvious red herring and ask if the boxing reference in the puzzle title is in any way relevant other than as a link to being knocked out. Yes, this is the only reference. I used a recent match box for the IBF world title in which a Romanian was TKO, to put as a title All unanswered questions are a no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3097 Registered: 2-2011 |
was the object a door frame? a shelf? a light fitting? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2030 Registered: 9-2009 |
was the object a door frame? a shelf? a light fitting? No to all Hint: The object on which I tripped and the one that I fell against are not one and the same | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17262 Registered: 4-2010 |
So you were in bed at one point. Did you get up out of bed? Was it dark? Were the lights off? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17263 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you hit your head on the bed itself? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2033 Registered: 9-2009 |
So you were in bed at one point. Did you get up out of bed? Was it dark? Were the lights off? Yes to all Did you hit your head on the bed itself? But not, while it was a possibility | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17280 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you trip on an object on the floor? On a blanket? On a piece of furniture? Did you hit the front of your head? Back? Side? Top? Relevant? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2035 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you trip on an object on the floor? On a blanket? On a piece of furniture? This Did you hit the front of your head? Back? Side?This Top? Relevant? Somehow | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2037 Registered: 9-2009 |
This one is dead, it seems, so... **** SPOILER **** | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
Moderator Username: Peter365 Post Number: 120 Registered: 1-2011 |
Rbruma If you want to spoil this are you going to reveal the answer | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2046 Registered: 9-2009 |
Peter, I was wrong in the first place -- this was not a good puzzle, but a story. The fact was that while half asleep and trying to find my phone which had an alarm set, I accidentally tripped over my desk chair in my bedroom, fell in between my bed and a wall-affixed radiator, and missed by about 2 inches to be dead. Story follows: At the moment I didn't feel nothing. I went back in bed, chat with my wife for about 20 minutes, than I felt an urge for something to eat. Nothing suitable in the refrigerator, so I went to the nearest McDonalds for a cheeseburger. The lady serving looked at me with awe and said that that the cheeseburger is on the house. Ok, I said, maybe it's some promotion.. Whatever.. I ate the thing, while noticing that people are looking at me strangely. I went back home and my mom looked at me like I was a zombie. Ok -- whatever -- and I went to the bathroom -- and finally it dawned to me (while accidentally looking in the mirror): My hair was all soaking red, blood was all over my face, my shirt was all stained -- for the first time in my life I looked like a killer. Then I fainted. It took about 24 hrs for the bleeding to stop. But what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. I don't need an alarm any more : - ) And maybe next time I will find a better puzzle. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17336 Registered: 4-2010 |
I think it would have made a good puzzle... if we'd gotten past the FA that you went unconscious right when you fell. Awesome story though! | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 264 Registered: 2-2012 |
Yeah maybe if you puzzles statement involved McDonalds, or being a Zombie. But a very bizarre story! And now I have the Cranberries song "in my head" | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 265 Registered: 2-2012 |
Yeah maybe if you puzzles statement involved McDonalds, or being a Zombie. But a very bizarre story! | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 266 Registered: 2-2012 |
And BeachBum goes in for the accidental triple post! Sorry folks | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 267 Registered: 2-2012 |
But have to post again, sorry. What time of night/day was this, just out of curiosity? Where you not thinking straight and that's why you went to Mickey Dees? And I now have a puzzle idea... | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2047 Registered: 9-2009 |
It was around 9 o'clock in the evening. Maybe a little more, I don't remember exactly. And I think I was thinking straight to some extent, I just didn't realize that I had blood all over me :- ) | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4233 Registered: 1-2007 |
I agree , this was a really nice puzzle . I like the bit about the strange looks you were getting while you remained oblivious | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5634 Registered: 9-2010 |
You went for a cheeseburger?! I wish I hadn't been absent so long...and now of course I want one. =D Hope you're feeling much better by now Rbruma! |
