| Author | Message | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5622 Registered: 9-2010 |
They were the luckiest people in the world. But just after telling their secret, their luck ran out. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 980 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did they invent something? Did someone else? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5623 Registered: 9-2010 |
"They" did not invent something (so far as I know, anyway). Many other people have invented things, but invention is irrelevant. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 983 Registered: 8-2011 |
Are they lucky because they beat the odds somehow? Like in a contest or game? Before telling their secret, are they happy? healthy? rich? romantically fortunate? successful in some endeavor? Is this a true story? All "they"s and "their"s refer to the same people? All adults? all male? all female? From the same family? Any fictional characters? Amount of lucky people: Less than 5? 5 to 10? 10 to 50? 50 to 100? 100 to 1000? More than one thousand? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5624 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are they lucky because they beat the odds somehow? Yes Like in a contest or game? But no Before telling their secret, are they happy? healthy? rich? Yes, judging from the little I saw of them romantically fortunate? DOYD of 'romantically fortunate' successful in some endeavor? DOYD of 'some endeavor' Is this a true story? Argh...I can't remember, but I got it from another source, I didn't make it up. It's probably fiction. All "they"s and "their"s refer to the same people?Yes All adults? Yes all male? all female? The lucky people are a married couple. They have two friends. From the same family? Any fictional characters? Only if the story is fiction Amount of lucky people: Less than 5?this 5 to 10? 10 to 50? 50 to 100? 100 to 1000? More than one thousand? Although there were a number of other people who *were* lucky (and unlucky) in the incident that day whose names and genders do not matter, that probably number in the hundreds. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 984 Registered: 8-2011 |
Has the incident occurred since 2000? Did it occur in the 1900s? 1800s? 1700s? 1600s? 1500s or before? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5625 Registered: 9-2010 |
Has the incident occurred since 2000? Did it occur in the 1900s?this one. There are two incidents, the one that proved them lucky, and the one which ended their luck, both in the first half of the 20th century. 1800s? 1700s? 1600s? 1500s or before? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 985 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did the incidents occur in Europe? In the United States? Were either of the incidents wars? stockmarket-related? crime-related? political in nature? marriage? natural disasters? births? deaths? related to religion? Were either of the incidents in the news? If so, locally? regionally? nationally? internationally? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5626 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the incidents occur in Europe? The first one In the United States? The second one Were either of the incidents wars? not precisely, but war was heavily involved in the first incident stockmarket-related? no crime-related? noish political in nature? noish marriage? the story was related to marriage natural disasters? no births? deaths? no to births, yes to deaths related to religion? no Were either of the incidents in the news? I am sure they both made world news If so, locally? regionally? nationally? internationally? this | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 988 Registered: 8-2011 |
The marriage= the marriage of the lucky couple? If so, were they married before the first incident? After? Did the second incident occur within days of the first? Or was it weeks later? months later? years later? More than 10 years later? Did "they" escape death? Did either one of them escape death? Did the unlucky ones die? Did they die when their luck ran out? Is the Holocaust relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5627 Registered: 9-2010 |
The marriage= the marriage of the lucky couple? yes If so, were they married before the first incident? just before After? Did the second incident occur within days of the first? Or was it weeks later? months later? years later? More than 10 years later? this one Did "they" escape death? The first time Did either one of them escape death? see previous Did the unlucky ones die? yes Did they die when their luck ran out? yes Is the Holocaust relevant? no, wrong war | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 989 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did the first incident make world news? The second? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5628 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the first incident make world news? The second? both were world famous. The first incident was definitely an "international incident" and act of war. The second one was probably more along the lines of an accident, albeit a horrific one. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 990 Registered: 8-2011 |
Was it an assassination? An attack? The Zimmerman note? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5629 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was it an assassination? No, I don't think so An attack? Yes The Zimmerman note? the Zimmerman telegram was about two years after this attack, so no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3276 Registered: 2-2011 |
WW1 relevant? refugees? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5630 Registered: 9-2010 |
WW1 relevant? to the first incident (the attack), very much so refugees? hmm, not that I know of | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 991 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did the attack occur on land? At sea? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5639 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the attack occur on land? No At sea? This. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 993 Registered: 8-2011 |
U-boats relevant? The sinking of the Lusitania? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5640 Registered: 9-2010 |
U-boats relevant? yes The sinking of the Lusitania? and yes =) *givz kitteh teh cheezburgur* =) | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 995 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did the couple somehow survive the sinking of the Lusitania? Were they on board? If no, had they intended to be on board but were not? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5642 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the couple somehow survive the sinking of the Lusitania? yesish, because... Were they on board? no! If no, had they intended to be on board but were not? YES!! =) | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 998 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did they get off after boarding? Never board in the first place? Since they married just before, was this to be their honeymoon? Did they decide to go somewhere else? Leave earlier than intended? Leave later than intended? Cancel altogether? Because of the war? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5645 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did they get off after boarding? noNever board in the first place? yes Since they married just before, was this to be their honeymoon? yes Did they decide to go somewhere else? Leave earlier than intended? Leave later than intended? Cancel altogether? Because of the war? I don't know if they decided to go somewhere else, but it wasn't because of the war. Something very strange happened that caused them to miss the ship... | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3279 Registered: 2-2011 |
was their lucky escape published in newspapers? were they identified by someone else? had they done something wrong? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5646 Registered: 9-2010 |
was their lucky escape published in newspapers? no, this was a fictional tale, but FSEI were they identified by someone else? had they done something wrong? no and no, or else irrelevant because it was never mentioned. hello everyone...one of my best friends got married this weekend, I was in Washington at her wedding. Back home and extremely tired...going to sleep for a while and will be back so feel free to ask questions or request a recat...er, recap...when I am more awake >^.^< | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1002 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did they miss the ship because of some misfortune? Or because something better came along? Were they sad when they first missed the ship? Or happy? Or some other emotion altogether? Were they involved in the war in any way? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5650 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did they miss the ship because of some misfortune?yes Or because something better came along? Were they sad when they first missed the ship? yes Or happy? Or some other emotion altogether? I think a bit surprised, scared and confused too Were they involved in the war in any way? I do not think so | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1611 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did they start their journey to the Lusitania's boarding point? Did they have to give up their journey plans at all? Did any of them get ill? Did someone related to them die? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3287 Registered: 2-2011 |
were they not allowed to board the ship? were they too sick to go on board? did they arrive late at the boarding point? were they drunk? did they get involved in a fight? were they involved in an accident? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5651 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did they start their journey to the Lusitania's boarding point? not after they woke up that morning Did they have to give up their journey plans at all? yes Did any of them get ill? Did someone related to them die? no to the last two were they not allowed to board the ship? something prevented them from getting to the ship were they too sick to go on board? no, they weren't sick did they arrive late at the boarding point? yes, when the problem was fixed they got there just as it was sailing away were they drunk? did they get involved in a fight? no and no were they involved in an accident? DOYD of 'accident'... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5652 Registered: 9-2010 |
BLOOPER to Redwine's first q: They DID get to the ship's boarding point, but only AFTER the problem that caused their delay was fixed, and they missed the ship | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1012 Registered: 8-2011 |
Was the problem they encountered something an ordinary traveler might encounter? Such as: -problems with transportation? -weather? -waking up late? -getting robbed? -being the victims of some other crime? -getting lost? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5655 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the problem they encountered something an ordinary traveler might encounter? Such as: -problems with transportation? -weather? -waking up late? -getting robbed? -being the victims of some other crime? -getting lost? No, the problem was stranger than any of these. It involved something they were both wearing. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3294 Registered: 2-2011 |
are they HAM? was the clothing outerwear? hats? shoes? uniforms? trousers? shirts? not clothing at all? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5656 Registered: 9-2010 |
are they HAM? the married couple? this took place way before same-sex marriage was legalized anywhere, I'm thinking. One H/A/M, one H/A/F was the clothing outerwear? no to all hats? shoes? uniforms? trousers? shirts? not clothing at all? I would term it jewelry, not clothing | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1015 Registered: 8-2011 |
Given what we know so far of this story, was the problem concerning their wedding rings? Did they lose them? Also, recap please? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5659 Registered: 9-2010 |
Given what we know so far of this story, was the problem concerning their wedding rings? Did they lose them? It concerned their wedding rings, yes...GOOD question! They did not lose them, no...in fact judging by the situation I would call that impossible... Also, recap please? A couple who had been married for about 20 years (a little more than that, I think) were dining with friends of theirs, taking a trip together. The married couple (I think the friends were also a married couple, but irrelevant - let's just call them the married couple and the friends - the married couple were extremely lucky, for a mishap that involved their wedding rings caused them to miss their honeymoon cruise on the Lusitania. As we all (?) know, the Lusitania sank after being fired on in WW1 by U-boats. The lucky, happy couple missed the boat and so their lives were spared. However, shortly after divulging their 20(ish) year old secret to their friends, ANOTHER disaster occurred, an accident in which they and many others forfeited their lives. This story is a fabrication of someone else's making (FSEI), from a TV show, although both disasters were very real events. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1017 Registered: 8-2011 |
Did the friends miss the Lusitania cruise as well? Did they die in the second disaster? Would the couple have died had they not disclosed their secret? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5661 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the friends miss the Lusitania cruise as well? I am not sure they even knew the lucky couple had intended to be on it. For all I know, they weren't even friends yet at that point. Did they die in the second disaster? Presumably, though this is not certain. I expect at least one of them survived to tell the story (at least, if we take it in the context of a true story, though it was in fact fiction) Would the couple have died had they not disclosed their secret? Who knows? There were some survivors of the disaster, though the source strongly implied these two were not among them. Perhaps the universe was having a poorly thought out joke on them. *haz a sad* Anyway, the fact that they told their secret had no bearing on the disaster happening. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1019 Registered: 8-2011 |
You mention a joke- was it funny in some way? Perhaps because the first disaster was worse than the first? Similar to the first? Related to war? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5664 Registered: 9-2010 |
You mention a joke- was it funny in some way? I would say there is an element of irony to the fact that they escaped the first disaster only to die in the second... Perhaps because the first disaster was worse than the first? Similar to the first? Related to war? Hmm, well the first disaster was a deliberate attack on a ship, resulting in the deaths of many innocent people. The second was an accident (so far as anyone knows) on a vessel of some kind as yet undiscovered by the puzzlers. It was not related to war (again, so far as anyone can prove, though I'm sure conspiracy theorists could go crazy on this) | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1033 Registered: 8-2011 |
A vessel -on land? -on sea? -in the air? -in space? I assume the couple was on the vessel during the accident? Were the friends? Did the accident destroy the vessel? Or was it something like spilled coffee? That type of accident? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5684 Registered: 9-2010 |
A vessel -on land? -on sea? -in the air? this one -in space? I assume the couple was on the vessel during the accident? never assume if you can help it on the LTPF, but in this case you would be correct.Were the friends? yesDid the accident destroy the vessel? yesOr was it something like spilled coffee? That type of accident? so no | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1035 Registered: 8-2011 |
Airplane? Helicopter? Hot air balloon? (oh wait- wrong puzzle :P ) Glider of some kind? Is any of this close? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5687 Registered: 9-2010 |
Airplane? Helicopter? Hot air balloon? (oh wait- wrong puzzle :P It may be the wrong puzzle, but this is surprisingly close!! Wrong, as it happens, but close. No to rest.) Glider of some kind? Is any of this close? | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1036 Registered: 8-2011 |
An airship of some kind? A blimp? zeppelin? dirigible? (Not sure what the differences are) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5689 Registered: 9-2010 |
An airship of some kind? yes A blimp? zeppelin? dirigible? (Not sure what the differences are) hrm...it was manufactured by the Zeppelin Company, so that makes it a zeppelin, I imagine. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1040 Registered: 8-2011 |
Hindenburg disaster? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5695 Registered: 9-2010 |
Hindenburg disaster? YES!!! =D Veree gud Ciaokitteh! So the married couple and their friends were on the Hindenburg when the married couple's luck ran out, and the couple and perhaps one or both friends died (Or neither). Bearing in mind this is a fictional story, where did I find out about it? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5718 Registered: 9-2010 |
Higgledy piggeldy, Kaylee Tonks-Lupin is Really quite puzzled at This puzzle's demise; Lateral minds here have Abandoned their efforts Except for Ciaobella, who Figured out the surprise. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5719 Registered: 9-2010 |
I'm always bad at making the one-word line in double dactyls...I hereby submit that this should be a variation on the proper double dactyl. But anyway...basically, should I $poyle? No one seems to care anymore... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17428 Registered: 4-2010 |
Lateral shmateral, Balin (the speaker) has Lurked for a while, but Brain tends to freeze: Puzz-master, will you now Nonperfunctorily Write out a recap, if Ever you please? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5722 Registered: 9-2010 |
Puzzelly wuzzelly Balin (the kitteh) has a RECAP requested (*unfreezez matt'z brayn*) With recat upcoming, Matt Indubitably Shall (I hope) have no more Cause to refrain. Recap: In the early 20th century, a newlywed couple encountered a problem with their wedding rings which caused them to miss their honeymoon cruise on the Lusitania, days before it was gunned down by German U-boats. Some 20 years later, or thereabouts, they finally told this story to their best friends as the four of them undertook another voyage, this time on an airship. Their friends hailed them as the luckiest people in the world - minutes before their luck ran out. For this was the Hindenburg, and as we (all?) know, its voyage was doomed. All that remains is where I heard this story. The two disasters are real, but the story itself is said to be fiction, though not made up by me... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5723 Registered: 9-2010 |
Oh, and what *exactly* was the wedding ring issue? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17430 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did their wedding rings not fit? Were the rings being worn at the time? Were the rings lost? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5731 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did their wedding rings not fit? DOYD of 'not fit'... Were the rings being worn at the time? Yes Were the rings lost? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17433 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did they fit too tightly? Were they unable to be removed? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5748 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did they fit too tightly? No, but... Were they unable to be removed? Yes! | ||
| Origamimaster (Origamimaster)
New member Username: Origamimaster Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2012 |
Did they want a divorce? Were they mad at each other? | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 724 Registered: 5-2008 |
Did something unusual occur with the rings? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5772 Registered: 9-2010 |
Sorry! I've been away too long... Did they want a divorce? Were they mad at each other? No to both. Did something unusual occur with the rings? YES! | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 1105 Registered: 8-2011 |
Would it help to determine: -where they were when the unusual event occurred? -if anyone else was involved? -when the unusual event occurred? -how it occurred? -how it was resolved, if it was resolved? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5778 Registered: 9-2010 |
Would it help to determine: -where they were when the unusual event occurred? Yes-ish -if anyone else was involved? It would -when the unusual event occurred? This would also be helpful -how it occurred? this would not, for it could only be considered an (for lack of a better term) "Act of God" -how it was resolved, if it was resolved? yes | ||
| Vene (Vene)
New member Username: Vene Post Number: 106 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is the wedding ring event something that required immediate taking care of? To resolve the situation did they need a jeweller? A medic? Did the rings shrink? Did their fingers thicken? Did they intentionally keep this a secret? Does it involve anything embarrassing about them? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5798 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the wedding ring event something that required immediate taking care of? Yes To resolve the situation did they need a jeweller? A medic? Jeweller Did the rings shrink? Did their fingers thicken? Possibly either, but that's not the only issue the rings had... Did they intentionally keep this a secret? if you mean the ring issue, yes. Were you inquiring about anything else? Does it involve anything embarrassing about them? The ring issue, possibly, DYOD. Other than that, no. | ||
| Vene (Vene)
New member Username: Vene Post Number: 128 Registered: 9-2008 |
Did the rings corrode? Did the ring incident reveal something about the material the rings were made of? Is the material relevant? Did the rings have to be cut? Could they be salvaged? Maybe just parts of them? Engravings relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5799 Registered: 9-2010 |
Did the rings corrode? \b(You mean rust? No, I don't believe so) Did the ring incident reveal something about the material the rings were made of? Is the material relevant? No and no Did the rings have to be cut? Yes Could they be salvaged? Yes Maybe just parts of them? They were still wearable Engravings relevant? I don't believe so | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3663 Registered: 2-2011 |
had the rings got caught on something? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5801 Registered: 9-2010 |
had the rings got caught on something? DOYD of 'get caught on', and the 'something' needs defining... | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3681 Registered: 2-2011 |
something metallic? each other? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3682 Registered: 2-2011 |
were they Russian wedding rings - the kind made up of 3 separate bands? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5802 Registered: 9-2010 |
something metallic? yes! each other? {YES!!} were they Russian wedding rings - the kind made up of 3 separate bands? they appeared to be one single band each | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3726 Registered: 2-2011 |
Hey, Kaylee - just you and me then? so their wedding rings became inextricably caught up and they had to be separated by a jeweller, which meant that they missed being drowned on the Lusitania? and 20 years later - were they involved in the Hindenburg disaster? | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 450 Registered: 7-2011 |
Kaylee, I've been reading here for a few days before I dared to jump back in - and I was certain that you were talking about the most recent novel by Connie Willis! But you've given us a great story. I mean, it's done, right? (Kayleetonks, I haven't appeared here in a year, but as a reminder, I wrote a puzzle about a special trait which domestic cats have that other animals don't. It was posted as "Pets: Threat or Menace?" My second one started a conversation about Don Sobol, author of "Encyc. Brown.") I'm so glad to see you're still here, honey! Happy New Year to all - Fiona) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5803 Registered: 9-2010 |
Hey, Kaylee - just you and me then? looks like it but Fiona kitteh has popped in below! so their wedding rings became inextricably caught up and they had to be separated by a jeweller, which meant that they missed being drowned on the Lusitania? well "fused" is the word I wanted, but inextricably caught up is good enough =D and yes!! and 20 years later - were they involved in the Hindenburg disaster? yes yes yes!!!! almost there, then...now all you need is where I got the story. Fiona: Kaylee, I've been reading here for a few days before I dared to jump back in - and I was certain that you were talking about the most recent novel by Connie Willis! Nope! It's a TV show's episode, as I said earlier =) But tell me more about this novel, sounds intriguing! But you've given us a great story. I mean, it's done, right? all you need to do now is tell me the TV show...and episode (Kayleetonks, I haven't appeared here in a year, but as a reminder, I wrote a puzzle about a special trait which domestic cats have that other animals don't. It was posted as "Pets: Threat or Menace?" My second one started a conversation about Don Sobol, author of "Encyc. Brown.") I'm so glad to see you're still here, honey! Happy New Year to all - Fiona) happiest of new years Fiona kitteh, I have missed you greatly!!! *hugz* | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5172 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the TV show: a show about disasters? History? War? A drama? Soap opera? Is it about WWII? Are there Nazis in it? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3779 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it a saga? like the North and the South or the Forsyte Saga? the Simpsons? a ghost story? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5804 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the TV show: a show about disasters? History? War? I believe it's had bits of all these mentioned, though it's not exactly 'about' any of them. A drama? It certainly has a dramatic theme Soap opera? NoIs it about WWII? At least one of the stories has mentioned it Are there Nazis in it? I think there may have been in one or two stories | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5229 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it set in a certain time period? Is time travel involved? Do the episodes tell a continuous story? Linked stories? Independent stories? Is it live action? Cartoon? 3D-animated? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5806 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it set in a certain time period? No Is time travel involved? I'm not sure if it was ever brought up, but I do not think so Do the episodes tell a continuous story? no Linked stories? each episode has multiple stories that share a common element within that episode Independent stories? each episode is separate from the other episodes Is it live action? this Cartoon? 3D-animated? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 5290 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it sci-fi? Does it have elements of a documentary? Do we need to find the common element? The name of the TV show? The episode? (I don't watch a lot of TV shows) Something else? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5853 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is it sci-fi? Not exactly - it has elements of the supernatural on occasion, but I don't know if sci-fi is the right word. But close.Does it have elements of a documentary? Hmm, sort of, although I don't think that's exactly what it is either Do we need to find the common element? That might help you find...The name of the TV show? YesThe episode? Yes(I don't watch a lot of TV shows)Nor I, but Ciaobella pointed this one out to me on YouTube. Googlepedia is your friend. Something else? I think the name of the show and its episode will just about do it | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5883 Registered: 9-2010 |
Ok - the rest is just details, and I shouldn't be picky. Thanks to Noel and Peter for input in the Chatroom. I've decided to spoyle this one. =) The show is called "Beyond Belief" and it's a TV show that I apparently missed when it was actually on TV - I've found episodes on YouTube. It consists of a host who introduces several short stories - about three or four - per episode of odd happenings, usually with an aura of the supernatural about them. Some of them are "true" (but with significant details edited to protect privacy), others are made up by the show's writers, or else drawn from urban legends, and at the end of the episode, the host will tell you which is which. In one episode, in which the uniting concept, I believe, was strange modes of transportation (it's been so long since I've seen it now, perhaps Ciaobella can chime in), the section opened with a couple and their two friends on some sort of voyage, telling the story of how they had missed the Lusitania on their honeymoon, which saved their lives. They had been keeping the secret of their good luck - their wedding rings had randomly fused together, so they couldn't get them off or get out of bed and so were too late to catch the ship - for several years, fearing no one would believe them. Finally, a couple decades later as they celebrated with their friends, they were persuaded to tell their story, and as they finished up they went to the window of the ship...the *window* of the *ship?* Suddenly, watching that, a suspicion formed in my mind, when realisation slammed into my head that it was not a *ship* ship, but an *airship*. An airship drifting over New Jersey... Then they cut to what seems to be real, historical footage of the incident from the ground. Yes, they were lucky indeed to miss the Lusitania. But it seems their luck ran out, when the couple went on the Hindenburg. As I recall, this story was "beyond belief" - i.e. false. But both fateful voyages DID happen, so who knows...O.o Thanks everyone for playing, and sorry for being so...I don't know, stubborn about details? Really, look for Beyond Belief, I think you guys might like it. Prime puzzle material! Kaylee | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3908 Registered: 2-2011 |
excellent! I made the mistake of googling it and it was the first thing to come up so I dropped out. |
