| Author | Message | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1074 Registered: 1-2012 |
I have a friend who never wants to become president for a very unusual reason. What's the reason? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2498 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is the title relevant? president - of the United States? some other country? "I" - you, Kyeannpepper? "a friend" - H/A/M? F? According to a puzzle by Nimue, president is one of the most dangerous jobs because ~9% of all presidents have died in office. Anything to do with that? Does your friend think that media will reveal an embarrassing secret if s/he became president? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1075 Registered: 1-2012 |
Is the title relevant? In the very roundabout way that most of my titles are relevant, yes. president - of the United States? Yes. some other country? "I" - you, Kyeannpepper? Yes. "a friend" - H/A/M? F? HAF, yes According to a puzzle by Nimue, president is one of the most dangerous jobs because ~9% of all presidents have died in office. Anything to do with that? No, but a very interesting fact. Does your friend think that media will reveal an embarrassing secret if s/he became president? No. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2510 Registered: 12-2010 |
Does it have to do with a phobia of hers? For example, a fear of flying, and as president, she would have to fly a lot? Would she also not want to be another well-known person (e.g. a famous actor or singer)? Does the reason have to do with politics? Political parties? Is any of the following relevant: Her name? physical appearance? family background? hobbies? Is her relationship status relevant? If so, single? in a relationship? married? divorced? widowed? Does she have kids? Relevant? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1657 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does it have to do with the invasion of privacy most public figures have to endure? Would the general public find out some embarrassing habit of hers? Is her reason for not wanting to be the president a problem that is strictly inherent to the Presidency? Or is it a problem that could apply to other jobs? i.e. Would she hate having to wear a suit every day? Is there a particular aspect of the President's job that her reason is associated with? I.e. Talking to foreign leaders? Signing bills? Or a more something more general? i.e. Public speaking? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1076 Registered: 1-2012 |
Does it have to do with a phobia of hers? No. For example, a fear of flying, and as president, she would have to fly a lot? Would she also not want to be another well-known person (e.g. a famous actor or singer)? No, the reason would not apply to becoming another well-known person. Does the reason have to do with politics? Political parties? No. Is any of the following relevant: Her name? This! physical appearance? family background? hobbies? Is her relationship status relevant? No. If so, single? in a relationship? married? divorced? widowed? Does she have kids? Relevant? No. Does it have to do with the invasion of privacy most public figures have to endure? No. Would the general public find out some embarrassing habit of hers? No. Is her reason for not wanting to be the president a problem that is strictly inherent to the Presidency? You could think of it this way, but that might be misleading. Or is it a problem that could apply to other jobs? i.e. Would she hate having to wear a suit every day? Is there a particular aspect of the President's job that her reason is associated with? No. I.e. Talking to foreign leaders? Signing bills? Or a more something more general? No to this as well. i.e. Public speaking? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1672 Registered: 4-2007 |
Would her name sound silly when paired with 'President'? Does she have the same name as a former President and wouldn't want people to get confused between them, or think they were related? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2521 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is her full name relevant? Only her first name? middle name? last name? Is a nickname relevant? Are her initials relevant? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1077 Registered: 1-2012 |
Would her name sound silly when paired with 'President'? No. Does she have the same name as a former President Yesish and wouldn't want people to get confused between them, or think they were related? But no to the rest. Is her full name relevant? Not quite... Only her first name? This... middle name? last name? ...and this only. Is a nickname relevant? Are her initials relevant? No to both. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1681 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does she have the same first name as a former President? The same last name? A feminised version of the same name? A name that could be shortened to be the same? A name that sounds very similar? Was the President who she sounds like unpopular? Or is the ish because the person she shared a name with was not a President? A candidate? Vice President? First Lady? Other politician? Leader of another country? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1078 Registered: 1-2012 |
Does she have the same first name as a former President? The same last name? This! A feminised version of the same name? A name that could be shortened to be the same? A name that sounds very similar? Was the President who she sounds like unpopular? No. Or is the ish because the person she shared a name with was not a President? A candidate? Vice President? First Lady? Other politician? Leader of another country? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1686 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does she think people will find it funny if she became President because of her name? Is the president she shares a name with still alive? Does she fear if she was president she might share some other characteristic with that president? Were they assassinated? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2544 Registered: 12-2010 |
Does she fear people will think she's related to him? Is her last name Bush, and she fears she would be Bush jr. jr.? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2545 Registered: 12-2010 |
Or is her name N___ Obama and she fears she'd be called Nobama? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1079 Registered: 1-2012 |
Does she think people will find it funny if she became President because of her name? Is the president she shares a name with still alive? Does she fear if she was president she might share some other characteristic with that president? Were they assassinated? Does she fear people will think she's related to him? Is her last name Bush, and she fears she would be Bush jr. jr.? Or is her name N___ Obama and she fears she'd be called Nobama? No to all. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3114 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did the president she shares a last name with serve as president in the 1800s? 1900s? Was he president during a war? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1080 Registered: 1-2012 |
Did the president she shares a last name with serve as president in the 1800s? 1900s? Irrel. Was he president during a war? Irrel. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3115 Registered: 7-2009 |
Oh, so we're not trying to guess which dead president she shares a last name with? So if it doesn't matter which dead president she shares a name with, would her reason be the same if the president were still alive instead? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1085 Registered: 1-2012 |
Oh, so we're not trying to guess which dead president she shares a last name with? No. So if it doesn't matter which dead president she shares a name with, would her reason be the same if the president were still alive instead? Yes. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2064 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is she an American-born citizen? Does she have an unusual first name? Are there any other reasons, besides the name, for not wanting to run for presidency? Is her last name Washington? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4306 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it only her surname that's relevant ? Is her job relevant? Does a president's other titles e.g Commander in Chief have anything to do with it? Are the terms 'ex-president' or 'former president' relevant? Would the fact that she'd be the first woman president have anything to do with it? Is she married? I guess if she was president her husband would be the first man , relevant? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4307 Registered: 1-2007 |
Oh and given the 19 in the puzzle title is her surname Hayes? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1086 Registered: 1-2012 |
Is she an American-born citizen? Yes, irr. Does she have an unusual first name? YES! Are there any other reasons, besides the name, for not wanting to run for presidency? No. Is her last name Washington? No. Is it only her surname that's relevant ? No, her first name is too. Is her job relevant? Does a president's other titles e.g Commander in Chief have anything to do with it? No to both. Are the terms 'ex-president' or 'former president' relevant? No. Would the fact that she'd be the first woman president have anything to do with it? Is she married? I guess if she was president her husband would be the first man , relevant? Neither of these. Oh and given the 19 in the puzzle title is her surname Hayes? No. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2555 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is her first name an adjective? Is it Gay? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1087 Registered: 1-2012 |
Is her first name an adjective? No, OTWT Is it Gay? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2556 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is the length of her first name relevant? its origin? pronunciation? spelling? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1088 Registered: 1-2012 |
Is the length of her first name relevant? its origin? pronunciation? spelling? This one! | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2560 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is it a common name, but with a weird spelling? Is it difficult to spell? Do people frequently misspell it? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1090 Registered: 1-2012 |
Is it a common name, but with a weird spelling? Yes! Is it difficult to spell? Do people frequently misspell it? And yes! There's one minor detail left...would you like to try and get that, or should I $poil? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3371 Registered: 2-2011 |
does she simply not want to draw attention to the unusual spelling of her name by becoming president? does she find the spelling embarassing now? or would the combination of her name and another word become a problem? does the spelling of her name suggest a particular pronunciation which might be embarassing? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1092 Registered: 1-2012 |
does she simply not want to draw attention to the unusual spelling of her name by becoming president? does she find the spelling embarassing now? or would the combination of her name and another word become a problem? does the spelling of her name suggest a particular pronunciation which might be embarrassing? No to all of these. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2611 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is her first name spelled like a verb? So that her name would be something along the lines of "Kill Lincoln"? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1094 Registered: 1-2012 |
Is her first name spelled like a verb? No. So that her name would be something along the lines of "Kill Lincoln"? So no, but very lateral thought. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4326 Registered: 1-2007 |
Would her name suggest she would be a bad president? a dishonest one? Would it somehow echo what happened to the actual president in real life? would it suggest that she holds a political opinion contrary to one she actually holds? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1096 Registered: 1-2012 |
Would her name suggest she would be a bad president? a dishonest one? Would it somehow echo what happened to the actual president in real life? would it suggest that she holds a political opinion contrary to one she actually holds? No to all. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1687 Registered: 4-2007 |
would her first name have to used often,to distinguish her from the other president with the same last name, so she would have to constantly cope with her name being misspelled? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1098 Registered: 1-2012 |
would her first name have to used often,to distinguish her from the other president with the same last name, so she would have to constantly cope with her name being misspelled? Not quite, but so close that I'll post the My friend once had to memorize some of the more recent presidents for school. Although for most of them she just had to memorize the last names, if there were two presidents with the same last name, she had to memorize the first name as well. Since there has already been a president with this last name, and her name is spelled in an odd way, all the schoolchildren memorizing lists of presidents would have to memorize how to spell her name. So she remarked that she would never want to become president for this reason. The title, if you're wondering, is mostly random other than the number 19, which is the digits of the friend's house number (559) added. And yes, this is the same friend who inspired the pab-bap neologism. | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1100 Registered: 1-2012 |
I swear I'm losing my mind. At least I'm not forgetting the spoiler tag anymore. Thanks go to Peter365, Doriana, Shez, Rbruma, Noel, and Dlycnet for their participation in this puzzle. Enjay gets a shiny gold star for solving! | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4336 Registered: 1-2007 |
Very nice , are we allowed ask what her name is? | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1103 Registered: 1-2012 |
Very nice , are we allowed ask what her name is? In the interest of her own privacy, I'll tell you only that her last name is Van Buren. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4337 Registered: 1-2007 |
Cool not one one of the presidents that leap off the page. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2084 Registered: 9-2009 |
I'm sorry, I don't understand. Van Buren is spelled like this (both in your friend's name, as in the president's.) You also said that your friend's first name is relevant. Is it Martina? Where is the mispelling? I am not a native speaker of English, so it might be a play on words that I don't understand... | ||
| Kyeannpepper (Kyeannpepper)
New member Username: Kyeannpepper Post Number: 1111 Registered: 1-2012 |
I'm sorry, I don't understand. Van Buren is spelled like this (both in your friend's name, as in the president's.) Right. You also said that your friend's first name is relevant. Is it Martina? Where is the mispelling? There isn't an actual misspelling, her first name is just spelled in an unusual way. Like spelling Sheryl Sherul instead. So let's pretend my friend is named Sherul Van Buren. Okay, so Sherul once had to memorize a list of presidents. Most of them she just had to memorize the last name. However, if there were two with the same last name, she had to memorize the first name as well. Since there's already been a president with the last name of Van Buren, any kids memorizing a list of presidents would have to memorize her first name as well. Since it's spelled in an odd way, they'd have to remember how to spell her name. I am not a native speaker of English, so it might be a play on words that I don't understand...No problem. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2092 Registered: 9-2009 |
Aham, thanks! I didn't get it from the spoiler. As a simple joke, if the alternative would be to 1. Learn the name of 43 presidents or 2. be the most important person in the world - i would go for the second : - ) |
