| Author | Message | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 14 Registered: 9-2012 |
I saw a crowd of people ran to us, each carrying a knife!! | ||
| Beachbum (Beachbum)
New member Username: Beachbum Post Number: 403 Registered: 2-2012 |
Were they salesman? The knives, where they pocket knives? Kitchen knives? Us: three or less? less than 10? less than 50? The crowd: three or less? less than 10? less than 50? Was the crowd attacking you? Trying to sell the knives to you? Had they all used the knives just prior to running to you? True story? A dream? From your imagination? FSEI? I = Rogerchang? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 15 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were they salesman?Noish The knives, where they pocket knives?No Kitchen knives?no Us: three or less?irrelevant less than 10? less than 50? The crowd: three or less? less than 10? less than 50?this Was the crowd attacking you?NO Trying to sell the knives to you?No Had they all used the knives just prior to running to you? Yesish True story?This one A dream? From your imagination? FSEI? will u be so kind to explain this abbreviation to a newbie?~ ^.^ I = Rogerchang?Actually it was my professor, but the identity is irrelevant | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17604 Registered: 4-2010 |
FSEI = From Someone Else's Imagination (existing fiction) Is the type of knife relevant? Carving knife? Switchblade knife? Hunting knife? Bowie knife? Were they all the same type of knife? Had the knives been used: to cut something? Stab something? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 1202 Registered: 5-2009 |
Did they want to give you their knives? Show you the knives? Put the knives somewhere near to you? Use the knives on something near to you? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 18 Registered: 9-2012 |
FSEI = From Someone Else's Imagination (existing fiction) Thanks a lot Is the type of knife relevant?Yesish, but it could be a hard approach Carving knife? Switchblade knife? Hunting knife? Bowie knife?None of above Were they all the same type of knife? yes Had the knives been used: to cut something?more probably this Stab something? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 19 Registered: 9-2012 |
Did they want to give you their knives?no Show you the knives?no Put the knives somewhere near to you?no Use the knives on something near to you?yesish | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 20 Registered: 9-2012 |
Did they want to give you their knives?no Show you the knives?no Put the knives somewhere near to you?no Use the knives on something near to you?yesish | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2078 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was this some sort of a festival? Were they part of an artistic performance? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 24 Registered: 9-2012 |
Was this some sort of a festival?No Were they part of an artistic performance?No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3409 Registered: 2-2011 |
were the knives part of some kind of uniform? or costume? were they going to use the knives to kill something? to stab something? to carve something? is food involved? were they running towards the buffet? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 25 Registered: 9-2012 |
were the knives part of some kind of uniform? or costume? Neither were they going to use the knivesYes to kill something?No to stab something?Yesish to carve something?<b>no</> is food involved?YES were they running towards the buffet?No, but good idea. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17610 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they throwing knives? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 28 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were they throwing knives?no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17614 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were the knives used in preparing the food? Cooking it? Eating it? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 32 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were the knives used in preparing the food?This Cooking it? Eating it? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2462 Registered: 11-2008 |
Were they participating in some kind of a competition? A cooking competition, perhaps? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 33 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were they participating in some kind of a competition? A cooking competition, perhaps? No The situation is a little difficult to imagine because we can hardly encounter it in our daily life | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2464 Registered: 11-2008 |
Was it some sort of an event? School relevant? Were they wearing something special? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2090 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were they going to cut a large piece of food (I imagine meat,but maybe there were vegetables.. ) ? Relevant where this was happening? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 35 Registered: 9-2012 |
Was it some sort of an event?No School relevant? and No Were they wearing something special?No | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 36 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were they going to cut a large piece of foodYes (I imagine meat,but maybe there were vegetables..YES ) ? Relevant where this was happening?not really | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17626 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it the world's largest [whatever type of vegetable]? And they were all going to cut it up so they could eat it? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2468 Registered: 11-2008 |
Pumpkins relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17630 Registered: 4-2010 |
If it is a pumpkin, were they going to carve it into a huge jack-o-lantern? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 38 Registered: 9-2012 |
I'm so sorry. It should be a kind of fruits, not vegetables, and they were coconuts, just to quicken the puzzle since the type of fruits is not so relevant I just suffered from jet lag while i misreading the q | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 1138 Registered: 6-2003 |
Did the people all belong to a particular group? (like: were they all students? co-workers? soldiers? ..) Was there a large number of coconuts lying on the ground? and the people run to get one of them? Khmer relevant? if so: the people? the language? Is the song "I like Chinese" relevant? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 41 Registered: 9-2012 |
Did the people all belong to a particular group? (like: were they all students? co-workers? soldiers? ..) No Was there a large number of coconuts lying on the ground?no and the people run to get one of them? and no Khmer relevant?it happened in Khmer if it helps if so: the people? the language?Their economy actually Is the song "I like Chinese" relevant?no haha | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 1148 Registered: 6-2003 |
Was there one coconut? several? Did the people go to cut the coconut(s)? to prepare it? to drink the juice out? Were they going to prepare the coconut(s) in a special way? for themselves? Were these people working together in whatever they were doing? were they competing with each other? Were they running because they were in a hurry? were they afraid the coconut(s) could disappear? become unusable? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 46 Registered: 9-2012 |
Was there one coconut?no several?yes Did the people go to cut the coconut(s)? to prepare it? to drink the juice out? Yes, Yes, Yes Were they going to prepare the coconut(s) in a special way?No for themselves?No Were these people working together in whatever they were doing?No were they competing with each other?Yes Were they running because they were in a hurry?Yes were they afraid the coconut(s) could disappear?no become unusable?no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3454 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it a contest to cut open the most coconuts? to collect the most milk? | ||
| Alhucema (Alhucema)
New member Username: Alhucema Post Number: 2544 Registered: 11-2008 |
or to be the quickest to open a coconut and drink the juice? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 47 Registered: 9-2012 |
was it a contest to cut open the most coconuts? to collect the most milk? or to be the quickest to open a coconut and drink the juice? None of them. They wanted to beat one another, yes, but not in a contest but for something more realistic | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 48 Registered: 9-2012 |
Just to make the puzzle more interesting, I decided it extended to be: I saw a crowd of people run to us, each carrying a knife!! Most of us ran away for his life, but i didn't | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17790 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was there a sale on coconuts? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 56 Registered: 9-2012 |
Was there a sale on coconuts? coconuts were for sale for sure but no big sale going on. | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 1172 Registered: 6-2003 |
Were you selling the coconuts? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 58 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were you selling the coconuts?no, not us | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17831 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you also carrying a knife? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 62 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were you also carrying a knife? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3539 Registered: 2-2011 |
were you there to film them? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 64 Registered: 9-2012 |
were you there to film themNo | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17994 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were they in a hurry because they were thirsty? Was the coconut juice the only option to drink? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 99 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were they in a hurry because they were thirsty?No Was the coconut juice the only option to drink?dunno | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18013 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it relevant how many coconuts there were? How many people? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 102 Registered: 9-2012 |
Is it relevant how many coconuts there were?no How many people?around twenty, not important | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4895 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were coconuts scarce? Had the crowd been waiting for coconuts? Did they rush to buy coconuts? Were they going to use the knives on the coconuts? Any packaging relevant? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 118 Registered: 9-2012 |
Were coconuts scarce?no Had the crowd been waiting for coconuts?no Did they rush to buy coconuts?no Were they going to use the knives on the coconuts?yes Any packaging relevant?no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3683 Registered: 2-2011 |
so they ran because they each wanted to beat the others to the coconuts? were there not enough to go round? were they going to eat the coconuts? drink the milk? were they going to do something else with them? did they each want only one? or as many as they could get? were they going to use them as currency? flotation devices? | ||
| Rogerchang (Rogerchang)
New member Username: Rogerchang Post Number: 123 Registered: 9-2012 |
Sorry for everyone ever making effort over this puzzle, but I am a little tired of carrying this on and find the answer not as interesting as i once thought it was. so i'm just posting the.. ********SPOILER********** My professor once traveled Khmer with his wife and other tourists as well. In the middle of the journey, they went to a small village that could only reached by boat. As soon as they disembarked, they saw lots of locals running as if for their lives toward the tourists, each carrying a knife. At this, most tourists were running back to the boat or somewhere else for fear of being killed. My professor didn't(as he said in class to depict what feat he kept his presence of mind), for he noticed there were also tiny humans dragging behind, this time each carrying a coconut, and he realized the locals were not hostile at all but trying to beat each other to better sale their coconuts for their living, if any that could be properly called. |
