| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17997 Registered: 4-2010 |
I thought my answer made sense, but I'm glad my sister knows I'm not a racist. I = me (Balin), my sister = my sister, both human, both children at the time of the puzzle, I'm male, she's female, FIVE GOLDEN RINGS... oh yeah, this is a Christmas puzzle | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 3023 Registered: 12-2010 |
Answer - to a question your sister asked you? Someone else asked you? Could the answer have been understood as racist? Christmas puzzle, you say? Is any of the following relevant: Christmas carols? Christmas traditions? Christmas food? Nativity story? Church? Presents? Christmas tree? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 17999 Registered: 4-2010 |
Answer - to a question your sister asked you? Yes Someone else asked you? Could the answer have been understood as racist? Yes Christmas puzzle, you say? Is any of the following relevant: Christmas carols? It's not a "carol," but it is a Christmas song Christmas traditions? Christmas food? Nativity story? Church? Presents? Christmas tree? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 3024 Registered: 12-2010 |
Was the question related to the song? Did you quote the song in your answer? Did the answer contain a word that could be considered a racial slur? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18001 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the question related to the song? Yes Did you quote the song in your answer? No! Did the answer contain a word that could be considered a racial slur? Not exactly, no | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 3028 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did she ask you what the song was about? what the lyrics were? who had written it? sung it? Is a mondegreen involved? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18003 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she ask you what the song was about? what the lyrics were? This; she was quizzing me on the lyrics who had written it? sung it? Is a mondegreen involved? No to rest | ||
| Vene (Vene)
New member Username: Vene Post Number: 122 Registered: 9-2008 |
Did you paraphrase the lyrics? Describe them without quoting? Is it a well-known song? A pop song? Should we try to find out what the song is, or would that make the puzzle too easy? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18005 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you paraphrase the lyrics? No Describe them without quoting? No Is it a well-known song? Semi-well known A pop song? I wouldn't say that, No Should we try to find out what the song is, or would that make the puzzle too easy? Try to figure it out! | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1882 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does the song deal with the religious aspects of Christmas? Is it about winter? Snowmen? Santa? Is it a children's song? Did you get the lyrics wrong? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18008 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the song deal with the religious aspects of Christmas? No Is it about winter? Yes Snowmen? Yes Santa? No Is it a children's song? Yope Did you get the lyrics wrong? Yes | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1887 Registered: 4-2007 |
Winter Wonderland? Let it Snow? Frosty the Snowman? Does the title involve the word "Christmas"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18010 Registered: 4-2010 |
Winter Wonderland? Let it Snow? Frosty the Snowman? No to all Does the title involve the word "Christmas"? No | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1895 Registered: 4-2007 |
Could your answer have been interpreted as racist towards a particular group? A racial group? Religious? National? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18011 Registered: 4-2010 |
Could your answer have been interpreted as racist towards a particular group? Well, racist in favor of one A racial group? Yes, No to rest Religious? National? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18012 Registered: 4-2010 |
I should point out that you probably will need to figure out the song in question, as a particular lyric is relevant. | ||
| Deholmes (Deholmes)
New member Username: Deholmes Post Number: 33 Registered: 11-2012 |
Did you mispronounce a word in the song in such a way as to make it sound like a racial slur | ||
| Vene (Vene)
New member Username: Vene Post Number: 125 Registered: 9-2008 |
Is colour relevant? The fact that snowmen are white? The carrot? (sorry...) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18017 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you mispronounce a word in the song in such a way as to make it sound like a racial slur? No Is colour relevant? Yes The fact that snowmen No are white? Yes The carrot? No (sorry...) Not sure what the "sorry" is for -- I'm probably missing something | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 3041 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is it relevant that snow is white? Is the term "white Christmas" relevant? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3598 Registered: 2-2011 |
"walking in the air"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18018 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it relevant that snow is white? Yes Is the term "white Christmas" relevant? No "walking in the air"? Yes | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 2252 Registered: 9-2009 |
"White man can't jump" relevant? Was the "racist remark" related to colour? Or against a particular people(like jews, arabs, russians, etc., etc.) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18019 Registered: 4-2010 |
"White man can't jump" relevant? No Was the "racist remark" related to colour? Yes, and that color is "white" Or against a particular people(like jews, arabs, russians, etc., etc.) | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 353 Registered: 5-2012 |
I first read this as "popsicle rose." :o) Are noses relevant? Is the word "knows" relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18022 Registered: 4-2010 |
I first read this as "popsicle rose." :o) Are noses relevant? No, other than I've always thought it would be funny if a snowman had a popsicle for a nose. And by "always" I mean "since I randomly thought of it the morning I posted the puzzle." Is the word "knows" relevant? No | ||
| Deholmes (Deholmes)
New member Username: Deholmes Post Number: 57 Registered: 11-2012 |
Did you refer to a snowman as a white man? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18026 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you refer to a snowman as a white man? No The song has been guessed; you can look up the lyrics to figure out the relevant bit. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1737 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is there a particular line in the song that's relevant to your comment? Is there something in particular about the movie the song came from that relates to your comment? Lyrics: We're walking in the air, we're floating in a moonlit sky The people far above are sleeping as we fly I'm holding very tight, I'm riding in a midnight blue I'm finding I can fly, so high above with you Far across the world, the villages go by like trees The rivers and the hills, the forests and the streams Children gaze open mouth, taken by surprise Nobody down below believes their eyes We're surfing in the air, we're swimming in the frozen sky We're drifting over ice, mountains floating by Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep We're walking in the air, we're floating in a midnight sky And everyone who sees us, greets us as we fly I'm holding very, holding very tight, I'm riding in a midnight blue I'm finding I can fly, so high above with you Read more: NIGHTWISH - WALKING IN THE AIR LYRICS | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18027 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is there a particular line in the song that's relevant to your comment? Yes Is there something in particular about the movie the song came from that relates to your comment? No Lyrics: We're walking in the air We're floating in a moonlit sky The people far above are sleeping as we fly These are the only relevant lines; the last one is the line you want to focus on | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 4412 Registered: 1-2007 |
The third line is actually 'the people far below' not 'the people far above' . Can I assume the line is relevant in it's correct form? Did you reference people below as being people on the other side of the earth. Is that China for people living in the US , over here we say Australia. Any of this prattling relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18032 Registered: 4-2010 |
The third line is actually 'the people far below' not 'the people far above' . Oops Can I assume the line is relevant in it's correct form? Yes Did you reference people below as being people on the other side of the earth. No Is that China for people living in the US , over here we say Australia. No Any of this prattling relevant? No, but an interesting thought | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18047 Registered: 4-2010 |
RECAP: My sister was quizzing me on the lyrics to "Walking in the Air"; I made a mistake on the third line ("The people far below are sleeping as we fly") that, to an observer (and my sister noted this), could have sounded racist. HINT: Just how did she quiz me? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1954 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did she say a line and ask you for the next one? Did she ask you a question eliminating an element of the line (eg "Who is sleeping far below", or "Where are the people sleeping as we fly?")? Did she ask you for the whole line? Part of it? The whole song? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18052 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she say a line and ask you for the next one? No Did she ask you a question eliminating an element of the line (eg "Who is sleeping far below", or "Where are the people sleeping as we fly?")? Yesish Did she ask you for the whole line? Part of it? This The whole song? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4891 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did she ask for: the first half? Second half? The word(s) you mistook: [LTPF list of words in the third line of "Walking in the air"]? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18073 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did she ask for: the first half? Second half? This The word(s) you mistook: [LTPF list of words in the third line of "Walking in the air"]? She said, "The people far below are..." and wanted me to fill in "sleeping as we fly." | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4903 Registered: 9-2009 |
did you mistake all the words? Did you say something entirely different? If not, did you mistake: sleeping? As? We? Fly? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3674 Registered: 2-2011 |
did what you said can and rhyme properly? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18079 Registered: 4-2010 |
did you mistake all the words? Yope, see next Did you say something entirely different? YES If not, did you mistake: sleeping? As? We? Fly? did what you said can and rhyme properly? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4960 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you say something unflattering about the people far below? Something racist? Something silly? Were you making a joke? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18085 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you say something unflattering about the people far below? Something racist? Something that could be interpreted as such Something silly? Were you making a joke? No to rest | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18091 Registered: 4-2010 |
HINT: I didn't know the words, so don't assume I said anything close to the actual lyric. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 2041 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did you try to come up with something that fitted plausibly with the preceding line? Did your reply involve the idea of 'down below' as meaning inferior (whether intentionally or not?) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18094 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you try to come up with something that fitted plausibly with the preceding line? Yes, both to the previous line and the first half of the line Did your reply involve the idea of 'down below' as meaning inferior (whether intentionally or not?) No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4992 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you use "far below" as meaning something else than "down on the ground"? "The people far below are - Australians"? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 3719 Registered: 2-2011 |
did it refer to a particular race? colour? religion? or could be mistaken for a particular race? colour? religion? did the part you supplied describe physical attributes? what the people were doing? noses relevant? popsicles? | ||
| Solo1 (Solo1)
New member Username: Solo1 Post Number: 426 Registered: 5-2012 |
The opposite of 'up above' is 'down below'. So the opposite of 'up North' would be 'down south'. OTRT? OTWT? Off the map altogether? If noses relevant, are they red? blue? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18096 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you use "far below" as meaning something else than "down on the ground"? No, I had that correct "The people far below are - Australians"? No, but interesting thought did it refer to a particular race? colour? This religion? or could be mistaken for a particular race? colour? religion? did the part you supplied describe physical attributes? This, see above what the people were doing? noses relevant? popsicles? No to both The opposite of 'up above' is 'down below'. So the opposite of 'up North' would be 'down south'. OTRT? OTWT? Off the map altogether? OTWT If noses relevant, are they red? blue? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 3357 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did you say the people were white? black? red? yellow? brown? another skin color word I've forgotten? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 18099 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you say the people were white? This. ****SPOILER**** About ten or so years ago, my sister was quizzing me on the lyrics to the song "Walking in the Air." She'd give me the first part of the line, and I'd have to finish it. When we came to "The people far below are...", I had no idea and guessed "white." I meant white from the snow, not white as in skin color, but my sister (after laughing at me) pointed out the alternate meaning. Nice work everyone, especially Noel for the last bit. And brush up on your lyrics. |
