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[peter365]

Hi there my fellow puzzle protagonists, a simple puzzle statement for you and I'm sure this will be a quickie.

Why did a furniture advert cause outrage?

Early spoilers and all that.

[invisiblemimsy]

Love the title!

Was it anything to do with religion, beds or mattresses? Relevant where the advert was? Did it have text on it? Objects? People? Outrage as in objection, anger, fury, controversy?

[GalFisk]

Relevant what kind of furniture it was for? Relevant in what country it was displayed? Was it on TV? Radio? Billboards? A magazine? Newspaper? Catalog? The internet? Relevant?

[JenBurdoo]

Racism, sexism or nationalism relevant (the latter because I know where you live)?

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Invisiblemimsy

Love the title! Thanks , I can never resist a bad pun

Was it anything to do with religion, beds or mattresses? No to all Relevant where the advert was? Yes Did it have text on it? Yes Objects? Yes People? I think not but not especially relevant Outrage as in objection, anger, fury, controversy? All of these

[peter365]

Galfisk

Relevant what kind of furniture it was for? Yes Relevant in what country it was displayed? Yes Was it on TV? Radio? Billboards? A magazine? Newspaper? This Catalog? The internet? Relevant? Yes

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Jenburdoo

Racism, sexism or nationalism relevant (the latter because I know where you live)? No to all

There are some other Internet groups where the phrase 'I know where you live' would make me nervous but our beloved LTPF is not one of them

[JenBurdoo]

Aw, I was hoping it was an orange piece of furniture sold on the 12th of July.

Protest relevant? A specific country? Historical era?

[peter365]

Aw, I was hoping it was an orange piece of furniture sold on the 12th of July. You should have saved that notion for a puzzle of your own.

Protest relevant? Not a formal protest like a march or anything but a number of people did protest as in complained. A specific country? Ireland Historical era? Modern day

[JenBurdoo]

People from a particular part of the country? A particular sex? Age? Ethnicity? Religion? Industry? Were the Troubles brought to mind at all?

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Jenburdoo

People from a particular part of the country? A particular sex? Age? Ethnicity? Religion? Industry? Were t he Troubles brought to mind at all? No to all I'm afraid.

[GalFisk]

Relevant which newspaper it was in? Relevant what else was in the newspaper? Was it for bedroom furniture? Living room? Kitchen? Bathroom? Kids' furniture? Baby furniture? Toy furniture? Outdoor furniture?

[peter365]

Galfisk

Relevant which newspaper it was in? No Relevant what else was in the newspaper? Yes Was it for bedroom furniture? This Living room? Kitchen? Bathroom? Kids' furniture? Baby furniture? Toy furniture? Outdoor furniture?

[GalFisk]

Was it for a bed? Nightstand? Dresser? Closet? Mirror? Light? Was the other thing in the newspaper also an ad? An article? News? Editorial? Op ed? Classified? Letter to the editor? Something tragic?

[invisiblemimsy]

Was it too graphic? Irreligious? Offensive to a particular group of people, just one person, a few people, most people, everybody? Relevant? Was it the text or the graphics or both or neither which offended? Relevant which newspaper it was? Was it insulting or stereotyping Irish people? Was the ad badly placed, such as being next to an article or another ad which caused the outrage? Crime or the suggestion of crime relevant? Stereotyping?

[peter365]

Galfisk

Was it for a bed? Nightstand? Dresser? Closet? A wardrobe but yes Mirror? Light? Was the other thing in the newspaper also an ad? An article? News? This Editorial? Op ed? Classified? Letter to the editor? Something tragic? yes

[peter365]

Was it too graphic? Irreligious? No to both Offensive to a particular group of people, just one person, a few people, most people, I'd say this , but offended is such an emotive word, I'd say most people thought it was wrong. everybody? Relevant? Not overly so Was it the text or the graphics or both or neither which offended? Nothing inherent in the ad itself was offensive Relevant which newspaper it was? No Was it insulting or stereotyping Irish people? Begorrah twas not to be be sure Was the ad badly placed, such as being next to an article or another ad which caused the outrage? Exactly so Crime or the suggestion of crime relevant? Yes Stereotyping? No

My quickie prediction is about to be fulfilled

[invisiblemimsy]

CHILDREN IN WARDROBE HORROR “THEY WERE TASTY” SAYS LION ??

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Invisiblemimsy

CHILDREN IN WARDROBE HORROR “THEY WERE TASTY” SAYS LION ?? Points awarded for creativity, less so for accuracy I'm afraid

[invisiblemimsy]

The tragic crime, was it a full article? Did it involve a wardrobe? Would it help to explore what sort of crime it was?

[JenBurdoo]

$$$Bureau for Sale$$$

ALL STAFF OF SCANDAL-RIDDEN GOVERNMENT BUREAU SACKED

Along the same lines?

[invisiblemimsy]

Lol @ Jen

[JenBurdoo]

InvisibleMimsy, thanks! I loved yours, too.

[GalFisk]

Crime: did anyone die? Were children affected? Was a wardrobe involved? Used for hiding? Confinement?

[Balin]

One crime? Multiple crimes?
Murder? Theft? Kidnapping? Arson? Assault?
Is the phrase "coming out of the closet" somehow involved?

[invisiblemimsy]

Bodies? Drugs? Growing 'Mary Jane' in the wardrobe? Potatoes, drinking or 'the craic'? (Sorry, stereotyping of Irish people )
HAM, HAF, HCM, HCF, number?

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Invisiblemimsy

The tragic crime, was it a full article? Yes Did it involve a wardrobe? Yes Would it help to explore what sort of crime it was? It would and help is at hand

Bodies? Singular Drugs? Growing 'Mary Jane' in the wardrobe? Potatoes, drinking or 'the craic'? No to all (Sorry, stereotyping of Irish people ) Ach sure we've earned it.
HAM, HAF, HCM, HCF, number?

Jenburdoo
$$$Bureau for Sale$$$

ALL STAFF OF SCANDAL-RIDDEN GOVERNMENT BUREAU SACKED

Along the same lines? No but a great effort

Galfisk
Crime: did anyone die? Yes Were children affected? Indirectly yes Was a wardrobe involved? Yes Used for hiding? Yes and that's really all there is Confinement?

Balin
One crime? This Multiple crimes?
Murder? Yes Theft? Kidnapping? Arson? Assault?
Is the phrase "coming out of the closet" somehow involved? No but nice thinking


Time to wrap this up as you're all pretty much there....

*****************Spoilier***********************

A woman in her 30s was murdered recently in Dublin and police strongly suspect her ex husband. Her body was found in a wardrobe in a flat he was living in. When reporting the story an evening newspaper 'The Irish Herald' made this almighty faux pas, they blamed an editorial oversight. Let's hope that was the case and they weren't aiming for crass and cheap publicity.

http://www.anorak.co.uk/447938/strange-but-true/juxtaposition-fail-irish-herald-flogs-wardrobes-by-a-dead-womans-body.html/

Thanks for playing folks