[WiZ] Card Trick

[WiZ]

Why did I stick a picture of a former African head of state in a greeting card?

Autobiographical. No caveat.

[trebor]

Does it matter specifically which person? Which country? Was it Gaddafi? Mandela? Mugabe? A European person heading a colony?

Were you making a joke? If so, a pun? Did you subsequently send the card to someone? If so, relevant who? A friend? Family member? Co-worker? Customer? Romantic interest? Did this person benefit somehow?

Was the picture a free-standing picture of the person? Was it on a piece of currency? Part of an article you wanted to send? On the flip side of a page that had something important on the other side?

[Earnest]

Is the former African head notorious? If so, mainly for having been a former African head? Relevant of which state he Wass the head? If so, please list of world state (assuming that he could also have been head of a state outside Africa).
African head of state = political leader of an African country?

Relevant who was the greeting card for? Was it to celebrate a birthday? An anniversary? Some other event? Was it for a friend of your? For your wife/son/daughter?

To be sure...did you stack it on the front? on the reverse? Did you cut it before sticking it? Did you stick it on a relevant part of the greeting card? Inside? Did you make a gift? If sos relevant what the gift was? Its thee name of the leader connected to the gift?
Is the name of the leader relevant?

[WiZ]

Trebor

Does it matter specifically which person? yes Which country? no - although there will be a specific country associated with this leader, of course Was it Gaddafi? Mandela? Mugabe? A European person heading a colony? no to all

Were you making a joke? yes If so, a pun? and yes Did you subsequently send the card to someone? yes If so, relevant who? yes A friend? Family member? Co-worker? this Customer? Romantic interest? Did this person benefit somehow? above and beyond the typical benefits of receiving a card from a co-worker, no

Was the picture a free-standing picture of the person? yes Was it on a piece of currency? Part of an article you wanted to send? On the flip side of a page that had something important on the other side? no to rest

Earnest

Is the former African head notorious? yes If so, mainly for having been a former African head? yes Relevant of which state he Wass the head? Only as an aid to work out who he is If so, please list of world state (assuming that he could also have been head of a state outside Africa). no
African head of state = political leader of an African country? yes

Relevant who was the greeting card for? yes Was it to celebrate a birthday? An anniversary? no to both Some other event? yes Was it for a friend of your? yes (but more importantly a co-worker, as above) For your wife/son/daughter? no

To be sure...did you stack it on the front? on the reverse? no to both Did you cut it before sticking it? assume yes Did you stick it on a relevant part of the greeting card? Inside? yes to both Did you make a gift? not relevantly If sos relevant what the gift was? n/a Its thee name of the leader connected to the gift? n/a, but see next
Is the name of the leader relevant? yes

[Doriana]

Did the co-worker retire? leave the company? get a promotion? a raise? Were they (gender relevant?) transferred to another location? Did they get married? have a child?

Is the head of state Ellen Johnson Sirleaf? If so, a pun on leaf/leave relevant?

[WiZ]

Did the co-worker retire? no leave the company? get a promotion? either of these are possible; as this is a true story, I can tell you that they got promoted a raise? no Were they (gender relevant? yes) transferred to another location? Did they get married? have a child? no to both

Is the head of state Ellen Johnson Sirleaf? If so, a pun on leaf/leave relevant? no to all

[Doriana]

Is the co-worker H/A/M? H/A/F? Co-worker's name relevant?
Before their promotion, did the two of you work together? Did the promotion (relevantly) mean that you would no longer work together?
Is their old job title relevant? new job title? old tasks? new tasks?

Does the picture replace a word or phrase in a sentence? (such as "I [picture of Immanuel Kant] live without you" in a philosophy-themed Valentine's Day card)

[WiZ]

Is the co-worker H/A/M? yes to all H/A/F? Co-worker's name relevant? yes

So I suppose it could be a female coworker, but few if any women would have this name.

Before their promotion, did the two of you work together? yes, we had a working relationship Did the promotion (relevantly) mean that you would no longer work together? not relevantly
Is their old job title relevant? new job title? old tasks? new tasks? no to all

Does the picture replace a word or phrase in a sentence? yes with a small ish (such as "I [picture of Immanuel Kant] live without you" in a philosophy-themed Valentine's Day card) no, but a gorgeous example

[Doriana]

Do the co-worker and the head of state share a name? If so, first name? last name?
Does the name of the head of state contain the co-worker's name? (such as Abe in Mugabe, although we've ruled out that specific example already)
Does the pun use the head of state's full name? first name? last name?

[WiZ]

Do the co-worker and the head of state share a name? yes If so, first name? yope last name? yope
Does the name of the head of state contain the co-worker's name? (such as Abe in Mugabe, although we've ruled out that specific example already) no, to interpret your question by your example
Does the pun use the head of state's full name? yes first name? last name? and thus yes to both

[Balin]

Was the co-worker's firstname Jonathan? Was the head of state Goodluck Jonathan?

[WiZ]

Was the co-worker's firstname Jonathan? Was the head of state Goodluck Jonathan?

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***** SPOILER *****

I was writing in a card for my colleague, Jonathan, who had just been promoted. I wanted to say 'Good luck, Jonathan', so I inserted a picture of former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan.

Congratulations, Balin. I can't even blame this one on our reading the same subreddits. Thank you everyone for playing!

[klondike mary]

Clever one.
If this had not been solved, I was going to make a WAG of Idi Amin.
Wiz, I guess that proves we both have a strange sense of humor - practically a requirement for being on this forum.

[Balin]

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Very clever. I hope your colleague had a nice laugh of appreciation.