| Author | Message | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 688 Registered: 4-2007 |
She got exactly what she asked for, but it made her life far worse than it had been before. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 689 Registered: 4-2007 |
Oops, forgot to add my name to the title...could some nice person please do it for me? | ||
| Ceres (Ceres)
New member Username: Ceres Post Number: 53 Registered: 10-2007 |
Was it a physical object? An event? A person? Money? Did 'it' make her life worse financially? Did it make her unhappy? Harm her physically? Create an inconvenience? Kill someone? make her unpopular/disliked? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 693 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was it a physical object? no An event? This is closest, but not really correct A person? Money? no to rest Did 'it' make her life worse financially? possibly, indirectly Did it make her unhappy? yes Harm her physically? it affected her physically, but didn't actually harm her Create an inconvenience? yes Kill someone? no make her unpopular/disliked? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 728 Registered: 6-2007 |
it = what she asked for? it = it? is a job relevant? participation in an activity? joining a group? club? earning a title? education? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 695 Registered: 4-2007 |
it = what she asked for? it = it? The first it refers to what she asked for, the second it refers to her life. The statement could have read, "She got exactly what she asked for, but the thing she asked for made her life much worse than her life had been before" is a job relevant? participation in an activity? joining a group? club? earning a title? education? no to all | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 732 Registered: 6-2007 |
"what she asked for" did she actually ask someone/something for "it"? pray for it? vote for it? did she have any control? influence? over getting what she asked for? was a relevant person involved in her getting it? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 699 Registered: 4-2007 |
"what she asked for" did she actually ask someone/something for "it"? yes pray for it? vote for it? did she have any control? influence? over getting what she asked for? well, she asked for it, and she knew she would get what she asked for was a relevant person involved in her getting it? yes | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 734 Registered: 6-2007 |
other relevant person... H A M? did the relevant person give it to her? can she give it back? at any time could she? if yes, would she give it back to the person? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 700 Registered: 4-2007 |
other relevant person... H yope A yes M? irrel did the relevant person give it to her? yes can she give it back? at any time could she? no, remember, it's not a physical object if yes, would she give it back to the person? so no, however if she could return to the way things were before she got what she asked for, she would. | ||
| Bentarm (Bentarm)
New member Username: Bentarm Post Number: 1314 Registered: 6-2001 |
Was the other relevant person Jesus? God? a genie? some other mythological character with the power to grant wishes? Did her getting what she asked for involve breaking the normal laws of the universe? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 317 Registered: 9-2007 |
Plastic surgery relevant? | ||
| Tanvishashikant (Tanvishashikant)
New member Username: Tanvishashikant Post Number: 108 Registered: 9-2007 |
Is time travel relevant? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 705 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was the other relevant person Jesus? God? a genie? some other mythological character with the power to grant wishes? this one...not really relevant exactly what, just that they had the power to grant wishes. Did her getting what she asked for involve breaking the normal laws of the universe? yes, but after all this is a world where there are mythological characters with the powers to grant wishes :-) Plastic surgery relevant? no Is time travel relevant? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 756 Registered: 6-2007 |
Is she H? A? F? is this fiction? mythology? is weather relevant? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 706 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is she H? A? F? yes to all is this fiction? yes mythology? no is weather relevant? no | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 759 Registered: 6-2007 |
Before she asked for anything.. was she unhappy? bored? had she lost anything? curious about something relevant? did she know she would be able to get what she wanted? did she ask out of greed? to please someone else? did she make a mistake and ask for the wrong thing? is it relevant how she asked? did she speak to the yope-human with words? through prayer? thought? text message? lol did she need to sacrifice anything to get what she wanted? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 428 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did the being give her a power? Did she have a hard time controlling her power? Was the power destructive? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 717 Registered: 4-2007 |
Before she asked for anything.. was she unhappy? yes bored? had she lost anything? curious about something relevant? no to rest did she know she would be able to get what she wanted? she knew the being she was talking to would grant her wish did she ask out of greed? yope to please someone else? no did she make a mistake and ask for the wrong thing? noish is it relevant how she asked? no did she speak to the yope-human with words? through prayer? thought? text message? lol could be any of these...even text message :-) did she need to sacrifice anything to get what she wanted? no Did the being give her a power? Did she have a hard time controlling her power? Was the power destructive? no to all | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 677 Registered: 11-2003 |
I know you said it was fiction, not mythology, but 2 "mythological" scenarios spring to mind. Would the solution be similar to either one of these? "The Fisherman's Wife"; she asked for some wealth (money, gold, house, car, whatever), and when it was granted, she asked again later for something bigger and better. And again and again. Untill it was all taken away because she had become too greedy. Is something similar to this? "King Midas"; she asked for something without thinking about all the consequences. Like he asked for everything he touched to be turned to gold and then even his food and his daughter was. Anything like this? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 721 Registered: 4-2007 |
I know you said it was fiction, not mythology, but 2 "mythological" scenarios spring to mind. Would the solution be similar to either one of these? "The Fisherman's Wife"; she asked for some wealth (money, gold, house, car, whatever), and when it was granted, she asked again later for something bigger and better. And again and again. Untill it was all taken away because she had become too greedy. Is something similar to this? Not really "King Midas"; she asked for something without thinking about all the consequences. Like he asked for everything he touched to be turned to gold and then even his food and his daughter was. Anything like this? Not really, although it does involve somebody asking for something without really thinking it through. Although I got it from fiction, as far as I know it was not a particularly famous story (it came from a book of short stories I once read) | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 964 Registered: 6-2005 |
The only other stories I've heard of that nature are... This Christmas story where a girl asks for it to be Christmas every day. Fortunately for her, the fairy who grants the wish suggests they try it for one year and then renew the wish at the end of the year if she likes it. Something like this? Is this story have a happy ending? A return to normalcy ending? Or is it more like one of Grim's fairy tales where whoever did it suffers horribly or dies because of their request? Does the requestor even have a chance to learn from their mistake? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 730 Registered: 4-2007 |
The only other stories I've heard of that nature are... This Christmas story where a girl asks for it to be Christmas every day. Fortunately for her, the fairy who grants the wish suggests they try it for one year and then renew the wish at the end of the year if she likes it. Something like this? Not this one either Is this story have a happy ending? A return to normalcy ending? Or is it more like one of Grim's fairy tales where whoever did it suffers horribly or dies because of their request? Does the requestor even have a chance to learn from their mistake? Well, I think in the actual story I read there was no going back and there was no happy ending. However in principle the story would still work perfectly well if you added a kindly mythical being who agreed to reverse it. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 968 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did she ask for... something that enhances HER physically? emotionally? mentally? Financialy? Status in Life? Did she ask for something that enhances her family physically? emotionally? mentally? financially? status in life? Did she ask for something that enhances her town... p/e/m/f/s? Did she ask for something that enhances the WORLD... p/e/m/f/s? And by enhances, I mean what she perceived as an enhancement/improvement. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 732 Registered: 4-2007 |
Did she ask for... something that enhances HER physically? This emotionally? mentally? Financialy? Status in Life? Did she ask for something that enhances her family physically? emotionally? mentally? financially? status in life? Did she ask for something that enhances her town... p/e/m/f/s? Did she ask for something that enhances the WORLD... p/e/m/f/s? And no to rest And by enhances, I mean what she perceived as an enhancement/improvement. | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 969 Registered: 6-2005 |
Her physical enhancement... Beauty? Health? Eyesight? Other body part? Strength? Speed? Dexterity? Intellect? Wisdom? Constitution? Longevity? Charisma? Speaking skills? Is mind reading ability involved? Some other mutant power? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 733 Registered: 4-2007 |
Her physical enhancement... Beauty? Yope Health? Yope Eyesight? No Other body part? Yope Strength? No Speed? Yope Dexterity? No Intellect? No Wisdom? No Constitution? No Longevity? No Charisma? No Speaking skills? No Is mind reading ability involved? Some other mutant power? No, only the power to grant wishes that the mythological-wish-granting-thing has | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 971 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is the enhancement to her... Skin? Hands? Legs? Face? Head? Shoulders? Chest? Waist? Hair? Sense of Touch? Smell? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 743 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is the enhancement to her... Skin? No Hands? No Legs? Yope Face? Yope Head? No Shoulders? Yope Chest? Yope Waist? Yope Hair? No Sense of Touch? Smell? No to both | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1023 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does this enhancement COVER the bodyparts that got a Yope? Is it a scuba suit? Some other full body suit? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 745 Registered: 4-2007 |
Does this enhancement COVER the bodyparts that got a Yope? No, it alters them Is it a scuba suit? Some other full body suit? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 795 Registered: 6-2007 |
would she look 100? human after the enhancement? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 796 Registered: 6-2007 |
would she look 100% human after the enhancement? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 747 Registered: 4-2007 |
would she look 100? human after the enhancement? Hmm...clarify? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 816 Registered: 6-2007 |
actually I typod the first question and then rewrote the question...but it would be a lateral offense to strike the first question so.. after the "enhancement".. did she look 100 years old? did she look human? did she look 100% human? would any of the above answers be different for "before the enhancement?" | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 759 Registered: 4-2007 |
actually I typod the first question and then rewrote the question...but it would be a lateral offense to strike the first question so.. oops sorry! I didn't notice that...thought it was just a double post after the "enhancement".. did she look 100 years old? No did she look human? Yesish did she look 100% human? Not totally 100% would any of the above answers be different for "before the enhancement?" before the enhancement she still didn't look 100 years old, but she did look 100% human | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 783 Registered: 4-2007 |
This has been dead for a few days now, so: ***HINT*** She got exactly what she asked for, but not exactly what she wanted. Obviously she wouldn't have deliberately asked for something she didn't want and that would make her life far worse than it had been before...so how did this come about? Think about it. | ||
| Tweek (Tweek)
New member Username: Tweek Post Number: 70 Registered: 3-2004 |
She wished to become some mythological humanoid creature? like a mermaid? but she expected it to play out completely differently than it did? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 794 Registered: 4-2007 |
She wished to become some mythological humanoid creature? like a mermaid? but she expected it to play out completely differently than it did? No | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 849 Registered: 6-2007 |
after the change... did her skin change color? did she have any new similarities to an animal? did she have any new similarities to an inanimate object? | ||
| Tweek (Tweek)
New member Username: Tweek Post Number: 72 Registered: 3-2004 |
Would she still be considered human after this wish? humanoid? cyborg? a human, for all practical purposes, with abnormal features? Maybe she wished to increase or decrease her size? to artificially make herself look more attractive? Maybe this wish wasn't in her best interest because the desired effect worked entirely too well? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 798 Registered: 4-2007 |
after the change... did her skin change color? did she have any new similarities to an animal? did she have any new similarities to an inanimate object? No to all Would she still be considered human after this wish? humanoid? cyborg? a human, for all practical purposes, with abnormal features? Maybe she wished to increase or decrease her size? YES to artificially make herself look more attractive? See above Maybe this wish wasn't in her best interest because the desired effect worked entirely too well? You mean she made herself look too attractive? No. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 799 Registered: 4-2007 |
Oops, missed this one Would she still be considered human after this wish? humanoid? cyborg? a human, for all practical purposes, with abnormal features? This one | ||
| Tweek (Tweek)
New member Username: Tweek Post Number: 81 Registered: 3-2004 |
So basically, she wished to be larger? smaller? entirely, or maybe just a part of her (i.e., breast size, etc.)? How much larger? 7'? 10'? giant? to the point where basic physics would probably not permit her to survive? How much smaller? 4'? 2'? rat-sized? microscopic? Did she want to be exactly as big or as small as what she is now? Did she survive the transformation? Did she die shortly afterward? Is she now unable to live in society, or unable to perform once simple tasks, as a result of her transformation? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 802 Registered: 4-2007 |
So basically, she wished to be larger? smaller? This entirely, or maybe just a part of her (i.e., breast size, etc.)? Hmm, yesish to this...it's not an unusual thing that she asked for, it's something that a lot of people want How much larger? 7'? 10'? giant? to the point where basic physics would probably not permit her to survive? N/A How much smaller? 4'? 2'? rat-sized? microscopic? None of these, she didn't want her whole body to shrink... Did she want to be exactly as big or as small as what she is now? No Did she survive the transformation? Yes Did she die shortly afterward? No Is she now unable to live in society It would certainly be more difficult for her, or unable to perform once simple tasks Yes, as a result of her transformation? | ||
| Tweek (Tweek)
New member Username: Tweek Post Number: 83 Registered: 3-2004 |
She wanted to be thinner, except, now she's literally paper-thin and can't really do anything? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 803 Registered: 4-2007 |
She wanted to be thinner YES, except, now she's literally paper-thin and can't really do anything? But not this...right idea though | ||
| Tweek (Tweek)
New member Username: Tweek Post Number: 84 Registered: 3-2004 |
She wanted to be thinner, but the generic mythological wish dispenser commonly utilized for ironic effect put her into Flatland or something? or her figure was so tightened that she is now completely unattractive? or the way the 'wish' was granted was a complete inability to eat any more food than is absolutely necessary to survive? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 804 Registered: 4-2007 |
She wanted to be thinner, but the generic mythological wish dispenser commonly utilized for ironic effect put her into Flatland or something? or her figure was so tightened that she is now completely unattractive? or the way the 'wish' was granted was a complete inability to eat any more food than is absolutely necessary to survive? None of these...but I will be using the phrase "generic mythological wish dispenser commonly utilized for ironic effect" a lot more now...and not just in this puzzle either :D | ||
| Tweek (Tweek)
New member Username: Tweek Post Number: 85 Registered: 3-2004 |
OK, back to generic stuff. She's thinner now? A lot thinner? Did she lose a significant amount of weight? Is she now 100lbs? 80lbs? 50lbs? 20lbs? lower? Is she able to walk on her own? Can she eat normal food, or does she need some sort of feeding tube, etc.? Can she open doors? Can she push buttons? Can she do most jobs without massive accommodations, ones that would make OSHA regulations look lenient? If I were to look at her from her front, would she be as attractive as she was before? (Assume for practical purposes that 'inner beauty is what counts' is what ugly people say.) Is she confined now to some mechanical device or prosthetic? | ||
| Sixtyeight (Sixtyeight)
New member Username: Sixtyeight Post Number: 858 Registered: 6-2007 |
if her wish of the generic mythological wish dispenser was "I want to be thinner" would the results have been different? would it have been what she wanted? was she more descriptive than the above in her wish? did she use metaphor? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 806 Registered: 4-2007 |
OK, back to generic stuff. She's thinner now? NO, she is NOT...good question A lot thinner? So no Did she lose a significant amount of weight? But YES Is she now 100lbs? 80lbs? 50lbs? 20lbs? lower? Lower! Is she able to walk on her own? It would be difficult Can she eat normal food Yes,, or does she need some sort of feeding tube, etc.? No Can she open doors? Yes, but with difficulty Can she push buttons? Yes Can she do most jobs without massive accommodations, ones that would make OSHA regulations look lenient? She would need a massive accommodations If I were to look at her from her front, would she be as attractive as she was before? Yes (Assume for practical purposes that 'inner beauty is what counts' is what ugly people say.) Is she confined now to some mechanical device or prosthetic? No, though she would need help to do most things if her wish of the generic mythological wish dispenser was "I want to be thinner" would the results have been different? YES would it have been what she wanted? Yes was she more descriptive than the above in her wish? did she use metaphor? Not descriptive or metaphorical exactly, but she didn't say exactly what she meant Almost there now... | ||
| Tweek (Tweek)
New member Username: Tweek Post Number: 90 Registered: 3-2004 |
She wanted to lose weight, and now - with the same figure as she had before - she is too lightweight to carry out simple tasks that require some amount of force? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 811 Registered: 4-2007 |
She wanted to lose weight, and now - with the same figure as she had before - she is too lightweight to carry out simple tasks that require some amount of force? That's pretty much it ***** SPOILER ***** This was based on a short story I once read (the title and author of which I have now completely forgotten). An overweight woman met a generic mythological wish dispenser commonly utilized for ironic effect, who granted her one wish. She asked "to lose weight". Of course, what she really wanted was not to get lighter...she wanted to get thinner. The generic mythological wish dispenser, however, granted her literal wish. So she stayed exactly the same size as she had always been, but got lighter and lighter - so light, in fact, that she floated, making it difficult to perform everyday tasks without serious assistance. (I belive in the story, the generic mythological wish dispenser was irritated by the fact that she wanted an easy route to being thin while continuing to stuff herself with food, so decided to punish her). It was difficult to answer the questions about whether the wish would make her look 100% human, firstly because the thing she wanted and the thing she got were very different, and also because her actual appearance would be human, but humans are not normally bobbing around the ceiling. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 815 Registered: 4-2007 |
Thanks everyone for playing, and well done to Sixtyeight and Tweek for getting most of the solution! | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 694 Registered: 11-2003 |
Gone for a few days on a business trip, coming back and the puzzle is more or less solved, :-( Good puzzle. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 827 Registered: 4-2007 |
Thanks! |
