| Author | Message | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 227 Registered: 2-2007 |
Nathan was hungry, so he went outside to count trees. Explain. | ||
| Liquizt (Liquizt)
New member Username: Liquizt Post Number: 269 Registered: 5-2008 |
Is Nathan a beaver or giraffe? :P Is Nathan H?A?M? | ||
| Jumpingjack (Jumpingjack)
New member Username: Jumpingjack Post Number: 996 Registered: 3-2006 |
Was he hungry for food? Perhaps he was hungry for knowledge and wanted to find the tree of knowledge? :P | ||
| Bigpurple (Bigpurple)
New member Username: Bigpurple Post Number: 15 Registered: 8-2008 |
Is Nathan's age relevant? Is his profession relevant? | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 229 Registered: 2-2007 |
Haha, by the way, I forgot to put my name in the title, sorry!! Could a nice admin please remedy that? Thanks! Is Nathan a beaver or giraffe? :P Nope, sorry Is Nathan H?A?M? Yes, no, yes Was he hungry for food? Yes Perhaps he was hungry for knowledge and wanted to find the tree of knowledge? :P Good guess, but no =) Is Nathan's age relevant? Yesish. He is about 5 years old Is his profession relevant? Nope | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 567 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is this based on a misunderstanding? Was he following some instruction or advice from someone else? Do we have to find what kind of trees he was counting? | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 230 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is this based on a misunderstanding? Yes Was he following some instruction or advice from someone else? Yesish Do we have to find what kind of trees he was counting? No, irr | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1364 Registered: 1-2007 |
Anything to do with eating your greens? Was he asked to "leaf the table".? Was there a meal in progress when he went outside? Had he been sent from the table? Did he leave of his own accord? Was he being punished? being taught a lesson? Did Nathan have a pre-conceived notion of how many trees there were? Do we need to establish how many? Location relevant? Urban? Rural? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 138 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is the misunderstanding as simple as mishearing a word or phrase, or is it more conceptual? | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 231 Registered: 2-2007 |
Anything to do with eating your greens? Was he asked to "leaf the table".? Clever, but no Was there a meal in progress when he went outside? Had he been sent from the table? Did he leave of his own accord? he wasn't at the table, so no Was he being punished? being taught a lesson? No to rest Did Nathan have a pre-conceived notion of how many trees there were? yopeish Do we need to establish how many? It may help, yes, but other than that, it's irr. Location relevant? Nope Is the misunderstanding as simple as mishearing a word or phrase This one, or is it more conceptual? | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 140 Registered: 2-2008 |
Does the word/phrase he heard involve the word "tree"? Is it even relevant that he was counting trees, or could it be something else? Did he want to know how many there were? If so, did he think that knowing would lead to food in some way? Did he think he was just meant to count them for a certain length of time? Until he got to a certain amount? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1373 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is the word Countries relevant? Did he say something like "I'm hungry" and got the reply "Well now you now what it's like for children in poor countries" | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1374 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is the word Countries relevant? Did he say something like "I'm hungry" and got the reply "Well now you now what it's like for children in poor countries" | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 493 Registered: 9-2007 |
Haha I think you've nailed it there Peter :-) Good one! | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 232 Registered: 2-2007 |
Does the word/phrase he heard involve the word "tree"? No Is it even relevant that he was counting trees, or could it be something else? Well, it was part of a tree or a plant, at least the way he heard it Did he want to know how many there were? If so, did he think that knowing would lead to food in some way? Did he think he was just meant to count them for a certain length of time? Until he got to a certain amount? this one Is the word Countries relevant? Nope Did he say something like "I'm hungry" and got the reply "Well now you now what it's like for children in poor countries" Sorry, but that's not it either =) | ||
| Tanvishashikant (Tanvishashikant)
New member Username: Tanvishashikant Post Number: 141 Registered: 9-2007 |
Did Nathan mishear/misunderstand the word count? Stem? Root? Flower? Fruit? Leaf? Or any other part of a plant/tree? | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 233 Registered: 2-2007 |
Did Nathan mishear/misunderstand the word count? Stem? Root? This one! Very good! Flower? Fruit? Leaf? Or any other part of a plant/tree? | ||
| Tanvishashikant (Tanvishashikant)
New member Username: Tanvishashikant Post Number: 145 Registered: 9-2007 |
To clarify: Nathan was counting the roots of the trees? Or just the trees themselves? Was he told to find out the square root of a number? Was he counting the trees till he reached a number which was a square root? Or a square? Are square roots relevant in this puzzle? Is the idiom "root and branch" relevant? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1385 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is Nathan's hunger actually relevant? or a red herring? Did he think his action of counting trees would result in him getting fed? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1386 Registered: 1-2007 |
Oh are root vegatables relevant? | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 238 Registered: 2-2007 |
To clarify: Nathan was counting the roots of the trees?Yes Or just the trees themselves? No Was he told to find out the square root of a number? Was he counting the trees till he reached a number which was a square root? Or a square? Are square roots relevant in this puzzle? No to all Is the idiom "root and branch" relevant? No Is Nathan's hunger actually relevant?Yes. He wants his breakfast or a red herring? Did he think his action of counting roots would result in him getting fed?Yes Oh are root vegatables relevant? No | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1412 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did the adult actually say "roots"? Or "routes"? Cheroots? Root beer? Beirut? The root of all evil? Was he asked to remember his roots (ie cultural origins)? To get to the root of a problem? To root something out? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 153 Registered: 6-2008 |
Are beet roots relevant? Did he think he had to "beat" (exceed) a certain number of roots? | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 241 Registered: 2-2007 |
Did the adult actually say "roots"? Or "routes"? This one! Cheroots? Root beer? Beirut? The root of all evil? Was he asked to remember his roots (ie cultural origins)? To get to the root of a problem? To root something out?No to rest Are beet roots relevant? Did he think he had to "beat" (exceed) a certain number of roots?No, but he did have a set number of "roots" he was trying to get to. Explore. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1426 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is he in a maze? | ||
| Noobdogg (Noobdogg)
New member Username: Noobdogg Post Number: 510 Registered: 9-2007 |
Did the adult say "There are 4 routes to Burger King."? | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 242 Registered: 2-2007 |
Is he in a maze? No Did the adult say "There are 4 routes to Burger King."? No, but you're OTRT... | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 160 Registered: 2-2008 |
Are the adults in the situation planning to take him somewhere? Are they talking about a certain route such as Route 17, 95, etc.? "Let's go get breakfast on Route 66?" | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 243 Registered: 2-2007 |
Are the adults in the situation planning to take him somewhere? No, and FA for adults nearby Are they talking about a certain route such as Route 17, 95, etc.? "Let's go get breakfast on Route 66?" SOOOO CLOSE! Explore. | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 166 Registered: 2-2008 |
Did he hear something of that nature on tv/ radio? | ||
| Travis (Travis)
New member Username: Travis Post Number: 160 Registered: 12-2007 |
"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"? Kix (pronounced the same) is a breakfast cereal... Here's my guess. He had heard the phrase "get your kicks on Route 66" and went outside to count 66 roots to find his cereal (Kix). | ||
| Blazingphoenix (Blazingphoenix)
New member Username: Blazingphoenix Post Number: 244 Registered: 2-2007 |
Did he hear something of that nature on tv/ radio? Yes! "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"? Kix (pronounced the same) is a breakfast cereal... Indeed it is!!! Here's my guess. He had heard the phrase "get your kicks on Route 66" and went outside to count 66 roots to find his cereal (Kix). Yes, indeed he did! I believe that orders a... **************SPOILER!!!****************** Nathan got up for breakfast, and was disheartened to find that he was all out of his favorite cereal, Kix. But his parents had left the kitchen radio on, and he heard the song "Get Your Kicks on Route 66". Glad that he now knew where to find more cereal, he ran outside to count tree roots till he found his Kix. Don't you love how kids think? Anyways, thanks to everyone for sticking with it, and to Gourami and Travis for solving! Hopefully my next puzzle won't be so easy... | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 167 Registered: 2-2008 |
How did I not think of that? I even got the %$*!&&# route number! Anyway, great puzzle, very funny. |
