| Author | Message | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 817 Registered: 5-2007 |
Because Bob got stuck in heavy traffic driving to work on Monday, he was late for an important meeting that Friday. How can this be? | ||
| Sugarshane (Sugarshane)
New member Username: Sugarshane Post Number: 58 Registered: 7-2009 |
was he driving an extremly long distance to work? was he driving at all? is monday the name of an animal? is bob a H/A/M? | ||
| Tingtangclan (Tingtangclan)
New member Username: Tingtangclan Post Number: 121 Registered: 2-2009 |
Did Bob miss a transcontinental plane flight since he as stuck in traffic? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 818 Registered: 5-2007 |
was he driving an extremly long distance to work? No was he driving at all? Yes is monday the name of an animal? No is bob a H/A/M? Yes Did Bob miss a transcontinental plane flight since he as stuck in traffic? No | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 315 Registered: 10-2008 |
Was he late to work on Monday? If so, did he miss something to do with the meeting on Friday? Was he late on Friday because of traffic? Was he deliberately late? | ||
| Sugarshane (Sugarshane)
New member Username: Sugarshane Post Number: 85 Registered: 7-2009 |
traffic=car traffic? is he driving a car? was he caught in traffic on monday and was late to work on friday of the same week as the monday? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 401 Registered: 6-2008 |
Was he late to the meeting on Friday because he did not know that the meeting would be taking place at all? Because he knew of the meeting but had the wrong time in mind? Because he was unable to reach the meeting place in time, despite being correctly informed? Was the meeting the first thing to do at work on Friday? Did the meeting relate to work at all? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 820 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was he late to work on Monday? Irrelevant If so, did he miss something to do with the meeting on Friday? No Was he late on Friday because of traffic? No Was he deliberately late? No traffic=car traffic? Yes is he driving a car? Yes was he caught in traffic on monday and was late to work on friday of the same week as the monday? FA Was he late to the meeting on Friday because he did not know that the meeting would be taking place at all? No Because he knew of the meeting but had the wrong time in mind? No Because he was unable to reach the meeting place in time, despite being correctly informed? Yesish Was the meeting the first thing to do at work on Friday? Irrelevant Did the meeting relate to work at all? Yes but irrelevant | ||
| Sugarshane (Sugarshane)
New member Username: Sugarshane Post Number: 129 Registered: 7-2009 |
is there any kind of time travel relevant? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 822 Registered: 5-2007 |
is there any kind of time travel relevant? No | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1190 Registered: 5-2003 |
Monday = four days before Friday? Is the sequence 1) Bob is stuck in traffic 2) Bob is late to his meeting? Is Bob being late for the meeting directly, or indirectly, attributable to his being delayed in traffic on Monday? Was the meeting at Bob's place of work? Was it at the same place to which Bob was driving on Monday? Relevant? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 825 Registered: 5-2007 |
Monday = four days before Friday? Is the sequence 1) Bob is stuck in traffic 2) Bob is late to his meeting? Is Bob being late for the meeting directly, or indirectly, attributable to his being delayed in traffic on Monday? Indirectly Was the meeting at Bob's place of work? No Was it at the same place to which Bob was driving on Monday? No Relevant? Yes | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 210 Registered: 6-2009 |
On Monday, when Bob was stuck in traffic, was he actually late to work? If so, did he miss a meeting? Have to take a shorter lunch? Have to stay late? Not finish some piece of work? Have to work faster? Have to put something off until Tuesday? Does Bob work in an office? Relevant exactly what his job is? Location relevant [insert LTPF list of countries]? Time period relevant? It has to be after the invention of cars, so 19th century? 20th century? modern times? the future? Was he driving to work from his home? How long is his normal commute -- more than 10 minutes? 20? 30? 40? 50? an hour? 2 hours? 3 hours? | ||
| Markobr (Markobr)
New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 173 Registered: 5-2009 |
Did Bob plan to do something on Monday but gave up this plan because of him being stuck in heavy traffic? Are any traffic violations relevant? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 827 Registered: 5-2007 |
On Monday, when Bob was stuck in traffic, was he actually late to work? Irrelevant If so, did he miss a meeting? Have to take a shorter lunch? Have to stay late? Not finish some piece of work? Have to work faster? Have to put something off until Tuesday? Irrelevant (to this and all previous questions) Does Bob work in an office? Yes Relevant exactly what his job is? No Location relevant [insert LTPF list of countries]? No Time period relevant?Yes It has to be after the invention of cars, so 19th century? 20th century? modern times? the future? It would probably work any time after around 1995 Was he driving to work from his home? How long is his normal commute -- more than 10 minutes? 20? 30? 40? 50? an hour? 2 hours? 3 hours? Irrelevant | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 828 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did Bob plan to do something on Monday but gave up this plan because of him being stuck in heavy traffic? No Are any traffic violations relevant? No | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 232 Registered: 6-2009 |
Did he intend to drive to the important meeting on Friday? Or at least drive to an airport/train station/bus station? Did he actually set off to the meeting? Was he (again) caught in traffic? Did he get in a car accident? Did he have trouble with his car? Like, because he used more gas than he expected on Monday, he ran out of gas on Friday? Or did he have to do something else instead of going to the meeting? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 831 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did he intend to drive to the important meeting on Friday? Yes Or at least drive to an airport/train station/bus station? No Did he actually set off to the meeting? Yes Was he (again) caught in traffic? No Did he get in a car accident? No Did he have trouble with his car? Yope Like, because he used more gas than he expected on Monday, he ran out of gas on Friday? No Or did he have to do something else instead of going to the meeting? No | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 251 Registered: 6-2009 |
Yopeish car trouble... related to gas? overheating? a flat tire? did his car break down? was it vandalized or keyed? weather relevant? was he a truck driver clearly going the wrong way on a one-way street? :-) | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 832 Registered: 5-2007 |
Yopeish car trouble... related to gas? overheating? a flat tire? did his car break down? was it vandalized or keyed? weather relevant? was he a truck driver clearly going the wrong way on a one-way street? :-) None of the above | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 751 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is Sat-Nav relevant? | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 273 Registered: 6-2009 |
Good idea... did he get lost? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 836 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is Sat-Nav relevant? Yes Good idea... did he get lost? But no | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 279 Registered: 6-2009 |
Was his navigation system sensitive to traffic conditions? So it routed him a different way friday? Or was he frustrated that his navigation system steered him into traffic on monday, so he turned it off? Was he using a GPS on monday? on friday? Did it function in a useful way on both days? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 839 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was his navigation system sensitive to traffic conditions? Yope So it routed him a different way friday? Yesish Or was he frustrated that his navigation system steered him into traffic on monday No, so he turned it off? N/A Was he using a GPS on monday? Yes on friday? Yes Did it function in a useful way on both days? Monday: yes, Friday: yope | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 218 Registered: 2-2009 |
Did he try to reprogram the GPS? to take him a different way to work? in order to avoid traffic? Was he late because he was trying to get around a place where (he thought) there was traffic? Does this puzzle have anything to do with the sometimes incorrect nature of GPS units? how they sometimes steer you in the wrong direction? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 840 Registered: 5-2007 |
Did he try to reprogram the GPS? Monday: yes, Friday: no to take him a different way to work? Monday: yes, Friday: not in order to avoid traffic? Monday: yes, Friday, not Was he late because he was trying to get around a place where (he thought) there was traffic? Noish Does this puzzle have anything to do with the sometimes incorrect nature of GPS units? Yope how they sometimes steer you in the wrong direction? See previous answer | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 310 Registered: 6-2009 |
So when he was going to work on monday, he was stuck in traffic, so he reprogrammed his GPS to reroute him? Relevant why he needed a GPS to get to work? Did the GPS then give him a longer route to the meeting on friday? Take him to a different place entirely? Fail to function at all? Is the fact that he was stuck in traffic Monday relevant beyond what specific modifications he made to his GPS? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 844 Registered: 5-2007 |
So when he was going to work on monday, he was stuck in traffic, so he reprogrammed his GPS to reroute him? Relevant why he needed a GPS to get to work? Did the GPS then give him a longer route to the meeting on friday? Take him to a different place entirely? Fail to function at all? Is the fact that he was stuck in traffic Monday relevant beyond what specific modifications he made to his GPS? SPOILER Bob got stuck in traffic on the highway Monday, so he turned on the "Avoid Highways" option on the GPS to find an alternate route. Then he forgot to turn the option back off, so on Friday he got a longer route to his destination. (This was why the fact that the meeting was not at his usual work location was important - if it was at the usual location he would not have needed the GPS.) | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 389 Registered: 10-2008 |
Good puzzle. I could see myself doing that. =) |
