| Author | Message | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1639 Registered: 5-2003 |
He followed directions, and injured himself. He=him, and he is H/A/M. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 352 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were the directions meant to injure? If so, to injure him? Did he follow directional instructions from a GPS, and had an accident? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1640 Registered: 5-2003 |
Were the directions meant to injure? If so, to injure him? Did he follow directional instructions from a GPS, and had an accident? No to all. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 353 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he injure anyone else? Did he damage anything besides himself? Were the directions wrong? Incomplete? Not intended for what he was doing? Was he using an object? Were the directions on how to get somewhere? How to use something? How to avoid injury? What not to do? Did he misinterpret the directions? His profession relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1641 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he injure anyone else? No. Did he damage anything besides himself? No. Were the directions wrong? Incomplete? This. Not intended for what he was doing? Correct. Was he using an object? No. Were the directions on how to get somewhere? No. How to use something? No. How to avoid injury? No. What not to do? Yes. Did he misinterpret the directions? Yope. His profession relevant? Yes. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1642 Registered: 5-2003 |
Oopsie... Were the directions on how to get somewhere? Yope. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 426 Registered: 3-2004 |
Were the directions where not to go? to avoid a specific place? a place outdoors? indoors? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1643 Registered: 5-2003 |
Were the directions where not to go? Yes. to avoid a specific place? Yes. a place outdoors? This. indoors? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 428 Registered: 3-2004 |
Oops - you forgot the [Jenburdoo]... Were the area to avoid ambiguously described? or smaller than it should have been? or defined wrong - pointed to another place? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 355 Registered: 9-2009 |
Natural hazards relevant? Man-made? Was the area hazardous only at this specific time, at certain specific times, under certain specific conditions, or always? Was his injury from: Heat? Cold? Pressure change? Fall? Impact? Other physical trauma? Radiation? Gas? Poison? Infectious agents? Light? Noise? | ||
| Fleemco198 (Fleemco198)
New member Username: Fleemco198 Post Number: 90 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is any sort of accident relevant? | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 373 Registered: 6-2009 |
Where did he get the directions from? A person? A sign? In the media? A device? Amidst the smoke in his crystal ball? Weather relevant? Natural disasters? Man-made disasters? Was he told to go to this place because it was dangerous? Would other people be advised not to go there? Did he know why he shouldn't have gone there? Is he a living breathing person? Were the directions actual directions that told him to go somewhere? Was he detouring around the place? Any other people involved? 1? 2? 3? 4? 5+? 100+? Era relevant? Physical location relevant? Political location relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1647 Registered: 5-2003 |
Were the area to avoid ambiguously described? No. or smaller than it should have been? No. or defined wrong - pointed to another place? No. Natural hazards relevant? No. Man-made? Yes. Was the area hazardous only at this specific time, This. at certain specific times, under certain specific conditions, and this. or always? Was his injury from: Heat? Cold? Pressure change? Fall? This. Impact? And consequently this. Other physical trauma? Radiation? Gas? Poison? Infectious agents? Light? Noise? Is any sort of accident relevant? Yes. Where did he get the directions from? A person? This. A sign? In the media? A device? Amidst the smoke in his crystal ball? Weather relevant? No. Natural disasters? No. Man-made disasters? For svv of disaster. Was he told to go to this place because it was dangerous? No. Would other people be advised not to go there? Yes. Did he know why he shouldn't have gone there? Once he did, yes. Is he a living breathing person? Yes. Were the directions actual directions that told him to go somewhere? Yope. Was he detouring around the place? No. Any other people involved? 1? 2? 3? 4? 5+? 100+? Several hundred, exact number irrelevant. Era relevant? Yes. Physical location relevant? Yes. Political location relevant? Yes. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 397 Registered: 6-2009 |
Century: 21st? 20th? 19th? 18th? 17th? 16th? 15th? 14th? Less? Political location: Asia? Africa? South America? North America? Europe? Australia? Physical Location: Bodies of water? (Lakes, rivers, oceans, etc.) Mountains? Deserts? Rainforests? Forests? Arctics? Jungles? Other? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 437 Registered: 3-2004 |
Road relevant? Roadwork? Did he get his information from a person whose work was to give information? National Park relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1649 Registered: 5-2003 |
Century: 21st? 20th? This. 19th? 18th? 17th? 16th? 15th? 14th? Less? Political location: Asia? Africa? South America? North America? Europe? This. Australia? Physical Location: Bodies of water? (Lakes, rivers, oceans, etc.) Mountains? Deserts? Rainforests? Forests? Arctics? Jungles? Other? Temperate zone. Road relevant? Yes. Roadwork? Not at the time. Did he get his information from a person whose work was to give information? No. National Park relevant? No. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 399 Registered: 6-2009 |
Cpunties in Europe: Albania? Andorra? Austria? Belarus? Belgium? Bosnia and Herzegovina? Bulgaria? Croatia? Cyprus? Czech Republic? Denmark? Estonia? Finland? France? Germany? Greece? Hungary? Iceland? Ireland? Italy? Latvia? Liechtenstein? Lithuania? Luxembourg? Macedonia? Malta? Moldova? Monaco? Netherlands? Norway? Poland? Portugal? Romania? Russia? San Marino? Serbia and Montenegro? Slovakia (Slovak Republic)? Slovenia? Spain? Sweden? Switzerland? Turkey? Ukraine? United Kingdom? Vatican City? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1650 Registered: 5-2003 |
France. | ||
| Probably_monty_hall (Probably_monty_hall)
New member Username: Probably_monty_hall Post Number: 31 Registered: 10-2009 |
Bridge out? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1652 Registered: 5-2003 |
Bridge out? No. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 459 Registered: 3-2004 |
Is it relevant in which part of France this happens (geographically)? at the coast? in the mountains? in a city? Was he walking? in a car? driving a car? otherwise travelling on a road? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1654 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it relevant in which part of France this happens (geographically)? No. at the coast? in the mountains? in a city? Was he walking? This. in a car? driving a car? otherwise travelling on a road? | ||
| Fleemco198 (Fleemco198)
New member Username: Fleemco198 Post Number: 135 Registered: 9-2009 |
is it relivant in which way he was walking? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1663 Registered: 5-2003 |
is it relivant in which way he was walking? The direction is irrelevant, but there are other "ways" to walk which could be considered relevant. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 481 Registered: 3-2004 |
Would someone watching "him" see something strange about him? If someone had watched just before he was injured, is it reasonable to expect that person calling out a warning? or was it not obvious that he would become injured? Was he drunk? sick? for some other reason having problems walking "normally"? Did he walk "normally" - just "in another way"? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1669 Registered: 5-2003 |
Would someone watching "him" see something strange about him? No. If someone had watched just before he was injured, is it reasonable to expect that person calling out a warning? Yes... or was it not obvious that he would become injured? ...but he probably wouldn't have had time to call out a warning. Was he drunk? sick? for some other reason having problems walking "normally"? No to all. Did he walk "normally" - just "in another way"? He walked in a particular and specific way, which is considered normal for certain people under certain circumstances. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1701 Registered: 5-2003 |
Blooper Alert designed to move the puzzle along: He walked in a particular and specific way, which is considered normal for people in his profession. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 473 Registered: 6-2009 |
Did he work in academic studies? In health services? In physical labour? With people? Animals? Machines? Did he clean? Cook? Perform? Make? Did he work in an office? Holy building? Factory? Company? House? Building? The outdoors? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1703 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he work in academic studies? No. In health services? No. In physical labour? Occasionally. With people? This, mostly. Animals? Machines? This to an extent. Did he clean? Cook? Perform? Make? None of the above. Did he work in an office? Holy building? Factory? Company? House? Building? The outdoors? Primarily this. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 474 Registered: 6-2009 |
Did he work with children? Older people? People with special needs? Random people? Is he self-employed? Or is he employed by someone else? Is the profession dangerous? Does he work with other people with the same profession as him? Does he work with the public? Do people pay money to him? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1704 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he work with children? Older people? People with special needs? Random people? Is he self-employed? None of the above. Or is he employed by someone else? Yes. Is the profession dangerous? Yes. Does he work with other people with the same profession as him? Yes. Does he work with the public? No. Do people pay money to him? That happens with just about every job, doesn't it? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 502 Registered: 3-2004 |
Is he walking very slow? carefully? sneaking? Dangerous animals relevant? mines? other military equipment? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1706 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is he walking very slow? carefully? Definitely not. sneaking? Dangerous animals relevant? mines? other military equipment? Plain ol' no to the rest. | ||
| Sundowner (Sundowner)
New member Username: Sundowner Post Number: 585 Registered: 6-2003 |
Is he a soldier? marching? in step? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1707 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is he a soldier? marching? in step? Yes to all. Recap: A French soldier is marching outdoors. He follows instructions, falls and injures himself. Manmade hazards are involved. BTW, here are some slight BLOOPERS: Were the area to avoid ambiguously described? Yesish. or smaller than it should have been? No. or defined wrong - pointed to another place? Noish. | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 311 Registered: 10-2006 |
Are we in WWI? WWII? During a battle? In a company of soldiers on march? Is it during an attack? Is he marching very fast? Was he shot down? By a bullet? By an explosion? grenade splitter? cannon ball? Or was he injured by someone else by another means? By a sharp pointy thing? Like a bayonet? Was he injured by an object? Barby wire? Or does he just fall for another reason? Into a hole? | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 312 Registered: 10-2006 |
The instructions that he got, were they military orders? from his superiors? Or were they orders meant for someone else? Or did they orders fail to consider some aspect of the situation? Or did the instruction-givers actually taking a calculated risk, not caring very deeply that he might be injured from following the instructions? Maybe it was even a more or less necessary side-effect from the instructions, in orders to achieve some goal, that he would get injured (alternatively at least have a high risk of getting injured) in the process? | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 313 Registered: 10-2006 |
Chemical weapons involved? | ||
| Ostap (Ostap)
New member Username: Ostap Post Number: 86 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did he receive the instruction in French? Did he understand the language well enough? Any particular French expression relevant? French military slang? Did he belong to the French Army? Relevant to which unit? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1708 Registered: 5-2003 |
Are we in WWI? WWII? This. During a battle? No. In a company of soldiers on march? Yes. Is it during an attack? No. Is he marching very fast? No, but... Was he shot down? By a bullet? By an explosion? grenade splitter? cannon ball? Or was he injured by someone else by another means? By a sharp pointy thing? Like a bayonet? Was he injured by an object? Barby wire? No to all. Or does he just fall for another reason? Into a hole? Yes to both. Did he receive the instruction in French? Yes. Did he understand the language well enough? Yes. Any particular French expression relevant? French military slang? No to both. Did he belong to the French Army? Yes. Relevant to which unit? No; the fact that he's French has little relevance -- it's primarily to help set the scene. This could easily happen to a German or British soldier under the same circumstances. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 507 Registered: 3-2004 |
Did he fall into a hole that was hidden? a hole that was dug in WWI? recently? Is it a "Parade March"? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1711 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he fall into a hole that was hidden? Yesish. a hole that was dug in WWI? No. recently? Yes. Is it a "Parade March"? No. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 512 Registered: 3-2004 |
Did the directions he followed not take into account the recently dug hole? Were there many holes dug recently? entrenchments? | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 320 Registered: 10-2006 |
The instructions that he got, were they military orders? If so, orally given orders? Or written orders? From his superiors? Or were the orders/instructions meant for someone else? Did the instructions fail to consider some aspect of the situation? Or did the instruction-givers actually taking a calculated risk, not caring very deeply that he might be injured from following the instructions? Maybe it was even a more or less necessary side-effect from the instructions, in orders to achieve some goal, that he would get injured (alternatively at least have a high risk of getting injured) in the process? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1713 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did the directions he followed not take into account the recently dug hole? Yesish. Were there many holes dug recently? Yes. entrenchments? Bomb craters. The instructions that he got, were they military orders? Yesish. If so, orally given orders? This. Or written orders? From his superiors? Or were the orders/instructions meant for someone else? Yesish to both. Did the instructions fail to consider some aspect of the situation? Yesish. Or did the instruction-givers actually taking a calculated risk, not caring very deeply that he might be injured from following the instructions? Maybe it was even a more or less necessary side-effect from the instructions, in orders to achieve some goal, that he would get injured (alternatively at least have a high risk of getting injured) in the process? No to the rest. Sorry for all the yesishes, they're because you all seem to have a couple FAs. | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 321 Registered: 10-2006 |
Thank you for the bomb craters. So we have several hundreds of French soldiers marching in a field with bomb craters in it, during WWII. It's not in the midst of a battle, though. The protagonist, while following some orally given orders, walks into a bomb crater and injures himself? Are they marching side by side, in a tight formation? Was the problem that the instructions failed to take account of the existence of the bomb craters? (since they appeared recently?) | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1724 Registered: 5-2003 |
Thank you for the bomb craters. So we have several hundreds of French soldiers marching in a field with bomb craters in it, during WWII. It's not in the midst of a battle, though. The protagonist, while following some orally given orders, walks into a bomb crater and injures himself? Correct. Oh, except that I misremembered, and it was actually shell holes, not bomb craters. Are they marching side by side, Yes. in a tight formation? Probably not very tight, but mostly irrelevant. Was the problem that the instructions failed to take account of the existence of the bomb craters? (since they appeared recently?) No. | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 328 Registered: 10-2006 |
Did something else happen to him after he fell down the shell hole? Or he just injured himself from the fall? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1727 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did something else happen to him after he fell down the shell hole? No. Or he just injured himself from the fall? Yes. | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 330 Registered: 10-2006 |
So the relevant instructions/orders weren't simply something like "March forward!"? But rather the orders contained instructions to avoid certain things? Or directions? And not simply something like "Avoid walking into holes in the ground"? Does it have something to do with that the orders were given to all of the soldiers in the troop? it worked out as intended for many of the soldiers? But not for him? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1730 Registered: 5-2003 |
So the relevant instructions/orders weren't simply something like "March forward!"? No. But rather the orders contained instructions to avoid certain things? Yes. Or directions? Yope. And not simply something like "Avoid walking into holes in the ground"? You're OTRT. Does it have something to do with that the orders were given to all of the soldiers in the troop? Yes. it worked out as intended for many of the soldiers? Yes. But not for him? No. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1731 Registered: 5-2003 |
So the relevant instructions/orders weren't simply something like "March forward!"? No. But rather the orders contained instructions to avoid certain things? Yes. Or directions? Yope. And not simply something like "Avoid walking into holes in the ground"? You're OTRT. Does it have something to do with that the orders were given to all of the soldiers in the troop? Yes. it worked out as intended for many of the soldiers? Yes. But not for him? Correct. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1732 Registered: 5-2003 |
Disregard 'But not for him? No.' in the next to last post. I wanted to make the answer clearer and the word I used was misleading. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 489 Registered: 9-2009 |
Were they told to avoud things: on the ground? Above ground? In the air? Did he not look were he was going? Because he was looking out for something else? Because he was distracted? Was he close when the explosion creating the crater happened? Relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1740 Registered: 5-2003 |
Were they told to avoud things: on the ground? Yes. Above ground? No. In the air? No. Did he not look were he was going? No, but... Because he was looking out for something else? No. Because he was distracted? No. Was he close when the explosion creating the crater happened? No, assume old craters. Relevant? No. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 556 Registered: 3-2004 |
Were they just told to avoid craters? or some markers? in a certain colour? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1742 Registered: 5-2003 |
Were they just told to avoid craters? Yes. or some markers? No. in a certain colour? No. | ||
| Probably_monty_hall (Probably_monty_hall)
New member Username: Probably_monty_hall Post Number: 56 Registered: 10-2009 |
Was he disabled in any way? Hearing? Vision? Is there a specific marching formation that he was supposed to be taking part in to avoid the shell holes? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1756 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he disabled in any way? No, but... Hearing? Vision? Both are relevant. Is there a specific marching formation that he was supposed to be taking part in to avoid the shell holes? No. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 518 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was he looking out for craters at the time? Were his senses impaired somehow? Focused elsewhere? Was he looking at someone? Was he looking at/listening to the person telling them to look out for craters, so that he didn't look where he was going and fell into one? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1777 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he looking out for craters at the time? No. Were his senses impaired somehow? Yes. Focused elsewhere? Irr. Was he looking at someone? Irr. Was he looking at/listening to the person telling them to look out for craters, so that he didn't look where he was going and fell into one? No. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 592 Registered: 3-2004 |
Gas masks relevant? Shell shock? Fog? Smoke (without mirrors...)? Gas? Darkness? Blinding flashes? Thundering noise? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1779 Registered: 5-2003 |
Gas masks relevant? Shell shock? Fog? Smoke (without mirrors...)? Gas? Darkness? This. Blinding flashes? Thundering noise? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 553 Registered: 9-2009 |
So he's told to look out for craters, but it's too dark to see them? Is his hearing also impaired at this time? Was it impaired when he recieved the orders? Other senses impaired as well? Are they ordered not to use light? To be quiet? To make noise? Speaking or singing relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1839 Registered: 5-2003 |
So he's told to look out for craters, but it's too dark to see them? Yes. Is his hearing also impaired at this time? Noish. Was it impaired when he recieved the orders? Noish. Other senses impaired as well? No. Are they ordered not to use light? To be quiet? To make noise? Assume yes to all three. Speaking or singing relevant? Speaking. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1840 Registered: 5-2003 |
So he's told to look out for craters, but it's too dark to see them? Yes. Is his hearing also impaired at this time? Noish. Was it impaired when he recieved the orders? Noish. Other senses impaired as well? No. Are they ordered not to use light? To be quiet? To make noise? Assume yes to all three. Speaking or singing relevant? Speaking. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 557 Registered: 9-2009 |
How can I assume thet they're ordered both to be quiet and to make noise? Is he speaking? Is someone else speaking? Or is speech emmitted by something like a speaker or radio? Is he in conversation with someone? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1854 Registered: 5-2003 |
How can I assume thet they're ordered both to be quiet and to make noise? They're speaking quietly. Is he speaking? No. Is someone else speaking? Yes. Or is speech emmitted by something like a speaker or radio? Is he in conversation with someone? No. | ||
| Mani (Mani)
New member Username: Mani Post Number: 335 Registered: 10-2006 |
Oh, so is it like false orders from the enemy's propaganda division? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1866 Registered: 5-2003 |
Oh, so is it like false orders from the enemy's propaganda division? No. Not a bad guess though. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 580 Registered: 9-2009 |
The order to look out for craters is still in effect, right? If so, does he know that? Is he not looking out for them simply because it's too dark, or is there another or an additional reason? Is the speaker giving orders at the moment? Is the speaker saying something in the lines of "look out for that crater", and he falls into the crater at that moment? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1869 Registered: 5-2003 |
The order to look out for craters is still in effect, right? It isn't a standing order. If so, does he know that? Is he not looking out for them simply because it's too dark, This, mostly. or is there another or an additional reason? Is the speaker giving orders at the moment? No. Is the speaker saying something in the lines of "look out for that crater", Yes and he falls into the crater at that moment? Not quite. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 677 Registered: 3-2004 |
Are there two especially relevant craters? one that he's told to look out for? and another one he soon falls into instead, since he's too occupied looking out for the first? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1874 Registered: 5-2003 |
Are there two especially relevant craters? No, just one. one that he's told to look out for? and another one he soon falls into instead, since he's too occupied looking out for the first? | ||
| Probably_monty_hall (Probably_monty_hall)
New member Username: Probably_monty_hall Post Number: 86 Registered: 10-2009 |
Night vision goggles relevant? Perhaps the lack of depth perception offered by them caused him to mis-estimate his distance from the crater or the depth of the crater? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1880 Registered: 5-2003 |
Night vision goggles relevant? No. Perhaps the lack of depth perception offered by them caused him to mis-estimate his distance from the crater or the depth of the crater? FA | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 712 Registered: 3-2004 |
Was he already in a crater? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 661 Registered: 9-2009 |
He's told "look out for that crater", then he: looks somewhere else? Looks at the speaker? Looks around for but misses the crater? Says something? "I don't se any craAAAUGH!"? Time elapsed between the warning and his fall relevant? If so: seconds? Tens of seconds? Minutes? More? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1882 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was he already in a crater? No. He's told "look out for that crater", Yes, but... then he: looks somewhere else? No. Looks at the speaker? No. Looks around for but misses the crater? No. Says something? No. "I don't se any craAAAUGH!"? Time elapsed between the warning and his fall relevant? A bit. If so: seconds? This. Tens of seconds? Minutes? More? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 665 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is he told something else as well? Does he not hear the warning? Does he mishear/misunderstand it? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1884 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is he told something else as well? No. Does he not hear the warning? Not this. Does he mishear/misunderstand it? Yes! | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 732 Registered: 3-2004 |
Does he mishear the word crater? for later? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1885 Registered: 5-2003 |
Does he mishear the word crater? for later? No. The term used was "shell holes." | ||
| Probably_monty_hall (Probably_monty_hall)
New member Username: Probably_monty_hall Post Number: 89 Registered: 10-2009 |
hell hole? shovels? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1886 Registered: 5-2003 |
hell hole? shovels? No to both. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 683 Registered: 9-2009 |
Relevant what he thought he heard? Was it something else he could reasonably expect to have to watch for? French accent relevant? Or would it work in any language? Is the puzze based on a joke/funny story? Reality? FYOI? Work of fiction? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1891 Registered: 5-2003 |
Relevant what he thought he heard? Yes. Was it something else he could reasonably expect to have to watch for? No, but you're OTRT. French accent relevant? No. Or would it work in any language? Yes. Is the puzze based on a joke/funny story? A mild one. Reality? And yes. FYOI? Work of fiction? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 709 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he think he had to watch for something: in the air? On the ground? Far away? Something dangerous? Something silly? Something unlikely? A chello? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 799 Registered: 3-2004 |
Did he mishear the warning for something else than a shell hole to watch out for? or did he not think what he heard was a warning at all? maybe he thought it was time for a snack, and they all were being served Jello's? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1901 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he think he had to watch for something: in the air? On the ground? Far away? Something dangerous? Something silly? Something unlikely? A chello? No to all. Did he mishear the warning for something else than a shell hole to watch out for? or did he not think what he heard was a warning at all? This. maybe he thought it was time for a snack, and they all were being served Jello's? No. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 811 Registered: 3-2004 |
So someone called out a warning to look out for shell holes? but he thought he heard something else, which was not a warning? Did he react to what he thought he heard? did his reaction make him fall down the crater? or was it just the fact that he missed the warning that made him fall down? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1904 Registered: 5-2003 |
So someone called out a warning to look out for shell holes? Yes. but he thought he heard something else, which was not a warning? Yesish. Did he react to what he thought he heard? Yes. did his reaction make him fall down the crater? Yes. or was it just the fact that he missed the warning that made him fall down? No. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 821 Registered: 3-2004 |
Did he think he heard one word? two? more? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1905 Registered: 5-2003 |
Slight Blooper: or was it just the fact that he missed the warning that made him fall down? Not just this. Did he think he heard one word? two? more? Three. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 844 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did what he thought he heard make him: walk faster? More carelessly? Change direction? Stop? Walk in a different fashion? Look somewhere? Relevant exactly how the warning was formulated? And which word(s) were misheard? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1954 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did what he thought he heard make him: walk faster? More carelessly? Change direction? This. Stop? Walk in a different fashion? Look somewhere? Relevant exactly how the warning was formulated? Yes. And which word(s) were misheard? Yes. | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 1021 Registered: 3-2004 |
Did he think he heard the word: left? right? ahead? any other "directional word"? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1965 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he think he heard the word: left? This. right? ahead? any other "directional word"? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 1031 Registered: 3-2004 |
Was even the word "left" said, but in the the meaning "remaining"? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1966 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was even the word "left" said, but in the the meaning "remaining"? No. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1996 Registered: 5-2003 |
Hint: What was heard was precisely the opposite of what was intended to be heard. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 928 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did he mishear a directional word as "left"? Another word? Or was the meaning something like "don't go left" but he heard it as meaning "go left"? Lefthandedness relevant? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2008 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did he mishear a directional word as "left"? Another word? Or was the meaning something like "don't go left" but he heard it as meaning "go left"? This. Lefthandedness relevant? ********* SPOILER ***************** "[The historian] is as if at the rear of a column, in which the news travels from the head back through the ranks. It is not a good vantage-point from which to gather correct information. Not so very long ago, during a relief march at night, I heard the word passed down the length of a column in this manner: 'Look out! Shell holes to the left!' The last man received it in the form, 'To the left!', took a step in that direction, and fell in." -- Marc Bloch, The Historian's Craft |
