[Nimue] Go to the Head of the Scrund

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Author Message Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5085 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:09 pm:        Until yesterday, I had a scrund about heads. I bet some of you have it, too. What is it? Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 963 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:17 pm:        by 'heads' do you mean the part of the human body? does the scrund relate to their anatomy? to the brain? to a particular part of the head? eyes? ears? face? nose? hair? mouth? the skin? blood vessels? does it relate to injuries of the head? diseases? medical treatments? does it relate to physical appearance? movement? size? shape? skin colour? weight? dimensions? relative dimensions? relationship to the rest of the body? its symmetry? does it relate to the way the head functions? does it relate to people's beliefs about the head? to religion? execution? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5088 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:24 pm:        Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 963 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:17 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) by 'heads' do you mean the part of the human body?yes does the scrund relate to their anatomy?see later answers to the brain? noto a particular part of the head?possibly eyes? noears? no face? no nose? no hair? no mouth? the skin? possibly blood vessels? no does it relate to injuries of the head? nodiseases? no medical treatments? no does it relate to physical appearance? no movement? nosize? no shape? no skin colour? no weight? nodimensions? norelative dimensions? norelationship to the rest of the body? yesits symmetry? no does it relate to the way the head functions? yes does it relate to people's beliefs about the head?no. Of course, s scrund is a false belief, but this scrund is not a belief about a beliefs to religion? no execution? no Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 965 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:38 pm:        so this scrund is about the relationship of the head to the rest of the body? and about the way the head functions? is the connection between the head and the rest of the body relevant? the physical connection? the neck specifically? is it relevant that one side of the brain in some ways determines the action of the opposite side of the body? is pain relevant? the possible relevance of the skin - that it is continuous between the head and the body? that it connects the two? does the scrund relate to similarities between the head and the body? or differences? are muscles relevant? the angle of the head on the body? the fact that the head has to be continually held up by muscular effort rather than being balanced on the body? are positions of the head relevant? facial expressions? does the scrund relate to some way in which the head determines something about the body? the way the body reacts physically to thoughts? are hormones relevant? growth? survival? the senses? amputations? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5091 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:50 pm:        Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 965 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:38 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) so this scrund is about the relationship of the head to the rest of the body? yes and about the way the head functions? yes is the connection between the head and the rest of the body relevant? yesish the physical connection? yesish the neck specifically? no is it relevant that one side of the brain in some ways determines the action of the opposite side of the body? no is pain relevant? no the possible relevance of the skin - that it is continuous between the head and the body? no that it connects the two? no does the scrund relate to similarities between the head and the body? no or differences? yes are muscles relevant? nothe angle of the head on the body? no the fact that the head has to be continually held up by muscular effort rather than being balanced on the body? no are positions of the head relevant? no facial expressions? no does the scrund relate to some way in which the head determines something about the body? yesish the way the body reacts physically to thoughts? no are hormones relevant? no growth? no survival? no the senses? noamputations? no Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 98 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 12:00 am:        Head size? The head-to-body proportion? Heads of a specific age group? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5092 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 12:02 am:        Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 98 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 12:00 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Head size? no The head-to-body proportion? noHeads of a specific age group? no Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 101 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 12:32 am:        nutrition relevant? Bones? Organs that connect head to body? Esophagus? Did you have this scrund about nonhuman heads? Could someone theoretically? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5097 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 1:45 am:        Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 101 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 12:32 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) nutrition relevant? Bones? Organs that connect head to body? Esophagus? None of those is relevant Did you have this scrund about nonhuman heads? no Could someone theoretically? possibly Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1232 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 3:47 am:        Is a specific bodily function relevant? Such as swallowing, coughing, or speaking? Airways relevant? Sinuses? Any of the senses relevant? Would seeing a skull correct your scrund? How about a complete skeleton? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5099 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 8:13 pm:        Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1232 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 3:47 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is a specific bodily function relevant?yesish or yope Such as swallowing, coughing, or speaking? none of thoseAirways relevant? no Sinuses? no Any of the senses relevant? noWould seeing a skull correct your scrund? no How about a complete skeleton? no Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 116 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 9:41 pm:        Could you fix this scrund by looking carefully at a human? Looking carefully at yourself? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5103 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 9:54 pm:        Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 116 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 9:41 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Could you fix this scrund by looking carefully at a human? noish Looking carefully at yourself? noish Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1239 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 11:26 pm:        Any bodily fluid relevant? Disease relevant? Nervous system? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5106 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 11:37 pm:        Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 1239 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 11:26 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Any bodily fluid relevant? no Disease relevant? noish Nervous system? no Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 966 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 9:15 pm:        should we be finding out what happened to make you realise you had this scrund? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5112 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 - 5:36 pm:        Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 966 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 9:15 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) should we be finding out what happened to make you realise you had this scrund? No--it was just something I read. Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 969 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 - 9:29 pm:        you said that the scrund relates to differences between the head and the body - is that correct? differences in the way they function? was your scrund that there was a difference when in fact there was not? that there was not a difference when in fact there was? are any movements of the body relevant? voluntary movements? involuntary? are any of these relevant: hiccups? walking? digestion? the sensation of touch? the sensation of hearing? taste? sight? reflex actions? clothing? maintenance of body warmth? is the scrund that a body loses a quarter (or a particular other amount) of its heat from the head - whereas in fact this is probably a great overestimate? (used by mothers to make their children and elderly parents wear hats) Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5116 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 - 9:40 pm:        Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 969 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 - 9:29 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) you said that the scrund relates to differences between the head and the body - is that correct? yes differences in the way they function? yes was your scrund that there was a difference when in fact there was not? yesthat there was not a difference when in fact there was? no are any movements of the body relevant? no voluntary movements? no involuntary? no are any of these relevant: hiccups? no walking? no digestion? nothe sensation of touch? no the sensation of hearing? no taste? nosight? noreflex actions? noclothing? yesish maintenance of body warmth? yes is the scrund that a body loses a quarter (or a particular other amount) of its heat from the head - whereas in fact this is probably a great overestimate? (used by mothers to make their children and elderly parents wear hats) yes ************* SPOILER **************** Until the day before I posted this puzzle, I believed that in cold weather, people lose 1/4 of their body heat through the head.Apparently, this is not true. Trust Clever Hannah (not only clever but a doctor) to solve this puzzle! Trust me to post a new puzzle at the bottom of the page! Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 2232 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 1:08 am:        I was just about to ask about surface area... Good one!