| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5231 Registered: 4-2010 |
Last Wednesday, it rained, and I was thrilled, as I had been hoping for rain for about 10 days before that. Why was I so happy? I = me (Balin), and this is a true story. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2557 Registered: 1-2001 |
You had been waiting to try out a new umbrella? New rain boots? Some other kind of rain gear? Or perhaps the rain brought a cold front with it, and you were sick of hot weather? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5235 Registered: 4-2010 |
You had been waiting to try out a new umbrella? New rain boots? Some other kind of rain gear? No to all Or perhaps the rain brought a cold front with it, and you were sick of hot weather? No - the answer is much more lateral than that. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1037 Registered: 6-2008 |
Did you want: for something to become wet or filled with water? for an event to be cancelled? for snow to fall elsewhere, where it was colder? to win a bet about when it would rain? Was this the first time it rained in your location since last spring? relevant? | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 423 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did you end up doing something you really longed for, and you could only do it while it was raining? Or just after rain? Long-shot: were you willing to take a picture of a rainbow? Is this story connected to your new location? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5250 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you want: for something to become wet or filled with water? for an event to be cancelled? for snow to fall elsewhere, where it was colder? to win a bet about when it would rain? None of these Was this the first time it rained in your location since last spring? No - it had rained about two weeks before. relevant? Not really Did you end up doing something you really longed for, and you could only do it while it was raining? Or just after rain? No to all Long-shot: were you willing to take a picture of a rainbow? No Is this story connected to your new location? Yes | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 407 Registered: 9-2009 |
By raining we should assume real rain, that is water coming down from the sky, right? (Lacking a better definition) If so: were you happy because: the weather changed? that water was present? that we are in the fall now and something good will happen in this period? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5262 Registered: 4-2010 |
By raining we should assume real rain, that is water coming down from the sky, right? (Lacking a better definition) Yes If so: were you happy because: the weather changed? that water was present? Yope to this, no to rest that we are in the fall now and something good will happen in this period? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 414 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was it because this way some plants got watered? Or a specific place? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5268 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it because this way some plants got watered? No, but... Or a specific place? ...Yes. Be careful for FAs. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2574 Registered: 1-2001 |
Would you have been just as happy if someone had turned on some large sprinklers? Was it a very light, misty rain? Downpour? Thunderstorm? Large amount of rain? | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 431 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did a specific object get wet, causing your happiness? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5273 Registered: 4-2010 |
Would you have been just as happy if someone had turned on some large sprinklers? As long as the specific place got watered, yes - however, given the scenario, that would be rather unlikely. Was it a very light, misty rain? Somewhere between this... Downpour? ...and this. But pretty much any amount of rain would have worked. Thunderstorm? Large amount of rain? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2577 Registered: 1-2001 |
So you wanted to see water collect somewhere? Make a puddle? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5278 Registered: 4-2010 |
So you wanted to see water collect somewhere? Not really, possible FA Make a puddle? No | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 433 Registered: 6-2005 |
I fear you missed my question at 3:21 ;-) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5281 Registered: 4-2010 |
I fear you missed my question at 3:21 ;-) Oops - my bad. Rectified below, with apology. Did a specific object get wet, Yes causing your happiness? Yes (tiny ish) | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 434 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was this object meant to: contain water? Change any of its characteristics because of the water? Colour? Stiffness? Size? Size of the object: tennis ball? basket ball? Chair? Car? Bigger? Would it have been possible to make the object wet by yourself, pouring water on it with a bottle or a watering can? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5289 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was this object meant to: contain water? No Change any of its characteristics because of the water? Yope Colour? Yope, no to rest Stiffness? Size? Size of the object: tennis ball? basket ball? Chair? Car? Bigger? This, FA Would it have been possible to make the object wet by yourself, pouring water on it with a bottle or a watering can? Technically yes, logistically no - it really required rain. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2584 Registered: 1-2001 |
Were you hoping that the rain would cause a body of water to rise in water level? | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 436 Registered: 6-2005 |
Did you want to check whether the rain would NOT change the colour of the object? Paint relevant? Is the object your house, or a part of it? Roof? Walls? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5292 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were you hoping that the rain would cause a body of water to rise in water level? No, though I know people who were hoping for rain for that reason. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5293 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you want to check whether the rain would NOT change the colour of the object? No Paint relevant? No, but OTRT Is the object your house, No or a part of it? No, but this line of thought is OTRT Roof? No Walls? No | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2586 Registered: 1-2001 |
You wanted nature to wash you car for you? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5295 Registered: 4-2010 |
You wanted nature to wash Yes... you car for you? ...but No. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 190 Registered: 9-2010 |
Hmm, I remember a joke about a guy whose picket fence was painted green when he went on vacation, and blue when he came back...he'd mixed a yellow, water-soluble paint with a blue oil-based paint to make the green, and it had rained. Relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5296 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hmm, I remember a joke about a guy whose picket fence was painted green when he went on vacation, and blue when he came back...he'd mixed a yellow, water-soluble paint with a blue oil-based paint to make the green, and it had rained. Relevant? Not really, and I've never heard that story before - good one! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 193 Registered: 9-2010 |
Thanks! It's one of my favorites, lol. So no fences involved? Other decoration for the house/yard? | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 438 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was the "object" to be washed something fixed to ground, impossible to move? If so, a building? A sport field? A garden? Would it be more appropriate to refer to it as an object or as a place? Is it natural or man-made? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5300 Registered: 4-2010 |
Thanks! It's one of my favorites, lol. I can see why =) So no fences involved? Correct Other decoration for the house/yard? I wouldn't call it a decoration...see below. Was the "object" to be washed something fixed to ground, impossible to move? Yes... If so, a building? A sport field? A garden? ...but none of these. Would it be more appropriate to refer to it as an object or as a place? "Object" is probably better. Is it natural or man-made? Man-made | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2588 Registered: 1-2001 |
Does most of the object's area spread horizontally (lies on the ground)? Or vertically (stands upright)? Is the object made of wood? Concrete? Metal? Plastic? Glass? Something else? Multiple things? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5303 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does most of the object's area spread horizontally (lies on the ground)? This Or vertically (stands upright)? Is the object made of wood? Concrete? This - should be easy to get the object now. Metal? Plastic? Glass? Something else? Multiple things? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 208 Registered: 9-2010 |
The rain washed the sidewalk? Driveway? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5306 Registered: 4-2010 |
The rain washed the sidewalk? This! Driveway? Now why was I happy that the rain washed the sidewalk? | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 441 Registered: 6-2005 |
Is it a parking? A garage? But then these would be "places" rather than "objects"... hmmm... | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2591 Registered: 1-2001 |
Because the sidewalk had bird doodoo on it? Or something else that you didn't like to look at? Something you didn't want to step on or in? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5307 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a parking? A garage? But then these would be "places" rather than "objects"... hmmm... See above | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 2 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the poem "Spahn and Sain, Pray for Rain..." relevant? (It was a poem about the Atlanta Braves saying to pray for a rainout so that Spahn and Sain, who were their only good pitchers, could start, then it would rain for a couple days, and they'd be rested enough to start again and so on....) Is baseball in any way relevant? Sports? Sporting venues? The city of Atlanta? The venue that got wet: was it a sporting venue? If so, was it a baseball stadium? Or just a regular baseball field? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 210 Registered: 9-2010 |
Because then it froze and you could go sliding? (If this was it, I'd worry about your sanity. I had my first 'meeting' with "black ice" in Auburn last December and am surprised my tailbone wasn't broken) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5308 Registered: 4-2010 |
Because the sidewalk had bird doodoo on it? No Or something else that you didn't like to look at? Yope - I didn't want to look at it.... Something you didn't want to step on or in? No | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2592 Registered: 1-2001 |
Chalk art? Some other kind of image on the sidewalk? Something that had been dropped or spilled onto the sidewalk? Something that had been intentionally put onto the sidewalk? Accidentally put there? Put there by a person? By nature? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5309 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the poem "Spahn and Sain, Pray for Rain..." relevant? Only in that the puzzle is about hoping for rain - nice catch on the reference! And welcome to the forum! (It was a poem about the Atlanta Braves saying to pray for a rainout so that Spahn and Sain, who were their only good pitchers, could start, then it would rain for a couple days, and they'd be rested enough to start again and so on....) Is baseball in any way relevant? No Sports? Sporting venues? The city of Atlanta? No to the rest The venue that got wet: was it a sporting venue? If so, was it a baseball stadium? Or just a regular baseball field? No to these Because then it froze and you could go sliding? No...it's September in North Carolina; will there really be ice? (If this was it, I'd worry about your sanity. I had my first 'meeting' with "black ice" in Auburn last December and am surprised my tailbone wasn't broken) I know the feeling =P | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2593 Registered: 1-2001 |
Is/are sports relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 211 Registered: 9-2010 |
Because then it froze and you could go sliding? No...it's September in North Carolina; will there really be ice? I've never been to North Carolina, in September or otherwise, so how would I know? =P | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5310 Registered: 4-2010 |
Chalk art? Chalk, yes; art, no. Some other kind of image on the sidewalk? Not an image.... Something that had been dropped or spilled onto the sidewalk? No Something that had been intentionally put onto the sidewalk? Yes Accidentally put there? So no Put there by a person? Yes By nature? So no | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2594 Registered: 1-2001 |
Words written in chalk? Numbers? Symbols? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 212 Registered: 9-2010 |
Chalk writing (graffiti)? Obscene words perhaps? Slurs? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5311 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is/are sports relevant? No I've never been to North Carolina, in September or otherwise, so how would I know? =P Well, let me put it this way: it's really warm. I was here in February, it was 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and I spoke to someone who said it's usually 10 degrees warmer in that month. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5312 Registered: 4-2010 |
Words written in chalk? Yes Numbers? Symbols? No to these Chalk writing Yes... (graffiti) ...but No ? Obscene words perhaps? Slurs? No to these | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 213 Registered: 9-2010 |
Well, let me put it this way: it's really warm. I was here in February, it was 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and I spoke to someone who said it's usually 10 degrees warmer in that month.Oh, lol. Interesting. Well, it is the South, so I suppose that makes sense... | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2595 Registered: 1-2001 |
Was it a sentence? A phrase? Something that you preferred not to read? Something to do with school? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5314 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it a sentence? This, slight FA A phrase? Some of them were this, same FA Something that you preferred not to read? Yesish Something to do with school? Yope | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2597 Registered: 1-2001 |
Was it a list? Of names? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5315 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it a list? No, but... Of names? ...certain names were involved. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2598 Registered: 1-2001 |
Names of famous people? Names of people that you know? Your name? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5318 Registered: 4-2010 |
Names of famous people? Names of people that you know? Your name? None of these. HINT: The sentences/phrases involved names of certain students, none of whom I know personally. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2601 Registered: 1-2001 |
Students currently attending? Alumni? Are sororities or fraternities involved? Was the writing the signatures of the students? Some kind of petition? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5323 Registered: 4-2010 |
Students currently attending? This Alumni? Are sororities or fraternities involved? No Was the writing the signatures of the students? No, but the students had written their own names (along with that particular sentence/phrase Some kind of petition? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 218 Registered: 9-2010 |
Voting of some sort? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5325 Registered: 4-2010 |
Voting of some sort? YES!! Care to finish this one off? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2604 Registered: 1-2001 |
"Vote for Pedro!" | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 220 Registered: 9-2010 |
Not that I'm at all certain of this, but perhaps they were voting for you and/or someone else for some kind of student council position, and you lost, so you were happy when the votes were washed away? Or if not that, it has to do with the elections, and the students were writing stuff about which candidates they were voting for and why, and all the political stuff irritated you? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5329 Registered: 4-2010 |
"Vote for Pedro!" No, but... Not that I'm at all certain of this, but perhaps they were voting for you No and/or someone else Yope for some kind of student council position, Yes and you lost, No - I did not run for any office so you were happy when the votes were washed away? No - see below. Or if not that, it has to do with the elections, Yes and the students Noish were writing stuff about which candidates they were voting for Yope and why, Noish and all the political stuff irritated you? Yes You are so close.... | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2606 Registered: 1-2001 |
They were names of students who were seeking election? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5333 Registered: 4-2010 |
They were names of students who were seeking election? Yes, and therefore the sentences were.... | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2607 Registered: 1-2001 |
"So-and-so for President", or similar? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5337 Registered: 4-2010 |
"So-and-so for President", or similar? There we go! **********SPOILER********** For about ten days after the elections (actually, a runoff election we had for the position of Secretary - two candidates had tied), the political ads ("Vote Person X for Secretary, etc), written in chalk on sidewalks all over campus, remained. For those ten days, I was hoping for rain so that the darn political ads would go away - just like in real life, they were there for too long. Finally it rained, and the rain washed away the political ads, making me happy. (What little remained of the ads went away after an even heavier rain yesterday, BTW.) Kudos go to everyone who asked questions, especially Kaylee and Mattiel, as well as Ixoye, for the final vote. You all know where my next puzzle is.... | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2609 Registered: 1-2001 |
So they bribe you with candy and then write all over the sidewalk...if only I had seen the connection - nice 1! | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
Moderator Username: Gourami Post Number: 1315 Registered: 10-2008 |
The most annoying chalk messages on our campus are written on brick walls under overhangs--the rain never gets there, and they remain indefinitely. We still have a drawing of the logo for the first Transformers movie. |
