| Author | Message | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1070 Registered: 6-2008 |
Since Balin agreed with my suggestion to make puzzles about "theories" I heard on the radio, here's the first one: What is the First Law of Theater Attendance? Note, these were written to be guessed by people in a few minutes, so probably will be a quick puzzle, but I have more of them. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 465 Registered: 9-2010 |
"Silence is golden"? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1071 Registered: 6-2008 |
"Silence is golden"?No, I don't think there's any other expression that means the same as this "law". | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3379 Registered: 9-2009 |
Theater as in actors on a stage? Or movie theater? Is the First Law of Theater Attendance not to speak about the Theater Attendance? Does the law pertain to: audiences? Actors? Individuals in the audience? Relevant: Queuing? Buying a ticket? Entering? Sitting down? Watching the performance? Applauding (or booing)? Leaving? Going alone? Or in the company of others? Is the law an observation? Or a rule to be followed? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6030 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is talking relevant? Refreshments? Number of people in attendance? "Don't talk during the show"? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2946 Registered: 1-2007 |
Macbeth relevant? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1072 Registered: 6-2008 |
Theater as in actors on a stage? Or movie theater?Could be either, actually Is the First Law of Theater Attendance not to speak about the Theater Attendance?You mean, not to talk during the show? No. Does the law pertain to: audiences?This Actors? Individuals in the audience?And this Relevant: Queuing?Yope Buying a ticket?No Entering?Yope or yesish Sitting down?Yes Watching the performance?No Applauding (or booing)?No Leaving?No Going alone?No Or in the company of others?No Is the law an observation?This one Or a rule to be followed? Is talking relevant? Refreshments? Number of people in attendance? "Don't talk during the show"?No to all, except maybe yope to "number of people in attendance Macbeth relevant?No, where did that come from? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1382 Registered: 11-2003 |
Anything about the physical appearance of the theatre that is relevant? like how the seats are arranged? or how many seats there are? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6137 Registered: 4-2010 |
Specific sections of the theater relevant? Rows? Cup holders relevant? I think Peter was thinking of "Don't mention the name of the Scottish play out loud." | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1075 Registered: 6-2008 |
Anything about the physical appearance of the theatre that is relevant?Yes, though see below... like how the seats are arranged?Yes or how many seats there are?Yope Specific sections of the theater relevant?Noish Rows?Rows are the relevant thing about how the seats are arranged. As I've never been to a theater that didn't have its seats in rows, however, I probably could have said Irr. to the questions above just as well. Cup holders relevant?No I think Peter was thinking of "Don't mention the name of the Scottish play out loud." | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6158 Registered: 4-2010 |
No tall people in the front row? Something about being behind a tall person (which always seems to be a problem with me, being quite short)? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1078 Registered: 6-2008 |
No tall people in the front row? Something about being behind a tall person (which always seems to be a problem with me, being quite short)?No to both. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6163 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a certain row relevant? Certain rows? Rows in the front? The middle? The back? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6177 Registered: 4-2010 |
Just a heads-up - there's a post waiting on your City Jumper puzzle. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1081 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is a certain row relevant? Certain rows? Rows in the front? The middle? The back? The front row in most theaters is "exempt", and possibly the front row of each section if there are multiple sections. It applies to all others, though. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6184 Registered: 4-2010 |
Don't put your feet on the backs of the chairs in front of you? Especially if there are people sitting in them? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1082 Registered: 6-2008 |
Don't put your feet on the backs of the chairs in front of you? Especially if there are people sitting in them?No, maybe I should have said "an exception" rather than "exempt". Note above that the "law" is a description of an observation, in the sense of the laws of physics (but in a joking sense), not a rule to be followed. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3420 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does it have to do with passing by people already sitting? Do people who most often need to go to the toilet during the performance seat themselves as to cause maximum inconvenience for the others when they leave? Or something like this? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1085 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does it have to do with passing by people already sitting?YES Do people who most often need to go to the toilet during the performance seat themselves as to cause maximum inconvenience for the others when they leave?Toilet usage (as well as popcorn-procurement) is irrelevant. Or something like this?It's related, in that it involves inconvenience and where people seat themselves | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3421 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it that people arriving early seat themselves near the aisles, meaning people arriving later all need to pass by them to get to the remaining seats? If not, is it related to the way/order seats are filled? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2117 Registered: 3-2006 |
Perhaps something like 'the sooner you arrive, the sorer your knees at the end of the show'? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6192 Registered: 4-2010 |
Passing by them facing them? Facing away from them? Facing the way you're going? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1086 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it that people arriving early seat themselves near the aisles, meaning people arriving later all need to pass by them to get to the remaining seats?YES, exactly! That's the *********************SPOILER************************ | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6215 Registered: 4-2010 |
So true, and I too am guilty of that act. I guess the aisles are just more comfortable. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6216 Registered: 4-2010 |
Oh yes, I forgot...more theory puzzles please! |
