| Author | Message | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4971 Registered: 12-2000 |
When they saw the sawdust they knew that he was a very proud man | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3513 Registered: 9-2010 |
He = H/A/M? They = H/A/M? H/A/F? Mixed? Pride = national pride? Ethnic pride? Hubris? Self-directed satisfaction? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride Anything here I may have missed? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 504 Registered: 2-2011 |
did the sawdust come from a living tree? a piece of furniture? a stick? a branch? a plank? did they know him? did he cause the sawdust? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4972 Registered: 12-2000 |
He = H/A/M? yes to all They = H/A/M? H/A/F? Mixed? any or all Pride = national pride? no Ethnic pride? no Hubris? no Self-directed satisfaction? no http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride Anything here I may have missed? yes did the sawdust come from a living tree? a piece of furniture? this a stick? a branch? a plank? did they know him? yes did he cause the sawdust? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13170 Registered: 4-2010 |
Had the furniture been made longer? Shorter? Furniture - table? Chair? Couch? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 3516 Registered: 9-2010 |
Bed? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4973 Registered: 12-2000 |
Had the furniture been made longer? Shorter? this one Furniture - table? Chair? yes Couch? Bed? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13179 Registered: 4-2010 |
Had the legs been cut off the chair? Is the classic midget/sawdust puzzle at all relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13180 Registered: 4-2010 |
Had the length of the legs been shortened? Of all of them? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 509 Registered: 2-2011 |
was he proud as in haughty? did he make the legs shorter because he was a perfectionist? to avoid embarassment? shame? public humiliation? to make someone else comfortable? did he saw the legs of his own chair? someone else's? was this in his home? was he entertaining? did he shorten the legs in order to avoid doing something else? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4974 Registered: 12-2000 |
Had the legs been cut off the chair? no Is the classic midget/sawdust puzzle at all relevant? not in the least Had the length of the legs been shortened? yes Of all of them? yes was he proud as in haughty? no did he make the legs shorter because he was a perfectionist? to avoid embarassment? this one shame? public humiliation? to make someone else comfortable? did he saw the legs of his own chair? yes someone else's? was this in his home? yes was he entertaining? no did he shorten the legs in order to avoid doing something else? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 516 Registered: 2-2011 |
had he made the chair? had he made a table and the legs were too short so he shortened the legs of the chair so that people wouldn't notice? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4975 Registered: 12-2000 |
had he made the chair? no had he made a table and the legs were too short so he shortened the legs of the chair so that people wouldn't notice? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13198 Registered: 4-2010 |
Were the legs all cut to the same size? Was he proud of something about himself? Was he a perfectionist? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4976 Registered: 12-2000 |
Were the legs all cut to the same size? yes Was he proud of something about himself? in a sense Was he a perfectionist? but not this | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13206 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was he proud of the chair? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4977 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was he proud of the chair? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13210 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was he proud of an object? Was the chair in his home? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4978 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was he proud of an object? no Was the chair in his home? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13218 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was he proud of another person? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4979 Registered: 12-2000 |
Was he proud of another person? no | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1179 Registered: 7-2001 |
Hi Lynne! did he have short legs? amputated legs? no legs? did he want to appear as though his legs were normal length? when he sat down? if he had not shortened the chair legs would his feet have been clear of the floor when he sat? did he want them to be on the floor? so that he looked to be of normal height? of the same height as others? did the chair originally have normal length legs? long legs? did something happen to him that then made him want to shorten the length of the legs of the chair? which he had previously used as it was? or was it a new chair? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4980 Registered: 12-2000 |
Hi Lynne! Hi Hannah! did he have short legs? amputated legs? no legs? did he want to appear as though his legs were normal length? when he sat down? if he had not shortened the chair legs would his feet have been clear of the floor when he sat? did he want them to be on the floor? so that he looked to be of normal height? of the same height as others? sorry, no to all! did the chair originally have normal length legs? yes long legs? no did something happen to him that then made him want to shorten the length of the legs of the chair? yes which he had previously used as it was? yes or was it a new chair? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13226 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he become disabled? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4981 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did he become disabled? in a very broad sense, but not what we would normally call 'disabled' | ||
| Twilightseeker (Twilightseeker)
New member Username: Twilightseeker Post Number: 177 Registered: 2-2009 |
Did he have unusual height? weight? Length of limbs/torso? Had he suffered from polio? Did he saw off one or more chair leg(s) differently from the others? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4982 Registered: 12-2000 |
Did he have unusual height? weight? Length of limbs/torso? Had he suffered from polio? nothing like these Did he saw off one or more chair leg(s) differently from the others? no | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 525 Registered: 2-2011 |
did he become blind or short-sighted? maybe too proud to wear specs? | ||
| Lynne (Lynne)
New member Username: Lynne Post Number: 4983 Registered: 12-2000 |
did he become blind or short-sighted? short sighted maybe too proud to wear specs? indeed he was,well done! Enough for a ************ SPOILER ************ Tolstoy (yes, that Tolstoy) was short sighted but too proud to wear glasses, so he shortened the legs on his chair so that he was closer to his work You can read it here (although I read it in a book that I have) http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/2215/ Thank you one and all | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 528 Registered: 2-2011 |
nice one Lynne! |
