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GalFisk wrote:Bird: the animal? yes One specific bird? no One species? yes Bird: plane? Person? Superhero? Skydiver? Machine? Toy? none of these Was it fast horizontally? yes Vertically? no Was it supersonic? no Was it Felix Baumgartner? no East: Asia? yes Eastern US? no Eastern part of a country? yes Continent? no
Earnest wrote:Are we talking about cartoon? no Real life? yes A bird born without wings (I mean that is usual for the birds of that species not to have wings)? no So are we talking about an animal classified as a bird which physically had no wings? no/FA If was the bird able to fly? so no/FA Fastest = on the ground? yes Up in the air? no If up in the air, fastest in the sense that using its physical attributes he could reach very high speed in flying? no Or that he was transported by an artificial engine which allowed the bird to reach that speed? no I mean, if the above are correct, we know that ostrich is the fastest bird in the world on the ground...all we need to discover is wheather ostrich is also in the "East" and what is meant by East... you do need to discover what is meant by “East”.
GalFisk wrote:Asia: mainland? Islands? Russia? China? yes Japan? You said "was": Is the bird extinct? no, and beware FA Has its speed been surpassed by another bird? no it hasn’t, despite same poss FA
jumpingjacks wrote:Did we establish that the bird in question is indeed the ostrich? What, where? You just established that the bird in question is NOT the ostrich![]()
"fastest on the ground" = it runs the fastest? This-ish... but mega-laterally. does something else the fastest? no
Earnest wrote:It runs with its paws? No, the bird does not run with its paws. E.g. in a challenge with other birds on the ground he would arrive first? Within the context of this puzzle (and its real-life equivalent), this bird would always arrive first.
Cooking relevabt? YES, explore
GalFisk wrote:Does the bird exist? yes Is it in a work of fiction? no, real life Is a pun relevant? no Chinese languages relevant? no Chinese writing?no
Earnest wrote:Chinese calendar relevant? no
Chinese kitchen? no Is the bird cooked? yes It is the only bird not cooked because it was too fast? Is it fast in absolute terms no(I mean is it faster also than a human for instance?)? no, but explore Are there relevant laws about this bird? no
Did we establish that the bird in question is indeed the ostrich? What, where? You just established that the bird in question is NOT the ostrich![]()
jumpingjacks wrote:Did we establish that the bird in question is indeed the ostrich? What, where? You just established that the bird in question is NOT the ostrich![]()
Haha, Earnest mentioned in a previous post that the fastest bird on the ground was the ostrich, but your reply didn't really comment on that, so I wasn't sure
Fastest = its cooking time is the fastest? so it always arrives at the table first? no, BUWT
Is this a bird that is commonly eaten in China? yes,in built up areas In the West? indeed Chicken? this Duck? Albatross?![]()
Haha
Earnest wrote:Eggs relevant? Relevant part of the puzzle: when the chicken is cooked? When it is eaten by humans? Yesish but beware FA Digestion relevant? Something like chinese do not digeste a specifc preparation of chicken and run to the bathroom as quick as possible?
Are mascots outside pubs relevant (maybe someone has a chicken costume)? no to the rest
GalFisk wrote:Domestication relevant? Import/export? Did the practice of breeding, raising, cooking and eating chicken spread fast? Food poisoning relevant? Disease? No to all
Earnest wrote:Smell of cooked chicken relevant? No Would chicken be the fastest also in Europe? In this situation/circumstances, yes In US? ditto
Relevant the way in which it is cooked? yes A specific one? yes Are chinese able to properly cook chicken? yes Spicy way of cooking relevant? no Do chinese traditions and uses matters in the puzzle? no Is chicken fragmented into cubes when cooked? not cubed, but it is shaped Is it eaten with chopstiks? no
Is the way in which chiken is sold? yes In stalls? no/irrel Do people recognize when it burns? no/irrel Do they eat it when it burns? no
Earnest wrote:Is chicken grilled? Is a pun involved (e.g. speedy chicken)? "Fast" food involved? no to all
GalFisk wrote:Way if cooking: grilling? Boiling? Baking? Pan frying? Deep frying? this Oven cooking? Open fire? Buried in coals? Microwaving?
wolfier wrote:is chicken broth/bouillon/soup relevant? gender of the birds? the speed in which they're fed or raised? defeathered? Sorry, I missed this earlier. No to all.
GalFisk wrote:Deep frying: dangers of deep frying relevant? Such as burns? Fire? Health effects of deep fried food relevant? none of these Chicken nuggets relevant? YES Testing of aircraft parts by firing chickens at them?![]()
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GalFisk wrote:Fast food relevant? YES Fast food chains? McDonalds, but Irr How chicken nuggets are made? Cooked? Served? How they were invented? By whom? For what purpose? none of these are relevant
CLUE - The fact that it's fast food, and specifically chicken nuggets, is relevant. Nothing else to do with the food itself is relevant.
GalFisk wrote:Is it the only bird served as fast food? no The first? no, although... Is it fastest because it's fast food? no; for another reason
wolfier wrote:mistranslation relevant? no
GalFisk wrote:I sit the bird being the most served as fast food? Is it being fast: before being hatched? When hatched? When small? Grown up? When being transported for slaughter? When being slaughtered? Butchered? Transported for cooking? Cooked? Served? Eaten? Digested? Later? Yes Aircraft relevant? . No to the rest
GalFisk wrote:Later than digestion? Is it fast when being pooped out? Does it cause diarrhea? All NO and OTWT
GalFisk wrote:At a space launch center? No Were the chicken nuggets fast? In a sense... Fast as in speed? YesFast as in short time interval? Yes
GalFisk wrote:Were they relevantly cooked very quickly? Irrelevant Relevant who ate them? YES Relevant where the nuggets came from? It was McDonalds, but largely irr.
GalFisk wrote:Were they eaten by one person? Yes Two? More? Profession(s) of the person(s) eating relevant? Yes, very much so Hobbies? Interests? Speed of eating relevant? No to these
Edit: were they eaten by someone who then took a record? Yes! Someone who outran bird(s)? No A sports(wo)man? Yes, a sportsman
GalFisk wrote:A runner? Yes A driver? A skydiver? A skier? A cyclist? A stuntman? A swimmer? An ice skater? A pilot?
GalFisk wrote:Did he take a new record for: speed? yes Distance? Endurance? Did he credit the chicken nuggets with his performance? yes - jokingly Are his competitors relevant? no Did he win a medal? yes Relevant?yesish
GalFisk wrote:Did he make a relevant speech? Was he relevantly interviewed? Yes Is his name relevant? Yes Did he make a joke? yes Any characteristics of living chicken relevant? no Did he say that he was so fast because ha ate fast food? Not directly but that was the joke, somebody else said it