Were the dead guys (are they both male, if that's relevant?) hunters or poachers or fishermen or something else that involves murdering random wildlife and therefore they might have various types of pointy/shooty object lying about?
Was there a third person that had gone to the cabin other than the person who found them?
No. (although this reminds me of a rather humorous... well, I'll link to it once the case has been cracked.)
and No.
jajd2c wrote:
Are there signs of carbon monoxide poisoning?
No
Donner wrote:
Is there any damage to the cabin?
Yes
Ameena wrote:
Were the dead guys (are they both male, if that's relevant?) hunters or poachers or fishermen or something else that involves murdering random wildlife and therefore they might have various types of pointy/shooty object lying about?
Gender is irrelevent
and no.
arenson9 wrote:
Were the deceased of similar age?
Had the deceased died recently?
Was the cabin a museum?
Irrelevant
Yes
No
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
To my knowledge, this was not based on a particular real event, although it's possible (maybe even probable) that the scene has happened at some point.
Donner wrote:
Is the damage to the cabin to the roof?
If not, is it fire damage?
Yes, there is damage to the roof
No, it is not fire damage
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
Were they tandem jumping and their chutes failed to open?
No. Yes.
Actually, both those answers are no. But I wanted you guys to spend a moment trying to figure out how the second one could possibly be true if the first was false.
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Is the cabin an airplane cabin? Is it a pilot and copilot?
DING DING DING! We have a winner!
Arcanist Lupus wrote:
Nielzabub wrote:
Were the deceased having an affair?
No. (although this reminds me of a rather humorous... well, I'll link to it once the case has been cracked.)
The humorous thing I mentioned earlier was a particularly funny Darwin Award. You can see why I didn't post it earlier - it would have given the answer away.
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
Did the people fall through the roof? Were they tandem jumping and their chutes failed to open?
No. Yes. Actually, both those answers are no. But I wanted you guys to spend a moment trying to figure out how the second one could possibly be true if the first was false.
Aaargh. I somehow missed your followup after reading 'No. Yes', and really _WAS_ trying to figure out how the second one could be true if the first was false.
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If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If not now, when? If I am for myself alone, what am I? -- Hillel
Did the people fall through the roof? Were they tandem jumping and their chutes failed to open?
No. Yes. Actually, both those answers are no. But I wanted you guys to spend a moment trying to figure out how the second one could possibly be true if the first was false.
Aaargh. I somehow missed your followup after reading 'No. Yes', and really _WAS_ trying to figure out how the second one could be true if the first was false.
Heehee!
Anyhow, should I do another? Or does somebody else want to have a go?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
Okay, we have here 4 questions and 5 answers. Was that yes referring to the deaths by traumatic injury question? Or were you answering the relevance of the TV and the lights seperately?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
For deaths by traumatic injury, the answer was both yes and no. My apologies, I thought not putting a comma between them made that clear; I'll make that more distinct in the future.
To bad - the albatross one is my family's favorite. So much so that "Did he eat albatross" has become one of our standard opening questions (along with the more useful "Is his/her job relevant")
Maybe we can run two concurrently - The albatross one for those who don't know it, and another one for those who do?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
Was the fact that the electricity was on inportant? Not significant because of the show, just that it was on, and that he turned the light on.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Wss his decision to hang himself (assuming it was suicide) made after seeing the TV? After going upstairs and turning the light on?
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Is there any damage to the cabin?
"Deja-fu? You've heard of that?"
- Lu Tze, Sweeper, Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
Were the dead guys (are they both male, if that's relevant?) hunters or poachers or fishermen or something else that involves murdering random wildlife and therefore they might have various types of pointy/shooty object lying about?
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Were the deceased of similar age?
Had the deceased died recently?
Was the cabin a museum?
Hi. My name's Andy. Feel free to call me Andy, since, ya know, that's my name. (he/him/his)
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If not now, when? If I am for myself alone, what am I? -- Hillel
No. (although this reminds me of a rather humorous... well, I'll link to it once the case has been cracked.)
and No.
No
Yes
and no.
Irrelevant
Yes
No
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Were the deceased adults?
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Did this happen in our time?
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Is this a real event?
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Is the damage to the cabin to the roof?
If not, is it fire damage?
"Deja-fu? You've heard of that?"
- Lu Tze, Sweeper, Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
To my knowledge, this was not based on a particular real event, although it's possible (maybe even probable) that the scene has happened at some point.
Yes, there is damage to the roof
No, it is not fire damage
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Was any of the three people mentioned the owner of the cabin?
Did both of the two dead people enter the cabin of their own volition?
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No
Yes
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Did the people fall through the roof?
Were they tandem jumping and their chutes failed to open?
Hi. My name's Andy. Feel free to call me Andy, since, ya know, that's my name. (he/him/his)
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If not now, when? If I am for myself alone, what am I? -- Hillel
No. Yes.
Actually, both those answers are no. But I wanted you guys to spend a moment trying to figure out how the second one could possibly be true if the first was false.
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Is the cause of their death still inside the cabin?
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Were they murdered?
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
No? kind of, but technically no.
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Was it an airplane crash?
Did they die and then someone built a cabin around them?!
Hi. My name's Andy. Feel free to call me Andy, since, ya know, that's my name. (he/him/his)
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If not now, when? If I am for myself alone, what am I? -- Hillel
No
yes
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Is the cabin an airplane cabin? Is it a pilot and copilot?
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DING DING DING! We have a winner!
The humorous thing I mentioned earlier was a particularly funny Darwin Award. You can see why I didn't post it earlier - it would have given the answer away.
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Aaargh. I somehow missed your followup after reading 'No. Yes', and really _WAS_ trying to figure out how the second one could be true if the first was false.
Hi. My name's Andy. Feel free to call me Andy, since, ya know, that's my name. (he/him/his)
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If not now, when? If I am for myself alone, what am I? -- Hillel
Heehee!
Anyhow, should I do another? Or does somebody else want to have a go?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Sure, I'll take a crack at it.
One night, a man enters his house, turns off the tv, walks upstairs, turns on the light, and hangs himself. Why?
Hm...
Is his job important?
Was there anyone else in the house?
Did he decide to hang himself before entering the house? before turning off the tv? Before turning on the light?
Did he eat albatross?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Yes, No, Yes, Yes, Yes, and Irrelevant
In his job, did he cause a bunch of people to die?
Was it airplane related?
Was it traffic related?
"Deja-fu? You've heard of that?"
- Lu Tze, Sweeper, Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
Was his job in:
The entertainment industry?
Public services? (police, post office, firefighter, etc)
Science and Engineering?
Military?
Something that requires special schooling? (Doctor, Lawyer, etc)
DId he expect the tv to be on before he entered the house?
Did he expect the light to be off?
Are there any other individual people who influenced his decision to hang himself?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Yes, No, No
No, Yes, No, No, No, Irrelevant, Yes
Can you clarify what you mean by "people who influenced his decision?"
I think your answer to Donner's question answers this one well enough for now.
Were the TV and/or the lights relevant to some detail of the story that we are missing?
Were the deaths caused by:
Disease?
Traumatic Injury?
Poisoning? (including food poisoning and the like)
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Yes, No, Yes and No, No
Okay, we have here 4 questions and 5 answers. Was that yes referring to the deaths by traumatic injury question? Or were you answering the relevance of the TV and the lights seperately?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
How about we only ask one question per post, that way we don't have this confusion!
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For deaths by traumatic injury, the answer was both yes and no. My apologies, I thought not putting a comma between them made that clear; I'll make that more distinct in the future.
Was the TV playing a news station?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Yes
Was the man a doctor?
Good ideas are usually just bad ideas a stubborn person eventually fixed.
Nope. That would require extra schooling, which I asked about earlier.
Was the man a reporter, or someone else related to the news?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Crap I know this one too.
Oh, the albatross one is good, that can be an option once we finish this one.
"72% of all statistics are made up"
-XXVZ
Unfortunately, I also know the albatross one, so that's three people at least that couldn't participate.
Good ideas are usually just bad ideas a stubborn person eventually fixed.
To bad - the albatross one is my family's favorite. So much so that "Did he eat albatross" has become one of our standard opening questions (along with the more useful "Is his/her job relevant")
Maybe we can run two concurrently - The albatross one for those who don't know it, and another one for those who do?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Since we're right after the "cabin" one...
By "hangs himself," you do mean suicide, correct?
Was he a fireman who failed to save the rest of his family in a fire or something, and then came home and saw it on the news and decided to give up?
I am the Wordweaver...
Basically, I like writing stuff ;)
Was the fact that the electricity was on inportant? Not significant because of the show, just that it was on, and that he turned the light on.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Wss his decision to hang himself (assuming it was suicide) made after seeing the TV? After going upstairs and turning the light on?
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
Stop lurking, it makes you look like a villain target
When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all
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Missed that. Thanks!
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
-Robert E. Howard, "The Tower of the Elephant"
I may not be tricksey enough to work out the answer but I can keep track of the questions!
Stop lurking, it makes you look like a villain target
When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all
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