53 bicycles: A lateral thinking puzzle

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1: Did the man mistake one or more words for other words with the same spelling (such as “Bill”, being either a financial document or a shortened form of “William”)?

2: Did the man mistake one or more words for other words with different spelling but the same pronunciation?

3: Did the man mistake one or more words for other words with different spelling and pronunciation (such as “pediatrician” and “pedophile”)?

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  1. No.
  2. No.
  3. No.
  4. Yes.
  5. No.
  6. No.
  1. Yes.
  2. No.
  3. No.
1143

Did the man think the wording mean something bad about his heritage?
Did the man think the wording addressed him personally?
Did the man think the wording meant something dangerous?

1144

To sum up: A man sees writing on a window. Due to misinterpreting a homonym in the writing, he incorrectly interprets it as a slight against a group to which he belongs. As a result, he angrily smashes the window. Nobody’s very happy about this, but once he explains his interpretation, the shop owner and police understand his anger, and forgive him.

1: Is that correct?
I think now all we need to figure out is what the writing said.
2: Is what we still need to figure out what the writing said?

1145

Was it a tobacconist advertising fags?

1146

To try to narrow down the slight against a group to which he belongs, is he related to this group:

  • by name?
  • by job?
  • by nationality/ethnicity?
  • by where he lives?
  • by political affiliation or belief system?
  • by something he likes (e.g. a hobby, sports team etc)?

Also,

  • is the fact that the shop is empty of significance to understanding the scenario?
1147

Is it a misunderstanding on how to group the letters together (e.g., kidsexchange, penisland, LAdrape, etc.)

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  1. Yes.
  2. No.
  3. Yes.
  1. Yes.
  2. Yes, and I think it is “figure-outable”.
  1. No.

Name? No.
Job? No.
Nationality/ethnicity? Yes
Where he lives? No
Political affiliation or belief system? Yes
Something he likes? No.

No.

1149

He is related to the group by:

  • nationality?
  • ethnicity?
  • political affiliation?
  • religion?
1150

Was the reference to:
[ol]
[li]Asian[/li][li]Hispanic[/li][li]European[/li][li]African/Black[/li][li]Southeast Asian[/li][/ol]

Was the reference to:
[ol]
[li]Liberal[/li][li]Conservative[/li][li]Communist/Socialist[/li][li]Anarchist[/li][/ol]

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Is it a jewelry store?

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Nationality? No.
Ethnicity? Yes.
Political? No.
Religion? Yes.

No to all.

No.

1153

So, religion:

  • Christianity?
  • Islam?
  • Hinduism?
  • Judaism?
  • Sikhism?
  • Buddhism?
  • Chinese traditional religion?
  • other?
1154

Was the word “Kosher” on the shop window?

1155

Judaism, yes.

Everything else, no.

No.

1156

Kristallnacht ?

1157

Did the sign include the following:

  1. “Jew”
  2. A slur for Jew
  3. A word that appeared to be in Yiddish
  4. A word that referenced God or other divine entity
  5. A swastika
  6. A different apparent reference to Nazism
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Is this a question? No, Kristallnacht was not written on the window.

  1. No.
  2. No.
  3. No.
  4. No.
  5. No.
  6. Yes. Kind of, anyway.
1159

Ah, I looked it up. My bad.

No, it was not Kristallnacht.

1160

Did the window display any of the following, or a homonym for any of the following:

  1. Words in German?
  2. A name of someone in the Nazi party?
  3. The word “Nazi”?
  4. Something about “National Socialist”?
  5. An apparent reference to death camps?
  6. An apparent reference to some other aspect of the Holocaust?