53 bicycles: A lateral thinking puzzle

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1161

Did the wording on the window involve the words “Holocaust” used as a slogan for “low cost?”

1162
  1. Yes.
  2. No.
  3. No.
  4. No
  5. No.
  6. Sort of. It’s connected, but not directly mentioned.
  1. No. Very creative, though! :slight_smile:
    Note: Coincidence this is my second puzzle involving “Holocaust” related things(this one and the blindfold chess one). Unrelated and purely coincidental.
1163

Was the man a concentration camp survivor?
Did the window sign have wording that made the man recall a bad experience?

1164

That was horrible. I still laughed.

1165

Was the writing a phrase that taken out of context might seem unoffensive but were used by the Nazis, such as Arbeit macht frei?

1166

Did the writing have the german word ‘die’ (the in english)?

1167

1: Was the wording in English? (I hope so, or most of us will have no hope of figuring it out)
2: Did the wording include one or more words derived from Hebrew?
3: Did the wording include one or more words derived from Yiddish?
4: Did the wording include one or more words that were mistaken for words derived from Hebrew and/or Yiddish?
5: Did the wording include one or more words derived from modern German? (i.e., not from the Old German that a large chunk of English derives from, but modern loanwords)
6: Did the wording apparently include a reference to burning?
7: Did the wording apparently include a reference to “final solution”?

1168
  1. No(I don’t think so, anyway).
  2. Yes.

No. I wish your question had been slightly different.

No.

  1. Yes.
  2. No.
  3. No.
  4. No.
  5. I’m going to say “yes” because it is a German language situation that caused the confusion. It was all in English, though.
  6. No
  7. No.
1169

was the word *gift *part of the sign?

(It means *poison *in German. It has caused confusion sometimes. )

1170

No.

1171

Is it a problem with a linguistic false friend?

That is, an English word with a particular meaning, and a German word with the same or similar spelling, but a completely different meaning?

1172

Is the solution accessible to someone who knows no German at all?

1173

I think so for sure.

Yes.

1174

Was the word Jude?

1175

Do we actually have to guess the words?

1176

They’re not going to guess themselves.

:smiley:

1177

Yes.

Yes. I don’t think it’s all that hard.

1178

“Hey, Jude, don’t make it bad!”

1179

Did the sign include “Jude Law”?

1180

Was it an advertisement for “Hey Jude,” the Beatles song?

I guess in German that would be “Hey Jew”