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I might have thought that such a thing would sell for more than $2000.00, Mahaloth. Good stuff.

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Here is one inspired by that recent riddle about hiring. It reminded me of something I had heard recently and I googled it to confirm. Yep.

**A man unexpectedly brought a balloon to a job interview and primarily because of this he was hired for the job. What was the position?

Helpful(?) and tangentially relevant hint: Years later this same man will be credited with inventing the cell phone.**

842

Dibs on the next puzzle, after this.

Was the balloon inflated?
Was it inflated with air?
Was it inflated with helium?
Was the balloon of a size that could comfortably fit into a normal-sized office?
Was the mere fact that he brought the balloon considered an asset for the position?
Was something the man did with the balloon considered an asset for the position?
Does the job involve working with people?
Does the job involve working with children?
Did the job relate to electronics?

843

reply to Chronos

Was the balloon inflated? Yes

Was it inflated with air? Yes

Was it inflated with helium? No

Was the balloon of a size that could comfortably fit into a normal-sized office? No

Was the mere fact that he brought the balloon considered an asset for the position? **Yes **

Was something the man did with the balloon considered an asset for the position? Yes

Does the job involve working with people? Yes

Does the job involve working with children? Occasionally

Did the job relate to electronics? No

844

Was it a hot air balloon?

Did he bring his own balloon to a company that gave balloon rides?

845

reply to Folly

Was it a hot air balloon? Yes

Did he bring his own balloon to a company that gave balloon rides? No

846

Was the balloon meant to carry passengers?
Did it carry equipment?
Did it display advertising?

847

Did he arrive in the balloon?

Were the skills used to operate the balloon ones which would be useful for the position he wanted?

Did his happen before 1950?

In the USA?

Was it an entry-level position?

848

reply to kk fushion

Was the balloon meant to carry passengers? Yes
Did it carry equipment? No
Did it display advertising? Yes

849

reply to Aspidistra

Did he arrive in the balloon? Yes

Were the skills used to operate the balloon ones which would be useful for the position he wanted? ** No**

Did his happen before 1950? yes

In the USA? **Not sure **

Was it an entry-level position? No

850

Was it the Wizard of Oz?

851

You got it!

852

Helpful(?) hint --but you can also see it on the Wizard’s wiki page.

853

OK, new one:

My mom’s house has a design flaw. You can’t really blame the architects, as this is something that surely wouldn’t be covered in architecture school. But the problem could, in principle, have been foreseen by someone with only common knowledge and access to the plans. And to us living in the house, it was blatantly obvious and annoying.

It’s possible that I’ve mentioned this design flaw before on the board; if you remember it from that, then please don’t spoil it.

854

Is the design flaw catastrophic(like, the house will fall apart)?

Does it involve the doors?

Do the doors open the wrong way? Bump into each other in certain spots when open?

Does it involve the windows?

Does it involve the layout?

Is a key room missing?\

Is the flaw inconvenient to people who live there?

855

Does the flaw have anything to do with stairs?

With plumbing?

Does it involve a specific room, or is it something that affects the house as a whole?

Would the flaw be obvious to someone looking at the house from outside?

To a casual visitor who didn’t live there?

856

Is the flaw about the inhabitants particular needs (as in some of them having miobility issues)?

857

Is the design flaw catastrophic(like, the house will fall apart)? No

Does it involve the doors? No

Do the doors open the wrong way? Bump into each other in certain spots when open? No

Does it involve the windows? No

Does it involve the layout? Yes

Is a key room missing?\ No

Is the flaw inconvenient to people who live there? Yes

Does the flaw have anything to do with stairs? No

With plumbing? No

Does it involve a specific room No, or is it something that affects the house as a whole? No

Would the flaw be obvious to someone looking at the house from outside? No

To a casual visitor who didn’t live there? Yes

Is the flaw about the inhabitants particular needs Yes (as in some of them having miobility issues)? No

858

Is the family unusually tall?

Unusually short?

Unusually wide?

Unusually thin?

859

Does it involve the location of electrical outlets?
Locations of lighting?
The relation of a particular room to another particular room?
visually blocking something from view of an inhabitant?

860

Is the family unusually tall?

Unusually short?

Unusually wide?

Unusually thin?

No to all