NO
NO to your theory
I may reveal the answer tonight. It’s not my favorite and may just be a groaner for you guys. Anyone have one for after this one?
NO
NO to your theory
I may reveal the answer tonight. It’s not my favorite and may just be a groaner for you guys. Anyone have one for after this one?
Did the man bake the muffins himself?
Was the man severely malnourished?
Did the man feel free to go outside?
Was other food available, which the man would have accepted?
Was the man’s mental disorder something like paranoia or OCD?
(I’m thinking, of course, of the famous mathematician Kurt Gödel’s strange and bizarre death – which, however, didn’t involve any shooting.)
Did the man have OCD? Was he obsessed with counting or numbers?
NO
This puzzle isn’t good enough to go on this long. I’m going to reveal because it really is not that great in my opinion.
He loved buttered muffins, but they gave him severe indigestion. In his extreme desire to have them(to the point of crazy delusion), he decided to shoot himself and eat the muffins, knowing it would at least prevent him from suffering the indigestion. It killed him.
I know, not great. But there it is.
I’m sure I can find a (better) one, but does anyone else have a good one?
OK, I’ll have a try at posing one:
If only the angry man had said something else, it would save $800 million a year.
What did he say?
Would it save the angry man $800 million a year?
Would it save a company the $800 million?
Is the angry man a real man?
No.
No.
Yes – more or less.
Does $800 million in your question mean 800,000,000 U.S. dollars?
Would it save the government $800 million?
Would is save the general public $800 million?
Was the money lost because someone else heard what the angry man said and took action as a result?
Was what the man said an expression of his anger?
Was what he said a declarative statement?
Was what he said an imperative?
Was what he said a question?
Was what he said a matter of fact?
Was what he said a matter of opinion?
Was the angry man in a position of authority?
Was the angry man in a position of sufficient authority that he would ordinarily have control of hundreds of millions of dollars?
Was the angry man involved in politics?
Was the angry man involved in business?
Was he angry over a financial issue?
Was he angry over a health issue?
Was he angry because something needed repairing?
Was he angry over a relationship or family issue?
Was he angry because something was misplaced?
Was he angry because his coworkers and managers are incompetent idiots and don’t listen to him?
Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply to these! Busy day!
Does $800 million in your question mean 800,000,000 U.S. dollars? Yes.
Would it save the government $800 million? No, though it would likely save the government some part of that amount.
Would is save the general public $800 million? Yes.
Was the money lost because someone else heard what the angry man said and took action as a result? Yes.
Was what the man said an expression of his anger? Yes.
Was what he said a declarative statement? Yes.
Was what he said an imperative? No.
Was what he said a question? No.
Was what he said a matter of fact? No.
Was what he said a matter of opinion? Yes, pretty much.
Was the angry man in a position of authority? Yes.
Was the angry man in a position of sufficient authority that he would ordinarily have control of hundreds of millions of dollars? No.
Was the angry man involved in politics? Yes.
Was the angry man involved in business? No.
Was he angry over a financial issue? Hmm, tricky. This is not how I would primarily characterize it, although finances were involved.
Was he angry over a health issue? No.
Was he angry because something needed repairing? No.
Was he angry over a relationship or family issue? Yes.
Was he angry because something was misplaced? No.
Was he angry because his coworkers and managers are incompetent idiots… No.
… and don’t listen to him? Yes-ish.
Was the statement by the angry man one that:
denied people access to something?
denied the use of something tangible?
denied intangible rights to something, like a copyright or patent?
claimed responsibility for something or someone?
disclaimed responsibility for something or someone?
gave access or rights to something?
Is the $800 million an ongoing expense every year, in perpetuity? Does it vary? Does it vary with inflation? Does it vary with population? If it varies, does it consistently increase, or decrease, or is not consistent in that way?
Was the statement by the angry man one that:
denied people access to something?
denied the use of something tangible?
denied intangible rights to something, like a copyright or patent?
claimed responsibility for something or someone?
disclaimed responsibility for something or someone?
gave access or rights to something?
No to all of these.
Is the $800 million an ongoing expense every year, in perpetuity? Yes (but with variance in the exact amount, see below).
Does it vary? Yes.
Does it vary with inflation? Probably.
Does it vary with population? Most likely yes.
If it varies, does it consistently increase, or decrease, or is not consistent in that way? It is not consistent.
Did this involve PBS funding?
Did it involve Fred Rogers?
I’m shooting for the time Fred Rogers saved PBS with his plea to congress.
Did this involve PBS funding? No.
Did it involve Fred Rogers? No.
Is it something to do with worn-out bills being recycled?
Is it something to do with worn-out bills being recycled? No.
Did Mr. Angry get divorced recently?
Is Mr. Angry wealthy?
Did Mr. Angry misunderstand something?
Did somebody misunderstand something about Mr. Angry?