Was the choice of arms as the body part to be cut off a matter of “the punishment fitting the crime,” so to speak?
To rephrase. If A had sent C his left Arm and C saw A with is left arm severed but his right arm intact would this have made C upset at A.
Yes, C would have been upset at A. (And, yes, Discourse neeed its own lesson in English grammar. *Yes" is actually a complete sentence.)
Did A owe C money?
Did A wrong C in some way prior to agreeing to cut off his own arm?
I am also interested in the answer to this question.
No.
I think I’ll have to say Yes.
I missed that question. Sorry, dirtball.
Yes.
Did anybody OTHER than the wino lose an arm at any point in this scenario?
If yes: B? C? Some other individual?
Specific guess: A, B, and C were previously in some sort of situation where cannibalism was required to survive. B and C each agreed to have an arm or arms chopped off and eaten by the group, with the understanding that if they were rescued before A needed to do likewise, A would have his own arms amputated to make things “fair.” After the rescue, A reneged on the agreement.
Sounds like it might be the answer!!
ETA: never considered cannabilism
And we have a winner!
The specific situation posited in the puzzle when I heard it at DLI was A, B, and C were shipwreck survivors in a lifeboat.
Doesn’t sound fair to me !
Surely they would only have eaten one arm each from B & C, ie, eat 1 on rotation
(B1,C1,A1,B2,C2,A2), so why was A expected to cut off both arms ?
One per “friend”.
The normal way this one works is that he only needs one arm, (which he sends to C and then C sends to D) Monty’s version doesn’t really make sense, either why he has to do both arms or how C and D expect he was supposed to manage the feat.
Yeah. It doesn’t make a lot of sense that way, but it makes a whole lot more sense than making it both arms.
This is yet another one from an old Bushmiller Nancy comic that I may have even mentioned before but I can’t remember so…
Sunday comic strip: In frame #1 we see Nancy sitting on a stool reading when she hears Aunt Fritzi say “Time for bed, Nancy.” In the next few frames Nancy goes to bed and is sleeping soundly. She sleeps deeply for two more frames. --ZZZZZ-- Then Nancy starts to dream. In the first dream she is in a big pot atop a pile of burning wood. In the next she is in a sizzling frying pan on a giant stove. Next she dreams herself laying in an empty desert with a giant glaring sun above. Then she is in a boiling saucepan back again on that oversized stove. Finally Nancy groggily awakes. “Goodness — I wonder why I feel so hot?” she ponders as she opens her eyes. The last frame shows why indeed she feels so hot. Why?
Is the final frame supposed to be humorous?
Reply to Fiendish_Astronaut:
Is the final frame supposed to be humorous?
Yes.
Was a heating device in her room?
If so, did it have a higher setting than usual?
reply to Knowed_Out:
Was a heating device in her room? No
If so, did it have a higher setting than usual?
Is the sun on her bed?
Is there a large warm mammal sleeping on top of her?
Were the dreams a result of something she ate?
Is she actually in a normal bed?