reply to Fiendish_Astronaut:
Does it smell of fish? No
Does it say fish on the packaging? No
Does it say “poison” and Nancy misreads it as “poisson?”
reply to pjd:
Is it because every other package that has been delivered for Aunt Fritzi has contained fish ? No.
Is Aunt Fritzi a cat ? (sounds like a cat’s name !)
No
reply to colinfred:
Is it to do with wordplay on the box? Either Nancy only saw part of the writing, or she misinterpreted the phrase written there? Yes.
No
Is the writing in a foreign language?
Is the writing partially covered up?
Does it have the senders details on the packaging?
reply to Fiendish_Astronaut:
Is the writing in a foreign language?
Is the writing partially covered up?
Does it have the senders details on the packaging?
No to all.
If Fritzl had asked, would Nancy have thought it was a particular type of fish?
reply to colinfred:
If Fritzl had asked, would Nancy have thought it was a particular type of fish?
Yes.
Was something salmon-colored in the package?
Was it a fish that would commonly be eaten?
reply to SurrenderDorothy:
Was something salmon-colored in the package? Not sure.
Was it a fish that would commonly be eaten?
Yes.
Would most people first think of a fish when they read the word(s) in question?
Reading the clues so far, it looks like Nancy misunderstood a phrase or some writing on the box. Is that correct Biotop?
Maybe the package was sent by a Mafia gangster - a package containing a fish would be a death threat: “tonight you sleep with the fishes” (I don’t seriously expect this to be the answer but it reminds me of the time my Italian friend got pranked by his mates who decided to send him a fish in the post. I think his reaction was to roll his eyes rather than fear for his life.)
Was Nancy misled by something that would have been written, stamped, or otherwise placed on the package by a postal employee?
Is her assumption based on a word that is type of fish in English but means something else in a foreign language?
It was sent C.O.D.
Was this an actual Nancy strip?
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Reading the clues so far, it looks like Nancy misunderstood a phrase or some writing on the box. Is that correct Biotop? Yes
Maybe the package was sent by a Mafia gangster - a package containing a fish would be a death threat: “tonight you sleep with the fishes” (I don’t seriously expect this to be the answer but it reminds me of the time my Italian friend got pranked by his mates who decided to send him a fish in the post. I think his reaction was to roll his eyes rather than fear for his life.)
Heh heh. No mafia.
Yes.
Yes. You got it!!. And it was an old Nancy daily strip.
Here’s one that’s very easily googlable. One of the first major content updates for the game Stardew Valley removed a violation of the Geneva Convention. What did this feel-good farm life sim contain that was so objectionable?