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My first is in biscuit but never in cake
My second's in awesome but not in great
My third is in mother but not seen in dad
My fourth is in sunny but never in sad
My fifth is a vowel found in water not creek
My sixth is found only in one day of the week
My seventh's two of three that you learn when you're young
My eighth's not in song but it's there when it's sung
My ninth's in eleven and twelve, not thirteen
My tenth is in island and river, not stream
My eleventh's in precious and secret and paste
My twelfth is in phantom and spectre and haste
My whole stalks the night in a quiet dreamlike state
With no memories the next day of being out late
My second's in awesome but not in great
My third is in mother but not seen in dad
My fourth is in sunny but never in sad
My fifth is a vowel found in water not creek
My sixth is found only in one day of the week
My seventh's two of three that you learn when you're young
My eighth's not in song but it's there when it's sung
My ninth's in eleven and twelve, not thirteen
My tenth is in island and river, not stream
My eleventh's in precious and secret and paste
My twelfth is in phantom and spectre and haste
My whole stalks the night in a quiet dreamlike state
With no memories the next day of being out late
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Rosalind wrote:
> Want another?
Oh...go on then!
> Want another?
Oh...go on then!
Rosalind wrote:
> Unbeliever wrote:
> Erm...he was given something previously that someone said was
> identical to the meal he ordered at the restaurant. When he tasted
> it,
> he realised it wasn't.
>
> human flesh?
>
> Yes
>
> well done
>
> :D
> He had previously been shipwreacked. He was then fed what he was
> told was otrich. Years later, he decided since he has enjoyed the
> 'ostrich' so much he would order it in a restaurant. When he ate it
> he knew that it was not the same meat he had eaten before. It also
> followed that the only other thing it could have been was one of his
> fellow shipwrekees. Not being able to live with the fact he had eaten
> one of his friends he went home and shot himself.
>
> Da da!
Not fair! That was so hard that I sat here for ages thinking of all possible scenarios that might fit the bill. It was what Simon said about the taste that twigged something in the back of my head....
> Unbeliever wrote:
> Erm...he was given something previously that someone said was
> identical to the meal he ordered at the restaurant. When he tasted
> it,
> he realised it wasn't.
>
> human flesh?
>
> Yes
>
> well done
>
> :D
> He had previously been shipwreacked. He was then fed what he was
> told was otrich. Years later, he decided since he has enjoyed the
> 'ostrich' so much he would order it in a restaurant. When he ate it
> he knew that it was not the same meat he had eaten before. It also
> followed that the only other thing it could have been was one of his
> fellow shipwrekees. Not being able to live with the fact he had eaten
> one of his friends he went home and shot himself.
>
> Da da!
Not fair! That was so hard that I sat here for ages thinking of all possible scenarios that might fit the bill. It was what Simon said about the taste that twigged something in the back of my head....
Want another?
Garlic Bread!? wrote:
> Is the persons name significant? if the person's name was Kurt Cobain
> im not going to laugh. so is the persons name significant?
I don't think so as he was of sound mind and Cobain clearly wasn't.
> Is the persons name significant? if the person's name was Kurt Cobain
> im not going to laugh. so is the persons name significant?
I don't think so as he was of sound mind and Cobain clearly wasn't.
Unbeliever wrote:
> Erm...he was given something previously that someone said was
> identical to the meal he ordered at the restaurant. When he tasted it,
> he realised it wasn't.
>
human flesh?
Yes
well done
:D
He had previously been shipwreacked. He was then fed what he was told was otrich. Years later, he decided since he has enjoyed the 'ostrich' so much he would order it in a restaurant. When he ate it he knew that it was not the same meat he had eaten before. It also followed that the only other thing it could have been was one of his fellow shipwrekees. Not being able to live with the fact he had eaten one of his friends he went home and shot himself.
Da da!
> Erm...he was given something previously that someone said was
> identical to the meal he ordered at the restaurant. When he tasted it,
> he realised it wasn't.
>
human flesh?
Yes
well done
:D
He had previously been shipwreacked. He was then fed what he was told was otrich. Years later, he decided since he has enjoyed the 'ostrich' so much he would order it in a restaurant. When he ate it he knew that it was not the same meat he had eaten before. It also followed that the only other thing it could have been was one of his fellow shipwrekees. Not being able to live with the fact he had eaten one of his friends he went home and shot himself.
Da da!
Is the persons name significant? if the person's name was Kurt Cobain im not going to laugh. so is the persons name significant?
Well, I asked the internet.
Why? because the internet gives more than yes or no answers, as well as being an abundant source of pron
the internet said
1.9. A man goes into a restaurant, orders abalone, eats one bite, and kills himself.
1.9. The man was in a ship that was wrecked on a desert island. When there was no food left, another passenger brought what he said was abalone but was really part of the man's wife (who had died in the wreck). The man suspects something fishy, so when they finally return to civilization, he orders abalone, realizes that what he ate before was his wife, and kills himself.
1.9a. Variant: same problem statement but with albatross instead of abalone. Answer: In this version, the man was in a lifeboat, with his wife, who died. He hallucinated an albatross landing in the boat which he caught and killed and ate; he thought that his wife had been washed overboard. When he actually eats albatross, he discovers that he had actually eaten his wife.
1.9b. Variant answer to 1.9a, with a slightly different problem statement: the man already knew that he had been eating human flesh. He asks the waiter in the restaurant what kind of soup is available, and the waiter responds, "Albatross soup." Thinking that "albatross soup" means "human soup," and sickened by the thought of such a society (place in a foreign country if necessary), he kills himself.
Does this help us any?
Why? because the internet gives more than yes or no answers, as well as being an abundant source of pron
the internet said
1.9. A man goes into a restaurant, orders abalone, eats one bite, and kills himself.
1.9. The man was in a ship that was wrecked on a desert island. When there was no food left, another passenger brought what he said was abalone but was really part of the man's wife (who had died in the wreck). The man suspects something fishy, so when they finally return to civilization, he orders abalone, realizes that what he ate before was his wife, and kills himself.
1.9a. Variant: same problem statement but with albatross instead of abalone. Answer: In this version, the man was in a lifeboat, with his wife, who died. He hallucinated an albatross landing in the boat which he caught and killed and ate; he thought that his wife had been washed overboard. When he actually eats albatross, he discovers that he had actually eaten his wife.
1.9b. Variant answer to 1.9a, with a slightly different problem statement: the man already knew that he had been eating human flesh. He asks the waiter in the restaurant what kind of soup is available, and the waiter responds, "Albatross soup." Thinking that "albatross soup" means "human soup," and sickened by the thought of such a society (place in a foreign country if necessary), he kills himself.
Does this help us any?
Garlic Bread!? wrote:
> Was it that he ate the dish, decided that he'd never find a better
> meal in his life, so he simply commited suicide? (a long shot i know,
> but no ones said it yet)
No
> Was it that he ate the dish, decided that he'd never find a better
> meal in his life, so he simply commited suicide? (a long shot i know,
> but no ones said it yet)
No
Erm...he was given something previously that someone said was identical to the meal he ordered at the restaurant. When he tasted it, he realised it wasn't.
*Sherlock Holmes mode*
I can only surmise, dear Watson, that he was given something rank and abhorrent previously. What could be more rank and disgusting than eating a rat? Or human flesh? Or someone's brain?
*Sherlock Holmes mode*
I can only surmise, dear Watson, that he was given something rank and abhorrent previously. What could be more rank and disgusting than eating a rat? Or human flesh? Or someone's brain?
Rosalind wrote:
> Gangsta Hamsta wrote:
> Did what he ate remind him of something?
>
> No
I should say I guess that it didn't remind him of anything, but it made him realise something.
> Gangsta Hamsta wrote:
> Did what he ate remind him of something?
>
> No
I should say I guess that it didn't remind him of anything, but it made him realise something.
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