=SDC= Q04: The Disappearance
Vinny Burgoo
married to a Tony Award-winning actress, announced that he had had
enough and was setting out on a trip to Jakarta, Indonesia, to study
under a Zen master. This, of course, attracted the attention of the
media. (Those who are acquainted with the ways of movie directors might
say that such attention was the point, but we won't go there.)
Reporters, excited by the story, gathered to interview him, but were
turned away and informed that he had changed his mind and was continuing
his work in movies. This entire story occurred on one day; when?
(Though nothing in this story is true, it contains - in a sense - the
information you need to answer the question.)
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VB
James Hogg
Are the questions all going to be as difficult as the first four? If so,
I haven't a chance, nor enough time to puzzle them out.
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James
Vinny Burgoo
Something is missing from this analysis.
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VB
R H Draney
Really?...I thought Q03 was a gimme, and if I'd dragged myself out of bed a
little earlier I probably would have nailed it....r
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Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
Jerry Friedman
We have some easier ones. Wait, sorry, they're from you.
Anyway, I expect you to be okay with Q05.
> Something is missing from this analysis.
I would have said "comment" or "discussion".
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Jerry Friedman
Vinny Burgoo
Much more apt.
One might perhaps stretch as far as 'description'.
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VB
John Doe
> James Hogg filted:
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>>Are the questions all going to be as difficult as the first
>>four? If so, I haven't a chance, nor enough time to puzzle them
>>out.
>
> Really?...I thought Q03 was a gimme, and if I'd dragged myself
> out of bed a little earlier I probably would have nailed it....r
Woulda coulda, but didn't.
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> Me? Sarcastic?
> Yeah, right.
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James Hogg
I think it's called "lateral thinking".
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James
Evan Kirshenbaum
If it turns out that this is the correct answer, I'm going to throw in
my towel right now.
Otherwise, I'd want to guess that the "who" is Noël Coward, but I
don't have a clue about the when. Unless it's Christmas day.
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msh210
> don't have a clue about the when. Unless it's Christmas day.
Thank you!
Michael Hamm
Totay Officia Paneist
LFS
Phew, that's a relief. I was beginning to doubt my own cleverness.
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Laura
(emulate St. George for email)
R H Draney
>
>R H Draney <dadoctah spamcop.net> wrote:
>
>> James Hogg filted:
>
>...
>
>>>Are the questions all going to be as difficult as the first
>>>four? If so, I haven't a chance, nor enough time to puzzle them
>>>out.
>>
>> Really?...I thought Q03 was a gimme, and if I'd dragged myself
>> out of bed a little earlier I probably would have nailed it....r
>
>Woulda coulda, but didn't.
What do I have to do to get you to stay in a damn killfile where you belong?...r
Athel Cornish-Bowden
Maybe change to another newsreader: it hasn't escaped from my killfile.
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athel
Jerry Friedman
Your Cormo is arriving a bit too soon for a Christmas present.
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Jerry Friedman, T. O. Sheeppresenter
Snidely
> Totay Officia Paneist
Am I whooshed or pigeoned?
/dps
Reinhold {Rey} Aman
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~~~ Reinhold {Rey} Aman ~~~
Snidely
> Snidely wrote:
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> > msh210 <msh...@gmail.com> scribbled something like ...
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> >> Totay Officia Paneist
>
> > Am I whooshed or pigeoned?
>
> No L = Noël.
Ah.
/dps
Jerry Friedman
> Once, an Academy Award-winning director, who had at one point been
> married to a Tony Award-winning actress, announced that he had had
> enough and was setting out on a trip to Jakarta, Indonesia, to study
> under a Zen master. This, of course, attracted the attention of the
> media. (Those who are acquainted with the ways of movie directors might
> say that such attention was the point, but we won't go there.)
> Reporters, excited by the story, gathered to interview him, but were
> turned away and informed that he had changed his mind and was continuing
> his work in movies. This entire story occurred on one day; when?
I noticed that that last sentence includes an example of self-
referential "this". There's another one in this competition that I
don't think people have fully appreciated yet.
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Jerry Friedman, T. O. Panelist