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morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 03:55 PM

So you were cheating! :)

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 03:58 PM

Did he write his age in years, in actual numbers?

(Dang, I'm supposed to be outside working while it's light. I expected this to be solved and only came to see the answer. Arg! This is almost as addicting as my computer games I play.)

Just Looking · Oct 4, 2010, 04:03 PM

Did he write his age in years, in actual numbers? No If this were Unky, I'd give him a hint. :D

(Dang, I'm supposed to be outside working while it's light. I expected this to be solved and only came to see the answer. Arg! This is almost as addicting as my computer games I play.)

It is addicting. I'll be on and off tonight if you want to do your work and come back. It's pouring rain here! The thunder and lightening have been plentiful today - I bet my poor doggy is very upset.

Synnen · Oct 4, 2010, 04:19 PM

Was it something as simple as the recruiter asking "Are you old enough to go to war?" and the man answering "yes" but putting his actual age on the forms?

Just Looking · Oct 4, 2010, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by Synnen

Was it something as simple as the recruiter asking "Are you old enough to go to war?" and the man answering "yes" but putting his actual age on the forms?

Not quite that simple. Unky has identified the question that was asked. It's the trick in the answer that has to be solved.

Synnen · Oct 4, 2010, 05:22 PM

Does it have to do with the numbers he says are NOT a birthday or year?

Just Looking · Oct 4, 2010, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Synnen

Does it have to do with the numbers he says are NOT a birthday or year?

No

Synnen · Oct 4, 2010, 05:33 PM

Gah. Every time I think I'm out of the box, I'm right back in it.

Just Looking · Oct 4, 2010, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Synnen

Gah. Every time I think I'm out of the box, I'm right back in it.

I feel your pain. :D

I'm going to drive home from work now. I'll be back later. There are some clues in previous answers... usually along the lines of encouraging more questions in response to a question.

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Just Looking

Did he write his age in years, in actual numbers? No If this were Unky, I'd give him a hint. :D

That was actually the answer I wanted. ;) Everyone always thinks Yes is a "good" answer. Not true. A yes would have eliminated an idea I'm working on. All sorts of things were going through my head while I was outside working. Now let's see if I can put them together into something.

And no hints!

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 05:47 PM

Is what he was telling the truth about also his age? No - good question

"About...."

OK, is what he was telling the truth about the actual age?

Or, something "about" his age, and not the age itself?

Hope you aren't here yet, so you'll catch my edit:
I should clarify that "telling" above refers to writing, not speaking, since my impression is that the written part was the truth part.

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 06:17 PM

Let me see if I've got some things straight:
He spoke and he wrote.
The spoken words were in answer to a question asking what his age was. The spoken answer was deceptive. His spoken reply included numbers, but only "sorta" was his age in years. (whatever that means)
He wrote something, and this was the truth. And what he wrote was not actually his age in years.

Is all of that correct so far?

Was the writing on a form of sorts?

Did the recruiter look at the writing?

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 06:21 PM

Did he write his birthday?

Is so, did it include the birth year?

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 07:32 PM

Does it have to do with the numbers he says are NOT a birthday or year? No

I forgot about this. And how I hate these "not" questions. (Never mind that I accidentally asked one.)

So does this mean the numbers he says ARE a birthday or year?

And did you take "year" to mean birth year?

Just Looking · Oct 4, 2010, 07:41 PM

"About...."

OK, is what he was telling the truth about the actual age? No

Or, something "about" his age, and not the age itself? No

Hope you aren't here yet, so you'll catch my edit:
I should clarify that "telling" above refers to writing, not speaking, since my impression is that the written part was the truth part.
Since this isn't a question, I won't comment. I did understand your meaning of "telling". :)

Let me see if I've got some things straight:
He spoke and he wrote. Yes

The spoken words were in answer to a question asking what his age was. Yes The spoken answer was deceptive. Yes His spoken reply included numbers, but only "sorta" was his age in years. (whatever that means) I don't see where I said sorta, so I'm thinking you are referring to this: Did he actually state his age as a number of years? I have to say it - yes-ish He answered the question of his age with a number, but I can't answer a full out yes to that question. I think we need to clarify this with another question to be sure I know what you are asking.

He wrote something, and this was the truth. Another tough one to answer. Needs more questions. And what he wrote was not actually his age in years. Right

Was the writing on a form of sorts? Not a form

Did the recruiter look at the writing? No

Did he write his birthday? No

Is so, did it include the birth year? N/A

Just Looking · Oct 4, 2010, 07:42 PM

Or, something "about" his age, and not the age itself? No

Can you clarify what you meant by putting about in quotes?

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by Just Looking

Or, something "about" his age, and not the age itself? No

Can you clarify what you meant by putting about in quotes?

Yes, I was going to ask about that anyway. I just meant anything that could have referenced the age in any way, directly or otherwise. For instance, a birthdate or year (already a no), a reference of his age to someone else's, etc. Pretty much anything that wasn't the age itself, but something that would 'indicate' or 'imply' his age in some other way.

Just trying to clarify how you took the question when you answered it. And you can still re-answer this question if necessary.

However, I also just realized this entire time I thought you said that yes, the truth was also about his age. And you said no. Freaking DUH! :rolleyes:

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 08:31 PM

Yes His spoken reply included numbers, but only "sorta" was his age in years. (whatever that means) I don't see where I said sort of, so I'm thinking you are referring to this: Did he actually state his age as a number of years? I have to say it - yes-ish

I know you didn't say "sorta." To me "yes-ish" means sort of. It's only sort of a yes, but not quite. I just take that to mean it's not quite what I said, but there's sort of something to it, and don't assume what that might mean - but rather that it's something I'll have to figure out. So no issues here.

Just Looking · Oct 4, 2010, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by morgaine300

Yes, I was going to ask about that anyway. I just meant anything that could have referenced the age in any way, directly or otherwise. For instance, a birthdate or year (already a no), a reference of his age to someone else's, etc. Pretty much anything that wasn't the age itself, but something that would 'indicate' or 'imply' his age in some other way.

Just trying to clarify how you took the question when you answered it. And you can still re-answer this question if necessary.

However, I also just realized this entire time I thought you said that yes, the truth was also about his age. And you said no. Freaking DUH! :rolleyes:

This is a tricky one. The written part does not indicate or imply his age, but is used to imply it. I know that is confusing, but you will get the gist when you figure this out.

morgaine300 · Oct 4, 2010, 08:41 PM

I think you missed #793.

Do you know I wanted to go back to the actual posts to see something (not trusting what I copied to my wordpad file) and didn't even know where it began. Anal me did not write the post this started in! (711 by the way) This has gotten long.

Did he reply by saying solely a number? No

So in his spoken reply, he said a number (or numbers) and also said something else?