MobileRead Spring Contest: Discussion - Page 56

ShortNCuddlyAm · 05-12-2010, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

Crystal clear, like mud.

After checking the last installment I get

INGPPLLLELLBEOFTOSELUESCSTYNULLLEE

Now I just have to apply one of Nate's theories and the answer will be there.

Oh wait, I forgot to mix in

Now that should get me somewhere.

At least you now have a u for the q

omk3 · 05-12-2010, 07:28 PM

Sigh... Is it just me or does one person seem to be missing all the time except during the interviews? In the beginning there are "nine or so", excluding Zelda and pshrynk. Then Verencat says there were 10 in the room, excluding pshrynk. But there are 11 at the questioning, including Zelda, excluding pshrynk. Was the missing one away somewhere and is therefore innocent, or exactly the opposite?

Steven Lyle Jordan · 05-12-2010, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by omk3

Sigh... Is it just me or does one person seem to be missing all the time except during the interviews? In the beginning there are "nine or so", excluding Zelda and pshrynk. Then Verencat says there were 10 in the room, excluding pshrynk. But there are 11 at the questioning, including Zelda, excluding pshrynk. Was the missing one away somewhere and is therefore innocent, or exactly the opposite?

What do you think?

omk3 · 05-12-2010, 07:34 PM

That I don't have enough info to decide

Katti's Cat · 05-12-2010, 07:35 PM

My murderboard on the kitchen wall is getting out of hand. Might have to extend to the hallway.

Dusty Bottoms · 05-12-2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by omk3

Sigh... Is it just me or does one person seem to be missing all the time except during the interviews? In the beginning there are "nine or so", excluding Zelda and pshrynk. Then Verencat says there were 10 in the room, excluding pshrynk. But there are 11 at the questioning, including Zelda, excluding pshrynk. Was the missing one away somewhere and is therefore innocent, or exactly the opposite?

There's a theory that any more than 9 main characters in a book (especially mystery novels) leaves you confused and disorientated and therefore will find it more difficult to solve the mystery. I can't remember where I read this, but I'm sure it was in relation to Agatha Christie novels and why they were so successful.

omk3 · 05-12-2010, 07:43 PM

Hmm... I did a quick google search on that and came up with this:

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In addition, the programme claims that a person’s conscious mind has a very limited focus, and can only focus on between five and nine things at one time. Once there are more than nine things to focus on, the conscious mind can’t continue to track them all, and so the person literally goes into a hypnotic trance. The Agatha Christie Code claims that Agatha often uses this by using more than nine characters, and by having more than nine plot lines taking place at any one time. As the reader’s mind gets overloaded, they start to begin really experiencing the book, feeling the book, and getting lost in it. And because feelings are infinitely more memorable than thoughts, people associate the feelings with Agatha Christie’s name and also with her novels.

from this link:http://www.christiemystery.co.uk/method.html
(bold mine)
So is MR trying to hypnotize us?

Dusty Bottoms · 05-12-2010, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by omk3

Hmm... I did a quick google search on that and came up with this:

from this link:http://www.christiemystery.co.uk/method.html
(bold mine)
So is MR trying to hypnotize us?

That's the one! I've been looking for that for ages and you get it in a couple of minutes. My google-fu is weak.

vivaldirules · 05-12-2010, 07:53 PM

So it's a plot - against us! I knew it!

poohbear_nc · 05-12-2010, 07:54 PM

Aren't we already confused enough??? Who needs hypnosis? Just get more than 9 people posting simultaneously - that will do it!!

Dusty Bottoms · 05-12-2010, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

So it's a plot - against us! I knew it!

Trust nobody! Especially me!! Arghhhh.....

vivaldirules · 05-12-2010, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Aren't we already confused enough??? Who needs hypnosis? Just get more than 9 people posting simultaneously - that will do it!!

Well, I suppose we could eat one or two of them to reduce the confusion. I haven't had dinner yet.

poohbear_nc · 05-12-2010, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Well, I suppose we could eat one or two of them to reduce the confusion. I haven't had dinner yet.

Don't you even start tonight doggie!! I've already turned in my correct answer and have nothing to lose by eliminating you from the suspects! Or committing a 2nd murder!!!

zelda_pinwheel · 05-12-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

I'm completely INNOCENT!!! Yes, I am!!

A side contest is to see how many moderators can get people to vote for them.

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Originally Posted by ravenne

And the moderator that gets the most votes wins 2 PocketBooks and 2 Pocket Pros

sheesh, you weren't supposed to give it away !

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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

It's the classic case of the crowbar curiosity death... curiosity death crowbar...death from crowbar curiosity... whatever.

that is a classic ! we should save it for a future mystery.

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Originally Posted by Kevin2960

New case for Rock Lobster .... Solving the Murders of JFK and Marilyn Monroe ...... Thats the next contest sorted

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Wait for the fall contest....

Murder in the Moderators Suite 2: The Quickening.

BOb

can't wait ! we're sure to be able to keep the prizes for that one !

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Originally Posted by omk3

Sigh... Is it just me or does one person seem to be missing all the time except during the interviews? In the beginning there are "nine or so", excluding Zelda and pshrynk. Then Verencat says there were 10 in the room, excluding pshrynk. But there are 11 at the questioning, including Zelda, excluding pshrynk. Was the missing one away somewhere and is therefore innocent, or exactly the opposite?

well, it must be me who is missing, since i was asleep at the time. which clearly makes me innocent !

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katti's Cat

My murderboard on the kitchen wall is getting out of hand. Might have to extend to the hallway.

photos please !

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dusty Bottoms

There's a theory that any more than 9 main characters in a book (especially mystery novels) leaves you confused and disorientated and therefore will find it more difficult to solve the mystery. I can't remember where I read this, but I'm sure it was in relation to Agatha Christie novels and why they were so successful.

that's true in my case anyway, definitely.

Quote:

Originally Posted by omk3

Hmm... I did a quick google search on that and came up with this:

from this link:http://www.christiemystery.co.uk/method.html
(bold mine)
So is MR trying to hypnotize us?

i can't answer your question for fear of incriminating my/ourself(ves), but that does explain my love of christie novels...

i knew about the limited memory slots in the brain though ; when i'm getting spooked by a scary image from a story i read by accident i try to think of ten random (unscary) things in quick succession in hopes of bumping the scary thing out.

omk3 · 05-12-2010, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well, it must be me who is missing, since i was asleep at the time. which clearly makes me innocent !

You were sleeping in a corner, if memory serves! Asleep and missing are two very different things. And since you were walking around cleaning things at the same time, I don't think your sleep is alibi enough anyway.

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05-12-2010, 07:28 PM	#827
omk3 Wizard Posts: 1,454 Karma: 37243 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Europe Device: pocketbook 360, kindle 4	Sigh... Is it just me or does one person seem to be missing all the time except during the interviews? In the beginning there are "nine or so", excluding Zelda and pshrynk. Then Verencat says there were 10 in the room, excluding pshrynk. But there are 11 at the questioning, including Zelda, excluding pshrynk. Was the missing one away somewhere and is therefore innocent, or exactly the opposite?

05-12-2010, 07:34 PM	#829
omk3 Wizard Posts: 1,454 Karma: 37243 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Europe Device: pocketbook 360, kindle 4	That I don't have enough info to decide

05-12-2010, 07:35 PM	#830
Katti's Cat Wizard Posts: 2,259 Karma: 175640 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brisbane Australia Device: Sony PRS-600	My murderboard on the kitchen wall is getting out of hand. Might have to extend to the hallway.

05-12-2010, 07:53 PM	#834
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	So it's a plot - against us! I knew it!

05-12-2010, 07:54 PM	#835
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,608 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Aren't we already confused enough??? Who needs hypnosis? Just get more than 9 people posting simultaneously - that will do it!!

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