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Tall tales
« on: November 14, 2005, 07:51:31 pm »
John approached the bar aboard the "Pinnatus" cruise ship and overhard Eddy, the "hero" of the day, telling his tall tale.  "I've been sailing for 20 years and never did anything like it", he said.  "I came out of my cabin door and heard shots.  Then I saw this man at the front of the ship waving his gun around, so I threw myself to the floor and covered my head.  Moments later, I looked up and saw a gun right in front of me.  I picked it up and fired the first shot in the air, and the second at the gunman.  Fearing for my life, I ran to the back of the ship.  Next thing I knew there was security everywhere, and they said I had shot the assassin and was the hero of the day. 

What's wrong with his story?
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2005, 07:52:58 pm »
It never ends! (You forgot the ending quote)

The gun was a single-shot style gun?
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2005, 07:53:40 pm »
Shut up you

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2005, 09:06:00 pm »
How could he see the front of the cruise ship from his door, which would be in a hallway on a cruiseship?
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2005, 09:53:24 pm »
It didn't happen that way.  As you said, "tall tail".

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2005, 09:59:36 pm »
He covered his header.

How did the gun get in front of him?

He shot at the gunman, but if the gun was in his hand, wouldn't he be committing suicide?
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2005, 10:11:19 pm »
How could he see the front of the cruise ship from his door, which would be in a hallway on a cruiseship?

It was a very open hallway.  Good try :)

He covered his header.

How did the gun get in front of him?

He shot at the gunman, but if the gun was in his hand, wouldn't he be committing suicide?
Haha, clever, but wrong.  And the gun got in front of him by luck, I guess.  Header?

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2005, 10:20:29 pm »
Are all the typos intentional?  It hard to tell. :(

Why does he shoot into the air, who gives a assassin a warning?

Who was the assassin trying to kill, there was never a mention of anyone important...
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2005, 10:23:10 pm »
Are all the typos intentional?  It hard to tell. :(

Why does he shoot into the air, who gives a assassin a warning?

Who was the assassin trying to kill, there was never a mention of anyone important...
Typos are because I didn't poofread it.  I fixed the obvious ones. 

He shot in the air to scare the assassin.  It doesn't matter why. 

The assassin was trying to kill somebody important.  I don't know, the queen? Why not!  Or change "assassin" to "terrorist :)

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2005, 10:33:17 pm »
I still say something about the number of bullets in the gun.
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2005, 10:49:35 pm »
If the terroist already shot, wouldn't it be too late to be the hero?
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2005, 10:52:56 pm »
I still say something about the number of bullets in the gun.
You'd be wrong.

If the terroist already shot, wouldn't it be too late to be the hero?
He missed.  He wasn't very good at being a terrorist :P

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2005, 11:12:01 pm »
What type of gun was it, a harpoon gun?
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2005, 11:23:58 pm »
What type of gun was it, a harpoon gun?

It doesn't matter.  Let's say a Glock 9mm. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2005, 11:29:21 pm »
Would it have to do anything with the fact that it's a Cruise liner, so it's probably screened all of the people on the boat for weapons?

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2005, 11:53:22 pm »
Would it have to do anything with the fact that it's a Cruise liner, so it's probably screened all of the people on the boat for weapons?
I'm afraid not.

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2005, 09:24:10 am »
John was the assassin?
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2005, 12:25:26 pm »
He sure wasn't!

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2005, 03:19:59 pm »
Why would he fear for his life, if he already shot the assassin?
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2005, 03:48:03 pm »
Because he's a pussy. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #20 on: November 15, 2005, 03:54:09 pm »
The shots he heard were the ones fired at the assassin?  He was waving around because he was dying.  The gun he saw was the one the assassin had and dropped after he died!

Haha, that's so wrong.  :)

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #21 on: November 15, 2005, 04:55:13 pm »
Haha, that's so wrong.  :)

It's nothing quite so elaborate :-P

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #22 on: November 15, 2005, 05:44:50 pm »
Give us a hint, unless its too obvious. :-(
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #23 on: November 15, 2005, 06:06:08 pm »
He said he was sailing, and he was on a cruise ship. 8)
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #24 on: November 15, 2005, 06:46:18 pm »
He said he was sailing, and he was on a cruise ship. 8)
Nope!

But the fact that he's been a sailor for 20 years IS of some importance..

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #25 on: November 15, 2005, 07:41:02 pm »
He said he was sailing, and he was on a cruise ship. 8)
Nope!

But the fact that he's been a sailor for 20 years IS of some importance..

Why wasn't he driving the boat?
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #26 on: November 15, 2005, 08:39:53 pm »
He said he was sailing, and he was on a cruise ship. 8)
Nope!

But the fact that he's been a sailor for 20 years IS of some importance..

Why wasn't he driving the boat?
It never said he was the captain. :P
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #27 on: November 15, 2005, 08:58:59 pm »
the front of the boat wouldn't be visible from a cabin door.

Pinnatus is a fish, not a cruise boat.

(by the way, he is obviously a shooter, not a terrorist, if he were a terrorist, he would have proclaimed in the name of allah, "Allah akbar".)
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #28 on: November 15, 2005, 09:00:54 pm »
the front of the boat wouldn't be visible from a cabin door.

Pinnatus is a fish, not a cruise boat.

(by the way, he is obviously a shooter, not a terrorist, if he were a terrorist, he would have proclaimed in the name of allah, "Allah akbar".)
Praise be to ALLAN! (Inside joke)

Well, the titans wern't a boat, yet the titanic cruise ship was named after them...
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #29 on: November 15, 2005, 09:17:25 pm »
the front of the boat wouldn't be visible from a cabin door.
It could be

Pinnatus is a fish, not a cruise boat.
Wow, really? I thought I made up that word.  Huh!

(by the way, he is obviously a shooter, not a terrorist, if he were a terrorist, he would have proclaimed in the name of allah, "Allah akbar".)
Whatever! He wanted to kill people! :P

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #30 on: November 15, 2005, 09:25:23 pm »
Why the hell did he run to the back of the boat? If you've been sailing for 20 years and someone is shooting, you should know that you can easily push them over and the gun is useless. :)
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2005, 09:32:31 pm »
Why the hell did he run to the back of the boat? If you've been sailing for 20 years and someone is shooting, you should know that you can easily push them over and the gun is useless. :)
Haha no.  :P

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #32 on: November 15, 2005, 09:35:04 pm »
I know, he was a handicap and couldn't run, nor stand up after getting to the ground.... or.... He wasn't twenty years old.
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #33 on: November 15, 2005, 09:42:37 pm »
I know, he was a handicap and couldn't run, nor stand up after getting to the ground.... or.... He wasn't twenty years old.
Yeah! He had a hook for a hand so he couldn't have picked up the gun!

No, I'm kidding.  The answer is still out there :P

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #34 on: November 15, 2005, 09:55:54 pm »
Hes not a sailor.
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #35 on: November 15, 2005, 10:08:10 pm »
Hes not a sailor.
How can you tell? What did he do/say that shows you that?

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #36 on: November 15, 2005, 10:09:24 pm »
The way he referred to the front/back of the ship? (i.e. not calling it by their proper names, I am not sure what the names are, but i.e. port = left starboard = right)
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #37 on: November 15, 2005, 10:10:04 pm »
The way he referred to the front/back of the ship? (i.e. not calling it by their proper names, I am not sure what the names are, but i.e. port = left starboard = right)

Yeah, close enough. 

What would a sailor say instead of front, back, and floor?

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #38 on: November 15, 2005, 10:10:18 pm »
Eddy said he'd "never done anything like it", which, in some contexts can be interpretted as "didn't do it".  Coupled with the title "Tall Tales", and John saying Eddy was telling a "tall tale", this is most likely the case.  Also, a "tall tale" is defined as being humorous and exaggerated, which this isn't.  It's obvious from this that Eddy is lieing and has a severe Oedipus Complex.

Also, he never got up.

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Stern, bow, deck.

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2005, 10:10:51 pm »
Him saying he's a sailor would imply that he's in the military? :)

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2005, 10:11:34 pm »
The way he referred to the front/back of the ship? (i.e. not calling it by their proper names, I am not sure what the names are, but i.e. port = left starboard = right)

Yeah, close enough. 

What would a sailor say instead of front, back, and floor?

Bow, ?, deck?
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #41 on: November 15, 2005, 10:12:14 pm »
Stern, aft, bow, deck, etc., yeah.

Now let's wait for Sidoh to tke credit ;)

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #42 on: November 15, 2005, 10:13:48 pm »
It was all me, I swear!
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #43 on: November 15, 2005, 10:14:05 pm »
It was all me, I swear!

Hey, at least I got it right asshole.  -_-

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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #44 on: November 15, 2005, 10:15:17 pm »
It was all me, I swear!

Hey, at least I got it right asshole.  -_-

I never said you didn't...  ;)

I had been thinking about this all day too.
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Re: Tall tales
« Reply #45 on: November 15, 2005, 10:17:07 pm »
I never said you didn't...  ;)

I had been thinking about this all day too.

haha, I looked at it 4th hour, but I didn't give it much though.  I was kind of... preoccupied (sitting next to a girl ;D).