[Balin] You say tomato, I say future ketchup

[BalinTheDwarf]

Why is Mr. Deming worried that he has 93 tomatoes?

[BitterLemonCurry]

Is the exact number 93 relevant?
Would he rather have more tomatoes? Less? None at all?
Would he rather have different vegetables?
Were they actual, edible tomatoes?

[GalFisk]

Is he worried because he has 93 tomatoes? Or is he worried that he might have. 93 tomatoes? Would he worry about any other number of tomatoes? Is having 93 tomatoes too much for him? Too little? Just right? Any other produce relevant? Did he grow the tomatoes? Buy them? Are there actually any tomatoes?

[trebor2]

Rotten Tomatoes, the site, relevant?

Is Mr. Deming's profession relevant? If so, is he a farmer? Botanist? Bartender? Restaurant worker? Entertainer?

Is Mr. Deming going to cook the tomatoes? Otherwise use them to make some sort of food? Or drink? Caesars relevant?

Is it relevant how he got the tomatoes? Did someone deliver them to him? Did he buy them from a store?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Is the exact number 93 relevant? No
Would he rather have more tomatoes? This Less? None at all?
Would he rather have different vegetables? No
Were they actual, edible tomatoes? Yes

Is he worried because he has 93 tomatoes? Yes Or is he worried that he might have 93 tomatoes? No Would he worry about any other number of tomatoes? Some other numbers
Is having 93 tomatoes too much for him? Too little? This Just right?
Any other produce relevant? No
Did he grow the tomatoes? Buy them? This
Are there actually any tomatoes? Yes

Rotten Tomatoes, the site, relevant? No

Is Mr. Deming's profession relevant? No If so, is he a farmer? Botanist? Bartender? Restaurant worker? Entertainer?

Is Mr. Deming going to cook the tomatoes? Irrel Otherwise use them to make some sort of food? Presumably Or drink? Caesars relevant? No

Is it relevant how he got the tomatoes? Yes Did someone deliver them to him? Did he buy them from a store? This (but...)

[BitterLemonCurry]

Is Mr Deming H/A/M? Is he a real person?
Is a game being played?

[GalFisk]

Did he get fewer tomatoes than he paid for? Is this happening in modern times? Does he have too few tomatoes for something specific? Such as making food? Surviving? Feeding someone for some time? Paying off someone? Keeping a promise? Does having 93 tomatoes mean he has miscalculated? That some tomatoes have ended up somewhere else? Been stolen? Eaten? He has been cheated?

[trebor2]

Are they tomato seeds? Tomato plants? Are they going to be actual, edible tomatoes in the future? Are they currently tomatoes that would be edible, but something has been done to them?

Does he have 93 tomatoes that are already part of something else? Such as made into a sauce?

[Sundowner64]

Would it be better if he had 94 tomatoes? 95? 100? more?
Would he receive some sort of benefit for having/getting/buying a minimum number of tomatoes?
Was there a special offer in the store? like: buy 100 tomatoes and get one for free, but they had only 93 left?

[Sarisberie2]

Fibonacci series relevant? Other series?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Is Mr Deming H/A/M? Yes Is he a real person? Yes (ROIMBT)
Is a game being played? No

Did he get fewer tomatoes than he paid for? No
Is this happening in modern times? Yes
Does he have too few tomatoes for something specific? No (FA) Such as making food? Surviving? Feeding someone for some time? Paying off someone? Keeping a promise?
Does having 93 tomatoes mean he has miscalculated? That some tomatoes have ended up somewhere else? Been stolen? Eaten? He has been cheated? No to these

Are they tomato seeds? Tomato plants? Are they going to be actual, edible tomatoes in the future? Are they currently tomatoes that would be edible, but something has been done to them? They are currently actual edible tomatoes, and nothing has been done to them. My apologies for the incorrect response earlier

Does he have 93 tomatoes that are already part of something else? No Such as made into a sauce? No

Would it be better if he had 94 tomatoes? 95? 100? more? This
Would he receive some sort of benefit for having/getting/buying a minimum number of tomatoes? No
Was there a special offer in the store? No like: buy 100 tomatoes and get one for free, but they had only 93 left? No

Fibonacci series relevant? Other series? Neither, good guess though

[BitterLemonCurry]

Are the tomatoes officially counted? Is this some kind of inventory?

[doriana_]

Did he buy all 93 tomatoes at the same store? If so, all at once? Or on different visits to the same store? Type of store relevant?
Are they all the same type of tomato? If so, relevant which one? Size of the tomatoes relevant?
Are the tomatoes sold by weight? per piece?
Relevant how he paid for the tomatoes? If so, cash? card? food stamps? gift card? Did he return something else and use the refund to pay for the tomatoes?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Are the tomatoes officially counted? He counted them, Yes Is this some kind of inventory? No

Did he buy all 93 tomatoes at the same store? Yes If so, all at once? Yes Or on different visits to the same store? No Type of store relevant? No
Are they all the same type of tomato? Irrel If so, relevant which one? Size of the tomatoes relevant? No
Are the tomatoes sold by weight? per piece? Irrel
Relevant how he paid for the tomatoes? No If so, cash? card? food stamps? gift card?
Did he return something else and use the refund to pay for the tomatoes? No

[BitterLemonCurry]

Was he right at being worried? Has he made a mistake? Has someone else?

[JenBurdoo1]

Are they normally sized tomatoes? Cherry tomatoes? Size relevant? Vines or ripeness relevant? Will he eat them? Is flavor relevant?

[Sundowner64]

Is there a particular number of tomatoes he needed? would any number above 100 be better? the more the better?
Did he buy all tomatoes the shop had available? all he could pay for? all he could carry away?
Is there something special about this shop? Is it a regular permanent shop? do they normally sell tomatoes?
Would he be less worried if he could get some more tomatoes from another shop?
Does he want to make a point? Is a wager, challenge or test involved?
Did he take an advertising claim literal?

[Sarisberie2]

Aside from the number of tomatoes, did he have any other preferences, e.g. colour? Other foods relevant, e.g. spaghetti? Parmesan? Can he obtain more tomatoes to satisfy his requirements? Is it the seeds, or number thereof, which are important as opposed to the 93 tomatoes? EDIT: is % relevant? Could he have more than 100 tomatoes?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Was he right at being worried? No Has he made a mistake? Yes Has someone else? No

Are they normally sized tomatoes? Yes Cherry tomatoes? Could be but assume No Size relevant? No Vines or ripeness relevant? No Will he eat them? He expects to, Yes Is flavor relevant? No

Is there a particular number of tomatoes he needed? No, explore would any number above 100 be better? Not any number, No the more the better? No
Did he buy all tomatoes the shop had available? Assume so, Yes all he could pay for? all he could carry away? Either of these would work too
Is there something special about this shop? No Is it a regular permanent shop? Yes do they normally sell tomatoes? Yes
Would he be less worried if he could get some more tomatoes from another shop? Yes
Does he want to make a point? No Is a wager, challenge or test involved? No
Did he take an advertising claim literal? No

Aside from the number of tomatoes, did he have any other preferences, e.g. colour? No
Other foods relevant, e.g. spaghetti? Parmesan? No
Can he obtain more tomatoes to satisfy his requirements? He doesn't think so, see above
Is it the seeds, or number thereof, which are important as opposed to the 93 tomatoes? No
EDIT: is % relevant? No
Could he have more than 100 tomatoes? He'd like to

[doriana_]

Is Rotten Tomatoes (i.e. the movie review website) relevant?

[BitterLemonCurry]

Is he worried about his health? Is he planning a special tomato diet? Is he hoarding or panic buying?

[GalFisk]

Would any high number of tomatoes be good? Or is there such a thing in this situation as too many tomatoes? Did he make a mistake about the number of tomatoes that would make for a worry-free situation? Did he mistakenly assume he couldn't get more tomatoes somewhere else? Are other people involved? Relevant that others can't buy any tomatoes from this store since he bought them all? Relevant who grew the tomatoes? Where they were grown? WAG: are the tomatoes contaminated, and he's worrying that someone else bought some of them before he could get them to safety?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Is Rotten Tomatoes (i.e. the movie review website) relevant? No

Is he worried about his health? No Is he planning a special tomato diet? No Is he hoarding or panic buying? No

Would any high number of tomatoes be good? No Or is there such a thing in this situation as too many tomatoes? Yes
Did he make a mistake about the number of tomatoes that would make for a worry-free situation? Not like this, No Did he mistakenly assume he couldn't get more tomatoes somewhere else? No
Are other people involved? Yes
Relevant that others can't buy any tomatoes from this store since he bought them all? No
Relevant who grew the tomatoes? No Where they were grown? No
WAG: are the tomatoes contaminated, and he's worrying that someone else bought some of them before he could get them to safety? No

[Sarisberie2]

Is he planning on cross-breeding tomato varieties to establish a new variant? Other scientific reason? Is there an art project? Are they props? Is he doing something which is unusual, or not normally done with tomatoes? Would the puzzle work with other foods? In the absence of more tomatoes, will he be able to manage with 93? Less?

[BitterLemonCurry]

Is he planning to use the tomatoes in one go?

Has he misinterpreted something written? something he was told? a video?
Is a particular recipe relevant? Foreign languages? Metric vs Imperial units?

[trebor2]

Did he buy them from a store? This (but...)

Did he buy them online? Did he physically go to the store to buy them? Did he enter the store? Did someone bring them to him at a curbside pickup? Did someone deliver the groceries?

Does he intend to be the only one to eat these tomatoes? Does it matter how he intends to eat them? (Raw, in a sauce, in a sandwich, etc., not, like, "Oooh, crazy ol' Mr. Dening is going to start eating tomatoes by gumming them down with a pair of dentures he's holding in his hands, and then slurping them all out of a bowl." That's funnier in my head than it is out loud.) Basically, does it matter how he's going to prepare the tomatoes? Is he wanting to arrange them in a certain way?

Are the other relevant people: the people who sold him the tomatoes? The people who grew the tomatoes? His family? Friends? Co-workers? Fellow tomato-eaters? Are they H?A?M?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Is he planning on cross-breeding tomato varieties to establish a new variant? Other scientific reason? Is there an art project? Are they props? Is he doing something which is unusual, or not normally done with tomatoes? No to all
Would the puzzle work with other foods? Some other foods, Yes
In the absence of more tomatoes, will he be able to manage with 93? Yes Less? Yes

Is he planning to use the tomatoes in one go? No

Has he misinterpreted something written? Yes, very good something he was told? No a video? No
Is a particular recipe relevant? No Foreign languages? No Metric vs Imperial units? Imperial, Yes

Did he buy them online? No Did he physically go to the store to buy them? Yes Did he enter the store? Yes Did someone bring them to him at a curbside pickup? No Did someone deliver the groceries? No

Does he intend to be the only one to eat these tomatoes? No
Does it matter how he intends to eat them? No (Raw, in a sauce, in a sandwich, etc., not, like, "Oooh, crazy ol' Mr. Dening is going to start eating tomatoes by gumming them down with a pair of dentures he's holding in his hands, and then slurping them all out of a bowl." That's funnier in my head than it is out loud.) It's still very funny out loud! (or, as "out loud" as text can be) Basically, does it matter how he's going to prepare the tomatoes? No Is he wanting to arrange them in a certain way? No

Are the other relevant people: the people who sold him the tomatoes? The people who grew the tomatoes? His family? One family member, No to rest Friends? Co-workers? Fellow tomato-eaters? Are they H?A?M? H/A/F

[BitterLemonCurry]

Has he misinterpreted something handwritten? Printed? Digital? Was it a Shopping list?

Wag: Has he mistaken an „o“ meaning ounce for a zero? like he reads 200 tomatoes instead of 20oz.?

[Sundowner64]

Did he want to have 116 tomatoes?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Has he misinterpreted something handwritten? Yes Printed? Digital? Was it a Shopping list? Yes!

Wag: Has he mistaken an „o“ meaning ounce for a zero? like he reads 200 tomatoes instead of 20oz.? Not this, but you have the right idea...

Did he want to have 116 tomatoes? Yes!

Someone bring it on home...

[Sundowner64]

Well, I was just thinking that a handwritten "1lb tomatoes" might be misread as "116 tomatoes".

[BalinTheDwarf]

Well, I was just thinking that a handwritten "1lb tomatoes" might be misread as "116 tomatoes". You think correctly!

****SPOILER****

Mr. Deming's wife wrote "1 lb tomatoes" on the shopping list; Mr. Deming misread it as "116 tomatoes" and became worried because he could only find 93.