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[trebor]

Her curiosity quickly became a pain in the neck.

[GalFisk]

Her: HAF? A cat? A pain in her own neck? A literal pain? In a literal neck? Quickly: instantly? Within seconds? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Months? Years? Did she intend for her curiosity to become a pain in the neck? Did others exhibit relevant curiosity? Was she curious about science? People? Events? Society? WAG: was she hanged as a witch? Did she get a disease or injury that involved neck pain?

[JenBurdoo]

Her pain? Someone else's? Multiple people involved? Time period relevant? Location relevant? A profession? Activity? Vehicles relevant? Injury?

[trebor]

Galfisk:

Her: HAF? No/Yes/Yes A cat? No. A pain in her own neck? Yes. A literal pain? In a literal neck? Yes to both, but also an inconvenience, if that's the right word. Quickly: instantly? Yes.Within seconds? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks? Months? Years? Did she intend for her curiosity to become a pain in the neck? No. Did others exhibit relevant curiosity? No.Was she curious about science? People? Events? Society? None of these. WAG: was she hanged as a witch? No, but that would be a good one.Did she get a disease or injury that involved neck pain? No, except for the aforementioned neck pain.

JenBurdoo

Her pain? Yes. Someone else's? So no. Multiple people involved? No. Time period relevant? No. Location relevant? In a sense.A profession? Activity? Vehicles relevant? No to all. Injury? Her own. A minor one.

[GalFisk]

Is she a mammal? Feline? Bovine? Canine? Equine? Did she get stuck? Interact with humans? Did the pain persist for: seconds? Minutes? Hour? Days? Weeks? Months? Years? The rest of her life? Was her life shortened by this? Extended? Was she bitten? Stung? Burned? Blistered? Headbutted? Did she get something stuck around her neck? Such as sixpack rings? A tyre? Fishing line? Some other garbage? A snare? Trap?

[trebor]

Is she a mammal? Yes... Feline? Bovine? Canine? ..and yes. Equine? Did she get stuck? Yup! Interact with humans? Nope. Did the pain persist for: seconds? This, I'd say. Minutes? Hour? Days? Weeks? Months? Years? The rest of her life? Was her life shortened by this? Extended? Neither. Was she bitten? Stung? Burned? Blistered? Headbutted? No to all. Did she get something stuck around her neck? That's not quite how I'd put it. Such as sixpack rings? A tyre? Fishing line? Some other garbage? A snare? Trap? Nothing like these.

[GalFisk]

Did she interact with another animal? A snake? With something natural? Manmade? Is she a dog? Wolf? Fox? Coyote?

[trebor]

Did she interact with another animal? I’d say yes, but DOYD of “interact”. A snake? Not this, though. With something natural? And DOYD of natural.Manmade? Is she a dog? She is indeed. Wolf? Fox? Coyote? No to the rest.

[GalFisk]

Did her curiosity make her investigate something? Stick her snout somewhere? Go somewhere? Look at something? Is she a domestic dog? Is she indoors? Outdoors?

[trebor]

Did her curiosity make her investigate something? Yes. Stick her snout somewhere? Yes. Go somewhere? Yes. Look at something? Yesish. Is she a domestic dog? Yup. Is she indoors? Outdoors? This.

[GalFisk]

Another animal: another dog? Another canine? Mammal? Was the other animal alive? Animal remains relevant? Predators? Roadkill? Was she with a human when she got stuck? Was she wearing a collar? Relevant?

[JenBurdoo]

Did she poke her head into a hole of some sort? An opening? A burrow? A fence? Was she following a scent? Another animal?

[trebor]

Another animal: another dog? Another canine? Mammal? Yes. Was the other animal alive? And yes. Animal remains relevant? Predators? Roadkill? Was she with a human when she got stuck? Yes. Was she wearing a collar? Relevant? All others no.

Did she poke her head into a hole of some sort?She did. An opening? A burrow? A fence? Was she following a scent? Another animal? Yup.

Close enough, but if you'd like to guess the other animal...

[GalFisk]

Cat? Squirrel? Rat? Rabbit? Hare? An animal smaller than her? Significantly so? Did it run into a hole? And she followed?

[trebor]

Cat? Squirrel? Squirrel or gopher. Rat? Rabbit? Hare? An animal smaller than her? Significantly so? Did it run into a hole? And she followed? And yes!

$POYLER........................

I figured this would be a quick one, but I should’ve made it a OOATP, even for a first puzzle. The dog in this instance was my Bichon, Millie, who loved chasing gophers in the park near where I grew up. She wasn’t the brightest, however, and once rammed her head into a gopher hole chasing the poor creature, and then had to get my dad’shelp to extricate herself when her head got stuck. He sent my the video or her riffing on the ground with all her might to pull her head out for a few seconds while he laughed and then went to her aid. She was fine, we had a good laugh, and she never stuck her head down a hole like that again.