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by **Balin** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 6:17 pm

If Kat had bought it in person, she wouldn't have proved the adage. How?

OOATP rules apply

EDIT: OOATP rules no longer apply

by **LemonCurry** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:27 pm

Is Kat‘s name relevant?

by **Doriana** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 9:24 pm

Instead of buying it in person, did she buy it online? send someone else to buy it? get it as a gift?

by **GalFisk** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:56 pm

Dud she intend to prove it?

by **Balin** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:49 am

Is Kat‘s name relevant? No

Instead of buying it in person, did she buy it online? This send someone else to buy it? get it as a gift?

Did she intend to prove it? No

by **irishelk** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:40 pm

Does the adage have anything to do with shopping/buying? buying gifts? being kind? the internet? prices?

by **GalFisk** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:24 pm

Did she know that she proved it?

by **Balin** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:02 pm

Does the adage have anything to do with shopping/buying? buying gifts? being kind? This; No to rest the internet? prices?

Did she know that she proved it? She realized so, Yes

by **irishelk** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:51 pm

Was her purchase relevantly made public? Or kept private?

by **Balin** » Sun Mar 07, 2021 7:20 pm

Was her purchase relevantly made public? No Or kept private? It was, but irrel

by **TDGperson** » Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:23 pm

Is it about being kind to other people in general? A specific person? A specific event?

by **LemonCurry** » Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:06 am

Did the adage come true when Kat ordered the item? Paid for it? Waited for it? Received it?

by **Earnest** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:54 pm

Is the relevant part: clicking?electing? Putting in the bag? sharing what bought? donating money?

by **Balin** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 1:35 pm

Is it about being kind to other people in general? This A specific person? A specific event?

Did the adage come true when Kat ordered the item? Paid for it? Waited for it? Received it? None of these

Is the relevant part: clicking? electing? Putting in the bag? sharing what bought? donating money? None of these

by **Earnest** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:14 am

Is the relevant part noot meeting face to face someone (e.g. stay anonymous/use a nickname)?

by **LemonCurry** » Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:21 am

Did everything go as Kat expected with the order?

by **Balin** » Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:49 am

Is the relevant part noot meeting face to face someone (e.g. stay anonymous/use a nickname)? No

Did everything go as Kat expected with the order? No

Taking off the OOATP stipulation from this point forward.

by **LemonCurry** » Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:55 pm

Did Kat get the item as ordered? Did she get something else? Nothing? More than she had ordered? Less? Was it broken? Was the order delivered to someone else? Something about the payment relevant?

by **Balin** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:47 pm

Did Kat get the item as ordered? No Did she get something else? Yes, mostly Nothing? More than she had ordered? Less? No to these Was it broken? No Was the order delivered to someone else? No Something about the payment relevant? No

by **LemonCurry** » Tue Apr 06, 2021 8:56 am

Did Kat end up happy after all? angry? disappointed?

Did she send the order back? keep it? use it instead of the intended thing? Did what she got turn out to be an even better choice than what she had actually ordered?
Was the item meant for someone else? maybe a gift?

by **JenBurdoo** » Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:45 pm

Is the adage "buyer beware"?

by **irishelk** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:33 am

Is the adage cynical in nature? Something along the lines of "no good deed goes unpunished"?

Did she expect the gift to be delivered elsewhere? But it came to her instead?

Was she intending to be kind to someone? If so, the seller of the thing? Someone she knows personally? Multiple people? Society in general? A non-human animal? Herself?

by **Balin** » Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:42 am

Did Kat end up happy after all? angry? disappointed? I'd say annoyed

Did she send the order back? She returned it in person keep it? use it instead of the intended thing? Did what she got turn out to be an even better choice than what she had actually ordered? No
Was the item meant for someone else? maybe a gift? No to both

Is the adage "buyer beware"? No

Is the adage cynical in nature? No Something along the lines of "no good deed goes unpunished"? No

Did she expect the gift to be delivered elsewhere? But it came to her instead? No to both

Was she intending to be kind to someone? It depends on how kind one considers a purchase for oneself. I'll say not particularly If so, the seller of the thing? Someone she knows personally? Multiple people? Society in general? A non-human animal? Herself?

by **Balin** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:48 am

HINT: The exact item she bought is relevant.

by **Doriana** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:02 pm

Is the item bigger than a golf ball? than a breadbox? than a chair? than a car?
Is it something that one might typically want to try on / try out before buying?
Is the item a piece of clothing? a piece of furniture? an appliance? a household item? something related to entertainment? culture? sports? a spare part for something bigger?

Relevant why she returned it in person instead of sending it back?

Is the adage "A little kindness goes a long way"?

by **Balin** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:17 pm

Is the item bigger than a golf ball? Yes than a breadbox? No than a chair? than a car?
Is it something that one might typically want to try on / try out before buying? No
Is the item a piece of clothing? a piece of furniture? an appliance? No to these a household item? It's often found in the house, but I wouldn't call it a "household item" something related to entertainment? Yes culture? sports? a spare part for something bigger? No to these

Relevant why she returned it in person instead of sending it back? No - it was just easier to go in person

Is the adage "A little kindness goes a long way"? No

by **Doriana** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:50 pm

Would you call the item a device? If so, is it a phone? tablet? laptop? video game console? Is it a book? game? toy? CD? DVD? Blue-ray?

I just noticed we never established if Kate is H/A/F. Is she? Is her gender relevant? her age?

by **Balin** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 6:18 pm

Would you call the item a device? No If so, is it a phone? tablet? laptop? video game console?
Is it a book? It is game? toy? CD? DVD? Blue-ray?

I just noticed we never established if Kat is H/A/F. Is she? Yes Is her gender relevant? her age? Neither

by **Doriana** » Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:09 pm

Is the book she ordered fiction? non-fiction? Is it part of a series?
Is the item she received also a book? If so, is it completely unrelated to what she intended to buy? Is it a different book from the same series? A book by the same author? A book that has the same title as the one she intended to order, but that has nothing to do with it otherwise? a wrong edition of the correct book?

by **wunderland** » Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:25 pm

Is the adage "don't judge a book by its cover"?

by **Balin** » Sun May 30, 2021 6:11 pm

Is the book she ordered fiction? non-fiction? Is it part of a series? Irrel
Is the item she received also a book? Yes If so, is it completely unrelated to what she intended to buy? Yes Is it a different book from the same series? Irrel A book by the same author? Irrel A book that has the same title as the one she intended to order, but that has nothing to do with it otherwise? Irrel a wrong edition of the correct book? No

Is the adage "don't judge a book by its cover"? Yes

by **GalFisk** » Sun May 30, 2021 7:35 pm

Did she buy a book that looked like a book she wanted? Did the book maker intend for this sort of mistake to happen? Is some sort of image recognition algorithm grouping things together relevant?

by **Balin** » Sun Jun 06, 2021 5:39 pm

Did she buy a book that looked like a book she wanted? Yope Did the book maker intend for this sort of mistake to happen? No Is some sort of image recognition algorithm grouping things together relevant? No

by **Doriana** » Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:56 pm

Did the listing for the book she bought mistakenly show a picture of the book she wanted?

by **Balin** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:19 pm

Did the listing for the book she bought mistakenly show a picture of the book she wanted? No

by **Sundowner** » Sat Jul 24, 2021 9:44 pm

Did the book she received have the same title as the one she wanted? or a similar one? did the book title (or the book cover?) mislead her about the content of the book?
Did she specicfically search for books by a particular author?
Was the title printed on the book cover? the name of the author?
Was there a picture on the cover? a photograph? artwork?

by **Balin** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:07 pm

Did the book she received have the same title as the one she wanted? Yope or a similar one? did the book title (or the book cover?) mislead her about the content of the book? I'll call this a Yes
Did she specicfically search for books by a particular author? Irrel
Was the title printed on the book cover? the name of the author? Yes to both
Was there a picture on the cover? a photograph? artwork? Irrel

by **Sundowner** » Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:55 pm

Did she search for a particular book title? a particular author? or rather, for a book with a specific content, without having in mind a title or author?
Was the book fiction? non-fiction? poetry?
Did she misread the information on the cover? was there a typo? Did it have an ambiguous meaning?
Was there anything else of relevance on the cover besides title and author?

by **Balin** » Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:26 am

Did she search for a particular book title? Yes a particular author? or rather, for a book with a specific content, without having in mind a title or author?
Was the book fiction? non-fiction? poetry? Irrel
Did she misread the information on the cover? No was there a typo? No Did it have an ambiguous meaning? No
Was there anything else of relevance on the cover besides title and author? No

by **Doriana** » Wed Sep 15, 2021 10:05 am

Could we please get another hint or recap?

by **BalinTheDwarf** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:44 pm

Could we please get another hint or recap? Certainly.

Kat bought a book online; her purchase of the book indirectly proved the adage "don't judge a book by its cover." Something was wrong with the purchased book's cover which misled her about the content of the book.

by **GalFisk** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 2:24 pm

Was the wrong cover seen on the website? On the book itself? Did the cover have wrong text? Wrong graphics? Was it a cover for another book?

by **Traveller** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 3:58 pm

Was the problem with the cover to do with an illustration?
Wrong text?
A typo?
Colour-related?
Was the cover in any way damaged physically?

by **trebor2** » Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:02 pm

Did the cover page accurately reflect the contents of the book? Was the book used? Misprinted? First edition? Signed by the author?

Is the specific title she was searching for relevant?

by **BalinTheDwarf** » Fri Dec 31, 2021 3:01 pm

Was it a cover for another book? Yes.

****SPOILER****

My sister ordered a book online. When she received it, she opened it to find that they had put the wrong cover on the book, and the cover was for a different book altogether. She has since joked that she's proven the adage "Don't judge a book by its cover."