[WiZ] One at a Christmastime, Please

[WiZ]

Late one night, a man is safely and soundly asleep. He then receives a phone call from a total stranger. They talk briefly about the weather and hang up. The man is very pleased. Why?

BOATS. Caveat Earlispoilor. OAATP rules apply (see Chatroom for details).

[GalFisk]

Did the man expect the call? Ask for/order it? Want it? Hope for it?

[Braindrop]

Topic of weather conversation: temperatures? Rain? Snow? Wind? Sleet? Hail? Hurricanes? Tornados? Sun? Clouds? Eclipse? Carl Weathers?

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Did the man expect the call? yesish Ask for/order it? yes Want it? yes Hope for it? yesish

Hobbsicle

Topic of weather conversation: temperatures? Rain? Snow? Wind? Sleet? Hail? Hurricanes? Tornados? Sun? no to these Clouds? noish Eclipse? no Carl Weathers? no - but what a CV!

[GalFisk]

Weather: forecast? Current? Past? Possible? Just weather in general? Weather as code for something else?

[WiZ]

Weather: forecast? Current? this Past? Possible? Just weather in general? Weather as code for something else? no to rest

[GalFisk]

Current weather: nice? Bad? Fit for a specific purpose? Or activity?

[BitterLemonCurry]

Was the stranger calling on behalf of someone the man knew?

[Sundowner64]

Is the person at the other end in a different time zone?

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Current weather: nice? yes Bad? Fit for a specific purpose? yes Or activity? yes

LemonCurry

Was the stranger calling on behalf of someone the man knew? yesish, FA lurking

Sundowner

Is the person at the other end in a different time zone? no

[GalFisk]

Does the man then: get up? Go back to sleep? Perform the activity for which the weather is fit?

[Sundowner64]

Was their conversation about whether the moon is visible? or the stars?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Is anyone relevantly watching the sky for Santa?

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Does the man then: get up? yes Go back to sleep? no Perform the activity for which the weather is fit? and yes

Sundowner

Was their conversation about whether the moon is visible? or the stars? no but very ORT to both

That seemed like an appropriate question from someone with your username

[GalFisk]

Space weather or astronomical phenomena relevant? Such as conditions for auroras? Meteor showers? A lunar eclipse?

[WiZ]

Space weather or astronomical phenomena relevant? yes Such as conditions for auroras? and yes! Meteor showers? A lunar eclipse?

[GalFisk]

Does the stranger offer this service to people?

[Sundowner64]

Was there a group of people who agreed to call up each other when an aurora is visible?

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Does the stranger offer this service to people? yes

Sundowner

Was there a group of people who agreed to call up each other when an aurora is visible? no - this isn't an informal, recpirocal agreement

[GalFisk]

Is the service free? Paid? Relevant?

[trebor2]

Had the man given his contact info to the stranger via the internet? A tangible form he filled out? Phone call? Via his involvement in a club/society?

[WiZ]

GalFisk

Is the service free? yes (as in, it incurs no additional expense in and of itself) Paid? no Relevant? possibly for context

Trebor

Had the man given his contact info to the stranger via the internet? Most likely this, in this day and age A tangible form he filled out? Phone call? either of these would also work Via his involvement in a club/society? no

[GalFisk]

Does the caller realistically call: anyone who wants to be called? Anyone who wants to be called, and is in a geographical location likely to also receive the aurora? Just a few people? Just this guy?

[WiZ]

Does the caller realistically call: anyone who wants to be called? yes Anyone who wants to be called, and is in a geographical location likely to also receive the aurora? anyone who has requested this call would be in such a place Just a few people? Just this guy? no to both (although the number of people called would, in practice, be low)

[GalFisk]

Late one night, a man is safely and soundly asleep. He then receives a phone call from a total stranger, because he asked to be called if there was chance he could see the aurora. They talk briefly about the great opportunity for seeing the aurora and hang up. The man is very pleased, because he gets to see the aurora.

Is this all correct? All we need to find out?

[WiZ]

Late one night, a man is safely and soundly asleep. He then receives a phone call from a total stranger, because he asked to be called if there was chance he could see the aurora. They talk briefly about the great opportunity for seeing the aurora and hang up. The man is very pleased, because he gets to see the aurora.

Is this all correct? All we need to find out? In terms of the lateral logic, this is everything - I suppose you could chalk the context up to trivia.

***** SPOILER *****

He is on holiday in Iceland. His hotel has a service where he can request a wake-up call if Aurora Borealis becomes visible at night, and he takes advantage of this.

Well done, GalFisk, on the solution, and thank you everyone for playing!