[JenBurdoo] Insanitary

[JenBurdoo1]

It is wartime, and fresh water is so scarce aboard a submarine that the sailors are ordered not to wash. A sailor is arrested for having violated orders by washing, but insists that he hasn't. What happened?

[GalFisk]

Has he? Was he arrested on a technicality? Did he try to get off on a technicality? Was he arrested because he looked too clean? Used water? Was seen washing? Relevant which war? Which side?

[JenBurdoo1]

Has he? No. Was he arrested on a technicality? No. Did he try to get off on a technicality? No. Was he arrested because he looked too clean? Yes. Used water? No. Was seen washing? No. Relevant which war? No. Which side? No.

[GalFisk]

Is he actually clean? If so, because he cleaned up? Didn't get dirty? Did he slack off? Was his job not that dirty in the first place? Was there an accident? WAG: did he accidentally spill fuel on himself, cleaning off grease and grime? Did he intentionally look clean?

[JenBurdoo1]

Is he actually clean? Yope. If so, because he cleaned up? No. Didn't get dirty? No. Did he slack off? No. Was his job not that dirty in the first place? No. Was there an accident? No. WAG: did he accidentally spill fuel on himself, cleaning off grease and grime? No. Did he intentionally look clean? No.

[GalFisk]

Yope clean: is he clean at some point in time? Does he look clean but isn't? Is he dirty but in an unexpected way? Unexpected place? Is his skin yope clean? His clothing? Hair? Is he covered in red dirt/grease, but it can't be seen in the red light used to preserve dark vision?

[BalinTheDwarf]

Is the sailor's skin color relevant?

[JenBurdoo1]

Yope clean: is he clean at some point in time? No. Does he look clean but isn't? Yes. Is he dirty but in an unexpected way? Arguably. Unexpected place? No. Is his skin yope clean? this. His clothing? Hair? Is he covered in red dirt/grease, but it can't be seen in the red light used to preserve dark vision? No.

Is the sailor's skin color relevant? No.

[BitterLemonCurry]

Does he look clean on his hands? Face? Somewhere else? Has he had contact with an unusual substance? Is a medical condition relevant?

[Sundowner64]

Is the sailor H/A/M?
WAG: Did the sailor not get a beard for some medical reason? and the officer thought he was secretly shaving off every day?

[GalFisk]

Relevant what kind of dirt the non-clean-looking sailors had on them? If so: soil? Grease? Soot? Salt? Fuel? Sand? Dust? Metal shavings? Oil? Sweat? Food? Drink? Vomit? Other bodily fluids?

[JenBurdoo1]

Does he look clean on his hands? This. Face? Somewhere else? Has he had contact with an unusual substance? DOYD of "unusual." Is a medical condition relevant? No.

Is the sailor H/A/M? Yes.
WAG: Did the sailor not get a beard for some medical reason? and the officer thought he was secretly shaving off every day? No.

Relevant what kind of dirt the non-clean-looking sailors had on them? No. If so: soil? Pretty much everything except this. Grease? Soot? Salt? Fuel? Sand? Dust? Metal shavings? Oil? Sweat? Food? Drink? Vomit? Other bodily fluids?

[GalFisk]

Does the non-grimy solder lack Grease? Soot? Salt? Fuel? Sand? Dust? Metal shavings? Oil? Sweat? Food? Drink? Vomit? Other bodily fluids? Have something else on his hands? Did he contact something that washed off any of the above? Repelled any of the above? Kept any of the above from getting in his hands? Did he wear gloves? Use Vaseline? Other protective substance?

[JenBurdoo1]

Does the non-grimy solder lack Grease? Soot? Salt? Fuel? Sand? Dust? Metal shavings? Oil? Sweat? Food? Drink? Vomit? He lacks everything except, possibly, food and salt. Other bodily fluids? Probably not. Have something else on his hands? No. Did he contact something that washed off any of the above? No, but... Repelled any of the above? No. Kept any of the above from getting in his hands? No. Did he wear gloves? Use Vaseline? Other protective substance? No to all.

[GalFisk]

Is washing off relevant? Rubbing off? Melting off? Blowing off? Freezing off? Not contacting something in the first place? Relevant what his job was? Did he touch something that became grimy instead? Did he go free once he explained what had happened? Relevant?

[JenBurdoo1]

Is washing off relevant? Rubbing off? This is closest. Melting off? Blowing off? Freezing off? Not contacting something in the first place? Relevant what his job was? Yes. Did he touch something that became grimy instead? Yes. Did he go free once he explained what had happened? Yes. Relevant? Yes.

[GalFisk]

Was he pulling on something? Pushing something? Turning something? Letting something slide between his fingers? Climbing something? Lifting something? Cleaning something? Greasing something? Did he make metal grimy? Wood? Fabric? Paper/cardboard? Fiber? Glass? Did anyone else do this? Did anyone else get clean? Did he touch a moving object? Such as an axle? Piston rod?

[JenBurdoo1]

Was he pulling on something? Pushing something? Turning something? This. Letting something slide between his fingers? And this. Climbing something? Lifting something? Cleaning something? Greasing something? Possibly this. Did he make metal grimy? Wood? Fabric? Paper/cardboard? Fiber? Glass? None of these. Did anyone else do this? No. Did anyone else get clean? No. Did he touch a moving object? Yes, but... Such as an axle? Piston rod? OTRT.

[GalFisk]

Did he move and object? Was the object in question bigger than a breadbox? Was it a machine? A weapon? Did he touch rubber? Leather? Plastic? Ammunition? Propellant?

[JenBurdoo1]

Did he move an object? For SVV of "move" and "object", yes. Was the object in question bigger than a breadbox? Yope. Was it a machine? A weapon? Did he touch rubber? Leather? Plastic? Ammunition? Propellant? None of these.

[GalFisk]

Did he touch humans? Animals? Other living things? Was he a doctor? Physical therapist? Did he touch food? Liquids? Did he touch something rotating? Reciprocating? Moving in a straight line?

[JenBurdoo1]

Did he touch humans? Animals? This. Other living things? Was he a doctor? Physical therapist? Did he touch food? This. Liquids? Did he touch something rotating? This. Reciprocating? Moving in a straight line? No to the rest.

[GalFisk]

Animals: alive? Dead? Did he slaughter animals? Cook them? Were the animals rotating? Did he cause the rotating motion with his hands? Did he touch them for seconds at a time? Minutes? Hours? Did he touch meat? Skin? Fur? Feathers? Scales? Did he touch mammals? Fish? Shellfish? Mollusks? Reptiles?

[JenBurdoo1]

Animals: alive? Dead? This. Did he slaughter animals? Cook them? This. Were the animals rotating? Part of them. Did he cause the rotating motion with his hands? Yes. Did he touch them for seconds at a time? This. Minutes? Hours? Did he touch meat? This. Skin? Fur? Feathers? Scales? Did he touch mammals? This. Fish? Shellfish? Mollusks? Reptiles?



Spoiler:




The sailor was ship's cook, and he had been rolling meatballs.