The Velvet Phoenix (3-4 suited)

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:24 pm

'tis M UPS. God knows why, but apparently M is the place to start!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:44 am

okay. ta.

sticking with dictionaries, what is unusual about the word "Dord"?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:20 pm

It isn't really a word except in the mind of UP?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:22 am

on the right lines, it isn't actually a word. the answer is convoluted so i'll give it to HE.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:40 pm

Coo. What a guess. Though now that I read about it I remember hearing it somewhere.

Anyway, I've got a war question.

During WWII, the British deliberately left mines near German harbours and shipping which were easy to discover and posed no real danger to the Germans.

So my question is, why would you leave mines that you know would be discovered?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:06 am

did they lay them in strategic positions for reconnaisance purposes?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:04 pm

They put them in places where they knew they would be found because they wanted them to be found.

It wasn't for reconnaissance, something quite important indeed...

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:43 am

Is it so they didn't find the ones they didn't want them to find?

I.e, they thought that the Germans would think (hang with me here!) "Thoze stoopid breetish, how do they ever hope to win ze war leaving their mines thiz eazy to find?" and then not bother looking for any more?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:50 am

did they use them as carrier pigeons to relay messages to the goodies who would know that such obvious mines were inert?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:18 pm

Nah. I'm going to give it to you, it's not the best question in the world.

When they were trying to decipher the wonders of the German Enigma machine, they left mines at precise locations because they knew the Krauts would find them and relay ciphered messages relaying their location. Therefore, they knew what the ciphered message meant, and this helped them crack the codes that the Germans used.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:23 pm

nice one, i love all that military intelligence stuff, there are some twisted geniuses in the armed forces.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:05 pm

Brilliant! Only 'we' could have thought of a stoop like that!

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:20 pm

I might ask another if I might?

Unlike most countries ,The tiny kingdom of Bhutan doesn't view their GDP as the most important indicator of prosperity. What do they measure instead?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:50 pm

Oops. I killed the quiz forum.

The answer was Gross Domestic Happiness.

Does someone want to spark a new thread with a new question?