I've made a few mistakes in my day

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a brain teaser submitted by a participant, which was critiqued for having multiple answers and grammatical issues. Participants explore the nature of mistakes in the context of the brain teaser and the implications of timing related to submissions.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses frustration over being told their brain teaser had multiple answers and grammatical errors, questioning the validity of that critique.
  • Another participant suggests that the grammatical error might be the source of the multiple answers.
  • A later reply clarifies that the actual mistake was in the timing of the submissions, indicating a misunderstanding about when the teasers were posted.
  • There is a playful exchange regarding whether the correct answer was eventually reached.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the nature of the mistakes in the brain teaser, with multiple interpretations and responses to the critiques presented.

Contextual Notes

The discussion includes assumptions about the clarity of the brain teaser and the definitions of "mistake" and "answer," which remain unresolved.

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It's easy to make mistakes when you are bored and miserable. Especially after a long day at work here in the hot Arizona sun. Yesterday I submitted a brain teaser and was quickly told that it had multiple answers and was grammatically incorrect. I only see one mistake, not two. What is it?
 
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Also not uniquely answerable. There several ways that one mistake or omission could have made this the way it is. Only you know which one is the real mistake...

Waitaminnit! Did you just edit that post?
 
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Why are you bored and miserable?
 
I think it may be the grammatical error, which generated the extra answers?
 
Nope none of those are the correct answer. to THIS brainteaser.
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If you look at the times these brainteasers were submitted and convert to Arizona time you see that they were submitted on the same day. So my mistake is in claiming I wrote one a day before the other.
 
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got you on that one, didn't I.
 
OK, so did I (eventually) get the right answer?
 

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