This is so fun! My best guess is that you can't be "Conscious" of anything if you're not awake. 🤷♀️ Also, only way I could make sense of him dying in real life from a dream is a heart attack or stroke and both of those would definitely wake him up. So, simply falling dead in the pew seems like an impossibility.
I am totally fascinated by this question. I cannot decide if it is the falsehood that his wife wouldn't notice that he was asleep as he lay nearly horizontal, because it seems she woulds have noticed earlier, or is there enough space to be nearly horizontal in repose? Most of the churches I have been in would allow for this position, unless his forehead was on the pew in front. But I am dying to know...not like in a dream, but you know.
I’m no genius but how could a closed fan (or even a fan) provide a death by guillotine. Was he already dead from heat exhaustion? Maybe the tap just gave his limp body a final roll forward.
Okay okay :) I’m not trying to get all David Lynch but is this a dream sequence? I read it top to bottom and bottom to top. Seems more of an allegory. Was the fan a metaphor for impending death and the tap the reality of death already? I’m lost but I love it. I feel like I’m driving up Mulholland Drive.
I feel like the answer is in here “He was laid on the fatal plank and was so horribly conscious of the blade being about to fall that he felt a stinging sensation on the back of his neck.” Beyond that, you got me, Rea 😅
Interesting! This gives lie to one of my favorite jokes about engineers:
Three men are led to the guillotine. A priest, a deacon, and a mechanical engineer.
The two holy men are first to face the blade.
When it approaches the priest the blade somehow gets stuck half way down. The murderers think, 'well, maybe this is a man of God? We should let him go'. And so he walks
The same thing happens with the deacon.
But when the mechanical engineer is lying there, looking up at the deadly machine, he says, "Wait! I see what the problem is..."
I enjoyed this story. The added element of a puzzle was also enjoyable. You distract people with the guillotine, the blindfold and the fan. I believe the answer somewhat simpler, in most churches the pews are too close together for the man to be asleep in the position described
So, I reckon the man is dreaming of being in church with his wife and he is in fact on the guillotine and getting his head chopped off. When the blade falls he also dies in his dream 💀 😁
Could it be that space between- The body goes limp but the mind in dream state sets the stage for the events to play out. The blindfold is metaphorical. His wife blinded by the fan, the sermon and the heat. He blinded within his own thoughts of what his death should have looked like, more heroic than heat stroke.
The tap on the back of the neck- He severed from his body (his soul now free)
I don’t think this is correct but it’s the closest one I can think of. I’ll say that “He fell dead in the pew. “ is a falsity because he was doubled over already within his arms on his knees and so could not have “fell dead”. He could have slumped dead but one doesn’t usually “fall” when sitting in a pew and doubled over forward.
This is so fun! My best guess is that you can't be "Conscious" of anything if you're not awake. 🤷♀️ Also, only way I could make sense of him dying in real life from a dream is a heart attack or stroke and both of those would definitely wake him up. So, simply falling dead in the pew seems like an impossibility.
Wrong answer Stephanie! You can have a heart attack and die without waking up. 😊
Oh man! This is hard but I know once I find out the answer it will feel so obvious!
It is obvious, but everything is a distraction.
I am totally fascinated by this question. I cannot decide if it is the falsehood that his wife wouldn't notice that he was asleep as he lay nearly horizontal, because it seems she woulds have noticed earlier, or is there enough space to be nearly horizontal in repose? Most of the churches I have been in would allow for this position, unless his forehead was on the pew in front. But I am dying to know...not like in a dream, but you know.
The falsehood is that he died while dreaming of the guillotine. How could anyone know his dream? Thanks for playing Chris! :)
The omniscient narrator knows all, sees all, and tells us what she wants us to read.
You made me laugh Chris. 😊
I believe that “Fatal Plank” was another term for “walking the Plank”. But I have no idea what the plank was called on the guillotine!
Wrong answer Mark! 😊
Thanks, I’ll continue pondering! Take care …
See you later Mark...
🙏
I’m no genius but how could a closed fan (or even a fan) provide a death by guillotine. Was he already dead from heat exhaustion? Maybe the tap just gave his limp body a final roll forward.
Remember, he was dreaming, and the fan must have felt like the blade coming down? I am not supposed to give you clues Jenny! :)
Okay okay :) I’m not trying to get all David Lynch but is this a dream sequence? I read it top to bottom and bottom to top. Seems more of an allegory. Was the fan a metaphor for impending death and the tap the reality of death already? I’m lost but I love it. I feel like I’m driving up Mulholland Drive.
You are getting closer! :) I am happy you are enjoying it, Jenny.
I’ll give it another go after some sleep :)
You will get it just before you fall asleep Jenny!
I feel like the answer is in here “He was laid on the fatal plank and was so horribly conscious of the blade being about to fall that he felt a stinging sensation on the back of his neck.” Beyond that, you got me, Rea 😅
He was dreaming. The two can’t be interrelated, meaning, dreaming and being horribly conscious can’t coexist.
Check your DM, Jenny.
He died while asleep. Can the story be true?
Wouldn't he be lying on his back looking up at the guillotine?
Wrong answer Mike! Can you imagine seeing that blade come for you?
Interesting! This gives lie to one of my favorite jokes about engineers:
Three men are led to the guillotine. A priest, a deacon, and a mechanical engineer.
The two holy men are first to face the blade.
When it approaches the priest the blade somehow gets stuck half way down. The murderers think, 'well, maybe this is a man of God? We should let him go'. And so he walks
The same thing happens with the deacon.
But when the mechanical engineer is lying there, looking up at the deadly machine, he says, "Wait! I see what the problem is..."
This made me laugh, Mike! He could have saved himself.
I enjoyed this story. The added element of a puzzle was also enjoyable. You distract people with the guillotine, the blindfold and the fan. I believe the answer somewhat simpler, in most churches the pews are too close together for the man to be asleep in the position described
Wrong answer Adrian, but you make a good point. :)
He wasn't killed by the fan. What killed him was the thought of the guillotine coming down.
Wrong answer Meredith! :)
now you’ve got me intrigued…
If you really think about it, it is quite obvious. :)
Clever! I like it. We can't know anyone's dreams if they're deceased.
You got it Virg!
His wife's fan killed him! She was the killer.
What an awful wife! 😅
Maybe I’m way off here, but my guess is that he didn’t die. He just fell down when the tapped him with the fan
surely, he had his prayers answered. :) i love this, btw...
Thank you Pen 😊
Got a heart attack from the realistic sensation on his neck and died of a lie
Wrong answer Harriet. He was asleep, remember?
It’s ok. I didn’t try to answer your question. Just said what came to my mind. :)
I know Harriet. 😊
So, I reckon the man is dreaming of being in church with his wife and he is in fact on the guillotine and getting his head chopped off. When the blade falls he also dies in his dream 💀 😁
Hahaha that's a good one Daniel! But, you are wrong! 😆
Could it be that space between- The body goes limp but the mind in dream state sets the stage for the events to play out. The blindfold is metaphorical. His wife blinded by the fan, the sermon and the heat. He blinded within his own thoughts of what his death should have looked like, more heroic than heat stroke.
The tap on the back of the neck- He severed from his body (his soul now free)
Great comment Debra, but you are wrong. 😊
That was a great read, thanks.
Do you know the falsity, Mark?
I don’t think this is correct but it’s the closest one I can think of. I’ll say that “He fell dead in the pew. “ is a falsity because he was doubled over already within his arms on his knees and so could not have “fell dead”. He could have slumped dead but one doesn’t usually “fall” when sitting in a pew and doubled over forward.
Wrong answer! 😆