A Strawberry Patch, a Busy Housekeeper, and a Waterfall -- PART 1: The Questions

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Answer the following questions. It's best if you don't think too hard about them, and just go with whatever feels good coming out of your brain at the moment...

THE STRAWBERRY PATCH:
You're in an open field. There's a patch of strawberries in the middle of this field, surrounded by the fence. How tall is the fence? How many strawberries do you end up eating?

THE BUSY HOUSEKEEPER:
* The phone is ringing
* Someone is at the door
* The baby's crying
* The faucet is running
* It just started to rain, and your clothes are still drying outside on the clothesline
In what order do you address these events?

THE WATERFULL:
Think about a waterfall for a moment.... think of three words to describe the waterfall.

In a separate thread, I'll post what your answers "mean"....

If you already know what I'm on about, DON'T GIVE IT AWAY!

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 August 2002 04:34 (twenty-three years ago)

I bet the analysis relating to the strawberries is some sex thing

― spectra, Thursday, 29 August 2002 04:41 (twenty-three years ago)

- The fence is a little over head-height, so you can't quite see over it. (The sky looks bright behind it) I eat all the strawberries that aren't somehow mashed or gross.

- Baby, faucet, door, clothes, phone (if it's still ringing, that is).

- Blue, water, cold.

Am I a racist homophobe, or what?

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 29 August 2002 04:51 (twenty-three years ago)

nah, it's got to be the waterfall one.

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 29 August 2002 04:51 (twenty-three years ago)

In each case I reboot the computer.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 August 2002 04:54 (twenty-three years ago)

The fence is waist height and the field is visible through it. I eat a small handful of strawbs (6 or so).

faucet, baby, rain, door, phone

the waterfall is tall, splashy and pretty

do i win?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 29 August 2002 04:56 (twenty-three years ago)

1) the fence is 5 feet high, I don't eat any strawberries coz I don't like strawberries and am totally neurotic about what I eat.

2) Phone, baby, door, faucet, clothes

3) Shimmering, mouldy, rocks

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 29 August 2002 05:34 (twenty-three years ago)

The fence is a big blob of shimmering clear warm goo, I just go right through. It's sunny and "strawberry fields forever" is playing and I eat lots of strawberries as many as I can becasue they instantly regenerate so I don't have to take care to leave some for others, they are magic strawberries.

I can't do the waterfall one cause all I thought of was (my lover) naked and I can't get past that thought.

― spectra, Thursday, 29 August 2002 05:47 (twenty-three years ago)

1)the fence is 3 or 4 inches high. it's built for much shorter people. i don't eat any of the strawberries. i don't know if they're safe.

2)phone, baby,door,faucet,clothes.

3)rushing, barrel, spray

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Thursday, 29 August 2002 05:50 (twenty-three years ago)

1) The fence is about waist height, but it's one of those ramshackle afairs built out of wooden posts and wire. I eat about ten of the strawberries and they're the really small tasty wild kind.

2)I hate the sound of ringing phones. Get phone, tell them hang on, bounce crying baby on hip, answer door tell them to hang on, turn off tap, sod the clothes they'll dry again. Cry, have cigarette, wonder what I'm doing trapped in nightmare domestic situation. MY GOD HOW DID I GET HERE?

3)Beautiful, fresh, liquid.

― Anna, Thursday, 29 August 2002 07:20 (twenty-three years ago)

1. Very short fence, about a foot high. I eat three strawberries.
2. Faucet, baby, door, clothes, phone. (I just grab the baby, and the person at the door can help with the clothes. The person on phone will call back. CALGON, TAKE ME AWAY!)
3. Powerful, huge, impressive

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 29 August 2002 07:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Fence is six foot high, ten strawberries.

Baby, door, phone, clothes, faucet.

Green (um don't ask me?) dirty, noisy.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 29 August 2002 07:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Exactly what electric sound of jim said about the strawberries (waist height fence, eat a handful). Exactly Anna's order in the house. The waterfall is tall, wide and clean.

― Ellie (Ellie), Thursday, 29 August 2002 07:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Jesus I just realised mine is like Stalag Strawberry or something. 6 feet.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 29 August 2002 07:56 (twenty-three years ago)

1) The fence is waist height chicken wire with grey angle-iron posts. I eat a few strawberries, but not too many as they're ot mine. 6 maybe?

2) Faucet. Pick up and immediately hang up phone to shut it up,
they'll ring back. Grab baby and answer door, if it's not important it'll scare them away.

3) Fresh, Moist, Noisy.

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 29 August 2002 09:25 (twenty-three years ago)

The fence is bloody GINORMOUS and reinforced STEEL and stuff because the strawberries inside it are part of a special government STRAWBERRY EXPERIMENT and no-one can get in unless they are authorised by THE MAN!!! Of course I do not any do you think I am a ph00l? They are planted in an exact square - the field is flat and you can't see anything around for miles.

1. Clothes
2. Baby
3. Tap ('faucet' indeed)
4. Door although they will probably have gone by now
5. If the phone is STILL ringing I will pick it up but hey, get with the 1471 GURLFREND!

BIG, WET, SPLASH!

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 29 August 2002 09:30 (twenty-three years ago)

RITE then where is my DETAILED ANALYSIS donut beeyotch?!

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 29 August 2002 09:31 (twenty-three years ago)

By ginormous I mean 'really tall' - the actually strawberry patch is a very small exact square - maybe about 2 metres by 2 metres.

STALAG STRAWBERRY++!

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 29 August 2002 09:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I second Sarah's sentiment, I want my analysis now!!

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 29 August 2002 09:55 (twenty-three years ago)

1: About 9 feet tall, made of alloyed railings and an outwards-jutting corrugated iron bit viz. school swimming pool fence. I will nibble at a few ripe-looking strawbererries and if they are up to standard i will SCOFF MYSELF SILLY, NUMNUM. yeah, my parents stopped taking me to those pick-yr-own fruit places as a kid; i nearly turned into a nectarine. i will eat around bird peckings, but i REFUSE to eat over-ripe strawberries they are ick ick ick. mmm, fresh tangy strawberries. BRING ME SOME NOW, BEOTCH!

2: Turn the tap off. Overflowing the kitchen/laundry = BAD BAD BAD. Pick up baby and take with to door. Hope it hasn't pooped or anything ick. Ignore phone, hope it's not important/they'll leave a message. Leave the washing, it's probably just a passing shower.

3: Plumetting. Violent. Foaming. Please don't now say we have to incorporate the above into a haiku. Please.

― petra jane (petra jane), Thursday, 29 August 2002 10:53 (twenty-three years ago)

the fence is about 3 feet high. i eat all the strawberries.

pick up baby, turn off tap, answer phone and tell them to hold on, answer door and send person at door to bring in clothes, talk to person on the phone.

amazing, high, gushing.

― angela (angela), Thursday, 29 August 2002 10:57 (twenty-three years ago)

The fence is just over waist height so I can vault it energetically. I only eat 4 or 5 strawberries as there is no cream.

Tap, Baby, door, phone, the sun will come out soon and dry my clothes again.

Waterfall is loud, tall, powerful.

― Simeon (Simeon), Thursday, 29 August 2002 10:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Okay, I'm bored now.

1) Google failed me.
2)
"1. THE PHONE REPRESENTS.....YOUR JOB OR CAREER
2. THE BABY REPRESENTS...... YOUR FAMILY
3. THE VISITOR REPRESENTS....YOUR FRIENDS
4. THE LAUNDRY REPRESENTS...YOUR SEX LIFE
5. THE RUNNING WATER REPRESENTS.......MONEY OR WEALTH

HOW CLOSE DID THIS TEST MATCH YOUR PRIORITIES IN LIFE?"

3) "how you described the waterfall is how you think of love"

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 29 August 2002 11:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Leave the washing, it's probably just a passing shower.

THE LAUNDRY REPRESENTS...YOUR SEX LIFE

well that's that, then. The innernet doesn't lie!

― petra jane (petra jane), Thursday, 29 August 2002 11:23 (twenty-three years ago)

love is shimmering, mouldly and rocky! See my mind don't lie!

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 29 August 2002 11:38 (twenty-three years ago)

or more to the point...love starts of shimmering, then it all goes a little mouldy and then it's just rocky. Wow! Oh dear :(

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 29 August 2002 11:50 (twenty-three years ago)

I want my friends to help with my sex life? RAT OWN, RAT OWN!!

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 29 August 2002 11:51 (twenty-three years ago)

But if the domestic situation thing represents your whole life, then am I doomed to sitting around chain smoking and spouting Talking Heads lyrics?

I seem to be on a road to nowhere.

― Anna, Thursday, 29 August 2002 12:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Hm, and in all cases I reboot the computer. This explains much. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 29 August 2002 13:25 (twenty-three years ago)

an "open field" with a fence - ??

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 29 August 2002 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes it is a field with a fenced area inside it!! (run by the GOVVERMENT but SHUSH!!!)

― Sarah (starry), Thursday, 29 August 2002 13:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Stalag strawberry!

― Anna, Thursday, 29 August 2002 14:14 (twenty-three years ago)

My fence is pretty low and broken down, hardly a fence at all really.
I eat ALL the strawberries, well, until I feel sick.
I want to know what this means.

Baby, tap, door, clothes, phone.

I'm not at all surprised to see that my career comes last. But I can't accept that money is more important to me than sex. I mean, come on, really.

The waterfall is shimmering, beautiful and noisy.
What bolloxor.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 29 August 2002 14:23 (twenty-three years ago)

THE MEANING IS HERE

But if you haven't answered yet, please do.

(Graham: what exactly did you google? There are some stark differences from what I was told those things represent. Because of course, this matter is of UPMOST IMPORTANCE!)

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 29 August 2002 16:31 (twenty-three years ago)

strawberry field:
Hmmm, waist high cute white picket fence; I pick a bowlful of them.

This one is nuts. I'll be completely practical and say:
baby first, because it's a kid, and she could be hurt.
then phone, then the door, then the faucet and last the clothes which could always be washed again. I'm skipping the waterfall one.

― lyra (lyra), Friday, 30 August 2002 02:31 (twenty-three years ago)

About 2 metres high. I eat about 9. Baby, doorknock, phone, tap, washing. Flowing, rushing, tall.

― Andrew Thames, Friday, 30 August 2002 03:33 (twenty-three years ago)

About chest high. But easy to hop over. I don't eat any strawberries, I don't like strawberries. Answer the door, turn off the faucet, attend to the baby, take care of the clothes, let the machine pick up. Waterfall: ions, pool, Pasadena.

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 30 August 2002 04:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Pretend I'm a busy housewife? What kind of sick game is this?

― Miss Laura, Friday, 30 August 2002 06:12 (twenty-three years ago)

4 feet high, 8
phone, tap, door, baby, clothes
power, flow, roar

― zebedee, Friday, 30 August 2002 12:06 (twenty-three years ago)

The fenc eis about six inches high - its a nominal boundary no more, no less. I eat about twenty strawbs cos they are tasty and I can.

Tap, door - give baby to person at door, phone, clothes - hey its only rain. If I miss the phone I miss the phone.

Waterfall, wet, shocking, cold.

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 30 August 2002 14:49 (twenty-three years ago)

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