The HxF Mole - Task 18: A day in the life of xxMATTGxx...

[Kardan]

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All valid posts in bold will be taken as a submission. You may discuss the task freely, including the submissions that you wish to put forward as a final answer, before you have posted them in bold.

xxMATTGxx has had a busy year! Not only has he been busy being the general manager of Habbox, but he’s also taken to a bit of plumbing and opera singing! See if you can help us understand what he's been getting up too!

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It's been a bad day for plumber, Matt Garner and he's glad it's over. He called on five customers to deal with fairly straight forward problems, but had an unfortunate accident during each visit...
Matt arrived at Mrs Seal's house and trod on her sleeping cat three hours after he had turned up at the house of the customer who was troubled by a dripping tap...
Mrs Basin had called Matt out because she had no hot water and it was while dealing with a leaking shower at one person's house that the plumber had lost his footing and ripped the shower curtain.
The visit to cure the blocked sink occurred earlier in the day than the one during which Matt dropped and broke the mug of tea he had been given...
Mr Washer was not the person whose lino got torn when the plumber slid his tool box along the floor. Matt walked mud across the carpet of the house he visited at 12:45PM and he turned up at Mr Gutteridge's home at 2:30 PM...



For the plumbing accidents, you must tell me what time Matt visited each customer, what their problem was, and what accident took place.

The possible times are:

8:30am, 9:45am, 11:30am, 12:45pm, 2:30pm

The possible customers are:

Mrs Basin, Mr Gutteridge, Mrs Pipe, Mrs Seal and Mr Washer

The possible problems are:

Blocked drain pipe, blocked sink, dripping tap, leaking shower, no hot water

And finally, the possible accidents are:

Broke mug, mud on carpet, ripped shower curtain, tore lino, trod on cat

So you must give 5 strings, each with a unique time, customer, problem and accident. Post this in bold. Each correct string will earn you a day of VIP. For example:

8:30am / Mrs Seal / Leaking Shower / Broke Mug (This is incorrect )

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The celebrated classical singer Matt Garner performed five recitals across Europe last year, but each of the shows was interrupted when the famously temperamental star decided to storm off stage after having his concentration disturbed by a different noise on each occasion.
The performance that took place on 4th April ran smoothly until Matt was upset by a noise that disturbed him 55 minutes into the recital. Two days later the show in Vienna was halted temporarily more than half an hour after it had started, this was not the recital that was stopped because someone coughed loudly.
Matt Garner’s only London show which was in April took place at a later date than the recital that was interrupted by the ringing of an audience member’s mobile phone. One of the shows had been going on for just 10 minutes when some loud hammering caused a delay, this recital took place after the Paris one.
The performance that was interrupted exactly 35 minutes after it had begun was one of the March recitals. Matt was singing in Rome when the noise of a siren outside the venue caused him to stop; this recital took place at a later date than the one that was interrupted after 45 minutes.

For the concert recitals, you must tell me what date Matt visited each city, how long it lasted and what interrupted the recital.

The possible dates are:

28th Mar, 30th Mar, 4th Apr, 6th Apr, 12th Apr

The possible cities are:

Berlin, London, Paris, Rome, Vienna

The possible lengths are:

10 mins, 20 mins, 35 mins, 45 mins, 55 mins

The possible interruptions are:

Coughing, hammering, mobile phone, siren, sneezing

So you must give 5 strings, each with a unique date, city, length and interruption. Post this in bold. Each correct string will earn you a day of VIP. For example:

28th Mar / London / 45 Mins / Siren (This is incorrect )

If there are any errors within the task, or any questions – just post in the thread.

[Phil]

Love these puzzles but omg never did it with more than 4 D:

---------- Post added 19-02-2013 at 12:41 AM ----------

Oh there's only four, I'm on this!

[Phil]

This is actually so hard...

[FlyingJesus]

I wish I knew how to twerk

[buttons]

HOLY ****
I GIVE UP
any got any ideas

[FlyingJesus]

8:30 AM / Mrs Pipe / dripping tap / tore lino
9:45 AM / Mr Washer / leaking shower / ripped shower curtain
11:30 AM / Mrs Seal / blocked sink / trod on cat
12:45 PM / Mrs Basin / no hot water / mud on carpet
2:30 PM / Mr Gutteridge / blocked drain pipe / broke mug

[Kardan]

8:30 AM / Mrs Pipe / dripping tap / tore lino
9:45 AM / Mr Washer / leaking shower / ripped shower curtain
11:30 AM / Mrs Seal / blocked sink / trod on cat
12:45 PM / Mrs Basin / no hot water / mud on carpet
2:30 PM / Mr Gutteridge / blocked drain pipe / broke mug

You've completed the first half of the task. All these answers are correct.

You have won 5/10 days of VIP so far in this task!

[Rozi]

GOOD JOB TOM
i'm gonna start looking at it once I get dressed

[RyRy]

Well done Tom

[Phil]

I'm trying to figure out the second one now...