h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, on the Discworld that actually works.


Geggs

Ooh, musta missed that - which book?

But no, I'm pretty sure it was on this world...

It was in Feet of Clay. Fairly close to the start, when Cheery Littlebottom is doing forensics on the first crime scene.

But, of course, Pterry was refering the real world belief you mentioned.


Geggs

Referencing, not refering. But you knew that, I'm sure.


Geggs

No nothing like that. Your safe.

Have a DGI +1 though

"claim to be able to see/interpret such things"

For that is the key to it, really.

1. Thanks, geggs, yes, I read that one. Must go through 'em all again

2. Clive

I'll go back over the thread and see how close you've all come and try to come up with a pointer or two...

Oh deary, deary me the only two things we've missed (ha!) are

Who sold the gun
and
The intention to fire it

Except, perhaps, thinking of the times and my forbears' stories, was he/ did he claim to be, an Aura?
ie could read auras - or is it aurae
(auraeses of the cert. kind)

Right, I'm up to speed again now, I remember now why I haven't called this one solved yet.

You've really got all the major constituent parts here it's just assembling them all into something coherent and correct.

There's also the un-tackled problem of what the consequence of his deception was.

I think the posts worth reviewing are these:

#26 - 27
#37
#54
#66
#74
#78
#94 - 97
#102
#107
#113

Auras is well wrong.

Re Post #107

Firing mechanism rusty........


Is this a flintlock type of weapon being used here?



GT

Nope.

I think this one is dragging on too long - shall ~I call a halt and just give you the solution?

I'm working on a new QI for 2011, so the sooner these are concluded the sooner I can move on...

And doncha just know it's gonna be obvious?

Painfully

Hokay. Last throw
(if it's not been mentioned before - I ain't going over it all again)

Body language, nervous tics etc.

Speech characteristics, hesitations etc.

and yes - go ahead. make it quick, make it clean.

Not body language.

Okay - I'm going to call this one as I doubt it's going to get solved.

You've got as long as it takes me to write up the answer for a last chance shot at points...

so he could identify which gun shot whom and who shot it and did not rely on GSR or gun shot residue, the cloud of burned and unburned particles that blossoms from a weapon when fired and coats the operator of the device

was it by the shape of their hand and how they held the gun??and the angle the bullet went in??

>so he could identify which gun shot whom and who shot it and did not rely on GSR or gun shot residue<

That's right.


>was it by the shape of their hand and how they held the gun??and the angle the bullet went in??<

Nope, twice.

I won't be concluding this until tomorrow at the earliest now, so keep guessing....

claim to be able to match the shape of the handle to the shape of the suspect's hand?