Clairvoyant job hunting
I recently got offered an exciting new position. Not knowing whether I should accept or stay at my current job, I sought the help of Wise Oracle to help me decide.
O Wise Oracle, why did my predecessor leave the company?
Wise Oracle speaks now, prepare if you can;
The answer you seek is: He was an old man.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. What can you tell me about my new co-workers? What are they like?
Wise Oracle speaks now, whose words give the willies;
The answer you seek is: All happy families.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Do you think I have something valuable to offer in the new organization?
Wise Oracle speaks, a man long in the tooth;
The answer you seek is this: It is a truth.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Will I be happy if I accept the new position?
Wise Oracle speaks now, while knowingly grinning;
The answer you seek, it is: In the beginning.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. One last question, if I may: What is your name?
Wise Oracle did in fact tell me his real name. Can you guess what it is?
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I recently got offered an exciting new position. Not knowing whether I should accept or stay at my current job, I sought the help of Wise Oracle to help me decide.
O Wise Oracle, why did my predecessor leave the company?
Wise Oracle speaks now, prepare if you can;
The answer you seek is: He was an old man.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. What can you tell me about my new co-workers? What are they like?
Wise Oracle speaks now, whose words give the willies;
The answer you seek is: All happy families.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Do you think I have something valuable to offer in the new organization?
Wise Oracle speaks, a man long in the tooth;
The answer you seek is this: It is a truth.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Will I be happy if I accept the new position?
Wise Oracle speaks now, while knowingly grinning;
The answer you seek, it is: In the beginning.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. One last question, if I may: What is your name?
Wise Oracle did in fact tell me his real name. Can you guess what it is?
knowledge story
asked Jan 2 at 12:11
jafejafe
17.5k246173
But did you change jobs?
– Mindwin
Jan 3 at 14:17
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I recently got offered an exciting new position. Not knowing whether I should accept or stay at my current job, I sought the help of Wise Oracle to help me decide.
O Wise Oracle, why did my predecessor leave the company?
Wise Oracle speaks now, prepare if you can;
The answer you seek is: He was an old man.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. What can you tell me about my new co-workers? What are they like?
Wise Oracle speaks now, whose words give the willies;
The answer you seek is: All happy families.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Do you think I have something valuable to offer in the new organization?
Wise Oracle speaks, a man long in the tooth;
The answer you seek is this: It is a truth.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Will I be happy if I accept the new position?
Wise Oracle speaks now, while knowingly grinning;
The answer you seek, it is: In the beginning.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. One last question, if I may: What is your name?
Wise Oracle did in fact tell me his real name. Can you guess what it is?
knowledge story
asked Jan 2 at 12:11
jafejafe
17.5k246173
I recently got offered an exciting new position. Not knowing whether I should accept or stay at my current job, I sought the help of Wise Oracle to help me decide.
O Wise Oracle, why did my predecessor leave the company?
Wise Oracle speaks now, prepare if you can;
The answer you seek is: He was an old man.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. What can you tell me about my new co-workers? What are they like?
Wise Oracle speaks now, whose words give the willies;
The answer you seek is: All happy families.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Do you think I have something valuable to offer in the new organization?
Wise Oracle speaks, a man long in the tooth;
The answer you seek is this: It is a truth.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. Will I be happy if I accept the new position?
Wise Oracle speaks now, while knowingly grinning;
The answer you seek, it is: In the beginning.
Thank you, o Wise Oracle. One last question, if I may: What is your name?
Wise Oracle did in fact tell me his real name. Can you guess what it is?
knowledge story
knowledge story
asked Jan 2 at 12:11
jafejafe
17.5k246173
asked Jan 2 at 12:11
jafejafe
17.5k246173
asked Jan 2 at 12:11
jafejafe
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asked Jan 2 at 12:11
jafejafe
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asked Jan 2 at 12:11
jafejafe
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But did you change jobs?
– Mindwin
Jan 3 at 14:17
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But did you change jobs?
– Mindwin
Jan 3 at 14:17
But did you change jobs?
– Mindwin
Jan 3 at 14:17
But did you change jobs?
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These look like
First lines from classic novels
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.
- David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress
@Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)
So the last line that would fit the bill is
Call me Ishmael.
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick
answered Jan 2 at 13:06
ChroneChrone
1,026323
5
such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
– Omega Krypton
Jan 2 at 13:14
8
May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
– Bass
Jan 2 at 15:09
An alternative.
– Jonathan Allan
Jan 2 at 20:18
Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
– jafe
Jan 3 at 11:39
1
@Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
– jafe
Jan 7 at 11:07
|
show 3 more comments
Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:
Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.
answered Jan 2 at 14:03
Grump.Grump.
1913
add a comment |
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These look like
First lines from classic novels
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.
- David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress
@Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)
So the last line that would fit the bill is
Call me Ishmael.
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick
answered Jan 2 at 13:06
ChroneChrone
1,026323
5
such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
– Omega Krypton
Jan 2 at 13:14
8
May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
– Bass
Jan 2 at 15:09
An alternative.
– Jonathan Allan
Jan 2 at 20:18
Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
– jafe
Jan 3 at 11:39
1
@Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
– jafe
Jan 7 at 11:07
|
show 3 more comments
These look like
First lines from classic novels
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.
- David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress
@Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)
So the last line that would fit the bill is
Call me Ishmael.
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick
answered Jan 2 at 13:06
ChroneChrone
1,026323
5
such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
– Omega Krypton
Jan 2 at 13:14
8
May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
– Bass
Jan 2 at 15:09
An alternative.
– Jonathan Allan
Jan 2 at 20:18
Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
– jafe
Jan 3 at 11:39
1
@Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
– jafe
Jan 7 at 11:07
|
show 3 more comments
These look like
First lines from classic novels
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.
- David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress
@Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)
So the last line that would fit the bill is
Call me Ishmael.
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick
answered Jan 2 at 13:06
ChroneChrone
1,026323
These look like
First lines from classic novels
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
- Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and The Sea
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.
- David Markson, Wittgenstein's Mistress
@Bass has suggested in the comment a better-known alternative for the fourth clue and maybe this is what OP intended:
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
(Genesis 1:1)
So the last line that would fit the bill is
Call me Ishmael.
- Herman Melville, Moby Dick
answered Jan 2 at 13:06
ChroneChrone
1,026323
edited Jan 2 at 17:26
answered Jan 2 at 13:06
ChroneChrone
1,026323
answered Jan 2 at 13:06
ChroneChrone
1,026323
answered Jan 2 at 13:06
ChroneChrone
1,026323
1,026323
5
such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
– Omega Krypton
Jan 2 at 13:14
8
May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
– Bass
Jan 2 at 15:09
An alternative.
– Jonathan Allan
Jan 2 at 20:18
Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
– jafe
Jan 3 at 11:39
1
@Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
– jafe
Jan 7 at 11:07
|
show 3 more comments
5
such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
– Omega Krypton
Jan 2 at 13:14
8
May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
– Bass
Jan 2 at 15:09
An alternative.
– Jonathan Allan
Jan 2 at 20:18
Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
– jafe
Jan 3 at 11:39
1
@Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
– jafe
Jan 7 at 11:07
5
5
such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
– Omega Krypton
Jan 2 at 13:14
such nice explanation, hope 'tis the answer! +1 to both Q and A
– Omega Krypton
Jan 2 at 13:14
8
8
May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
– Bass
Jan 2 at 15:09
May I suggest a slightly more famous alternative for the fourth clue?
– Bass
Jan 2 at 15:09
An alternative.
– Jonathan Allan
Jan 2 at 20:18
An alternative.
– Jonathan Allan
Jan 2 at 20:18
Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
– jafe
Jan 3 at 11:39
Nice work! @Bass's alternative is what I had in mind for #4, but your first pick arguably fits even better.
– jafe
Jan 3 at 11:39
1
1
@Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
– jafe
Jan 7 at 11:07
@Grump. Wise Oracle speaks now, he's, umm... wearing chain mail?
– jafe
Jan 7 at 11:07
|
show 3 more comments
Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:
Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.
answered Jan 2 at 14:03
Grump.Grump.
1913
add a comment |
Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:
Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.
answered Jan 2 at 14:03
Grump.Grump.
1913
add a comment |
Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:
Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.
answered Jan 2 at 14:03
Grump.Grump.
1913
Going low-brow with Chrone's reasoning:
Wise Oracle speaks now, five years in hell I have been;
The answer you seek, it is: My name is Oliver Queen.
answered Jan 2 at 14:03
Grump.Grump.
1913
answered Jan 2 at 14:03
Grump.Grump.
1913
answered Jan 2 at 14:03
Grump.Grump.
1913
answered Jan 2 at 14:03
Grump.Grump.
1913
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