b_usa
11-30-2002, 10:55 AM
Who can get this one?
http://www.angelfire.com/retro/fit2/index.html
http://www.angelfire.com/retro/fit2/index.html
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timbobagginsii
11-30-2002, 11:07 AM
Simply because the overall shape isn't a triangle.
It'll take a bit longer for some detail.
It'll take a bit longer for some detail.
carlywarly
11-30-2002, 11:09 AM
Yep - the bottom one isn't actually a triangle, if you look at the gradients of the 2 parts of the apparent hypoteneuse. So, the whole figure actually has a larger comlete area than the true triangle on top. So the gap is perfectly logical.
timbobagginsii
11-30-2002, 11:11 AM
The second shape overall takes more area because the top surface is convex rather than concave, (8/3 isn't the same ratio as 5/2 so the blue triangle has a steeper incline than the red one) and this extra space must come from somewhere hence the "extra" square.
Not the clearest of explanations but...
Not the clearest of explanations but...
Thorin
11-30-2002, 12:22 PM
We hates it! Baggins took our precious! My preciousss!!
Oh, wrong riddles in the dark ;)
Oh, wrong riddles in the dark ;)
Bokkenka
11-30-2002, 03:04 PM
I would even go so far as to cry "foul!" on the whole puzzle. The person presenting a puzzle is not allowed to lie... Calling them "triangles" is a definite lie.
kam
11-30-2002, 03:29 PM
That's stupid. They say its a triangle, but yet it isn't.
Dun'kalis
11-30-2002, 03:32 PM
That? Its crap! If you make a riddle like this, you can't say that its a triangle!
You could say "triangular shape" and it would be fairer.
You could say "triangular shape" and it would be fairer.
b_usa
11-30-2002, 04:26 PM
I didnt make it, but I agree... It's cheap. When you are doing a riddle, whether it's a trick question shouldnt be a variable. How about this one, it's pretty easy....
I am greater than God, and more evil than the devil. Poor people have me. Rich people want me. And if you eat me, you'll die. What am I?
I am greater than God, and more evil than the devil. Poor people have me. Rich people want me. And if you eat me, you'll die. What am I?
Bokkenka
11-30-2002, 04:58 PM
I got it...
To keep from spoiling it for everybody, the answer is between the angle-brackets below. The font color is the same as the background, so you'll have to highlight it to find out.
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To keep from spoiling it for everybody, the answer is between the angle-brackets below. The font color is the same as the background, so you'll have to highlight it to find out.
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b_usa
11-30-2002, 05:02 PM
Good work...:)
nouse66
11-30-2002, 05:07 PM
nothing!
b_usa
11-30-2002, 05:12 PM
And another...
You are in an empty room and you have a transparent glass of water. The glass is a right cylinder, and it looks like it's half full, but you're not sure. How can you accurately figure out whether the glass is half full, more than half full, or less than half full? You have no rulers or writing utensils.
You are in an empty room and you have a transparent glass of water. The glass is a right cylinder, and it looks like it's half full, but you're not sure. How can you accurately figure out whether the glass is half full, more than half full, or less than half full? You have no rulers or writing utensils.
Strogian
11-30-2002, 08:04 PM
Does it involve slanting the cup?
Bokkenka
11-30-2002, 08:39 PM
Does it involve slanting the cup?
That's my answer... Water seeks its own level. A perfect cylinder would have a rectangular cross-section. (See figure below) If you draw a line from a to b, then you split the rectangle in two equal pieces.
So, if you start to tip the cylinder over, and the water reaches the lip "a" before it reaches the opposite spot at the bottom "b", then you have more than half. If it's equal, you have exactly half. If it passes "b", then you have less than half.
a
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b
That's my answer... Water seeks its own level. A perfect cylinder would have a rectangular cross-section. (See figure below) If you draw a line from a to b, then you split the rectangle in two equal pieces.
So, if you start to tip the cylinder over, and the water reaches the lip "a" before it reaches the opposite spot at the bottom "b", then you have more than half. If it's equal, you have exactly half. If it passes "b", then you have less than half.
a
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b
timbobagginsii
11-30-2002, 08:44 PM
What is in my pocket?
Thorin
11-30-2002, 10:12 PM
Knife!
Hand!
(forgot what the third one is)
My birthday present.
Hand!
(forgot what the third one is)
My birthday present.
b_usa
11-30-2002, 10:29 PM
Good work on the half full/half empty riddle... One more...
You have two cylindrical rods of iron, identical in size and shape. One is a permanent magnet. The other is just non-magnetized iron -- attractable by magnets, but not permanently magnetic itself. Without any instrument, how can you determine which is which?
I havent gotten this one yet...:eek:
You have two cylindrical rods of iron, identical in size and shape. One is a permanent magnet. The other is just non-magnetized iron -- attractable by magnets, but not permanently magnetic itself. Without any instrument, how can you determine which is which?
I havent gotten this one yet...:eek:
khankell
11-30-2002, 10:40 PM
Pick up one of the bars and start banging it against the ground. Then, put it next to the other bar. If the 1st bar attracts the 2nd, then the 1st is the plain bar. If it repels the 2nd, then the 1st is the magnetic bar.
Reason: banging an iron bar against something lines up the polarity of all the atoms in the bar, essentially making it into a magnet. If the 1st bar is a magnet, banging it will not make it any more magnetic so it will attract the 2nd non-magnetic bar. If the 1st bar is the non-magnetic one, it will repel the 2nd magnetic one after a good beating.
Reason: banging an iron bar against something lines up the polarity of all the atoms in the bar, essentially making it into a magnet. If the 1st bar is a magnet, banging it will not make it any more magnetic so it will attract the 2nd non-magnetic bar. If the 1st bar is the non-magnetic one, it will repel the 2nd magnetic one after a good beating.
carlywarly
12-01-2002, 04:21 AM
Banging a metallic object randomises the magnetic domains, so if you do this to the magnetic rod, it won't attract anything.
If you are allowed to float them on water, or have a length of string, you could allow each to swing freely and whichever is magnetic would align North-South.
If you are allowed to float them on water, or have a length of string, you could allow each to swing freely and whichever is magnetic would align North-South.
timbobagginsii
12-01-2002, 10:26 PM
What is your name?
What is your quest?
What is your fourite colour?
What is your quest?
What is your fourite colour?
thread_killer
12-01-2002, 10:40 PM
Originally posted by Thorin
Knife!
Hand!
(forgot what the third one is)
My birthday present.
"String or nothing" If I remember correctly. It's been a good twenty years since I read The Hobbit
Knife!
Hand!
(forgot what the third one is)
My birthday present.
"String or nothing" If I remember correctly. It's been a good twenty years since I read The Hobbit
Thorin
12-01-2002, 11:14 PM
Sir Robin of the Round table
To find the Holy Grail
Blue, no Green, no ahhhhh. /flies off bridge (can't remember if those are the right colors)
It's been a while since I've seen the Holy Grail, I have to see it again.
"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
"European or African?"
"I don't know ahhhhhh"
To find the Holy Grail
Blue, no Green, no ahhhhh. /flies off bridge (can't remember if those are the right colors)
It's been a while since I've seen the Holy Grail, I have to see it again.
"What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?"
"European or African?"
"I don't know ahhhhhh"
Penrich
12-02-2002, 01:21 AM
Hmmm - I used to know lots of these. Lets see if I can remember any...
George and Barbara are lying on the floor, dead, in a locked room high in a skyscraper. The window is open, and the bodies lie in a small pool of water and broken glass, but no foul play is suspected. How did they die?
George and Barbara are lying on the floor, dead, in a locked room high in a skyscraper. The window is open, and the bodies lie in a small pool of water and broken glass, but no foul play is suspected. How did they die?
kam
12-02-2002, 02:26 AM
You have two cylindrical rods of iron, identical in size and shape. One is a permanent magnet. The other is just non-magnetized iron -- attractable by magnets, but not permanently magnetic itself. Without any instrument, how can you determine which is which? Place them in the shape of the letter T. If the magnetic one is vertical stroke, then it will attract the other bar. If the magnetic one is the horizontal stroke, there will not be any magnetism in the middle of the bar and there will be no attraction to the other rod.
williamwbishop
12-02-2002, 02:41 AM
Originally posted by Penrich
Hmmm - I used to know lots of these. Lets see if I can remember any...
George and Barbara are lying on the floor, dead, in a locked room high in a skyscraper. The window is open, and the bodies lie in a small pool of water and broken glass, but no foul play is suspected. How did they die?
Of asphyxiation, they were fish.
Oldie but goodie.
Hmmm - I used to know lots of these. Lets see if I can remember any...
George and Barbara are lying on the floor, dead, in a locked room high in a skyscraper. The window is open, and the bodies lie in a small pool of water and broken glass, but no foul play is suspected. How did they die?
Of asphyxiation, they were fish.
Oldie but goodie.
bwkaz
12-02-2002, 03:57 PM
If it wasn't for the "no foul play" part, I'd say they were murdered with an icicle, which subsequently melted.
But if they're fish, then that would work as well. :D
We're knights of the Round Table!
We dance whene'er we're able!
We do routines and parlour scenes and footwork impeccable!
We dine quite well in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and spam a lot!
:D
But if they're fish, then that would work as well. :D
We're knights of the Round Table!
We dance whene'er we're able!
We do routines and parlour scenes and footwork impeccable!
We dine quite well in Camelot, we eat ham and jam and spam a lot!
:D
Penrich
12-02-2002, 04:14 PM
Originally posted by bwkaz
If it wasn't for the "no foul play" part, I'd say they were murdered with an icicle, which subsequently melted.
But if they're fish, then that would work as well. :D
The icicle wouldn't explain the glass. They were fish, whose bowl was knocked off the windowsill by a curtain blowing in the wind.
Lets not go to Camelot, for 'tis a very silly place.
If it wasn't for the "no foul play" part, I'd say they were murdered with an icicle, which subsequently melted.
But if they're fish, then that would work as well. :D
The icicle wouldn't explain the glass. They were fish, whose bowl was knocked off the windowsill by a curtain blowing in the wind.
Lets not go to Camelot, for 'tis a very silly place.
crokett
12-02-2002, 04:15 PM
A man and his wife are at a theatre watching a movie. During the movie, the man strangles his wife then takes the body from the theatre and dumps it. Noone notices any of this. How can this be?
Penrich
12-02-2002, 04:17 PM
Is it a drive-in movie theatre?
Any
12-02-2002, 05:11 PM
A prisoner is given a last chance to be set free on the night before
his execution. The King opens a door into a hallway which leads to two more doors. "Behind one door is the path to freedom. The other door leads to death in the jaws of a man eating lion." the King tells him.
Each door has its own guard, one guard can tell only truth and the other only lies.
The prisoner is allowed to ask one question of either guard and one question only
What question should he ask to find the door to freedom?
--------
Old i know, but still good.
his execution. The King opens a door into a hallway which leads to two more doors. "Behind one door is the path to freedom. The other door leads to death in the jaws of a man eating lion." the King tells him.
Each door has its own guard, one guard can tell only truth and the other only lies.
The prisoner is allowed to ask one question of either guard and one question only
What question should he ask to find the door to freedom?
--------
Old i know, but still good.
Penrich
12-02-2002, 06:03 PM
Ha ha - I know that one too, but I'm not telling...
Heres another:
If I can buy one for $2, and thirty costs me $4, what am I buying?
Heres another:
If I can buy one for $2, and thirty costs me $4, what am I buying?
timbobagginsii
12-02-2002, 07:40 PM
"Which door would the other guy tell me was safe?" then take the other one.
House numbers.
House numbers.
Bokkenka
12-02-2002, 08:54 PM
Behind a light-proof door, which has a leak-proof seal, there is a lightbulb in a socket. The socket is controlled by a switch outside the door. Unfortunately, there are three switches on the wall outside the door, each labeled on/off. Yes, one of them controls the socket. You can flip the switches all you like, setting them to any configuration of on/off. When you are ready, you get to open the door and walk into the room. You must then be able to tell which switch controls the socket, without changing the configuration of switches.
How do you do it?
How do you do it?
bwkaz
12-02-2002, 09:24 PM
Turn two of the switches on, leave them for a while, then turn one of them off. Open the door.
If the bulb is on, then the third switch controls it. If it's off and cold, the first switch (the one that was off the whole time) controls it. If it's off but warm, the second switch (the one you turned off after quite a while) controls it.
Wait -- incandescent bulb, right? If not, it would be harder... ;)
If the bulb is on, then the third switch controls it. If it's off and cold, the first switch (the one that was off the whole time) controls it. If it's off but warm, the second switch (the one you turned off after quite a while) controls it.
Wait -- incandescent bulb, right? If not, it would be harder... ;)
Thorin
12-03-2002, 12:53 AM
King Arthur: Ah, beautiful Camelot.
Carrier: It's a bloody model.
Peasant (as King Arthur "rides" by): Look, there goes a king!
Guard: How do you know?
Peasant: He's not covered in ****.
Carrier: It's a bloody model.
Peasant (as King Arthur "rides" by): Look, there goes a king!
Guard: How do you know?
Peasant: He's not covered in ****.
Penrich
12-03-2002, 01:53 PM
A man walks into a restaurant to try their advertised special: Albatros. After taking a bite, he leaves, runs to the nearest bridge, and commits suicide by throwing himself off. Why?
---
WOMAN: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
DENNIS: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
WOMAN: Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
---
WOMAN: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
DENNIS: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
WOMAN: Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
williamwbishop
12-03-2002, 01:54 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
A man walks into a restaurant to try their advertised special: Albatros. After taking a bite, he leaves, runs to the nearest bridge, and commits suicide by throwing himself off. Why?
---
WOMAN: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
DENNIS: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
WOMAN: Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
I should know this one...but I canna remember.:confused:
A man walks into a restaurant to try their advertised special: Albatros. After taking a bite, he leaves, runs to the nearest bridge, and commits suicide by throwing himself off. Why?
---
WOMAN: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
DENNIS: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship: a self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
WOMAN: Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
I should know this one...but I canna remember.:confused:
Penrich
12-03-2002, 02:11 PM
Hint - an island...
williamwbishop
12-03-2002, 02:13 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
Hint - an island...
Still, I canna remember it...just tell me man! Oh, the humanity!
Hint - an island...
Still, I canna remember it...just tell me man! Oh, the humanity!
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 02:15 PM
I'm sure it goes something like this:
he realised he was in a riddle and it was the quickest way out.
he realised he was in a riddle and it was the quickest way out.
khankell
12-03-2002, 02:27 PM
The man was in a shipwreck before the time in question, along with his wife. They were stranded on an island with no food for serveral months. The people finally found food after some of the less fortunate started dying, which they claimed was albatross. Eventually, the man was rescued from the island, one ofthe only survivors. When he got back to the mainland, he went into the restaurant to eat albatross which he was particularly fond of on the island. When he took the first bite, he realized that what he was eating on the island was not abatross, but the other passengers. He jumped off the bridge because he realized that he was not only a cannibal, but that he had eaten his wife after she had died.
Okay, my turn...
Complelete the next sequence of numbers:
1
11
21
1211
111221
????
Okay, my turn...
Complelete the next sequence of numbers:
1
11
21
1211
111221
????
williamwbishop
12-03-2002, 02:29 PM
Damn, no that is quite obviously not the one I remembered...Now, I'm just depressed...
Penrich
12-03-2002, 02:30 PM
I win :D :D :D
He was in the Navy, and his ship wrecked. He and several crew members, including the chef were washed up on a deserted island. Here they survived, with the occaisional loss of a crew member, for a while, occaisionally eating what the chef called albatros (usually just after a crew members dissapearence).
On tasting the albatros in the restaurant, the man realized that what they had survived on in the island was in fact the lost crew men. The guilt got to him, so he killed himself.
There - that wasn't hard, was it?
Rats! khankell got the "alternate" answer while I was typing this.
He was in the Navy, and his ship wrecked. He and several crew members, including the chef were washed up on a deserted island. Here they survived, with the occaisional loss of a crew member, for a while, occaisionally eating what the chef called albatros (usually just after a crew members dissapearence).
On tasting the albatros in the restaurant, the man realized that what they had survived on in the island was in fact the lost crew men. The guilt got to him, so he killed himself.
There - that wasn't hard, was it?
Rats! khankell got the "alternate" answer while I was typing this.
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 02:33 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
I win :D :D :D
Sorry to disillusion you, but you were beaten to it by khankell.
I still think my answer's better.
I win :D :D :D
Sorry to disillusion you, but you were beaten to it by khankell.
I still think my answer's better.
Penrich
12-03-2002, 02:35 PM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
Sorry to disillusion you, but you were beaten to it by khankell.
I still think my answer's better.
Well - I beat william to submission, that has to count for something :D
And yours was, well, wrong... :D
Sorry to disillusion you, but you were beaten to it by khankell.
I still think my answer's better.
Well - I beat william to submission, that has to count for something :D
And yours was, well, wrong... :D
williamwbishop
12-03-2002, 02:37 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
Well - I beat william to submission, that has to count for something :D
And yours was, well, wrong... :D
Aye lad, I do bow before you in submission...A good battle it was, but you're the better...;)
Well - I beat william to submission, that has to count for something :D
And yours was, well, wrong... :D
Aye lad, I do bow before you in submission...A good battle it was, but you're the better...;)
williamwbishop
12-03-2002, 02:38 PM
As a final bow though, I must confess...that one was just...ummm...ahh.....gross.:D
Penrich
12-03-2002, 02:38 PM
Now if only I could figure out khankell's riddle... :confused:
Penrich
12-03-2002, 02:46 PM
312211
Do you want an explanation, or can someone else find the next number...
Do you want an explanation, or can someone else find the next number...
DarkJedi9
12-03-2002, 02:48 PM
Originally posted by Thorin
We hates it! Baggins took our precious! My preciousss!!
Oh, wrong riddles in the dark ;)
Haha, that's exactly what I was thinking. When I saw the title I was all set to answer "TIME!", but I was disappointed.
We hates it! Baggins took our precious! My preciousss!!
Oh, wrong riddles in the dark ;)
Haha, that's exactly what I was thinking. When I saw the title I was all set to answer "TIME!", but I was disappointed.
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 02:52 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
312211
Do you want an explanation, or can someone else find the next number...
explanation please
312211
Do you want an explanation, or can someone else find the next number...
explanation please
Wibble
12-03-2002, 02:55 PM
At the entrance to a members club stands a stranger seeking admission. A friend told him that it's easy to get in. You just have to answer a question correctly! Answering wrong, however, will result in being shot!
To live a little longer, the man waits in a back alley near the entrance for people to go in. After a while a man comes to the entrance. The door warden asks him: "Twelve?" to which he replies "Six!" and goes in.
"That's easy." our friend thinks, but he waits a little longer.
Another man comes to the door. "Six?" the door warden asks, to which he replies "Three!" and goes in.
"That's too good to be true" our friend thinks, and he was right. Because, when asked "Four?", he answered "Two!" and was found dead in the alley.
What was the correct answer?
To live a little longer, the man waits in a back alley near the entrance for people to go in. After a while a man comes to the entrance. The door warden asks him: "Twelve?" to which he replies "Six!" and goes in.
"That's easy." our friend thinks, but he waits a little longer.
Another man comes to the door. "Six?" the door warden asks, to which he replies "Three!" and goes in.
"That's too good to be true" our friend thinks, and he was right. Because, when asked "Four?", he answered "Two!" and was found dead in the alley.
What was the correct answer?
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 02:59 PM
Four.
Wibble
12-03-2002, 03:01 PM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
Four.
Because?
Four.
Because?
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 03:02 PM
Number of letters in the word "four"
Penrich
12-03-2002, 03:03 PM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
explanation please
Ha!
First line has one one, so the second line becomes 11
Second line now has two ones i.e. 21 (the third line)
Forth line therefore = one two and one one or 1211
Fifth = one one, one two and two ones or 111221
Sixth therefore = three ones, two twos and one one or 312211
next would be 13112221 etc etc etc...
explanation please
Ha!
First line has one one, so the second line becomes 11
Second line now has two ones i.e. 21 (the third line)
Forth line therefore = one two and one one or 1211
Fifth = one one, one two and two ones or 111221
Sixth therefore = three ones, two twos and one one or 312211
next would be 13112221 etc etc etc...
Wibble
12-03-2002, 03:04 PM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
Number of letters in the word "four"
Correct
Number of letters in the word "four"
Correct
khankell
12-03-2002, 03:06 PM
Read the numbers out loud to yourself and keep track of both what they are and how many there are.
1 = one one = 11
11 = two one = 21
21 = one two, one one = 1211
1211 = one one, one two, two one = 111221
And so on...
1 = one one = 11
11 = two one = 21
21 = one two, one one = 1211
1211 = one one, one two, two one = 111221
And so on...
Penrich
12-03-2002, 03:13 PM
Another one...
I am two-thirds of one hundred and three-fourths of one-thousand. What am I?
I am two-thirds of one hundred and three-fourths of one-thousand. What am I?
khankell
12-03-2002, 03:14 PM
The number zero
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 03:26 PM
A man receives a severed human arm in the post. He calmly wraps it back up and posts to another man who opens the package looks at it and disposes of it.
What prompted this chain of events?
What prompted this chain of events?
yolkmeister
12-03-2002, 03:41 PM
I am two-thirds of one hundred and three-fourths of one-thousand. What am I?
That would be the number "0".
Doh! Missed the answer above. Foiled again!
Greg
That would be the number "0".
Doh! Missed the answer above. Foiled again!
Greg
Penrich
12-03-2002, 05:05 PM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
A man receives a severed human arm in the post. He calmly wraps it back up and posts to another man who opens the package looks at it and disposes of it.
What prompted this chain of events?
OK - I give up on this one. Even tried to look on www.google.com/riddles and couldn't find it. I know I've heard it before though...
A man receives a severed human arm in the post. He calmly wraps it back up and posts to another man who opens the package looks at it and disposes of it.
What prompted this chain of events?
OK - I give up on this one. Even tried to look on www.google.com/riddles and couldn't find it. I know I've heard it before though...
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 05:12 PM
Shipwreck
Penrich
12-03-2002, 05:49 PM
Hmmm - still pondering that one - is the arm wooden?
In the meanwhile, heres another "riddle" - what is wrong with the statistics on this page (http://www.av1611.org/rockdead.html)
In the meanwhile, heres another "riddle" - what is wrong with the statistics on this page (http://www.av1611.org/rockdead.html)
khankell
12-03-2002, 05:53 PM
I think this is just proof that God loves Rock and Roll. Why else would he take all of these rockers in their prime? Take them while they can still play. I mean, He'd have the Stones by now if they weren't immortal.
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 05:53 PM
Hey, that's my old LNO profile homepage. I think it's kinda funny so it wouldn't be fair if I told.
ps no the arm isn't wooden.
edit: LNO profile
ps no the arm isn't wooden.
edit: LNO profile
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 05:54 PM
The first man who received the package only had one arm.
timmah
12-03-2002, 06:18 PM
Heh!
The three men had been stranded on a desert island. Desperate for
food, they had agreed to amputate their left arms in order to eat
them. They swore an oath that each would have his left arm cut off.
One of them was a doctor and he cut the arms off his two companions.
They were then rescued. But his oath was still binding so he later
had to have his arm amputated and sent to his colleagues.
The three men had been stranded on a desert island. Desperate for
food, they had agreed to amputate their left arms in order to eat
them. They swore an oath that each would have his left arm cut off.
One of them was a doctor and he cut the arms off his two companions.
They were then rescued. But his oath was still binding so he later
had to have his arm amputated and sent to his colleagues.
timmah
12-03-2002, 06:19 PM
A man pushed his car. He stopped when he reached a hotel at which point he knew he was bankrupt. Why?
khankell
12-03-2002, 06:29 PM
He was playing Monopoly, and when he landed on the property, it had a hotel and cleaned him out
BTW, the car started more than a few fights in my house when Monopoly time came around.
BTW, the car started more than a few fights in my house when Monopoly time came around.
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 06:35 PM
The battleship every time.
An Old One:
I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
An Old One:
I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
Penrich
12-03-2002, 07:06 PM
Originally posted by timmah
Heh!
The three men had been stranded on a desert island. Desperate for
food, they had agreed to amputate their left arms in order to eat
them. They swore an oath that each would have his left arm cut off.
One of them was a doctor and he cut the arms off his two companions.
They were then rescued. But his oath was still binding so he later
had to have his arm amputated and sent to his colleagues.
Damn - I knew I had heard it before... :mad:
Heh!
The three men had been stranded on a desert island. Desperate for
food, they had agreed to amputate their left arms in order to eat
them. They swore an oath that each would have his left arm cut off.
One of them was a doctor and he cut the arms off his two companions.
They were then rescued. But his oath was still binding so he later
had to have his arm amputated and sent to his colleagues.
Damn - I knew I had heard it before... :mad:
Penrich
12-03-2002, 07:11 PM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
The battleship every time.
An Old One:
I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow, you're always a day away....
The battleship every time.
An Old One:
I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow, you're always a day away....
Penrich
12-03-2002, 07:39 PM
You die and the devil says he'll let you go to heaven if you beat him in a game. The devil sits you down at a round table. He gives you both a huge pile of quarters. He says "OK, we'll take turns putting quarters down, no overlapping allowed, and the face of quarters must rest on the table surface. The first guy who can't put a quarter down loses." Then the devil says he wants to go first. Being the smart guy you are, you realize that if the devil goes first, he may automatically win. So you convince him to let you go first, which makes your day because you know you can't lose. What is your winning strategy?
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 08:04 PM
Turn the table on it's side and balance the first coin on the edge?
timbobagginsii
12-03-2002, 08:16 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
In the meanwhile, heres another "riddle" - what is wrong with the statistics on this page (http://www.av1611.org/rockdead.html)
Okay, for starters:
Most rock stars wouldn't have had time yet to die of natural old age (since rock and roll began in the mid fifties and most of the stars would have been in their mid twenties at the oldest => average age now aprox. 75yrs - which is just approaching the average age at death quoted on the site.)
In the meanwhile, heres another "riddle" - what is wrong with the statistics on this page (http://www.av1611.org/rockdead.html)
Okay, for starters:
Most rock stars wouldn't have had time yet to die of natural old age (since rock and roll began in the mid fifties and most of the stars would have been in their mid twenties at the oldest => average age now aprox. 75yrs - which is just approaching the average age at death quoted on the site.)
Penrich
12-04-2002, 01:01 AM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
Turn the table on it's side and balance the first coin on the edge?
No - nothing that silly. The table stays table-like.
Turn the table on it's side and balance the first coin on the edge?
No - nothing that silly. The table stays table-like.
timbobagginsii
12-04-2002, 01:11 AM
Originally posted by Penrich
No - nothing that silly. The table stays table-like.
In that case, unless you can help me out I'll be very warm for the next couple of years.
No - nothing that silly. The table stays table-like.
In that case, unless you can help me out I'll be very warm for the next couple of years.
timbobagginsii
12-04-2002, 01:19 AM
Not even a little teeny weeny clue?
Penrich
12-04-2002, 01:25 AM
I do hope worrying about this hasn't kept you up al lnight - its 5 am in the UK now, isn't it?
Place your first quarter (it could of course be any round coin - I have become way to USA-centric in the last ten years) in the exact center of the table (which is round, remember).
The devil will then place his coin somewhere on the table, touching yours. Place your next coin EXACTLY opposite his (is "diametrically opposed" a better phrase?). Continue to place your coins opposite his throughtout the game. Since the table is perfectly symmetrical, wherever he has room to place a coin, you will too.
OK - you can go to bed now. :)
Place your first quarter (it could of course be any round coin - I have become way to USA-centric in the last ten years) in the exact center of the table (which is round, remember).
The devil will then place his coin somewhere on the table, touching yours. Place your next coin EXACTLY opposite his (is "diametrically opposed" a better phrase?). Continue to place your coins opposite his throughtout the game. Since the table is perfectly symmetrical, wherever he has room to place a coin, you will too.
OK - you can go to bed now. :)
timbobagginsii
12-04-2002, 01:31 AM
5.30am, "getting up" in two hours.
Did you get that riddle from this site:
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/riddles/medium.shtml
?
It wasn't the riddle that kept me awake, I came back to that when I finished the book I was reading.
Did you get that riddle from this site:
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/riddles/medium.shtml
?
It wasn't the riddle that kept me awake, I came back to that when I finished the book I was reading.
Penrich
12-04-2002, 02:00 AM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
5.30am, "getting up" in two hours.
Did you get that riddle from this site:
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/riddles/medium.shtml
?
It wasn't the riddle that kept me awake, I came back to that when I finished the book I was reading.
No - my source is another riddle...
5.30am, "getting up" in two hours.
Did you get that riddle from this site:
http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/riddles/medium.shtml
?
It wasn't the riddle that kept me awake, I came back to that when I finished the book I was reading.
No - my source is another riddle...
Penrich
12-04-2002, 02:01 AM
Actually, most of the ones here I've heard before or figured out myself (the number one - that was nasty). I used to have these riddle competitions with a couple of people at work many years ago. We would come in in the morning and set one that sometimes kept the others at it all day. Before the internet, of course! Its much more fun to have someone constantly come up to you and ask for another clue... :D Seems like I've forgotten most of the good ones though so I had to resort to searching the web for new ones :( I found that last one at http://www.techinterview.org Lots of good riddles there (and their answers!), so I guess this game is pretty much over now...
OK - well its nearly midnight here, so I gotta go to bed now.
OK - well its nearly midnight here, so I gotta go to bed now.
timmah
12-04-2002, 02:05 AM
An oldie but a goodie...My fiance is still racking her brain over this one...;)
The music stopped. She died
plus, I need to get to 25 posts...:)
The music stopped. She died
plus, I need to get to 25 posts...:)
Penrich
12-04-2002, 02:21 AM
Originally posted by timmah
An oldie but a goodie...My fiance is still racking her brain over this one...;)
The music stopped. She died
plus, I need to get to 25 posts...:)
Ahh - I hadn't found that site before... The internet really makes it too easy when you want to cheat :D
An oldie but a goodie...My fiance is still racking her brain over this one...;)
The music stopped. She died
plus, I need to get to 25 posts...:)
Ahh - I hadn't found that site before... The internet really makes it too easy when you want to cheat :D
timmah
12-04-2002, 02:39 AM
Originally posted by Penrich
Ahh - I hadn't found that site before... The internet really makes it too easy when you want to cheat :D
Yeah it does...And google being as good as it is with text searches...*shakes head*...Though a person could just change the wording and throw everyone off...;)
Google is how I found the "arm in the post" riddle a couple back...Did a search for (riddle "human arm") and sifted through the results...*shrug*
Ahh - I hadn't found that site before... The internet really makes it too easy when you want to cheat :D
Yeah it does...And google being as good as it is with text searches...*shakes head*...Though a person could just change the wording and throw everyone off...;)
Google is how I found the "arm in the post" riddle a couple back...Did a search for (riddle "human arm") and sifted through the results...*shrug*
timmah
12-05-2002, 03:23 PM
Okay, I need help with this one...Been trying to figure it out for at least a month and haven't seen it anywhere on the net...
Here's the riddle:
A bell rings. A man cries. A bell rings. A man dies........
Any help would be greatly appreciated....
Here's the riddle:
A bell rings. A man cries. A bell rings. A man dies........
Any help would be greatly appreciated....
Strogian
12-05-2002, 04:41 PM
Originally posted by timmah
Okay, I need help with this one...Been trying to figure it out for at least a month and haven't seen it anywhere on the net...
Here's the riddle:
A bell rings. A man cries. A bell rings. A man dies........
Any help would be greatly appreciated....
How can you possibly figure this kind of stuff out? Unless you've heard it already, you could come up with plenty of "solutions" to this...
Okay, I need help with this one...Been trying to figure it out for at least a month and haven't seen it anywhere on the net...
Here's the riddle:
A bell rings. A man cries. A bell rings. A man dies........
Any help would be greatly appreciated....
How can you possibly figure this kind of stuff out? Unless you've heard it already, you could come up with plenty of "solutions" to this...
timmah
12-05-2002, 04:47 PM
Originally posted by Strogian
How can you possibly figure this kind of stuff out? Unless you've heard it already, you could come up with plenty of "solutions" to this...
Exactly...I hadn't heard it before, but I was hoping that someone else had...I've tried everything that I can think of, just hoping that someone else had a source or whatever...
How can you possibly figure this kind of stuff out? Unless you've heard it already, you could come up with plenty of "solutions" to this...
Exactly...I hadn't heard it before, but I was hoping that someone else had...I've tried everything that I can think of, just hoping that someone else had a source or whatever...
Strogian
12-05-2002, 04:51 PM
Originally posted by timmah
Exactly...I hadn't heard it before, but I was hoping that someone else had...I've tried everything that I can think of, just hoping that someone else had a source or whatever...
Actually, now that I think about it, that riddle does sound familiar somehow... :)
EDIT: Yeah, I just did some research on this, and I know the answer: ask the person who told you. :) You're supposed to get extra clues from him -- he can say the answer is whatever he wants, but you're supposed to ask yes/no questions about it.
Exactly...I hadn't heard it before, but I was hoping that someone else had...I've tried everything that I can think of, just hoping that someone else had a source or whatever...
Actually, now that I think about it, that riddle does sound familiar somehow... :)
EDIT: Yeah, I just did some research on this, and I know the answer: ask the person who told you. :) You're supposed to get extra clues from him -- he can say the answer is whatever he wants, but you're supposed to ask yes/no questions about it.
timmah
12-05-2002, 05:29 PM
Originally posted by Strogian
Actually, now that I think about it, that riddle does sound familiar somehow... :)
EDIT: Yeah, I just did some research on this, and I know the answer: ask the person who told you. :) You're supposed to get extra clues from him -- he can say the answer is whatever he wants, but you're supposed to ask yes/no questions about it.
Well, since you know the answer and the guy who told me is in California (I'm in wisconsin), I'll ask you the questions....
Is there a rope involved?
Is the man a boxer?
Are there other sounds in the environment that aren't listed in the riddle?
Actually, now that I think about it, that riddle does sound familiar somehow... :)
EDIT: Yeah, I just did some research on this, and I know the answer: ask the person who told you. :) You're supposed to get extra clues from him -- he can say the answer is whatever he wants, but you're supposed to ask yes/no questions about it.
Well, since you know the answer and the guy who told me is in California (I'm in wisconsin), I'll ask you the questions....
Is there a rope involved?
Is the man a boxer?
Are there other sounds in the environment that aren't listed in the riddle?
Strogian
12-05-2002, 06:37 PM
Hehe.. you misunderstood. I meant that answer was to ask the guy you got the riddle from. :)
But if you want me to form my own answer for ya (which may or may not be the "real" answer):
Is there a rope involved?
No.
Is the man a boxer?
No.
Are there other sounds in the environment that aren't listed in the riddle?
Of course! (thinking he's in outer space, or what? :))
But if you want me to form my own answer for ya (which may or may not be the "real" answer):
Is there a rope involved?
No.
Is the man a boxer?
No.
Are there other sounds in the environment that aren't listed in the riddle?
Of course! (thinking he's in outer space, or what? :))
timmah
12-05-2002, 07:47 PM
Ahhhh, I get it now...After reading so many help files lately, I've learned to skim pretty well...Skimmed your response, got what I thought was accurate info, and now have found out it wasn't...
Maybe this explains why I can't figure out how to configure Apache 2.0 on RH 8...:)
Maybe this explains why I can't figure out how to configure Apache 2.0 on RH 8...:)
timbobagginsii
12-05-2002, 08:44 PM
The guy's being shot at dawn?
timbobagginsii
12-05-2002, 08:56 PM
Or there's a man stood on an old railroad track. The driver rings the bell to warn the man on the track; he cries out to warn him; he rings the bell again; the deaf man is hit by the train and dies?
timbobagginsii
02-04-2003, 03:02 AM
Here's an easy one.
How can 7+8=3?
How can 7+8=3?
Okie
02-04-2003, 08:23 AM
i used to keep my personal box locked down pretty tight in the past, but it seemed like updated packages would break a couple of applications i really like so anymore i do not update this box , i am not worried about any hackers, what are they going to do, (steal my MP3s, and family photos- HAHAHA, besides there is no critical info to be found on this machine, (no credit card #s, nothing like that, this computer is just used for surfing the WWW, email and a few simple games, a little word processing, and photo editing:cool:
bwkaz
02-04-2003, 11:41 AM
Okie, is this the thread you thought you were replying to? ;)
Anyway, 7+8=3 in Z/12Z (Z mod 12Z, which is the group of congruence classes modulo 12, which is just a long way of saying "integers mod 12").
Anyway, 7+8=3 in Z/12Z (Z mod 12Z, which is the group of congruence classes modulo 12, which is just a long way of saying "integers mod 12").
timbobagginsii
02-04-2003, 12:40 PM
Very possibly correct Bwkaz, but it's not the answer I was looking for. Your answer is much too complicated.
Strogian
02-04-2003, 05:23 PM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
Here's an easy one.
How can 7+8=3?
Well, if by 7, you mean 10, and by 8, you mean 7, and the + actually means *, and the = means !=, and the 3 actually means 5, the statement would be true. Other than that though, I'm stumped. :D
Here's an easy one.
How can 7+8=3?
Well, if by 7, you mean 10, and by 8, you mean 7, and the + actually means *, and the = means !=, and the 3 actually means 5, the statement would be true. Other than that though, I'm stumped. :D
timbobagginsii
02-04-2003, 06:39 PM
hint:Chronos
Penrich
02-04-2003, 07:29 PM
Originally posted by timbobagginsii
hint:Chronos Well that doe smake it easy. 7 pm plus 8 hours = 3 am
hint:Chronos Well that doe smake it easy. 7 pm plus 8 hours = 3 am
timbobagginsii
02-04-2003, 08:05 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
Well that doe smake it easy. 7 pm plus 8 hours = 3 am
Give that man a tube of Smarties!
I couldn't think of a better clue, but some folks might not be up on their ancient religions.
Well that doe smake it easy. 7 pm plus 8 hours = 3 am
Give that man a tube of Smarties!
I couldn't think of a better clue, but some folks might not be up on their ancient religions.
crokett
02-05-2003, 11:18 AM
When is this true? Or, what would I be doing to make it true?
The question is slightly modified. The real riddle is too easy.
130=90
The question is slightly modified. The real riddle is too easy.
130=90
Tiomera
02-05-2003, 11:44 AM
Both answers to the riddle are correct and are acctually the same :)
The US time division (in 2 parts of 12 hours) is a group with congruence 12, like bkwaz stated. So his answer isnt more complicated, it was just stated in mathematical terms.
for instance, 13 is equivalent to 1 and 15 to 3, therefore 7+8=3 or 15 or 27 :)
The US time division (in 2 parts of 12 hours) is a group with congruence 12, like bkwaz stated. So his answer isnt more complicated, it was just stated in mathematical terms.
for instance, 13 is equivalent to 1 and 15 to 3, therefore 7+8=3 or 15 or 27 :)
bwkaz
02-05-2003, 11:45 AM
Originally posted by Penrich
Well that doe smake it easy. 7 pm plus 8 hours = 3 am Heh. Yeah, that's mod 12 arithmetic. :D
If you turn 12:00 into 0, then the hours of a clock act exactly like the group of integers mod 12. ;)
<EDIT> D'oh! beaten! :D </EDIT>
As for 130=90... um... no idea. You could be subtracting 40, but I think that's too mundane of an answer, and I'm not thinking in the right direction.
Well that doe smake it easy. 7 pm plus 8 hours = 3 am Heh. Yeah, that's mod 12 arithmetic. :D
If you turn 12:00 into 0, then the hours of a clock act exactly like the group of integers mod 12. ;)
<EDIT> D'oh! beaten! :D </EDIT>
As for 130=90... um... no idea. You could be subtracting 40, but I think that's too mundane of an answer, and I'm not thinking in the right direction.
Penrich
02-05-2003, 11:47 AM
Originally posted by crokett
When is this true? Or, what would I be doing to make it true?
The question is slightly modified. The real riddle is too easy.
130=90 Well, my first thought was going to be kph to mph, but then I did the math, and 130 kph = 80 mph, so thats not right... hmmm not temperature, pressure or any other conversions of that sort I can think of right now...
When is this true? Or, what would I be doing to make it true?
The question is slightly modified. The real riddle is too easy.
130=90 Well, my first thought was going to be kph to mph, but then I did the math, and 130 kph = 80 mph, so thats not right... hmmm not temperature, pressure or any other conversions of that sort I can think of right now...
Tiomera
02-05-2003, 11:50 AM
It is the same thing bkwaz, the congruence is 10, isnt it? so 130=90=0
crokett
02-05-2003, 12:16 PM
Originally posted by Tiomera
It is the same thing bkwaz, the congruence is 10, isnt it? so 130=90=0
Ummm.... no. After I nuke my lunch I'll give a hint.
It is the same thing bkwaz, the congruence is 10, isnt it? so 130=90=0
Ummm.... no. After I nuke my lunch I'll give a hint.
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 01:00 PM
Originally posted by Thorin
We hates it! Baggins took our precious! My preciousss!!
Oh, wrong riddles in the dark ;)
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/images/smilies/rofl.gif
We hates it! Baggins took our precious! My preciousss!!
Oh, wrong riddles in the dark ;)
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/images/smilies/rofl.gif
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 01:05 PM
Originally posted by crokett
When is this true? Or, what would I be doing to make it true?
The question is slightly modified. The real riddle is too easy.
130=90
Well, 130 could be decimal and 90 could be of base 14.4444444444_?
Or, perhaps you've done this.
0=0
130*0=0
90*0=0
130*0=90*0
(130*0)/0=(90*0)/0
130=90?
So this is true whenever we can divide by zero...
I dunno, where's that hint? :confused:
When is this true? Or, what would I be doing to make it true?
The question is slightly modified. The real riddle is too easy.
130=90
Well, 130 could be decimal and 90 could be of base 14.4444444444_?
Or, perhaps you've done this.
0=0
130*0=0
90*0=0
130*0=90*0
(130*0)/0=(90*0)/0
130=90?
So this is true whenever we can divide by zero...
I dunno, where's that hint? :confused:
Tiomera
02-05-2003, 01:08 PM
THorin thinks he is funny, so a riddle for him :mad: ahahahha
What is the average air velocity of a african swallon???
:D
and,
Who is greek, has a bitterly strange taste to pursue first year students and love dogs???
What is the average air velocity of a african swallon???
:D
and,
Who is greek, has a bitterly strange taste to pursue first year students and love dogs???
Tiomera
02-05-2003, 01:11 PM
Originally posted by dungscooperdave
Well, 130 could be decimal and 90 could be of base 14.4444444444_?
Or, perhaps you've done this.
0=0
130*0=0
90*0=0
130*0=90*0
(130*0)/0=(90*0)/0
130=90?
So this is true whenever we can divide by zero...
I dunno, where's that hint? :confused:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THOU SHALL NOT DEVIDE BY 0!!!!!NEVER! :mad:
else you prove that every number is equal to 0
Well, 130 could be decimal and 90 could be of base 14.4444444444_?
Or, perhaps you've done this.
0=0
130*0=0
90*0=0
130*0=90*0
(130*0)/0=(90*0)/0
130=90?
So this is true whenever we can divide by zero...
I dunno, where's that hint? :confused:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
THOU SHALL NOT DEVIDE BY 0!!!!!NEVER! :mad:
else you prove that every number is equal to 0
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 01:12 PM
Here's a question.
"Man does not live on Linux alone." How was this sentence originally said (the word "Linux" was a change from the original statement), and where did it originally come from?
"Man does not live on Linux alone." How was this sentence originally said (the word "Linux" was a change from the original statement), and where did it originally come from?
crokett
02-05-2003, 02:53 PM
Originally posted by dungscooperdave
I dunno, where's that hint? :confused:
Gotcha. Gave it to you already:
Originally posted by crokett
Ummm.... no. After I nuke my lunch I'll give a hint.
:)
Think about it.
I dunno, where's that hint? :confused:
Gotcha. Gave it to you already:
Originally posted by crokett
Ummm.... no. After I nuke my lunch I'll give a hint.
:)
Think about it.
Penrich
02-05-2003, 02:58 PM
Originally posted by crokett
Gotcha. Gave it to you already:
:)
Think about it.
Well thorium, used in nuclear power, is element 90, but I don't see 130 in there...
Gotcha. Gave it to you already:
:)
Think about it.
Well thorium, used in nuclear power, is element 90, but I don't see 130 in there...
Penrich
02-05-2003, 03:47 PM
Originally posted by dungscooperdave
Here's a question.
"Man does not live on Linux alone." How was this sentence originally said (the word "Linux" was a change from the original statement), and where did it originally come from?
Matthew 4:4. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Luke 4:4. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Here's a question.
"Man does not live on Linux alone." How was this sentence originally said (the word "Linux" was a change from the original statement), and where did it originally come from?
Matthew 4:4. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Luke 4:4. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 04:00 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
Matthew 4:4. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Luke 4:4. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Very good. You didn't think I wouldn't be able to get religion into this thread too, did you? ;)
It also appears earlier here too.
Deut. 8:3
So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
Matthew 4:4. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Luke 4:4. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Very good. You didn't think I wouldn't be able to get religion into this thread too, did you? ;)
It also appears earlier here too.
Deut. 8:3
So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 04:02 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
Well thorium, used in nuclear power, is element 90, but I don't see 130 in there...
Maybe $1.30 is how much he payed for lunch...sounds like an awefully cheap lunch, though....
Well thorium, used in nuclear power, is element 90, but I don't see 130 in there...
Maybe $1.30 is how much he payed for lunch...sounds like an awefully cheap lunch, though....
Penrich
02-05-2003, 04:13 PM
Originally posted by dungscooperdave
Very good. You didn't think I wouldn't be able to get religion into this thread too, did you? ;)
Will..............................not............. .........................rise..................... to.............................the................ .............bait................................. ........;)
Very good. You didn't think I wouldn't be able to get religion into this thread too, did you? ;)
Will..............................not............. .........................rise..................... to.............................the................ .............bait................................. ........;)
crokett
02-05-2003, 04:22 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
Well thorium, used in nuclear power, is element 90, but I don't see 130 in there...
Nope. How about the original puzzle. I've seen various versions but I thought they were all too easy myself:
What kind of machine am I using where I can enter both 130 and 90 on its keypad and consider both values to be equal?
Well thorium, used in nuclear power, is element 90, but I don't see 130 in there...
Nope. How about the original puzzle. I've seen various versions but I thought they were all too easy myself:
What kind of machine am I using where I can enter both 130 and 90 on its keypad and consider both values to be equal?
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 04:22 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
Will..............................not............. .........................rise..................... to.............................the................ .............bait................................. ........;)
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/images/smilies/rofl.gif
Will..............................not............. .........................rise..................... to.............................the................ .............bait................................. ........;)
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/images/smilies/rofl.gif
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 04:25 PM
Originally posted by crokett
Nope. How about the original puzzle. I've seen various versions but I thought they were all too easy myself:
What kind of machine am I using where I can enter both 130 and 90 on its keypad and consider both values to be equal?
a microwave :D
Nope. How about the original puzzle. I've seen various versions but I thought they were all too easy myself:
What kind of machine am I using where I can enter both 130 and 90 on its keypad and consider both values to be equal?
a microwave :D
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 04:26 PM
Do I win a new microwave? Mine is quite old... I think I have a picture of it somewhere....
skidhmor
02-05-2003, 04:26 PM
1:30 equals 90 seconds
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 04:32 PM
I'll sell it to someone...
crokett
02-05-2003, 05:41 PM
Dave,
You are correct. As I said, the original version is easy.
sorry. No you do not.
You are correct. As I said, the original version is easy.
sorry. No you do not.
dungscooperdave
02-05-2003, 06:10 PM
:(
Any
02-05-2003, 06:15 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
Will..............................not............. .........................rise..................... to.............................the................ .............bait................................. ........;)
must.........................................not.. ........................................break..... .........................the...................... ......forums...................................... ..by........................................not... .................................................. ..pressing........................................ .......return
;)
(sorry, its something i really dislike)
Will..............................not............. .........................rise..................... to.............................the................ .............bait................................. ........;)
must.........................................not.. ........................................break..... .........................the...................... ......forums...................................... ..by........................................not... .................................................. ..pressing........................................ .......return
;)
(sorry, its something i really dislike)
Gantrep
02-05-2003, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by Penrich
You die and the devil says he'll let you go to heaven if you beat him in a game. The devil sits you down at a round table. He gives you both a huge pile of quarters. He says "OK, we'll take turns putting quarters down, no overlapping allowed, and the face of quarters must rest on the table surface. The first guy who can't put a quarter down loses." Then the devil says he wants to go first. Being the smart guy you are, you realize that if the devil goes first, he may automatically win. So you convince him to let you go first, which makes your day because you know you can't lose. What is your winning strategy?
First thing I thought of for this one was don't put a quarter down. If you go first, and the rules are that you take turns, then there arises a situation where you can put a quarter down, but the devil can't. The devil is therefore the first guy who can't put a quarter down.
You die and the devil says he'll let you go to heaven if you beat him in a game. The devil sits you down at a round table. He gives you both a huge pile of quarters. He says "OK, we'll take turns putting quarters down, no overlapping allowed, and the face of quarters must rest on the table surface. The first guy who can't put a quarter down loses." Then the devil says he wants to go first. Being the smart guy you are, you realize that if the devil goes first, he may automatically win. So you convince him to let you go first, which makes your day because you know you can't lose. What is your winning strategy?
First thing I thought of for this one was don't put a quarter down. If you go first, and the rules are that you take turns, then there arises a situation where you can put a quarter down, but the devil can't. The devil is therefore the first guy who can't put a quarter down.
Thorin
02-05-2003, 11:12 PM
What is the average air velocity of a african swallon???
European or African??
:D
Who is greek, has a bitterly strange taste to pursue first year students and love dogs???
Pythagoras? (first greek name I could think of)
European or African??
:D
Who is greek, has a bitterly strange taste to pursue first year students and love dogs???
Pythagoras? (first greek name I could think of)
Tiomera
02-05-2003, 11:14 PM
Originally posted by Thorin
European or African??
:D
Pythagoras? (first greek name I could think of)
African, cant you read?? or cant you reach it and read it???
Is Pythagoras my professor?? ahahhahaha:confused:
European or African??
:D
Pythagoras? (first greek name I could think of)
African, cant you read?? or cant you reach it and read it???
Is Pythagoras my professor?? ahahhahaha:confused:
Thorin
02-05-2003, 11:19 PM
TITIO RIGAS!
O, Rigas!
O, Rigas!
Tiomera
02-06-2003, 08:15 AM
Originally posted by Thorin
TITIO RIGAS!
Where did you get the quote from?? LOL
TITIO RIGAS!
Where did you get the quote from?? LOL
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