19-10-2002 11:21									#91
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quote: Originally posted by CapitanGarlic Easy one. A man was born before his father, he killed his mother, and he married his sister. Despite this, he was considered 'normal'. How?

He was from West Virginia?

	19-10-2002 11:24									#92
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give me a second....(I might not be right, btw)

	19-10-2002 11:32									#93
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Don't play nationality...assume (big assumption, I know) that location makes no difference.

	19-10-2002 11:34									#94
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still working

	19-10-2002 11:50									#95
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Ozzy, I am not a math head so I just tried to think it through.

Momma monkey is 18 years old.
Monkey is 12 years old. This equals 30.
Monkey and weight are 18oz. (mother is 18 years)
Rope is 12' (age of monkey)

the weight of the weight and the weight of the rope=18oz. + (12ft x1/3lb)=18oz +4Lbs=18oz +64oz.=82 oz.

1\4 of that is 20.5oz
One half the weight of the monkey, plus the weight of the banana= 20.5oz
1/2 of 18 oz =9 oz

9oz +x=20.5oz
x=11.5oz

Banana = 2 oz per inch
11.5 divided by 2 = 5.75 inches

To prove this I went into kitchen, got a banana, and since I was sure the monkey was hungry, I took a couple of bites off. The remainder was 5.75 "

	19-10-2002 11:56									#96
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quote: Originally posted by CapitanGarlic Easy one. A man was born before his father, he killed his mother, and he married his sister. Despite this, he was considered 'normal'. How?

His "father" was not his biological father, but a step father. He was born earlier on the calender (say jan and step father was born in july). His mother died giving him birth. His step father had a daughter from a previous marriage and was therefore a step sister so when he married her it was normal.

	19-10-2002 12:02									#97
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No, yes, no.

	19-10-2002 12:14									#99
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The father witnessed the childbirth, which killed his mother.

He later became a minister and performed the marriage.

	19-10-2002 12:25									#101
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Ozzy, I make out the proof as:
18-36-12-24-6-3-9-9-3

But that part makes me dizzy.

	19-10-2002 12:35									#102
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Yup. Anunikoba got it.

	19-10-2002 12:36									#103
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Three cross-country travelers are getting weary, and decide to drive into a local Super-8 motel to rest. They read the sign out front that says, "Econo-rooms: $30 per night". They walk up to the front counter and ask for an econo-room, and give the manager $10 each. The manager calls over the bell-hop who escorts them to their room.

Afterwards, the bell-hop returns to the front counter and the manager states, "Oh dear! I forgot we are running a special today for those rooms. They are only $25 tonight. Return the $5 to our guests."

So the bell-hop takes the money and gets to the traveler's room, but decides to keep $2 of their money because they did not bother to tip him. He gives each traveler $1 back.

So each traveler only paid $9 for his share of the price. $9x3=$27 plus the $2 the bell-hop kept equals $29.

Where'd the other dollar go?





[Sorry for the lame teaser- its the only one I know. And no: Super-8s DON'T have bell-hops!]

	19-10-2002 12:41									#104
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The other dollar didn't go anywhere.

$25 remained with the owner.
$5 went back to the room, and was dispersed thusly:
$1 to Traveler 1
$1 to Traveler 2
$1 to Traveler 3
$2 to bellhop

25+1+1+1+2=30.

	19-10-2002 12:48									#105
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your turn David

	19-10-2002 12:51									#106
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Hmmm...actually I don't know any.

Someone else go.

	19-10-2002 12:56									#107
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The net price paid by each traveler was $9, after the bellhop returned $1 to each of them. So the room cost the them a total of $27. $25 went to the manager to pay for the room, and $2 went to the bellhop.

3 x $9 = $25 + 2$

	19-10-2002 13:08									#108
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AnnC, will you be a judge in the unique writing contest with Ming and Vel? Please?

	19-10-2002 13:49									#109
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heres one for the kids.

Along the trail you come to a fork in the road. A man is standing there. The road forks to two different cities. One fork is to the city of liars, and one is to the city of truth tellers.

The people from the city of the truth tellers tell the truth, the whole truth and nothng but the truth.

The people from the city of the liars tell lies, and only lies, even half truths are not good enough, for everything they say is not to be trusted.

The man is from one of the cities, but you don't know which. You want to get to the city of the truth tellers.
What do you ask the man at the crossroads?

	19-10-2002 13:53									#110
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Point to one of the forks in the road and ask, "is that the way to your city?"

If it's the road to the truth-teller's city, both the liar and the truth-teller will answer "yes". If it's the road to the liar's city, both will answer "no". So regardless of which one you're talking to, the answer will give you the information you want.

	19-10-2002 14:10									#111
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That gets you nowhere. If you ask the man, Is that the way to your city, (and you point to the liar city, even though you dont know this)and he says yes, how do you know whether he is a truth teller or liar.

Sorry, wrong question.

	19-10-2002 19:39									#112
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Well, the liar/honest one is an old classic. You ask him "If I asked a member of the city you don't live in if that was the road to the city of truth tellers, what would he say?" and then do the opposite.

A pumpkin, an eggplant, and a tomato are on a truck, what will fall on a sharp curve?

Wraith
"Anything can be done with the right amount of smoke and mirrors."
-- Emily Weems

	19-10-2002 20:36									#113
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Neither the truthful, nor the liar can answer yes in that situation, it would be against the rules. The truthful would be lying by saying he was from the liar city, he has to say no. The liar would be telling the truth if he said he was from the liar city, and so he has to say no.

AnnC had it right.

Isn't there usually a third party which can be either telling the truth or lying? In that case a more convoluted question like Wraith's is needed.

	19-10-2002 20:49									#114
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doh. Which way to your city. But pointing out a city works too. I stand corrected

	20-10-2002 03:55									#115
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The banana is supposedly 8 inches long. Don't ask me how to work it out though...

	20-10-2002 04:18									#116
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What is this poly fasination with bananas?

	20-10-2002 04:24									#117
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	20-10-2002 05:49									#118
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Someone once posted a poll with "banana" as one of the options. It caught on. So basically, it's an inside running gag.

Or at least I think that's the explanation I heard.

No one has the answer about which fruit will fall yet?

	20-10-2002 05:56									#119
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I am still calculating the wheelbase of the truck.

	20-10-2002 08:35									#120
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Who has the next one??