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artsfartsyjanet

08-19-2003, 12:14 PM

Rules: Count the number of letter "F's" in the following paragraph. Just do it, and don't cheat!

FINISHED FILES ARE THE
RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC
STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS

how many are there? Scroll down to find out...

One?

Two?

Or is it three?

The answer is....
............
.......

There are 6!
Reason: The brain cannot process the word "of" (so I've heard).

VV o n g B a

08-19-2003, 12:50 PM

i missed that one and i've even seen it before.

okay, here's a 20 questions brain teaser:

a man is found dead lying face down in the desert clutching a single straw tube.

ask yes/no questions to figure out the mystery of how he came to arrive at this location and how he died.

(dunno if this question asking format will work well, but here goes...)

Emperor_Mike

08-19-2003, 01:05 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VV o n g B a @ Aug 19 2003, 10:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i missed that one and i've even seen it before.

okay, here's a 20 questions brain teaser:

a man is found dead lying face down in the desert clutching a single straw tube.

ask yes/no questions to figure out the mystery of how he came to arrive at this location and how he died.

(dunno if this question asking format will work well, but here goes...) [/b][/quote]
Was he trying to obtain a drink of water from a mirage?

VV o n g B a

08-19-2003, 01:14 PM

^--- no.

mr. x

08-19-2003, 02:23 PM

it was george bush trying to siphon oil

nyuck nyuck

i duno

anyway here's my mindfucker:

-two sons and two fathers went fishing but only 3 people went, how is this possible?

-A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming toward him with its light off too but some how manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

-A father gathered his three sons together and told them that he was going to give them a test to see who would inherit everything when he died. The test was this:Each son would be given $10 to buy enough of something to fill up the whole room that they were standing in. So the first son buys $10 worth of feathers, comes back, and attempts to fill the room. But it doesn't work. So the second son buys $10 of rice, but like his other brother, it didn't work. Finally, the last and youngest of the three buys one small thing, and it fills the room. What did he buy? (I think this is originally an Indian or Pakistani story)

-There is a man that lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! WHY?

-A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early...Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (hint: he's not the killer, and yes the poison was in it while he drank)

-A man dies and sees St. Peter, who gives him a choice between going to heaven or hell. The man asks to see how the dinner is at each, so St. Peter shows him. The man sees that both dinners are the same. Both sit at round tables, and both use extremely long chop sticks. How is this. (This one's a modified version of Chinese story, and a lil hard to explain the solution without a diagram but u can still think about it)

-This riddle was summited to 100 seniors at Stanford and only 17% got it.
It was also summited to 100 kindergardners and 83% got it on the first try.

You figure it out. Here's the riddle...

Q: What is greater than God,
More Evil than the Devil,
The poor have it,
The rich need it,
And if you eat it, you'll die?

(a lot of you im sure have seen this, but dont reply i want others to figure it out)

-A man is convicted of theft. He is to speak before his sentencing. If he tells the truth, he will spend 15 years at hard labor. If he lies he will spend 15 years in solitary confinement.

What is the one thing he can say that will send him out a free man?

(i dont know the answer either cuz the site i got it from didnt post it)

ism

08-19-2003, 02:35 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (artsfartsyjanet @ Aug 19 2003, 02:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> There are 6!
Reason: The brain cannot process the word "of" (so I've heard). [/b][/quote]
I think it's because most people read the sentence as a bunch of words rather than their component letters. Since "of" is pronounced with more of a v sound, it doesn't get counted. I was looking carefully at the paragraph, not actually reading the words, but counting letters.

It's a problem I have with reading fingerspelling in sign language. I hear fluent signers interpret the string of signs as a word, whereas I as a beginner, string the letters together to form a word.

ism

08-19-2003, 02:41 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 04:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> -two sons and two fathers went fishing but only 3 people went, how is this possible?

-A father gathered his three sons together and told them that he was going to give them a test to see who would inherit everything when he died. What did he buy?

-A man dies and sees St. Peter, who gives him a choice between going to heaven or hell. [/b][/quote]
1. 3 generations of men; grandfather, father, and son.
2. I'm guessing something smelly like a skunk?
3. I'm assuming that in heaven people are cooperative and are willing to feed the person opposite them, whereas in hell no one does and thus go hungry.

still thinking about that elevator one.

537

08-19-2003, 03:04 PM

-A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming toward him with its light off too but some how manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

It was daylight.

VV o n g B a

08-19-2003, 03:26 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 03:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> it was george bush trying to siphon oil

-A father gathered his three sons together and told them that he was going to give them a test to see who would inherit everything when he died.

-There is a man that lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! WHY?

-A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early...Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (hint: he's not the killer, and yes the poison was in it while he drank)

[/b][/quote]
1. heh. no.

2. a candle

3. i know this one so i won't answer

4. the poison was in the ice and the ice hadn't melted yet.

a new one, a farmer has to cross a bridge with a chicken, a cat, and a dog. the bridge is only strong enuf to hold him and 1 animal. the cat will eat the chicken if left alone and the dog will kill the cat if left alone. in what order must the farmer cross with his animals?

Emperor_Mike

08-19-2003, 11:45 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 12:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> -There is a man that lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! WHY?

-A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early...Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (hint: he's not the killer, and yes the poison was in it while he drank)
[/b][/quote]

- The man was severely vertically challenged.

- The poison was in the ice cubes and since he left early, the cubes did not have enough time to melt, thereby releasing the deadly chemical(s) into his drink. I tried this once. Unfortunately, my friends are still around. <_< :P

purezero

08-20-2003, 05:02 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 01:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> -A man is convicted of theft. He is to speak before his sentencing. If he tells the truth, he will spend 15 years at hard labor. If he lies he will spend 15 years in solitary confinement.

What is the one thing he can say that will send him out a free man?[/b][/quote]
I know the answer! But should I share it? Should I?

Emperor_Mike

08-20-2003, 11:54 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (purezero @ Aug 20 2003, 03:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 01:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> -A man is convicted of theft. He is to speak before his sentencing. If he tells the truth, he will spend 15 years at hard labor. If he lies he will spend 15 years in solitary confinement.

What is the one thing he can say that will send him out a free man?[/b][/quote]
I know the answer! But should I share it? Should I? [/b][/quote]
Yes! It's a thread about brain teazers after all. :)

purezero

08-20-2003, 11:57 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Emperor_Mike @ Aug 20 2003, 10:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (purezero @ Aug 20 2003, 03:02 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 01:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> -A man is convicted of theft. He is to speak before his sentencing. If he tells the truth, he will spend 15 years at hard labor. If he lies he will spend 15 years in solitary confinement.

What is the one thing he can say that will send him out a free man?[/b][/quote]
I know the answer! But should I share it? Should I? [/b][/quote]
Yes! It's a thread about brain teazers after all. :) [/b][/quote]
But that means that you should figure it out for yourself! :lol:

I'll give you guys a hint then. It's a paradox.

I :luv: paradoxes.

kitty

08-20-2003, 12:01 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VV o n g B a @ Aug 19 2003, 09:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> a new one, a farmer has to cross a bridge with a chicken, a cat, and a dog. the bridge is only strong enuf to hold him and 1 animal. the cat will eat the chicken if left alone and the dog will kill the cat if left alone. in what order must the farmer cross with his animals? [/b][/quote]
1) Bring the cat across. Leaving dog and chicken.

2) Go back.

3) Bring the chicken across.

4) Bring cat back on return trip.

5) Leave cat. Bring dog.

6) Go back. Get cat.

purezero

08-20-2003, 12:05 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VV o n g B a @ Aug 19 2003, 11:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> a man is found dead lying face down in the desert clutching a single straw tube.

ask yes/no questions to figure out the mystery of how he came to arrive at this location and how he died. [/b][/quote]
I think I know the answer to this one. Does it have anything to do with a balloon? :D

VV o n g B a

08-20-2003, 12:39 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (purezero @ Aug 20 2003, 01:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VV o n g B a @ Aug 19 2003, 11:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> a man is found dead lying face down in the desert clutching a single straw tube.

ask yes/no questions to figure out the mystery of how he came to arrive at this location and how he died. [/b][/quote]
I think I know the answer to this one. Does it have anything to do with a balloon? :D [/b][/quote]
yup.

*edited to please pz*

purezero

08-20-2003, 12:44 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VV o n g B a @ Aug 20 2003, 11:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (purezero @ Aug 20 2003, 01:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VV o n g B a @ Aug 19 2003, 11:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> a man is found dead lying face down in the desert clutching a single straw tube.

ask yes/no questions to figure out the mystery of how he came to arrive at this location and how he died. [/b][/quote]
I think I know the answer to this one. Does it have anything to do with a balloon? :D [/b][/quote]
yup. 2 guys were in a ballon and got blown off course into the desert. as the balloon started sinking from their combined weight, they agree to draw straws to see who would jump from the balloon so that at least one may live. [/b][/quote]
DUDE! You just answered your own teaser! No one else had it figured out yet!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! :ph34r:

purezero

08-20-2003, 03:22 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (VV o n g B a @ Aug 20 2003, 11:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> *edited to please pz* [/b][/quote]
YAY! :D

And one for you:
There are two doors, one to Heaven, one to Hell. In front of each door is a parrot, one that lies and one that tells the truth. You don't know where either doors lead. You can only ask ONE question to ONE and only ONE parrot. What do you ask to find your way to heaven?

537

08-20-2003, 03:35 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (purezero @ Aug 20 2003, 01:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> YAY! :D

And one for you:
There are two doors, one to Heaven, one to Hell. In front of each door is a parrot, one that lies and one that tells the truth. You don't know where either doors lead. You can only ask ONE question to ONE and only ONE parrot. What do you ask to find your way to heaven? [/b][/quote]
Ask one of the parrots, "Which door would the other parrot lead me to if I wanted heaven's door?"

Then choose the opposite door to go to Heaven.

purezero

08-20-2003, 11:44 PM

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all-- and, in fact, nothing is. But it is a bit odd. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows?

mr. x

08-21-2003, 12:06 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 12:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
-two sons and two fathers went fishing but only 3 people went, how is this possible?

-A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming toward him with its light off too but some how manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

-A father gathered his three sons together and told them that he was going to give them a test to see who would inherit everything when he died. The test was this:Each son would be given $10 to buy enough of something to fill up the whole room that they were standing in. So the first son buys $10 worth of feathers, comes back, and attempts to fill the room. But it doesn't work. So the second son buys $10 of rice, but like his other brother, it didn't work. Finally, the last and youngest of the three buys one small thing, and it fills the room. What did he buy? (I think this is originally an Indian or Pakistani story)

-There is a man that lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! WHY?

-A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early...Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (hint: he's not the killer, and yes the poison was in it while he drank)

-A man dies and sees St. Peter, who gives him a choice between going to heaven or hell. The man asks to see how the dinner is at each, so St. Peter shows him. The man sees that both dinners are the same. Both sit at round tables, and both use extremely long chop sticks. How is this. (This one's a modified version of Chinese story, and a lil hard to explain the solution without a diagram but u can still think about it)

-This riddle was summited to 100 seniors at Stanford and only 17% got it.
It was also summited to 100 kindergardners and 83% got it on the first try.

You figure it out. Here's the riddle...

Q: What is greater than God,
More Evil than the Devil,
The poor have it,
The rich need it,
And if you eat it, you'll die?

(a lot of you im sure have seen this, but dont reply i want others to figure it out)

-A man is convicted of theft. He is to speak before his sentencing. If he tells the truth, he will spend 15 years at hard labor. If he lies he will spend 15 years in solitary confinement.

What is the one thing he can say that will send him out a free man?

(i dont know the answer either cuz the site i got it from didnt post it) [/b][/quote]
i think i gave u folks enough time (look away if your still thinking):

1. yes ism, three generations (so simple no?)

2. daylight, once again correct (i forget who)

3. candle (someone said this)

4. the man is a midget and cant reach the top buttons (to be honest i duno what the rain has to do with it)

5. yes the ice answer is correct

6. yup, they fed each other in heaven while in hell they were too selfish

7. the answer is....nothing (its that simple)

8. to the person who knows this plz tell me id like to know

Emperor_Mike

08-21-2003, 12:09 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (purezero @ Aug 20 2003, 09:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is wrong with it at all-- and, in fact, nothing is. But it is a bit odd. Why? If you study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without any coaching. No doubt, if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. Who knows? [/b][/quote]
That's simple. The entire paragraph has been structured in such a way that there is a complete absence of the most common alphabet in the English language: The letter "E."

purezero

08-21-2003, 12:33 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Emperor_Mike @ Aug 20 2003, 11:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> That's simple. The entire paragraph has been structured in such a way that there is a complete absence of the most common alphabet in the English language: The letter "E." [/b][/quote]
I thought it was simple, too. But it tickled my fancy, so I posted it here. :)

Emperor_Mike

08-21-2003, 12:33 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (purezero @ Aug 20 2003, 10:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I thought it was simple, too. But it tickled my fancy, so I posted it here. :) [/b][/quote]
It's just ducky.

ism

08-21-2003, 12:38 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Emperor_Mike @ Aug 21 2003, 02:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>That's simple. The entire paragraph has been structured in such a way that there is a complete absence of the most common alphabet in the English language: The letter "E."[/b][/quote]
The book Gadsby (http://gadsby.hypermart.net/), by Ernest Vincent Wright, written in 1939, is over 50,000 words long and contains no e's.

kitty

08-21-2003, 02:11 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ism @ Aug 21 2003, 06:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> The book Gadsby (http://gadsby.hypermart.net/), by Ernest Vincent Wright, written in 1939, is over 50,000 words long and contains no e's. [/b][/quote]
why? why would you write a book without e's? seems so pointless.

Chester

08-21-2003, 02:17 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kittygirl @ Aug 21 2003, 01:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> why? why would you write a book without e's? [/b][/quote]
To gt as much milag as possibl from on's thsaurus.

mr. x

08-21-2003, 12:20 PM

will someone plz tell me what that guy can say to get off from the theft thing?

mr. x

08-21-2003, 12:21 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 21 2003, 10:20 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> will someone plz tell me what that guy can say to get off from the theft thing? [/b][/quote]
oh whoops sorry pure u pm'd me

nm anyway, i thought it was what he could say to prove he was innocent

artsfartsyjanet

08-22-2003, 09:02 AM

ok here's another brain teezer...

There's a wolf, a chicken, and a stack of hay. Something like that. Anyway, the wolf eats the chicken, and the chicken eats the hay (tangent: although I think only horses or cows eat hay). Anyway, the farmer's trying to bring all three of them across the river, but she can only bring them one at a time. How does she get all of them safely across the river?

ism

08-22-2003, 11:42 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kittygirl @ Aug 21 2003, 04:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> why? why would you write a book without e's? seems so pointless. [/b][/quote]
To play with the language, as an exercise of art and proving that expression is not neccessarily limited by the constraints provided... and even if the book sucks, it'll be famous.

I'd like to see someone write a book without the letter "s" though.

bigwong235

08-22-2003, 04:17 PM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 12:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> -A man is convicted of theft. He is to speak before his sentencing. If he tells the truth, he will spend 15 years at hard labor. If he lies he will spend 15 years in solitary confinement.

What is the one thing he can say that will send him out a free man? [/b][/quote]
put me in solitary, whores!

mr. x

08-22-2003, 11:19 PM

also for the trial one, the guy could simply say "i did it" and they couldnt lock him up cuz he told the truth

it has nothing to do with guilt and thats the thing

purezero

08-23-2003, 12:19 AM

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 22 2003, 10:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> also for the trial one, the guy could simply say "i did it" and they couldnt lock him up cuz he told the truth

it has nothing to do with guilt and thats the thing [/b][/quote]
I'm not sure about that. They didn't say anything about being guilty, but as you said, saying "I did it" means he told the truth and he would have 15 years hard labor. He's trying to get out of both situations.

There's a better version of this riddle. It makes much more sense. Well, as much sense as a paradox can be.

Chinese Tourist

08-23-2003, 10:19 PM

-=Answers after a quick glance=-

-two sons and two fathers went fishing but only 3 people went, how is this possible?

[[ grandfather, father, and son w/o a child ]]

-A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, jumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming toward him with its light off too but some how manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

[[ daytime ]]

-A father gathered his three sons together and told them that he was going to give them a test to see who would inherit everything when he died. The test was this:Each son would be given $10 to buy enough of something to fill up the whole room that they were standing in. So the first son buys $10 worth of feathers, comes back, and attempts to fill the room. But it doesn't work. So the second son buys $10 of rice, but like his other brother, it didn't work. Finally, the last and youngest of the three buys one small thing, and it fills the room. What did he buy? (I think this is originally an Indian or Pakistani story)

[[ some helium or other gas, easily obtained from balloon ]]

-A man is convicted of theft. He is to speak before his sentencing. If he tells the truth, he will spend 15 years at hard labor. If he lies he will spend 15 years in solitary confinement.

What is the one thing he can say that will send him out a free man?
[[ He says, "This sentence is not true." ]]

>>>><<<<<
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mr. x @ Aug 19 2003, 03:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> -There is a man that lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! WHY?

-A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early...Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (hint: he's not the killer, and yes the poison was in it while he drank)

-A man dies and sees St. Peter, who gives him a choice between going to heaven or hell. The man asks to see how the dinner is at each, so St. Peter shows him. The man sees that both dinners are the same. Both sit at round tables, and both use extremely long chop sticks. How is this. (This one's a modified version of Chinese story, and a lil hard to explain the solution without a diagram but u can still think about it)

-This riddle was summited to 100 seniors at Stanford and only 17% got it.
It was also summited to 100 kindergardners and 83% got it on the first try.

You figure it out. Here's the riddle...

Q: What is greater than God,
More Evil than the Devil,
The poor have it,
The rich need it,
And if you eat it, you'll die?

(a lot of you im sure have seen this, but dont reply i want others to figure it out)

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As for the quoted questions, a collective [[ w t f ? ]]

I can't even understand the Chinese one. The party I can imagine a whole slew of scenarios but none are probable "answers"

Emperor_Mike

08-23-2003, 10:21 PM

My first is in kingdom
but not in state

My second is in eminent
but not in great

My third is in gristle
but not in bone

My fourth is in granite
but not in stone
    
My fifth is in house
and also in home
    
To which I return
wherever I roam
    
To complete the whole
My last is in spite
    
And I'm always the first one
Into a fight.

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Play around and have fun. Post the answer if you have the solution.

mr. x

08-25-2003, 09:04 PM