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    Re: Riddles

    not one of mine but ive been working hard all morning

    Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, "Well, yesterday was one of my lying days." Alice can't figure it out just from the lion's answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, "Yesterday was also one of my lying days." What day is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jhutch View Post
    Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, "Well, yesterday was one of my lying days." Alice can't figure it out just from the lion's answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, "Yesterday was also one of my lying days." What day is it?
    I think it's Thursday. The Lion or Unicorn can only say "Yesterday was one of my lying days" if either "yesterday was a lying day and today isn't" or "yesterday wasn't a lying day and today is". So the Lion can only say it on Mondays and Thursdays and the unicorn on Thursdays and Sundays. Thursday is the only common day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jhutch View Post
    not one of mine but ive been working hard all morning

    Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, "Well, yesterday was one of my lying days." Alice can't figure it out just from the lion's answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, "Yesterday was also one of my lying days." What day is it?
    Well one of them must be telling the truth and one of them must be lying!

    the answer must be thursday....I think!

    If the day is thursday then the unicorn is lying because he doesn't lie on wed and the Lion is telling the truth! it doesn't work for anyother day!

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    yes, you are both right but david got there first so it is his turn to set the next one

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    I liked this one:
    An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant
    city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is
    slower will win. The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask
    a wise man for advise. After hearing the advice they jump on the
    camels and race as fast as they can to the city. What does the wise
    man say?

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    Swap camels? Then the 'winner' would get the fortune as his camel, who the other person is riding, would be the slower one?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jhutch View Post
    Swap camels? Then the 'winner' would get the fortune as his camel, who the other person is riding, would be the slower one?
    Very good!

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    Re: Riddles

    What is special about the number 854917632?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jhutch View Post
    What is special about the number 854917632?
    Errrr....I couldn't help noticing, but doesn't 854917632 contain the numbers one to nine, but in alphabetical order....?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulthetrainer View Post
    Errrr....I couldn't help noticing, but doesn't 854917632 contain the numbers one to nine, but in alphabetical order....?
    Correct Your turn

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post

    EDIT: Oops, there's me jumping ahead without waiting to see if we were right! Sorry Mrs. Warwick
    It's a good thing you did continue as this is the first time I have had a chance to get to the computer all day.

    Yes the answer is 7.

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    Re: Riddles

    Ok I have one for you!

    What goes in the water,
    Out of the water,
    But never touches the water??


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    Quote Originally Posted by CentrAlex View Post
    Ok I have one for you!

    What goes in the water,
    Out of the water,
    But never touches the water??

    That'd be a wave... of light. This is a physics pun isn't it?

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    Even if I didn't get Alex's right, I'd like to enter this one for the thinking caps.

    When you do not know what it is it is something; but when you know what it is, then it is nothing. What is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warwick View Post
    Even if I didn't get Alex's right, I'd like to enter this one for the thinking caps.

    When you do not know what it is it is something; but when you know what it is, then it is nothing. What is it?
    zero?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
    zero?
    Nope.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warwick View Post
    That'd be a wave... of light. This is a physics pun isn't it?
    Nope!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CentrAlex View Post
    Nope!
    erm a hovercraft?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Warwick View Post
    erm a hovercraft?
    Nope, a hovercraft touches the water and goes on it, not in it!

    Keep guessing!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CentrAlex View Post
    What goes in the water,
    Out of the water,
    But never touches the water??
    an ice-diver?


    Quote Originally Posted by Warwick View Post
    When you do not know what it is it is something; but when you know what it is, then it is nothing. What is it?
    death? or a riddle may be ?

    Here's another one that I haven't found yet (and I'm very annoyed with it cause I'm sure it's easy once you know )

    The more you look for me, the less you find me...

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