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23:03 Tue 19 Apr 11 (BST) [Link]
Hmmm, thought I had an answer and then I re-read the riddle and now I'm not so sure (I'd missed the missed the fact it says 'one more' and thought it said 'add a letter') ... ah well back to the drawing board
I thought it was 'missive' by the way to make the 10 letter word 'dismissive' by adding 'a letter' *slaps forehead*
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23:34 Tue 19 Apr 11 (BST) [Link]
A Russian genius originally from Baku walks into a pawn Shop. He needs something to play a game.
What does he need?
What does he need?
23:58 Tue 19 Apr 11 (BST) [Link]
Because it's a lower case p in pawn, I would of thought the shop sells pawns as in the chess pieces.
So he needs a pawn
So he needs a pawn
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00:04 Wed 20 Apr 11 (BST) [Link]
Correct
but can you name the genius?
pilbyjoel said:
Because it's a lower case p in pawn, I would of thought the shop sells pawns as in the chess pieces.
So he needs a pawn
So he needs a pawn
Correct
but can you name the genius?
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00:09 Wed 20 Apr 11 (BST) [Link]
Really? lol ... that makes me feel even more stupid for being so dismissive of my first thought
Sorry for the pun
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Lol ..took me so long to do that post it had already been answered and you had asked your second question ... damn phone calls
Edited at 21:12 Tue 19/04/11 (BST)
trev101 said:
Thats what it is buddy.. your right
Really? lol ... that makes me feel even more stupid for being so dismissive of my first thought
Sorry for the pun
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A Russian genius originally from Baku walks into a pawn Shop. He needs something to play a game.
What does he need?
What does he need?
A pawn to play chess ... and would guess that the Russian Genius is Garry Kasparov
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Lol ..took me so long to do that post it had already been answered and you had asked your second question ... damn phone calls
Edited at 21:12 Tue 19/04/11 (BST)
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Back in the days before electricity, Jim lived on his own in an isolated cottage in the country. He woke up one day to find that he had forgotten to wind up his large grandfather clock the day before. Because of this oversight, it had now stopped and, since he had no other means of telling the time, he had no idea what time it was.
He remembered that someone had told him that there was a village a few miles away that had a clock in the square. He wasn't sure how far away it was but he didn't think that it was too far. Being a nice day, he decided he would walk to the village and see what time it was.
As he walked along, enjoying the sunshine, he wished he had bothered to learn how to tell time by the position of the sun or perhaps invested in the purchase of a sundial.
When Jim got to the village square, he checked the clock and because it was a long walk, he rested for a while on a bench under the clock tower. As it was warm and peaceful, he fell asleep and, an hour or two later, he was awakened by a duck quacking in a pond on the other side of the square. "Oh, it is getting late, I'd better get home," he said to himself and set off for his cottage.
On arriving home (well before sunset thank goodness) he went straight to his clock and set the correct time.
How did he know what time to set?
He remembered that someone had told him that there was a village a few miles away that had a clock in the square. He wasn't sure how far away it was but he didn't think that it was too far. Being a nice day, he decided he would walk to the village and see what time it was.
As he walked along, enjoying the sunshine, he wished he had bothered to learn how to tell time by the position of the sun or perhaps invested in the purchase of a sundial.
When Jim got to the village square, he checked the clock and because it was a long walk, he rested for a while on a bench under the clock tower. As it was warm and peaceful, he fell asleep and, an hour or two later, he was awakened by a duck quacking in a pond on the other side of the square. "Oh, it is getting late, I'd better get home," he said to himself and set off for his cottage.
On arriving home (well before sunset thank goodness) he went straight to his clock and set the correct time.
How did he know what time to set?
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00:39 Wed 20 Apr 11 (BST) [Link]
Did he time how long it took him to get home? If so, it was easy for him to set the time, as he would have looked at the square clock before setting off.
And as for iamworst's water/shadow riddle, is it a rainbow?
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Bringing on to the new page...
buddytobud said:
Back in the days before electricity, Jim lived on his own in an isolated cottage in the country. He woke up one day to find that he had forgotten to wind up his large grandfather clock the day before. Because of this oversight, it had now stopped and, since he had no other means of telling the time, he had no idea what time it was.
He remembered that someone had told him that there was a village a few miles away that had a clock in the square. He wasn't sure how far away it was but he didn't think that it was too far. Being a nice day, he decided he would walk to the village and see what time it was.
As he walked along, enjoying the sunshine, he wished he had bothered to learn how to tell time by the position of the sun or perhaps invested in the purchase of a sundial.
When Jim got to the village square, he checked the clock and because it was a long walk, he rested for a while on a bench under the clock tower. As it was warm and peaceful, he fell asleep and, an hour or two later, he was awakened by a duck quacking in a pond on the other side of the square. "Oh, it is getting late, I'd better get home," he said to himself and set off for his cottage.
On arriving home (well before sunset thank goodness) he went straight to his clock and set the correct time.
How did he know what time to set?
He remembered that someone had told him that there was a village a few miles away that had a clock in the square. He wasn't sure how far away it was but he didn't think that it was too far. Being a nice day, he decided he would walk to the village and see what time it was.
As he walked along, enjoying the sunshine, he wished he had bothered to learn how to tell time by the position of the sun or perhaps invested in the purchase of a sundial.
When Jim got to the village square, he checked the clock and because it was a long walk, he rested for a while on a bench under the clock tower. As it was warm and peaceful, he fell asleep and, an hour or two later, he was awakened by a duck quacking in a pond on the other side of the square. "Oh, it is getting late, I'd better get home," he said to himself and set off for his cottage.
On arriving home (well before sunset thank goodness) he went straight to his clock and set the correct time.
How did he know what time to set?
Did he time how long it took him to get home? If so, it was easy for him to set the time, as he would have looked at the square clock before setting off.
And as for iamworst's water/shadow riddle, is it a rainbow?
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Did he time how long it took him to get home? If so, it was easy for him to set the time, as he would have looked at the square clock before setting off.
That is certainly true, however then the problem becomes "How did he know how long the journey took?"
I can tell you he did not posses a stopwatch, nor would he be likely keep accurate track of the time in his head over such a distance.
And as for iamworst's water/shadow riddle, is it a rainbow?
I think you are right there
junster333 said:
Did he time how long it took him to get home? If so, it was easy for him to set the time, as he would have looked at the square clock before setting off.
That is certainly true, however then the problem becomes "How did he know how long the journey took?"
I can tell you he did not posses a stopwatch, nor would he be likely keep accurate track of the time in his head over such a distance.
In hindsight, I should have said stopwatch instead of sundial (seeing that sundial was already covered by 'no other means of telling the time'). In my defence, I was really tired last night when I put the puzzle together but I really should have considered a stopwatch as a possibility ... my bad.
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And as for iamworst's water/shadow riddle, is it a rainbow?
I think you are right there
I have had arguments in the past over whether it is mirror or rainbow (usually in the wee small hours of the morning after a good beer session lol)
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Tom and Jerry, two popular politicians, met at a club to discuss the overthrow of their party leader. They each ordered vodka on the rocks. Jerry downed his and ordered another. He then drank his second in a gulp and decided to wait before he ordered a third. Meanwhile, Tom, who was sipping his drink, suddenly fell forward dead. Both men were setup for an assassination. Why did Tom die and Jerry live?
02:09 Wed 20 Apr 11 (BST) [Link]
Jerry drank so quickly the ice didn't have time to melt
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If a man can walk 2 miles per hour, and needs nine hours of sleep each day, what is the fastest he could travel the 3000 miles from New York to Los Angeles?
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Can you punctuate the following, in order to make it a proper English sentence?
I said that that that that that man wrote should have been underlined
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"Duo" is the shortest word with "uo" in it. What is the longest word you can find with "uo" in it?
There is at least one with 12 letters in it.
I said that that that that that man wrote should have been underlined
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"Duo" is the shortest word with "uo" in it. What is the longest word you can find with "uo" in it?
There is at least one with 12 letters in it.
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Fluoridation is defo a word
how about fluoridization for a 14 letter word?
how about fluoridization for a 14 letter word?
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Both correct, but there is a 16 letter word as well...
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Fluoridation is defo a word
how about fluoridization for a 14 letter word?
how about fluoridization for a 14 letter word?
Both correct, but there is a 16 letter word as well...
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The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?
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"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration .......... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's
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What is unusual about the paragraph above
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"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration .......... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's
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What is unusual about the paragraph above
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trev101 said:
The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?
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"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration .......... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's
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What is unusual about the paragraph above
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"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration .......... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's
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What is unusual about the paragraph above
No 'E' is used, when it is the most common letter.
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