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The Riddle Game 2

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by dmc, Feb 17, 2006.

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    Nope; your numbers don't work for the "Tom and Ned sold 100 papers more than Billy and Charley".

    Or (in pseudo algebra) T+N = B+C + 100

    And THEN Jimmy's sold papers mean that B+C+J > T+N
     
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    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Sorry, but I disagree. The Smiths sold 400 and the first two Jones sold 300 - which exactly fits the riddle.
     
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    /me goes back and gets his notes from the previous night...

    :whoa:

    Okay, I made mistakes:

    Total number of papers = 1016
    Tom's sales = 256
    Billy's sales = 192
    Ned's sales = 144
    Charley's sales = 108
    Jimmy's sales = 316

    Essentially identical to yours, but for one critical error. :o

    /me steps down and concedes the field to dmc, grumbling about his own sloppy work
     
    jaded empath, Sep 2, 2006
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    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Because it's math, I don't think we need to wait for confirmation.


    What kind of cheese is made backwards?
     
    dmc, Sep 3, 2006
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    Edam :p
     
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    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Yup, that was a toughie all right.
     
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    Well, it's been four days since Rally was confirmed, so it's with a little regret that I invoke the IJR, and provide a riddle to get things going again:

    A barrel of rainwater weighs twenty pounds.
    What must you add to make it weigh fifteen?
     
    jaded empath, Sep 7, 2006
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    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    A hole?
     
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    oops! I'd completely forgotten about this thread! :doh: Thanks for picking up the slack, j_e! :thumb:
     
    Rallymama, Sep 7, 2006
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    Sunshine? Or a Tap?
     
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    Balloons :)
     
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    Well, that's what I get for not checking back before going to bed. :o

    Interesting answers, but yeah - Saber got it in only about two hours. :)

    Yer turn, laddie!
     
    jaded empath, Sep 7, 2006
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    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    Right-o, this one's not bad.

    There is a dead man in the middle of a field, nothing is around him and there are no footprints of any sort. There is an unopened package next to him. How did he die?
     
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    He died of 'Rapid Deceleration Trauma' from a skydiving accident - the parachute next to him wouldn't open :)


    EDIT: I just finished watching a couple of CSI episodes; right or wrong, guess it influenced my thinking?

    =======

    EDIT2: Okay, gave ye the weekend since BoM'ers seem to disappear with these silly 'lives' they have; but was I right? :)

    [ September 11, 2006, 13:05: Message edited by: jaded empath ]
     
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    *sigh*

    Okay, this is the second IJA I've done to try to keep this game going; if it falls asunder again, I'll take the hint and let it die.. :(

    I'll presume I was correct and throw another bit'o verse out there:

    With flashing sword and booming cry
    With darkness staining land and sky
    The army comes prepared to die
    Soldiers fall in glistening dress
    As battles are joined without egress
    Save comfort in the earth's caress
     
    jaded empath, Sep 13, 2006
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    That's Rain, and it seems familiar for some reason.... :hmm:
     
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    Rain it is, and it's your turn now (just when I was getting worried I was alone here ;) )
     
    jaded empath, Sep 14, 2006
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    You are, I'm just a brilliant figment of your dazzling imagination :lol:

    What has eyes yet cannot see?

    4 possible answers first with 2 wins
     
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    Ooh, so many possibilities... A box of needles, a blind man, a peacock's feathers, storms... Any of those two of the four you were thinking of? :p
     
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