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The Riddle Game 2

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

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  1. Saber

    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    /me puts a generic bow on the generic cuddly toy and passes it to dmc

    Was it already posted in these threads?
     
    Saber, Sep 16, 2006
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  2. dmc

    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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    I don't think so, but I think that might have been on a Mindtrap card, or something similar.

    Anyway, if you were to put a marble into an empty bottle and then stuff a cork in the bottle's opening, how could you remove the marble without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?
     
    dmc, Sep 17, 2006
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    I would take to it with an angle grinder and cut it up a bit as I do not think that is technically breaking it though I am probably wrong. But could there be another hole in the bottle perhaps?
     
    TrueBlueAussie, Sep 17, 2006
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    Remove the bottle, and the marble goes with it.
     
    Montresor, Sep 17, 2006
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    Turn the bottle upside down and bounce the marble on the cork to force it out
     
    DarkStrider, Sep 17, 2006
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    Teleport it out

    or

    use a deadly laser beam that will pass harmlessly though the glass, but will destroy the marble
     
    Bahir the Red, Sep 17, 2006
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    Wait for 1000 years for the cork to rot away then tip the marble out.
     
    Harbourboy, Sep 17, 2006
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    Call a glassblower to deform the bottle into something new, without breaking it.
     
    Rallymama, Sep 17, 2006
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  9. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Push the cork into the bottle and then drop the marble out of the opening. The cork has not been taken out, it has been pushed in.
     
    Harbourboy, Sep 18, 2006
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  10. dmc

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    Harbs takes the prize. (Unless, of course, Bahir can prove his teleportation ability.)
     
    dmc, Sep 18, 2006
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  11. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Really? Which crazy half-assed answer was correct?

    [The one about pushing the cork in - solves the problem according to the criteria without resorting to absurd silliness or Bahir's teleportation powers - dmc]

    Anyway, I'm crap at riddles. Um, what has four legs, is green and brown, and is lethal when it falls out of a tree on to you when you're not looking?

    [ September 18, 2006, 07:54: Message edited by: dmc ]
     
    Harbourboy, Sep 18, 2006
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    Two soldiers in camoflage? ;)
     
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    I would say drop bears but they are generally white. A drop bear in cammos mayhaps? ;)
     
    TrueBlueAussie, Sep 18, 2006
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  14. Harbourboy

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    Not two soldiers in camouflage and not drop bears. This riddle is clearly better than I thought.
     
    Harbourboy, Sep 18, 2006
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    A squirrel-coconut hybrid with green duct tape wrapped around it?
     
    Saber, Sep 18, 2006
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    A table, a chair?
     
    LeFleur, Sep 18, 2006
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    Ha ha, this is hilarious. I heard this riddle when I was a kid so I figured someone would know it for sure. Of all the guesses so far, LeFleur is the closest.
     
    Harbourboy, Sep 19, 2006
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    A snooker table. Or a pool table, I suppose, so long as the baize is green.
     
    The Magpie, Sep 19, 2006
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  19. Harbourboy

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    The Magpie is correct. Your turn.
     
    Harbourboy, Sep 19, 2006
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  20. Saber

    Saber A revolution without dancing is not worth having! Veteran

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    /me scratches head

    Snooker?
     
    Saber, Sep 19, 2006
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