Puzzle

[egarrard]

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

[tweakerxp]

I know :D answer - the base word is startling:- starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in and I

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[egarrard]

Originally posted by tweakerxp
I know :D answer - the base word is startling:- starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in and I

~http://www.achieversinexcellence.org.uk/effective%20learning/brain%20strain/riddles%20answers%20page.htm Very good! :thumb

You're not caught in the middle of all those fires, are you?

[tweakerxp]

Originally posted by egarrard
Very good! :thumb

You're not caught in the middle of all those fires, are you?

No, I'm pretty far from the disasters but we haven't had any rain to speak of in months and live right next to a huge, dry park. Our local fire department leaves a lot to desire and I'm really hoping for some rain. On top of all that, they're re-surfacing our roads soon so there will be no emergency vehicle access :Nope

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by egarrard
There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Dam* sombody beat me to it. I called my dictionary and she said that was a startling question.:lmao

[wazman]

More puzzles! More puzzles! :)

[littlemissborin]

Brain teaser one my counselors told us at church camp several years back.
2 men were walking thru the woods when they came upon a clearing with a cabin in it. Upon seeing the cabin they knew immediately that noone inside of it could possibly be alive. How did they know?

[egarrard]

It was burned down?

[ch0g0nda]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
Brain teaser one my counselors told us at church camp several years back.
2 men were walking thru the woods when they came upon a clearing with a cabin in it. Upon seeing the cabin they knew immediately that noone inside of it could possibly be alive. How did they know? Because the wall was blown off and since a cabin is nothing more than 4 walls, a floor, and a roof, they could see if there were people living in it or not. Which, according to your story. There wern't.

[Maniacmous]

The clearing was a lake...the cabin is one of those ice fishing cabins, and it being summer, the ice had melted and if anyone had been inside, they'd have long since drowned or starved or something. :Holy Crap

[littlemissborin]

nope sorry.. noone has gotten it yet, but egarrard is on the right track:)

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
nope sorry.. noone has gotten it yet, but egarrard is on the right track:)

It was on fire.

[littlemissborin]

not exactly.. you really have to think outside the box for this one.. and I mean like WAY outside the box.. when we finally heard the answer at camp we were like Oh duh.. but were nowhere close to getting it.. I figured someone had heard it before.

[Maniacmous]

Haha, nope bejohnson...that's not it either (she told me already)...keep the guesses coming. :D

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Haha, nope bejohnson...that's not it either (she told me already)...keep the guesses coming. :D

It's a Mausoleum

[littlemissborin]

not a mausoleum

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
not a mausoleum

There is someone trying to get into the cabin but the door is locked and no one answers.

[Maniacmous]

Nope...keep guessing...think outside the box...way way outside the box... ;)

[SNAFU]

they were the ghosts of the residents

[Maniacmous]

Still no, sorry :(

[SNAFU]

an earthquake? Volcanic eruption? crushed by a boulder?

[bejohnson]

It was the cabin of an airplane that had crashed.

[littlemissborin]

and the answer is revealed.. Good Job bejohnson

[SNAFU]

BAH! Beat me! I had just thought of that!

[Maniacmous]

You guys are real champions if you thought of that one...I had to ask Sylvia to just tell me because I'm an oaf. :rofl2

[SNAFU]

I started posting disasters, then when I said "crushed by a boulder" I thought...hmm... from above... what's a cabin?

[littlemissborin]

we told you it was way outside the box.... most ppl see cabin and think logs, 4 walls, little house on the prairie type thing... this wasn't

[Maniacmous]

Yeah...I def. thought log kinda thing....which reminds me of one of the funniest but worst pick up lines ever (bad meaning it'll get you slapped): "I'm having troubles in calculus, can you integrate my natural log?" lol :lmao

[littlemissborin]

tried to get my mom to help me w/ calc.. asked her if she knew the derivative of log is... she answered that she'd always been taught that the derivative of a log is ashes... I didn't ask her for help in calc after that....

[Maniacmous]

Haha, now that is practicality for you right there! Remind me to tell her good one tomorrow (or later today I guess).

[thephenom]

Ewwww.....calculus.........

[littlemissborin]

calc was awesome.. I love math.. which is why I'm going to become a math teacher:) :luxhello

[thephenom]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
calc was awesome.. I love math.. which is why I'm going to become a math teacher:) :luxhello
I liked Calculus at first because my math teacher was pretty KICKASS, but then ever since I came to a thing called "Multi-Variable Calculus", I'm NEVER going back.

[Maniacmous]

I bombed in calculus...only thing that saved me was having a calculator that pretty much did all the work for me, unfortunately, that part didnt help on the AP test really.... :banghead

[thephenom]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
I bombed in calculus...only thing that saved me was having a calculator that pretty much did all the work for me, unfortunately, that part didnt help on the AP test really.... :banghead
I'm glad we don't have those tests in Canada.:thumb

[Maniacmous]

I just hope I've already seen that Multi-Variable Calculus...if not...there's no way I'll ever get it.

[SNAFU]

AP tests are great! I fulfilled my 1st year of math requirement, all my foreign language requirement, and my English requirement before starting college

[thephenom]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
I just hope I've already seen that Multi-Variable Calculus...if not...there's no way I'll ever get it.
I don't think there is an end to math, it just goes on and on.....

[littlemissborin]

I took four this year (one everyday the first week of testing all starting at 8am..I was soooo drained) of those I managed to pass one high enough to get out of a class.. the rest I did miserably on

[Maniacmous]

Originally posted by SNAFU
AP tests are great! I fulfilled my 1st year of math requirement, all my foreign language requirement, and my English requirement before starting college

I hate you...I hate you...I hate you...except not really, but still....:banana

[Maniacmous]

Yes Sylvia, but you took two that would have gotten you out of the same class...and got a 4 of 5 on the calc...meanwhile, I got a 2!!!!!!!

[thephenom]

All these tests made me feel glad I don't go to schl in the states.

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
I hate you...I hate you...I hate you...except not really, but still....:banana

Brandi had two different degrees when she graduated high school.

[SNAFU]

Hey I failed a couple!

AP CalculusBC 5
AP Literature 4
AP Latin 5
AP Bio 3
AP US 2
AP Gov't 1

[littlemissborin]

you love me get over it.. I did better on aptests you did better on act's ... we're even lol

[Maniacmous]

What's wrong Johnson, can't sleep man?

[Maniacmous]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
you love me get over it.. I did better on aptests you did better on act's ... we're even lol

Hey now...don't discuss matters of love between us on here...we finally got them to understand that we aren't going out and you say something like that!? lol :kiss

[thephenom]

I think I'll stop posting in this thread, someone send me a msg when schl talk is over. I still got 1.5 weeks left before I have to go back to school......

/me quickly runs away from this thread.

[littlemissborin]

ap calc 4
ap lit 3 (2 the first time)
ap lang 3
ap spanish 2

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
What's wrong Johnson, can't sleep man?

Had somthing come up at work so I said WTF.

[Maniacmous]

AP Calc - 2
AP Gov't - 4

[thephenom]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Hey now...don't discuss matters of love between us on here...we finally got them to understand that we aren't going out and you say something like that!? lol :kiss
Alrite, since you guys are done talking about school, I'm back. :Blah

You two seriously sounds like ARE dating, officially, you guys might not be, but sounds like some casual dating here.:devil

[littlemissborin]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Hey now...don't discuss matters of love between us on here...we finally got them to understand that we aren't going out and you say something like that!? lol :kiss

sorry didn't even think about it.. that's my reply to anyone who sarcastically says they hate me.. I sarcastically say they love me.. almost everyone loves me.. I try to be a loveable person :) didn't mean to ruin your rep....lol

[Maniacmous]

Ohhh buddy....don't start on that stuff...will make me drive up to Toronto....:devil

[thephenom]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
AP Calc - 2
AP Gov't - 4
ARRGGGHHHHH!!!!

STop wit the school stuff.......ARRRRGGGHHHHH:bomb :banghead :bomb :banghead :bomb :bomb :bomb :banghead

[Maniacmous]

School stuff is done now, I believe, don't worry about it. :happywave

[thephenom]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Ohhh buddy....don't start on that stuff...will make me drive up to Toronto....:devil
That sounds cool, bring littlemissborin along too.......I'll buy you BOTH a beer.:beer

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Hey now...don't discuss matters of love between us on here...we finally got them to understand that we aren't going out and you say something like that!? lol :kiss

Too Late:rofl2

[SNAFU]

HOW ABOUT SATs???


j/k

[Maniacmous]

Originally posted by thephenom
That sounds cool, bring littlemissborin along too.......I'll buy you BOTH a beer.:beer

She doesn't drink, and really, neither do I...besides, If I did, she'd have to drive...and I have this thing sometimes about women drivers...lol :Holy Crap

[littlemissborin]

Originally posted by thephenom
That sounds cool, bring littlemissborin along too.......I'll buy you BOTH a beer.:beer

Thanks but I don't drink...

[thephenom]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
She doesn't drink, and really, neither do I...besides, If I did, she'd have to drive...and I have this thing sometimes about women drivers...lol :Holy Crap
We'll use public transportation if we get THAT drunk.

[thephenom]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
Thanks but I don't drink...
Not even the chicks' drinks? like Sex on the Beach, Tequilla Sunrise, Smirnoff Ice???

[littlemissborin]

Originally posted by thephenom
Not even the chicks' drinks? like Sex on the Beach, Tequilla Sunrise, Smirnoff Ice???

nope.. don't have any intention of ever drinking.. let alone getting drunk.. just not my style

[Maniacmous]

Really isnt her style either, as clean cut and absolutely great a person as they can be.

[thephenom]

Well, you don't have to be like a piss-drunk college girl, but you are NEVER planning to drink???

[littlemissborin]

Originally posted by thephenom
Well, you don't have to be like a piss-drunk college girl, but you are NEVER planning to drink???

Not ever.. I accidently took a sip of whiskey at a wedding when I was 10 ( it was in a fountain bowl right next to the punch and to a 10 yr old who'd never been around, smelled, or seen any kind of alcohol before it looked like apple juice) It was nasty enough to make me not even think 2x about never even taking a sip again

[Maniacmous]

Talk about insane...she just dives right into the hard stuff....that's so brutal! :banana

[thephenom]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
Not ever.. I accidently took a sip of whiskey at a wedding when I was 10 ( it was in a fountain bowl right next to the punch and to a 10 yr old who'd never been around, smelled, or seen any kind of alcohol before it looked like apple juice) It was nasty enough to make me not even think 2x about never even taking a sip again
Gibson's Finest Whiskey + Pepsi is one of the smoothest drink you can have.

But I get your point of having some sort of a fear for the smell/taste of alchohol.

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
nope.. don't have any intention of ever drinking.. let alone getting drunk.. just not my style

Keep to your standards girl!:thumb

[littlemissborin]

Originally posted by bejohnson
Keep to your standards girl!:thumb

thanks:) I intend to

[thephenom]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
thanks:) I intend to
It'll DEFINITELY save you a lot of money.

[Maniacmous]

Yeah, alcohol is most def. not cheap...I know people that blow entire paychecks on it on occasion...and its just like....why?

[thephenom]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Yeah, alcohol is most def. not cheap...I know people that blow entire paychecks on it on occasion...and its just like....why?
Sometimes it's just for fun.

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
thanks:) I intend to

I'm 51 and though I might have one or two socially I have never been drunk. Never tried anything else either. Brandi has been drunk once with a bad outcome. Nothing serious but she will never be drunk again.

[Maniacmous]

That's a great thing to be able to say man...proud of ya for hanging onto some sense of personal decency through the years, rock on!

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
That's a great thing to be able to say man...proud of ya for hanging onto some sense of personal decency through the years, rock on!

Thanks. It's either that or I'm a real nerd!

We have wine or champane with a meal every now and then but nothing wild.

[thephenom]

Originally posted by bejohnson
Thanks. It's either that or I'm a real nerd!

We have wine or champane with a meal every now and then but nothing wild.
It's healthy to have up to 9 drinks per week for men, and I think 6 or 7 for women.

Don't get me wrong guys, I'm not an alchoholic myself, nor am I trying to convince anyone to go out and get wasted.

[littlemissborin]

I just don't get it... I don't see the need for alcohol, I don't see the fun in drinking, I don't see what's so cool about getting drunk (even on occasion)

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by thephenom
It's healthy to have up to 9 drinks per week for men, and I think 6 or 7 for women.

Don't get me wrong guys, I'm not an alchoholic myself, nor am I trying to convince anyone to go out and get wasted.

If you are a diabetic you have to watch the alcohol and I'm a diabetic. If the blood sugar gets out of whack certain things just don't work right and I have a 35 year old wife that needs me.:devil

[thephenom]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
I just don't get it... I don't see the need for alcohol, I don't see the fun in drinking, I don't see what's so cool about getting drunk (even on occasion)
For a lot of ppl, drinking relaxes them, so that's why they drink at parties to have some fun because they can't seem to have fun without alchohol. About getting pissed drunk, that's more of a macho thing to do, I'm big enough to take X amount of shots, more or less a bragging thing. Either that, or it's your b-day that everyone is buying you a drink, and you have no choice but to drink and get hammered.

[blpeterson]

Originally posted by bejohnson
If you are a diabetic you have to watch the alcohol and I'm a diabetic. If the blood sugar gets out of whack certain things just don't work right and I have a 35 year old wife that needs me.:devil

You damn right I do:KICKASS .

I thought you were sleeping. I'll bet you've been up all night. Get some sleep. We have a busy day tomorrow.

I'm off for a 20 mile run I'll call you mid morning.:kiss :kiss :heartbeat :heartbeat

[Maniacmous]

Its 3:30 am and you're going for a 20 mile run?! Are you nuts?! I mean, I still have to run 10 miles tonight before I try for sleep...but still...why this early..? (I thought military stuff started at like 0500.)

[thephenom]

I feel like a lazy butt comparing to you two.....10 miles.... in CS maybe.....:Blah

[Maniacmous]

Seriously...running isn't that bad, esp. if you have a flat track (I run the nice hilly Ohio back roads here). Still, once you get used to doing it...its really not bad at all.

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Its 3:30 am and you're going for a 20 mile run?! Are you nuts?! I mean, I still have to run 10 miles tonight before I try for sleep...but still...why this early..? (I thought military stuff started at like 0500.)

She's already offline. She'll loosen up with about 15 minute of stretching followed by an hour of so of high intensity martial arts. Then she'll either do 10 or 20 miles at about an 8 mi/hr pace or do 25 to 50 miles on a bike. She then showers gets dressed and has breakfast. She'll do the martial arts and mayby another 5 to 10 miles at night before bed. Hell I'm tired just from typing it.:eek:

[thephenom]

Originally posted by bejohnson
She's already offline. She'll loosen up with about 15 minute of stretching followed by an hour of so of high intensity martial arts. Then she'll either do 10 or 20 miles at about an 8 mi/hr pace or do 25 to 50 miles on a bike. She then showers gets dressed and has breakfast. She'll do the martial arts and mayby another 5 to 10 miles at night before bed. Hell I'm tired just from typing it.:eek:
She must be TOP performer in bed.

Alrite, I'll stop there......

[Maniacmous]

8 mi/hr pace...that's what, roughly an average of a 7.5 min mile? If so, that's a pretty nice pace covering that kind of distance. I tend to run short distances (mile or two) in high 5's, over my ten miles, it averages out to be about 7min/mile, which I think isn't too bad considering I never did track or anything like that.

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by thephenom
She must be TOP performer in bed.

Alrite, I'll stop there......

No comment least I die.:Holy Crap

And I better get to bed because I have to meet her in Baltimore tomorrow. She will be at Johns Hopkins for her annual physical and research project probing and prodding. Takes two days and she hates it. Makes her a little crazy. I would be too.

[Maniacmous]

Good night man, sleep fast and well buddy.

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
8 mi/hr pace...that's what, roughly an average of a 7.5 min mile? If so, that's a pretty nice pace covering that kind of distance. I tend to run short distances (mile or two) in high 5's, over my ten miles, it averages out to be about 7min/mile, which I think isn't too bad considering I never did track or anything like that.

Something like that. I've seen her clip along at 10 mi/hr for a couple of hours but by being on the ship for six months she has to work back into it. She used a stationary bike and treadmill on board but it's not the same.

[bejohnson]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
8 mi/hr pace...that's what, roughly an average of a 7.5 min mile? If so, that's a pretty nice pace covering that kind of distance. I tend to run short distances (mile or two) in high 5's, over my ten miles, it averages out to be about 7min/mile, which I think isn't too bad considering I never did track or anything like that.

Just talked to her. Her best time for a 10K was 28:19. Which puts her up in the rankings with the top MEN. This was in 1995 so she has slowed down some. According to her if she is in shape she will probably do a 10K in around 32 - 33 minutes. Not bad for a soon to be 36 year old. Talk about opposites I get tired and have to rest when I go to the bathroom.:bounce She will not run any of the races though because she doesn't want the attention that would come with that level of preformance.

BTW: When she was at Newport, RI she used to travel to MA and run with Mary Decker Haney.

[wazman]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Yeah...I def. thought log kinda thing....which reminds me of one of the funniest but worst pick up lines ever (bad meaning it'll get you slapped): "I'm having troubles in calculus, can you integrate my natural log?" lol :lmao

You do whatever you want to with your log... Just leave me out of it... :D

[wazman]

Where are the puzzles? I go away for the night and the puzzle thread turns into an episode of Saved by the Bell or something and there's all this math talk and then all this school talk and no puzzles...

Wazman needs puzzles. Has to get brain working. Grunt.

[Quality Control]

I know tons of these little riddles...

#1.) A guy walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water; the bartender pulls out a gun and points it at the guy; the guy says thank you and walks out. Why?

#2.) What is this object? The person who makes it sells it; the person who buys it doesn't use it; the person who uses it doesn't know he/she is using it.

#3.) Lets say you die and are on your way to heaven (or any spiritual after-death place); you come to a fork in the road; one way leads to heaven, the other to hell; there are no signs to guide you; there are two guys standing there; one of them always lies and the other always tells the truth; you can ask only one question to one of them to determine which is the way to heaven; you don't know which guy lies and which tells the truth; the guy who tells the truth is not necessarily standing on the side to heaven and the guy who lies isn't necessarily on the side to hell; what is the question you ask that will lead you to heaven?

More to come when these are answered.

[wazman]

Originally posted by Quality Control
I know tons of these little riddles...

#1.) A guy walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water; the bartender pulls out a gun and points it at the guy; the guy says thank you and walks out. Why?

#2.) What is this object? The person who makes it sells it; the person who buys it doesn't use it; the person who uses it doesn't know he/she is using it.

#3.) Lets say you die and are on your way to heaven (or any spiritual after-death place); you come to a fork in the road; one way leads to heaven, the other to hell; there are no signs to guide you; there are two guys standing there; one of them always lies and the other always tells the truth; you can ask only one question to one of them to determine which is the way to heaven; you don't know which guy lies and which tells the truth; the guy who tells the truth is not necessarily standing on the side to heaven and the guy who lies isn't necessarily on the side to hell; what is the question you ask that will lead you to heaven?

More to come when these are answered.

1) The guy who came into the bar had hiccups.

2) A coffin.

3) You ask one of them "If I were to ask the other guy which is the way to heaven, which one would he say?" From there, you can figure it out. If the guy you ask is the truth guy, the other guy is the liar. So if you asked the other guy, whatever direction the guy you asked showed you is a lie, and you go the other way. If the guy you asked is the liar, then the other one is Mr. Truth. So whatever one the liar would point to, he'd be lying, and you still go the other way.

[thephenom]

Originally posted by wazman
1) The guy who came into the bar had hiccups.

2) A coffin.

3) You ask one of them "If I were to ask the other guy which is the way to heaven, which one would he say?" From there, you can figure it out. If the guy you ask is the truth guy, the other guy is the liar. So if you asked the other guy, whatever direction the guy you asked showed you is a lie, and you go the other way. If the guy you asked is the liar, then the other one is Mr. Truth. So whatever one the liar would point to, he'd be lying, and you still go the other way.
That was pretty quick.....

[Quality Control]

I see we're dealing w/ a riddle veteran. Hmm... let's see if we can step it up a notch.

#4.) A pair of identical twins sit down at a restaurant and order identical drinks (scoth on the rocks); an hour later one of them is dead; when the authorities arrive and investigate, they discover that both drinks were poisoned; why did only one twin die? [Both drinks had same amount of poison in them and both of them finished their drinks.]

#5.) There are two rooms adjacent to each other; in one room there are 3 light switches; in the other are three light bulbs; how can you determine which switch goes to which light? [You can only go into the room w/ the lights once; You cannot see from one room into the other; The lights and switches are not necessarily in corresponding order.]

#6.) This woman shuts off the lights in the upstairs of the house, walks downstairs and picks up a book to read; a few hours later the police knock on her door, tell her that her husband is dead, and arrest her for his death; why? [Not sure if I'm forgetting something on this one.]

[thephenom]

Man, i suck at these....

[wazman]

Originally posted by thephenom
That was pretty quick.....

I've actually seen some of these in a book, so I know the answers... I know the answer to one of the next ones too, and I should know the answer to another. Hold on.

[wazman]

Originally posted by Quality Control
I see we're dealing w/ a riddle veteran. Hmm... let's see if we can step it up a notch.

#4.) A pair of identical twins sit down at a restaurant and order identical drinks (scoth on the rocks); an hour later one of them is dead; when the authorities arrive and investigate, they discover that both drinks were poisoned; why did only one twin die? [Both drinks had same amount of poison in them and both of them finished their drinks.]

#5.) There are two rooms adjacent to each other; in one room there are 3 light switches; in the other are three light bulbs; how can you determine which switch goes to which light? [You can only go into the room w/ the lights once; You cannot see from one room into the other; The lights and switches are not necessarily in corresponding order.]

#6.) This woman shuts off the lights in the upstairs of the house, walks downstairs and picks up a book to read; a few hours later the police knock on her door, tell her that her husband is dead, and arrest her for his death; why? [Not sure if I'm forgetting something on this one.]

4) The ice cubes were poisoned. One of the twins gulped their drink down, so the poison didn't affect them. The other drank theirs slowly, allowing the ice cubes time to melt and the poison to mix with the drink.

I don't know the other two.

[efernandez_98]

Originally posted by Quality Control
#4.) A pair of identical twins sit down at a restaurant and order identical drinks (scoth on the rocks); an hour later one of them is dead; when the authorities arrive and investigate, they discover that both drinks were poisoned; why did only one twin die? [Both drinks had same amount of poison in them and both of them finished their drinks.]

#6.) This woman shuts off the lights in the upstairs of the house, walks downstairs and picks up a book to read; a few hours later the police knock on her door, tell her that her husband is dead, and arrest her for his death; why? [Not sure if I'm forgetting something on this one.] Ooo! Open puzzles.

4. Leave one switch on for a long period of time then shut it off. Turn on one of the other switches. Go into the room with the lights, then touch the two lights that are off. The cold light bulb belongs to the switch that was never toggled, the warm light bulb belongs to the switch that was on for a long period of time, and obviously the bulb that is on belongs to the switch that is in the on position.

5. The woman lives in a lighthouse, and her husband was returning home from a fishing trip.

[thephenom]

Originally posted by efernandez_98
Ooo! Open puzzles.

4. Leave one switch on for a long period of time then shut it off. Turn on one of the other switches. Go into the room with the lights, then touch the two lights that are off. The cold light bulb belongs to the switch that was never toggled, the warm light bulb belongs to the switch that was on for a long period of time, and obviously the bulb that is on belongs to the switch that is in the on position.

5. The woman lives in a lighthouse, and her husband was returning home from a fishing trip.
#4.....I would of never thought of that since I"m not THAT patient.
#5.....How come she got charged with murder for something kinda indirect?

[wazman]

Originally posted by thephenom
#4.....I would of never thought of that since I"m not THAT patient.
#5.....How come she got charged with murder for something kinda indirect?

Well, actually eferz solved 5 and 6. I solved 4.

And the reason she got charged with murder is because she lived in a lighthouse. And her husband was coming home from fishing - on a boat. Boat crashes because lighthouse light not lit - husband dies - wife guilty of murder.

[thephenom]

Originally posted by wazman

And the reason she got charged with murder is because she lived in a lighthouse. And her husband was coming home from fishing - on a boat. Boat crashes because lighthouse light not lit - husband dies - wife guilty of murder.
Is that really murder?

[littlemissborin]

While boarding a plane your watch falls off your wrist. The plane heads due north 80 miles makes a ninety degree turn and heads due west for 160 miles makes another ninety degree turn and heads due south for 80 miles then lands. When you get off the plane there lays your watch right where you left it. (you didn't land and come back this was a single flight) where are you for this to be possible?

(those ninety degree turns are turns on a dime which, I know, are technically not possible in a plane but this is how it was told to me so...)

[thephenom]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
While boarding a plane your watch falls off your wrist. The plane heads due north 80 miles makes a ninety degree turn and heads due west for 160 miles makes another ninety degree turn and heads due south for 80 miles then lands. When you get off the plane there lays your watch right where you left it. (you didn't land and come back this was a single flight) where are you for this to be possible?

(those ninety degree turns are turns on a dime which, I know, are technically not possible in a plane but this is how it was told to me so...)
Cuz he dropped it in the passenger cabin??

[littlemissborin]

nope dropped it on the ground before boarding

[Maniacmous]

You are at one of the poles.

[SNAFU]

Either north pole or south pole

[Maniacmous]

South Pole technically...but I still say if you are at the north pole...to go north....is just go up...fly straight up off the pole...you're still at the position, but still going distance...the pole is a theoretical place to begin with.

[SNAFU]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
South Pole technically...but I still say if you are at the north pole...to go north....is just go up...fly straight up off the pole...you're still at the position, but still going distance...the pole is a theoretical place to begin with.

Oh duh... can't go north from the south pole

[littlemissborin]

actually you can't go north from north pole.. if you are at the south pole.. any direction is north...

[Maniacmous]

now we're just arguing negligible principles...point is...puzzle is solved...bring on another!

[SNAFU]

BAH!!! YOU knew what I meant! Just got home from work... tired... me is lame brain and not paying attention to what I'm typing! And I won the school geography bee 3 years in a row (4th-6th).

[Maniacmous]

Yeah...well smart guy...she's smarter....if only because she's a girl and no guy can ever be right with them I'm told...so we're screwed in a bad way.

[SNAFU]

I don't think I'd trust anyone who bleeds for a week and doesn't die



...Look on the bright side... we got two heads!

[Maniacmous]

Yes...we do have two heads, but as George Carlin said "God gave men two brains, but only enough blood to power one at a time". :rofl2

[SNAFU]

And the reason why women love to gossip so much is their two pairs of lips...


(Is it just me or is the site acting really sluggishly right now?)

[thephenom]

Ya, the forum is kinda slow tonight.

[Maniacmous]

Forum is kinda laggy, yes...but its also slow because we don't have the normal late night numbers on and surfing...which for a weekend, is a sad sad thing.

[Scottman]

Originally posted by SNAFU
And the reason why women love to gossip so much is their two pairs of lips...


(Is it just me or is the site acting really sluggishly right now?) Ooohhh! Someone likes to live way out on the edge...

[SNAFU]

Originally posted by Scottman
Ooohhh! Someone likes to live way out on the edge... :thumb





+1

[Maniacmous]

Yeah...walks a fine line right there with that post...but still, funny. He just better not tell that to any prospects for future relationships... :D

[SNAFU]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
Yeah...walks a fine line right there with that post...but still, funny. He just better not tell that to any prospects for future relationships... :D

I already have! :KICK ASS
hence the nick: Merv the Perv

[Scottman]

This is an old one that I'm sure that you all will get. If you are really good, tell us BOTH ways to solve it (yes, there are two solutions).

You are at a pool and you have two buckets. One bucket is 3 gallons, the other is 5 gallons. How do you get PRECISELY 4 gallons of water?

[Maniacmous]

That is gutsy...though I can't say anything, I've already showed numerous women the mathematical proof that they are all indeed evil. :jawsdown

[SNAFU]

Originally posted by Scottman
This is an old one that I'm sure that you all will get. If you are really good, tell us BOTH ways to solve it (yes, there are two solutions).

You are at a pool and you have two buckets. One bucket is 3 gallons, the other is 5 gallons. How do you get PRECISELY 4 gallons of water?

First fill the 3 gallons. Then pour it into the 5 gallon. Then fill the 3 gallon bucket again and fill the 5 gallon with it leaving you one gallon in the 3 gallon bucket. Dump the 5 gallon bucket and pour the one gallon in there. Fill up the 3 gallon and 3+1=4 gallons!

Originally posted by Maniacmous
That is gutsy...though I can't say anything, I've already showed numerous women the mathematical proof that they are all indeed evil. :jawsdown

OOHH!! Show me! :D

[Maniacmous]

First fill the 5 gallon bucket full, pour it into the 3 gallon bucket, leaving the 5 gallon bucket with 2 gallons in it, and a full 3 gallon bucket.
Next, pour out the 3 gallon bucket, leaving it empty.
Dump the remaining 2 gallons from the 5 gallon bucket into the 3 gallon bucket.
Now fill the 5 gallon bucket all the way up.
Dump the 5 gallon bucket into the 3 gallon bucket until it fills up (only one gallon should do it, since the 2 from the first round are still in there)
This leaves you with exactly 4 gallons.

[SNAFU]

Whoops... didn't see that you wanted BOTH ways...

[Maniacmous]

Doesn't matter, I got the other one up just after you got yours up...I too thought he only wanted 1.

[Scottman]

Eeexxxcelent!! Nice teamwork guys!

[Maniacmous]

*whisper* should we tell him we really didn't plan this..?

[thephenom]

These stuff is hurting my brain at 3am.

[Maniacmous]

Don't worry...I think the stuff is over for the time being...nobody around I think that'll post more puzzling goodness, though if you really crave some, go to Thinks.com and try the daily codebreaker crossword. :Holy Crap

[SNAFU]

WHAT'S 1+1???? HA! A good challenging one!

[Maniacmous]

Challenging?!?! Are you ******ed?! Everyone knows 1+1 = 11!!!! :rofl2

[thephenom]

11

[thephenom]

or in binary 1 + 1 = 10

[SNAFU]

umm...11? How old are you guys????

[Maniacmous]

I'm almost 19...and very smart...my mommy always tells me I'm very special and that's why I get to ride on the really cool short bus! :luxhello

[thephenom]

There are 10 type of people in the world, ones that speak binary, and ones that don't.

[thephenom]

Originally posted by Maniacmous
I'm almost 19...and very smart...my mommy always tells me I'm very special and that's why I get to ride on the really cool short bus! :luxhello :lmao :rofl2

[wazman]

Originally posted by Scottman
This is an old one that I'm sure that you all will get. If you are really good, tell us BOTH ways to solve it (yes, there are two solutions).

You are at a pool and you have two buckets. One bucket is 3 gallons, the other is 5 gallons. How do you get PRECISELY 4 gallons of water?

Actually, there's only one real answer:

Go ask somebody to bring you 4 gallons of water. :)

(Remember, he said "How do you get precisely 4 gallons of water?", not "How do you get precisely 4 gallons of water into one of the buckets?"

And yes, I am a smarta$$. :D )

[Phat_Cow]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
calc was awesome.. I love math.. which is why I'm going to become a math teacher:) :luxhello

Math is and will always be my favorite class in high school. Good O Mrs. Spinny. She taught us how rabbits and bees relate to math.

[Phat_Cow]

Originally posted by littlemissborin
nope.. don't have any intention of ever drinking.. let alone getting drunk.. just not my style

Woow I thought I was the only one who plans on not drinking in their entire life.

[Scottman]

Originally posted by wazman
And yes, I am a smarta$$. :D ) I'm glad you said that!

[wazman]

Originally posted by Scottman
I'm glad you said that!

Why? :What the

[Scottman]

Saves me the trouble!! J/K :thumb

[wazman]

Originally posted by Scottman
Saves me the trouble!! J/K :thumb

Oh - OK... :) I thought I was in trouble for a second there... Whew... :)

[efernandez_98]

Nahh.