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by **maypaxvobiscum** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:30 am

to make up for the fact i hvnt been onto this website for ages, i shall list FOUR riddles!! =)

1) what did cinderella do when she got to the ball?

2) I am slim and tall,
Many find me desirable and appealing.
They touch me and I give a false good feeling.
Once I shine in splendor,
But only once and then no more.
For many I am "to die for".
What am I?

3) No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?

4) I am sometimes strong and sometimes weak, but I am nobody's fool. For there is no language that I can't speak, though I never went to school. What am I?

by **destro** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:49 pm

maypaxvobiscum wrote:to make up for the fact i hvnt been onto this website for ages, i shall list FOUR riddles!! =)

1) what did cinderella do when she got to the ball?

2) I am slim and tall,
Many find me desirable and appealing.
They touch me and I give a false good feeling.
Once I shine in splendor,
But only once and then no more.
For many I am "to die for".
What am I?

3) No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?

4) I am sometimes strong and sometimes weak, but I am nobody's fool. For there is no language that I can't speak, though I never went to school. What am I?

1) Choked ( threw up ) ?

2) A Cig ?

3) Fire ?

4) An Echo ?

by **destro** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:52 pm

I went into a forest to find it, i couldn't find it so i sat down on a log and brought it home with me without knowing ?

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:20 am

destro wrote:
maypaxvobiscum wrote:to make up for the fact i hvnt been onto this website for ages, i shall list FOUR riddles!! =)

1) what did cinderella do when she got to the ball?

2) I am slim and tall,
Many find me desirable and appealing.
They touch me and I give a false good feeling.
Once I shine in splendor,
But only once and then no more.
For many I am "to die for".
What am I?

3) No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?

4) I am sometimes strong and sometimes weak, but I am nobody's fool. For there is no language that I can't speak, though I never went to school. What am I?

1) Choked ( threw up ) ?

2) A Cig ?

3) Fire ?

4) An Echo ?

1) she gagged :P

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:22 am

destro wrote:I went into a forest to find it, i couldn't find it so i sat down on a log and brought it home with me without knowing ?

urm....mud? fungus?

by **account deleted by request** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:24 am

destro wrote:I went into a forest to find it, i couldn't find it so i sat down on a log and brought it home with me without knowing ?

Peace of mind

by **destro** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:26 pm

The answer is A Splinter

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:50 am

A teacher says: I'm thinking of two natural numbers bigger than 1. Try to guess what they are.
The first student knows their product and the other one knows their sum.
First: I do not know the sum.
Second: I knew that. The sum is less than 14.
First: I knew that. However, now I know the numbers.
Second: And so do I.
What were the numbers?

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:46 pm

Starting with HEAD, change one letter at a time until you have the word TAIL. Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word. What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?

HEAD
....
....
....
TAIL

by **destro** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:28 pm

5

HEAD
HEAR
HEIR
HAIR
HAIL
TAIL

The answer to the other one regarding the numbers is

2 and 3 or 3 and 4

9 and 8 or 8 and 7

by **woof woof !** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:54 pm

head
heal
heil
hail
tail

Numbers = 9 and 2

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:18 pm

The numbers were 2 and 9. And here comes the entire solution.
There shall be two natural numbers bigger than 1. First student knows their product and the other one knows their sum.
The sum is smaller than 14 (for natural numbers bigger than 1), so the following combinations are possible:
2 2 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
2 3 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
2 4 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
2 5 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
2 6
2 7 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
2 8
2 9
2 10
2 11 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
3 3 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
3 4
3 5 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
3 6
3 7 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
3 8 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14 (eg. 2 + 12)
3 9 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
3 10 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14
4 4
4 5
4 6 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14
4 7 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14
4 8 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14
4 9 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14
5 5 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
5 6 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14
5 7 ... NO - the first student would have known the sum as well
5 8 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14
6 6 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14
6 7 ... NO - the product does not have all possible sums smaller than 14

So there are the following combinations left:
2 6 ... NO – it is impossible to create any pair of numbers from the given sum, where there would be at least one sum (created from their product) bigger than 14 (it is impossible to create a pair of numbers from sum 8, so that the product would have an alternative sum bigger than 14 ... eg. if 4 and 4, then there is no sum – created from their product 16 – bigger than 14 – eg. 2 + 8 = only 10)
2 8
2 9
2 10
3 4 ... NO – it is impossible to create any pair of numbers from the given sum, where there would be at least one sum (created from their product) bigger than 14
3 6 ... NO – it is impossible to create any pair of numbers from the given sum, where there would be at least one sum (created from their product) bigger than 14
4 4 ... NO – it is impossible to create any pair of numbers from the given sum, where there would be at least one sum (created from their product) bigger than 14
4 5 ... NO – it is impossible to create any pair of numbers from the given sum, where there would be at least one sum (created from their product) bigger than 14

The second student (knowing the sum) knew, that the first student (knowing the product) does not know the sum and he thought that the first student does not know that the sum is smaller than 14.

Only 3 combinations left:
2 8 ... product = 16, sum = 10
2 9 ... product = 18, sum = 11
2 10 ... product = 20, sum = 12

Let’s eliminate the sums, which can be created using a unique combination of numbers – if the sum is clear when knowing the product (this could have been done earlier, but it wouldn’t be so exciting) - because the second student knew, that his sum is not created with such a pair of numbers. And so the sum can not be 10 (because 7 and 3) – the second student knew, that the first student does not know the sum – but if the sum was 10, then the first student could have known the sum if the pair was 7 and 3.
The same reasoning is used for eliminating sum 12 (because 5 and 7).
So we have just one possibility – the only solution – 2 and 9.
And that’s it.

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:25 pm

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word?

by **scouser 'til I die** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:58 pm

maypaxvobiscum wrote:There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word?

therein - the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

by **scouser 'til I die** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 12:00 am

Heres one: Two fathers and two sons went fishing. Each caught a fish but they only caught 3 fish. How come?

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