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Ablaze
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#91
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by Ablaze » Thu Dec 02, 2004 7:32 am
Has to be stupidity
Here's a good one:
A word I know, Six letters it contains, Subtract just one, And twelve is what remains.
Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas.
Bastian-Bux
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#92
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by Bastian-Bux » Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:10 am
Thirteen
Come on guys, bring more difficult ones. English isn't my primary language and still I can solve them ^^.
noelte
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#93
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by noelte » Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:13 am
Thirteen has more than six letters!
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Bastian-Bux
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#94
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by Bastian-Bux » Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:30 am
Thirteen "has" more then six letters (8), but it contains only 6, as "t" and "e" are doubles.
@noelte: Im Deutschen würden wir sagen: enthält 6 verschiedene Buchstaben bzw. hat 6 Buchstaben. Sind zwei verschiedene Sachen
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Ablaze
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#95
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by Ablaze » Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:47 am
Thirteen is not the answer, the answer "has" 6 letters.. and all that other stuff.
I'm generally don't remember the ones that are so "hard" that I consider them obscure, but if you like.. here's one:
A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn, with an outline of a green grass. What is this?
Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas.
noelte
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#96
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by noelte » Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:57 am
@bb see Ablaze
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Kharagh
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#97
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by Kharagh » Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:02 am
Hmm, I don't know about Ablaze's riddle, but here is another one for you to solve
I can go up the chimney down, but not down the chimney up.
What am I ?
Daveybaby
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#98
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by Daveybaby » Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:06 pm
umbrella
Kharagh
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#99
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by Kharagh » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:57 pm
You're right
Ablaze
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#100
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by Ablaze » Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:24 pm
Man, you can just copy and paste these into google. Kind of deflates the whole riddle thing, dosen't it?
For the record the answers are "Dozens" (subtract the "s" and make dozen) and "a coconut."
Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas.
noelte
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#101
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by noelte » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:00 pm
Now, i'm going to prove that 4 equals 5
-20 = -20
16-36 = 25-45
16-36+9²/2² = 25-45+9²/2²
(4-9/2)² = (5-9/2)²
4-9/2 = 5-9/2
4=5
ähm, ... q.e.d.
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Geoff the Medio
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#102
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by Geoff the Medio » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:22 pm
noelte wrote: (4-9/2)² = (5-9/2)²
4-9/2 = 5-9/2
And I suppose that (-1)^2 = (1)^2 means -1 = 1 ?
noelte
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#103
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by noelte » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:31 pm
Geoff the Medio wrote: noelte wrote: (4-9/2)² = (5-9/2)²
4-9/2 = 5-9/2
And I suppose that (-1)^2 = (1)^2 means -1 = 1 ?
Of cause not, it only means that -0.5² equals 0.5² leads to -0.5 = 0.5
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Bastian-Bux
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#104
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by Bastian-Bux » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:02 pm
You forgot i.
Wenn du die Macht hättest die Geschichte zu ändern, wo würdest du anfangen. Und viel wichtiger, wo aufhören?
If you had the power to change history, where would you start? And more importantly, where would you stop?
Daveybaby
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#105
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by Daveybaby » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:12 pm
Okay, here's one:
What's the difference between a duck?