Things are getting a little dull around here, me thinks, so here is an easy riddle to get brains back into gear. :)
I have feathers, but not wings.
I can fly, but not walk.
What am I?
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Things are getting a little dull around here, me thinks, so here is an easy riddle to get brains back into gear. :)
I have feathers, but not wings.
I can fly, but not walk.
What am I?
A Shuttlecock
A hole!
OUTBACK
Whoa up........................wrong joke.
Where were you headed :o :o :o
Count
:p :p :p :p :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by outback
Yep, that'll do. I would have accepted "arrow" also. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry_White
Well done BW.
:cool:
What is about 6in long, sometimes red, has hair on one end and a hole on the other end, sometimes has white stuff on it, sometimes hard and sometimes flexible.
A paintbrush?
I'll pay that one but I was thinking of a toothbrush. But probably all the deviots were thinking of something else.
I'm glad Outback didn't get hold of that one.
I hate to think what he might have done with it. :D :D :D
Ok, how about this one:
What row of numbers comes next?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
I have seen this before - each line 'describes' the previous line (if you read it out loud, it becomes obvious) .. line two says that the first line has "one 1" and line 3 says line two has "two 1s", etc.... So the next line, which is describing
13112221 is
1113213211
(I think) ... Well, the principal is correct anyway!
Absolutely correct. Your turn!
OK - but bear in mind the time difference! I will probably be off line when the correct answer is given so feel free to ask more riddles.
Two clocks were correct at midnight but then one began to gain four minutes every hour. It stopped one and a half hours ago showing 4:48 pm. The clocks run for less than 24 hours.
What time will the other clock be showing ?
S..t maths was my worst subject at school and to make matters worse my brother is a maths teacher.
Okay.... stab in the dark.....03:44 hours
Martin
Hang on...make that 03:47 and 12 seconds.
Bugger.....that bldi maths teacher was right when he said I had no future in maths!!!!
Yeah - tricky ain't it. Can be done though. Judging by the times provided by kiwigeo, it seems that you might be reading the question wrong, rather than being rough at maths!
Just to point you in the right direction, it was the one that stopped which had been gaining. Also, the answer I'm looking for, is the time that the other (correct, still running) clock is showing now (1.5 hours later).
Okay okay..I thtink Ive got it (typing amidst a pile of screwed up bits of paper and worn out batteries from the HP41)
04:29 and thats my last offer.
No its definitely the maths.....had a first year maths teacher when I was 16 and he managed to destroy my enthusiasm in maths.Quote:
Originally Posted by hexbaz
I mentioned my brother being a teacher.....the little so and so went teaching on his first assignment at the same school we went to as students....and became good buddies with my old teacher. :(
Okay I see whats going wrong here....thought the clock was running slow.
Too early in the day to be doing this sort of stuff....should be working anyway.
Well I bet the correct answer is on one of those bits of paper!Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwigeo
I will say one last 'clue' ... Each of your answers is moving in the right direction!
If the clock that stopped was correct, the time now would be 6:18 (1.5 hours later). As it was gaining, the true time will be earlier than that, but not quite as early as your tries! :D
04:30 hours.......
Im gonna kill my brother...and that bldi maths teacher
Im not reading this right..Quote:
Originally Posted by hexbaz
Okay....step by step and slow deep breaths
1. Two clocks....Clock A and B
2. Clock A and B read same time at midnight.
3. Clock B gains 4 minutes every hour cf with Clock A.
4. Clock B stops showing 04:48. ie it has run for 4 hours and 48 minutes.
5. Clock B stopped 1.5 hours ago <====== this I dont understand. 1.5 hours relative to what time?
6. Clocks run for less than 24 hours.
Is this correct?
The clock thats still running (and showing correct time) will be showing what ever time it is right now.
The clock thats still running (and showing correct time) will be showing what ever time it is right now.
5:15 pm
3:40:48 pm
... is the right answer!Quote:
Originally Posted by simon c
Your turn, simon c
Whilst eagerly awaiting a brain teaser from Simon C, I thought I’d throw this one in the mix to keep your grey matter active.
"You are walking towards a town when you come to a fork in the road. You do not know if the town is left or right. You decide to ask some people in the houses along the way. Nobody knows but they tell you there are twins in a house across the road that know. However one of them always lies and one always tells the truth. You don not know which one is going to answer the door. You may only ask one question.(Not one to each twin) What do you ask and which way do you go?"
(ps feel free to cut in with a new question Simon ! I hope I don’t get attacked by the ‘not your turn nazi’s’)
You say to either of the twins, "which road would he say", pointing to the other twin. Whatever that twin says, choose the opposite.
heard that one before Silent?
OK think I've got it.
You'd ask
"What direction would your twin tell me to go?"
Assuming you ask T1 that question, he's telling you what T2 would say.
Assume that T1 says "T2 would tell you to go east"
If T1 is honest then T2 Would tell you to go east but it would be a lie, so go west.
IF T1 is a liar then he'll tell T2 would really tell you to go west, which would be the truth. So go west. Life is peaceful there.
Nah, I'm just rooly clever :cool:
OK, it was on an episode of Doctor Who (Tom Baker days). Only when he went through the opposite door, he got zapped, so it just goes to show you shouldn't believe everything you see on TV :eek:
Damnit! I spent too long writing the answer!
Bit of a time delay 'tween here and Perth today? :D
Must be, but I swear on....something.....that I worked that oen out from first principles, So I'll post the next one:
What is the opposite of "if"?
Well, I know it's not 'presumptuous' ;)
When
incorrect
Logically speaking, the opposite of 'if' is an assertion, so are you looking for 'because' or 'is'?