Puzzles!!!

[wishful thinker]

2. A table or a chair 

[phil13]

1. It is a scientific fact that every person eats over an inch of dirt at every meal.

How is this possible?

2. During a high-stakes bridge tournament preceded by a sit-down dinner, John, Jennifer, Jeff, and Jay played together. At the end of the night, all four had more cash than when they arrived. In other words, none of them lost, although they were playing for money.

How could this be?

3.Two French diplomats who have never seen each other meet at the French Embassy in New York and decide to have a drink together in a nearby bar. Incidentally, one is the father of the other one's son. How is this possible?

4. You're at a cocktail party with your date. Strangely enough, there's something in the room that everybody can touch- and so can you, but only with your left hand. What is it?

5. What word is always spelled incorrectly?

6. How can you make the following equation correct without changing it?

                                                8 + 8 = 91

7. A man was about to board a city bus with a newly purchased, 5-foot-long novelty toothbrush, when the driver informed him of a city ordinance prohibiting packages more than 4 feet tall. The man only had enough money to take the bus home so he tried returning the toothbrush, but the store wouldn't refund his purchase. 5 minutes later, the man was on the bus riding home, with the big toothbrush in one piece. How'd he do it?

8. What's the closest relation the son of your father's brother's sister-in-law could be to you?

Once again, enjoy!

Phil

[pianistimo]

1.  they eat unwashed vegetables?

2.  ?  i don't know much about bridge.  does eating have anything to do with the moral outcome of this?  did they find money under their plates?  or, are we talking that they took out their dentures and the dentist among them bought them out?

3.  they are a divorced 'au pair?' 

4.  your date's butt? not mine.

5.  mississippi?

6.  make it an equation of approximation.

7.  he put 12'' in his mouth?

8.  ?  don't know that one. 

[bernhard]

3.Two French diplomats who have never seen each other meet at the French Embassy in New York and decide to have a drink together in a nearby bar. Incidentally, one is the father of the other one's son. How is this possible?

The other is the mother, and they are both blind.

4. You're at a cocktail party with your date. Strangely enough, there's something in the room that everybody can touch- and so can you, but only with your left hand. What is it?

One´s own right hand.

5. What word is always spelled incorrectly?

I-N-C-O-R-R-E-C-T-L-Y

6. How can you make the following equation correct without changing it?

                                                8 + 8 = 91

Rotate it to the left and turn it upside down.

7. A man was about to board a city bus with a newly purchased, 5-foot-long novelty toothbrush, when the driver informed him of a city ordinance prohibiting packages more than 4 feet tall. The man only had enough money to take the bus home so he tried returning the toothbrush, but the store wouldn't refund his purchase. 5 minutes later, the man was on the bus riding home, with the big toothbrush in one piece. How'd he do it?

He unpacked it.

8. What's the closest relation the son of your father's brother's sister-in-law could be to you?

Brother.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[phil13]

Bernhard you are correct in 5 of the ones you answered. How long did it take you?

No.4 is wrong, but you are close.

Alternative answer to No.8: If you are male, the closest relation is you.

Anyone know the answers to 1 and 2?

Phil

[pianistimo]

#1 everyone likes to eat mud pie.  they're all eating mud pie desserts?

#2 john, jennifer, jeff, and jay were all seating alphabetically - so it was actually jay, jeff, jennifer and john at the table.  but it was a square table and didn't matter after the game of bridge.  (*i need some hints about how to play bridge).  anwway, they were all old and THOUGHT they went away with more money than they came with because the tokens looked real. 

[phil13]

#1 everyone likes to eat mud pie.  they're all eating mud pie desserts?

#2 john, jennifer, jeff, and jay were all seating alphabetically - so it was actually jay, jeff, jennifer and john at the table.  but it was a square table and didn't matter after the game of bridge.  (*i need some hints about how to play bridge).  anwway, they were all old and THOUGHT they went away with more money than they came with because the tokens looked real.  OR,  or (i just read about bridge) they played beyond the normal finish and went away with 'rubbers.'  what is this?  i never heard of this.  ingagroz ny aaaaa. 

Nope, sorry Pianistimo.

Phil

[bernhard]

Bernhard you are correct in 5 of the ones you answered. How long did it take you?

A couple of seconds.

No.4 is wrong, but you are close.

Yes, of course I am wrong, the right hand can still touch itself, so it is probably the right elbow.

Alternative answer to No.8: If you are male, the closest relation is you.

Er... usually I don´t think of myself as my relative

Anyone know the answers to 1 and 2?

I have a vague idea where number one is going but I cannot put it in a satisfactory way.

As for number 2, my first impulse was to say that they were all playing as part of the same team, but I know nothing about bridge, and I don´t think this is a likely answer.

BW
B.

[ihatepop]

Heres 1

Horowitz walked into a bar. A man said 'Sir, your playing really stinks!' Another said 'Yeah, a rat could play better!!!' But Horowitz was not bothered. Why?

[nicco]

1. It is a scientific fact that every person eats over an inch of dirt at every meal.

How is this possible?

An inch is only one dimension. It could be an inch long, and only f.ex 0.0001 mm long and 0.0001 wide. Thats more believable 

[nicco]

2. During a high-stakes bridge tournament preceded by a sit-down dinner, John, Jennifer, Jeff, and Jay played together. At the end of the night, all four had more cash than when they arrived. In other words, none of them lost, although they were playing for money.

How could this be?

Phil

As for this one, they were not bridge players but rather musicians or some kind of entertainers playing together for money

[ihatepop]

As for this one, they were not bridge players but rather musicians or some kind of entertainers playing together for money

Hey, never thought of that.

Y'know, Its usually the simplest questions that trick people (including me) .

ihatepop

[ihatepop]

Heres 1

Horowitz walked into a bar. A man said 'Sir, your playing really stinks!' Another said 'Yeah, a rat could play better!!!' But Horowitz was not bothered. Why?

Anyone needs a clue?

ihatepop

[bernhard]

Anyone needs a clue?

ihatepop

They were talking about Rubinstein?

BW
B.

[phil13]

As for this one, they were not bridge players but rather musicians or some kind of entertainers playing together for money

Correct! 

You guys are still far off from No.1, though.

Phil

[nicco]

Correct! 

You guys are still far off from No.1, though.

Phil

Really? Mine was incorrect?

[phil13]

Really? Mine was incorrect?

Yes.

Phil

[quantum]

Heres 1

Horowitz walked into a bar. A man said 'Sir, your playing really stinks!' Another said 'Yeah, a rat could play better!!!' But Horowitz was not bothered. Why?

Because he was unconcious from walking into a bar.

[ihatepop]

They were talking about Rubinstein?

BW
B.

Correct, but maybe not Rubinstein....

[gymnopedist]

1. It is a scientific fact that every person eats over an inch of dirt at every meal.

How is this possible?

No matter where you are, there's bound to be an inch of dirt somewhere below your plate.

[phil13]

No matter where you are, there's bound to be an inch of dirt somewhere below your plate.

AHA! You got it! 

Phil

[phil13]

Okay, next batch:

1. What do the following words have in common?

           Sheath     Pirate    Ashamed    Brandy

(note: this one is really difficult)

2. A man married 48 women. None of them dies, he was never divorced, and he was one of the most admired men in town. How come?

3. If a doctor gave you 3 pills and told you to take one every half-hour, how long would they last you?

4. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in another field, how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in the center field?

5. What belongs to you alone, but is mostly used by others?

6. The person who made it had no use for it, the person who bought it didn't want it, and the one who finally ended up with it, never even knew about it. What is it?

Phil

[nicco]

No matter where you are, there's bound to be an inch of dirt somewhere below your plate.

edit...haha i just got it lol. nice one

[nicco]

Okay, next batch:

1. What do the following words have in common?

           Sheath     Pirate    Ashamed    Brandy

(note: this one is really difficult)

by removing one and one letter you get new words until you are left with the letter a. 

example:

Ashamed - shamed - shame - sham - ham - am - a

[nicco]

5. What belongs to you alone, but is mostly used by others?

Phil

nicco 

[phil13]

by removing one and one letter you get new words until you are left with the letter a. 

example:

Ashamed - shamed - shame - sham - ham - am - a

Have you heard this one before? It took me half an hour to figure that out when it was first told to me.

Phil

[bernhard]

2. A man married 48 women. None of them dies, he was never divorced, and he was one of the most admired men in town. How come?

He was the priest (or justice of peace) doing the marriage cermonies.

BW,
B.

[phil13]

That just leaves 3, 4, and 6.

Phil

[pianistimo]

#3  if they were sleeping pills, they would last 8 hours with 1/2 hour in between to take another pill x3 =24 + 1 1/2 = 25 1/2  this is just a guess.

#4  ok.  5 haystacks + 4 haystacks put into centerfield = a really wierd ballgame but a great pitching mound.

#6 the rv in the back 

[phil13]

#3  if they were sleeping pills, they would last 8 hours with 1/2 hour in between to take another pill x3 =24 + 1 1/2 = 25 1/2  this is just a guess.

#4  ok.  5 haystacks + 4 haystacks put into centerfield = a really wierd ballgame but a great pitching mound.

#6 the rv in the back 

Nos. 3 and 6 are incorrect

No.4- odd way of putting it but you are right!

Phil

[nicco]

3. If a doctor gave you 3 pills and told you to take one every half-hour, how long would they last you?

isnt it 1 hour?... he takes 1 immediately, then another after half an hour and then the last after 1 hour...

[phil13]

isnt it 1 hour?... he takes 1 immediately, then another after half an hour and then the last after 1 hour...

Yes! 

Now, can you solve the last one?

Phil

[bernhard]

6. The person who made it had no use for it, the person who bought it didn't want it, and the one who finally ended up with it, never even knew about it. What is it?

Phil

A coffin?

[phil13]

A coffin?

Correct! That's all the puzzles I know, so somebody else take over and I shall resume trying to solve others' puzzles.

Phil

[ihatepop]

Heres one nice one. Decipher this code:

htrae no sresopmoc tsetaerg eht fo eno si trazom

Good luck. It is not a foreign language so don't waste your time checking it up.

ihatepop

[chopianist123]

htrae no sresopmoc tsetaerg eht fo eno si trazom

answer:

Mozart is one of the greatest composers on Earth 

[dss]

Linguistic puzzle

7 = MS in MT (I,D,P,L,M,A,L)

[nanabush]

A bear walks south for one kilometer, then it walks west for one kilometer, then it walks north for one kilometer and ends up at the same point from which it started. What color was the bear?

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Three students checked into a hotel and paid the clerk $30 for a room ($10 each). When the hotel manager returned, he noticed that the clerk had incorrectly charged $30 instead of $25 for the room. The manager told the clerk to return $5 to the students. The clerk, knowing that the students would not be able to divide $5 evenly, decided to keep $2 and to give them only $3.

The students were very happy because they paid only $27 for the room ($9 each). However, if they paid $27 and the clerk kept $2, that adds up to $29. What happened to the other Dollar?

___
The first one you either get it or you dont, the second is seriously fu*ked up...

[nicco]

A bear walks south for one kilometer, then it walks west for one kilometer, then it walks north for one kilometer and ends up at the same point from which it started. What color was the bear?

white, cause it was a polar bear at the north pole

[phil13]

white, cause it was a polar bear at the north pole

Aaaugh, you beat me to it!   

Three students checked into a hotel and paid the clerk $30 for a room ($10 each). When the hotel manager returned, he noticed that the clerk had incorrectly charged $30 instead of $25 for the room. The manager told the clerk to return $5 to the students. The clerk, knowing that the students would not be able to divide $5 evenly, decided to keep $2 and to give them only $3.

The students were very happy because they paid only $27 for the room ($9 each). However, if they paid $27 and the clerk kept $2, that adds up to $29. What happened to the other Dollar?

___
The first one you either get it or you dont, the second is seriously fu*ked up...

Trick question. the $2 the clerk kept is PART of the $27 they payed, plus the $3 they got back = $30.

Phil

[nanabush]

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Think about these
Let's say (hypothetically) there is a bullet, which can shoot through any barrier. Let's say there is also an absolutely bullet-proof armour, and nothing gets through it. What will happen, if such bullet hits such armour?
Can a man drown in the fountain of eternal life?
Your mission is to not accept the mission. Do you accept?
This girl goes into the past and kills her Grandmother. Since her Grandmother is dead the girl was never born, if she was never born she never killed her grandmother and she was born.
If the temperature this morning is 0 degrees and the Weather Channel says, "it will be twice as cold tomorrow,".... What will the temperature be?
Answer truthfully (yes or no) to the following question: Will the next word you say be no?
What happens if you are in a car going the speed of light and you turn your headlights on?
I conclude with this challenge:
Let the God Almighty create a stone, which he can not pick up!

[quantum]

Think about these
Let's say (hypothetically) there is a bullet, which can shoot through any barrier. Let's say there is also an absolutely bullet-proof armour, and nothing gets through it. What will happen, if such bullet hits such armour?

Does this have anything to do with logic gates?


Can a man drown in the fountain of eternal life?
Yes, he will live to tell about it.
 
Your mission is to not accept the mission. Do you accept?
You have not yet told me about the secondary mission. 

This girl goes into the past and kills her Grandmother. Since her Grandmother is dead the girl was never born, if she was never born she never killed her grandmother and she was born.
If you kill someone after their child is born, then only the parent is dead not the child.  The girl just has to make sure to kill her grandmother after one of her parents is born. 


If the temperature this morning is 0 degrees and the Weather Channel says, "it will be twice as cold tomorrow,".... What will the temperature be?
Doesn't matter weather it is -20 degrees.  There is still no second reference value to compare the initial temperature. 

Answer truthfully (yes or no) to the following question: Will the next word you say be no?
The question negates the input so the answer will alwways be un-truthful. 

What happens if you are in a car going the speed of light and you turn your headlights on?
You will be able to see?  Speed of light doesn't mean there is light.  I mean if Einsteins theory's are correct, time will also slow down at such speeds.

I conclude with this challenge:
Let the God Almighty create a stone, which he can not pick up!
I am not God, so how can I take up this challenge?

[nanabush]

Haha @ at the same site 

[ihatepop]

I'm gald to see that this thread is goin' quite well.

Heres more

1. Some flies are trapped in a sealed jar. You place the jar on a set of scales. The scales will register the greatest weight when the flies are:
   a. sitting on the bottom of the jar
   b. flying around the inside of the jar
   c. neither. The weight will be exactly the same in each case

2. Mr butcher, Mr baker, Mr carpenter and Mr Plumber have never been in the same profession as their name and no one has had the same profession twice.Alan is now a butcher, whereas Mr Brain butcher used to be a baker. The person who is now a carpenter used to be a butcher. Charlie has never been a baker. Mr Daren Carpenter has never been a butcher and Mr baker is now not a carpenter. Can you determine their full names, along with their current and previous professions?

3. This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs or throat, but still has a mighty roaring call, what is it?

ihatepop

[quantum]

I'm gald to see that this thread is goin' quite well.

Heres more

1. Some flies are trapped in a sealed jar. You place the jar on a set of scales. The scales will register the greatest weight when the flies are:
   a. sitting on the bottom of the jar
   b. flying around the inside of the jar
   c. neither. The weight will be exactly the same in each case

There is no mention of the scale having a counterweight, so the weight of the jar cannot be measured in the first place.  The jar is still the heaviest thing on the scale no matter what happens inside it.

[ihatepop]

There is no mention of the scale having a counterweight, so the weight of the jar cannot be measured in the first place.  The jar is still the heaviest thing on the scale no matter what happens inside it.

Ok, ignore the weight of the jar.

ihatepop

[bernhard]

2. Mr butcher, Mr baker, Mr carpenter and Mr Plumber have never been in the same profession as their name and no one has had the same profession twice.Alan is now a butcher, whereas Mr Brain butcher used to be a baker. The person who is now a carpenter used to be a butcher. Charlie has never been a baker. Mr Daren Carpenter has never been a butcher and Mr baker is now not a carpenter. Can you determine their full names, along with their current and previous professions?

Mr. Brain Butcher is now a plumber, but used to be a baker

Mr. Alan Baker is now a butcher, but used to be a carpenter

Mr. Daren Carpenter is now a baker, but used to be a plumber

Mr. Charlie Plumber is now a carpenter, but used to be a butcher.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[pianistimo]

bernhard, did you used to be an english prof.?

[bernhard]

bernhard, did you used to be an english prof.?

he he, here is a puzzle:

what is my first name, what is my current professin and what was my previous profession.


And no, I was never an English prof.

BW
B.

[pianistimo]

i thought bernhard WAS your first name.  and, please don't tell me you are on thal's list of friendly corners.  rather, i think your profession was a teacher of some kind.  not english.  hmmm.  mathematics?  did i remember a post about that?