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Cohiba

Joined: 01 Feb 2005

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject: Try To Solve "That" Puzzle

Here is a puzzle. It is very simple. Put together a sentence with five "that"s in a row. It is permissible to use commas but no periods. It must be one sentence only. Example: .....that that that that that..... There is a logical, grammatically correct sentence that fits the above criteria. I'll tell you tomorrow.

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gang ah jee

Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: city of paper

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject:

So it turns out that that that that that dirty dawg used is like totally wrong.

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JeJuJitsu

Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject: Re: Try To Solve "That" Puzzle

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Cohiba wrote:

Here is a puzzle. It is very simple. Put together a sentence
with five "that"s in a row. It is permissible to use commas
but no periods. It must be one sentence only.

Example:

.....that that that that that.....

There is a logical, grammatically correct sentence that fits the
above criteria.

I'll tell you tomorrow.

Pshawww...I use this every day.

"I'll have a Zinger Burger, that, that, that, that, that, and a coke."

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endofthewor1d

Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject: Re: Try To Solve "That" Puzzle

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JeJuJitsu wrote:

Cohiba wrote:

Here is a puzzle. It is very simple. Put together a sentence
with five "that"s in a row. It is permissible to use commas
but no periods. It must be one sentence only.

Example:

.....that that that that that.....

There is a logical, grammatically correct sentence that fits the
above criteria.

I'll tell you tomorrow.

Pshawww...I use this every day.

"I'll have a Zinger Burger, that, that, that, that, that, and a coke."

ha ha... nice one.

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Hater Depot

Joined: 29 Mar 2005

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:50 pm Post subject:

He told me that that "that" that that student had wrote was incorrect.

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JeJuJitsu

Joined: 11 Sep 2005
Location: McDonald's

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject:

http://www.jtbullitt.com/levity/that.html

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billybrobby

Joined: 09 Dec 2004

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Try To Solve "That" Puzzle

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JeJuJitsu wrote:

Cohiba wrote:

Here is a puzzle. It is very simple. Put together a sentence
with five "that"s in a row. It is permissible to use commas
but no periods. It must be one sentence only.

Example:

.....that that that that that.....

There is a logical, grammatically correct sentence that fits the
above criteria.

I'll tell you tomorrow.

Pshawww...I use this every day.

"I'll have a Zinger Burger, that, that, that, that, that, and a coke."

haha. that's great.

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RACETRAITOR

Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: Try To Solve "That" Puzzle

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JeJuJitsu wrote:

Pshawww...I use this every day.

"I'll have a Zinger Burger, that, that, that, that, that, and a coke."

I think that that 'that' that that guy used was wrong.

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Cohiba

Joined: 01 Feb 2005

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:55 pm Post subject: Riddle

Wow! Racetraitor and Hater Depot had the classic answer. Jejujitsu definitely used lateral thinking.

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gang ah jee

Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: Riddle

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Cohiba wrote:

Wow!
Racetraitor and Hater Depot had the classic answer.

Wikipedians and googlists both. What about my sentence?

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JeJuJitsu

Joined: 11 Sep 2005
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: Riddle

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gang ah jee wrote:

Cohiba wrote:

Wow!
Racetraitor and Hater Depot had the classic answer.

Wikipedians and googlists both. What about my sentence?

Nope. I googled it after my answer to find the correct answer, which is nothing like my answer in structure, nor meaning Razz

Razz

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mithridates

Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:18 pm Post subject:

Even better is: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

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JeJuJitsu

Joined: 11 Sep 2005
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject:

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Even better is:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

OK, I get the first three, and the last three, but explain how the 4th & 5th buffalo fit, gramatically.

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gang ah jee

Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Riddle

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Nope. I googled it after my answer to find the correct answer, which is nothing like my answer in structure, nor meaning Razz

Razz

Oh, no, yours didn't look like googlism. Mine was googled, but I justify that by saying that I came across the sentence in a philosophy of language class, and I changed some of the words in the sentence I posted.

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OK, I get the first three, and the last three, but explain how the 4th & 5th buffalo make a coherent sentence.

Yeah, I can only get 'Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo', meaning that Buffalo from Buffalo buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.

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mithridates

Joined: 03 Mar 2003
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: Riddle

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gang ah jee wrote:

JeJuJitsu wrote:

Nope. I googled it after my answer to find the correct answer, which is nothing like my answer in structure, nor meaning Razz

Razz

Oh, no, yours didn't look like googlism. Mine was googled, but I justify that by saying that I came across the sentence in a philosophy of language class, and I changed some of the words in the sentence I posted.

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OK, I get the first three, and the last three, but explain how the 4th & 5th buffalo make a coherent sentence.

Yeah, I can only get 'Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo', meaning that Buffalo from Buffalo buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.

Buffalo buffalo (buffalo from Buffalo)
(that)
Buffalo buffalo buffalo (i.e. Buffalo buffalo that Buffalo buffalo trick)
buffalo Buffalo buffalo (trick Buffalo buffalo)

Or to use different wording: Small people that small people like, like small people.

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