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stellara



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 2:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
besides i have another riddle Wink

what comes closer and closer but never arrives?!

have fun Laughing
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kora



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
stellara wrote:
besides i have another riddle Wink

what comes closer and closer but never arrives?!

have fun Laughing
greets


Tomorrow? Idea
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
stellara wrote:
legs:
there are 6 men --> 6x2 = 12 legs
there are 6 baskets (no legs) with 6 cats --> 6x6x4 = 144 legs
there are 6x6x6 kitten with 4 legs --> 6x6x6x4 = 864 legs

Oops! Almost.
There are 36 baskets, each with 6 cats.
So 6x6x6x4=?
As for kittens,
6x6x6x6x4=?

Quote:
Brothers and sisters have I none,
But this man's father is my father's son.
it's me?! ("this man" is my son then?!)

Right, the person is holding a picture of his/her son.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks a whole bunch, everyone! Now I have stuff leaking out of my brain! Sad
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christina_nguyen



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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hmm.. i know this number's riddle but i forgot how it can be solved Rolling Eyes but i came this far (you mustn't think mathematically Wink )

each line describes the previous line, the first line has one 1 --> 11 in the second line. the second line has two 1 --> 21 in the third line.

1 --> one 1 (for the next line)
11 --> two 1 (")
21 --> one two and two 1
1211 --> one 1, one 2, two 1
111221 --> same pattern
312211
13112221 --> one 1 one 3 two 1 three 2 one 1
--> next line has to be: 1113213211

hope this is right.. Very Happy
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Razz i bow to ur intelligence........lol Razz
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stellara



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
really, it's right?! wow.. Embarassed Laughing but i think if i hadn't heard this riddle before i'd never found out the solution this fast..

yeah, tomorrow is also right Wink congrats, kora!

uups Wink i thought each man has only one basket, so there were six baskets at all.. yep, reading is difficult.. Laughing
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kora



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
stellara wrote:
really, it's right?! wow.. Embarassed Laughing but i think if i hadn't heard this riddle before i'd never found out the solution this fast..

I think so Embarassed

yeah, tomorrow is also right Wink congrats, kora!

Thank you for your congrats Very Happy .

uups Wink i thought each man has only one basket, so there were six baskets at all.. yep, reading is difficult.. Laughing

Could you tell me what you mean Question
I really don't know the meaning of your words as I'm not good at English and something else. Sad
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stellara



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
the riddle was like that: If you have 6 men and each has 6 baskets. Each baskets has 6 cats inside and each cat has 6 kittens. Assuming all are whole and healthy. How many legs are there?

I overread the sentence "and each has 6 baskets", i just thought each one would have only one basket so with 6 men there would be 6 baskets. but as each of these 6 men has 6 baskets there are 6x6 = 36 baskets.. i forgot to multiply with another six Wink

okay?
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kora



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
stellara wrote:
the riddle was like that: If you have 6 men and each has 6 baskets. Each baskets has 6 cats inside and each cat has 6 kittens. Assuming all are whole and healthy. How many legs are there?

I overread the sentence "and each has 6 baskets", i just thought each one would have only one basket so with 6 men there would be 6 baskets. but as each of these 6 men has 6 baskets there are 6x6 = 36 baskets.. i forgot to multiply with another six Wink

okay?
Wink greets


Oh, "i thought each man has only one basket, so there were six baskets at all.. yep, reading is difficult" is talking about the riddle how many legs there...I missed the riddle so........ Embarassed

The word "each" is difficult to "read out"? Very Happy
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advoca



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is an old riddle that is well known in England.

As I was going to St. Ives, (A place in Cornwall England)
I met a man with seven wives.
Each wife had a cat,
Each cat had a kit (kitten)
How many were going to St Ives?

Can you work that one out?

Here is another one:

One duck in front of a duck
One duck behind a duck.
And a duck in the middle.

How many ducks?
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advoca



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is a silly riddle that I sometimes use to annoy small children.

Question: How many times is a duck?

Answer: One of its legs is both the same.
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iitimone7



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:57 pm    Post subject: ducks Reply with quote
how many ducks? three
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christina_nguyen



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
advoca wrote:


Here is another one:

One duck in front of a duck
One duck behind a duck.
And a duck in the middle.

How many ducks?



There is only one duck. Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 10:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
advoca wrote:
Here is a silly riddle that I sometimes use to annoy small children.

Question: How many times is a duck?

Answer: One of its legs is both the same.



I don't get it! Confused Confused
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kora



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
christina_nguyen wrote:
advoca wrote:


Here is another one:

One duck in front of a duck
One duck behind a duck.
And a duck in the middle.

How many ducks?



There is only one duck. Laughing Laughing


Why? Is it relative to "one" and "a"? Question
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