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#51 2007-12-25 17:57:40
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Lateral thinking puzzles
#17. The music stopped. She died. Explain.
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#52 2007-12-25 18:49:39
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"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted" 
Nisi Quam Primum, Nequequam
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#53 2007-12-27 23:26:18
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18. A man and his wife raced through the streets. They stopped, and the husband got out of the car. When he came back, his wife was dead, and there was a stranger in the car. What had happened?
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#54 2007-12-28 00:31:48
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Re: Lateral thinking puzzles
Wrap it in bacon
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#55 2007-12-28 01:42:33
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Almost correct,
Well done, TheDude!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#56 2007-12-29 00:42:36
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19. A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, "Thank you," and walks out. Explain.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#57 2007-12-29 01:33:47
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"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted"
Nisi Quam Primum, Nequequam
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#58 2007-12-29 02:04:03
- Jai Ganesh
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Yes, you're right, JohnnyReinB!
Well done, JohnnyReinB!!!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#59 2008-02-02 00:15:06
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JRB20: One very blustery day, I happened to spot a room that had one door and one window. The Door was locked, but the window was wide open. Peering in, I saw a table beside the window, seemingly untouched. The floor was riddled with broken glass on a large puddle of water. In the puddle, I saw that Flippy was dead.
Who was Flippy, and how did he die?
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#60 2008-02-02 01:31:02
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#61 2008-02-02 01:42:58
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Wow, I never heard that one before! However, I had a different answer in mind. Still, hehe, I'm going to find Floppy!
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#62 2008-02-02 02:27:18
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You mean there is another version? 
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#63 2008-02-02 16:27:57
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Yep. It was a blustery day, Jane. Can you find the other one?
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#64 2008-02-02 17:09:23
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It's probably the wind blew the fish bowl over in this one.
Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
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#65 2008-02-02 17:32:16
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How could the wind by itself topple a heavy water-filled fishbowl with a low centre of gravity? In order to do so, it would have to blow much harder against the top of the fishbowl than against the bottom. This would imply an arbitrary lack of homogeneity in wind strength in the vertical direction, which is counterintuitively preposterous! Please make your answers make sense!
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#66 2008-02-03 00:01:33
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The wind probably blew the bowl off the table instead of actually toppling it. And maybe the table had just been treated with extra-slippery varnish or something.
Besides, it was a lateral wind. They can do anything they want.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#67 2008-02-03 23:00:55
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Besides, it was a lateral wind.
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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