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What appears once every minute, twice every moment, but never in a thousand years?
Any body got other ones?
well done! any body got another one?
At Midnight, the big and small hands are pointing at 12. How many times does the big hand pass the little hand before 12 noon?
carls nova sri
10-10-07, 11:01 PM
if a feller met a feller in a field of beans if a feller said to a feller what does fella mean
how many f's in that
if a feller met a feller in a field of beans if a feller said to a feller what does fella mean
how many f's in that
none :p
to the feller one. none that does not have any f's
carls nova sri
10-10-07, 11:06 PM
none :p
correct
cant figer out the 12 noon one though!!
carls nova sri
10-10-07, 11:07 PM
is it 11
here's another one
If a house had 4 walls and all 4 walls had southern exposure, what colour would a bear be if it walked past?
here's another one
If a house had 4 walls and all 4 walls had southern exposure, what colour would a bear be if it walked past?
White
you've done these before!! lol lol
At Midnight, the big and small hands are pointing at 12. How many times does the big hand pass the little hand before 12 noon?
Is the clock located in the Neverland ranch? There's be lots of big and little hand interaction there lol
carls nova sri
10-10-07, 11:12 PM
At Midnight, the big and small hands are pointing at 12. How many times does the big hand pass the little hand before 12 noon?
twice
carls nova sri
10-10-07, 11:14 PM
once
By hands, if you mean the hands on the clockface, then the minute hand passes the hour hand 10 times afaik between 00:00 and 12:00, unless by big hand you mean second hand... in which case a lot more lol
By hands, if you mean the hands on the clockface, then the minute hand passes the hour hand 10 times afaik between 00:00 and 12:00, unless by big hand you mean second hand... in which case a lot more lol
LOL, nice edit there, you had written 11 and as i clicked 'Quote' your answer had changed to 10 lol
It is 10, lots of people forget the big hand goes around once first without crossing the small hand.
Kinky Monza
10-10-07, 11:20 PM
Quality! i'm trying to think of the ones i was told but brains stopped working lol
carls nova sri
10-10-07, 11:22 PM
oh well i was close now for the 4 walls one is it white
I sat here mentally counting it on my clock. Got 11 first time round then realised I'd counted it wrong, as theoretically the minute hand doesn't pass the hour hand as it comes to 12:00
I sat here mentally counting it on my clock. Got 11 first time round then realised I'd counted it wrong, as theoretically the minute hand doesn't pass the hour hand as it comes to 12:00
Its the first rotation that throws you out. From 12 till 1 o clock, the minute hand doesnt pass the hour hand, but if you just count '1' you end up counting 11 rotations, which there are, but only 10 passes lol
Its a real goodun, you have t think pretty hard about it but its simple.
Nah, I figured the 0-1 not having a pass straight away. It was the approach to 12 that got me. My brain picks out hard stuff but misses the bleedin' obvious stuff instead lol
NovaLad
11-10-07, 12:26 AM
If a rooster laid 11 eggs and the farmer took 5 of them and another rooster laid 14 eggs and 5 of them were rotten, how many eggs were left?
Roosters don't lay eggs... Being male and all that. You mean Hens/chickens...
NovaLad
11-10-07, 08:37 AM
Clap Clap. 0 because roosters don't lay eggs.
Well its a hypothetical question, so doesn't really abide by the laws of physics and reality. So its possible. And as you specified that the rooster DID lay some eggs, one would take your word for it in the context of the puzzle. So hypothetically the answer is 15, but in real terms the answer is you're a plum lol
NovaLad
11-10-07, 09:31 AM
I don't see the word "did" in that anywhere.
I see "if a"
"If a" implies the hypothetical. You're saying in the hypothetical context of the question, the events did, or will, occur. You said "if a rooster laid some eggs", i.e. hypothetically, the rooster did, or will, lay some eggs.
Nits officially picked lol
Anywoo, time for another:
Which famous landmark in the USA is forever moving backwards?
hendrix
11-10-07, 11:04 AM
The statue of liberty....
hendrix
11-10-07, 12:34 PM
damn lol, I thought it was something to do with continental drift haha
hendrix
11-10-07, 12:41 PM
waiiiiiiit a minute.....Niagra falls, although technically half of that is in canada!
Rungs of a Ladder
The rungs of a 10 foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart. If the water is rising at the rate of one foot an hour, how long will it take until the water covers over the ladder?...
hendrix
11-10-07, 01:22 PM
11 hours
Never; the ladder is attached to the ship, which we assume is floating on the water. If the water level raises, the ship goes up with it, so the water never gets to climb up the ladder :D
waiiiiiiit a minute.....Niagra falls, although technically half of that is in canada!
Yep :thumb:
hendrix
11-10-07, 01:28 PM
If a sundial is a timepiece with the fewest moving pieces what timepiece has the most??
hendrix
11-10-07, 04:07 PM
ok scrub that one and try this lil nugget lol
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
5. The green house's owner drinks coffee.
6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.
The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
I did this in about 25 mins earlier on :)
smcgsi16v
11-10-07, 04:23 PM
German.
The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
We do but the bloody spanish keep thieving it lol
Poor people have a lot of it, rich people want none of it, it is greater than god and more evil than the devil, what is it?
smcgsi16v
11-10-07, 05:39 PM
Special Brew.
Dan 130
11-10-07, 06:29 PM
stella lol
ok
The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH?
The owner...
I did this puzzle years ago an iirc i came up with the German as the answer. Cant remember if I was right or not though lol
Special Brew.
lol
The actual answer is nothing, but Ill give you 10 points for that one!:thumb:
hendrix
12-10-07, 09:06 AM
Yeah twas the German :thumb:
If an sundial is a time piece with the least moving parts, what is the time piece with the most??
What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
If an sundial is a time piece with the least moving parts, what is the time piece with the most??
An Hourglass.....
It is full of sand grains
carls nova sri
12-10-07, 09:58 PM
doctors have just identified a food that can cause grief and suffering years after it's been eaten.
carls nova sri
12-10-07, 09:58 PM
it's called fcuking wedding cake
it's called fcuking wedding cake
Oh, I always thought the question was 'what is the opposite of aphrodisiac?'
smcgsi16v
14-10-07, 12:11 AM
What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
Smoke.
squealer
15-10-07, 05:39 PM
What can go up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
umbrella
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