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No. They played at the SAME time, WITH one another, and all left with more than they came with. Come on, guys, I didn't think it was that unfair....

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They each found a crikeyload of money lying on the ground in the casino bathroom.

Edit: Next to fools who passed out.

This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 18th February 2005 00:25

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This is so intreuging I just had to come back. I'm guessing that, and I am unfamilair with the rules of bridge, the game began with money already on the table. A "house pot" if you will, and thus each man was able to earn a piece of that pot regardless of wether or not they started with any money.

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By the way, I'm starting a new riddle because laszlow has apparently abandoned his puzzle, and the last post attempting to answer it was made well over two days ago, with no response from laszlow.

Let's try something new. This comes from the 'special puzzles' category of a book of math puzzles.

After ordering food at a diner, a young man writes the following on a piece of paper: 24 x 3 = 72 . When the waiter comes with the food, he says, "I see you are a sailor.", and proceeds to start a short conversation about sailing.

Question: How did the waiter know that the young man was a sailor?

This post has been edited by Glenn Magus Harvey on 5th May 2005 22:32

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Quote (Glenn Magus Harvey @ 5th May 2005 17:30)

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By the way, I'm starting a new riddle because laszlow has apparently abandoned his puzzle, and the last post attempting to answer it was made well over two days ago, with no response from laszlow.

Let's try something new. This comes from the 'special puzzles' category of a book of math puzzles.

After ordering food at a diner, a young man writes the following on a piece of paper: 24 x 3 = 72 . When the waiter comes with the food, he says, "I see you are a sailor.", and proceeds to start a short conversation about sailing.

Question: How did the waiter know that the young man was a sailor?

He was wearing a sailor suit.

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Quote (laszlow @ 16th February 2005 10:29)

Mike, Bill, Jeff, and Dave are playing at a high-stakes contract bridge tournament. They play together the entire night without ever leaving their seats but each one somehow leaves with more money then when they entered. How is this possible?

I completely forget ever posting this. I'll leave the answer in a spoiler below, just for fun.

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The four men are musicians hired to provide entertainment during the tournament, which is not terribly unusual for a tournament that lasts awhile. They play together "without leaving their seats" on stage for the entire night, and each of the four men gets paid and leaves with more money then they entered. Notice I mentioned that they "were playing" and "play together the entire night" but never did I mention that they were playing bridge.

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Quote (L. Cully @ 5th May 2005 17:52)

He was wearing a sailor suit.

Hot d@mn, that was fast. Do you, like, um...have read the book? Lol.

Anyways, L. Cully gets to ask the next question.

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Quote (Glenn Magus Harvey @ 5th May 2005 19:46)

Quote (L. Cully @ 5th May 2005 17:52)

He was wearing a sailor suit.

Hot d@mn, that was fast. Do you, like, um...have read the book? Lol.

Nah, I just know a red herring when I see one. (Get it? Sailing? Herring? XD XD XD)

Okay, hope this one hasn't been used.

Inside a green house there is a white house. Inside the white house there is a red house. Inside the red house there are lots and lots of black and white babies.

What is it?

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A watermelon!

If you need a new one:
The beginning of eternity,
the end of all time and space.
I was never born,
yet I will surely die.
In the beginning I was there
and at the end I'm the one to survive.

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You're telling me that there's no hope.

I'm telling you you're wrong.

I can't guess this one, can I. Drat.

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The letter e.

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Ohh, Laszlow is smart! ^.^

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You're telling me that there's no hope.

I'm telling you you're wrong.

I suppose it's my turn, then.

A mute man walks into a hardware store to buy a hammer. He goes up to the counter, makes a "hammering" motion with his hand, and the cashier points out the hammers in the tools section. Next deaf guy walks in wanting a screwdriver. He makes a twisting motion with his hand, and the cashier points out the screwdrivers in the tools section. How would a blind man ask for a pair of scissors?

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He'd simply ask for them, assuming he was in the right place to ask for them (ie, in the tool shop and not the bakery or something). There's nothing disabling his ability to speak.

If I'm right, it's up for grabs.

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The answer I was searching for was "he'd say 'I'd like to buy a pair of scissors,'" but that works. Up for grabs.

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E;FB

This post has been edited by MogMaster on 7th May 2005 04:13

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Sins exist only for people who are on the Way or approaching the Way

I have geometrical riddle for you:

How do you put six matches together, to make four trinagles?
[no crossing matches, no breaking them and they only touch each other at the ends]

This post has been edited by SilverMaduin on 7th May 2005 08:58

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Good old CoN

You make a Triforce shape, unless the bigger one that's made from the outside counts it as five.

Come on, we're gamers, we almost all know that the Triforce is.

The next question's up for grabs if I'm correct.

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On second thought, I'd better clarify. Even though there are 9 sides for each triangle, each match can be used to make one side. There are only six lines needed to draw the Triforce, three on the outside, three on the inside The upside down triangle in the middle counts as four and the triangle on the outside can count as five if they don't all need to be uniform. Now unless I'm missing something, which I probably am, that should be correct.

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Response to below. Darn, I was just editing in the above while you posted that. I knew I missed something.

This post has been edited by Tonepoet on 7th May 2005 17:14

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Role reversal at its finest.

nope - all the matches are the same lenght. try again.

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"If you retort against this, so help me God I'll shove any part of your anatomy I can find into some other part. Figuratively, of course." - Josh

"We have more, can deliver tuesday." - Del S

Good old CoN

well, unless we're given matches of variable length, i don't think "triforce shape" can be done: the outer three matches in this "triforce shape" are twice as long as the inner three.

it's geometrically impossible. there's got to be some kind of trick in the wording.

edit: wait, of course, make a triangular pyramid.

This post has been edited by gozaru~ on 7th May 2005 17:34

Perfect. Your turn gozaru~


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"If you retort against this, so help me God I'll shove any part of your anatomy I can find into some other part. Figuratively, of course." - Josh

"We have more, can deliver tuesday." - Del S

Good old CoN

Well, I didn't have matches, but I did have silverware.



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That was a really cool riddle. And nice one for posting the pic bahamut! That's the first thing I saw and it took me a while to work out that I was actually seeing a triangular pyramid! good stuff. So simple when you know the answer.

This post has been edited by fatman on 7th May 2005 18:49

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'Let that be a lesson to all oppressive vegetable sellers.'

for the null set and the set r of all real numbers, which is open, and which is closed?

errr.......what? Clarify, please, that makes no sense to me.

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That isn't so much a riddle as math knowledge question...but the answer is...oh, wait, I'm not allowed to answer yet
Come on guys, this is easier than it sounds.

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"We have more, can deliver tuesday." - Del S

Good old CoN

Arrrrgh math ::clutches head and convulses a'la Cloud::

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Null set is closed, and R is open...?


I think... It's been way to long since I was in a math class....

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This question depends on which operation you are asking about closure. I'm quite sure null set is closed under any circumstance, and R is closed under every operation except division (of the 4 basic operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division...if you include square roots or something stupid like that, then it's open then as well).

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think about the definition of "open" and "closed" sets. to be fair, i will throw out that this is something of a trick question, but i can't say how.