";)" acknowledged.
Also, just to be clear, these mummies aren't threatening, and they speak English just fine.
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";)" acknowledged.
Also, just to be clear, these mummies aren't threatening, and they speak English just fine.
What will the other mummy say if I ask him - or possibly her - which door leads to freedom?
The one who tells the truth will know that the other would lie and therefore tell you the wrong door. So if you have asked the mummy who tells the truth, he will will truthfully point to the door that leads to doom.
And the one who lies wil know that the other would tell you the truth and therefore tell you the right door. So if you've asked the the mummy who tells lies, he will mendaciously point to the door that leads to doom.
So whichever door you are told, take the other one.
Okay - I didn't work this out just now - though I did when I first came across it years ago. I have a book somewhere in which this puzzle is taken to absurd lengths - so, for instance, they reply 'yes' and 'no' in their own language, but you don't know which is which, and one of them doesn't know the difference between truth and lies, and the other lies on alternate days and you don't know whether this is a truth day or a lie day, and so on and so forth. But all the solutions come down to the same thing, which is a sort of nested binary logic - a series of on-and-off switches - and you have to construct a question which will flick the switches in such a way that you always arrive at the same known point, no matter where you start.
A carrot, a pipe and a couple of lumps of coal lying on the grass amongst the daffodils. What happened?
Thanks, Mark! Another way to nest it that I had in mind was:
Ask either mummy the question: "If I were to ask you if the door on the left were the door to freedom, would you say 'Yes'?" If the answer is Yes, then take the door on the left; otherwise, go with the door on the right.
Re: your puzzle, don't ask me, maybe some other dudes know, man.
:hurray: Riddles :hurray:
As for the carrot, pipe, coal and daffodils... I never heard that one :D I'm very curious for the answer :nod:
I can imagine a rabbit might be attracted by the carrot and eat it. And maybe somebody will be able to light the pipe with the coal, though I really think (s)he would need some tobacco.
Maybe nothing happens - they just all rot away. Daffodils first, carrot second, pipe third and coals last?!
Somehow I think there's more to it...
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The snowman has melted - spring has come - hurrah!
While Kasie thinks of a tricky one...
Two Snowmen in a field. One says to the other "Is it me, or can you smell carrot."
Sorry...
I'll get me coat.
:eek: Seeing the answer - I heard that one before! I did, and I completely forgot and couldn't figure it out again :bonk: The knots of the mind :crazy:
A song to pass the time:
Five for Fighting - the Riddle
Oops, sorry - I forgot I had to provide another puzzle. How about another favourite crossword clue?
Tipped both ways for the Nursery Stakes. (7,5)
Rocking Horse?Quote:
Originally Posted by kasie
Assuming that's right....
A man enters a deserted field with a pack on his back, and he is found there dead.
Questions are allowed on this one - but to start you off - there are no animals or people in the field. He's perfectly healthy when he arrives.
Lightening?
Nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Forgive me - but because I'm obsessive and irritating about this kind of thing, there's no 'e' in it, when it's the flash that goes with thunder. It's a compulsion of mine. I'm more to be pitied than censured.
Maybe he fell into a well or something? But no, that should have been mentioned...
Is the pack heavy? In that case he might just have lost his footing, dropped forward and got crushed by the pack. :nod:
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Originally Posted by Sapphire
He's lying on the grass - possibly next to two pieces of coal and a carrot, not that that's relevant. And the pack is not that heavy. An adult could walk perfectly normally while carrying it.
Hold on, first you say
and now you say he's lying on the grass? Isn't it a bit hard to enter while lying on the grass? :crazy: Does he die lying down, or standing up? Or isn't that important?Quote:
Originally Posted by riddle
Any way: when the pack does not crush him, his heart does not suddenly stop (healthy) and he doesn't commit suicide by just holding his breath (healthy in his mind: no suicidal tendencies)... I guess the one option left is that he's struck by the wrath of the gods and dies because one of them throws something at him?
Or, leaving dieties out of it ill, a bird flies over the field and drops something which hits him right on the head :nod: Not sure what the significance of the pack is in that case though... Maybe it has bird food in it which makes the bird let go of whatever brick or other heavy object it has in its claws...
The pack is a parachute that failed to open? This makes sense since you said "enters" a field instead of "walks into". Or was that just random word choice?
No word choice I make is ever random.Quote:
Originally Posted by iamnobody
Yep - you gottit.
Next?
This is my all-time favorite crossword.
Who's there (5 letters)
any one out there?
Just in case I'm right, here's the next puzzle:
A smoker of herbal cigarettes (non-addictive, and low in tar) one day realized that his pack had finally run out (he only smoked one or two a day, because any sort of smoking isn't really so good for you). Anyhow, he wasn't going to be able to buy another pack of these special cigarettes for another month or so (they were only available at a certain shop that he rarely frequented).
While he didn't have any more cigarettes, he did, however, have an ashtray full of these cigarette butts. He realized that he could put five of the butts together, and make the equivalent of one whole cigarette. If there were 25 butts in his ashtray, how many cigarettes would he be able to enjoy before his next trip to the store?
I'm not sure whether Leeds is the only town with 5 letters where the Who has ever played, but I think it is a nice find :) I sure don't have a better answer :nonod:
As for the cigarette-riddle. It seems pretty straight forward: 25/5 = 5 cigarettes. But then you have to realise that all those 5 will leave butts, so 6 in total :D
Sorry if it was too easy! Now YOU have to remember or think up one...:banghead::brickwallQuote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
:lol: Well, I thought it was 5 for about 10 minutes - but that was just too easy. It had to be more difficult, for else it was just a math problem instead of a riddle ;) So not too easy at all :)
I heard a smart limerick just the other day, but I don't remember the right words... hold on, I wrote it down somewhere
[Edit]Got it, here we go:
Good luck!Quote:
Originally Posted by RIDDLE
I don't have answer for Jack and Jill, but the answer to Who's there is FIRST
Oh, yeah, the Abbot & Costello routine! It took me a while to figure it out even after you gave us the answer--and it is obviously much better than my reference to an album by THE Who.
Classic :)
Abbott and Costello
I Still don't have a good answer for this one, so, a not so good one...ahem..Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapphire
We know that "Jack fell down and broke his crown. And Jill came tumbling after" so maybe their injuries were far worse than we thought.
(:frown2:I know, sooo bad, forgive me:frown2:)
Did they drink some poisoned water? (And drop their glass?)
I strongly suspect their mother. She is known to have abused Jill in later verses, and let Jack go to bed without seeking professional medical advice.
They're dropped goldfish.
clever!
There are various variants of this, but this version crops up in my novel Mischief, as a teasing message on an voicemail serrvice...
BLEEP.
“Hi, it’s Chris. This might amuse you. A story just came in over the wire from Connecticut. Some guy shoots his father stone dead. The police take him down to the precinct and call up the District Attorney. The District Attorney is appraised of the details, and then goes through to the Assistant DA’s office. ‘Can you take this one, Bob?’ says the DA. ‘I can’t do it. I don’t think I could prosecute my own son.’ Discuss. See you soon...”
Bob is a stepfather to the alleged killer?
OR
Bob used to be the alleged killer's mother, but has subsequently had a sex change operation?
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Originally Posted by billl
Er - Bob is the Assisant DA who's addressed by the DA - so Bob has nothing to do with problem.
The DA is a woman and the killer's mother?
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Women who've been thinking about the problem for a long time tend to be very cross with themselves when you tell them the answer.
Next puzzle (remember this one from my childhood :))
A jeweller has ten bags of golden coins, each containing ten coins; however, he is informed that all the coins in one of the bags are counterfeits: they weigh one gram less than the regular coins in other bags.
How can he discover the bag with the counterfeits by using the scales only once?
Can he carry all the bags and stand on the scales and then throw the bags one by one onto the floor around him? He would know which bag weighed differently from all the others by the irregular weight change. This would only be strictly using the scales once, wouldn't it, as his weight stays on the scales until the end?
No, he cannot do that; it is a small one used by jewellers.
And the method you suggest would mean using the scales up to 10 times. He uses the scales only once; just one reading.
Having used the scales, can he use other handy stuff?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade