Daily puzzles/problems.

[MarkBastable]

A sheep herder has seven sheep: four white, two brown, and one black. How many of them can each say that they are the same color as another of the herder's sheep?

None of them, unless they are remarkably talented sheep.

[billl]

That's right, I'll be back to my usual stuff next time.

[prendrelemick]

Thanks billl.

My answer was almost the same, but I had made a few different assumptions.

Amazingly it took about that long in real life too. And well done for remembering that extra post at the end.

[MarkBastable]

Is it my turn?

[Scheherazade]

Is it my turn?

That must be a trick question!

*takes out pen and paper*

[billl]

Yeah, Mark. I know what I did seems cheap.

[kasie]

None of them, unless they are remarkably talented sheep.

OK, but maybe our friendly local sheep farmer can explain to me why all the white sheep in the flock in the field outside my kitchen window kept together and all the black sheep kept together. The white sheep chased the black lambs away but the black sheep didn't chase the white lambs away. Mind you, the black lambs (twins and a singleton) were pesky little fellows and kept fighting and the remaining white singleton (one died) liked joining in but ran off when things got a bit rough and head butting started. There was clearly communication of some sort going on there. Any comments about Welsh sheep will be regarded with extreme displeasure - you have been warned...(btw, I suspect there shouldn't have been any lambs there at all - it's usually a flock of barren ewes at that time of year.)

[MarkBastable]

<edited slightly since first posting>


There's a circular underground railway line (two lines, if you want to be pedantic) on which two trains travel - one going clockwise and one going counterclockwise, and they run twenty-four hours a day. The clockwise train takes take an hour and ten minutes to complete a circuit of the line, and the counterclockwise train, which is a bit decrepit and travels on the outer of the two parallel tracks, takes an hour and a half. There are four stations on the line, at the compass points - North Station, East Station, South Station and West Station.

I have not looked at the timetable, but I walk to the North Station wanting to go to South Station. As I step onto the platform, at which trains arrive on both sides, my phone rings. It's my friend at the South Station.

"To the nearest minute, how long is it going to take you to get here?" he asks.

Being a cautious person, I say, "Well, I plan to get the next train, so worst case..."

...What?

[prendrelemick]

OK, but maybe our friendly local sheep farmer can explain to me why all the white sheep in the flock in the field outside my kitchen window kept together and all the black sheep kept together. The white sheep chased the black lambs away but the black sheep didn't chase the white lambs away. Mind you, the black lambs (twins and a singleton) were pesky little fellows and kept fighting and the remaining white singleton (one died) liked joining in but ran off when things got a bit rough and head butting started. There was clearly communication of some sort going on there. Any comments about Welsh sheep will be regarded with extreme displeasure - you have been warned...(btw, I suspect there shouldn't have been any lambs there at all - it's usually a flock of barren ewes at that time of year.)

The only thing I know about sheep is that they're very clever at being stupid.

[prendrelemick]

If you are very unlucky and have just missed both trains, 1 hr 45 mins.

[MarkBastable]

If you are very unlucky and have just missed both trains, 1 hr 45 mins.

....Yep.

[prendrelemick]

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[billl]

could it be "den"?

[prendrelemick]

Morning billl.

Nope.

[billl]

Thank goodness.

And good morning to you, too. Right now I'm using youtube to watch an episode of the 1969 TV show "UFO", because well that's what I ended up doing, trying to stay awake a bit longer on a boring Saturday night. Having to suddenly come up with a worthy puzzle would've shattered my morale.