Can a monkey outrun a bullet and still save her litter?

[Jimmy Snyder]

Yes.

The puzzle requires 8 had's in a row in a single sentence. Your solution requires two sentences.

Here is a well known sentence with 7 in a row.

Spoiler

Karen, while Jimmy had had 'had', had had 'had had'.

Here is a variation on it.

Spoiler

Jimmy, while Karen had had 'had had', had had 'had'.

Here is a solution to the puzzle with 18 had's in a row.

Spoiler

The first spoiler, while the second spoiler had had "had had 'had had', had had 'had'", had had "had had 'had', had had 'had had'".

 

[DaveC426913]

The puzzle requires 8 had's in a row in a single sentence. Your solution requires two sentences.

Replace the period with a "; ".

Here is a solution to the puzzle with 18 had's in a row.

Spoiler

The first spoiler, while the second spoiler had had "had had 'had had', had had 'had'", had had "had had 'had', had had 'had had'".

Nice.

 

[agentredlum]

a bus conductor accidentally knocked down and killed 50 people while driving his bus in a drunken state.
The judge then sentenced him to death penalty by the electric chair.

On his execution date, he requested to have bananas before he died, and so the judge passed him a bundle of fresh bananas. Surprisingly the electric chair did not kill him.

So the next day, he was tried for execution again, and the same, he requested an apple, so the judge gave him a ripe apple. Amazingly, he survived.

Finally, the judge let him go.

Question: how did he survive?

Everyone in the state is drunk...so naturally they forgot to plug in the electric chair.

 

[disregardthat]

What is a drunken state?

 

[agentredlum]

What is a drunken state?

A state in which everyone is drunk.

 

[Pablo Verdugo]

A prisoner is in jail. There are two doors, one leads to freedom one leads to death. There is a guard at each door. One guard always tells the truth, the other always tells lies. The prisoner is allowed one question to either of the guards.
What is the question that will take him to freedom.?

Ok i think i got it. :)
You just have to ask: ¿Will the lier door lead me to death?
Then just take the door of the guard that would say yes.

Explanation: You don't really know who tells the truth and who lies, but here's the trick.
D is death door. F is freedom door.
1. If the lier is guarding D door:
You ask the D door guard the question: Will the lier's door take me to death? he would say no, so you have to go and take the other door.

If you ask the F door (guarded by the truth guy) the question: Will the lier's door take me to death? he would say yes, so take this door. Even if you don't know who tells the truth the "yes" answer will take you to freedom

2. If the guard that tells the truth guards D door:
You ask the D door guard the question: Will the lier's door take me to death? he would say no, so you have to take the other door.

If you ask the F door (guarded by the lier guy) the question: Will the lier's door take me to death? he would say yes, so take this door.

So just take the door where the guard says yes. :)

 

[M Grandin]

Everyone in the state is drunk...so naturally they forgot to plug in the electric chair.

I think "problemists" should not wait too long revealing the correct answer, if not
solved in reasonable time. However regarding this about sentenced bus conductor
I found explanation in

http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i6731

The bus conductor explained himself why he was not killed by electric chair:
"Because I was a bad conductor!" I.e he joked being a bad conductor could be
translated as being a bad electrical conductor.

 

[shashankac655]

I haven't seen the whole thread,this might have been asked before(or this might be a well known thing)


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A man enters a bar and asks for a glass of water ,the heavily built bar owner takes out a pistol and points it at the man's head and smiles,this draws attention from everyone in the bar.The man smiles back and leaves the bar.

Can anyone tell me what exactly happened?

 

[evra]

Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that boat can only take one boy at a time. The boat cannot return on its own, there are no ropes or similar tricks, yet both boys manage to cross using the boat.

How?

 

[micromass]

Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that boat can only take one boy at a time. The boat cannot return on its own, there are no ropes or similar tricks, yet both boys manage to cross using the boat.

How?

They ask somebody on the other side to bring the boat back.

 

[I like Serena]

Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that boat can only take one boy at a time. The boat cannot return on its own, there are no ropes or similar tricks, yet both boys manage to cross using the boat.

How?

The first boy crosses the river and comes back.
Then the second boy crosses.

Presto! Both boys have crossed the river!

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

I haven't seen the whole thread,this might have been asked before(or this might be a well known thing)


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A man enters a bar and asks for a glass of water ,the heavily built bar owner takes out a pistol and points it at the man's head and smiles,this draws attention from everyone in the bar.The man smiles back and leaves the bar.

Can anyone tell me what exactly happened?

Spoiler

Water pistol

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that boat can only take one boy at a time. The boat cannot return on its own, there are no ropes or similar tricks, yet both boys manage to cross using the boat.

How?

Spoiler

At the outset they were on opposite sides.

 

[evra]

How much pressure is needed for an 8inch drill to dig a well of elastic wall to bring to submission?

 

[shashankac655]

Spoiler

Water pistol

No ,the man had hiccups so he asked for some water ,after seeing the pistol pointed at him,he lost the hiccups because of the shock ,after realizing that his hiccups are gone he smiles and leaves the bar.

 

[shashankac655]

Two brothers were watching a horror movie at their home,the younger brother fell asleep during the show sometime after seeing the monster (in the movie).
The elder brother tried to wake him up after some time during the later stages of the movie by pulling him back and forth from the chair by holding his collar,at this time the younger brother was dreaming about the same monster that he saw in the movie,when his brother started to pull him back and forth,in his dream the monster was pulling him back and forth and the younger brother died of an heart attack.

Can this story be true?

if yes why?

if no why?

 

[DaveC426913]

Two brothers were watching a horror movie at their home,the younger brother fell asleep during the show sometime after seeing the monster (in the movie).
The elder brother tried to wake him up after some time during the later stages of the movie by pulling him back and forth from the chair by holding his collar,at this time the younger brother was dreaming about the same monster that he saw in the movie,when his brother started to pull him back and forth,in his dream the monster was pulling him back and forth and the younger brother died of an heart attack.

Can this story be true?

if yes why?

if no why?

Spoiler

The events could be true, but the story can't be. We cannot know what a person who dies in their sleep had been dreaming about.

 

[shashankac655]

Spoiler

The events could be true, but the story can't be. We cannot know what a person who dies in their sleep had been dreaming about.

you got me.

 

[shashankac655]

Imagine you are lonely in a boat in the middle of a wide river ,your boat gets rubbed against some rocks and water is flowing in through the holes and into your boat, you don't know how to swim and the current is very strong and you are not able to control the boat.
Crocodiles starts attacking your boat ,how will you get out of the situation?

 

[DaveC426913]

Imagine you are lonely in a boat in the middle of a wide river ,your boat gets rubbed against some rocks and water is flowing in through the holes and into your boat, you don't know how to swim and the current is very strong and you are not able to control the boat.
Crocodiles starts attacking your boat ,how will you get out of the situation?

I would take off my shirt and stuff it out through the largest holes, where it would be sucked up to the hole, slowing the filling. In the strong current, I'll be free of crocs soon enough.

But suspect this is a trick question.

 

[shashankac655]

I would take off my shirt and stuff it out through the largest holes, where it would be sucked up to the hole, slowing the filling. In the strong current, I'll be free of crocs soon enough.

But suspect this is a trick question.

you are in a small boat, the current is too strong for you control the boat but not for crocs.

Spoiler

I told you to imagine it ,the only full proof solution is to stop imagining

 

[walkers]

I'd pick the assassins since they are perhaps sentenced to die too, hence no reason to shoot me. And then we could work on a plan as to how to get out of there.[/QUOTE

well how come lion still alive without food for three years?

 

[Char. Limit]

I'd pick the assassins since they are perhaps sentenced to die too, hence no reason to shoot me. And then we could work on a plan as to how to get out of there.[/QUOTE

well how come lion still alive without food for three years?

Magical lions. They're all the rage nowadays.

 

[spockjones20]

Has anyone here ever heard of lateral thinking puzzles? It is where someone gives you an extremely obscure scenario or statement and you must answer it asking yes or no questions. Here is an example.

A man decides to try and rob a funeral parlor. Once inside he notices that the manager is still there and coming his way, so he jumps inside a coffin and "plays dead." The manager quickly notices the man and calls the police. How did the manager know he was trying to rob the funeral parlor?

 

[FlexGunship]

"There are three ways to spell the word 'to'."

I've just discovered this thread and read this post...

I have to say that this is one of the most interesting sentences I've ever seen. As far as I can tell, the only way to resolve this problem is with the addition of several disclaimers and the word "homophone." What an interesting deficiency in the language. I wonder if all languages with homophones suffer this problem.

 

[FlexGunship]

A man decides to try and rob a funeral parlor. Once inside he notices that the manager is still there and coming his way, so he jumps inside a coffin and "plays dead." The manager quickly notices the man and calls the police. How did the manager know he was trying to rob the funeral parlor?

Well, he jumped in a coffin and played dead without purchasing the product or scheduling an appointment. Given that that's the only product/service a funeral parlor peddles, he's guilty of thievery.

 

[FlexGunship]

This is my favorite riddle as posed by famous humorist and author, Douglas Adams:

"How many eggs?"

(EDIT: I Googled to see if I could find the result, but there's nothing out there so I know no one can cheat.)
(DOUBLE EDIT: I should also mention that Douglas Adams, himself, said that the riddle had the cleverest answer.)

 

[spockjones20]

Well, he jumped in a coffin and played dead without purchasing the product or scheduling an appointment. Given that that's the only product/service a funeral parlor peddles, he's guilty of thievery.

Not what I was looking for, although if we want to get caught up in semantics I suppose it works haha. The real riddle lies in how the manager distinguished him from a dead body.

 

[FlexGunship]

Not what I was looking for, although if we want to get caught up in semantics I suppose it works haha. The real riddle lies in how the manager distinguished him from a dead body.

He wasn't dressed to be buried
He was breathing
He was warm (maybe fog coming from his breath)
The lid was still open
The manager is related to the thief
The manager is the thief and he was looking at a recently installed mirror

Also, in your description, you didn't note that the manager was unable to see the thief when the thief saw the manager. But that may be ambiguity rather than part of the riddle.

 

[spockjones20]

Yeah the first one. They come much more complex than that, that was just an example. As for the eggs, would it be 42?

 

[daveb]

It was a funeral home for pets.

 

[FlexGunship]

As for the eggs, would it be 42?

No, but that would be devastatingly appropriate.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

In order to figure this puzzle out I'm trying to imagine a funeral home manager who has trouble distinguishing dead people from living ones. It's not working.

 

[spockjones20]

He does it quickly from a distance. Its not the best puzzle, I admit. But it does have a clear answer that would work given the premise that he has no idea what dead bodies look like.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

He does it quickly from a distance. Its not the best puzzle, I admit. But it does have a clear answer that would work given the premise that he has no idea what dead bodies look like.

OK, I'll work in it some more. But that's not the way lateral thinking puzzles are supposed to work.

 

[spockjones20]

Oh, my bad. Did I get the description right and then just put up a poor puzzle, or was I off on both accounts? I apologize in either case. Would you care to put up a better description or puzzle? I always did like them.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Oh, my bad. Did I get the description right and then just put up a poor puzzle, or was I off on both accounts? I apologize in either case. Would you care to put up a better description or puzzle? I always did like them.

No, my bad. I didn't realize that you had already acknowledged the correct answer. Sorry.

 

[spockjones20]

No problemo. Do you know any other lateral thinking puzzles?

I'm drawing a blank as of now and can't think of any.

 

[ihatesnakes]

ok, so here's one:

a man is captured by cannibals and they tell him:
"if you say a lie, we'll eat you slowly. if you say a truth, we'll eat you fast."
¿what does the man say to them to avoid getting eaten at all?

 

[DaveC426913]

ok, so here's one:

a man is captured by cannibals and they tell him:
"if you say a lie, we'll eat you slowly. if you say a truth, we'll eat you fast."
¿what does the man say to them to avoid getting eaten at all?

You will eat me slowly.

 

[ihatesnakes]

nice

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Oops, I just said to them you will eat me fast. What's my next move here?

 

[I like Serena]

Nice!

Spoiler

I believe your next move would be to question them on what their next move should be.

 

[micromass]

OK, I'm very bored right now, so I'm going to be pedantic.

The cannibals say "if you say a lie, we'll eat you slowly. if you say a truth, we'll eat you fast."

But they did not say what they would do if you tell them a self-contradicting statement. If this trick should work, then the cannibals should have said: "we'll eat you slowly if and only if you tell a lie. we'll eat you fast, if and only if you speak the truth."

Reminds me of

 

[I like Serena]

What if the cannibals were lying?

 

[davee123]

Of course, I would argue the comic is incorrect-- the "tester" says "Tom Smith has just died as a result of your decision", but that's wrong. Tom Smith didn't die as a result of the subject's decision. He died as a result of the tester's decision. Should've just said "Tom Smith has just died". If someone was going to die regardless of whether or not the button was pushed, then that's not a decision that's up to the subject.

DaveE

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

Of course, I would argue the comic is incorrect-- the "tester" says "Tom Smith has just died as a result of your decision", but that's wrong. Tom Smith didn't die as a result of the subject's decision. He died as a result of the tester's decision. Should've just said "Tom Smith has just died". If someone was going to die regardless of whether or not the button was pushed, then that's not a decision that's up to the subject.

DaveE

Everything the tester said was true. However. there are two things the tester failed to mention. One was that if you don't push the button Tom Smith will be killed and someone somewhere in the world will receive one million dollars. The other thing she left out was that if you do push the button the someone who will be killed will not be Tom Smith.

 

[evra]

You saw a shirt for 97DOLLARS.
You didn't have the cash so you borowed 50DOLLARS from you dad and 50DOLLARS from your mum.
50+50=100DOLLARS
you bought the shirt and had 3 dollars change.

you gave you mum 1DOLLAR, 1DOLLAR to your dad and you kept 1DOLLAR to yourself.

now you owe your mum 49DOLLARS and your dad 49DOLLARS.

49DOLLARS + 49DOLLARS = 98DOLLARS + your 1DOLLAR = 99DOLLARS.

Where is the missing 1DOLLAR?

 

[evra]

is it that no one can do the above?

 

[collinsmark]

You saw a shirt for 97DOLLARS.
You didn't have the cash so you borowed 50DOLLARS from you dad and 50DOLLARS from your mum.
50+50=100DOLLARS
you bought the shirt and had 3 dollars change.

you gave you mum 1DOLLAR, 1DOLLAR to your dad and you kept 1DOLLAR to yourself.

now you owe your mum 49DOLLARS and your dad 49DOLLARS.

49DOLLARS + 49DOLLARS = 98DOLLARS + your 1DOLLAR = 99DOLLARS.

Where is the missing 1DOLLAR?

Spoiler

The error is "98DOLLARS + your 1DOLLAR." You're adding debt and surplus, when you should be subtracting them. Assuming that the one dollar is the only cash you have, then your overall "net" debt is $98 *minus* $1 (not plus $1)