Can You Solve These Trick Questions for Fake Internet Prestige?

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The discussion revolves around sharing and solving trick questions, with participants posting riddles and engaging in playful banter about the answers. A notable riddle involves a doctor and a child, where the twist reveals that the doctor is the child's mother, challenging assumptions about gender roles. Other riddles include questions about the number of birds left in a tree after a hunter shoots one, and the names of Larry's children, emphasizing the importance of careful reading. Participants also explore the nuances of language with examples of sentences that are grammatically correct but may not make sense when spoken. The conversation maintains a light-hearted tone, with references to "fake internet prestige" as a reward for solving the riddles, and includes humorous exchanges about the nature of the questions and answers.
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Show that a grammatically correct sentence in English with the word "and" in it five times in succession, with no other words in between.

A signmaker is asked to make a sign for a bakery, with the phrase "Pies and Cakes" on the sign.
The signmaker asks the baker, "How much space should I leave between Pies and and and and and Cakes?
 
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Fewmet said:
There are simple sentences in the English language that are sensible when written but not when spoken. Give an example.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world,
those that understand binary and those that don't.
 
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BillTre said:
There are 10 kinds of people in the world,
those that understand binary and those that don't.
There are two kinds of people - those who are sometimes too kind and those who sometimes are kind too.
 
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AlexCaledin said:
There are two kinds of people - those who are sometimes too kind and those who sometimes are kind too.

There are two kinds of people, those who believe there are two kinds of people, and those who don't believe it.
 
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Add punctuation to make this make sense:
Bob, where Alice had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

Bob, where Alice had had "had," had had "had had." "Had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
 
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Mark44 said:
Show that a grammatically correct sentence in English with the word "and" in it five times in succession, with no other words in between.

A signmaker is asked to make a sign for a bakery, with the phrase "Pies and Cakes" on the sign.
The signmaker asks the baker, "How much space should I leave between Pies and and and and and Cakes?

gmax137 said:
Add punctuation to make this make sense:
Bob, where Alice had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher

Bob, where Alice had had "had," had had "had had." "Had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.
Ooh! 11! That's even better than my version, which only got up to 8 hads.
 

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