Phee's Riddle thread

[Velvet Tears]

The manager had the same anniversary(day and year), and he didn't get married on a Sunday.

[phee]

The manager had the same anniversary(day and year), and he didn't get married on a Sunday.

Closer... but not quite.... the manager we will say is Not Married in this one

[hunhee]

Days are predictable, and given a day and a year, you can follow what day they will land on (there's a 28 year repetitive pattern).

If it's exactly 28 years to the day, and they were there (at the restaurant) on a Thursday, the day they got married would be on Thursday.. not Sunday..

[Fin]

There are 3 possibilities:

1--The manager is the woman's husband & knows this date is wrong,

2--The woman is "married" to another woman. Gay weddings were not legal 28 years ago,

or (& I suspect this is the "official" answer to your riddle)

3--Every 28 years, calendar dates & days of the week line up exactly. Therefore, since this day is a Thursday, there is no way that the couple could have been married 28 years ago on a Sunday if this is, indeed, their anniversary.

[hunhee]

There are 3 possibilities:

1--The manager is the woman's husband & knows this date is wrong,

2--The woman is "married" to another woman. Gay weddings were not legal 28 years ago,

or (& I suspect this is the "official" answer to your riddle)

3--Every 28 years, calendar dates & days of the week line up exactly. Therefore, since this day is a Thursday, there is no way that the couple could have been married 28 years ago on a Sunday if this is, indeed, their anniversary.

I beat you to it.. heh

[Fin]

I beat you to it.. heh

Oh GREAT. And here I am pontificating about possible other solutions.

You pirate.

[phee]

Days are predictable, and given a day and a year, you can follow what day they will land on (there's a 28 year repetitive pattern).

If it's exactly 28 years to the day, and they were there (at the restaurant) on a Thursday, the day they got married would be on Thursday.. not Sunday..

CORRECT!!!!!!

In Detroit, if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Or will it make no difference?

[hunhee]

Oh GREAT. And here I am pontificating about possible other solutions.

You pirate.

Pirate?!?!?! Just because you were slower at the button than me.. *gives you raspberries* hehe

[Fin]

CORRECT!!!!!!

In Detroit, if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Or will it make no difference?

Water @ 20 F is frozen. The ball will not fall through a block of ice.

[hunhee]

CORRECT!!!!!!

In Detroit, if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Or will it make no difference?

Water is frozen at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, so umm.. yeah.. it does matter. It won't fall THROUGH the water at 20 degrees but it will fall through water at 40 degrees.

[hunhee]

Water @ 20 F is frozen. The ball will not fall through a block of ice.

Damn you and your little dog too!!!!

[Fin]

Pirate?!?!?! Just because you were slower at the button than me.. *gives you raspberries* hehe

What--you don't like a man with a slow hand?

[hunhee]

What--you don't like a man with a slow hand?

umm.. uhh.. you're purposely trying to distract me so that you can get to the answers faster.. *shakes angry fist*

[phee]

Water @ 20 F is frozen. The ball will not fall through a block of ice.

YUP

One man shows another, the portrait of a gentleman and tells him: "I have neither brothers nor sisters, but this man's father is the son of my father."

Who is the man in the painting?

[hunhee]

YUP

One man shows another, the portrait of a gentleman and tells him: "I have neither brothers nor sisters, but this man's father is the son of my father."

Who is the man in the painting?

It's a self portrait?

It reminds me of the Spaceballs quote.. Dark Helmet: "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

[phee]

It's a self portrait?

It reminds me of the Spaceballs quote.. Dark Helmet: "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

Nope

[hunhee]

Nope

D'oH.. his son.

[phee]

D'oH.. his son.

INDEED

You are given 18 silver coins but you find out that one of the coins(you kon't know which ) is fake and weighs less than any of the others.

How can you be able to detect the false coin using a normal balance scale only three times?

[hunhee]

Oops.. this is what I meant.. heh

Weigh ONE

Divide the 18 coins into three piles.. weigh two out of the three..

So you have.. 3 piles of 6

If they're equal you know the bogus one is in the third pile.. (If they're not equal, either way, you know which pile is the bogus pile)

Weigh TWO

So now you have 6 coins that you have to work with.. divide that into two piles..

2 piles of 3

Weigh those, which ever one is less, you take that one (now you're down to three coins)..

Weigh THREE

weigh 1 against 1

If those two are equal, the one you left out is the bogus one.. or if one is less than the other, you know which one is the bogus one.

[Fin]

I'm gonna fire one back @ Phee:

Duncan is half his father Dougal's age. In 10 years, Duncan will be three-fifths Dougal's age. Ten years ago, Duncan was one-third Dougal's age. How old are Dougal and Duncan now?

[phee]

Oops.. this is what I meant.. heh

Divide the 18 coins into three piles.. weigh two out of the three..

So you have.. 3 piles of 6

If they're equal you know the bogus one is in the third pile..

So now you have 6 coins that you have to work with.. divide that into two piles..

2 piles of 3

Weigh those, which ever one is less, you take that one (now you're down to three coins)..

weigh 1 against 1

If those two are equal, the one you left out is the bogus one.. or if one is less than the other, you know which one is the bogus one.

Correct...

No legs have I to dance,

No lungs have I to breathe,

No life have I to live or die

And yet I do all three.

What am I?

[Fin]

Correct...

No legs have I to dance,

No lungs have I to breathe,

No life have I to live or die

And yet I do all three.

What am I?

ANSWER: An open flame

Now try to answer MINE (See above)

[phee]

I'm gonna fire one back @ Phee:

Will get back to you on that

[Fin]

Will get back to you on that

This one's fun, too--& not such a mental pretzler:

Two folks, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?

[Rev.Reverence]

This one's fun, too--& not such a mental pretzler:

Two folks, starting at the same point, walk in opposite directions for 4 meters, turn left and walk another 3 meters. What is the distance between them?

10meters!

That is Pythagoras!

Not a riddle!

Basic math!