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Got a brain teaser to show us? A puzzle that has confused many?
Behold, a thread to get yourself confused!
To start it off, here's my favorite-


No. 1

What's a Puzzla?

It's a paragraph such as this. It's not at all normal, but why? Hand it out to any of your pals... and no hints.

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is still unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt that if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.		2010-10-29 01:14:00

Author:
JspOt
Posts: 3607

No one wants to try?2010-10-30 01:33:00

Author:
JspOt
Posts: 3607

No :kz:
Where's Bremnen?		2010-10-30 01:36:00

Author:
Unknown User

Ya, I unno about that puzzle. BUT, I DESPERATELY need help.

... Does anyone know of a place where I can find deductive reasoning puzzles akin to Einstein's Five neighbors puzzle? I've been searching forever, and I actually just found a few (:O) but does anyone know where I can find, well, MORE? D:		2010-10-30 01:36:00

Author:
RockSauron
Posts: 10882

What's a Puzzla?
I'm going to take that as an accidental typo.

It's a paragraph such as this. It's not at all normal, but why? Hand it out to any of your pals... and no hints.

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is still unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt that if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.
Which one of the two? That's if, you don't care about spacing out the first line... ("Tab" key)		2010-10-30 01:37:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

Nope... it's a Puzzla:kz:
EDIT: Oh, and it's both...		2010-10-30 02:07:00

Author:
JspOt
Posts: 3607

i think it is called a puzzla because the paragraph is talking about itself being a puzzle, and that in itself is quite puzzling. 2010-10-30 02:09:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

Actually, the title is a hint to solving what is wrong with the paragraph

While you're all working on the PUZZLA, feel free to post some of your own confuzzling teasers!		2010-10-30 02:24:00

Author:
JspOt
Posts: 3607

The grammar sucks.

Do I win?		2010-10-30 04:24:00

Author:
Bremnen
Posts: 1800

I'm afraid not. Look at this writing - can you find anything unusual with it? I think if you try hard, you will find it slightly uncanny...2010-10-30 04:41:00

Author:
standby250
Posts: 1113

I GET IT! he is trying to get us to think he is making us think that there is no answer to this, and that is just what he wants us to think, so he says no... but then we go back and try harder and harder, and then he says maybe, so we start to try again, and think wait no... if nothing is wrong here... what is wrong, and we ask him and he says figure it out for yourself, and.... wait.... where was i? oh yeah! its because it is POINTLESS.2010-10-30 04:49:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

lol ummm i have no idea what to do or where to start with the puzzle.. i think i'll come back later when i feel like thinking again2010-10-30 04:59:00

Author:
Brixx101
Posts: 277

You've managed to write the whole paragraph sans a specific letter... I'll let the fun continue as others figure out what letter.


(sans = in the absence of; I figured it was appropriate given the word puzzle at hand)

Hint: Puzzla 		2010-10-30 05:10:00

Author:
comphermc
Posts: 5338

You've managed to write the whole paragraph sans a specific letter... I'll let the fun continue as others figure out what letter.


(sans = in the absence of; I figured it was appropriate given the word puzzle at hand)

Hint: Puzzla

oh i seee.. lol i think i got it now, i'm gona join u and watch from a distance.		2010-10-30 05:17:00

Author:
Brixx101
Posts: 277

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is still unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt that if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.
I'll watch from a distance too, because I saw this one a couple of days ago.		2010-10-30 05:17:00

Author:
warlord_evil
Posts: 4193

I took a stab at writing a 'Puzzla' short story but I had to abandon it. I'm not too good at writing puzzlas.

This isn't a puzzle but I think it's pretty cool. The puzzle can be to figure out why it's cool.
EDIT: well three words are censored, but if you should be able to figure them out if you can figure out what's special about the story.

****** I'm mad.
Evil is a deed as I live.
God, am I reviled? I rise, my bed on a sun, I melt.
To be not one man emanating is sad. I ****.
Alas, it is so late. Who stops to help?
Man, it is hot. I'm in it. I tell.
I am not a devil. I level "Mad Dog".
Ah, say burning is, as a deified gulp,
In my halo of a mired rum tin.
I erase many men. Oh, to be man, a sin.
Is evil in a clam? In a trap?
No. It is open. On it I was stuck.
Rats peed on hope. Elsewhere dips a web.
Be still if I fill its ebb.
Ew, a spider… eh?
We sleep. Oh no!
Deep, stark cuts saw it in one position.
Part animal, can I live? Sin is a name.
Both, one… my names are in it.
Murder? I'm a fool.
A hymn I plug, deified as a sign in ruby ash,
A Goddam level I lived at.
On mail let it in. I'm it.
Oh, sit in ample hot spots. Oh wet!
A loss it is alas (sip). I'd assign it a name.
Name not one bottle minus an ode by me:
"Sir, I deliver. I'm a dog"
Evil is a deed as I live.
****** I'm mad.		2010-10-30 08:21:00

Author:
SR20DETDOG
Posts: 2431

What's a Puzzla?

It's a paragraph such as this. It's not at all normal, but why? Hand it out to any of your pals... and no hints.

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is still unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt that if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.
Puzzla = puzzle with its "E" swapped for an "A". The fact that the whole text doesn't have any "Es" on it may have something to do with that... 		2010-10-30 12:39:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

@Rawk: www.brainbashers.com

That's the only place you need, because puzzles are fun. 		2010-10-30 14:56:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

I took a stab at writing a 'Puzzla' short story but I had to abandon it. I'm not too good at writing puzzlas.

This isn't a puzzle but I think it's pretty cool. The puzzle can be to figure out why it's cool.
EDIT: well three words are censored, but if you should be able to figure them out if you can figure out what's special about the story.

****** I'm mad.
Evil is a deed as I live.
God, am I reviled? I rise, my bed on a sun, I melt.
To be not one man emanating is sad. I ****.
Alas, it is so late. Who stops to help?
Man, it is hot. I'm in it. I tell.
I am not a devil. I level "Mad Dog".
Ah, say burning is, as a deified gulp,
In my halo of a mired rum tin.
I erase many men. Oh, to be man, a sin.
Is evil in a clam? In a trap?
No. It is open. On it I was stuck.
Rats peed on hope. Elsewhere dips a web.
Be still if I fill its ebb.
Ew, a spider… eh?
We sleep. Oh no!
Deep, stark cuts saw it in one position.
Part animal, can I live? Sin is a name.
Both, one… my names are in it.
Murder? I'm a fool.
A hymn I plug, deified as a sign in ruby ash,
A Goddam level I lived at.
On mail let it in. I'm it.
Oh, sit in ample hot spots. Oh wet!
A loss it is alas (sip). I'd assign it a name.
Name not one bottle minus an ode by me:
"Sir, I deliver. I'm a dog"
Evil is a deed as I live.
****** I'm mad.

Is it, by any chance, that the first line uses the same letters as the last line. The 2nd Line uses only the same letters as the 2nd last line.... etc.		2010-10-30 16:22:00

Author:
standby250
Posts: 1113

Puzzla = puzzle with its "E" swapped for an "A". The fact that the whole text doesn't have any "Es" on it may have something to do with that...

CONGRATULATIONS!
*throws party*

No E's in those two paragraphs. Not a single one.		2010-10-30 16:34:00

Author:
JspOt
Posts: 3607

I figured it out! He is trying to make us think of the letter E, which starts the word Evil, which means our heads will Explode! oh CRA.... POP! ( aww.. now i can't post anymore! )2010-10-30 16:35:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

No. the answer to why the paragraph is unusual is because there are no E's in the paragraph.
I already sent gdn some xp... I knew it would be found out, just I didn't think it could happen in two pages!
Oh, feel free to post your own puzzles here to.		2010-10-30 16:38:00

Author:
JspOt
Posts: 3607

Yesssssssssssssssss
http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hollownote.gif?4 (http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/h/o/hollownote.gif?4)

Alright, what's next?
*opens Drake's journal*		2010-10-30 16:39:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

aww... i got the answer! I was just making a joke out of the answer. there are no e's. ( granted it took me a couple of tries... Ooh i have a good one BRB. ) ok. here is my puzzle. FIND THE CAT http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/8a0477eb-10b1-41a1-b820-a3101092fc48.jpg and another smaller one, can anyone guess what type of website i got this off of? ( the following piture. not the one with the watermark, telling you where i got it. ) http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9774/129037794048t.jpg2010-10-30 16:41:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

This isn't a puzzle but I think it's pretty cool. The puzzle can be to figure out why it's cool.

Well. The first one (paragraph with no Es) I cheated and just googled for a phrase in it, but this one was easier. It's palindromic - no googling required.		2010-10-30 18:45:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

I'm afraid not. Look at this writing - can you find anything unusual with it? I think if you try hard, you will find it slightly uncanny...

There are no e's.

My answer still holds. :kz:		2010-10-30 18:50:00

Author:
Bremnen
Posts: 1800

Here's a quick one:

Johnny's mother had four children. Three of their names were April, June, and August. What was the fourth child's name?		2010-10-30 19:14:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

Johnny.
You spelled four wrong. </3		2010-10-30 19:19:00

Author:
Bremnen
Posts: 1800

Yep, I knew someone woudl get that fast, and yes I'll fix it Mr. Grammar.2010-10-30 19:21:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

Ok I got one.

How many fingers am 1 holding up behind my back?		2010-10-30 19:23:00

Author:
Unknown User

Ummm... either 0, 5, or 10. No amount in between.2010-10-30 19:25:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

1?

Oh and JSpot? I got it - read my post. I was trying to send you a message that I knew....

2010-10-30 19:25:00

Author:
standby250
Posts: 1113

See, if you don't put your hand behind your back; it's zero.
If you put one hand behind your back and hold one up, there's still five back there.
If you put two hands behind your back and hold 6 fingers up, there's still 10 fingers back there.

2010-10-30 19:28:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

See, if you don't put your hand behind your back; it's zero.
If you put one hand behind your back and hold one up, there's still five back there.
If you put two hands behind your back and hold 6 fingers up, there's still 10 fingers back there.



But, 2 of your 'fingers' aren't called fingers, they're called thumbs and pinky's. So technically there are only 6 fingers, 2 pinky's and 2 thumbs. Also if you payed attention to my post, I replaced the I with a 1 lol, dead give away		2010-10-30 19:30:00

Author:
Unknown User

I saw that, but you can't only hold one up! You can only hold up, in your mind 0, 4, or 8. I'm fighting for opinion acceptance!2010-10-30 19:32:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

I saw that, but you can't only hold one up! You can only hold up, in your mind 0, 4, or 8. I'm fighting for opinion acceptance!

But you're only holding one finger up and keeping the rest down lol		2010-10-30 19:34:00

Author:
Unknown User

But your arm in holding your fingers up off of the ground.

Touche		2010-10-30 19:35:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

no one seems to take any interest into finding the cat.... hmm... i guess ill just show you where it is. ( brb)
EDIT* here is the answer ( look in the circle Paw ) http://bit.ly/cM0rCT		2010-10-30 19:35:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

Here's a quick one:

Johnny's mother had four children. Three of their names were April, June, and August. What was the fourth child's name?

Easy, it's November.

Here's mine below, it's an easy one though. v


2 mothers, a grandmother, and 2 daughters went shopping, each individual person got one pair of shoes, they got a total of three pairs of shoes.

How is this possible?		2010-10-30 22:37:00

Author:
X-FROGBOY-X
Posts: 1800

Because the grandma is the mother of one mother (also a daughter) who is the mother of one daughter, duh!

I think I have it, but it's hard to type out...		2010-10-30 22:40:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

wow... i got totally ignored.... thanks alot guys... hmpf.... and the answer is, ( i think, ) that the mother(s) and the daughter(s) had two heads... just a guess. or the mothers and daughters each only had one foot.2010-10-30 22:42:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

wow... i got totally ignored.... thanks alot guys... hmpf.... and the answer is, ( i think, ) that the mother(s) and the daughter(s) had two heads... just a guess. or the mothers and daughters each only had one foot.
I guess your was too hard for us. 		2010-10-30 22:55:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

nobody said anything when i posted the answer either.... they just moved on... hm...2010-10-30 23:00:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

nobody said anything when i posted the answer either.... they just moved on... hm...
They couldn't admit failure like me, so they took the "let's ignore him" way of life. 		2010-10-30 23:02:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

It was a picture, you find something, you don't think hard on an answer for it :/

Also GDN, was that grammar error a puzzle? 		2010-10-30 23:02:00

Author:
Unknown User

Thats horrible... they could have been honest sacks and admitted it, it would have gained them reputation. oh, and yes you do think hard, it took me THREE hours to find that stinking cat, and then i just used the pre-made answer key to show you guys. it is very tough.2010-10-30 23:03:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

Because the grandma is the mother of one mother (also a daughter) who is the mother of one daughter, duh!

I think I have it, but it's hard to type out...

And that is why they call you piggabling!! Well, not really, but still, awesome! 		2010-10-30 23:04:00

Author:
X-FROGBOY-X
Posts: 1800

Also GDN, was that grammar error a puzzle?
Yes no. It was a grammar nazi dectector, and it finds one!!!		2010-10-30 23:07:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891

Is it, by any chance, that the first line uses the same letters as the last line. The 2nd Line uses only the same letters as the 2nd last line.... etc.
Very close but it's what Aya said.

Well. The first one (paragraph with no Es) I cheated and just googled for a phrase in it, but this one was easier. It's palindromic - no googling required.
Congratulations! yeah, it wasn't much of a puzzle, I just think it's incredible how long it is.

EDIT: Hmm this doesn't really make sense on Pg.4, oh well.		2010-10-30 23:12:00

Author:
SR20DETDOG
Posts: 2431

Hehehe grammar nazi indicator... hilarious.2010-10-30 23:14:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

Hehehe grammar nazi indicator... hilarious.

Off topic, you do that alot.		2010-10-30 23:25:00

Author:
Unknown User

yeah. and you caused this.
http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/LBPC-Style/misc/quote_icon.png (http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/LBPC-Style/misc/quote_icon.png) Originally Posted by Inanimacy http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/LBPC-Style/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.lbpcentral.com/forums/LBPC-Style/buttons/viewpost-right.png)
You will later on learn how to read 'Hybrid Speek'. It is a skill that takes many weeks to master, your training begins now.

EDIT: also, don't bring up Hybrid's grammar issues to Hybrid, he goes into a protective stage and says HIS EXCUSE is fast typing, when he can just click Edit Post. Also, he spells worse when mad.



http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9962/5732089ccc53b00f.jpg (http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9962/5732089ccc53b00f.jpg)

you startled the HYBRID

The Reason my gramar and spelling are Horible is Fast typing, it is not a Exuse its The truth.
And I do not edit posts, Cause i'm too lazy to do That!

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/attachments/ve-holden-commodore-2006/47618d1211483551-otr-ve-ss-grammar_time.gif (http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/attachments/ve-holden-commodore-2006/47618d1211483551-otr-ve-ss-grammar_time.gif)

IT HAPPENS> ( ill try to stop doing it so much. my mistake. but everyone causes a little bit of off topicness once in a grea while. )		2010-10-30 23:26:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

This isn't the same thread, if you're going to be going off topic a lot then you really need to do something about that.

EDIT: I reported your posts for off topic-yness /walks out/		2010-10-30 23:27:00

Author:
Unknown User

....... i didn't say it was the same thread did i??...... no. i didn't now. back to the topic. puzzles and games. 2010-10-30 23:29:00

Author:
flamesterart
Posts: 585

No. More. Grammar. Comments! (unless they're somehow specifically related to the topic, such as puzzles where grammer is potentially part of the puzzle/solution).


wow... i got totally ignored.... thanks alot guys... hmpf....

You didn't wait long enough. I found the cat right away but by the time I got to this thread you had already revealed it.		2010-10-31 07:57:00

Author:
Sehven
Posts: 2188

I've got one my Biology teacher gave me last year.

An investigator is having a hard time diagnosing a victm's death. He was found dead with a gun by his side. Only one shot was fired off.

However, there were no entry/exit wounds on the man. No sort of fatal scratch, gash or trauma was indicated. There are no bruises on his body. No fractured or broken bones are found. No brain damage, or any other organ damage, has been found. No sort of strangalation, laceration or incinerating was found. He did not eat anything poisonous, nor did any poisonous animal bite him. There are no indicating marks on his body whatsoevern or any punctures or infections. The man was perfectly healthy when he died.

He was last seen hunting.

How did he die?		2010-10-31 08:13:00

Author:
Outlaw-Jack
Posts: 5757

I've got one my Biology teacher gave me last year.

An investigator is having a hard time diagnosing a victm's death. He was found dead with a gun by his side. Only one shot was fired off.

However, there were no entry/exit wounds on the man. No sort of fatal scratch, gash or trauma was indicated. There are no bruises on his body. No fractured or broken bones are found. No brain damage, or any other organ damage, has been found. No sort of strangalation, laceration or incinerating was found. He did not eat anything poisonous, nor did any poisonous animal bite him. There are no indicating marks on his body whatsoevern or any punctures or infections. The man was perfectly healthy when he died.

How did he die?

He's Kurt Cobain.		2010-10-31 08:27:00

Author:
Bremnen
Posts: 1800

I've got one my Biology teacher gave me last year.

An investigator is having a hard time diagnosing a victm's death. He was found dead with a gun by his side. Only one shot was fired off.

However, there were no entry/exit wounds on the man. No sort of fatal scratch, gash or trauma was indicated. There are no bruises on his body. No fractured or broken bones are found. No brain damage, or any other organ damage, has been found. No sort of strangalation, laceration or incinerating was found. He did not eat anything poisonous, nor did any poisonous animal bite him. There are no indicating marks on his body whatsoevern or any punctures or infections. The man was perfectly healthy when he died.

He was last seen hunting.

How did he die?
...........
old age?		2010-10-31 09:44:00

Author:
SR20DETDOG
Posts: 2431

i've got one my biology teacher gave me last year.

An investigator is having a hard time diagnosing a victm's death. He was found dead with a gun by his side. Only one shot was fired off.

However, there were no entry/exit wounds on the man. No sort of fatal scratch, gash or trauma was indicated. There are no bruises on his body. No fractured or broken bones are found. No brain damage, or any other organ damage, has been found. No sort of strangalation, laceration or incinerating was found. He did not eat anything poisonous, nor did any poisonous animal bite him. There are no indicating marks on his body whatsoevern or any punctures or infections. The man was perfectly healthy when he died.

He was last seen hunting.

How did he die?

Avada Kedavra!		2010-10-31 10:13:00

Author:
Plasmavore
Posts: 1913

aww... i got the answer! I was just making a joke out of the answer. there are no e's. ( granted it took me a couple of tries... Ooh i have a good one BRB. ) ok. here is my puzzle. FIND THE CAT http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/8a0477eb-10b1-41a1-b820-a3101092fc48.jpg and another smaller one, can anyone guess what type of website i got this off of? ( the following piture. not the one with the watermark, telling you where i got it. ) http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9774/129037794048t.jpg

Little big brother <3

I may have to steal it and use it as an avatar...
*looks round*		2010-10-31 10:34:00

Author:
Keanster96
Posts: 1436

Hi fired the gun, the sound made him jump and he died of fright?



Here's a good one:

There were three wise Masters of Logic, who were arguing about who was the wisest of all. Unable to settle their argument, the Grand Master showed up, blindfolded them all and said "I will paint either a red or blue dot on your forehead. When I remove your blindfolds, if you see a red dot on at least one of the others, raise your hand. Whoever guesses the colour of the the dot on their own forehead first, wins."
And so the Grand Master painted a red dot on all of their foreheads. He removed their blindfolds, and obviously all of them rasied their hands. They sat in silence for a while, thinking. Eventually, one man said: "I have a red dot on my forehead".
How could he be so sure?		2010-10-31 12:49:00

Author:
Nuclearfish
Posts: 927

Hi fired the gun, the sound made him jump and he died of fright?



Here's a good one:

There were three wise Masters of Logic, who were arguing about who was the wisest of all. Unable to settle their argument, the Grand Master showed up, blindfolded them all and said "I will paint either a red or blue dot on your forehead. When I remove your blindfolds, if you see a red dot on at least one of the others, raise your hand. Whoever guesses the colour of the the dot on their own forehead first, wins."
And so the Grand Master painted a red dot on all of their foreheads. He removed their blindfolds, and obviously all of them rasied their hands. They sat in silence for a while, thinking. Eventually, one man said: "I have a red dot on my forehead".
How could he be so sure?

I've figured it out but I cannot for the life of me explain how it works in a way that makes any sense.

EDIT: I'll try my best.

Obviously there are not 2 blue dots otherwise someone would have left there hand down.
He knows he hasn't got a blue dot because if he was the one of the other men (let's call him Jim) would have worked out that they had a a red dot since everyone had their hand up the other man with a red dot would only have his hand up if he could see a red dot on Jim.

Does that make any sense at all?		2010-10-31 13:12:00

Author:
SR20DETDOG
Posts: 2431

Eventually, one man said: "I have a red dot on my forehead".
How could he be so sure?

He couldn't, really. It was a small leap of faith based on the fact that no-one else had said anything yet.

Since all three could see that everyone had raised their hands, then they should all know that at least two of the three dots were red. If any of the men had seen a blue dot, then they would immediately know that theirs was red, and would have said so, but since no-one had said anything, then the only possibility was that all three dots were red.		2010-10-31 13:17:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

Got one:

If you are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?

It's a toughy, not really though...		2010-10-31 15:14:00

Author:
piggabling
Posts: 2979

The stove - you can light the other two off the stove.2010-10-31 16:07:00

Author:
standby250
Posts: 1113

The stove - you can light the other two off the stove.

I thought you light the candle first, because it'd be easier to light things with a candle....		2010-10-31 16:39:00

Author:
Unknown User

The stove - you can light the other two off the stove.


I thought you light the candle first, because it'd be easier to light things with a candle....

It's a silly trick question. The answer is "the match".		2010-10-31 16:47:00

Author:
Aya042
Posts: 2870

It's a silly trick question. The answer is "the match".

/facepalm/		2010-10-31 16:51:00

Author:
Unknown User

Okay...

You are driving a bus. Four people get on, three people get off, then eight people get on and ten people get off, then 6 people get on and 2 more people get off. What color were the bus driver's eyes?		2010-10-31 16:59:00

Author:
standby250
Posts: 1113

Okay...

You are driving a bus. Four people get on, three people get off, then eight people get on and ten people get off, then 6 people get on and 2 more people get off. What color were the bus driver's eyes?

Blue, I'm the bus driver.

Editz: I got one :3

What are tree mistake in this sentence?		2010-10-31 17:08:00

Author:
Unknown User

Blue, I'm the bus driver.

Editz: I got one :3

What are tree mistake in this sentence?


That's probably a trick question but I'm a Grammar Nazi and therefore will give the gramatically correct answer.

What are the three mistakes in this sentence?		2010-10-31 19:53:00

Author:
Bremnen
Posts: 1800

That's probably a trick question but I'm a Grammar Nazi and therefore will give the gramatically correct answer.

What are the three mistakes in this sentence?

There is no third mistake xD The sentence is grammatically correct without 'the'. But the rest is correct.		2010-10-31 19:54:00

Author:
Unknown User

That took, me less than a minute, no joke. Too easy.2010-10-31 20:14:00

Author:
iBubek
Posts: 682

There is no third mistake xD The sentence is grammatically correct without 'the'. But the rest is correct.

Without 'the' you're implying that there are more than 3 mistakes, with 'the' you're stating that there are only 3 mistakes.
Saying that there are three mistakes in the sentence means that 'the' is required, unlesss you like me being a Grammar Nazi to you. <3		2010-10-31 20:27:00

Author:
Bremnen
Posts: 1800

Without 'the' you're implying that there are more than 3 mistakes, with 'the' you're stating that there are only 3 mistakes.
Saying that there are three mistakes in the sentence means that 'the' is required, unlesss you like me being a Grammar Nazi to you. <3

It gets me going bb <3
lol 'the' is not needed xD		2010-10-31 20:48:00

Author:
Unknown User

No. More. Grammar. Comments!

cough

Anyway, this one is a little cheap but I like it.

A man is lost on a mountain and sees two twins next to two paths. One path leads to his destination and the other path leads to deadly beasts. He is only allowed to ask the twins 1 question that will help him know which is the right path. Both twins will give him the answer, but 1 twin always lies, and the other always tells the truth.

(The safe path is the left path.) The question is "What would your brother say if I asked him which is the safe path?"

The lying brother would say 'right', because his truthful brother would say 'left'.

The truthful brother would say 'right' because he knows his brother would lie.

Both brothers say 'right' and so the safe path is on the left.		2010-10-31 21:22:00

Author:
Incinerator22
Posts: 3251

Am I lost on a mountain?

The liar will say no, the other will say yes.

Follow the other.

EDIT: MAH ANSWER IS MAOR CORRECTER THAN URZ		2010-10-31 21:25:00

Author:
Jaslow
Posts: 775

I know this one the best out of all of you - you punch one, if he resonds, "that didn't hurt", or "you totally did not punch me" you ask the other one which door leads to the destination, I win, you lose, suck that.

And jaslow, that doesnt work because you still don't know which one is the right door		2010-10-31 21:41:00

Author:
Merc
Posts: 2135

Inan: Bremnen made a grammar question and you're just taking advantage of it by going off-topic. And lower the font, will you?


Am I lost on a mountain?

The liar will say no, the other will say yes.

Follow the other.

I didn't say they were standing next to the correct path. Your question wouldn't tell you which way to go.


I know this one the best out of all of you - you punch one, if he resonds, "that didn't hurt", or "you totally did not punch me" you ask the other one which door leads to the destination

That works, lol.		2010-10-31 21:58:00

Author:
Incinerator22
Posts: 3251

A similar one to Incinerator's, but a lot harder :

There are three brothers standing side by side in a line - one always tells the truth, one always lies, and one will randomly either lie or tell the truth.
You can ask only 3 questions to find out who is who. Each question can only be directed at one of the brothers, but the questions don't need to be different and you can ask the same brother more than one question. But no more than 3 questions in total.
So... what would you need to ask?

I think there are multiple solutions to this, but I only know one. I'll post it if nobody gets it.		2010-10-31 22:00:00

Author:
Nuclearfish
Posts: 927

Inan: Bremnen made a grammar question and you're just taking advantage of it by going off-topic. And lower the font, will you?

I didn't ask a question, I answered one. :kz:

Inans just justifying it.

(Also that answer doesn't work because he asks a second question and you said you can only ask one, dur)		2010-10-31 22:13:00

Author:
Bremnen
Posts: 1800

For Incinerator's riddle: ask one of the two "Would he (the other one) tell me this path leads to safety?" If you asked the liar, he would lie and say the opposite of what the truth-teller would say. If you asked the truth-teller, he would tell you what the liar would say. Either way, you do the opposite of what they say. (saw this riddle in the movie "Labyrinth."

I'd have to give some thought to Fish's.

As for that grammar thing, yes it was related to a riddle so whatever. The point is to stay on topic or at least on topic enough that the thread doesn't end up getting derailed and locked. Incidentally, pointing out other people's mistakes and then their subsequent justicfications seem to be the quickest way to derail a thread. ... and yeah, that font was a bit obnoxious.


Without 'the' you're implying that there are more than 3 mistakes, with 'the' you're stating that there are only 3 mistakes.
Saying that there are three mistakes in the sentence means that 'the' is required, unlesss you like me being a Grammar Nazi to you. <3

Without 'the' the implication is that there's at least three but possibly more. It doesn't necessarily imply that there are more than three, though. I'm not sure I get the point of the riddle, though, if there's only two mistakes?

Did anybody figure out the one about the guy with the gun?		2010-11-01 00:23:00

Author:
Sehven
Posts: 2188

Did anybody figure out the one about the guy with the gun?

Someone said he fired the gun and it scared him to death.		2010-11-01 01:59:00

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