Author Topic: Duuuuna na na, na nu, na na: RIDDLE TIME! (Read 42526 times)

ShyGuy · « **Reply #125 on:** June 26, 2007, 04:06:46 PM »

bah.

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #126 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:11:40 AM »

Seat belts don't get longer when pulled on, either.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #127 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:51:06 AM »

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Originally posted by: PartyBear
Seat belts don't get longer when pulled on, either.

Actually they do, if your riding in a car that was built after 1973....
I'm sure he's talking about the ones that come across the chest and not the lap belts you would find in an older car.
But shouldn't the riddle have said that "it fits perfectly into a slot" and not a hole, cause its definately more of a slot than a hole.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #128 on:** June 27, 2007, 06:23:20 AM »

Plus it's the buckle that goes into the slot, not the belt. It's like having the answer be an arm and the clue being "you can wear a glove on it"

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #129 on:** June 27, 2007, 07:37:57 AM »

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
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Originally posted by: PartyBear
Seat belts don't get longer when pulled on, either.

Actually they do, if your riding in a car that was built after 1973....
I'm sure he's talking about the ones that come across the chest and not the lap belts you would find in an older car.
But shouldn't the riddle have said that "it fits perfectly into a slot" and not a hole, cause its definately more of a slot than a hole.

Just because part of the seat belt disappears into a slot in the wall doesn't mean it isn't still the same length.

nickmitch · « **Reply #130 on:** June 27, 2007, 09:02:19 AM »

We need a new riddle to get us over this crappy one.

vudu · « **Reply #131 on:** June 27, 2007, 09:11:46 AM »

How do you stop a baby from crawling in circles?

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #132 on:** June 27, 2007, 09:12:32 AM »

Here's a simple one. What's the next line in the following sequence?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #133 on:** June 27, 2007, 09:44:56 AM »

Uhh... 1113213211? (Stupid sequence puzzles are confusing...)

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #134 on:** June 27, 2007, 10:14:37 AM »

Yep, I figured that was an easy one.

Let's say you've got a vending machine that sells either Coke or Pepsi. There are three buttons on the machine. Pressing one will get you a Coke, another will get you a Pepsi, and another will give you one of the two at random, just for fun. One day some joker rearranges the labels on the buttons so they're all wrong. You don't really remember which is which, you're too lazy to open up the machine and tinker with it, and you're thirsty anyway. How many drinks do you have to buy to figure out how to rearrange the labels?

nickmitch · « **Reply #135 on:** June 27, 2007, 11:59:15 AM »

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Originally posted by: vudu
How do you stop a baby from crawling in circles?

Cut off it's other leg?

vudu · « **Reply #136 on:** June 27, 2007, 12:01:35 PM »

Close; nail its other hand to the ground.

blackfootsteps · « **Reply #137 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:16:42 PM »

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Originally posted by: TVman
We need a new riddle to get us over this crappy one.

Ouch, I liked that riddle, you guys are reading way too much into it. The seatbelt and buckle are all one and the same to me. And since when has a slot not been a hole? Anyway, I'll let it go...but I'll be back with more...

nickmitch · « **Reply #138 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:41:17 PM »

What's black and white and red all over?

nickmitch · « **Reply #139 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:41:49 PM »

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Originally posted by: PartyBear
Yep, I figured that was an easy one.

Let's say you've got a vending machine that sells either Coke or Pepsi. There are three buttons on the machine. Pressing one will get you a Coke, another will get you a Pepsi, and another will give you one of the two at random, just for fun. One day some joker rearranges the labels on the buttons so they're all wrong. You don't really remember which is which, you're too lazy to open up the machine and tinker with it, and you're thirsty anyway. How many drinks do you have to buy to figure out how to rearrange the labels?

Just one. Ok, so they're ALL wrong. So, I only need to buy 1. If I hit the pepsi button and get a pepsi, then that makes it the random button. I know the coke button is wrong, so I put the random one there. The one that was random, then becomes the coke.

Zach · « **Reply #140 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:46:07 PM »

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Originally posted by: PartyBear
Let's say you've got a vending machine that sells either Coke or Pepsi. There are three buttons on the machine. Pressing one will get you a Coke, another will get you a Pepsi, and another will give you one of the two at random, just for fun. One day some joker rearranges the labels on the buttons so they're all wrong. You don't really remember which is which, you're too lazy to open up the machine and tinker with it, and you're thirsty anyway. How many drinks do you have to buy to figure out how to rearrange the labels?

Making the assumption all of the buttons are incorrect, the answer to this question is just one.

Press the button labeled random because we know that it cannot actually be random, and whatever it gives you is what that that button actually is.

If it gives you a pepsi, the button labeled pepsi must be coke, and the button labeled coke must be random.

If the random button gives you a coke, the button labeled coke must be pepsi and the button labeled pepsi must be Random.
its the only way everything will fit.

Edit: Almost thought I was beat out by TVman, he's got the right idea, he just hit the wrong button first. In his scenario he hit the pepsi button and got a pepsi. But what if you hit the pepsi button and get a coke?

nickmitch · « **Reply #141 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:50:53 PM »

Damn, Zach's answer is better than mine.

Zach · « **Reply #142 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:57:14 PM »

Sometimes the best way to tackle these types of problems is to draw it out. It helped me realize the scenario that I mentioned in the edit above (where you hit pepsi and get a coke) is impossible to solve. The biggest part of this problem was picking up on the fact that all of the labels were false, and we both managed to do that.

nickmitch · « **Reply #143 on:** June 27, 2007, 04:58:40 PM »

Yeah, I was gonna do that, but I couldn't stop watching the Colbert Report, nor was I patient enough to wait for a commercial.

Zach · « **Reply #144 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:01:28 PM »

Oh noes, I missed the colbert report. I guess I'll just have to catch it one of the other FOUR TIMES it airs.

nickmitch · « **Reply #145 on:** June 27, 2007, 05:23:22 PM »

I have other stuff to watch/do during those time slots.

Deguello · « **Reply #146 on:** June 27, 2007, 06:41:03 PM »

People cherish my abundance in a hurry
People kill me for the same in boredom
I am sands
I am springs

what am I?

nickmitch · « **Reply #147 on:** June 27, 2007, 06:49:59 PM »

Time?

that Baby guy · « **Reply #148 on:** June 27, 2007, 07:14:48 PM »

Parsley? Sage? Rosemary?

Deguello · « **Reply #149 on:** June 27, 2007, 10:27:23 PM »

Yeah, Time.

I travel the world, and yet remain in my corner.

What am I?

News:

Author Topic: Duuuuna na na, na nu, na na: RIDDLE TIME! (Read 42526 times)