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Post by PoolMan on Dec 20, 2006 19:44:32 GMT -5
Seeing as we're having so much fun with the Riddles Thread, I thought I'd start a thread of brain teasers. Not riddles, but tricky questions. (the man hanging himself with the block of ice would have fit here nicely)
So.
You've got a 100 lb couch with four legs. On it sits a man who weighs 200 lbs. The couch is not suspended on anything other than its legs, and the man is completely on the couch, not touching the floor.
Now, you lift one corner and put your hand under one leg. Assuming equal weight distribution, how much weight is resting on your hand?
Hint: it's not 150 lbs.
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deusdragonexx
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Post by deusdragonexx on Dec 20, 2006 23:31:37 GMT -5
Wouldn't that be 75lbs?
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Post by varana on Dec 21, 2006 5:59:49 GMT -5
erm...I only know metrics  But here is another one for you: A man is on his way to the middle of a field. the man is perfectly healthy and is not carrying any form of weapons or poisons. It is a perfectly normal field. There are no other humans around, and there are no animals anywhere. Nothing is hidden anywhere. Yet the man knows that as soon as he reaches the middle of the field, he will die. How does he know this, and what is going to kill him? |
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Post by PoolMan on Dec 21, 2006 9:44:55 GMT -5
ACK... STUPID... POOLMAN... I meant to say "it's not 75 lbs", because it would be 150 (by lifting one leg and propping it, there's only one left on the ground with any weight, hence the load is split in two). Focussed on the wrong number. GRAR. Well, I'm off to a fine start. As for Varana's, um, mine field? |
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Post by StarOpal on Dec 21, 2006 13:54:22 GMT -5
Something is going to fall from above? He can see a plane coming towards the middle of the field?
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Post by Razzberryfinn on Dec 21, 2006 14:26:47 GMT -5
varana - the man jumped out of a plane, and his parachute didn't open. Ergo, when he hits the ground, he will die. as for poolman, whatever the weight, its still gonna hurt like heck  |
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Post by varana on Dec 21, 2006 15:22:59 GMT -5
Razzberryfinn, you are correct!
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Post by Big T on Dec 21, 2006 16:01:11 GMT -5
A woman lives on the top floor of an apartment building.
Every time she leaves she takes the elevator.
When she goes back up, she takes the stairs unless there are other people in the elevator or unless it has been raining.
Why the strange habit?
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Post by Spiderdancer on Dec 21, 2006 16:29:46 GMT -5
Her old boyfriend lives in the same building on a nearby floor. He comes home at the same time she does, but leaves earlier for work. She takes the stairs to avoid him, unless there are other people in the elevator that will remove any embarrassment from a potential tete a tete. She normally wears high heels, so taking the stairs with muddy shoes would be dangerous. Hence the thing with the rainy days.
I know that's not the right answer, but these riddle things have so many potential explanations and it's NEVER the one that makes the most sense...
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Post by TheLuckyOne on Dec 21, 2006 19:33:59 GMT -5
The woman is incredibly short and can't reach the button for her floor. So she only takes the elevator when someone else can push it for her, or she can use her umbrella to push the button.
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Post by StarOpal on Dec 21, 2006 23:32:18 GMT -5
A man is walking down the street when he comes to a restaurant. Outside the restaurant is a sign with that day's special: albatross soup. Having had albatross soup before, he decides to go in. Later the man runs screaming out of the restaurant and into the street. He is hit by a car and killed.
Why did he run screaming out of the restaurant?
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Post by Head Mutant on Dec 21, 2006 23:45:54 GMT -5
Ohh the albatross riddle. Gah. I remember that one from when I was a kid. I won't spoil it tho.
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Post by Head Mutant on Dec 21, 2006 23:46:52 GMT -5
My favorite one from when I was a kid was this:
A man walks into the woods and sees a cabin. He peeks inside the window and sees a man sitting there, dead. How did he die?
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Post by StarOpal on Dec 22, 2006 10:18:53 GMT -5
Ohh the albatross riddle. Gah. I remember that one from when I was a kid. I won't spoil it tho. Did you really? See, that's what I find great about threads like this (Riddles, Brain Teasers, Did You Hear the One). I find it interesting how people in two different parts of the world - the United States and Detroit for example - have heard the same ones as a kid. Like I've heard the elevator one before, and it made me grin seeing it brought up. |
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Post by Head Mutant on Dec 22, 2006 10:38:16 GMT -5
A man is on his way to the middle of a field. the man is perfectly healthy and is not carrying any form of weapons or poisons. It is a perfectly normal field. There are no other humans around, and there are no animals anywhere. Nothing is hidden anywhere. Yet the man knows that as soon as he reaches the middle of the field, he will die. How does he know this, and what is going to kill him? See, I've heard this told as a slightly different variation: "A man is found, lying in the middle of the desert, dead. How did he die?" The "desert" word usually throws people off -- dehydration, animal attacks, etc. Usually these types of riddles/brain teasers can't be worked out right away, and require a series of yes/no questions to solve -- such as the albatross soup, which is unsolvable without an interrogation (at least, I think so). |
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