Riddles

[clowboy]

it's himself

 

[2020hindsight]

lol - well one of those answers is right .

here's a few morphs of a previous post ... (amendments)

1. "if a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half,
how long does it take one hen to lay one egg? "

2. "if a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half on a breakfast and a half ,
... how long does it take one hen to lay one egg on one breakfast? "

3. "if a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half under one 100W light and a half,
... how long does it take one hen to lay one egg under one light?"


a) is there a difference between the answers ?
b) If so why?
or if you prefer, please explain ( :silly: )

PS assume hens don't lay unless there is light, and brightness improves performance- as the actress said / didn't say ... whatever.

 

[AndrewM123]

You'll behead me for this one !!!

I purchased a Teddy Bear this morning for the princely sum of $10.

I named him Mohammed.

This afternoon I sold him on E-Bay for $30.

My question is, "Have I made a prophet?"

 

[2020hindsight]

Re: You'll behead me for this one !!!

I purchased a Teddy Bear this morning for the princely sum of $10.

I named him Mohammed.

This afternoon I sold him on E-Bay for $30.

My question is, "Have I made a prophet?"

groan
for what does it prophet a man if he cant bear it anymore..
(as the priest said as he took his oath of abstainance)

 

[chewy]

it's himself

no its his son - if it was himself it means his father somehow fathered himself!

 

[2020hindsight]

yep - easiest way (imo) to explain it is "my father's son" must be me - given no other siblings etc...
leastways that's how my grandmother explained it to me back in the 1800's.

 

[2020hindsight]

1. "if a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half,
how long does it take one hen to lay one egg? "

2. "if a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half on a breakfast and a half ,
... how long does it take one hen to lay one egg on one breakfast? "

3. "if a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half under one 100W light and a half,
... how long does it take one hen to lay one egg under one light?"


a) is there a difference between the answers ?
b) If so why?
or if you prefer, please explain

PS assume hens don't lay unless there is light, and brightness improves performance- as the actress said / didn't say ... whatever.

any takers?
after this we get into the "rocket science" , lol
(by which I mean, rocket science this aint)

 

[gimme some]

Dont forget, you have to allow

 

[gimme some]

Allow.... for the wear & tear of the hens bum

 

[2020hindsight]

Allow.... for the wear & tear of the hens bum

lol, fair enough
I was gonna add a few other options (but relax, I won't) like

2b. "if a hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half on a breakfast and a half ,
... how long does it take one hen to lay one egg on a breakfast and a half? "

but doesn't sound like anyone could give a shinbone about egg production around here lol

MOTIVES OF ROAD CROSSING CHICKENS

Why did the chicken cross over that road? There's one I've pondered before -
Can't recall what the right answer was then, Sure that I'm still quite unsure.
Maybe a poem can discover the cause, Sprawling in wild speculation;
Superimpose some old jaywalking laws, Cross-refer chicken migration.

Easiest answer is this side's pecked out, There it's much greener and wormier;
Lacking such evidence this is in doubt, Why not adventurous journeyer?
Praps it's a call from a far distant friend, Drives on each homesickened leg;
Praps in her henhood her heart needs to mend, Henhood regression to egg.

Praps she's rebelled, tired of munching on meal, Spitting out eggs in some hut;
'Part from the fact that it drains all her zeal, Eggs are a pain in the butt.
Praps she read somewhere that traveled minds broaden, Gain almost mystic dimension;
Praps she's discovered some gap in the cordon, Praps pure escape's her intention.

Praps she's just itchin' to leap from some kitchen bench, Worldly ways make worldly wise;
Praps its an eyeful of Eiffel inspires her, That and a hundred odd spires.
Praps she's just tired of a life passing by, like Trucks on a long endless run;
Beethoven had just one UNfinished symphony, She's now Hell bent to have none.

Who knows "the why" in that small chicken breast, Prancing on drumsticks like Sherpas?
But ..
Certain I am that its genesis rests in some Fowl or impeckable purpose.

 

[AndrewM123]

Allow.... for the wear & tear of the hens bum

Especially when it lays 1/2 an egg

 

[2020hindsight]

lol
ok ok
here are the answers
1) 1.5 days
2) 1.5 days
3) 2.25 days
2b) 1 day
(I think lol)
I'll let someone prove me wrong

 

[2020hindsight]

http://digicc.com:80/fido/

just click the bloke in the lower right corner ( = next)
and when they ask for you to type your number, ignore the mouse and just use keyboard....

seems to give right answer

 

[2020hindsight]

http://digicc.com:80/fido/

think I've found a clue ..
seems that the difference between two numbers with the same digits but jumbled - is always divisible by 9.
(is that a beancounter's trick when searching for dyslexic mistakes in books?)

so when you give them all but one of the digits, the answer must be that digit which brings it up to "divisible by 9"
and since they don' let you use 0 there is always one unique answer.

still, yuo'd think you could win a few bucks in the pub with that one

 

[2020hindsight]

an aussie saying that "all aussies are liars!" - if he is lying, he is telling the truth, if he is telling the truth he is lying

 

[2020hindsight]

think of a number of 4 digits ( eg 2658)
mix up the digits to make another number (6825)
subtract smaller from larger (6825 - 2658 = etc

with the new number add the digits to make a new number (first total)
then add the digits of this first total to make a new number ( second total)
etc until you only have a single digit total

then subtract 5

then choose the letter of the alphabet that matches that number, eg if you have 3, then take the 3rd letter, = C.

ok - think of a country starting with that letter. (eg Canada)

now - take the second letter of that country (cAnada, i.e. A)

think of an animal starting with that letter. (Antelope )

but...
there ARE no elephants in Denmark
(the usual answer lol - assuming I remembered this correctly)

It's based on that same accounting trick of dystexically (?) jumbled numbers will give you an error (when trying to balance ledgers) that is divisible by 9 etc - and any number divisible by 9 , (eg 54, 63) - if you add the digits, finally ends up with 9 .

 

[2020hindsight]

A Xmas present - nail in a piece of wood shaped like an E sorta (double E?) - no holes in the ends - nail slides easily back and forwards - no apparent way the nail got in there (or how they drilled the centre holes)

 

[2020hindsight]

This is a real signpost.

 

[2020hindsight]

Hint. I wasn't bluffing.

OK, Next one..
Suppose you are in soundproof wooden box with a torch and a compass. How would you know if there was lightning outside?

answer the compass point would swing around
PS not sure if it goes clockwise or anticlockwise though

Easy one... How do you get the N of a compass to point to BOTH the North and South poles at the same time. (?) - think I'm right here lol.

 

[Mofra]

Easy one... How do you get the N of a compass to point to BOTH the North and South poles at the same time. (?) - think I'm right here lol.

You couldn't - you could get it to point at Magnetic North & South at the same time if you stood in the right spot