He was a midget. He could only reach the 20th story button. If there was someone in there, they would push it for him. If it was raining, he would use his umbrella to push the button.
Riddle me this??
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That's advanced thinking right there.
game over, ryan got it.
Riddle me this, how is this post fun with chess?
Good one, estevon. Really, though, this is a chess site but do we have to live and breath chess every second we're here? I found this a refreshing diversion. Thx, neph.
your welcome lady
Riddle me this???
There are two rooms, one has three light bulbs and the other has three switches that turn on the light bulbs. You can only enter the room with the light bulbs once and when you enter you can’t go back to the room with the light switches.
How can you tell which switch goes to which light bulb????
The first correct response gets a trophy.
break all light bulbs. now the switches go to NO lightbulbs
where's my trophy
lol, but on a more serious note, while in the switch room, switch two on, wait 10-15 minutes, then turn off one. go to the light bulb room. the one that's one corresponds to the switch you left on. the bulb that's still hot is the one that you switched on, then switched off, and the cold bulb that's off is controlled by the switch you never touched.
ncpharaoh wrote:
game over, ryan got it.
that was really quick!
Of course you could always open the door (but not enter) and have a look.
way to think outside the box (actually, I had thought of that too)
Actually I was just looking inside the box (Thanks!!)
gdal_muriel wrote:
break all light bulbs. now the switches go to NO lightbulbs
where's my trophy
lol, but on a more serious note, while in the switch room, switch two on, wait 10-15 minutes, then turn off one. go to the light bulb room. the one that's one corresponds to the switch you left on. the bulb that's still hot is the one that you switched on, then switched off, and the cold bulb that's off is controlled by the switch you never touched.
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LADY-GREY wrote:
Good one, estevon. Really, though, this is a chess site but do we have to live and breath chess every second we're here? I found this a refreshing diversion. Thx, neph.
I don't think loomis was putting the riddles down or saying no posting anything that doesn't apply to chess. I think he was just pointing out that this should have been posted in the off topic forum since it doesn't have anything to do with chess.
I've always had trouble with these sort of riddles. For example one said:
A man needs to fetch a football. The football is five metres away from an angry dog which is tied to a tree by a 6 metre rope. When the man within 5 metres of the dog it gets up and follows the man step for step if he tries to get past. Since the man will be savaged if the dog reaches him he cannot approach the tree. How does he get the ball?
My answer was that an angry dog would already be at the end of the tether so the football would therefore by father than the end. Apparently this is not the right answer.
right, why did the chicken cross the road?
OMG, the man simply has to walk around the tree until the dog has wrapped its leash around the tree several times and can no longer reach the ball.
And yes, my point was that this belongs in the off topic forum.
riddle me this
what smells like crap and just came out of my butt
There once was a person who lived in a penthouse apartment. When it rained or when there was someone in the elevator with him he went to the top floor, but when the weather was clear or he was alone he took the elevator to the twentieth floor and then walked the rest of the way.
Why?????
Who ever answers first, with the correct response, will get a trophy.