Today's riddle ;)

by **FlowerPower** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 21:27

Code: Select all: In a Island there's a barber. He shave ONLY the ones who aren't able to shave by themselves. Does the barber shave himself??

have fun

by **Airon** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 21:35

Timon wrote:Aha! My sister put me on the right track!

I hope you don't refer to me as your sister

Well it makes me happy to know you appreciate the thread, and i'm also glad that you contribute to it

Im currently at workout, but i can provide with a new one l8tr tonight or in the morning

by **IceCreamy** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 21:43

FlowerPower wrote:
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In a Island there's a barber. He shave ONLY the ones who aren't able to shave by themselves. Does the barber shave himself??

have fun

lol >.<

If I say yes, then he is not able to shave himself and I am a complete idiot.
If I say no, then he must shave himself because he is not able to shave himself (wow, good sentence this is...)

Conclusion: I am a complete idiot. :stupid:

by **Timon** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 22:28

No, Chris, you're not. This is a paradoxal riddle in my opinion.

1. Barber shaves by himself. So he is able to shave by himself. But hey! It says he shaves only those who can't shave by themselves! So if he's able, he can't. Contradiction.

2. Barber doesn't shave by himself. So he's one of those who aren't able to shave by themselves. So then he automatically should shave himself. If he's not able, he should do it. Contradiction.

Conclusion: we have a paradox here.

Flower if I'm wrong, say it as fast as possible, so my logic won't mess up with people's heads.

New one:
Two Indians were sitting on a tree: small one and tall one. Small Indian was a son of tall Indian, but the tall Indian wasn't the father of the small Indian.
How to explain this?

by **Ammz** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 22:34

IceCreamy wrote:Sorry if I misunderstood question Ammz. If there is one ant, and it needs to pair, then there will be just one ant. If he can reproduce himself, then... let's calculate

many footsteps will the horse have left behind when it covered all the land?

Wehehe, exactly I said it can MATE and then reproduce it self so it needs a 2nd female ant and there is none. So after 20 min. there will only be 1

Here's one for people with great minds

What if Pinnocio one day said: "My nose will now grow!" Will it grow or not?

by **Jolly** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 22:39

Timon wrote:Two Indians were sitting on a tree: small one and tall one. Small Indian was a son of tall Indian, but the tall Indian wasn't the father of the small Indian.
How to explain this?

huh... small one is adopted =D?

by **Timon** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 22:41

No, Jolly

Ammz, I think that the answer lies somewhere in "Pic kills pic" topic

and I know it.

@Golden was I right about King and convict one?

by **IceCreamy** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:36

Yes, contradictions

Another few riddles, puzzles... etc

Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?

How many times can you subtract 2 from 21 without getting a negative number for an answer?

You are on a game show. You are shown three closed doors. A prize is hidden behind one, and the game show host knows where it is. You are asked to select a door. You do. Before you open it, the host opens one of the other doors, showing that it is empty, then asks you if you'd like to change your guess. Should you, should you not, or doesn't it matter?

What can you catch but not throw?

by **GoldenBullet** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:28

@Timon: Yep that is correct. Well done!

@Cream:
1) 70
2) I guess 10?
3) You SHOULD change. It had to do something with the odds... 1/3 against 1/2 I think.
4) A flu?

by **Airon** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:48

IceCreamy wrote:Yes, contradictions
You are on a game show. You are shown three closed doors. A prize is hidden behind one, and the game show host knows where it is. You are asked to select a door. You do. Before you open it, the host opens one of the other doors, showing that it is empty, then asks you if you'd like to change your guess. Should you, should you not, or doesn't it matter?

This is one of my favourite riddles! Before you've chosen a door, you have 1/3 chance of success and 2/3 chance of failure.

The probability of chosing the wrong door is twice the probability of chosing the right one. Then you pick a door.There are two outcomes, either you've chosen the correct door or not.

Easiest way to find the outcome is by making a probability-tree:

First you are asked to chose from three doors:

1)

a) You chose a door with nothing behind it
b) You chose a door with nothing behind it
c) You chose a door with the prize behind it

Now afterwards the host opens an empty door. Having already made your selection you are now faced with the following options:

2) I) You have chosen a door with nothing behind it and you:
a) Stick ( lose) b) Change (win)

II) You have chosen a door with nothing behind it and you:
a) Stick (lose) B) Change (win)

III) You have chosen the door with the prize behind it and you:
a) Stick ( win) b) Change (lose)

We now see that after the host has removed one door, changing your door will mean that in 2 out of 3 times you will win. Sticking to your firstly chosen door will only let you win in 1 of 3 times.

@Timon: You are of course right about the T-shirt and the cap

by **IceCreamy** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:32

1) Correct Goldy.
2) Wrong, since 21-2 = 19 no matter how much you do it

So answer is infinite times

3) Correct Airon.
4) Correct Goldy. My answer was a cold, but I guess flu would be fine too

Timon, idk indian riddle... adoption seems logical, but is wrong. Maybe tall Indian is the grandfather?

by **Airon** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 13:01

Heres another one taken from J.R Tolkien's "The hobbit":

Code: Select all: It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.

by **blazing** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 13:06

Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?

by **Timon** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 13:16

@Chris: Keep thinking. If you don't find the answer I'll give it to you later.

@Airon: Time?

@Blazing: 6

25:5=5 from 25 butts he can make 5 cigars and those 5 cigars will give him another 5 butts
5:5=1

so he will be able to smoke 5+1=6 cigars

by **Smadje** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 14:25

Airon wrote:Heres another one taken from J.R Tolkien's "The hobbit":

Code: Select all
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.

darkness

by **FlowerPower** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 15:28

Timon wrote:No, Chris, you're not. This is a paradoxal riddle in my opinion.

1. Barber shaves by himself. So he is able to shave by himself. But hey! It says he shaves only those who can't shave by themselves! So if he's able, he can't. Contradiction.

2. Barber doesn't shave by himself. So he's one of those who aren't able to shave by themselves. So then he automatically should shave himself. If he's not able, he should do it. Contradiction.

Conclusion: we have a paradox here.

That's right, nice way of thinking

by **deep** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 15:35

Airon wrote:Heres another one taken from J.R Tolkien's "The hobbit":

Code: Select all
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.

time

by **Smadje** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 15:35

i failed bah

by **Airon** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 17:47

Smadje wrote:i failed bah

No you didn't, darkness is the correct answer, in other words; 10 points you Smaddy

by **Timon** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 19:35

You're bored with the topic? So fast? Bah it's weekend! Let's use some brain cells!

Timon wrote:Two Indians were sitting on a tree: small one and tall one. Small Indian was a son of tall Indian, but the tall Indian wasn't the father of the small Indian.
How to explain this?

Tall Indian was a mother of the small Indian!

New one:
A man lived on the 25th floor of the 30-floor building. Every morning (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) he took a lift, got out on the ground floor and went to work. In the evening he came back home, got into the lift, got out at 24th floor and one reamaining floor he reached by walking up the stairs.

Why did he got out at 24th floor insted of 25th?

Enjoy!

by **IceCreamy** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 20:04

Maybe the lift couldn't go any higher

by **Ammz** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 20:06

Ah, this is very easy for me

, because I lived in such an apartment.
I lived on the 5th floor, but the elevator went to the 4th floor, then you walk to the door of your apartment and when you enter there is some stairs leading you up to 5th floor where you have all the living rooms, kitchen and stuff.
So on 4th floor you only have the entrance

by **Timon** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:22

@Chris: no
@Ammz: That might be it, as you explained in your personal example, but it's not the correct answer for this riddle.

For both: lift can go for every floor including 25th.

by **IceCreamy** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 14:01

Maybe it has to do with America and Europe...

In Europe we say: First is bottom level, then first floor, etc.
In America they say: First is first floor, then is second floor, etc.

So maybe he met with an American guy and got confused

by **Smadje** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 14:42

Maybe he is an American..

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