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nickorooster
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"A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible "
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You could make this even more clever by stating that the rope IS tied to a pole like the below diagram:
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(The thing on the left is the horse, and the thing on the right is the pole, with a 15ft rope tying them together)
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With the thing on the right being hay, and the distance between the pole and the hay at 10ft.
See? Ads a new dimension to it!
Here's a new one:
A Cowboy rides into town on friday, then leaves two days later, on wednesday. How is this possible? (Ignoring the possibility that he took a rocket to a point EXTREMELY far away from the earth (yet still vertically above the town) and orbited at this distance for a while, and thus using Einstein's theory of relativity to go forward in time (relative to the town) and then returning to the town on the following wednesday)
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k4m!k4ze
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Friday is of one time zone(from where he arrived) and wednesday is of that town's time zone ?  or vice versa
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Davo_169
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has it got something to do with the fact that he was riding
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Grimslade
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Friday and Wednesday are the names of two horses... |
Davo_169
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wow that was smart
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Grimslade
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@Eastcoaststar--think about it. Say that in the pile of 10 random coins, there are 3 tails. That leaves 7 in the 90-coin pile. Flip all the coins in the pile of 10, and that gives you 7 tails in both piles. If there are no tails in the 10 pile, all 10 are in the 90 pile, and flipping the 10 gives you 10 tails in each. 
@Davo--The fact that he gave the riddle in the same post with his horse diagrams gave it away. He had horses on the mind.
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k4m!k4ze
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Ok here's one which i DONT know the answer for, but would like to know -
There are 2 doors in a room, one door contains gold,diamonds and other riches, another contains a hungry lion who has not been fed for 10 days. There are two knaves in the room, one who always tells lies and the other always tells the truth. You can ask them ONLY ONE question to identify the correct door. What is that question ?
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Davo_169
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can you both open the doors at the same time, that would be really helpful?? HEHEHEHHEE
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k4m!k4ze
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Sure you can, but would you want to be an extremely rich DEAD guy ? 
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nickorooster
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@Grimslade
Yep, thats kinda right... It was supposed to be just his horse's name was friday.
Oh and the time zone thing? Its the same town, and that wouldn't be possible even if it wasn't .
Here's another, not as good, but ok.
A man wearing a suit is stabbed, but luckily it only penetrated his clothing, never even went close to his skin. However, he dies almost immediately. How does this happen? (No, he does not die of shock)
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Davo_169
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is this suit a space suit
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mince-inside
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On 2005-01-25 15:22:38, k4m!k4ze wrote:
Ok here's one which i DONT know the answer for, but would like to know -
There are 2 doors in a room, one door contains gold,diamonds and other riches, another contains a hungry lion who has not been fed for 10 days. There are two knaves in the room, one who always tells lies and the other always tells the truth. You can ask them ONLY ONE question to identify the correct door. What is that question ?
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Ask ANY knave to go into the room with the gold etc and listen...
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k4m!k4ze
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On 2005-01-25 16:02:47, mince-inside wrote:
Ask ANY knave to go into the room with the gold etc and listen...
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Practically correct but not the answer i'm quite looking for i think i almost got the answer here
EDIT : I got the answer !!!  now lets see if any of you get it. Use mince's answer as a clue
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EastCoastStar
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thank you @Grimslade! i get it nowwww... i feel stupid hahaha it was so easy to understand! |
Grimslade
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@Kamikaze--Ask either knave what he'd say if you came back tomorrow and asked him which door to go through. If he's the truth teller, he'll tell you the right door. If it's the liar, he'll lie--which means he'll tell you the correct door, since if you really asked him, he'd lie and feed you to the lion.
That one was in an old episode of Dr. Who.
EDIT--go through the door that the knave (either knave) tells you to.
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