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    #281

    Aug 3, 2010, 05:47 PM

    I've now officially given up on the sequence puzzle. I looked at the thing about the dolls. Saying it out loud is meaning nothing to me. And my brain has decided it no longer wants to try. :-)
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    #282

    Aug 3, 2010, 06:02 PM


    Well, after your sleepless night, I can imagine your brain is tired. :) Each line describes the previous one. Line #1 is 1. Line #2 describes that line #1 has one 1, line #3 describes line #2 as having two 1's, etc. Hope that makes sense.

    1
    11
    21
    1211
    111221
    312211
    13112221
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    #283

    Aug 3, 2010, 06:06 PM

    You can make me
    You can take me
    You can watch me
    But you can never stop me... What am I?
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    #284

    Aug 3, 2010, 06:25 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Just Looking View Post
    Well, after your sleepless night, I can imagine your brain is tired. :) Each line describes the previous one. Line #1 is 1. Line #2 describes that line #1 has one 1, line #3 describes line #2 as having two 1's, etc. Hope that makes sense.

    1
    11
    21
    1211
    111221
    312211
    13112221
    OK, I get it now. But even after you explained it, it took me a while to put it together. I haven't looked at the answer so let's see if I'm even understanding it.

    1113213211?

    Sheesh!
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    #285

    Aug 3, 2010, 06:25 PM

    And what's that sleepless night you refer to? I'll you know I almost got 2 hours' worth!
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    #286

    Aug 3, 2010, 07:28 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell View Post
    You can make me
    You can take me
    You can watch me
    But you can never stop me.... What am I?
    Time?
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    #287

    Aug 3, 2010, 07:32 PM

    You got it Hexxie!
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    #288

    Aug 3, 2010, 07:46 PM

    Do another one. I love these.
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    #289

    Aug 3, 2010, 07:54 PM

    Ok, try this one:

    2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So why do they bring home only 3 fishes?
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    #290

    Aug 3, 2010, 08:07 PM


    I read another riddle just like that so I know the answer. I'll let someone else answer, but in the meantime here's another:

    My daughters

    I have 10 or more daughters.

    I have less than 10 daughters.

    I have at least 1 daughter.

    If only one of these statements is true, how many daughters do I have?
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    #291

    Aug 3, 2010, 08:23 PM

    At least 1?
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    #292

    Aug 3, 2010, 08:23 PM

    I know the father/son one too.

    I have less than 10 daughters. Zero.
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    #293

    Aug 3, 2010, 08:27 PM

    But less than 10 can be 9 or 8 or 7...
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    #294

    Aug 3, 2010, 08:32 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by morgaine300 View Post
    I know the father/son one too.

    I have less than 10 daughters. Zero.
    Right. Okay, now I have to go find a harder one... either that or go to bed early. Decisions. :p
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    #295

    Aug 3, 2010, 08:34 PM

    Ok, I know this is going to make me sound REALLY stupid, but how does less than 10 automatically make it 0?
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    #296

    Aug 3, 2010, 08:39 PM


    It can't be any number between 1 and 9 as that would make two of the statements correct - at least 1 and less than 10.

    It can't be any number 10 or greater as that makes two statements correct - at least 1 and 10 or more.

    With zero the only correct statement is less than 10.
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    #297

    Aug 3, 2010, 09:36 PM

    My vote is for a harder one.
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    #298

    Aug 3, 2010, 10:05 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell View Post
    Ok, try this one:

    2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So why do they bring home only 3 fishes?
    Okay... seems like I'm the only one who never heard of this one... :(

    One fish was eaten?
    The basket of fish wasn't big enough to hold 4 fishes?
    Or... one father and his two sons bring home 3 fishes, and the other father's sons didn't come, so he went to his home with only one fish?
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    #299

    Aug 3, 2010, 10:32 PM

    Truthfully, I didn't know this one, but I've heard too many like it, so it wasn't like a reach.

    It's always so hilareous watching someone else solve something. It's kind of like when someone I know is playing a computer game I've already played, and listen to them trying to figure out part of the story or something like that.
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    #300

    Aug 3, 2010, 10:38 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by morgaine300 View Post
    Truthfully, I didn't know this one, but I've heard too many like it, so it wasn't like a reach.

    It's always so hilareous watching someone else solve something. It's kinda like when someone I know is playing a computer game I've already played, and listen to them trying to figure out part of the story or something like that.
    Laugh at me! ;)

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