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QUOTE (Rolinda Bonz @ Apr 9 2005, 05:42 PM)
yes.gif Mr James...aka Santa Claus http://usera.imagecave.com/RolindaBonz/santa1.gif

hey that was my line http://forum.seniorleaguehockey.com/images/smiles/icon_saaad.gif

 

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QUOTE (invisibleairwaves @ Apr 9 2005, 08:47 AM)
A man is lying drowned in a dead forest. How did he die?

Mafia hit...

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QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Apr 9 2005, 08:44 PM)
QUOTE (invisibleairwaves @ Apr 9 2005, 04:47 PM)
A man is lying drowned in a dead forest. How did he die?

er, he drowned?

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The forest was dead due to a forest fire. The man drowned because he was a scuba diver in a lake and accidentally was picked up by the fire bomber, his scuba tank ran out of air before he could get out of the bomber.
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QUOTE (Arndrake @ Apr 9 2005, 02:54 PM)
The forest was dead due to a forest fire. The man drowned because he was a scuba diver in a lake and accidentally was picked up by the fire bomber, his scuba tank ran out of air before he could get out of the bomber.

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QUOTE (rickyrob @ Apr 9 2005, 11:29 AM)
QUOTE (Rolinda Bonz @ Apr 9 2005, 05:42 PM)
yes.gif Mr James...aka Santa Claus http://usera.imagecave.com/RolindaBonz/santa1.gif

hey that was my line http://forum.seniorleaguehockey.com/images/smiles/icon_saaad.gif

 

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Oh rickyrob, I am so sorry!!! I really only meant to support his guess cheer.gif , not confirm the answer. doh.gif

Will you forgive me? sad.gif

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QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Apr 9 2005, 06:15 PM)
One of my favourite sites is snopes.com, which catalogues urban legends.

This story is a popular one, here's their take on it -

Scuba Diver In The Forest

I remember when that myth was floating around the net. CSI even had a case that involved a similar incident.

 

This is about all I can come up with at the moment. I know it is more of a visual puzzle, but her goes:

 

Explain how to cut a round cake into eight identical pieces with only three cuts.

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QUOTE (Arndrake @ Apr 10 2005, 10:29 AM)
QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Apr 9 2005, 06:15 PM)
One of my favourite sites is snopes.com, which catalogues urban legends.

This story is a popular one, here's their take on it -

Scuba Diver In The Forest

I remember when that myth was floating around the net. CSI even had a case that involved a similar incident.

 

This is about all I can come up with at the moment. I know it is more of a visual puzzle, but her goes:

 

Explain how to cut a round cake into eight identical pieces with only three cuts.

You cut the cake in half

 

then into quarters, so you now have 4 equal parts

 

then you put all the 4 quarters on top of each other and cut them in half

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so....

 

you cut into quarters, using two cuts,

 

and the third cut is through its middle (or, if you like it can be the first cut)

forming 4 quarters in the top half of the cake, and 4 quarters in the bottom half

 

this will of course, only work if the cake is perfectly symmetrical

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http://www.puzz.com/lloyd3.jpg

 

A, B, C and D are four sleeping ladybugs on a perfectly flat tabletop. The above chart gives information as to various distances between bugs. What is the direct distance between ladybugs A and C?

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QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Apr 10 2005, 03:37 PM)
I'll get the ball rolling by saying 5cm to howls of derision from the back!!

I was tempted to answer that myself but thought it was too obvious.

 

Or are we crediting with too much deviousness?

 

Maybe he wanted us to think it was a trick question.

 

Help, I think my brain is going to implode.

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QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Apr 10 2005, 04:44 PM)
QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Apr 10 2005, 03:37 PM)
I'll get the ball rolling by saying 5cm to howls of derision from the back!!

I was tempted to answer that myself but thought it was too obvious.

 

Or are we crediting with too much deviousness?

 

Maybe he wanted us to think it was a trick question.

 

Help, I think my brain is going to implode.

there is a little clue in the question. Don't look at the puzzle by the way it is presented. i.e. don't think of it spacially. All the information is there to arrive at the right answer.

 

No it isn't 5cm no.gif

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QUOTE (invisibleairwaves @ Apr 10 2005, 07:21 PM)
3.6055515...

Good ol' Pythagorean Theorem cool.gif

no.gif it is a whole number

 

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another clue.....look at the B to D dimension and then look at the other numbers in the information

 

its better if you just write down the information you have, and forget about the chart altogether

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OK. I accept this is a very awkward puzzle, and so I am going to give away a bit more information.

 

The bugs all lie on a straight line, not in the formation given in the pic

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