Hellfire
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 02:19 PM |
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Roman Numerals
After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX
into 6. The only stipulation the teacher made was that the pen could not be lifted from the paper until the line was complete.
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 02:31 PM |
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by any chance was there folding of the paper?
Mark
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MK-R1
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 02:35 PM |
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write the letter S in front of IX to form SIX
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200mph
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 02:39 PM |
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doh!
wood
trees
etc
etc
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Hellfire
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 posted on 23/3/04 at 03:14 PM |
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Another one then...
A man was born in 1955. He is still alive today aged 33 - how come?
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ned
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:18 PM |
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he's been in a time machine of course...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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200mph
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:22 PM |
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give up, assuming the time machine idea is wrong?
Mark
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:26 PM |
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Is it still 1988? Hooray!!!!
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Hellfire
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 posted on 23/3/04 at 03:28 PM |
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got you - no time machine involved...
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GO
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:36 PM |
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not cryogenically frozen then either?
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ned
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:39 PM |
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maybe he's been travelling near the speed of light, hence time has passed but passed slower for him. there is an astronaut who is 1 second in
the future as he's been in space travelling in orbit at a zillion miles an hour for ages...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:40 PM |
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Ned...
...maybe not...
Think of it laterally...
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:42 PM |
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I am.... the annoying thing is I'm sure I worked this out before, and I think thats why I cant work it out now 
Mark
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:45 PM |
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it really is very simple - think of what the question actually TELLS you - you're making it far more complicated than it is...
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:50 PM |
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Another one........gone on then!
This is to be solved in the head, without paper and pencil.
If some coffee is "97 percent caffeine-free," how many cups of it would one have to drink to get the amount of caffeine in a cup of
regular coffee?
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MK-R1
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:52 PM |
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1, it is regular coffee.
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:53 PM |
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1
noooooooo, beaten, drat
[Edited on 23/3/04 by 9904169]
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MK-R1
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:53 PM |
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It is
1988
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:55 PM |
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quote:
A man was born in 1955. He is still alive today aged 33 - how come?
He was born in... room 1955 
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 03:57 PM |
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bollox
Mark
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ned
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 04:08 PM |
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hellfires, that is a stupidly bad answer. its like saying, how big are the wheels on your locost?
and asnwering 10" cos its the steering wheel.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 04:10 PM |
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It could have been the zip code, telephone code, street number, house number, etc etc
but thats the point I suppose
Mark
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Hellfire
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 04:26 PM |
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One more for the day...
quote:
A plane flies from Athens to Brussels at maximum speed. Normally, flying at maximum speed would enable it to reach Brussels in four-fifths of the
time that it takes to fly there at cruising speed. On this occasion, however, the velocity of a favorable wind enables it to get there in only half
the time it would normally take at maximum speed. On the return journey, it leaves Brussels at 1 p.m. Ignoring time zones, and encountering the same
velocity and direction of wind, at what time will the plane arrive back at Athens?
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Mk-Ninja
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 04:32 PM |
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Its runs out of fuel before it gets there 
I'm sure I've got one, just don't know where I've put it
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200mph
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| posted on 23/3/04 at 04:32 PM |
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unless I'm mistaken you need 1 more piece of information?
Mark
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