A little riddle for you all

Heofz · 22 Dec 2007 at 17:19

then that depends how you write your ones :mad:

Anim · 22 Dec 2007 at 17:26

So the thread should be renamed "Riddles that butcher the alphabet" ? Seriously the riddle doesnt work as you want it to and its just plain idiotic.

Scuzi · 22 Dec 2007 at 17:27

Anim said:
So the thread should be renamed "Riddles that butcher the alphabet" ? Seriously the riddle doesnt work as you want it to and its just plain idiotic.

Annoyed that you weren't clever enough to get it?

Anim · 22 Dec 2007 at 17:30

No i got it, i just despise it.

MarkLP · 22 Dec 2007 at 17:45

No it really does work, else you wouldn't of worked it out. If you despise if that much then clear out of my thread

Maccy · 22 Dec 2007 at 18:05

MarkLP said:
No it really does work, else you wouldn't of worked it out. If you despise if that much then clear out of my thread

Aye!

Clever one, I've seen it recently - Mum brought it home from school from a colleague.

Jonny ///M · 22 Dec 2007 at 18:32

Prefer the one about a doctor in paris who has a brother in london but the brother in london doesn't know a doctor in paris. or something to that effect.

A2Z · 22 Dec 2007 at 18:35

PurpleDinosaur said:
10 10 10

You put a - sign on top of the 1 in the middle 10, you have 10 TO 10.

Worst. Riddle. Ever.

is the the answer?

i agree, what a waste of time :rolleyes:

Clinkz · 22 Dec 2007 at 19:03

Anim said:
No i got it, i just despise it.

Bravo buddy, im with you on this one. Hence why I chose to solve it using logic rather than irony.

All these 'lateral thinking' 'riddles' are is taking a defined concept, redefining it without telling anybody how you have redefined it and going yar boo shucks to you if you dont get it.

In this case, the question uses the symbols + - / * which are predefined to the reader as mathematical operators. It then implies you have to use those operators in the scope of mathematics's however has neglected to mention the symbols have been completely redefined and no longer serve their original function. (the symbols now mean something other than their original intention - hence are ironic)

Its no different to me calling an elephant a cloud because they are both the color grey. Except if this were a riddle, the teller would be mocking you for he knows the redefinition, you do not, and clearly are too stupid to get there

MarkLP · 22 Dec 2007 at 23:24

Clinkz said:
you do not, and clearly are too stupid to get there

Isn't this the point of 'thats what you have to work out'

Zom · 22 Dec 2007 at 23:28

I wonder how many of the people who 'got the answer' only 'got it' because they've heard this before and someone had to tell them the answer.

Fire Wizard · 22 Dec 2007 at 23:37

Hello MarkLP, very good riddle, different than the normal ones.

theo · 22 Dec 2007 at 23:39

I'm sure nine fifty in digital time format is 9:50, whilst nine and half hours is 9.5hours or 9:30. I only see anti logic in this riddle

A2Z · 22 Dec 2007 at 23:45

Fire Wizard said:
Hello MarkLP, very good riddle, different than the normal ones.

I agree, the normal ones that had been previously posted were actually good

IdhDec · 23 Dec 2007 at 00:14

Rubbish.

MarkLP · 23 Dec 2007 at 01:07

Zom said:
I wonder how many of the people who 'got the answer' only 'got it' because they've heard this before and someone had to tell them the answer.

I worked it out and i'm sure others have, which means It can be worked out. I can't quite work out what your trying to prove/say?

Zom · 23 Dec 2007 at 03:02

MarkLP said:
I worked it out and i'm sure others have, which means It can be worked out. I can't quite work out what your trying to prove/say?

I didn't say it was impossible. I was just making the point that quite often when people know the answers to these kind of things it's because they've heard them before and not because they were actually able to work them out.