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Riddle game!
2004-07-20, 2:12 PM #41
A man buys coconuts at $5 a dozen and sells them at $3 a dozen. As a result of this he becomes a millionaire. How come?

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2004-07-20, 2:16 PM #42
He buys them in canadian dollars and sells in american?

Or he's already a millionnaire.

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2004-07-20, 2:21 PM #43
he used to be more than a millionaire.

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2004-07-20, 2:21 PM #44
Because he had MORE than a million dollars before.
2004-07-20, 2:29 PM #45
Or a million cents.

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2004-07-20, 5:20 PM #46
Flexor has the right idea first.

He used to be a billionaire.

Go flexor, go flexor, go!

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2004-07-20, 5:39 PM #47
You're standing at a crossroads with two possible paths. One of them leads to heaven, one of them leads to hell. There are two brothers there as well. Only they know which path leads where. One of the brothers always tells the truth, while the other always lies, but you don't know which is which. You can only ask one question to either of the brothers (or both) in order to find out which path leads where.

What question do you ask?

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WAITER: Here’s your green salad, sir.
ANAKIN: What? You fool, I told you NO CROUTONS! Aaaaaaargh!
The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
2004-07-20, 5:43 PM #48
"Does the left road lead to Heaven according to your brother?"

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Think while it's still legal.
2004-07-20, 5:46 PM #49
SAJN wins!

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WAITER: Here’s your green salad, sir.
ANAKIN: What? You fool, I told you NO CROUTONS! Aaaaaaargh!
The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
2004-07-20, 6:56 PM #50
Alright. I heard this one at camp. I hope it stumps you.

There is a dead body with a pool of blood around him. At the scene of the crime there are 5 bullets, 53 bicycles, and a knife. What happened? If you need additional information you have to ask.

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[This message has been edited by SAJN_Master (edited July 20, 2004).]
Think while it's still legal.
2004-07-20, 6:59 PM #51
My question is:

Shouldnit it be"there are 53 bikes"?
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2004-07-20, 7:04 PM #52
What are you talking about

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is/are...same thing [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

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Think while it's still legal.
2004-07-20, 8:54 PM #53
It's obvious the man was stabbed by 53 angry bicyclists. And the bullets were already at the scene before the crime took place.
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2004-07-20, 9:15 PM #54
He died.

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2004-07-20, 9:23 PM #55
Wrong..and DUH he died. So wrong.

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2004-07-21, 2:31 AM #56
Has the knife got blood on it?
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2004-07-21, 5:10 AM #57
Those aren't riddles, they're "make up a story that's similar to the seemingly whitty one the maker of the not-riddle came up with"

Stupid.

JediKirby

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2004-07-21, 5:12 AM #58
Kirby's right, that isnt a riddle


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2004-07-21, 8:17 AM #59
Okay, it isn't a riddle....solve it.

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2004-07-21, 8:48 AM #60
I did solve it.
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2004-07-21, 8:49 AM #61
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SAJN_Master:
Alright. I heard this one at camp. I hope it stumps you.

There is a dead body with a pool of blood around him. At the scene of the crime there are 5 bullets, 53 bicycles, and a knife. What happened? If you need additional information you have to ask.

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A man was caught cheating in a game of cards, and as a result he was shot 5 times and stabbed with a knife.

meh, something like that, if i'm right somebody else take it



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2004-07-21, 9:00 AM #62
Kirby's right though. This isn't a riddle. There's a thousand possible answers and no logic behind it.

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WAITER: Here’s your green salad, sir.
ANAKIN: What? You fool, I told you NO CROUTONS! Aaaaaaargh!
The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
2004-07-21, 9:04 AM #63
If a riddle is completely ridiculous and cannot be solved by logic it shouldnt be posted


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2004-07-21, 9:06 AM #64
No, there is one answer, I've heard it before, but I can't remember it. One non-stupid answer, anyway.

I do think the bicycles are the pictures on the back of the cards. Either that or he was in Holland.
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2004-07-21, 9:14 AM #65
Close, cards are sometimes referred to as bicycles, or bikes. And since there are 53 cards, that means the man was cheating by bringing an extra card(52 cards in a deck).

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2004-07-21, 9:40 AM #66
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">A man was caught cheating in a game of cards, and as a result he was shot 5 times and stabbed with a knife.</font>


close enough...There was no gun, just 5 bullets. bullets is another name for Aces in cards. If you have 5 aces...you are obviously cheating. Which is why there was one extra card..53 bicycles. He was stabbed to death.

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2004-07-21, 9:55 AM #67
hmm, well, someone else can have it


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2004-07-21, 10:23 AM #68
This one is always fun:

A contestant in a famous TV show is asked to point on one of three boxes. One box contains a prize. The contestant points on one of the boxes. The host then opens one of the boxes he did not point on, and it contains nothing. The contestant must now choose which of the remaining two boxes to open. In order to have the highest probability of winning the prize, should he open the one he pointed at, or the other one?

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2004-07-21, 10:25 AM #69
Whichever box he points at, the probability is the same.

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WAITER: Here’s your green salad, sir.
ANAKIN: What? You fool, I told you NO CROUTONS! Aaaaaaargh!
The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
2004-07-21, 10:27 AM #70
if theres only 2 boxes the probobility is the same
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nope.
2004-07-21, 10:39 AM #71
Crap, someone already wen't. I've got a riddle, next time someone gives it free.

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2004-07-21, 10:51 AM #72
Quote:
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Gandalv the Gray:
This one is always fun:

A contestant in a famous TV show is asked to point on one of three boxes. One box contains a prize. The contestant points on one of the boxes. The host then opens one of the boxes he did not point on, and it contains nothing. The contestant must now choose which of the remaining two boxes to open. In order to have the highest probability of winning the prize, should he open the one he pointed at, or the other one?

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I've heard this before, and the answer is whichever he diddnt point at first time.

But, I've never understood it, because statistically he's got a 50% chance because there are 2 boxes.

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2004-07-21, 11:04 AM #73
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TheJkWhoSaysNi:
I've heard this before, and the answer is whichever he diddnt point at first time.
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That doesn't make any sense. The way the game works, the guy has to point a box, while the guy opens one he didn't point at. The fact that he pointed on "box B" the first time only means that "box C" was empty, which says nothing about the contents of "box A" nor "box B". So the probability is exactly the same.

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WAITER: Here’s your green salad, sir.
ANAKIN: What? You fool, I told you NO CROUTONS! Aaaaaaargh!
The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
2004-07-21, 11:20 AM #74
Yes.. as i said, i've never understood it either.

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2004-07-21, 11:45 AM #75
If he chose the wrong box [edit: initially] then the host MUST have removed the other incorrect box, so by switching he guarantees a win.

Now, since there is a 2/3 chance of choosing the wrong box initially, he maximises his chance of winning by switching at the choice.

The only time switching will result in a loss is if he chose the right box initially, which only has a 1/3 chance.

[This message has been edited by DeTRiTiC-iQ (edited July 21, 2004).]
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2004-07-21, 11:54 AM #76
Why MUST the host have removed the other empty box? There is just as much chance of the host removing the "correct" box.

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2004-07-21, 12:25 PM #77
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DeTRiTiC-iQ:
If he chose the wrong box [edit: initially] then the host MUST have removed the other incorrect box, so by switching he guarantees a win.
The only time switching will result in a loss is if he chose the right box initially, which only has a 1/3 chance.
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You don't know if he chose the wrong box at the begining, because the host opens another box. So the right box could be either the one he picked at first or the one he didn't pick.

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WAITER: Here’s your green salad, sir.
ANAKIN: What? You fool, I told you NO CROUTONS! Aaaaaaargh!
The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
2004-07-21, 12:28 PM #78
But initially, 1/3 chances are your going to pick the correct box. As far as odds go, you're better off switching after an empty box has been removed, because odds are, you initially picked an empty box.

JediKirby

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2004-07-21, 12:31 PM #79
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jEDIkIRBY:
But initially, 1/3 chances are your going to pick the correct box. As far as odds go, you're better off switching after an empty box has been removed, because odds are, you initially picked an empty box.

JediKirby

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No, the odds of you having picked an empty box are 50%.

There are three boxes. After the first turn you know one of them is empty, but that tells you nothing of the one you picked. So you're left with two boxes, one of which contains something, while the other doesn't. It's 50/50.



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WAITER: Here’s your green salad, sir.
ANAKIN: What? You fool, I told you NO CROUTONS! Aaaaaaargh!
The music industry is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
2004-07-21, 1:21 PM #80
Your first choice controls what the host can do.

If you are correct initially, then he can remove whichever of the other two he likes. If you are initially wrong then he is restricted to only the other wrong one, which means the one he doesn't choose is the right one.

Since there is a higher chance of being wrong initially, it follows that to have the best chance of winning, you must switch.
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