Puzzle
Jan 17th 2018, 1:07 am
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Jan 17th 2018, 1:20 am
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Re: Puzzle
There used to be a little riddle - I suppose there still is if I repeat it here - it's roughly
A man married his mother in March in the middle of summer.
Explain
A man married his mother in March in the middle of summer.
Explain
Jan 17th 2018, 1:33 am
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Re: Puzzle
Ah, that's why I said 'he THOUGHT he heard' and not 'he Heard'. The phrase was meant to draw attention to the watch, it was up to you to interpret the link.
Jan 17th 2018, 1:55 am
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Re: Puzzle
In my first year of uni I shared a flat with a girl from March. I suppose the vicar there, or more likely the registrar, may marry his mother?
Jan 17th 2018, 6:02 am
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Re: Puzzle
I've another puzzle that the wine bottle has helped with, not impossible like the god puzzle so good luck.
A cricket groundsman is travelling down the M1 in a coach. The number 5600 flashes before his eyes. Why?
Answers on a postcard please.
A cricket groundsman is travelling down the M1 in a coach. The number 5600 flashes before his eyes. Why?
Answers on a postcard please.
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Jan 18th 2018, 3:54 pm
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Re: Puzzle
Ok.. a clue.. poker players know it as 'the ducks', so how many ducks are the limit?
Jan 19th 2018, 3:51 pm
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Re: Puzzle
OK, the ducks, as most will know is a pair of twos or 22.
Cricketers will know that the distance between stumps on a cricket pitch is 22 yards, or 1 chain.
Drivers will know that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 miles per hour.
Those of who went to school before decimilisation will know that there are 80 chains to the mile or 1760 yards.
Since the groundsman thought in cricket ptch terms, he'll immediately recognise that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 x 80 = 5600 chains per hour.
QED
Cricketers will know that the distance between stumps on a cricket pitch is 22 yards, or 1 chain.
Drivers will know that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 miles per hour.
Those of who went to school before decimilisation will know that there are 80 chains to the mile or 1760 yards.
Since the groundsman thought in cricket ptch terms, he'll immediately recognise that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 x 80 = 5600 chains per hour.
QED
Jan 19th 2018, 4:18 pm
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Re: Puzzle
OK, the ducks, as most will know is a pair of twos or 22.
Cricketers will know that the distance between stumps on a cricket pitch is 22 yards, or 1 chain.
Drivers will know that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 miles per hour.
Those of who went to school before decimilisation will know that there are 80 chains to the mile or 1760 yards.
Since the groundsman thought in cricket ptch terms, he'll immediately recognise that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 x 80 = 5600 chains per hour.
QED
Cricketers will know that the distance between stumps on a cricket pitch is 22 yards, or 1 chain.
Drivers will know that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 miles per hour.
Those of who went to school before decimilisation will know that there are 80 chains to the mile or 1760 yards.
Since the groundsman thought in cricket ptch terms, he'll immediately recognise that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 x 80 = 5600 chains per hour.
QED
Here is a real puzzle.
The laundry basket in our bedroom is about two feet by two feet. How can a woman miss it when she is standing next to it?
Jan 19th 2018, 4:29 pm
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Re: Puzzle
...and for the digitally challenged, complete this series with its last two entries...
16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 100, ?, ?.
16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 100, ?, ?.
Jan 19th 2018, 5:00 pm
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Re: Puzzle
Not me.
I knew that.
No clue.
yes, that's me
I knew the yards, not the chains. I could have worked it out but it wasn't a known thing like a third of a £ was 6/8.
Cricketers will know that the distance between stumps on a cricket pitch is 22 yards, or 1 chain.
Drivers will know that the speed limit on the M1 is 70 miles per hour.
Those of who went to school before decimilisation
will know that there are 80 chains to the mile or 1760 yards.
Jan 19th 2018, 10:16 pm
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Jan 20th 2018, 9:50 am
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Jan 21st 2018, 6:32 pm
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