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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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 Posted - 08/14/2005 : 15:19:50 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dry_vby
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Well, we know that one was never answered by its creator. |
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
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Posted - 08/14/2005 : 15:33:17 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
quote:
Originally posted by Dry_vby
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Well, we know that one was never answered by its creator.
Indeed, DW.
However, an idependant answer was formulated in a book called. oddly enough "Why is a raven like a writing desk".
It is this answer that I am after.
Or any other, if any one has got a better answer. |
"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
Bob Dylan
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dv82matt
SFN Regular
760 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 15:45:01 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dry_vby
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Here's the straight dope. Seems that there are many possible answers to choose from.quote:
* Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes. (Puzzle maven Sam Loyd, 1914)
* Because Poe wrote on both. (Loyd again)
* Because there is a B in both and an N in neither. (Get it? Aldous Huxley, 1928)
* Because it slopes with a flap. (Cyril Pearson, undated)
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dv82matt
SFN Regular
760 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 16:15:05 [Permalink]
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| There are three errers in the statement of this problem. You must detect all of them to recieve full credit. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 18:16:23 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by dv82matt
There are three errers in the statement of this problem. You must detect all of them to recieve full credit.
Errors is misspelled. Receive is misspelled. And the last error is in stating that there are three errors. There were only two.
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"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 18:29:37 [Permalink]
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by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
249 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 18:31:42 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by dv82matt
quote:
Originally posted by Dry_vby
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Here's the straight dope. Seems that there are many possible answers to choose from.quote:
* Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes. (Puzzle maven Sam Loyd, 1914)
* Because Poe wrote on both. (Loyd again)
* Because there is a B in both and an N in neither. (Get it? Aldous Huxley, 1928)
* Because it slopes with a flap. (Cyril Pearson, undated)
Quite correct.
The answer posited in the book I cited was "Poe wrote on both".
I beleive the floor is H. Humbert's.
A riddle, if you please, sir. |
"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
Bob Dylan
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 18:38:51 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dry_vby
I beleive the floor is H. Humbert's.
A riddle, if you please, sir.
All righty.
A man and a woman were driving in their car when it broke down. The man decided to go for help at a gas station a few miles back. He made sure nobody else was in the car, rolled all the windows up, and locked all of the sedan's doors. He went off, but when he came back, his wife was dead, and there was a stranger in the car. No physical damage was done to the car, so how did the stranger get in?
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
| Edited by - H. Humbert on 08/14/2005 20:30:45 |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 18:51:08 [Permalink]
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| Since the stranger was actually an EMT who responded to the wife's cell-phone call that she was having a heart attack, the stranger got in because the wife unlocked the doors with her last ounce of strength. [Thud] |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 18:53:41 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
Since the stranger was actually an EMT who responded to the wife's cell-phone call that she was having a heart attack, the stranger got in because the wife unlocked the doors with her last ounce of strength. [Thud]
An elaborate guess, but unfortunately wrong.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 18:56:05 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
An elaborate guess, but unfortunately wrong.
What??!?!? I didn't see you there. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 19:37:22 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
No physical damage was done to the car, so how did the stranger get in?
It was a convertible. |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 19:43:22 [Permalink]
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| God did it. |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2005 : 19:43:26 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by H. Humbert
He made sure nobody was in the car ...
Just out of curiosity, where was his wife? |
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