You have two coins that equal 30 cents and one of the coins is not a nickel. What are the two coins you have?

A nickel and a quarter.

FruitToAttractBears said:

Damn that's right.

So much for this thread. It's time for me to log off and go home!

Here's an old classic:

You have a five gallon bucket and a three gallon bucket, and a endless supply of water. You must have exactly four gallons in the five gallon bucket when finished. How do you accomplish this?

Let's see who is fastest...

retina said:

what is that in litres?

ZombieKitten said:

fill up the big bucket and fill the little one from it, then empty the little bucket and do it again?

ZombieKitten said:

Call it litres then. It doesn't matter.

retina said:

sorry I was just buying time

fill the small bucket twice and pour into the large, then dump out the large.
take the remaining water from the 3 (would be 1) and pour it into the 5, then fill the 3 again and pour it into the 5. tada 4!

ZombieKitten said:

You only have the two buckets.

thought you were filling the imaginary third from the wrong bucket edit
[Edited 3/9/07 14:05pm]

MuaPetahl said:

Good one!

retina said:

So what kind of prize can I offer you?

We had to learn that one on our first day of algebra.

Hey,
I hope this thread stays alive for at least the next two days.
It'll give me something to look forward to this weekend.

retina said:

Another riddle please

MuaPetahl said:

unfortunately you are a little late, or mad early

depending which way you want to look at it.

MuaPetahl said:

What is the next row of numbers?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

eraclito said:

i stand corrected

retina said:

hurry up and figure it out, i am too lazy too

eraclito said:

Clue: It's not a very silly answer but it is a bit silly. You don't have to be good at maths to solve it.

retina said:

my problem isnt with maths, its my motivation.
the way i see it, if someone else is working it out,
i get more time to stare at the ceiling

its not a healthy attitude, i know...

on the plus side

i have collected enough data to write a book critquing rendering techniques

eraclito said:

Are you unemployed or are you doing your ceiling-gazing at work?

Oh man, it's friggin Saturday. Now you see how long I've been unemployed.
[Edited 3/10/07 6:48am]

retina said:

yes its saturday, the day where after i clean my house

i do fuck all else

that isnt to say i dont spend most of my time at work gazing at the ceiling,
but hell they lucky i turn up...

..

Nobody can crack it? Please note the clue in my previous post.

Okay, so here is another clue that basically gives it away: How many of each number are there on each row?

eraclito said:

the time you spend glazing up at the celing, will you go clean my house?

Call me daft...but I'm still not getting the first riddle.....


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