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re: Brainteaser/Riddle Thread

Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:20 pm to
Posted by OysterPoBoy
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:20 pm to
quote:

but we dont know if the man is heavier or lighter


I think being trapped on an island we can assume the odd person is heavier.
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:24 pm to
I've heard a version of this where she does it so she'll see him again at the funeral bc she's a psychopath, but your version says they had a great time and in love so that wouldn't make sense
Posted by SulphursFinest
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:25 pm to
You’re actually right
Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:27 pm to
quote:


A woman goes to her mother’s funeral and meets a man. They don’t exchange names or contact information, but she and the man hit it off spectacularly and get along perfectly. The event ends happily, and while the woman is completely smitten with the man and seemingly in love, the following week the woman kills her own sister.




She was a twin and the man sleeps with her twin?
Or the man is her sisters husband
Give me a few and I’ll think up some more scenarios.
Posted by WG_Dawg
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:28 pm to
Actually disregard my post I read too fast, that's the answer. To see him again
Posted by tigerfoot
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:28 pm to
quote:

I think being trapped on an island we can assume the odd person is heavier.


well shite, if we can just assume, I will pick him out of the crowd.

I have no idea.

If you do it in 4s, you could get to it in four uses, but that is as good as I got.

Posted by fr33manator
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:28 pm to
quote:

Magma/lava?



Was looking for pyroclastic specifically, but pretty much yes
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:35 pm to
Posted by BOSCEAUX
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:36 pm to
She’s crazy and the guy runs the funeral home. She doesn’t have his contact info so in her warped mind attending another funeral of a relative is her only way to see him.
Posted by junior
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:39 pm to
2 groups of 6
3 vs 3 on see saw now its down to 6

in abnormal group of 6:
3 from abnormal group vs 3 known normal and 3 not weighed - now down to 3, and you now know if 12th person is fat/skinny

now weigh 2 of the last 3


(not winner, winner)

This post was edited on 12/16/19 at 3:56 pm
Posted by BOSCEAUX
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:40 pm to
To all things and men I appertain,

and yet by some am shunned and distained.

Fondle me and ogle me til you’re insane,

but no blow can harm me, cause me pain.

Children delight in me, elders take fright.

Fair maids rejoice and spin.

Cry and I weep, yawn and I sleep.

Smile, and I too shall grin.

What am I?”
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:41 pm to
quote:

2 groups of 6
3 vs 3 on see saw now its down to 6

in abnormal group of 6:
3 from abnormal group vs 3 known normal and 3 not weighed - now down to 3, and you now know if 12th person is fat/skinny

now weigh 2 of the last 3


winner, winner


Which one is the abnormal one?
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:41 pm to
quote:

What am I?”


Long winded.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:42 pm to
What if the two you weigh, weigh differently? Who’s to say which one weighs the same as the others?
Posted by Displaced
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:44 pm to
A reflection.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:47 pm to
quote:

3 from abnormal group vs 3 known normal and 3 not weighed - now down to 3, and you now know if 12th person is fat/skinny


Only if the 3 you pick from abnormal group has the fat/skinny person in it. If the see saw doesn’t tilt you are still down to 3 but you don’t know if the outlier is fat or thin. On your 3rd and final try the only way you know for sure is if the see saw doesn’t tilt and thus the guy not on it is the outlier.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:48 pm to
quote:

A reflection.


Winner.

Witcher 3 fan?
Posted by junior
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 3:55 pm to
damn you
Posted by Rep520
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

Only if the 3 you pick from abnormal group has the fat/skinny person in it.


Any abnormal group should have the heavier guy. The other 11 are the same weight, so if you have the same # on each side, any abnormal result is the heavy guy.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
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Posted on 12/16/19 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

Any abnormal group should have the heavier guy. The other 11 are the same weight, so if you have the same # on each side, any abnormal result is the heavy guy.


His abnormal group is 6 individuals with one in the group being the outlier. It would be mere chance that the 3 he picks out of this group to weigh against his known group contains the outlier.
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