************************** 2 aliens are looking through a telescope at earth, and one turns to the other and says "how strange, the earthlings are poking holes in paper then drawing a line to show the other earthlings where it is."
Question: what could the aliens talking about?
*hint: everyone has used one of these in school. *************************
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fastblack Member
Posts: 3696 From: Riceville, IA Registered: Nov 2003
************************** 2 aliens are looking through a telescope at earth, and one turns to the other and says "how strange, the earthlings are poking holes in paper then drawing a line to show the other earthlings where it is."
Question: what could the aliens talking about?
*hint: everyone has used one of these in school. *************************
hmmm, protractor.
got one: What gets wetter as it dries??
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A chicken and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half. How long will it take a monkey with a wooden leg to kick the seeds out of a dill pickle?
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Posts: 2350 From: Bloomington IL Registered: Jun 2000
If a man can walk 2 miles per hour, and needs nine hours of sleep each day, what is the fastest he could travel the 3000 miles from New York to Los Angeles?
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Posts: 43235 From: Southern MN Registered: May 2007
another one . . . . Many moons ago, when Tommy's son Alex was learning how to drive, Tommy thought he'd take him out in his '63 Dart and show him the rules of the road.
Alex was driving along, doing rather well, when they hear an unfamiliar noise. Tommy realized after a minute or so that the right rear tire had gone flat.
Realizing this was yet another fine opportunity to teach, Tommy asked Alex to pull off onto the shoulder. With the semis whizzing by at 70 miles per hour, Tommy hid in the bushes and told Alex from 100 yards away, "Take the jack out of the truck."
Alex jacked up the car, loosened the wheel nuts, and very carefully put them in the hub cap. But when he went to retrieve the spare tire, he inadvertently stepped on the hub cap and sent all but one of the wheel nuts cascading down the nearby grassy hillside, never to be seen again. Out of the five wheel nuts, he managed to save one.
After administering an appropriate number of dope slaps, Tommy said, "We're done for!"
Suddenly, Alex said, "Wait a minute! Can you have four wheel nuts on every wheel instead of five?" Tommy said, "Yes, of course we can -- at least until we get back to town." To which Alex replied, "Well then, let's take one nut off of each of the other wheels, leaving four on each wheel, and we'll have four for the tire we're changing."
Three hours later, they're still waiting for help. Why couldn't they do what Alex suggested?
*note* You need to know something about old cars to get this one, and lets make a rule that you cannot drive with only 3 lugnuts on any wheel. (since I have done that and it is possible, but not for this puzzle.
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Posts: 12207 From: Jordan, MN Registered: Feb 2002
If a man can walk 2 miles per hour, and needs nine hours of sleep each day, what is the fastest he could travel the 3000 miles from New York to Los Angeles?
By plane.
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Posts: 6607 From: Not too far from Mexico Registered: Nov 2004
If a man can walk 2 miles per hour, and needs nine hours of sleep each day, what is the fastest he could travel the 3000 miles from New York to Los Angeles?
299792458 meters / second
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11:38 AM
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Posts: 43235 From: Southern MN Registered: May 2007
Note the wording in the riddle... If a man can walk 2 miles per hour, and needs nine hours of sleep each day, what is the fastest he could travel the 3000 miles from New York to Los Angeles?
What is the fastest he could travel?
Sorta like the 55 cent riddle. If you have two coins that add up to 55 cents, and one is not a nickel, then how is it possible? The wording specifies that ONE is not a nickel, but nothing about the OTHER. So yes... It is right.
The fastest he could travel (not walk) from New York to Los Angeles is by plane.
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Posts: 12207 From: Jordan, MN Registered: Feb 2002
A horse is tied to a rope that is 15 feet long. There is a bale of feed hay 25 feet from the horse. The horse is able to reach the bale of feed hay and eat to his heart's content. How?
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OKflyboy Member
Posts: 6607 From: Not too far from Mexico Registered: Nov 2004
A horse is tied to a rope that is 15 feet long. There is a bale of feed hay 25 feet from the horse. The horse is able to reach the bale of feed hay and eat to his heart's content. How?
The other end of the rope is not tied to anything.
(and I still say my answer is correct too, the speed of light is the theoretical fastest he could possibly travel )
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Posts: 12207 From: Jordan, MN Registered: Feb 2002
If a man can walk 2 miles per hour, and needs nine hours of sleep each day, what is the fastest he could travel the 3000 miles from New York to Los Angeles?
Lots of Red Bull! . . no really... 100 days?
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Posts: 2350 From: Bloomington IL Registered: Jun 2000
. . . . Many moons ago, when Tommy's son Alex was learning how to drive, Tommy thought he'd take him out in his '63 Dart and show him the rules of the road.
Alex was driving along, doing rather well, when they hear an unfamiliar noise. Tommy realized after a minute or so that the right rear tire had gone flat.
Realizing this was yet another fine opportunity to teach, Tommy asked Alex to pull off onto the shoulder. With the semis whizzing by at 70 miles per hour, Tommy hid in the bushes and told Alex from 100 yards away, "Take the jack out of the truck."
Alex jacked up the car, loosened the wheel nuts, and very carefully put them in the hub cap. But when he went to retrieve the spare tire, he inadvertently stepped on the hub cap and sent all but one of the wheel nuts cascading down the nearby grassy hillside, never to be seen again. Out of the five wheel nuts, he managed to save one.
After administering an appropriate number of dope slaps, Tommy said, "We're done for!"
Suddenly, Alex said, "Wait a minute! Can you have four wheel nuts on every wheel instead of five?" Tommy said, "Yes, of course we can -- at least until we get back to town." To which Alex replied, "Well then, let's take one nut off of each of the other wheels, leaving four on each wheel, and we'll have four for the tire we're changing."
Three hours later, they're still waiting for help. Why couldn't they do what Alex suggested?
*note* You need to know something about old cars to get this one, and lets make a rule that you cannot drive with only 3 lugnuts on any wheel. (since I have done that and it is possible, but not for this puzzle.
We still need an answer for this one......
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Posts: 43235 From: Southern MN Registered: May 2007
No, he said I was "close". The question asks the fastest he could get there. Not the fastest WAY... So, again, it comes down to choice of words.
The FASTEST he could get there, using known methods of travel would be about 3.5 hours. The fastest WAY he could get there would be by plane.
So, since my response was correct in it's own way, I missed the most direct response. Which would have been a reference to time rather than a method of travel.
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Posts: 2350 From: Bloomington IL Registered: Jun 2000
And since we are using Logic to solve these has anyone heard the Redneck Logic joke??
Redneck joke... logic...
Two rednecks decided they weren't going anywhere in life, and thought they should go to college to get ahead.
The first redneck went in to see the counselor, who told him to take Math, History, and Logic.
"What's Logic?" the first redneck asked. The professor answered by saying, "Let me give you an example. Do you own a weed eater?" "I sure do." said the first redneck.
"Then I can assume, using logic, that you have a yard," replied the professor.
"That's real good!" said the redneck.
The professor continued, "Logic will also tell me that since you have a yard, you also own a house."
Impressed, the redneck said, "Amazin!"
"And since you own a house, logic dictates that you have a wife," continued the professor.
"That's Betty Mae! This is incredible!" The redneck is obviously catching on.
"Finally, since you have a wife, logically I can assume that you are heterosexual," said the professor.
"You're absolutely right!" exclaimed the redneck. "Why that's the most fascinatin' thing I ever heard! I cain't wait to take that logic class!!"
The redneck, proud of the new world opening up to him, walked back into the hallway, where his friend was still waiting.
"So what classes are ya takin'?" asked the friend.
"Math, History, and Logic!" replied the first redneck.
"What in tarnation is logic???" asked his friend.
"Let me give you an example. Do ya own a weed eater?" asked the first redneck.
"No," his friend replied.
"You're QUEER, ain't ya?"
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Posts: 43235 From: Southern MN Registered: May 2007
The answer about the horse is wrong!! if the horse is tied to a central pole, and he is at full stretch from the pole, he is standing on a circumference of a circle with a diameter of 30 feet. Therefore the haybale could be 12 feet on the same 'diameter' on the opposite side of the central pole , and thus 12 feet plus 15 feet makes 27 feet away from the horse, and he could still reach it. Nick OOOPS!! 10 feet not 12 mis-remembered the figures whilst doing the diagram And the tyre question? The spare was flat too. ( I had reached the ame conclusion about the lefthand threads...but thought my second explanation is good too ! Nick
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mis-remembered the figures whilst doing the diagram 
