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My first is in biscuit but never in cake
My second's in awesome but not in great
My third is in mother but not seen in dad
My fourth is in sunny but never in sad
My fifth is a vowel found in water not creek
My sixth is found only in one day of the week
My seventh's two of three that you learn when you're young
My eighth's not in song but it's there when it's sung
My ninth's in eleven and twelve, not thirteen
My tenth is in island and river, not stream
My eleventh's in precious and secret and paste
My twelfth is in phantom and spectre and haste
My whole stalks the night in a quiet dreamlike state
With no memories the next day of being out late
My second's in awesome but not in great
My third is in mother but not seen in dad
My fourth is in sunny but never in sad
My fifth is a vowel found in water not creek
My sixth is found only in one day of the week
My seventh's two of three that you learn when you're young
My eighth's not in song but it's there when it's sung
My ninth's in eleven and twelve, not thirteen
My tenth is in island and river, not stream
My eleventh's in precious and secret and paste
My twelfth is in phantom and spectre and haste
My whole stalks the night in a quiet dreamlike state
With no memories the next day of being out late
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Rosalind wrote:
> Unbeliever wrote:
> I thought it was some kind of trick question. The sheep won't get
> eaten because any lion who might eat the sheep (and subsequently
> turns
> into a sheep) could never face beaten eaten by another lion. Is that
> right? Or have I lost the plot?
>
> But in that case the lion could eat the sheep because he knows the
> next lion will not eat the sheep, because of your logic above ;)
Good point. I've lost the plot.
> Unbeliever wrote:
> I thought it was some kind of trick question. The sheep won't get
> eaten because any lion who might eat the sheep (and subsequently
> turns
> into a sheep) could never face beaten eaten by another lion. Is that
> right? Or have I lost the plot?
>
> But in that case the lion could eat the sheep because he knows the
> next lion will not eat the sheep, because of your logic above ;)
Good point. I've lost the plot.
Slaveunit wrote:
> Okay, here we go.
>
> 3 men go into a hotel. The hotel only has 1 room with 3 beds available
> at a cost of £30, which they pay £10 each.
>
> After the men have gone to the room, the receptionist realises that
> the room was only £25, and had overcharged the men. She sends
> the bellboy up with five pound coins.
>
> The bellboy thinks that because £5 doesn't split into 3 easily,
> he pockets £2 and gives the men £3.
>
> This means that the men paid £9 each, totalling £27, and
> the bellboy has £2, totalling £29.
>
> Where is the missing pound?
You're adding it wrongly.
Originally, they paid £30, they each received back £1.
Now they have only paid £27.
Of this £27, £25 went to the manager for the room and £2 went to the bellboy.
> Okay, here we go.
>
> 3 men go into a hotel. The hotel only has 1 room with 3 beds available
> at a cost of £30, which they pay £10 each.
>
> After the men have gone to the room, the receptionist realises that
> the room was only £25, and had overcharged the men. She sends
> the bellboy up with five pound coins.
>
> The bellboy thinks that because £5 doesn't split into 3 easily,
> he pockets £2 and gives the men £3.
>
> This means that the men paid £9 each, totalling £27, and
> the bellboy has £2, totalling £29.
>
> Where is the missing pound?
You're adding it wrongly.
Originally, they paid £30, they each received back £1.
Now they have only paid £27.
Of this £27, £25 went to the manager for the room and £2 went to the bellboy.
Slaveunit wrote:
> 3 men go into a hotel. The hotel only has 1 room with 3 beds available
> at a cost of £30, which they pay £10 each.
>
> After the men have gone to the room, the receptionist realises that
> the room was only £25, and had overcharged the men. She sends
> the bellboy up with five pound coins.
>
> The bellboy thinks that because £5 doesn't split into 3 easily,
> he pockets £2 and gives the men £3.
>
> This means that the men paid £9 each, totalling £27, and
> the bellboy has £2, totalling £29.
>
> Where is the missing pound?
it's been swallowed up by your dodgy dodgy maths
> 3 men go into a hotel. The hotel only has 1 room with 3 beds available
> at a cost of £30, which they pay £10 each.
>
> After the men have gone to the room, the receptionist realises that
> the room was only £25, and had overcharged the men. She sends
> the bellboy up with five pound coins.
>
> The bellboy thinks that because £5 doesn't split into 3 easily,
> he pockets £2 and gives the men £3.
>
> This means that the men paid £9 each, totalling £27, and
> the bellboy has £2, totalling £29.
>
> Where is the missing pound?
it's been swallowed up by your dodgy dodgy maths
Rosalind wrote:
> But in that case the lion could eat the sheep because he knows the
> next lion will not eat the sheep, because of your logic above ;)
Heh, very good, you're getting there.
> But in that case the lion could eat the sheep because he knows the
> next lion will not eat the sheep, because of your logic above ;)
Heh, very good, you're getting there.
Unbeliever wrote:
> I thought it was some kind of trick question. The sheep won't get
> eaten because any lion who might eat the sheep (and subsequently turns
> into a sheep) could never face beaten eaten by another lion. Is that
> right? Or have I lost the plot?
But in that case the lion could eat the sheep because he knows the next lion will not eat the sheep, because of your logic above ;)
> I thought it was some kind of trick question. The sheep won't get
> eaten because any lion who might eat the sheep (and subsequently turns
> into a sheep) could never face beaten eaten by another lion. Is that
> right? Or have I lost the plot?
But in that case the lion could eat the sheep because he knows the next lion will not eat the sheep, because of your logic above ;)
Okay, here we go.
3 men go into a hotel. The hotel only has 1 room with 3 beds available at a cost of £30, which they pay £10 each.
After the men have gone to the room, the receptionist realises that the room was only £25, and had overcharged the men. She sends the bellboy up with five pound coins.
The bellboy thinks that because £5 doesn't split into 3 easily, he pockets £2 and gives the men £3.
This means that the men paid £9 each, totalling £27, and the bellboy has £2, totalling £29.
Where is the missing pound?
3 men go into a hotel. The hotel only has 1 room with 3 beds available at a cost of £30, which they pay £10 each.
After the men have gone to the room, the receptionist realises that the room was only £25, and had overcharged the men. She sends the bellboy up with five pound coins.
The bellboy thinks that because £5 doesn't split into 3 easily, he pockets £2 and gives the men £3.
This means that the men paid £9 each, totalling £27, and the bellboy has £2, totalling £29.
Where is the missing pound?
I thought it was some kind of trick question. The sheep won't get eaten because any lion who might eat the sheep (and subsequently turns into a sheep) could never face beaten eaten by another lion. Is that right? Or have I lost the plot?
Ineedsleep wrote:
> Nope, sorry. Worked it out logically.
In which case you beat Ros to it!
That was damn fast!
> Nope, sorry. Worked it out logically.
In which case you beat Ros to it!
That was damn fast!
I'm thinking about it.
Gangsta Hamsta wrote:
> Heh, well has anyone worked it out rather than guessing.
>
> Ineedsleep, was that a guess?
Nope, sorry. Worked it out logically.
> Heh, well has anyone worked it out rather than guessing.
>
> Ineedsleep, was that a guess?
Nope, sorry. Worked it out logically.
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