Every day a man approached
the centre of the town
and all the folk who'd heard of him
would come and gather round
"I have a bag of sand"
he'd announce to all the crowd
"and whoever happens to guess the weight
will end up feeling proud"
"for whoever guesses exactly
will win this silver crest"
I stood right up and won the award
what was it that I guessed?
Originally posted by doodinthemoodA bag of sand?🙂
Every day a man approached
the centre of the town
and all the folk who'd heard of him
would come and gather round
"I have a bag of sand"
he'd announce to all the crowd
"and whoever happens to guess the weight
will end up feeling proud"
"for whoever guesses exactly
will win this silver crest"
I stood right up and won the award
what was it that I guessed?
Originally posted by doodinthemoodDoesn't matter, according to the riddle all you had to do was "guess exactly".
Every day a man approached
the centre of the town
and all the folk who'd heard of him
would come and gather round
"I have a bag of sand"
he'd announce to all the crowd
"and whoever happens to guess the weight
will end up feeling proud"
"for whoever guesses exactly
will win this silver crest"
I stood right up and won the award
what was it that I guessed?
Anyone can guess exactly. If you made a guess you made a guess exactly, as long as you said a unit of weight measurement.
therfore you win the prize.
Or, is this not one of those litteral interpretation questions?
I've been told the follow up is easier, and it may help you with this one, so here it is:
There's a woman on my street
who I see every day
But a week ago she came up to me
"Guess what I'm on my way
I'm off to Arizona!"
The woman said to me
and set off for the nearest station
to start her long journey
When she arrived she met a man
who's dog lay on the floor
"That dog's called Harry" she exclaimed
how could she be so sure?
Originally posted by doodinthemoodIt's your dog, you see her every day and she's still at the station?
I've been told the follow up is easier, and it may help you with this one, so here it is:
There's a woman on my street
who I see every day
But a week ago she came up to me
"Guess what I'm on my way
I'm off to Arizona!"
The woman said to me
and set off for the nearest station
to start her long journey
When she arrived she met a man
who's ...[text shortened]... g lay on the floor
"That dog's called Harry" she exclaimed
how could she be so sure?