27 Jul 06
there you have a puzzle (an old one though):
an old man dies and his possessions (17 camels) are given to his 3 sons. the old man wanted his oldest sun to get 1/2 of the camels, the middle one 1/3 of the camels and the youngest 1/9 of the camels.
now they have no clue how to solve this, as they dont want to cut the camels into pieces.
so they go see a wise man and tell him about their prob. he thinks for a moment and then gives them 1 of his own camels. they have 18 camels then. so the oldest gets 9 of those, the middle one gets 6, the youngest gets 2. that leaves them with 1 camel left over, which they give back to the wise man. how did that work?
27 Jul 06
Originally posted by crazyblueBecause the father left 1/18 of his possessions unaccounted for? I don't know, the whole riddle just kind of makes sense.
there you have a puzzle (an old one though):
an old man dies and his possessions (17 camels) are given to his 3 sons. the old man wanted his oldest sun to get 1/2 of the camels, the middle one 1/3 of the camels and the youngest 1/9 of the camels.
now they have no clue how to solve this, as they dont want to cut the camels into pieces.
so they go see ...[text shortened]... hat leaves them with 1 camel left over, which they give back to the wise man. how did that work?
28 Jul 06
Originally posted by TheGambitwell "TheGambit" if you came up with better riddles yourself then i wouldn't criticizing them, now would i?
When is a joke not a joke?
When it is misunderstood.
So tell us some great riddles then sofar or do you only have criticisms?
i know that i can't come up with good riddles
why do you think that i don't post new ones very often?
however i don't change the subject of i thread when it is already specified either
"when is a door not a door?"
think about it it SOUNDS comepletely stupid