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The egg question!

Standard membertrawets113
Posers and Puzzles 08 Apr '05 15:18
  1. t
    Standard membertrawets113
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    08 Apr '05 15:18
    There are six eggs in a carton.

    There are six people.

    Each person takes one egg each.

    How is it that one egg is left in the carton at the end.
  2. s
    Standard memberschakuhr
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    08 Apr '05 15:20
    someone took an egg from something else!
  3. P
    Standard memberPBE6
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    08 Apr '05 15:27
    Originally posted by trawets113
    There are six eggs in a carton.

    There are six people.

    Each person takes one egg each.

    How is it that one egg is left in the carton at the end.
    The last person took the carton with the egg in it?
  4. t
    Standard membertrawets113
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    08 Apr '05 15:27
    Originally posted by PBE6
    The last person took the carton with the egg in it?
    damn you are good.
  5. B
    Standard memberBowmann
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    08 Apr '05 16:34
    Christ, that's an old one.
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