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TheDeath
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posted May 17, 2007 08:44 PM |
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Was the tool supposed to be used, small and light (less than 4 kilos)?
Was it portable?
Was it connected to explosives?
Was it connected with oxygen?
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ZombieLord
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that wants your brainz...
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posted May 18, 2007 07:12 PM |
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Was the dead man taller (and could reach things that the living man could not)?
Was the dead man stronger (and could move things the living man could not)?
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kookastar
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posted May 18, 2007 10:52 PM |
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Were they in a coffin?
Was he hiding in the coffin/acting dead to escape from prison?
Was he a mortician/undertaker?
Did his profession have to do with the medical field?
Was he a grave digger?
hmmmmmmmmmmmm
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uhuh
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angelito
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proud father of a princess
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posted May 18, 2007 11:06 PM |
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Edited by angelito at 23:25, 18 May 2007.
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Was the tool supposed to be used, small and light (less than 4 kilos)?
No
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Was it portable?
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Was it connected to explosives?
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Was it connected with oxygen?
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@TheDeath
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Was the dead man taller (and could reach things that the living man could not)?
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Was the dead man stronger (and could move things the living man could not)?
Not important
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Were they in a coffin?
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Was he hiding in the coffin/acting dead to escape from prison?
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Was he a mortician/undertaker?
Yes 
The dead man was the undertaker of the cemetary near the prison. He wanted to help the living man to flee from prison.
The living man went into a coffin (where a corpse was placed already), was brought out of prison to the cemetary and placed beneath surface like usual. Then the undertaker should use his shovel to bring the coffin back to ground. But the undertaker died the day before, and the living man went exactly into the coffin where the undertaker was placed. So when he lighted the match, he knew no1 would be there to rescure him...
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kookastar
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posted May 18, 2007 11:38 PM |
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YAYAYAYAYAY 
Man that was a team slog, thanks guys, and thanks for the recapulation spectrum 
:group hug:
I'll do the next one if you like, gimmie some minutes
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uhuh
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kookastar
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posted May 18, 2007 11:48 PM |
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New Riddle
It is a hot summer day when TnTina is summoned to a field located several kilometers from the city centre. A frozen corpse lies in the freshly tilled field, and strangely, there are no footprints anywhere around the body. The closest marks are tire tracks from a tractor more than 50m away. A farmer, who had been working in the field all day said he had not seen anyone or anything unusual.
How did the person die and end up frozen in an open field?
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uhuh
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executor
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posted May 19, 2007 12:02 AM |
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Did the person fell from 11km height(from a plane/paratrooper)?
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kookastar
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posted May 19, 2007 12:44 AM |
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Did the person fell from 11km height(from a plane/paratrooper)?>
yes {this is going to be a quick one  }
how did he die, and how did he get there?
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uhuh
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Binabik
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posted May 19, 2007 07:33 AM |
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He wanted a free ride somewhere and hid in the wheel well of a plane. The wheel well isn't pressurized or heated. So when they got up high in altitude the guy quickly died from lack of oxygen and eventually froze. When the plane approached the airport to land, it lowered the wheels and the guy fell out onto the field. (the time it takes for the plane to come down isn't long enough to thaw a frozen body)
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kookastar
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posted May 19, 2007 09:53 AM |
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YES!
perrrrrfect
need a harder one
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Binabik
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posted May 19, 2007 09:58 AM |
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Executor really got it before I even read the riddle. I just filled in the details.
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted May 19, 2007 10:48 AM |
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New riddle
Ok you might know this one, but I'll give it a try.
It was friday evening, and Kooka was working late again. Pan and TNTina were out on town as usual, so there was no-one there to entertain her. As if that was not bad enough, suddenly Kooka hears a bang, and all the lights go out. Damn fuse broke again!, she thinks to herself. This is not the first time it has happened, and Kooka remembers with dismay all the running up and down the stairs to find the safety switch that will turn the lights back on. Even more frustrating, Kooka recalls that there are in fact three safety switches, of which only one can be turned on at a time, and of which only one will work for her floor in the department. Now we all know that Kooka is a bit of a lazy one, and sure enough, Kooka thinks to herself: There must be some way to save myself the trouble of running up and down all those stairs three times to find the right switch! And sure enough, after about 5 minutes of silent contemplation, Kooka exclaims a loud "Yes!" and runs out the door. The reason for Kooka's sudden satisfaction is that she has found a way that will be able to save her at least one run up and down the stairs.
Which devious plan did Kooka conceive?
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baklava
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Mostly harmless
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posted May 19, 2007 12:09 PM |
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Ok.
She needs two pieces of rope, two tennis balls and a little duct-tape.
1) She ties a ball to a piece of rope, and the other ball to the other piece of rope
2) She duct-tapes the ropes with balls above the lightswitches, so that the balled end of the rope is at the height of the lightswitch
3) She raises the ropes, then lets one rope go and 2 seconds later the other.
The first ball will bounce off the first switch, turning it off; and while it bounces back, the other will hit the second lightswitch.
Then Kooka goes back to her department.
There are two cases from now:
1) The lights turn on and off - that means one of those lightswitches is working (if she remembered which rope she let go first and when or what was the distance between letting the different ropes go she'll easily be able to see which one of those two is right)
2) If the light is still out then she just climbs back, takes down the balls, and turns the third switch on because that's the right one.
Ta-da
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"Let me tell you what the blues
is. When you ain't got no
money,
you got the blues."
Howlin Wolf
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posted May 19, 2007 01:27 PM |
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Blast, baklava, you made it before me .
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alcibiades
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of Gold Dragons
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posted May 19, 2007 03:17 PM |
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Ok.
She needs two pieces of rope, two tennis balls and a little duct-tape.
1) She ties a ball to a piece of rope, and the other ball to the other piece of rope
2) She duct-tapes the ropes with balls above the lightswitches, so that the balled end of the rope is at the height of the lightswitch
3) She raises the ropes, then lets one rope go and 2 seconds later the other.
The first ball will bounce off the first switch, turning it off; and while it bounces back, the other will hit the second lightswitch.
Then Kooka goes back to her department.
There are two cases from now:
1) The lights turn on and off - that means one of those lightswitches is working (if she remembered which rope she let go first and when or what was the distance between letting the different ropes go she'll easily be able to see which one of those two is right)
2) If the light is still out then she just climbs back, takes down the balls, and turns the third switch on because that's the right one.
Ta-da
Interesting solution, but imagine that she works in a really tall building, so tying all that rope up and pulling it back and forth won't work. There is a simpler solution that doesn't require any gadgets.
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TheDeath
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with serious business
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posted May 19, 2007 04:23 PM |
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She goes on and tries a switch. She calls herself (the phone at her floor) with her cellphone. And sees if she gets a signal. Otherwise she tries another switch, until she gets a signal.
Is the cellphone considered a gadget?
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Geny
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What if Elvin was female?
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posted May 19, 2007 06:10 PM |
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She goes on and tries a switch. She calls herself (the phone at her floor) with her cellphone. And sees if she gets a signal. Otherwise she tries another switch, until she gets a signal.
Is the cellphone considered a gadget?
The lights are out not the phone-lines.
The real answer is: kooka is a smart girl so she sees it as a sign from above, she drops everything and goes out with pan and tntina looking for a good time.
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alcibiades
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Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted May 19, 2007 06:13 PM |
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She goes on and tries a switch. She calls herself (the phone at her floor) with her cellphone. And sees if she gets a signal. Otherwise she tries another switch, until she gets a signal.
Is the cellphone considered a gadget?
The phone is not electrically powered, so the phone will work even if the power is out.
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The real answer is: kooka is a smart girl so she sees it as a sign from above, she drops everything and goes out with pan and tntina looking for a good time.
Nice try.  Kooka is an obedient worker, however, she will stay till the work is finished.
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TheDeath
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Undefeatable Hero
with serious business
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posted May 19, 2007 07:08 PM |
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She tracks down the wire from her floor
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alcibiades
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
of Gold Dragons
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posted May 19, 2007 07:13 PM |
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They are hidden in the wall.
Ok, let me explain: It is simply a matter of logic, this: How can you be certain to find the right shift and go back and forth no more than 2 times at maximum? You don't need any fancy devices, or to take and sneaky actions on the way to or in the switch room.
Of course, you are allowed to do anything you want, as long as it doesn't require any special utensils or objects that you wouldn't have at hand [or, said with other words, you don't need any special objects to solve the problem].
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