A little riddle for you.....

This one is kinda easy

There are five birds on a tree branch one is shot. How many are still on the tree branch.

darkmark91

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This one is kinda easy

There are five birds on a tree branch one is shot. How many are still on the tree branch.

Teenaged

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[QUOTE="darkmark91"]

This one is kinda easy

There are five birds on a tree branch one is shot. How many are still on the tree branch.

clicketyclick

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]None. They all left scared of the loud noise of the gunshot.

Teenaged

For example:

A: None. This is correct because 4 birds could have flown away as the 1 got shot and fell off.

A: One. This is correct because 3 birds could have flown away as 1 got shot and fell off, while one of the birds could have been deaf and remained. Or, the bird that got shot was glued to the branch and the others flew away.

A: Two. This is correct because either 2 birds were deaf, or 1 bird was deaf and 1 was glued to the branch, or 2 were glued to the branch.

A: Three. This is correct because either 3 birds were deaf, 2 deaf & 1 glued, 1 deaf & 2 glued, or 3 were glued to the branch.

A: Four. Correct because 4 deaf, 4 glued, or some combination thereof.

A: Five. Correct because 5 glued.

A: Six. Correct because 5 glued and 1 alighted on the branch, or all flew off and 6 new birds came.

etc. etc.

No answer is the wrong answer.

I know you're "right" traditionally, but it's not the only correct answer. The riddle itself is flawed, because regardless of whatever answer you give, it can be correct.

For example:

A: None. This is correct because 4 birds could have flown away as the 1 got shot and fell off.

A: One. This is correct because 3 birds could have flown away as 1 got shot and fell off, while one of the birds could have been deaf and remained. Or, the bird that got shot was glued to the branch and the others flew away.

A: Two. This is correct because either 2 birds were deaf, or 1 bird was deaf and 1 was glued to the branch, or 2 were glued to the branch.

A: Three. This is correct because either 3 birds were deaf, 2 deaf & 1 glued, 1 deaf & 2 glued, or 3 were glued to the branch.

A: Four. Correct because 4 deaf, 4 glued, or some combination thereof.

A: Five. Correct because 5 glued.

A: Six. Correct because 5 glued and 1 alighted on the branch, or all flew off and 6 new birds came.

etc. etc.

No answer is the wrong answer.

clicketyclick

Most of your possible answers are too far fetched to be funny (while my answer is plain simple and logical). Thats why they cant be. In my opinion of course.

There is a variation of the riddle where one of the birds is deaf, but the situation is different. Dont remember exactly.

Well yeah but this riddle is not a clever riddle but more like a joke/funny riddle because it gives you an answer you dont expect and then you are like ":P".

Most of your possible answers are too far fetched to be funny (while my answer is plain simple and logical). Thats why they cant be. In my opinion of course.

There is a variation of the riddle where one of the birds is deaf, but the situation is different. Dont remember exactly.

Teenaged

A great 'trick' is if the five birds are just taxidermy'd and you merely assumed they were real live birds. It's sorta like that riddle with "Bob and Sally" dead on the floor after the train went by (the trick is that Bob and Sally are actually fish and you just assumed they were kids.)

These kinds of open-ended riddles infuriate me! :P It's like that one about the seagull sandwich. Have you heard that one?

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Well yeah but this riddle is not a clever riddle but more like a joke/funny riddle because it gives you an answer you dont expect and then you are like ":P".

Most of your possible answers are too far fetched to be funny (while my answer is plain simple and logical). Thats why they cant be. In my opinion of course.

There is a variation of the riddle where one of the birds is deaf, but the situation is different. Dont remember exactly.

clicketyclick

A great 'trick' is if the five birds are just taxidermy'd and you merely assumed they were real live birds. It's sorta like that riddle with "Bob and Sally" dead on the floor after the train went by (the trick is that Bob and Sally are actually fish and you just assumed they were kids.)

These kinds of open-ended riddles infuriate me! :P It's like that one about the seagull sandwich. Have you heard that one?

Anyway no I havent heard of it.

Another good one is this:

The electric train goes from west to east and the wind blow from the east to the west. Which direction will the smoke go?

(it sounds better in Greek where when you say the equivalent of "electric train" it doesnt ring many bells)

Anyway no I havent heard of it.

Another good one is this:

The electric train goes from west to east and the wind blow from the east to the west. Which direction will the smoke go?

(it sounds better in Greek where when you say the equivalent of "electric train" it doesnt ring many bells)

Teenaged

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Anyway no I havent heard of it.

Another good one is this:

The electric train goes from west to east and the wind blow from the east to the west. Which direction will the smoke go?

(it sounds better in Greek where when you say the equivalent of "electric train" it doesnt ring many bells)

clicketyclick

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"][QUOTE="Teenaged"]

Anyway no I havent heard of it.

Another good one is this:

The electric train goes from west to east and the wind blow from the east to the west. Which direction will the smoke go?

(it sounds better in Greek where when you say the equivalent of "electric train" it doesnt ring many bells)

Teenaged

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[QUOTE="clicketyclick"] What are you supposed to say as the answer? There's no smoke so it goes nowhere? Sounds funny to say it goes nowhere. :P The infuriating seagull sandwich riddle is this (do not look up the answer on google, as with any riddle-answering): A shabbily dressed blind man walks into a restaurant on the wharf and orders a seagull sandwich. The chef makes him a seagull sandwich and he bites into it. He then asks the chef, "did you get my order wrong? I ordered a seagull sandwich." The chef replies, "that is a seagull sandwich." Minutes later, the man rushes through the door of the restaurant and commits suicide. Why? You can ask 'yes-or-no' type questions before giving your answer.clicketyclick

No no. You need to get more "clues" by asking yes-or-no questions in order to get all the information you need to get the "correct" answer. Otherwise, you're just guessing and making up some scenario that fits the story.clicketyclick

A shabbily dressed blind man walks into a restaurant on the wharf and orders a seagull sandwich. The chef makes him a seagull sandwich and he bites into it. He then asks the chef, "did you get my order wrong? I ordered a seagull sandwich." The chef replies, "that is a seagull sandwich." Minutes later, the man rushes through the door of the restaurant and commits suicide. Why? You can ask 'yes-or-no' type questions before giving your answer.clicketyclick

It's one of those stupid "riddles" that give you an insane situation and ask you to think of the insane way the thing came to this insane situation. I hate those. Anyway, the insane answer is - the man, his wife and his friend went sailing, but got stranded at sea. They ran out of food. Skipping some insane details, the friend kills the wife, and they both eat it - the man is blind, so he didn't see the wife gets killed, and suppose the friend was really really quiet. Anyways, they eat her, and the friend tells the man the wife fell overboard or something and that the meat is from aSEAGULL he caught. ANYWAYS, they survive long enough and make it to shore and live. So some time after the man walk into the aforementioned restaurant, orders the aforementioned sandwich and realizes it doesn't taste the same as what he ate on the boat. So he instantly realizes he ate his wife and kills himself. BRILLIANT, isn't it!?!?!

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"]A shabbily dressed blind man walks into a restaurant on the wharf and orders a seagull sandwich. The chef makes him a seagull sandwich and he bites into it. He then asks the chef, "did you get my order wrong? I ordered a seagull sandwich." The chef replies, "that is a seagull sandwich." Minutes later, the man rushes through the door of the restaurant and commits suicide. Why? You can ask 'yes-or-no' type questions before giving your answer.XanderKage

It's one of those stupid "riddles" that give you an insane situation and ask you to think of the insane way the thing came to this insane situation. I hate those. Anyway, the insane answer is - the man, his wife and his friend went sailing, but got stranded at sea. They ran out of food. Skipping some insane details, the friend kills the wife, and they both eat it - the man is blind, so he didn't see the wife gets killed, and suppose the friend was really really quiet. Anyways, they eat her, and the friend tells the man the wife fell overboard or something and that the meat is from aSEAGULL he caught. ANYWAYS, they survive long enough and make it to shore and live. So some time after the man walk into the aforementioned restaurant, orders the aforementioned sandwich and realizes it doesn't taste the same as what he ate on the boat. So he instantly realizes he ate his wife and kills himself. BRILLIANT, isn't it!?!?!

[QUOTE="XanderKage"]

[QUOTE="clicketyclick"]A shabbily dressed blind man walks into a restaurant on the wharf and orders a seagull sandwich. The chef makes him a seagull sandwich and he bites into it. He then asks the chef, "did you get my order wrong? I ordered a seagull sandwich." The chef replies, "that is a seagull sandwich." Minutes later, the man rushes through the door of the restaurant and commits suicide. Why? You can ask 'yes-or-no' type questions before giving your answer.Teenaged

It's one of those stupid "riddles" that give you an insane situation and ask you to think of the insane way the thing came to this insane situation. I hate those. Anyway, the insane answer is - the man, his wife and his friend went sailing, but got stranded at sea. They ran out of food. Skipping some insane details, the friend kills the wife, and they both eat it - the man is blind, so he didn't see the wife gets killed, and suppose the friend was really really quiet. Anyways, they eat her, and the friend tells the man the wife fell overboard or something and that the meat is from aSEAGULL he caught. ANYWAYS, they survive long enough and make it to shore and live. So some time after the man walk into the aforementioned restaurant, orders the aforementioned sandwich and realizes it doesn't taste the same as what he ate on the boat. So he instantly realizes he ate his wife and kills himself. BRILLIANT, isn't it!?!?!

Thre may be variations, but that's that. And there are a whole bunch of these. Like this one: a body of a naked man is found in a middle of nowhere (think Sahara - literally nothing around for miles). Next to the body is a burnt match. How did he die? (note - no bullet/knife/poking-stick wounds). This is even better then the first one. Well, NOT.

Thre may be variations, but that's that.

XanderKage

Thre may be variations, but that's that. And there are a whole bunch of these. Like this one: a body of a naked man is found in a middle of nowhere (think Sahara - literally nothing around for miles). Next to the body is a burnt match. How did he die? (note - no bullet/knife/poking-stick wounds). This is even better then the first one. Well, NOT.

XanderKage

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Thre may be variations, but that's that. And there are a whole bunch of these. Like this one: a body of a naked man is found in a middle of nowhere (think Sahara - literally nothing around for miles). Next to the body is a burnt match. How did he die? (note - no bullet/knife/poking-stick wounds). This is even better then the first one. Well, NOT.

harry_james_pot

Um... (and I'm basically giving it away now) Is there usually blood when someone fall from great height? If yes, then yes, there's blood around.

[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"][QUOTE="XanderKage"]

Thre may be variations, but that's that. And there are a whole bunch of these. Like this one: a body of a naked man is found in a middle of nowhere (think Sahara - literally nothing around for miles). Next to the body is a burnt match. How did he die? (note - no bullet/knife/poking-stick wounds). This is even better then the first one. Well, NOT.

XanderKage

Um... (and I'm basically giving it away now) Is there usually blood when someone fall from great height? If yes, then yes, there's blood around.

[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"][QUOTE="XanderKage"]

Thre may be variations, but that's that. And there are a whole bunch of these. Like this one: a body of a naked man is found in a middle of nowhere (think Sahara - literally nothing around for miles). Next to the body is a burnt match. How did he die? (note - no bullet/knife/poking-stick wounds). This is even better then the first one. Well, NOT.

XanderKage

Um... (and I'm basically giving it away now) Is there usually blood when someone fall from great height? If yes, then yes, there's blood around.

As for the chickens - (3/2*3/2*9)/3/2*9 = 1.5 So I doubt it. Here's my math:

1.5 chickens* 1.5 days = 1.5 eggs. Double the time, keep the chickens = eggs double

1.5 chickens* 3 days= 3 eggs. Tripple the eggs, keep the time = chickens triple

4.5 chinkens* 3 days = 9 eggs. So the answer is 4.5. Since I doubt half a chicken can lay an egg, I'm going with 5....

PS - harry_james, how's Velvet Assassin? I'm thinking about getting it? And how's Dead Space? It's freaking AWESOME, RIGHT????

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[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"] was there any blood near him?harry_james_pot

Um... (and I'm basically giving it away now) Is there usually blood when someone fall from great height? If yes, then yes, there's blood around.

Not a plane, no rope.

Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exatly three eggs, each person had an egg. How is this possible?Dante2710

I know this one, only with movie tickets instead of eggs. So I'll let others try to solve it.

Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exatly three eggs, each person had an egg. How is this possible?Dante2710

Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exatly three eggs, each person had an egg. How is this possible?Dante2710

[QUOTE="Dante2710"]Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exatly three eggs, each person had an egg. How is this possible?Luminouslight

EDIT: ding ding, the guy above got it right.

As for the chickens - (3/2*3/2*9)/3/2*9 = 1.5 So I doubt it. Here's my math:

1.5 chickens* 1.5 days = 1.5 eggs. Double the time, keep the chickens = eggs double

1.5 chickens* 3 days= 3 eggs. Tripple the eggs, keep the time = chickens triple

4.5 chinkens* 3 days = 9 eggs. So the answer is 4.5. Since I doubt half a chicken can lay an egg, I'm going with 5....

PS - harry_james, how's Velvet Assassin? I'm thinking about getting it? And how's Dead Space? It's freaking AWESOME, RIGHT????

XanderKage

As for the chickens - (3/2*3/2*9)/3/2*9 = 1.5 So I doubt it. Here's my math:

1.5 chickens* 1.5 days = 1.5 eggs. Double the time, keep the chickens = eggs double

1.5 chickens* 3 days= 3 eggs. Tripple the eggs, keep the time = chickens triple

4.5 chinkens* 3 days = 9 eggs. So the answer is 4.5. Since I doubt half a chicken can lay an egg, I'm going with 5....

PS - harry_james, how's Velvet Assassin? I'm thinking about getting it? And how's Dead Space? It's freaking AWESOME, RIGHT????

XanderKage

velvet assassin is great ,if you love stealth games then you must get it. :) as for dead space ,i'm still in the first chapter. I find the aiming a bit annoying ,but everyone says that i'll get used to it. I get freaked out easily in games ,so i can't really tell you if it's scary or not. :Pharry_james_pot

Dude, I'm playing Dead Space now, I'm starting the second-to-last chapter..... And don't get me wrong, I don't really tend to get spooked, especially in videogames... I actually kinda like it... But that game is freaking terrifying. No jokes aside, it's SCARY. You'll see, I guess. One of the best games I played, definetly the best horror game.

STill waiting for an answer on that naked guy. But I suggest you give up, the solution's as dumb as the one with the seagull sandwitch...

Whats black, white, and re(a)d all over?

1.5 chickens -----------1.5 eggs -----------1.5 days

1.5/1.5chicken ---------------1 egg------------1.5 days

1.5*1.5/1.5 chickens --------1egg------------1 days

1.5*1.5/1.5*3-------------------------1 egg --------- 3 days

1.5*1.5*9/1.5 * 3 --------------------9 eggs ---------- 3 days

that should be about right if im not mistaken Dante2710

You should be dividing the chickens by 3, not multiplying since you incread the time, but not the eggs. So in the end it's 1.5*1.5*9/1.5/ 3 = 4.5

The chicken riddle : if a chicken and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half ,that means that it takes 3 chickens to lay 3 eggs in 3 days. Which means we need 9 chickens for 9 eggs in 3 days.harry_james_pot

Wait, if a chicken lays one egg in a day, then wouldn't you need 3 seeing as you would get 3 eggs in a day? I'm confused.

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1.5 chickens -----------1.5 eggs -----------1.5 days

1.5/1.5chicken ---------------1 egg------------1.5 days

1.5*1.5/1.5 chickens --------1egg------------1 days

1.5*1.5/1.5*3-------------------------1 egg --------- 3 days

1.5*1.5*9/1.5 * 3 --------------------9 eggs ---------- 3 days

that should be about right if im not mistaken XanderKage

You should be dividing the chickens by 3, not multiplying since you incread the time, but not the eggs. So in the end it's 1.5*1.5*9/1.5/ 3 = 4.5

[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"]The chicken riddle : if a chicken and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half ,that means that it takes 3 chickens to lay 3 eggs in 3 days. Which means we need 9 chickens for 9 eggs in 3 days.WasntAvailable

Wait, if a chicken lays one egg in a day, then wouldn't you need 3 seeing as you would get 3 eggs in a day? I'm confused.

[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"]velvet assassin is great ,if you love stealth games then you must get it. :) as for dead space ,i'm still in the first chapter. I find the aiming a bit annoying ,but everyone says that i'll get used to it. I get freaked out easily in games ,so i can't really tell you if it's scary or not. :PXanderKage

Dude, I'm playing Dead Space now, I'm starting the second-to-last chapter..... And don't get me wrong, I don't really tend to get spooked, especially in videogames... I actually kinda like it... But that game is freaking terrifying. No jokes aside, it's SCARY. You'll see, I guess. One of the best games I played, definetly the best horror game.

STill waiting for an answer on that naked guy. But I suggest you give up, the solution's as dumb as the one with the seagull sandwitch...

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[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"]The chicken riddle : if a chicken and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half ,that means that it takes 3 chickens to lay 3 eggs in 3 days. Which means we need 9 chickens for 9 eggs in 3 days.Dante2710

Wait, if a chicken lays one egg in a day, then wouldn't you need 3 seeing as you would get 3 eggs in a day? I'm confused.

Presuming you can actually lay half an egg and get half a chicken, as the question seems to establish, otherwise it's a lie and there for cheating, then it will take 3 chickens. The only way this can be a riddle is if the question is largely false, which isn't really fair.

[QUOTE="WasntAvailable"]

[QUOTE="harry_james_pot"]The chicken riddle : if a chicken and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half ,that means that it takes 3 chickens to lay 3 eggs in 3 days. Which means we need 9 chickens for 9 eggs in 3 days.Dante2710

Wait, if a chicken lays one egg in a day, then wouldn't you need 3 seeing as you would get 3 eggs in a day? I'm confused.

Presuming you can actually lay half an egg and get half a chicken, as the question seems to establish, otherwise it's a lie and there for cheating, then it will take 3 chickens. The only way this can be a riddle is if the question is largely false, which isn't really fair.WasntAvailable

yes i am, u didnt notice the "/" which means division, i was just too lazy to put a parenthesis :PDante2710

Right, I see. So then you calculation equals 4.5 anyways.

Presuming you can actually lay half an egg and get half a chicken, as the question seems to establish, otherwise it's a lie and there for cheating, then it will take 3 chickens. The only way this can be a riddle is if the question is largely false, which isn't really fair.

WasntAvailable

Your original assumption's wrong. If 1.5 chickens lay 1.5 eggs in 1.5 days that means 1 chicken lays 1 egg in 1.5 days. You can't divide all three by the same number, because not all three relate in the same way... I can't really explain it well in English...

And the answer to the naked man "riddle" is this: several people took a ride in a hot-air baloon - but the baloon broke (or whatever) and the only way they could stay in the air is dump all the extra weight - including their clothes. But that wasn't enough - one of them needed to go. So they let fate decide - whoever pulls out the burnt match (don't ask me where the matches came from) jumps out.... SIMPLE, ain't it??

[QUOTE="Dante2710"]yes i am, u didnt notice the "/" which means division, i was just too lazy to put a parenthesis :PXanderKage

Right, I see. So then you calculation equals 4.5 anyways.

Presuming you can actually lay half an egg and get half a chicken, as the question seems to establish, otherwise it's a lie and there for cheating, then it will take 3 chickens. The only way this can be a riddle is if the question is largely false, which isn't really fair.

WasntAvailable

Your original assumption's wrong. If 1.5 chickens lay 1.5 eggs in 1.5 days that means 1 chicken lays 1 egg in 1.5 days. You can't divide all three by the same number, because not all three relate in the same way... I can't really explain it well in English...

And the answer to the naked man "riddle" is this: several people took a ride in a hot-air baloon - but the baloon broke (or whatever) and the only way they could stay in the air is dump all the extra weight - including their clothes. But that wasn't enough - one of them needed to go. So they let fate decide - whoever pulls out the burnt match (don't ask me where the matches came from) jumps out.... SIMPLE, ain't it??

No, like I said I don't remember riddle or jokes well...

Actually.. Here's one.

Long time ago, in ancient (insert your favorite ancient country)lived a wise old man. But this man had many enemies. One of these enemies was the(lets say) emperorof the (lets say) city. The emperor hatedthe man, but he couldn't kill the old man for nothing - the poeple would be outraged (did I mention the wise old man also had many friends?). So he blamed the wise old man for a crime he didn't commit and decided to hold a trial - the wise old man would be presented with two containers - in one there would be a paper saying "LIFE", in the other - "DEATH". Which ever the old man picks would be his sentence - FINAL sentence. But the emperor was corrupt - he put in both containers a paper sying "DEATH". One of his servants was a friend of the wise old man, so he told the old man about the emperor's cheating. How would the old man avoid certain death? (Suppose exposing the emperor as a cheater in not an option).

True story, btw.

Right, I see. So then you calculation equals 4.5 anyways.XanderKage