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  • 20-08-2008 4:21pm
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    pampers1
    Registered Users Posts: 404 ✭✭


    o.k. guys just got this e-mail maybe some of you have got it also.

    what is the answer:

    There is a bus with 7 Girls in it
    Each girl carries 7 bags
    Inside each bag there is 7 cats
    Every cat has 7 kittens
    All cats and kittens have 4 legs each

    Question: How many legs are in the bus?


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    Spike440
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭Spike440


    Kitten legs : 9604 ;
    Cat legs : 1372 ;
    Girl legs : 14 ;

    Total : 10990 legs


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    Dizzyblonde
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    Spike440 wrote: »
    Kitten legs : 9604 ;
    Cat legs : 1372 ;
    Girl legs : 14 ;

    Total : 10990 legs

    OR
    None - buses have wheels, not legs


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    Aurora Borealis
    Registered Users Posts: 939 ✭✭✭Aurora Borealis


    Dizzyblonde wrote: »
    OR
    None - buses have wheels, not legs


    It;s legs in the bus though not on...


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    Daithi McGee
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    Is the driver included?


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    Aurora Borealis
    Registered Users Posts: 939 ✭✭✭Aurora Borealis


    Daithi McGee wrote: »
    Is the driver included?


    Good call!


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    Daithi McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Daithi McGee


    Aurora Borealis wrote: »
    Good call!

    Hard to say really. Usually it would be "there is a bus travelling to..." and that would insinuate a driver. As it stand it could just be a bus parked up somewhere. . These type of riddles start off properly but tend to get distorted over time :/


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    microgirl
    Registered Users Posts: 429 ✭✭microgirl


    Aurora Borealis wrote: »
    It;s legs in the bus though not on...

    I think it's possible the OP got the question wrong though, as I've heard this riddle before, and it's always be "on the bus" and the answer has always been what DizzyBlonde said.

    Otherwise it's not a riddle, it's just arithmetic.


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    shinobi
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭shinobi


    The kittens is the throw off.:rolleyes:
    Inside each bag there is 7 cats...Every cat has 7 kittens - Useless information as there is still only 7 bags with 7 cats per girl. (The kittens are still cats too - only not on the bus)
    49 Cats * 7 Girls = > 343 Cats * 4 legs => 1372 Cat legs +14 Girls legs = 1386 legs total.


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    Blisterman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,450 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    Daithi McGee wrote: »
    Is the driver included?

    So girls can't be bus drivers?


    Sexist pig.;)


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    stipes212
    Registered Users Posts: 89 ✭✭stipes212


    pampers1 wrote: »
    o.k. guys just got this e-mail maybe some of you have got it also.

    what is the answer:

    There is a bus with 7 Girls in it
    Each girl carries 7 bags
    Inside each bag there is 7 cats
    Every cat has 7 kittens
    All cats and kittens have 4 legs each

    Question: How many legs are in the bus?

    and the wheels on the bus go round and round


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