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  • #182
    phil1nj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭phil1nj


    AEDIC wrote: »
    You put the cubes of sugar in in this order

    first cup 3 cubes
    second cup 1 cube
    third cup 1 cube
    first cup (again) 9 cubes

    You said must be an odd number put in, you didnt say total number must be odd.

    Sorry for hijacking the 'why' there but he got there before me with the right answer :p

    You got the right answer, but the wrong reasoning.

    The correct answer is as follows:

    You put one cube in the first cup.
    You put one cube in the second cup.
    And you put 12 cubes in the third cup.........

    because...............

    12 is a very odd number of sugar cubes to put in anyones cup of coffee/tea :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


  • #183
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Who was the last black man to ride a derby winner?


  • #184
    Kev_2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Kev_2012


    You sit on but you can't take it with you.

    How many bears would Bear Grylls grill if Bear Grylls could grill bears?

    How tall is Les Ferdinand? (Internet ruined that one)


  • #185
    phil1nj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 716 ✭✭✭phil1nj


    Ghandee wrote: »
    Who was the last black man to ride a derby winner?

    Not really a brian teaser (and I think I remember the answer from secondary school which for me was a loooooong time ago) but would that be Lester Piggot's cell mate?


  • #186
    Lollers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Lollers


    Kev_2012 wrote: »
    You sit on but you can't take it with you.
    )

    Money ?


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  • #187
    Kev_2012
    Closed Accounts Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Kev_2012


    Lollers wrote: »
    Money ?

    It's in the Goldeneye film. A clue to one of Boris' codes.


  • #188
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Kev_2012 wrote: »
    It's in the Goldeneye film. A clue to one of Boris' codes.

    Chair


  • #189
    shortie_chik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭shortie_chik


    Senna wrote: »
    What gets longer when pulled, fits between boobs, inserts neatly in a hole, and works best when jerked?

    seatbelt?


  • #190
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    What can you hold in your right hand but not in your left hand?


  • #191
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    Your left hand


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  • #192
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,920 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    phil1nj wrote: »
    Not really a brian teaser (and I think I remember the answer from secondary school which for me was a loooooong time ago) but would that be Lester Piggot's cell mate?

    Oh good, are we teasing Brian? Jeez, I hate that guy.


  • #193
    FishBowel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 363 ✭✭FishBowel


    How High is a Chinaman.


  • #194
    dirtyden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,742 ✭✭✭dirtyden


    funnilenough wrote: »
    what do you get hanging from Orange trees?

    Fenians?


  • #195
    keano_afc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,711 ✭✭✭keano_afc


    FishBowel wrote: »
    How High is a Chinaman.

    How Low is his wife.


  • #196
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,824 ✭✭✭phill106


    Osmosis Jones wrote: »
    the last man on earth sits in a room, someone knocks on the door.

    who knocked?

    never mind that, why was the door closed?


  • #197
    Sindri
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,059 ✭✭✭Sindri


    Funkfield wrote: »
    Something to do with midday and midnight?

    The big hand on a clock at midday and midnight?

    Twas noon and midnight.


  • #198
    citrus burst
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 147 ✭✭citrus burst


    newport2 wrote: »
    A manager of a factory has 10 conveyor belts churning out chocolate bars. One of the belts is giving out bars 10% heavier than the others, say 110g as opposed to 100g from the other 9. He needs to find out which one and fix the problem. However, he can only use the weighing scales once. How does he do it?

    Put 1 bar from the first machine, 2 from the second, 3 from the 3rd.....10 from the 10th. The weight will be a multiple of whatever machine is broke. Eg the weight will be 5.570 kg if machine 7 is broke, 5.550 kg if machine 5 is broke


  • #199
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    Rename this the 'what am i thinking' thread, please.


  • #200
    Lippy C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭Lippy C


    If it takes a man a week to walk a mile how long does it take the same man to make a tweed waistcoat for an elephant???


  • #201
    Lippy C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭Lippy C


    If you are stood on the edge of a cliff where were you when you jumped??


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  • #202
    fergal.b
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭fergal.b


    Your sitting in a boat on a lake and you throw in the anchor will the water level of the lake rise,drop or stay the same.




    .


  • #203
    Lollers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Lollers


    Lippy C wrote: »
    If you are stood on the edge of a cliff where were you when you jumped??
    Still on the cliff, you just jumped in the air ?


  • #204
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    fergal.b wrote: »
    Your sitting in a boat on a lake and you throw in the anchor will the water level of the lake rise,drop or stay the same.

    drop


  • #205
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Lippy C wrote: »
    If it takes a man a week to walk a mile how long does it take the same man to make a tweed waistcoat for an elephant???

    African or Asian elephant?


  • #206
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    FishBowel wrote: »
    How High is a Chinaman.
    How Long is his brothers name


  • #207
    Lippy C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭Lippy C


    Lollers wrote: »
    Still on the cliff, you just jumped in the air ?

    No thats after you jumped:rolleyes:


  • #208
    Lippy C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭Lippy C


    fergal.b wrote: »
    Your sitting in a boat on a lake and you throw in the anchor will the water level of the lake rise,drop or stay the same.




    .

    Stay the same?!


  • #209
    Lollers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Lollers


    Lippy C wrote: »
    No thats after you jumped:rolleyes:

    I misread your post "where were you when you jumped" I thought you meant jumped on/from the cliff.


  • #210
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    a fat guy wrote: »
    Okay, this one is a bit... dark, but we'll give it a go.

    They're these Japanese riddles that I saw online ages ago.

    So basically there's an elevator that can hold a maximum of 12 people.

    However, one morning when twelve (Average weight and height) people get onto the elevator, the thing refuses to move and complains that its passengers have exceeded the weight limit!

    Why is this?


    Balls. I thought it was because they all had trace amounts of radiation in them from WW2, and the water elements of their body's was heavier than normal, and between 12 of them, it added up to a noticable difference.


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  • #211
    Nozebleed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭Nozebleed


    can you guy's work this out?

    you have €100 and you must buy exactly 100 animals(no more/no less)...also you must buy at least one of each animal.

    Rabbits are 5c (cent each)
    Sheep €1 each
    Cows €5 each


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