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Title: More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: White Giant on December 01, 2006, 00:37:44 AM
I posted the Ã,£1 mystery on my WoW Guild forum and they went mad for it. Ive posted a few I know, and I was wondering if you lot knew any more?
Title: More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Mardoni on December 01, 2006, 09:46:55 AM
What are you on about ?

*scratches head*
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: White Giant on December 01, 2006, 11:37:41 AM
Someone posted the following :

Quote3 Men go into a hotel and ask for a room. THe receptionist charges them Ã,£30 (Ã,£10 each), and they go up. After theyve gone, the receptionist realises shes over charged them, and it should have been Ã,£25.
She is a bit short of cash, so she decides to give the men Ã,£3 back (Ã,£1 each) and keep the remaining Ã,£2 herself.
That means that instead of Ã,£10, each man paid Ã,£9.
If you multiply Ã,£9 by 3, you get Ã,£27, which means there should be Ã,£3 left over, not Ã,£2.

Where did the remaining Ã,£1 go??

I was just wondering if anyone knew any other puzzles like this?
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Shakey on December 01, 2006, 12:24:33 PM
Each man paid Ã,£30, but got Ã,£1 back each, so yes they paid Ã,£9 each, but that Ã,£9 includes the 2 that the receptionist kept, so 3x9=27, plus the pound each they got back = Ã,£30. Puzzle solved.
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: White Giant on December 01, 2006, 12:50:46 PM
lol I know the answer, what I wanted were other puzzled like that one.
Title: More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Mardoni on December 01, 2006, 13:21:51 PM
ahh right I see :)
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Chuck Norris on December 01, 2006, 13:32:53 PM
A man builds a triangular house with all sides south facing.  What colour was the bear?
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: PuNk on December 01, 2006, 14:40:35 PM
Quote from: Chuck NorrisA man builds a triangular house with all sides south facing.  What colour was the bear?

That made me spit my food out i laughed so hard!
Title: More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Porch Monkey on December 01, 2006, 14:47:46 PM
White, Its a polar bear. Thats the only place you could build a house with all sides facing south
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: matt5cott on December 01, 2006, 15:24:33 PM
A man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.

Solution
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/s/latreal9.shtml





A man is lying drowned in a dead forest.

Solution
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/s/latreal21.shtml






A man is running along a corridor with a piece of paper in his hand. The lights flicker, and the man drops to his knees and cries out, "Oh no!"
   
Solution
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/s/latreal32.shtml



   

Two dead people sit in their cars on a street.

Solution
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/s/latreal51.shtml
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: White Giant on December 01, 2006, 16:07:17 PM
Cheers matt.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Serious on December 01, 2006, 16:14:23 PM
Some issues

Quote from: matt5cottA man is returning from Switzerland by train. If he had been in a non-smoking car he would have died.

Solution
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/s/latreal9.shtml


They switch the lights on to go through tunnels, you dont want people falling over each other, injuring themselves and claiming damages

QuoteA man is lying drowned in a dead forest.

Solution
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/s/latreal21.shtml


Information supplied doesnt say hes in scuba gear, so a big clip around the ear to them for that. If he was then he wouldnt drown just by running out of air, he would suffocate, another clip. Fire bombing planes have grids over their intakes to prevent ingress of large objects so he could never have been picked up anyway. People with allergies can have their lungs fill up with fluid and they drown that way so there is no need for the impossible solution provided anyway. Doesnt say the forest was burned either, it isnt the same as just dead.

QuoteTwo dead people sit in their cars on a street.

Solution
http://www.rinkworks.com/brainfood/s/latreal51.shtml
[/quote]

Incredibly overdone and there are plenty of other possible solutions too, a simple non explosive gas leak poisoning them, for instance.
Title: More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: redneck on December 01, 2006, 16:24:00 PM
stop ruining it you bloody idiot!
Title: More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Serious on December 01, 2006, 16:27:05 PM
Quote from: redstop ruining it you bloody idiot!

They should get their facts right and dont call me an idiot mate. A bad puzzle is a bad puzzle, full stop.
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: White Giant on December 01, 2006, 20:23:10 PM
Please provide a good puzzle then Serious  8)
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Serious on December 01, 2006, 21:51:14 PM
http://thinks.com/riddles/a1-riddles.htm

Just search for conundrums riddles in google or yhoo and you should be able to find loads of them ;)
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Thrawn on December 02, 2006, 17:01:48 PM
Theres the rather simple: 2 coins add up to 30 pence and one of them isnt a 10 pence piece - what are they?
Title: Re:More £1 mystery type things.
Post by: Quixoticish on December 02, 2006, 17:20:29 PM
Thats a bit of a crap one, a 10p and a 20p, obviously.