Brain teasers

noogie · Post by **noogie** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:50 pm

What is unusual in the following paragraph:

How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck.

androl · Post by **androl** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:05 am

no idea

do I have to count letters/words?

Dakkus · Post by **Dakkus** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:07 pm

At least the writing style is slightly different from what is absolutely the most common way of writing.

Mr Euro · Post by **Mr Euro** » Sun May 15, 2005 6:01 pm

I think that this a difficult paragraph, but I found what's unusual about it

Hint: Is isn't the lay-out!

bura · Post by **bura** » Sun May 15, 2005 7:39 pm

is it unusual that none of those words have e letter? How common is e letter in english? and answer to myself: seems quite common

coastal · Post by **coastal** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:43 pm

Slightly Off Topic, but for people who like puzzles, try Sudoku. Simple but addictive. Suddenly it's the new craze in British newspapers.

micro · Post by **micro** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:22 am

The paragraph refers to itself.

androl · Post by **androl** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:00 am

androl wrote:no idea
do I have to count letters/words?

I should have tried harder

noogie · Post by **noogie** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:57 pm

bura wrote:is it unusual that none of those words have e letter? How common is e letter in english? and answer to myself: seems quite common

Bingo!!!

Here is a new one:

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."

The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.

In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

BogPoet · Post by **BogPoet** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:50 am

He wrote "YOUR EXACT WEIGHT"

giberski · Post by **giberski** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:20 pm

Haha it's the same as the joke 'I can jump higher then that house', people bet and you just do a normal jump because houses don't jump. Haha

poorboy · Post by **poorboy** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:06 pm

This kind of things are quite funny.

Where´s the next one, noogie?

noogie · Post by **noogie** » Thu May 19, 2005 3:04 pm

Ok ok, dug deep in my archives for the next one, here it is:

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

Dakkus · Post by **Dakkus** » Thu May 19, 2005 10:32 pm

noogie wrote:Ok ok, dug deep in my archives for the next one, here it is:

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

Well.. The woman doesn't hit when she's shooting. Or she shoots him with a watergun.
The man is given breathing equipment before putting him under water.
She hangs him from his hands to the ceiling. (I won't tell you what she'll do then..)
And 5 minutes later they're very relaxed after having been able to fullfill all of their fetishes. And so, they go and eat some nice food in a nice candlelight.

Or, if the man dies, the woman eats him.

Sneakster · Post by **Sneakster** » Thu May 19, 2005 11:13 pm

Maybe she just shot a photo?