Mission: Highly Improbable

[King Bastard]

My challenge to the rest of you people, think of a brain stumper that will befuddle Kol, even if it only manages to take him oh, say a minute to figure out....

I was going to ask him some silly shit about how 3 mobius strips intertiwned at right angle sto each other would look if viewed from a 4th dimesional paradigm, but lost the train of thought when the light turned green.


game on.

[Mudflap]

I'll give it a shot:

One day this year, one of a pair of identical twins celebrated their birthday. Two days later, the other twins celebrated their birthday. The twins were born within 5 minutes of each other - so how can this be explained?

[Koliedrus]

Originally posted by Mudflap:
I'll give it a shot:

One day this year, one of a pair of identical twins celebrated their birthday. Two days later, the other twins celebrated their birthday. The twins were born within 5 minutes of each other - so how can this be explained?

You've got two sets of twins in there. Either you worded it wrong or I'll have to smack you.

[Strider]

Easy...
The first twin was born 2-3 minutes before 2400 on February 28th and the second was born 2-3 minutes after 2400 - which ended up being March 1st. It just so happens that it's a leap year this time and there's a day between them rather than a few hours.

[Mudflap]

Yes, their are 2 sets of twins. That's not the stumper. Twins are used in the question to distract you. It could just as well be two individual babies. The mystery is...how can the birthdays be celebrated 2 days apart this year when they were born within 5 minutes of each other? Hope that clears things up.

[Mudflap]

Strider posted the answer before I could finish my post trying to clear up the misconception. My bad for being ineloquent.

Congrats Strider.

[KiwiTrip]

dammit KB.....

[Mudflap]

Ok, Kol. What's this? No cheating.

http://www.brain-teasers.com/photos/m0000291.jpg

[Koliedrus]

It looks like...

Nevermind. I have a case of blue-balls so... http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif

Respect to Strider and Mudflap!

Edit: MUDFLAP!!!

[This message has been edited by Koliedrus (edited 12-27-2000).]

[Mudflap]

http://www.brain-teasers.com/photos/z0000291.jpg

[Mudflap]

Blue balls? I thought married men could get IT whenever they want IT.

[Koliedrus]

I'll need some augmentation to fill that cavity.

Phht. I'm married with kids. I can duel with the tool.

Got a phone number for that tire?

[Koliedrus]

Originally posted by Mudflap:
Blue balls? I thought married men could get IT whenever they want IT.

That's true. Until THEY show up http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif

[Strider]

Originally posted by Mudflap:
Yes, their are 2 sets of twins. That's not the stumper. Twins are used in the question to distract you. It could just as well be two individual babies. The mystery is...how can the birthdays be celebrated 2 days apart this year when they were born within 5 minutes of each other? Hope that clears things up.
Oh...I thought you screwed up and actually meant one set of twins...either way...works the same.

[Mudflap]

Originally posted by Koliedrus:
That's true. Until THEY show up http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif

You wouldn't have to worry about THEM if you weren't getting IT a few short years ago. My folks locked the door. A challenge for a four year old with no common sense (i.e. me). I learned to pick the lock with a hair pin. Why did I try so hard to get in? Because they didn't want me to.

[Strider]

Originally posted by RogueWarrior:
Strider is such an ASS! http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif



duh.

http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/cool.gif

[Koliedrus]

Originally posted by Mudflap:
You wouldn't have to worry about THEM if you weren't getting IT a few short years ago. My folks locked the door. A challenge for a four year old with no common sense (i.e. me). I learned to pick the lock with a hair pin. Why did I try so hard to get in? Because they didn't want me to.

Yeah, but was it worth the trauma of seeing your parents fuck? *shudder*

The risk of getting caught (be it by parents, your kids etc) adds to the experience. Putting cartoons on the tube and a shoe in the dryer will only work for so long but we have the little buggers fooled for now http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif

Back on topic; here's one that kept me stumped for quite a while. You guys who've already seen the answer need to keep your traps shut.

An inmate in prison suffers a particularly violent beating. The prison physician determines that he has very little time to live.

For security reasons, only immediate family is allowed to visit the dying inmate.

You are the guard stationed outside the inmates death-room. A man approaches you and asks for a brief visit.

You: Are you immediate family?

Visitor: I have no brothers or sisters, but this man's father is my father's son.

How are they related?



[This message has been edited by Koliedrus (edited 12-28-2000).]

[Zombie]

"but this man's father is my father's son."

The man is the dying inmate's dad.

[Zombie]

One of my faves...

You are a clerk in a small grocery store. The owner tells you that three boxes of fruit have arrived and he has put them on the top shelf in the storeroom.

one is labeled "Apples"
one is labelled "Oranges"
on is labelled "Apples and Oranges"

He noticed that the labels have been mixed up, i.e. the right labels, but on the wrong boxes; he wants you to go switch them back to their proper boxes.

By pulling only one fruit out of only one box, and by using no other means than that, correct the labels. Have fun...it took me two days to solve this the first time. http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif

[Koliedrus]

Originally posted by RogueWarrior:
Kol...have you noticed that I made you a Mod and gave you your own Forum??? http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/eek.gif

Just saw it http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif Many thanks! Go there.

Bingo, Zombie! I got some tit at twelve years old by holding back on the answer http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

SHIT!! Now I'm thinking about sex again!

Mudflap's tire gets me hot!

Now THERE's a quote that depends on context!

37 secs, eh RW? Cough it up. I can't answer them all http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/wink.gif

[Mudflap]

Originally posted by Zombie:
One of my faves...

You are a clerk in a small grocery store. The owner tells you that three boxes of fruit have arrived and he has put them on the top shelf in the storeroom.

one is labeled "Apples"
one is labelled "Oranges"
on is labelled "Apples and Oranges"

He noticed that the labels have been mixed up, i.e. the right labels, but on the wrong boxes; he wants you to go switch them back to their proper boxes.

By pulling only one fruit out of only one box, and by using no other means than that, correct the labels. Have fun...it took me two days to solve this the first time. http://www.thehypertribe.net/ubb/smile.gif

I can't solve this, so I'd dump all three boxes on the floor. Then I'd take out my nine and execute the produce staff. I'd also eliminate any punk ass stock boys that looked at me funny. I'd grab a copy of Cosmo off the rack (you know, for the g/f) and leave.