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#1 Re: Jokes » Why did the chicken cross the road? » 2014-04-28 09:27:48

The best one I came across was: a couple were showing someone round their eco-friendly farm.  They said they got eggs from the chicken every day and when it stopped laying they intended to eat it.  So every day the chicken bought eggs from the local shop to put in it's nest - it had to cross the road to get to the shop; THAT is why it crossed the road, LOL.

#2 Jokes » Puns for Educated Minds » 2014-04-28 09:24:11

Catpurrson
Replies: 6

How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it

Venison for dinner again? Oh deer!

A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy.

I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.

Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.

They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.

I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

Jokes about German sausages are the wurst.

I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.

When chemists die, apparently they barium.

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.

I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.

I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection you know urine trouble.

Broken pencils are pretty much pointless.

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

I dropped out of the Communism class because of lousy Marx.

I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.

Velcro ... what a rip off!

#3 Maths Is Fun - Suggestions and Comments » Alphabet Spaghetti Puzzle - alternative solution(s) » 2014-04-28 09:14:32

Catpurrson
Replies: 3

Because this started with 'What letter of the alphabet"  I took it that after working out the first letter to occur 4 times was T, I was to count 5 letters after it in the alphabet, bringing me to Y, then count 8 letters back, bringing me to the answer Q. 

Re-reading it, after seeing your solution, I see it does say '5 letters after the 4th appearance of (t) in this sentence, which is, as you say, P.  That does render my above alternative invalid, but it still seems to me that the puzzle could be read as what letter comes 8 letters before P in the alphabet, which is the letter H.  So H seems just as valid an answer as the 8th letter before P in the sentence, which is R. 

Was this ambiguity intentional, to make it a trick question? 

What does anyone else think of my alternative reasoning?

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