Riddles and Puzzles

[ender516]

you coulda left people to puzzle over it for a while.
Correct, your go.

Sorry, it looked a little too easy to leave lying there for long.

Try this lateral thinking puzzle, and explain just what is going on:

A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, "Thank you," and walks out.

I figure that the man has the hiccups, and the gun scares them away.

I have no puzzle at this time, so if I am right, someone else can have a go.

Absolutely correct. So, who wants to have a go?

[Khiva]

If you've got it you can't share it, if you've shared it you haven't got it

[hahaha3hahaha]

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[jonesthecurl]

A secret?

[YoursFalsey]

Possibly. "The Lead" seems like another possible answer.

[jonesthecurl]

A monopoly?

"it all"?

[Khiva]

A secret?

[jonesthecurl]

If that means I'm right, I don't have time to do a new one - I'm franticaly getting ready for a weekend away - someone else please feel free.

[YoursFalsey]

OK, a small conundrum.

Floyd is out driving in his convertible one sunny afternoon, and is surprised by how few cars are on the road. As he pulls into an intersection, he is startled by the sound of a police siren starting up. He has a split-second moment of confusion, wondering what he could have done. As the car leaves the intersection, he looks up, sees the green light he is passing underneath, and realizes what he did wrong. He pulls over to the side of the road, and does not argue when Officer Bob writes him a ticket. What was Floyd's traffic offense?

[ender516]

Since there is no indication that Floyd went straight through the intersection, I would surmise that he ran a red light while making a turn.

[F1fth]

Turned the wrong way onto a one-way street and didn't notice because of a lack of cars?

[ender516]

Turned the wrong way onto a one-way street and didn't notice because of a lack of cars?

If he had done this, there would not be a green light overhead. At least, I have never seen a traffic light facing the wrong way on a one-way street.

[YoursFalsey]

Ender had it in one- Once again, it is Ender's Game.

[ender516]

Ender had it in one- Once again, it is Ender's Game.

Oh, well said!

Here's another puzzle, then:

A Petri dish hosts a healthy colony of bacteria. Once a minute every bacterium divides into two. The colony was founded by a single cell at noon. At exactly 12:43 (43 minutes later) the Petri dish was half full.
At what time will the dish be full?

[porkenbeans]

12:44

Three guys go into a hotel and ask for a room to share. The manager is out to lunch, so the bell hop decides to book the room for them. He tells them that the price is $30, so they all give him $10 each, and head off to their room.
When the manager returns he discovers that the bell hop had overcharged them $5, as the room only costs $25. He hands the bell hop 5 one dollar bills and tells him to go up and return them their money.
Not being too bright the bell hop is confused as how to divide the $5 three ways, so he gives them $1 each, and pockets the remaining $2.
Now here is the question...
If the three men originally paid $10 each and got back a dollar, that means that they actually paid $9 each.
So, 3 X $9 = $27, plus $2 the bell hop kept = $29.
What happened to the other dollar ?

[Apayah]

the three men paid $ 27,
room rent $ 25,
the clerk $ 2,

originally they pay $ 30 and got refunded $ 3 so total is $ 27

[F1fth]

12:44

Three guys go into a hotel and ask for a room to share. The manager is out to lunch, so the bell hop decides to book the room for them. He tells them that the price is $30, so they all give him $10 each, and head off to their room.
When the manager returns he discovers that the bell hop had overcharged them $5, as the room only costs $25. He hands the bell hop 5 one dollar bills and tells him to go up and return them their money.
Not being too bright the bell hop is confused as how to divide the $5 three ways, so he gives them $1 each, and pockets the remaining $2.
Now here is the question...
If the three men originally paid $10 each and got back a dollar, that means that they actually paid $9 each.
So, 3 X $9 = $27, plus $2 the bell hop kept = $29.
What happened to the other dollar ?

It's all about what it's adding. It should actually be 3 x $9 (that they paid) + $3 (that they didn't pay) = $30. In other words, the $2 the bellhop kept is part of the $27 that they paid.

[porkenbeans]

OK I can see that the correct answer has been skirted by the last 2 posters, so I will just tell what I was after.

It is all about my wording, and how it is possible to deceive some people with apparent logic.
Before you can calculate any math problem, you must first have a clear question. Although all of my math was correct,
There was never any clear question set forth to begin with. This allowed me to lead you down any path that I could trick you into following.
By me adding the three 9s, and then adding the 2, you are inclined to believe that I am trying to get back to the original 30.
When in fact I should have subtracted the 2. That would leave us at 25, which is in fact what they paid for the room.

[porkenbeans]

How many psychologists does it take to change a light bub ?

[jonesthecurl]

Why do you ask?
Is it important to you?

[porkenbeans]

Why do you ask?
Is it important to you?

wrong answer.

[YoursFalsey]

How many psychologists does it take to change a light bub ?

Just one, but the lightbulb has to really want to change...

How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb?

[Apayah]

How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb?

i've heard this one before....
Only one but it takes nine visits

what comes next
o,t,t,f,f,s,s,e,n,?

[Salubri]

How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb?

i've heard this one before....
Only one but it takes nine visits

what comes next
o,t,t,f,f,s,s,e,n,?

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[Apayah]

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