Umm...I'm bad at this sort of thing, so this is probably not the right answer, but using the scissors, couldn't you just cut the string to whatever length you wanted?SonOfTheExiles wrote: βMarch 29th, 2019, 5:39 pm
P.S. Here's another one for you....
Question: Using only a pair of scissors of unknown size, and nothing else, no measuring device or reference whatsoever .... how long is a piece of string?
Okay, you've stumped me on this one.JayKitty76 wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 2:28 pm Chris, I did not see that coming! That's a play on words! Ok, ok, I'll do a similar one- can you figure this one out?
You are trapped in a brick room with only a table and a mirror inside. There are no other openings, and there is a complete floor and ceiling. How do you escape?
I've heard this one, but it always had a sword/saw in it. This one stumps me.JayKitty76 wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 2:28 pm Chris, I did not see that coming! That's a play on words! Ok, ok, I'll do a similar one- can you figure this one out?
You are trapped in a brick room with only a table and a mirror inside. There are no other openings, and there is a complete floor and ceiling. How do you escape?
The answer to the version with the saw is, "you look in the mirror and see what you saw, saw the table in half, two halves make a whole and you escape through the hole". It's easier to explain verbally as you don't have the spelling differences but you can get the sense.SonOfTheExiles wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 3:10 pm A saw? Is this something to do with seeing, as in you saw the mirror or something?
Ok, that's a good one. I love itSonOfTheExiles wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 3:20 pm Hey, that's pretty good.
There is a yarn about the snakes on Noah's Ark, but one perhaps has to have been around doing trigonometry before pocket calculators were a thing.
The yarn goes...
When all the occupants of Noah's Ark emerged, they were enjoined to "go forth, become fruitful, and multiply".
To which the snakes replied, "We can't multiply, we're adders."
So Noah got out his trusty carpenter's tool, took a log, made it into a table, and put the snakes on top of it.
"There you go," said Noah. "Even adders can multiply on a log table."
. Math puns are amazing, I just can't happen to think of any more right now 
As long as you cut it!SonOfTheExiles wrote: βMarch 29th, 2019, 5:39 pm Question: Using only a pair of scissors of unknown size, and nothing else, no measuring device or reference whatsoever .... how long is a piece of string?
I believe you grab the table and smash the mirror. Behind the mirror is an opening?JayKitty76 wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 2:28 pm Chris, I did not see that coming! That's a play on words! Ok, ok, I'll do a similar one- can you figure this one out?
You are trapped in a brick room with only a table and a mirror inside. There are no other openings, and there is a complete floor and ceiling. How do you escape?
That's a good one. My other idea: you don'tej400 wrote: βApril 1st, 2019, 7:28 amI believe you grab the table and smash the mirror. Behind the mirror is an opening?JayKitty76 wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 2:28 pm Chris, I did not see that coming! That's a play on words! Ok, ok, I'll do a similar one- can you figure this one out?
You are trapped in a brick room with only a table and a mirror inside. There are no other openings, and there is a complete floor and ceiling. How do you escape?
That's a good idea!ej400 wrote: βApril 1st, 2019, 7:28 amI believe you grab the table and smash the mirror. Behind the mirror is an opening?JayKitty76 wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 2:28 pm Chris, I did not see that coming! That's a play on words! Ok, ok, I'll do a similar one- can you figure this one out?
You are trapped in a brick room with only a table and a mirror inside. There are no other openings, and there is a complete floor and ceiling. How do you escape?
lymiewithpurpose wrote: βApril 1st, 2019, 7:35 amThat's a good one. My other idea: you don'tej400 wrote: βApril 1st, 2019, 7:28 amI believe you grab the table and smash the mirror. Behind the mirror is an opening?JayKitty76 wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 2:28 pm Chris, I did not see that coming! That's a play on words! Ok, ok, I'll do a similar one- can you figure this one out?
You are trapped in a brick room with only a table and a mirror inside. There are no other openings, and there is a complete floor and ceiling. How do you escape?
Please don't hate this, but I did this one as a play on words too, since Chris fooled me with his- since his first one was super scientific, I thought that would be similar too!
Courtesy of my brother. Yup! Pardon the last post, I did not see these earlier posts yet.lymiewithpurpose wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 3:14 pmThe answer to the version with the saw is, "you look in the mirror and see what you saw, saw the table in half, two halves make a whole and you escape through the hole". It's easier to explain verbally as you don't have the spelling differences but you can get the sense.SonOfTheExiles wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 3:10 pm A saw? Is this something to do with seeing, as in you saw the mirror or something?
You forgot to include the sawJayKitty76 wrote: βApril 1st, 2019, 12:25 pmYup! Pardon the last post, I did not see these earlier posts yet.lymiewithpurpose wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 3:14 pmThe answer to the version with the saw is, "you look in the mirror and see what you saw, saw the table in half, two halves make a whole and you escape through the hole". It's easier to explain verbally as you don't have the spelling differences but you can get the sense.SonOfTheExiles wrote: βMarch 30th, 2019, 3:10 pm A saw? Is this something to do with seeing, as in you saw the mirror or something?
. That's what may have been a bit confusing 