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Riddleman
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 Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 1:17 am Post subject: Carny Bet |
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A kid is at a carnival and a carny says: "If I can write your exact weight down on this piece of paper, you have to pay me $50. But, If I can't, I have to pay you $50. Deal?" The kid looks around and , seeing no scales of any kind takes the bet thinking whatever the carny says, he'll say a weight lower or higher. In the end, the kid has to pay the carny the $50. WHY? 
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| Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| The carny doesn't show the boy the number on the paper, The same logic the boy had with telling the clerk the wrong wieght.
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Riddleman
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | The carny doesn't show the boy the number on the paper, The same logic the boy had with telling the clerk the wrong wieght. |
No, sorry, that's not right.  javascript:emoticon('')
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| Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| he writes 'your exact weight' on a piece of paper?
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Riddleman
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | he writes 'your exact weight' on a piece of paper? |
yup! 
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Riddle Solver
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| Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 5:50 pm Post subject: Answer |
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| The Carney meant 'wait' while the kid thought 'weight'. Since he runs the ride, he controls the wait time.
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Riddleman
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: Answer |
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| Riddle Solver wrote: | | The Carney meant 'wait' while the kid thought 'weight'. Since he runs the ride, he controls the wait time. |
I said what the answer was, and this guy's gives me a wrong answer!!
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Aussie.Sex
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| Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:52 am Post subject: |
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| He could have also written 1KG-150KG in a list in which would have the same result. As there was no specification to how many weight guesses he could put on the one paper.
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Dragonizer
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[quote="Aussie.Sex"]He could have also written 1KG-150KG in a list in which would have the same result. As there was no specification to how many weight guesses he could put on the one paper.[/quote]
He DID say "exact". A range isn't exact. XP
Hehe, "your exact weight"... Gotta love the tricksters.
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