Riddles - Page 9

Happy Monkey · 01-26-2004, 08:38 PM

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Originally posted by Slartibartfast
and apostrophies in the above quote go before the 'n' in all the above cases.

Ain't that not the truth?

Yes, it ain't the truth. You had it right the first time - apostrophes take the place of the 'o' in 'not'.

Slartibartfast · 01-26-2004, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grizzly

A coffin.

indeed

Slartibartfast · 01-30-2004, 07:33 PM

Not being one to let a good thread die, here is another riddle... well actually a conundrum.

Two twins are born. The YOUNGER twin celebrates his birthday two days earlier than the OLDER twin. How could this be true?

hot_pastrami · 01-30-2004, 07:44 PM

This may not be the answer you want, but... maybe they're not one anothers' twins? Meaning, each is a twin from separate pairs?

Slartibartfast · 01-30-2004, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hot_pastrami
This may not be the answer you want, but... maybe they're not one anothers' twins? Meaning, each is a twin from separate pairs?

Good point... clarification: the twins were begat from the same mum.
They are twins of each other.

Beestie · 01-30-2004, 08:01 PM

a Golden Prize do I hide but neither do I have hinges, lock or side. What am I?

hot_pastrami · 01-30-2004, 08:07 PM

Hmm. Probably something to do with being born at midnight, leap year, and/or the International Date line then....

I'd say either one was born just before midnight, and the other just after, on leap year. If not that, then the same birth times, also on leap year, but they crossed the International Date Line after the first was born (on a plane, or something).

Edit: Of course, both on Feb 28th of a leap year.

Torrere · 01-30-2004, 08:07 PM

There might be two sets of twins. One set of twins was born a year or years later than the other set, minus two days.

Oct 11 1980
Oct 13 1975

Torrere · 01-30-2004, 08:18 PM

Hm. I like HP's answer.

Slartibartfast · 01-30-2004, 08:22 PM

HP has the kernel of the idea, but can someone set up the exact scenario that would cause the event to happen?

And Beastie, I had a couple of those today for lunch!

BrianR · 01-30-2004, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beestie
a Golden Prize do I hide but neither do I have hinges, lock or side. What am I?

Eggses, my Precious!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-30-2004, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beestie
a Golden Prize do I hide but neither do I have hinges, lock or side. What am I?

The night.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-30-2004, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Slartibartfast
HP has the kernel of the idea, but can someone set up the exact scenario that would cause the event to happen?

One was born on feb 29th the other on March 1st.

Slartibartfast · 01-31-2004, 10:12 AM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
One was born on feb 29th the other on March 1st.

That's true, but that is still not the whole story.

That would explain how one twin celebrates his birthday two days after the other, but what about the younger one having his birthday before the older?

wolf · 01-31-2004, 10:57 AM

Mom had to roll across the internation dateline somewhere in there ... and New Years eve needs to play a part ... like if the older twin were born on 12/30 near midnight, then mom's hospital gurney, which is set right on the international date line, rolls over it, and just past midnight the "next" day, the younger twin could be born on 1/1 ... AND the younger twin's birthday would be earlier in the year than the older twin's.

01-30-2004, 07:44 PM	#124
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	This may not be the answer you want, but... maybe they're not one anothers' twins? Meaning, each is a twin from separate pairs? __________________ Hot Pastrami!

01-30-2004, 08:01 PM	#126
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	a Golden Prize do I hide but neither do I have hinges, lock or side. What am I? __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-30-2004, 08:07 PM	#127
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	Hmm. Probably something to do with being born at midnight, leap year, and/or the International Date line then.... I'd say either one was born just before midnight, and the other just after, on leap year. If not that, then the same birth times, also on leap year, but they crossed the International Date Line after the first was born (on a plane, or something). Edit: Of course, both on Feb 28th of a leap year. __________________ Hot Pastrami!

01-31-2004, 10:57 AM	#135
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Mom had to roll across the internation dateline somewhere in there ... and New Years eve needs to play a part ... like if the older twin were born on 12/30 near midnight, then mom's hospital gurney, which is set right on the international date line, rolls over it, and just past midnight the "next" day, the younger twin could be born on 1/1 ... AND the younger twin's birthday would be earlier in the year than the older twin's. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-30-2004, 07:33 PM	#123
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	Not being one to let a good thread die, here is another riddle... well actually a conundrum. Two twins are born. The YOUNGER twin celebrates his birthday two days earlier than the OLDER twin. How could this be true?

01-30-2004, 08:07 PM	#128
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	There might be two sets of twins. One set of twins was born a year or years later than the other set, minus two days. Oct 11 1980 Oct 13 1975

01-30-2004, 08:18 PM	#129
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Hm. I like HP's answer.

01-30-2004, 08:22 PM	#130
Slartibartfast \|-0-\| <-0-> \|-0-\| Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 516	HP has the kernel of the idea, but can someone set up the exact scenario that would cause the event to happen? And Beastie, I had a couple of those today for lunch!

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