Thread: Today's puzzle , thank you kindly strictly no nonsense please

Turn on switches 1 + 2

Wait 2 minutes

Turn off switch 2

Open the door

If the light is on the answer is switch 1

If the light is off

Touch the light bulb

If it is hot the answer is switch 2

If it is cold the answer is switch 3

Yes closet expertise their ?

Do you have a puzzle for us dear Loopy?

I realize you may be too busy FAQ

(Fertilizing All Queensland)

Originally Posted by david44

I have discovered mental exercise is a superb way to put offf Alzheimers,

Youre living proof that the myth is busted.

was going to undo the switch facia, uscrew one of the socket wires and pull it, if i heard the bulb smash... if not the next one

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Youre living proof that the myth is busted.

Nah. David is eccentric not demented ,

In TD jail three prisoners are serving a life sentence. The guards decide to play a game with the inmates to pass the time.

They have five hats three black hats and two white hats. The guards make the prisoners sit in chairs and line them up three in a row, such that the prisoner in the back of the line can see the two in front of him, the prisoner in the middle can see the one person in front of him, and the prisoner in the front can see nothing but the prison wall.

The guards blindfold the prisoners, and place a hat on each of their heads. They then remove the blindfolds and tell the inmates that they can go free if they correctly name the color of the hat they have on—but if they guess wrong, they will be shot dead.

Needless to say, the prisoners cannot see what color hat they have on their own head.The guards first ask the prisoner in the back of the line, "what color hat do you have on?" He says he doesn't know.

They ask the man in the middle, and he also doesn't know.

When the guards ask the prisoner in the front of the line what color hat he has on, he answers correctly, and goes free.

What color hat did he have on, and how did he know?

Black.

If the prisoner at the back saw 2 white hats, he'd know he has a black hat but as he said he doesn't know, the other 2 hats must either be both black or one is black and one is white.
The prisoner in the middle heard the prisoner at the back and has worked that out too. He looks at the hat of the prisoner in the front. If it was white, he'd know he himself has a black hat. If it saw a black hat, he wouldn't know what colour hat he has.
The prisoner at the front hears the other 2 prisoners, works it out and knows his hat isn't white, therefore it must be black.

Phew.

What will you have if you have 100 pound coins in one trouse pocket and £100 of 10p coins in the other?

Originally Posted by Neverna

If the prisoner at the back saw 2 white hats, he'd know he has a black hat but as he said he doesn't know, the other 2 hats must either be both black or one is black and one is white.
The prisoner in the middle heard the prisoner at the back and has worked that out too. He looks at the hat of the prisoner in the front. If it was white, he'd know he himself has a black hat. If it saw a black hat, he wouldn't know what colour hat he has.
The prisoner at the front hears the other 2 prisoners, works it out and knows his hat isn't white, therefore it must be black.

Phew.

Good work Nev Chapeau, I take my helmet off to you temporarily (not trolling It's Viking night tonight)

Originally Posted by Joe 90

What will you have if you have 100 pound coins in one trouse pocket and £100 of 10p coins in the other?

Unatural inclination to name your canal cruiser BENTley

Lopsided pants or warm ankles if you don't wear a tight belt.

Originally Posted by Joe 90

Lopsided pants or warm ankles if you don't wear a tight belt.

Leaning tower of Chitty comes to mind?

Is your yacht frozen in the Gents and Merdy canal yet?

What mathematical symbol can be put between 3 and 5, to get a number bigger than 3 and smaller than 5?

Decimal point

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Decimal point

Nid's on fire!

Yep Nidshoggin' the leader board, sometimes it's ok to come first!!'

So an easy one


Why was Ginger Rogers a better dancer than Fred Astaire?

Originally Posted by david44

Yep Nidshoggin' the leader board, sometimes it's ok to come first!!'

So an easy one


Why was Ginger Rogers a better dancer than Fred Astaire?

She won an Oscar. He did not.

Good reply but how was she undoubtedly superior on the dancefloor?

Originally Posted by Shutree

She won an Oscar. He did not.

She remarked not only did she do all those swift inticate dance steps as Fred in his pumps but she did them backwards in HIGH HEELS!! Chitty has been working on this I belive in the Altering 'em Sale Ballroom.

Here we go , late start more coffee needed, cat gave me that look that says if my breakfast buffet is late again I may move hotel and give you shocking review on "DRIPADVISOR"

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So down to biz
Arrange the digits 0-9 into their special order.
The sequence starts 8, 5, 4, 9, ...
Only one order operates here, see if you can list the remaining six numbers.

^ Getting out me guitar and playing ABCD....

Yep I think strummer is on the right road, has any one else got one to get my brain working ,I'm abstaining from Absinthe until dusk , makes gardening tricky when everything has that pale green hue.

After a long disagreement, Mr. Black, Mr. Gray and Mr. White agree to enter into a three-way duel, or a truel.

They will stand in a triangle formation, each positioned at the vertices, each equidistant from the other two shooters.

Mr. Black is the worst shot, he only hits 1/3 of the time, so he gets to shoot first.

Mr. Gray is second-worst, hitting 2/3 of the time, so he get's to shoot second.

Mr. White is an ace, and he hits 100 percent of the time, so he will have to wait and shoot third.

The three men will take turns shooting in this order until only one man is left standing.


Mr. Black is up first. What should he do to secure his best odds of survival?