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Look behind you

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16 Jan 05

A fishing boat is lying in the harbour. There is a rope ladder hanging over the side with its end touching the water. The rungs of the ladder are 1 metre apart and the tide is rising at 50 centimetres an hour.

At the end of 6 hours, how many of the rungs will be covered?

Ursulakantor

Pittsburgh, PA

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16 Jan 05
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Originally posted by thechessguy
A fishing boat is lying in the harbour. There is a rope ladder hanging over the side with its end touching the water. The rungs of the ladder are 1 metre apart and the tide is rising at 50 centimetres an hour.

At the end of 6 hours, how many of the rungs will be covered?
The rope ladder ascends and descends with the boat, thus still none.

Nemesio

P.S. 1 metre apart? Those are some widely-spaced rungs.

t

Look behind you

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16 Jan 05

yeah i know here is another one
man dressed all in black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly a large black car without any lights on comes round the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the driver know there was a man in the road?

Ursulakantor

Pittsburgh, PA

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Originally posted by thechessguy
yeah i know here is another one
man dressed all in black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly a large black car without any lights on comes round the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the driver know there was a man in the road?

daytime.

Insanity at Masada

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19 Jan 05

Originally posted by thechessguy
yeah i know here is another one
man dressed all in black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly a large black car without any lights on comes round the corner and screeches to a halt. How did the driver know there was a man in the road?

The car hit the guy and stopped to see if he's ok.

S

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19 Jan 05

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The car hit the guy and stopped to see if he's ok.
ROFL 😀

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Bananarama

False berry

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21 Jan 05

What's the difference between an orange?

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Cheese log/Beef log

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21 Jan 05

Originally posted by PBE6
What's the difference between an orange?
The higher the faster?

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Bananarama

False berry

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21 Jan 05

Originally posted by neight
The higher the faster?
C'mon, quit joking around neight. This is serious!

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Cheese log/Beef log

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OK, in all seriousness...


The difference between an orange is 5.3 -- I read it on the Internet, it must be true.

Ursulakantor

Pittsburgh, PA

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22 Jan 05

Originally posted by PBE6
What's the difference between an orange?
One has three legs, the second has a bathtub full of spaghetti,
and the third was lying in a pool of its own urine.

Nemesio

t

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22 Jan 05

None.as the sea rises with the tide so does the boat.The last one still touch water

t

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22 Jan 05

It was in the daylight no lights were needed

M

New Jersey

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23 Jan 05

The difference between an' orange?
The first is a preposition; the second is a fruit.

N

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24 Jan 05

Their is one guy catching fish in a lake. While catching fish their are flamingos flying over the lake. The flamingo flying in front screams to the guy catching fish - All of us, plus all of us, plus the half of us, plus a quarter of us, plus you cathing the fish is 100.
How many flamingos flew over the lake???😕