GAME: MindTrap

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Although the answer isn't specifically mentioned as "man is too short", it's implied in the exlpanation and good enough for me.

Welcome to the game, DA.

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You catch my proposed answer to the two uncles riddle?

woohoo!

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Although the answer isn't specifically mentioned as "man is too short", it's implied in the exlpanation and good enough for me.

Welcome to the game, DA.

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the man is a midget then. I was just going for political correctness. Maybe vertically challanged (kinda like the con with the defective chute was) would have been a better term?

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Originally Posted by jaeger

Ben is Dutch's uncle. Ben married a girl, and Dutch married her aunt. Reverse names if necessary.

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I think this fits best. 3 points total for you.

Here's the long explanation:

2 men marry each other's mothers and each couple has a son. One is named Ben, the other Dutch.

This solution also makes them half-brothers, but that would have been too much information to give out at the time.

Last one for now.

A man rides into town on Friday. He stays one night and leaves on Friday.

Describe the circumstances where this would be possible.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Last one for now.

A man rides into town on Friday. He stays one night and leaves on Friday.

Describe the circumstances where this would be possible.

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The man's transportation is named Friday. Be it a train, plane, horse, obese rabbit, I dunno.

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Originally Posted by jaeger

The man's transportation is named Friday. Be it a train, plane, horse, obese rabbit, I dunno.

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I must bow down to your m4d tr1v14 sk1llz.

11 binary points!

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3 men find themselves on a backroad late at night and decide to stop at an Inn close by.

The somnolent clerk tells them that he has only one room left, but it's large enough for all of them and has a bed for each. The three men agree and pay 10$ each to cover the 30$ charge the clerk has indicated.

Shortly after, the clerk realizes his error, as the innkeeper had recently changed the price rate for that room to 26$.

He trundles up the stairs with the 4$ and thinks that he deserves a tip for handling their registration at such a time, and keeps 1$ for himself.

Once upstairs, the men each receive 1$ and thank the clerk for his "honesty".

While coming back down, he reflects: "If each of those guys paid 10$ for the room and each got a dollar back, and if I add my dollar to their combined contribution of 27$, that makes a total of 28$."

"Where did the missing 2$ go???"

In an ordinary deck of playing cards, 2 of the Jacks have 2 eyes and the other 2 have only 1 eye.

How many eyes are on the four Jack cards?

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

In an ordinary deck of playing cards, 2 of the Jacks have 2 eyes and the other 2 have only 1 eye.

How many eyes are on the four Jack cards?

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12. Each card has 2 faces.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

3 men find themselves on a backroad late at night and decide to stop at an Inn close by.

The somnolent clerk tells them that he has only one room left, but it's large enough for all of them and has a bed for each. The three men agree and pay 10$ each to cover the 30$ charge the clerk has indicated.

Shortly after, the clerk realizes his error, as the innkeeper had recently changed the price rate for that room to 26$.

He trundles up the stairs with the 4$ and thinks that he deserves a tip for handling their registration at such a time, and keeps 1$ for himself.

Once upstairs, the men each receive 1$ and thank the clerk for his "honesty".

While coming back down, he reflects: "If each of those guys paid 10$ for the room and each got a dollar back, and if I add my dollar to their combined contribution of 27$, that makes a total of 28$."

"Where did the missing 2$ go???"

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He should have subtracted his dollar instead of adding it. Then it equals 26.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

In an ordinary deck of playing cards, 2 of the Jacks have 2 eyes and the other 2 have only 1 eye.

How many eyes are on the four Jack cards?

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..at last 1 I know!! 12. The picture cards have a head at EACH end, so it's 6 doubled. (didn't look at my cards, honestly)

As for the $30 thing, now I'm confused!

...beaten by 1 minute, :sad:

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Originally Posted by Commander Klarg

12. Each card has 2 faces.

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3 points.

The game has a new player!

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Originally Posted by edball

He should have subtracted his dollar instead of adding it. Then it equals 26.

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I thought this one was going to be much harder. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

3 points for you.