GAME: MindTrap

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Mr. Tory, the manager of a local finance company, was walking down his street when he found a 100 pounds bill by the curb. He picked it up, noted the serial number, and went home.

Mrs. Tory told her husband that they owed the liquor store 100 pounds, so he gave the bill to his wife to pay the liquor store.

The owner of the liquor store owed the butcher 100 pounds, so he gave the bill to the butcher, who then went to a farmer, and purchased a lamb with the 100 pounds.

The farmer remembered he owed the finance company 100 pounds, so he took the same bill to them to pay his debt.

Upon careful examination, Mr. Tory discovered that the bill was counterfeit. By this time, the 100 pounds bill had paid 400 pounds in debt.

Which transactions turn sour and who loses what?

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All transactions are sour, but nobody loses because they were all paid with counterfiet money anyway.

No one loses. It would be the same as if they all said "I'll forgive your debt if he forgives mine"

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Originally Posted by gazzak

All transactions are sour, but nobody loses because they were all paid with counterfiet money anyway.

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You get 1 bonus welcome point for joining the game, 1 point for gicing the correct answer first, but the second part is still available for another point. ;)

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

You get 1 bonus welcome point for joining the game, 1 point for gicing the correct answer first, but the second part is still available for another point. ;)

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The butcher loses out since he is the only one who gains actual goods from the transactions. He owes the farmer 100 pounds for the lamb he didn't actually buy.

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Originally Posted by Mindwarp

The butcher loses out since he is the only one who gains actual goods from the transactions. He owes the farmer 100 pounds for the lamb he didn't actually buy.

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Yup.

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I never got those yummy KK doughnuts, btw.

I think my mailman is dipping into my mail. :mad:

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Mr. Tory, the manager of a local finance company, was walking down his street when he found a 100 pounds bill by the curb. He picked it up, noted the serial number, and went home.

Mrs. Tory told her husband that they owed the liquor store 100 pounds, so he gave the bill to his wife to pay the liquor store.

The owner of the liquor store owed the butcher 100 pounds, so he gave the bill to the butcher, who then went to a farmer, and purchased a lamb with the 100 pounds.

The farmer remembered he owed the finance company 100 pounds, so he took the same bill to them to pay his debt.

Upon careful examination, Mr. Tory discovered that the bill was counterfeit. By this time, the 100 pounds bill had paid 400 pounds in debt.

Which transactions turn sour and who loses what?

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one between Mr.Tory and Farmer and farmer lost a Lamb + still owes 100 pounds .

Ali Bubba owns a very valuable diamond that he keeps in a wooden box in his tent.

The box is covered with a sliding wooden lid. Inside the box is a snake that has a poisonous bite so deadly it will kill a man instantly.

Ishmael broke into Ali's tent one morning and within moments he had stolen the diamond. Ishmael did not touch the snake in any way, nor did he wear any protection on his hands. After Ishmael had left, the box was intact and the snake unharmed.

How was Ishmael able to remove the diamond from the box without any special tools or help?



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The same way Ali Bubba did it: by placing the boz upside down and sliding the lid just far enough to slide the diamond out.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Ali Bubba owns a very valuable diamond that he keeps in a wooden box in his tent.

The box is covered with a sliding wooden lid. Inside the box is a snake that has a poisonous bite so deadly it will kill a man instantly.

Ishmael broke into Ali's tent one morning and within moments he had stolen the diamond. Ishmael did not touch the snake in any way, nor did he wear any protection on his hands. After Ishmael had left, the box was intact and the snake unharmed.

How was Ishmael able to remove the diamond from the box without any special tools or help?

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by sliding the lid only far enough for the ring to slide out and then tilt the box over until the ring falls out

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Originally Posted by notorious_carl

by sliding the lid only far enough for the ring to slide out and then tilt the box over until the ring falls out

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Just curious... where in that question did you see a ring? :devil:

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Ali Bubba owns a very valuable diamond that he keeps in a wooden box in his tent.

The box is covered with a sliding wooden lid. Inside the box is a snake that has a poisonous bite so deadly it will kill a man instantly.

Ishmael broke into Ali's tent one morning and within moments he had stolen the diamond. Ishmael did not touch the snake in any way, nor did he wear any protection on his hands. After Ishmael had left, the box was intact and the snake unharmed.

How was Ishmael able to remove the diamond from the box without any special tools or help?

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He asked Bubba to go in there and get it for him... :p

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Originally Posted by RIOT

Just curious... where in that question did you see a ring? :devil:

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Hehe.

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Originally Posted by RIOT

Just curious... where in that question did you see a ring? :devil:

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i miss read it and thought it said diamond ring. my mind isn't all here today. so change the word ring to diamond and it would still work

It does.

3 points to Carl.

Cecil Breath left the 'Soul-Ace Hotel' at a walking speed of two kilometres per hour. One hour later, Bob Slack and his dog left the 'Soul-Ace Hotel'.

Bob wanted to catch up to Cecil and therefore set a pace of four kph. His dog was rather excited and ran back and forth between Cecil and Bob, travelling at a speed of ten kph.

When Bob finally caught up to Cecil, how far had the dog run?



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Ten kilometres.
Bob left one hour later than Cecil, and was walking at a pace that would allow him to catch up to Cecil in one hour. Since the dog was running for one hour at ten kph, he ran ten kilometres.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Cecil Breath left the 'Soul-Ace Hotel' at a walking speed of two kilometres per hour. One hour later, Bob Slack and his dog left the 'Soul-Ace Hotel'.

Bob wanted to catch up to Cecil and therefore set a pace of four kph. His dog was rather excited and ran back and forth between Cecil and Bob, travelling at a speed of ten kph.

When Bob finally caught up to Cecil, how far had the dog run?

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10 KM. It would take Bob 1 hr to catch up to cecil, so the dog would be running for 1 hr.