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Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Beat me to it :sad:
I tried it with CDs in my cube (noting that the letters would appear backwards inside the shop, if it was a glass door). Guess I should have gone faster. :thumbs2:
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Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Beat me to it :sad:
I tried it with CDs in my cube (noting that the letters would appear backwards inside the shop, if it was a glass door). Guess I should have gone faster. :thumbs2:
Or in other words it would read correct
Korekt fer tree pointz.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
Wow! I am slipping today. Three points came and went without me knowing! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
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Originally Posted by El_Squid
Dee Septor, the famous magician, was selling tickets for his 'circus show act' in which he claimed that he would perform a miraculous feat.
"All who are smart enough to want a ticket and lucky enough to get one will witness me changing the shape of oak wood before their very eyes! Without cutting, carving, adding to or subtracting from the wood I will change the shape from a square cube to a tall cylinder then into a pyramid and finally into a short squat disk. Yes my friends I have been working on this trick for over 13 years. It is nothing short of miraculous! All who see the show will not leave disappointed!"
How did Dee Septor manage to do as he claimed?
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Dee Septor merely started out with a square box of oak sawdust. He then poured the sawdust into the different shaped containers to do exactly what he claimed.
Nobody got a ticket, so nobody left disappointed or saw the miracle.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
As an alternate solution, he performs the show in total darkness, so no one actually sees the show.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
This might be a stretch, but he kills them all, therefore they can't leave disappointed.
A trifle drastic isn't it? :guns:Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
I like all of these. 3 points for everyone! :D
I think yours is the most logical, and probably what Adept is looking for however!Quote:
Originally Posted by Deity
I think 3FS is probably right. Yours is the best solution, so far. Somehow I get the sneaking suspicion the pahrase oak wood may be some kind of clue as well. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Deity
it could simply be a sheet of oak parchment, and shaped via oragami.
Ooh! Very clever. It didn't say it was solid did it? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Khazad
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Originally Posted by El_Squid
Okay, how about he uses a set of thin oak rods which he uses to make a frame of each of the shapes, like those erector sets for kids. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
So I'm assuming none of the answeres so far are correct?Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Hey now. His claim was that nobody would leave disappointed. Personally, if I paid to see this miracle and all he did was screw around with an erector set, I wouldn't be too happy. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by El_Squid
Or, he is using a pile of oak sawdust which he soaks in water and molds into the various shapes. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
True! But it smacks of the six foot tall man eating chicken. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Deity
Okay, this is driving me nuts. He said he has been working on it for 13 years, but doesn't say he has ever done it. So, he sells the tickets but never performs the show as he didn't say when he would do it. Therefore, no one sees the show and can't leave disappointed. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
C'mon Adept, let us know if we're close...............some of these solutions are actually painful!
This is close.Quote:
Originally Posted by El_Squid
Real close.
As a matter of fact, I'm giving it a point for partial "rightness".
A refinement: he has containers shaped like a cube, a cylinder, a pyramid and a disk into which he pours the oak saw dust sequentially.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
My money's on this answer...Quote:
Originally Posted by El_Squid
You win!Quote:
Originally Posted by RIOT
Therefore El_Squid gets the other points. ;)
Shadow received a near hysterical call from Art Dodger. "Some thief pried my safe open and made off with all my wife's jewellery! Come over straight away, please!" When Shadow arrived Art recounted his story.
"My wife's in the hospital so I've had to fend for myself. I was in the kitchen preparing dinner when I heard a loud noise in the basement. I rushed to the hall to see this woman race past me and out the front door. I suddenly realized she was carrying my wife's jewelry case. I ran down the street after her, but she was a very fast runner and after several blocks she lost me. I walked to a nearby phone and called you immediately."
Shadow looked down at the damaged safe and remarked, "You better not try that pathetic story on the insurance company or they'll charge you with fraud."
What's wrong with Art's story?
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In the phone call he said the safe was pried open but according to his story he had no time to look at the safe to know that.
Time to clock out and no ideas on this one. I know, the safe was full of oak dust spilled from a container in the shape of a dodecahedron! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
in the phone call he said the safe was pried open but according to his story he had no time to look at the safe to know that.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Zounds! Great insight! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by notorious_carl
Uh-huh..........technically true, but he'd still get a kick in the nads from me on the way back out if I paid to see a lame trick like this!Quote:
Originally Posted by El_Squid
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3fingersalute
As I said, it sounded like the old "six foot tall man eating chicken" gag. Not satisfying, but definitely true to the letter of what was promised. What did you expect for two bits anyway? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Deity
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Originally Posted by notorious_carl
Here's your 3 points.
So where's my money??? :butt:Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
I believe the check is in the mail! https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by RIOT
El_Squid said his check was in the mail. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by RIOT
Not "my" check, "the" check. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
I don't care who "the" check is from, as long as I get it... :thumbs:Quote:
Originally Posted by El_Squid