SalsaC Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours. 2. In each house lives a person of different nationality 3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet. THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH? HINTS 1. The Brit lives in a red house. 2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. 3. The Dane drinks tea. 4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house. 5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee. 6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. 7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill. 8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk. 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. 10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. 11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill. 12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. 13. The German smokes Prince. 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. 15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water. How many of you know this? APPARENTLY Einstein wrote it, and claimed that 98% of the world's population won't be able to solve it. There's absolutely no proof that this is Einstein's doing, though, and I'm pretty sure he couldn't have known how intelligent you have to be to be able to solve it. Aaaand the answer's not exactly simple: there are no hints about who has the fish! I found the dude who doesn't have any other of the pets, so either that means that I found the dude who has a fish, or that I found a dude who doesn't have any pets at all/has some other pet. It took me about 20 minutes, so it won't actually take long if you put your mind to it. Try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_hymn Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 So it's definitely not the Swede? XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubabalou Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Are we allowed to answer it..... because I figured it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaC Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 You know what this board needs? Spoiler tags. I'm pretty sure you can find the answer from somewhere in the internet, if you want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 You know what this board needs? Spoiler tags. Been thinking the same thing for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaC Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 You think we should just keep bringing it up every few months in some random thread and see if an admin catches on to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubabalou Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Haha, I just looked it up and I got it right. I feel smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 You think we should just keep bringing it up every few months in some random thread and see if an admin catches on to it? Should probably just ask Chriss haha. Along with Youtube tags and another type of flood control (the one that warms you if someone else has posted while you were replying). And maaaaybe multi-quoting (in the sense that if you quote someone who was quoting someone themselves, the first quote is quoted in your post too..... quote) although that can get kinda messy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaC Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Absolutely. They are in use on most of the boards I use, but I've just learned to accept that this one is a bit more... prehistoric. Could be convenient, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 The boards used to have both youtube and that multi-quoting, cause I could swear I had seen it in some older threads on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchthesky Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 i remember the youtube thing for sure, can't remember proper multi-quote but i definitely think we need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guro Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 We did this in math class a few weeks ago, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 i remember the youtube thing for sure, can't remember proper multi-quote but i definitely think we need it Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you guys mean by multi-quote but don't we have it already? And I remember the youtube tags too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you guys mean by multi-quote but don't we have it already? And I remember the youtube tags too. Yeah, it is different. I tried to expain it in the parenthesis. I meant like when you quote someone, if they've quoted someone that quote is removed. What I was meaning was that the removed quotes stay when you quote someone. Like just now. This post won't have the quote which you quoted in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Yeah, it is different. I tried to expain it in the parenthesis. I meant like when you quote someone, if they've quoted someone that quote is removed. What I was meaning was that the removed quotes stay when you quote someone. Like just now. This post won't have the quote which you quoted in it. Ah I see what you mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
777 Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 time to google this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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