Brain teaser thread

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by CapitanGarlic
Easy one.

A man was born before his father, he killed his mother, and he married his sister.

Despite this, he was considered 'normal'. How?

He was from West Virginia?

[Capt Dizle]

give me a second....(I might not be right, btw)

[CapitanGarlic]

Don't play nationality...assume (big assumption, I know) that location makes no difference.

[Capt Dizle]

still working

[Capt Dizle]

Ozzy, I am not a math head so I just tried to think it through.

Momma monkey is 18 years old.
Monkey is 12 years old. This equals 30.
Monkey and weight are 18oz. (mother is 18 years)
Rope is 12' (age of monkey)

the weight of the weight and the weight of the rope=18oz. + (12ft x1/3lb)=18oz +4Lbs=18oz +64oz.=82 oz.

1\4 of that is 20.5oz
One half the weight of the monkey, plus the weight of the banana= 20.5oz
1/2 of 18 oz =9 oz

9oz +x=20.5oz
x=11.5oz

Banana = 2 oz per inch
11.5 divided by 2 = 5.75 inches

To prove this I went into kitchen, got a banana, and since I was sure the monkey was hungry, I took a couple of bites off. The remainder was 5.75 "

[Capt Dizle]

Originally posted by CapitanGarlic
Easy one.

A man was born before his father, he killed his mother, and he married his sister.

Despite this, he was considered 'normal'. How?

His "father" was not his biological father, but a step father. He was born earlier on the calender (say jan and step father was born in july). His mother died giving him birth. His step father had a daughter from a previous marriage and was therefore a step sister so when he married her it was normal.

[CapitanGarlic]

No, yes, no.

[Capt Dizle]

[Sarxis]

The father witnessed the childbirth, which killed his mother.

He later became a minister and performed the marriage.

[Capt Dizle]

[Capt Dizle]

Ozzy, I make out the proof as:
18-36-12-24-6-3-9-9-3

But that part makes me dizzy.

[CapitanGarlic]

Yup. Anunikoba got it.

[Sarxis]

Three cross-country travelers are getting weary, and decide to drive into a local Super-8 motel to rest. They read the sign out front that says, "Econo-rooms: $30 per night". They walk up to the front counter and ask for an econo-room, and give the manager $10 each. The manager calls over the bell-hop who escorts them to their room.

Afterwards, the bell-hop returns to the front counter and the manager states, "Oh dear! I forgot we are running a special today for those rooms. They are only $25 tonight. Return the $5 to our guests."

So the bell-hop takes the money and gets to the traveler's room, but decides to keep $2 of their money because they did not bother to tip him. He gives each traveler $1 back.

So each traveler only paid $9 for his share of the price. $9x3=$27 plus the $2 the bell-hop kept equals $29.

Where'd the other dollar go?





[Sorry for the lame teaser- its the only one I know. And no: Super-8s DON'T have bell-hops!]

[David Floyd]

The other dollar didn't go anywhere.

$25 remained with the owner.
$5 went back to the room, and was dispersed thusly:
$1 to Traveler 1
$1 to Traveler 2
$1 to Traveler 3
$2 to bellhop

25+1+1+1+2=30.

[Capt Dizle]

your turn David