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We need more riddles. I haven't seen Greg or Joseph on for a long time!  |
Maybe they are on vacation?
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3 Cats can catch 3 mice in 3 minutes
How many cats are needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
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I will type out the reasoning as a semi-joke.
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3 Cats catch 3 mice in 3 minutes
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1 Cat catches 1 mouse in 3 minutes
So in 100 minutes, we have 33.3 such cycles, 1 cat catches 33.3 mice in 100 minutes.
So we have 1/3rd the required mice...so we need 3 cats to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes.
(You could also cross multiply, using the fact that 3 cats catch 1 mouse per minute...infact, I could drastically generalize this:
Suppose x cats catch y mice in y minutes.
How many cats will catch z mice in z minutes?
x cats. )
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No, the answer is "if you have that many freaking mice you're better off calling an exterminator" 
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...Okay, you were right... v_v
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08-18-2009 at 01:13 AM
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That is not a practical question. Why would you ever need to catch a certain number of mice in a certain time with a certain number of cats? Preposterous!
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What Are Mice? Why Do they Exist? Why do we feel a need to "catch" them? Is catching Mice a human urge? Does it bring us satisfaction? What is satisfaction? Are we forever a Slave to our satisfactions? Why don't we live as one with the Mice? Do they not feel pain? Should we use them for Cosmetic testing? Is Cosmetic Testing Illegal? What is "Illegal"? Does the production of consumer products a valid argument for torturting Mice? What is the meaning of life? Why are Spoons Curved?
Oops am I thinking out loud? Go back to the dotted bubble lines you pesky existentianal thoughts!
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08-18-2009 at 02:44 AM
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What happens if Pinocchio says "My nose will grow now"?
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What happens if Pinocchio says "My nose will grow now"?
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His nose will grow. Initially you can assume he is telling the truth (being the good boy he is), which instantaneously becomes a lie since his nose didn't grow. This causes his nose to grow causing his initial statement to be true.
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Hey Jake,
I’ve been on vacation, but I’m back now. I’ll post some riddles when I get the time to look for some good ones  .
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I've been floating around
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this thread slowed down for a while but here's 2 riddles...
1) What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?
2) Complete this sequence of letters: o, t, t, f, f, s, s, _, _, _.
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this thread slowed down for a while but here's 2 riddles...
1) What is as big as you are and yet does not weigh anything?
2) Complete this sequence of letters: o, t, t, f, f, s, s, _, _, _.
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1) Shadow
2 has be stumped...
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o, t, t, f, f, s, s, e, n, t....
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yup shadow and what temara said
o, t, t, f, f, s, s, e, n, t....
the first letters of the numbers 1-10
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