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There's a fellow with rather unusual tastes

Never said I was normal .
Anyway, I'm not gonna answer this, it's unfair since I know the recipe.

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AlefBet wrote:
Okay, next puzzle, I guess. (Another homegrown one, so forgive the lack of polish.)

There's a fellow with rather unusual tastes who has composed a favorite recipe that calls for the following ingredients:

1 tsp granulated sugar
2 cups flour
3 pinches salt
4 tbsp baking powder
5 quarts milk
6 eggs
7 cubes margarine
8 fl oz water
9 cloves garlic
10 tbsp brown sugar

However, this version of the recipe is not the original version. It has been repeated (e.g. doubled, tripled, quadrupled...). By what amount has it been repeated?

Well, since you can't use half an egg or half a pinch, I'll say it's been tripled.

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Indeed. DiMono, it falls to you.

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Alright, I think we're due for a good old fashioned word puzzle. What do the following words have in common?

deft
first
calmness
canopy
laughing
stupid
crabcake
hijack

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rowrow wrote:
They all have 3 letters that are in a row in the alphabet.(d e f)

Bah, at least it lasted more than an hour. Well done, though I never claimed it was hard

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I think your puzzle is good and I gave a point.Mine only lasted a second with alefbet on the loose.

[Edited by rowrow at Local Time:11-16-2004 at 04:15 AM]

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Any particular order, or can I use the alphabetical one?

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Tim wrote:
Any particular order, or can I use the alphabetical one?

Yup there is a particular order I am looking for.

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This topic going to the darkness. Is anyone going to try rowrow's puzzle?

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rowrow, if there's a real interesting order in there, just give a hint.

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I'm guessing it's only easy when you know the answer. Clutching at straws here: is the spelling error in 'obnoxious' intentional?

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Hint:
Hint 2:

[Edited by rowrow at Local Time:11-29-2004 at 01:50 AM]

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If noone getts it in 2 days then I will say the answer and everyone will groan.There might be 1 or 2 words that can be switched around.

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Just a shot in the dark:

staffs.hazy.pancakes.Aragorn's.crackers.wages.slandering.
dangerously.administrators.janitor.assumption.break.
Stephan.reserved.sleuthing.critters.incorporation.
congratulations.stowing.bowing.obnoxious.shrouds.
stumpy.squeaked.jukeboxes

PS: If several words can be switched about, that's not an order.
In fact, I'm pretty sure the very meaning of the word "order" is
"That thing, you know, whose components can't be switched about"

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Oh bunnies.I am so sorry everyone.My mistake I copy and pasted it but I messed up and switched some words. Sorry everyone that there was an unanswerable riddle here for a very loooong time.Okay everyone yell and scream.Ill post a new one.
7 3 4 6
3 8 6 ?
What is the number?
And once again sorry.
Ps:the answer was "supposed to be" that all the letters of the alphabet were there and in the order of the aphabet words it had a vowel in order. Such as: aa be ci.

[Edited by rowrow at Local Time:11-30-2004 at 04:28 AM]

[Edited by Oneiromancer at Local Time:11-30-2004 at 04:35 PM]

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I think it's a 5. The first two digits add to 10, as do the next two. The first two of the second set of digits add to 11, and there's a 6 floating there, so I think it's a 5.

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bring it on.

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I am a set of four letters, always in the same order. I have a friend, consisting of three letters. I can be pronounced in five different ways depending on the combinations of my friend's letters on either side of me. Not every letter in my friend is used each time, though sometimes they may be used twice. What four letters am I, and what letters make up my friend?

To word that a little more clearly, what four letters can be pronounced in five different ways depending on the word they're in, and what three letters can you add in various orders to the front and/or back of the four letters to create the words that contain those sounds?

[Edited by DiMono at Local Time:12-01-2004 at 05:44 AM]

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ough, tbc

bough
tough
bought
cough

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You are "ough" and your friend is "thr". Consequently, you can be pronounced as in "ought," "tough," "though," "trough," or "through."

Although, if you'd make friends with "d" or "b" as well, you could be pronounced as in "drought" or "bough," and if you made friends with "ic", you could be pronounced as in "hiccough."


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Ah nuts, I'm not quick enough. About ten minutes after I posted, I thought to myself "..was that four or five words?"

The moral of the story is when you count on your fingers, don't forget thumbs.

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Indeed you're right, Alef. Go!

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Can you see the pattern? Give the next row:

#
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*#
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#*#
***#
#*##
#*#*#
*#***#
###*##
#**##*#
****#**#
#**#*###
#**####*#
*#***##**#
##*##*####
#*####***##
***##****#*#
#*#*#*#*****#
#*##*##**#*##
*#****##*#*#*#
####*#**#*#***#
#***########*##
*****#**#*#*##*#
#***#***#*#**#**#
#***##***#*##*###
*#****#*########*#
##**###*#**##*##**#
#*#*##*#***##*#####
***#*#***#**##*#**##
#*###*##*#*#***#**#*#
#*#*****#*####**#****#
*#***######***###*#*##
###**###**#*****###*#*#
#**#**##**##**##**##***#
****##*##***#*####***###
#**####**####**#****###*#
#**#*#******###***#*#*#**#
*#***#*#*###****#*#***####
##*#**##*######*#**##****##
#*##*##*#*##***#*####*###**#
***###****##*******#########
#*#**#*##**##**#*##*#*###**##
#*###*###*#**#*#*###**###**#*#
*#*****#######**#*#**#*###****#
???????????????????????????????

Hint: It's mathematical, but can be solved with arithmetic if you're creative.

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#####*#*#*#**#####**###*#*##*##

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Maurog wrote:
#####*#*#*#**#####**###*#*##*##

You got it.

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AlefBet wrote:

Maurog wrote:
#####*#*#*#**#####**###*#*##*##

You got it.

Can you please explain?

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[Edited by Rabscuttle at Local Time:12-01-2004 at 11:09 PM]

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A lightbulb factory creates a million lightbulbs a day. The pressure inside a lightbulb has to fit very strict standards, and be pretty close to vacuum. The problem is, out of a million, about 3 lightbulbs don't meet the standard. Obviously, making a hole inside the bulb to check pressure and then seal it up again would work, but the very same standards say that you can't sell lightbulbs with holes, no matter how good you seal them up again. Give the factory manager a good way to make sure the factory meets the standards.

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Don't bother checking the bulbs. 3 out of a million doesn't matter.

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Simple solution: Change the standard.

In real life though, I have never seen any manager who cares. It is not needed anyway, because it is called risk management.

-- Tim

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