Tricky Puzzles
Make another please. That is NOT a puzzle, but a yes or no question.
And I know it. (She was a blind tightrope walker, and the music was used to signal her when she can walk off. One day the system had a fault in it...)
And I know it. (She was a blind tightrope walker, and the music was used to signal her when she can walk off. One day the system had a fault in it...)
Rest in peace, Kym. I hardly knew ya.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Dang
Sorry, but just noooo. 
Although I really like the idea, IF is like "maybe it will happen" and when is more like "it WILL happen SOMETIME" which aren't really opposites, are they? There's a total opposite.
Although I really like the idea, IF is like "maybe it will happen" and when is more like "it WILL happen SOMETIME" which aren't really opposites, are they? There's a total opposite.Rest in peace, Kym. I hardly knew ya.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Marinus, you could always PM me to check.
Lucky-Luc, no special tricks in this one, so "Fi", while a funny guess, isn't it.
"Because" isn't it, and I don't really understand how it could be.
Think again.
Lucky-Luc, no special tricks in this one, so "Fi", while a funny guess, isn't it.
"Because" isn't it, and I don't really understand how it could be.
Think again.
Rest in peace, Kym. I hardly knew ya.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
"If" suggest uncertainity.
"Doubt" suggests even less certainity. They aren't opposites of each other, really.
Dizzy1, no, it isn't "iffy", so you can guess again!
"Doubt" suggests even less certainity. They aren't opposites of each other, really.
Dizzy1, no, it isn't "iffy", so you can guess again!
Rest in peace, Kym. I hardly knew ya.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Get that spotlight off me!!!jdl wrote:Doubt? And I don't have any puzzles, so, if its right, I give Mqdar the "spot-light!"
Are you sure you mean me? I don't have anything, but I might try (yeah, something like, "What is the opposite of middle?").
Muzo, ummmm... certainly? Then? Undoubtedly? Wait, isn't "if" just like "middle?" The way it says "maybe" and "might" (like there being a 50% chance of)?
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That's the difficulty, "if" is quite like a "maybe" or "middle" which makes it difficult to find an opposite.
There IS one though.
You'll probably kick yourself after finding it.
There IS one though.
You'll probably kick yourself after finding it.Rest in peace, Kym. I hardly knew ya.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Rest in peace, Marinus. A bright star, you were ahead of me on my own tracks of thought. I miss you.
Oh geez! 
Tough one!!! (I found iffy, online in an antonym dictionary, so I guess they don't know either.)
I also found this, in an article to Harvard Club of Boston:
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In 1938 a man in Billings, Montana, submitted this enduring puzzler: “A year ago I was employed as a head wing builder of a light-plane factory, during which time I made the acquaintance of a welder in the fuselage department. One day he asked me if….I knew the opposite of the word ‘if.’ I did not, and he gave me 30 days to dig it up. Other matters came up, and I did not give it a thought until this man had moved from our city. This man told me that a Harvard professor had asked him this and told him the correct answer, and after he moved I vainly tried to discover what it was. I wrote to the English department at Montana University and they failed to reply. To satisfy my natural curiosity and to silence my wife, who jeers at me and claims that ‘if’ has no opposite, will you please tell me what it is and why?”
(When you have an answer that pleases you, let us know it.)
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So Muzozavr, I'm wondering what made you pursue the definition of IF? And also, where you found it!
For now, I'll make a guess, just off the top of my head:
1. After
Tough one!!! (I found iffy, online in an antonym dictionary, so I guess they don't know either.)I also found this, in an article to Harvard Club of Boston:
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In 1938 a man in Billings, Montana, submitted this enduring puzzler: “A year ago I was employed as a head wing builder of a light-plane factory, during which time I made the acquaintance of a welder in the fuselage department. One day he asked me if….I knew the opposite of the word ‘if.’ I did not, and he gave me 30 days to dig it up. Other matters came up, and I did not give it a thought until this man had moved from our city. This man told me that a Harvard professor had asked him this and told him the correct answer, and after he moved I vainly tried to discover what it was. I wrote to the English department at Montana University and they failed to reply. To satisfy my natural curiosity and to silence my wife, who jeers at me and claims that ‘if’ has no opposite, will you please tell me what it is and why?”
(When you have an answer that pleases you, let us know it.)
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So Muzozavr, I'm wondering what made you pursue the definition of IF? And also, where you found it!
For now, I'll make a guess, just off the top of my head:
1. After
That was a really, really clever question Muzozavr. 
Ok! Here's one, but it isn't quite as difficult.
Daisy Mae wanted a talking parrot, so she went to the local pet shop in the hope of finding such a bird. She was in luck. The shop assistant assured her that the parrot would learn and repeat any word or phrase it heard. Daisy Mae was delighted. However, a week later, the parrot still hadn't spoken a word. Daisy Mae returned to the shop to complain, however, it appeared that the assistant was accurate in what he had said, and refused a refund. Why wouldn't the parrot talk for Daisy Mae?