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Post by Sammy_Bro » Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:28 am

MyNameIsKooky wrote: A large amount of MUDKIPZ0RZ!!!
YOUR USERPAGE ON THE WONDERWIKI NEEDS MOAR MUDKIPS :lol:
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Post by LittleZbot » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:43 am

dlcs18 wrote:
LittleZbot wrote:The answer is:

God will destroy it. At the end of the World, God will take Christians up to heaven and those who are left on Earth will be controlled by Satan. When it seems the Devil has won, God will Kick his beautiful Butt out of here. :wink:

Then all the Christians will live forever and ever in Heaven. :)
That's from a religious point of view, not a scientific one. :P
That's my religious point of view, I'm a Christian and that is what I believe. By the way, the end of Earth will come sooner than we expected.

Want to know how I know? I'll just say this: I've had a vision.
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Post by Nobody » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:46 pm

LittleZbot wrote:
dlcs18 wrote:
LittleZbot wrote:The answer is:

God will destroy it. At the end of the World, God will take Christians up to heaven and those who are left on Earth will be controlled by Satan. When it seems the Devil has won, God will Kick his beautiful Butt out of here. :wink:

Then all the Christians will live forever and ever in Heaven. :)
That's from a religious point of view, not a scientific one. :P
That's my religious point of view, I'm a Christian and that is what I believe. By the way, the end of Earth will come sooner than we expected.

Want to know how I know? I'll just say this: I've had a vision.
LittleZbot: Um, what? If that's serious, I'm not sure I believe you...

TO BE EDITED BUT RIGHT NOW MY COMPUTER JUST GOT A STUPID PROBLEM> PLEASE STAND BY> STUPID "YOU ARE HOLDING DOWN SHIFT" GLITCH>>>

EDIT: Um, yes.... the bible says that no one except God knows when the world will end... wouldn't that include you?

dlcs18: Religious viewpoints aren't bad. I am a Christian too. DELETED FOR NO DARN REASON. I AM BORED.
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Post by Marinus » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:14 pm

I agree. Nothing wrong with religions and beliefs, but there are too many of them. Tricky puzzles enough in the bible, but if the only possible answer is: "God has said so, so it it is." it's no fun anymore, don't you agree?

So, has anyone a tricky puzzle to post?
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Post by Muzozavr » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:44 pm

If :D is A,
:o is D,
:? is F,
:x is I,

then what is this:
:roll: :evil: 8)
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Post by Nobody » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:05 pm

Muzozavr wrote:If :D is A,
:o is D,
:? is F,
:x is I,

then what is this:
:roll: :evil: 8)
ONE?
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Post by Muzozavr » Sat Dec 12, 2009 11:45 pm

You got one letter right.
Hint: it has something to do with the smilies positioning when you're writing a post. The main table, not the extended one.
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Post by gameboy991 » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:27 am

Muzozavr wrote:If :D is A,
:o is D,
:? is F,
:x is I,

then what is this:
:roll: :evil: 8)
The answer is:
OMG
EDIT: By the way, I figured that out before I even read your hint... :lol:
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Post by Muzozavr » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:04 am

Correct!

Logic for the puzzle: put an alphabet over the smilies. :D :) :( :o is ABCD. Then fill in the rest of it. Then look up the resulting "table" and you will see the answer.
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Post by AJQZC » Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:12 am

:lol:

Not sure whether this one has been asked before...

You're in a room with a stove, a wok, a knife, a match and a powerful bomb (that will detonate within an hour). What do you use first?
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Post by Muzozavr » Sat Dec 26, 2009 10:44 am

The match if it's dark, otherwise your cellphone when you call an expert to help you defuse the bomb properly without receiving a BOOM in your face. :lol:
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Post by tyteen4a03 » Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:02 am

That's the explode in your face watermelon if my memory is correct. :lol:

Use the equipments to cook the bomb? :lol:
and the duck went moo

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Post by AJQZC » Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:29 am

Err...no, for both answers.
Look carefully at the question again. :wink:
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Post by Marinus » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:35 pm

Your lungs, to take a deep breath, and your brain, to think carefully about how to solve this problem. Or your legs, to run away as fast as you can. :lol:
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Post by AJQZC » Sat Dec 26, 2009 12:36 pm

That's right! :)
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Post by tyteen4a03 » Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:58 pm

Marinus wrote:Your lungs, to take a deep breath, and your brain, to think carefully about how to solve this problem. Or your legs, to run away as fast as you can. :lol:
You forgot your heart, or else you would have died :lol:
and the duck went moo

Beep bloop
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:50 pm

And your brain, because you wouldn't be able to think and would mess up on the whole thing.

*dodges bullet*
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Post by Marinus » Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:01 pm

And your eyes, to be able to read better. :lol:
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:57 am

And your... You get the idea. :lol:
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Post by Blast!10 » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:15 pm

Since I don't see a new unsolved riddle here, I'll post one.

You have a hexagon, with a vertex at the top. (see attachment.) Add EXACTLY THREE lines to make six SQUARES.
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Post by Marinus » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:03 pm

I don't believe that's possible. You even need to add three lines to make only one square, because there are no 2 lines in the hexagon with can be part of the same square, unless you make them longer.

To make the leftmost vertical line part of a square you need to add one vertical line and 2 horizontal lines. With those same 3 lines you can also make a square with the right side vertical line, so you can make 2 squares by adding three lines. But then the 4 lines at 60 degrees are not part of any square.
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Post by Muzozavr » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:46 pm

I think it's a mistake. And it's not square but rhombus.
You CAN make 6 rhombuses, but I don't think you can make 6 squares.
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Post by Blast!10 » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:55 pm

Cryptic:
Think out of the box. Extend it in a way.
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Post by ~xpr'd~ » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:06 pm

Each face is a square, and there's 6 faces.
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Post by Nobody » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:08 pm

Exactly! But that has nothing to do with rhombuses.
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Post by Blast!10 » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:08 pm

Exactly! Good job, ~xpr'd~! :D

@Nobody; yes, that's why I said "SQUARES". -_-
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Post by Marinus » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:14 pm

I see. The "out of the box" way is to change it into a 3-dimensional object. But Muzozavr is right if you keep it just 2-dimensional you can make 6 rhombuses by only 3 lines.
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Post by Nobody » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:16 pm

Oops. Although I also came up with the idea, the hexagon looked too much like an unfinished 2D cube, I thought you yourself posted the 'correction'. :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Post by Muzozavr » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:17 pm

Well, that's a nice puzzle then. :?

What deluded me is that I thought of that solution but with all the lines continuing to the opposite side. Then you could make 6 rhombuses (because if you look at each of these "squares" as two dimensional object they're rhombuses)
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Post by ~xpr'd~ » Wed Dec 30, 2009 5:33 pm

Well, I'll post a riddle, then.
A car racer was badly injured in an accident. Both his legs broke, and his shoulder was also injured. He was hospitalized for 8 weeks. And then, the racer participated in a race without any fear. This wasn't a very special act of courage. Can you explain this?
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