Time for
some more nonsense
More groaners for you clever people. Answers tomorrow.
1: Mr Robinson wanted a house in which all the windows in every room faced south. How did he achieve this?
2: John and Jim were swept out to sea on their air beds. John was nearly saved and Jim was nearly drowned. Which of them donated a week’s wages to the lifeboat institute?
3: One man has three sacks of corn on his back, and another man is carrying four sacks on his back. Which of them has the heavier load?
4: What is the difference between an old, crumpled, torn £10 note and a new one? (Adjust your currency according to your circumstances.)
5: Which would burn longer – a short, fat blue candle, or a tall, twisted yellow candle?
6: An electric train travels north at 75 miles per hour. The wind is blowing from the east at 40 mph. In which direction will the smoke from the train blow?
7: A donkey was tied to a six-yard rope. How did it manage to eat a pile of hay seven yards away without biting through the rope?
I think I might have got these. I'm getting tuned in.
ReplyDeleteMe too ...
ReplyDeleteI think.
Yep I have them all.
ReplyDelete1. I'll be wrong, but Mr Robinson should build a wide house with all windows facing the south.
ReplyDelete2. Alas poor John was drownded and unable to donate.
3. Empty sacks are lighter than sacks full of corn.
4. Only the appearance of the note. Still valid currency. (I know I am wrong with this one)
5. You've really got me with this one.
6. Something is very wrong if smoke is coming from an electric train.
7. Better that the free end of the rope was tethered to something.
I could only come up with an answer for 1 of them
ReplyDelete1. Mr. Robinson will have that house built on the North Pole.
ReplyDelete2. Jim did, since he was only "nearly" drowned.
3. The one with the 3 sacks of corn has more to carry. We don't know what - if anything - is in the four sacks; they could be empty.
4. not sure about this one, it seems too easy to say "one is old and the other one is new".
5. probably nothing to do with the colour. Instinct says "short and fat", but I'll let you surprise me :-)
6. none, as it is an electric train that shouldn't be emitting any smoke.
7. the rope itself was tied to another rope, or something like that.
Hi Janice - I 'hate' these things as I'm hopeless at thinking laterally ... but no-one contributed to the life-savers ... and the sacks ... candles twisty ... and others have crafty answers! Cheers Hilary
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ReplyDeleteI THINK I got them all with the exception of #7. 🤷♀️
ReplyDeleteHaha...much fun. I guessed couple of them. Thank you for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteSome of these are oldies, but goodies from my childhood when we used to amuse ourselves with what we called idiot tests, but a couple of these I can’t figure out. I’ll look forward to your answers.
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting until the answers lol
ReplyDeleteMy head hurts.
ReplyDeleteI'm impatient to see the answers. I think the tall candle will burn longer; a short candle will have a short wick. How easy it is to misread #2.
ReplyDeleteThanks for these ... I'll be back to check the answers.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
1. North pole 2. John 4. None 7. Untied
ReplyDeleteI have my mental guesses, and will compare them to the answers when they're posted.
ReplyDeleteI am too late to the party and already read the next post.
ReplyDeleteYou're all far too clever!
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