Riddle Minute

[osprey]

G.

[Segovia]

you got osprey.

What three lettters completes this series: o,t,t,f,f,s,s,

[nickspoon]

e,n

Those are the first letters of one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

[Segovia]

Yes nick. You got it.

What is so unusual about this paragraph.

"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "

[nickspoon]

It doesn't contain the letter 'e'.

Here's one:

A farmer has nine pigs. How can he put them all in four pens with an odd number of pigs in each pen?

[Segovia]

Arrange the pens like this:

[Dr. Sticks]

not containing an "e" isn't unusual.

[nickspoon]

Arrange the pens like this:

Technically, that's five pens. Good answer, though.

[osprey]

Each pen is nested inside the other and they're all in the centre pen? Technically they are inside 4 pens that way.

[nickspoon]

Heh, yes, that also works.

What if I specify that each pen has to contain a different combination of pigs? Any pig may be in more than one pen.

[Hyperion]

Ummm... One pen with 3 pigs, inside of another pen that has 2 additional pigs in it(Five total for the outer pen). A separate pen with 3, and a separate pen with 1.

[osprey]

But that would be pretty much in the same vein as my answer...

[Dr. Sticks]

except your answer included all of the pigs being in one pen, and his does not.

[Tai]

Yes nick. You got it.

What is so unusual about this paragraph.

"Gatsby "

gave it away, the book has no Es in it

also since E is most generally used letter, paragraphs written specifically that avoid it are hard to come by. Like finding a jar of pennies smashed on the ground and seeing that every one of them were face up (Or 95% of a deviation from a 50/50 split to be statistically relevant v0v)


Along those lines, answer this one:
Dragons elaborate facts in neferious events. Consequently, yes, none interpret circumstances and lie. Why don't they misinterpret and bend the truth?

here's a hint














the meaning is irrelavant, look at the structure

[nickspoon]

Ummm... One pen with 3 pigs, inside of another pen that has 2 additional pigs in it(Five total for the outer pen). A separate pen with 3, and a separate pen with 1.

Yep, that is one possible arrangement. There are a couple of others - you can take 3 pens and put 3 pigs in each, and surround the 3 pens with a fourth pen, for example.

For the record, I quite liked osprey's answer for the simplicity.