Riddle Minute

[Segovia]

No Lewis.

[osprey]

A mailbox?

[Segovia]

no

[nickspoon]

A mailbox?

This should be the honorary correct answer.

[Segovia]

It is simular to the real answer but I give him some credit. However it is not the answer I'm looking for.

[LewisTheTank]

It is simular to the real answer but I give him some credit. However it is not the answer I'm looking for.

DUH! I got it this time:
a mailman!

[Segovia]

Yes Lewis you got it. Does anyone else want to do the honors?

[nickspoon]

Try this one:

In a strange country where clocks are outlawed, you are asked to cook an egg for nine minutes. To time the egg, all you have is a seven-minute hourglass and a four-minute hourglass. How do you do it?

[lastwyvern]

cut the four-minute hour glass in half and flip them simultaniously.

[nickspoon]

If you cut a four-minute hourglass in half, you get half a four-minute hourglass. You do not get a two-minute hourglass

[Segovia]

I know! Flip both the 7 min. and the 4 min. hour glass but don't start the egg. when the 4 hour glass runs out flip it again. When the 7 hour glass runs out start the egg but don't flip the hour glass. When the 4 hour glass finishes flip again. when it runs out again flip it again and you'll have an 9 minute egg.

[nickspoon]

Very good! However, that way takes 16 minutes - there is a quicker way which only takes nine.

[Tom Flapwell]

Start by flipping both glasses (let's call them 7m and 4m). When the 4m runs out, flip it. When the 7m runs out, flip it. When the 4m runs out again, flip the <i>7m</i> again.

[nickspoon]

Yep, Tom Flapwell got it.

[Segovia]

Good one Nick. Here's one.

What ends everything always?