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<!--QuoteBegin-GhostWay+Feb 19 2005, 06:00 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (GhostWay @ Feb 19 2005, 06:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> In that case, I'll post a new riddle for you to wrap your minds around.<br><br><i>Voiceless it cries,<br>Wingless flutters,<br>Toothless bites,<br>Mouthless mutters.</i> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Sounds like the wind to me.<br><br>
"The beauty of this is that it is only of theoretical importance,
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris
"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris
"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/
If VM declines to post the next question and no one else wants to, I want to remind of mine which is still not answered truthfully. <br>"What is not your answer to this question?"
"No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst themselves." -Ojibwa proverb
We could learn a lot meditating on tree branches.
We could learn a lot meditating on tree branches.
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Let's see . . . a question . . . looking in one of my books, here's a logic problem:<br><br>Alf, Bert and Cash are the suspects in a robbery case. Their trial shows up the following facts: Either Cash is innocent or Bert is guilty. If Bert is guilty, then Cash is innocent. Alf and Cash never work together and Alf never does a job on his own. Also, if Bert is guilty, so is Alf. Who is guilty?
"The beauty of this is that it is only of theoretical importance,
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris
"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris
"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/
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Richard K Niner
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Rereading this, I think Ghostway got the intent of the author, but the phrasing might lead to a problem. <br><br>I think we should give this to Ghostway.
"The beauty of this is that it is only of theoretical importance,
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris
"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris
"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/
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Don't you just <b>love</b> the lack of precision in the English language?<br><br>Anyways...<br><br><i>Alive without breath,<br>As cold as death;<br>Never thirsty, ever drinking,<br>All in mail never clinking.</i>
<i>Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers.</i>
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<!--QuoteBegin-Richard K Niner+Feb 19 2005, 11:06 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Richard K Niner @ Feb 19 2005, 11:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> The primary reason that I went with the exclusive or was that, with the inclusive or, both GhostWay and my answers would've been correct. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Okay, so give us a question <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>Ain't ambiguity great?<br><br>[EDIT] One way to clear up the ambiguity is to explicitly state that at least one of the criminals is guilty. There is a jump that needs to be made in order to find any of these guys guilty the way that the question is written, unless we assume that the police have got the criminal(s).
"The beauty of this is that it is only of theoretical importance,
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris
"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/
and there is no way it can be of any practical use whatsoever."
- Sidney Harris
"Perhaps they've discovered the giant whoopee cushion I hid
under the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge." http://ozyandmillie.org/2002/01/03/ozy-and-millie-819/
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