Riddle Me This GAF

[birdman]

Everyone knows cats always land on their feet, but we also know that bread always lands butter-side down. So answer this little question:

If a slice of buttered bread is strapped to the back of a cat, with the butter side facing up, and the cat is pushed off a tall building, what hits the ground first?

 

[Crushed]

This is like a ten-year old question.

And neither will hit the ground, the toast-cat will spin around eternally hovering in midair.

 

[methane47]

stupid riddle... but i'll play along

Cat lands on feet... slice of bread is stuck to cat so it never actually "lands"

 

[diunxx]

A flying t-rex would eat them before they land.

 

[Fireblend]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttered_cat_paradox

 

[birdman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttered_cat_paradox

Wha? When the hell did wiki get an article on this?

 

[perryfarrell]

Serious answer: The reason why a slice of bread always lands on the ground face-down has to do with the average height of tables. The usual distance between the table top and the ground allows for exactly half a rotation--so it will rotate from face-up to face-down.

That reasoning does not apply to a 10-story building, so your hypothesis has at least one false assumption.

 

[birdman]

Serious answer: The reason why a slice of bread always lands on the ground face-down has to do with the average height of tables. The usual distance between the table top and the ground allows for exactly half a rotation--so it will rotate from face-up to face-down.

That reasoning does not apply to a 10-story building, so your hypothesis has at least one false assumption.

Don't you see the picture though? It's clearly a 4-story building.

 

[itxaka]

why it´s not moving?

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

Serious answer: The reason why a slice of bread always lands on the ground face-down has to do with the average height of tables. The usual distance between the table top and the ground allows for exactly half a rotation--so it will rotate from face-up to face-down.

I know you're serious about this, but I actually read a paper by some undergraduate physics students that was aimed at demonstrating exactly that. It was actually given to me by a professor as an example of how to write competently in physics (in preparation for having to write a paper).

EDIT - Here is the paper.
http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys405/Hill/Fall05/Information/AJP/AJP00038.pdf

 

[fistfulofmetal]

My cock is so hard right now.

 

[way more]

Riddle me this, riddle me that. Why do you make such shitty threads-bat?

 

[bjork]

I didn't know the Riddler had no penis. I never noticed before I saw that image just now.

 

[NaughtyCalibur]

I have that same exact poster on my closet door.

 

[Dali]

Which came first the chicken or the egg?

Spoiler

The egg. Dinosaurs were laying eggs millions of years before chickens were around.

 

[Koomaster]

I didn't know the Riddler had no penis. I never noticed before I saw that image just now.

Why doesn't the Riddler have a penis? That is his ultimate riddle.

 

[Drewsy]

Why doesn't the Riddler have a penis? That is his ultimate riddle.

yes

 

[Keyser Soze]

Riddle!!!

If Dick's father is Tom's son what relation is Dick to Tom?

 

[Guybrush Threepwood]

Riddle!!!

If Dick's father is Tom's son what relation is Dick to Tom?

Grandson/Grandfather

Riddle!!!

If there are three identical umbrellas in a bin, each belonging to one woman, what are the chances that two of the three women will pick up their own umbrella by chance? (I stole this from Professor Layton)

 

[Penguin]

*Looks at thread*
*Looks at what it has become*

Well then, I say we combine two elements.
Something old and something Riddler. The classics from the 60s movies.

"What goes up white and comes down yellow and white?"

"How do you divide seventeen apples among sixteen people?"

What has yellow skin and writes?

What people are always in a hurry?

What does a turkey do when he flies upside down?

What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree and is very dangerous?

 

[ronito]

 

[HamPster PamPster]

You know if America would lighten up Mythbusters could test this for us. They already did toast... time for kitty toast!

 

[IronicallyTwisted]

Serious answer: The reason why a slice of bread always lands on the ground face-down has to do with the average height of tables. The usual distance between the table top and the ground allows for exactly half a rotation--so it will rotate from face-up to face-down.

That reasoning does not apply to a 10-story building, so your hypothesis has at least one false assumption.

When you butter toast you create a convex shape in one side of the toast. This means the toast should fall butter side down.

 

[pewye]

Riddle!!!

If Dick's father is Tom's son what relation is Dick to Tom?

He is Tom's dick??

 

[RiskyChris]

Riddle:

If I, a restaurant owner, sell a meal to 3 chaps for $30 total with a $5 discount, then why does 27 + 2 = 29 != 30?

 

[vas_a_morir]

When you butter toast you create a convex shape in one side of the toast. This means the toast should fall butter side down.

Well, it wouldn't cost a lot to test this theory out, y'know.

 

[ZealousD]

Riddle!

WHY AM I SO CRAZY?

 

[Dali]

Grandson/Grandfather

Riddle!!!

If there are three identical umbrellas in a bin, each belonging to one woman, what are the chances that two of the three women will pick up their own umbrella by chance? (I stole this from Professor Layton)

I haven't had prob/stats in years so I was trying to remember how to do a problem like this. I approached it as though one woman grabs an umbrella and then another rather than them both doing it at the same time (but I guess that wouldn't matter anyway). So:

1st woman: 1/3 chance she'll get her umbrella
2nd: 1/2

So I guess the answer looking at it like this would be 1/6 if I'm doing this right. I wasn't really sure, so before posting I decided to look up the answer in a Layton FAQ to see if I'm even on the right track when I discovered that some knucklehead left out a key word in some stupid trick question that anyone would have known if it were stated properly.

The riddle is supposed to read:

'...what are the chances that only only only two women will walk away with their own umbrella.'

 

[arts&crafts]

This may be the best gif ever.

 

[arts&crafts]

Riddle:

If I, a restaurant owner, sell a meal to 3 chaps for $30 total with a $5 discount, then why does 27 + 2 = 29 != 30?

you lost me

 

[RevenantKioku]

Riddle:

If I, a restaurant owner, sell a meal to 3 chaps for $30 total with a $5 discount, then why does 27 + 2 = 29 != 30?

wut.
It's "sell a meal to three folk for $30. They all pay $10. give them a $5 discount. The waitress pockets $2 and gives $1 to each of them. They each paid $9. But the waitress has $2. 3*$9 + $2 = $29. bWhaaaah?"
And the answer is because you're doing it wrong. They each paid $9. $25 is in the register, $2 is in the waitress's pocket. $25 + $2 = 3 * $9.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Riddle!!!

If there are three identical umbrellas in a bin, each belonging to one woman, what are the chances that two of the three women will pick up their own umbrella by chance? (I stole this from Professor Layton)

(1/3)(1/2) = 1/6.

(the riddle is that the only way 2 get their umbrellas is if all 3 get their umbrellas.)

 

[arts&crafts]

wut.
It's "sell a meal to three folk for $30. They all pay $10. give them a $5 discount. The waitress pockets $2 and gives $1 to each of them. They each paid $9. But the waitress has $2. 3*$9 + $2 = $29. bWhaaaah?"
And the answer is because you're doing it wrong. They each paid $9. $25 is in the register, $2 is in the waitress's pocket. $25 + $2 = 3 * $9.

That makes sense the way he asked the question did not.

 

[Phobophile]

I haven't had prob/stats in years so I was trying to remember how to do a problem like this. I approached it as though one woman grabs an umbrella and then another rather than them both doing it at the same time (but I guess that wouldn't matter anyway). So:

1st woman: 1/3 chance she'll get her umbrella
2nd: 1/2

So I guess the answer looking at it like this would be 1/6 if I'm doing this right. I wasn't really sure, so before posting I decided to look up the answer in a Layton FAQ to see if I'm even on the right track when I discovered that some knucklehead left out a key word in some stupid trick question that anyone would have known if it were stated properly.

The riddle is supposed to read:

'...what are the chances that only only only two women will walk away with their own umbrella.'

Yeah I thought it was supposed to be 1/2 until the game told me it was 0 because of bullshit wording.

 

[RoboGeorgeForeman]

Which came first the chicken or the egg?

Spoiler

The egg. Dinosaurs were laying eggs millions of years before chickens were around.

Ehhh.... chicken eggs came first though1!!1 lolololololo In fact I'm about to eat me sum fried chicken right now.

 

[Dali]

Yeah I thought it was supposed to be 1/2 until the game told me it was 0 because of bullshit wording.

If the FAQ I read was exact wording then it gave you a hint by saying only two get the umbrellas that belong to them (which is impossible unless the last women is brain dead or her umbrella was stolen). The guy that tried to ask the riddle didn't include the key word, only, so what he is asking is just a straight probability question about the likelihood of two people picking their umbrellas at random.

 

[pewye]

Riddle:

If I, a restaurant owner, sell a meal to 3 chaps for $30 total with a $5 discount, then why does 27 + 2 = 29 != 30?

not this one again :lol :lol


We had a thread about this riddle and people freaked out :lol

 

[robertsan21]

Serious answer: The reason why a slice of bread always lands on the ground face-down has to do with the average height of tables. The usual distance between the table top and the ground allows for exactly half a rotation--so it will rotate from face-up to face-down.

That reasoning does not apply to a 10-story building, so your hypothesis has at least one false assumption.

this dude is correct!

I have seen mythbusters and I have seen brainiac and they did these experiments, braniac used 2 tables on top of each other and the bread landed butterside UP! if using only one table it landed butter side DOWN!

 

[narcosis219]

My cock is so hard right now.

fistfulofmetal

:lol

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

How about this one. I've been bugging some friends with this for weeks. It's interesting to see how different of lengths of time it takes people to get it.

You're given two ropes of different lengths and a lighter and nothing else. Each rope takes EXACTLY 1 hour to burn, but it doesn't necessarily burn at a constant rate the whole way through, ie:half might burn in 5 minutes and the other half would take 55.

How do you measure an exact 15 minute interval.

Spoiler tag your answers so people don't stumble on it without thinking.

 

[Dali]

How about this one. I've been bugging some friends with this for weeks. It's interesting to see how different of lengths of time it takes people to get it.

You're given two ropes of different lengths and a lighter. Each rope takes EXACTLY 1 hour to burn, but it doesn't necessarily burn at a constant rate the whole way through, ie:half might burn in 5 minutes and the other half would take 55.

How do you measure an exact 15 minute interval.

Spoiler tag your answers so people don't stumble on it without thinking.

Spoiler

use a stopwatch

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

Spoiler

use a stopwatch

Somebody always says this. Incase you were serious, no...you can only use those things I mentioned.

 

[DevilWillcry]

This is like a ten-year old question.

And neither will hit the ground, the toast-cat will spin around eternally hovering in midair.

This is true, I had a cousin that became suicidal when his wife left him. The family had him committed shortly after he attempted to take his own life. The mental health facility actually used a toast-cat to keep him from jumping out of the window.

Spoiler

/dark and unfunny joke

 

[bjork]

This is true, I had a cousin that became suicidal when his wife left him. The family had him committed shortly after he attempted to take his own life. The mental health facility actually used a toast-cat to keep him from jumping out of the window.

Spoiler

/dark and unfunny joke

:rimshot
:tomatothrow

 

[fistfulofmetal]

How about this one. I've been bugging some friends with this for weeks. It's interesting to see how different of lengths of time it takes people to get it.

You're given two ropes of different lengths and a lighter and nothing else. Each rope takes EXACTLY 1 hour to burn, but it doesn't necessarily burn at a constant rate the whole way through, ie:half might burn in 5 minutes and the other half would take 55.

How do you measure an exact 15 minute interval.

Spoiler tag your answers so people don't stumble on it without thinking.

Spoiler

Light Rope 1 at both ends and Rope 2 at one end.

When Rope 1 is gone, light Rope 2 at the other end.

When Rope 2 is gone, it will have been 15 minutes.

 

[Mason]

You know, I just got home for the night and I'm drunk right now.... but we have DEFINITELY had this exact same thread before.

 

[kozmo7]

Riddle:

If I, a restaurant owner, sell a meal to 3 chaps for $30 total with a $5 discount, then why does 27 + 2 = 29 != 30?

Were they asslees chaps?

 

[Aladuf]

Were they asslees chaps?

Oh God, I can't unsee it now!

D:

 

[perryfarrell]

The host of a quiz show asks you, the contestant, to choose one out of three doors. Behind one of the doors is a car. You pick a random door (suppose it's the one on the right). The quiz show hosts then open an empty door out of the two remaining doors (he knows there the prize is, so he is able to pick a remaining empty door). He then offers you the option to switch to the other remaining door.

Should you switch if you're interested in increasing your chances to win the car?

 

[Ventrue]

The host of a quiz show asks you, the contestant, to choose one out of three doors. Behind one of the doors is a car. You pick a random door (suppose it's the one on the right). The quiz show hosts then open an empty door out of the two remaining doors (he knows there the prize is, so he is able to pick a remaining empty door). He then offers you the option to switch to the other remaining door.

Should you switch if you're interested in increasing your chances to win the car?

Yes because its the Monty Hall problem.