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OLAADEGBU:
Who was the last judge in Israel?

Samuel

What was the name of Jonathan's last born son?

lol

_{*Streeeetttttttcheeeessssssssssss*}

Hello everyone!

Is this supposed to task my brain or what?

I will ask YOU a question. How come they both did not die of hypothermia if they were indeed on top of a tall skyscraper?

salsera:
don't go off topic


please answer how many children did Abraham have after ishmael and Isaac

I don't know but i'd like to know

any takers?

Six. Gen 25:1,2

ghengis:
_yawns

my grandmother is a virgin and she's not hooked, u interested?

kiki:
hahahaha and she's your grandmother

Very possible. Easily explained by adoption. She never got married and adopted all her children.

sketch18:
Here are two,
>
> 1.) Ball in Hole
>
> A table tennis ball fell into a tight deep pipe. The
> pipe was only a bit wider then the ball, so you can
> not use your hand. How would you take it out, with
> no
> damage?

Use Water or any liquid denser than the ball.

> 2.) The Man in the Elevator
>
> A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every
> morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and
> leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into
> the
> elevator, and, if there is someone else in the
> elevator - or if it was raining that day - he goes
> back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to
> the
> seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs
> to
> his apartment. Can you explain why?
> (This is probably the best known and most celebrated
> of all lateral thinking logic puzzles. It is a true
> classic. Although there are many possible solutions
> which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical
> answer is truly satisfying.

Dwarf. Hand can only reach button for 7th floor without assistance. Uses umbrella to press button on rainy days.

grrr!

MAMAJAMA:
1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)
2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area
code)
3. Multiply by 80
4. Add 1
5. Multiply by 250
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
again.
8. Subtract 250
9. Divide number by 2

Do you recognize the answer?


I am too SMART

Smart indeed. You are not so much solving a mathematical problem as you are doing abracadabra "the more they look, the less they see"!
I am  in a bubble-bursting mood today, sorry.
Your trick is nothing more than the TENS, HUNDREDS and THOUSANDS rule taught in arithmetics.

Put it this way. . . if I add a few zeros to the back of any number and add another to it, the result would be the same as lining up all the digits composing the two numbers linearly, provided I add enough zeros. For example,
if I make 1 => 10000 and add two thousand, three hundred and forty-five to it, I get. . . you guessed right, 12345! What genius!

How do I make 1 = 10000? Multiply it by 10,000. To make 1 => 10000, 1 x 10,000 = 10000.

Supposing that, instead of 1, we use a number, say, the first three digits of my phone number (excluding the dialling code), which happen to be 123.

123 x 10000 = 123,0000. Right?

Hmmm. . . OK. So I add a four-digit number to it, say, the last four digits of my phone number, which just happen to be 4567.

123,0000 + 4567 = 1234567. Wow!

What happens if I do this with 1,000,000 instead of 10,000? You got it right - the same principle holds. I simply need to know how many digits are in your phone number. Unlike the original post, I can modify this to include even your local code. Simply genius, ain't I!

Your next question is probably, "how does 10,000 come into this matter"? Hold on a while, and I will show you.

Bear with me, while I go a bit technical now.

Let us represent the first three digits of my phone number by x, and the last four digits by y (it does not matter what the values are, this just helps us to ignore them).

2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area
code) = x
3. Multiply by 80 = 80x
4. Add 1 = 80x + 1
5. Multiply by 250 = 250 (80x + 1)
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number = [250(80x + 1)] + y
7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again = [250(80x + 1)] + y + y = [250(80x + 1)] + 2y. Expanding the brackets,
                   [250(80x + 1)] + 2y = [250(80x) + 250] + 2y = 250(80x) + 250 + 2y

8. Subtract 250 = [250(80x) + 250 + 2y] - 250 = 250(80x) + 2y
9. Divide number by 2 = Divide the terms on both sides of the "+" sign by 2 = 250(80x)/2 + 2y/2; Dividing through by 2,
                                    250(80x)/2 + 2y/2 = 250(40x) + y!!!

By now, you probably already see the connection. 250 x 40x + y = 10,000 x the first three digits of my phone number + the last four digits.

Therefore, the labyrithine arithmetic was simply to derive the number 10,000. LOL!    

Questions, anyone? 

marlet01:
Lay down on your bed and die like Moses after blessing all your children.

I'm sure you mean Jacob.

debosky:
@ blue

lets just say she 'fed' me by other means

@ genial

my culinary expertise is comparable to the best cordon bleu chefs - I have to pry the ladies' hands off my kitchen door each time i cook

Hmmm. . . do I sense a reamalgamation of the lost tribes?

debosky:
I made breakfast lunch and dinner for my girlfriend everyday for the 10 days she visited me. I'm soo whipped aren't I?

At least you got to display your (possibly abysmal ) culinary expertise to an (biased but) appreciative audience.

Most stupid thing:

One day, several years ago, she was ill and I prayed very earnestly that her sickness be transferred to me! I don't know if that prayer was answered, but she became better the next day and I fell sick.


Most romantic thing:

I don't know. I do them every day.  

_{(I strongly recommend that you don't believe the everyday part)}

You don't look 7 years old to me, assuming that's you in the picture. More like 37.

Gamine:
Con Man

Hmmm. . . what shall we say then?

Shall we continue in weakness that care may abound?  

cashflowpc:
And Wht does that means?

Incomplete.

Crazy thread's still running.

What's there to smile about, I ask you, yellow face?

LOL, Ika.

My thoughts:

Q1. Since it is not said that the man is naked, I am free to assume that he is wearing clothes. If this is so, then woman A is his new wife of less than 24 hours, hence her inability to tell whether or not the man is her husband. Woman B is his ex-wife/girlfriend of several years, who knows the man very well. Woman C is the village masseuse, hence her ability to tell that the man does not live in the village (I can also assume that it is a very small village!)    .


Q2. In addition to Ika's well thought-out options:

5. Another person stood in front of the man and took his bullets.
6. A big bird flew down just as the men were going to fire the bullets and carried him up, putting him down immediately the shots had been fired so he could walk away by himself.
7. There was an earthquake and all the marksmen fell into a big ditch and fired their bullets upwards, while the man was not affected.
8. All the bullets somehow missed their mark - this is to be expected as there is a degree of probability that each of the fifty men could have missed the target. 

I came across these puzzles while I was reading (and living!). These are not classical riddles with specific answers, but yield themselves to any number of correct interpretations. I would like to invite anyone with their thinking caps on to attempt them.

1. A man is sunbathing on a beach with a newspaper covering his face. Three women walking by have the following discussion:

Woman A: That looks like my husband lying over there.
Woman B: That is certainly not your husband.
Woman C: That man certainly doesn't live in this village.

What do you think is the most likely explanation of what is going on?

2. An individual faces a firing squad, and fifty expert marksmen aim their rifles (at this individual) to carry out the deed. The order is given, the shots ring out, and somehow all the bullets miss and the condemned individual walks away unscathed.

How can this remarkable  event be explained?


Happy thinking!

Er. . . who are they?

@cute_ass

"Give to Ceaser what is Ceaser's and to God what is his". Each of them is just as important as the other in my own opinion

If I rightly interpreted your statement, you seem to imply that God is not involved in a "traditional" marriage ceremony. This is not necessarily correct. If you accept that the important element of this process is to "honour your father and mother" - and this is a way of honouring them -  then God is certainly involved in the process. Certainly more than in a church wedding that is in dishonour to the parents and in direct violation of God's principles.

You are however correct that neither is more important; both stages of wedding are in fulfilment of God's requirement of respect of authority. The important element in both cases is the perceived consent, and hence honour, of the parents and/or guardians (whichever applies wherever).

The difference between the two events is the the basis of the covenant between the couple - the church wedding attempts to supply that which is missing (and replace certain unacceptable elements) in the "traditional" event. This directly leads to my answer to the question.

@Question

If I absolutely had to choose one event, I would do a modified "traditional" wedding with all the important elements of a church wedding, and without any of the unacceptable elements of a "traditional" wedding.

Razorr:
The answer is no.

As a true gunner, I have to admit that Henry is dead!

Even if he comes back, he would never be the same again!

His time has passed. But don't worry sweety, we have Adebayor to fill his shoes!

Now I know I actually went to the planet neptune yesterday. And there I was, thinking it was a dream!

LOL, indeed.

It is my opinion that the philosophy represented by Seun's last comment  is dangerous to say the least, and irresponsible in certain situations.
However, given that the idea of administering smacks is for correction and direction, I suppose that any sensible (note, sensible refers to - legal, acceptable, non-threatening, non-harmful, etc!) method that actually achieves the goal cannot be dismissed as impractical and unacceptable.

whitelexi:
Fynewaka - Interestinos

Debosky - loyalinos

And a bit more. . .

Creamish - Missino

Anything to do with MIA?

Seun - Dominatinos

So he's a Dominican monk as well?

Emenma - Recreativos

Ah, the big one! She actually plays for that club in spain, does she? I think I actually saw her score a goal once or twice. . .

Mukina2 - Entertainos

Royalisinos - to borrow from your expressions.

Thoniaslim - Desirablos

"Desirablos" keeps reminding me of "diablos". I need to clear my head.

Whitelexi - Lexiconostaticono

Pain:
Some Nigerians Run Their Mouths To Impress Foreign Media A times. I Wonder Whom They Are Trying To Impress.

I bet they're also trying to impress the local media when they say the same things to them.

I Read The BBC Article. The Guy Is A sell Out. I hope The Reporter Bought Him A Hot Meal?

Your assertions do not add up. Read artcle, therefore guy = sell out. Difficult permutations there. Care to explain?

It Neva Ceases To Amaze Me How Some of Us Try To Impress These Westerners. Good We Have Issues, But Do They Run Perfect Systems Too.?

No they do not. I am yet to see anyone assert that they do.

We Are Getting Our Acts Together And Would Emerge Soon.

Amen.

This Is Scary To Them, Much Like the Asian Tigers Scare Them With Their "Roaring" Economic Booms.

Not impossible.

What about the Failed "Blair War Project"?

 

I Wonder What BBC Intends To Achieve With Their "Instigative" Rather Than Investigative Journalism. Do They Think We'd Go To War.?

LOL.

I Thot They Were Smarter. Now I Know Better. What Do They Even Have As A Nation?

Do you really want the answer to that?

All They Do Is To Establish Colonies And Neo-Colonies And Parasite On Them. They Have An Eye For Oil. Oil Vampires.

Maybe. Depending on what perspective you see it from.

Parasitic Caucasians!!

What was that about? Is this about racism?


_{*Sis I dey vex for you o!  . Why did you run away?*}

Leadmyster:
Nice one Tayod,

I may be naive or stupid, but 200 hefty men would not make me change my vote in Lagos

it will never happen, not in my own yard.

PS: I don't like you

Now it's official. This is fiction.

@Davidylan
Address his questions if you can, bro. Not a very good idea to refer to issues on another thread here, especially since not everyone will be bothered to read up on them.

If you ask me, I do not think he wants any answers to his questions so I will not even bother to try to answer them.