I can’t go right,
I’m forever stuck going only up and down.
What am I?
An elevator.
Lennie was cleaning up some old papers in his office and found a list with the following names:
Washington
The last name on the list was mostly worn away and he couldn’t make it out. What was the last name and why?
Franklin. It’s a list of the men on U.S. currency, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20 and $50. The $100 bill has Franklin. And an interesting tidbit is that Hamilton, along with Franklin, are the only two men in the list who did not serve as president.
Franklin. It’s a list of the men on U.S. currency, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20 and $50. The $100 bill has Franklin. And an interesting tidbit is that Hamilton, along with Franklin, are the only two men in the list who did not serve as president.
One evening a man is walking home from work and an insect flies into his ear. He tries to pry it out but it doesn’t work. Shaking his head isn’t successful either. Finally he managed to get it out. How did he do it?
As soon as he got home, he shined a flashlight close to his ear and the insect, attracted by the light, flew toward it.
As soon as he got home, he shined a flashlight close to his ear and the insect, attracted by the light, flew toward it.
Shorter than my four siblings,
A Thumb.
By Sef Daystrom
The more there is the less you see. What is it?
Darkness. There more darkness there is, the less you can see.
Darkness. There more darkness there is, the less you can see.
The Barber of Seville shaves all men living in Seville.
Who shaves the Barber of Seville?
Nobody. The Barber of Seville is a woman. Female barbers are rare, but they exist .
And for more fun with barbers, check out the Barber paradox .
Nobody. The Barber of Seville is a woman. Female barbers are rare, but they exist .
And for more fun with barbers, check out the Barber paradox .
What does this represent?
| R | E | A | D | I | N | G |
Reading between the lines
Reading between the lines
What has roots that nobody sees,
A mountain (from Tolkien)
A mountain (from Tolkien)
If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance that you will be correct?
a) 25%
This is becomes a self-referential paradox. Both A and D would be correct if there were four unique answers, but since A and D are the same answer, the chance that you would choose a correct answer is 50%, which makes B correct. But if there’s only one correct answer, the odds of choosing the correct one at random goes back to 25%. And around and round you go.
There’s a lot of discussion at Richard Wiseman’s blog and more at Lifehacker , where I first saw this.
This is becomes a self-referential paradox. Both A and D would be correct if there were four unique answers, but since A and D are the same answer, the chance that you would choose a correct answer is 50%, which makes B correct. But if there’s only one correct answer, the odds of choosing the correct one at random goes back to 25%. And around and round you go.
There’s a lot of discussion at Richard Wiseman’s blog and more at Lifehacker , where I first saw this.
What falls but never breaks and breaks but never falls?
Night and day.
