I Belong To Everyone

I belong to everyone. Sometimes I make you happy, sometimes I make you sad. I will never end until the day you do.

Your thoughts.

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Fred’s Packing Job

Fred was almost done packing for the day, with five packages left. Unfortunately, Fred dropped the labels and had no idea which label went to which package. What is the probability that Fred managed to correctly label exactly four of the five packages?

Zero. If Fred had correctly labeled four packages, the fifth label would belong to the fifth package and all packages would be correctly labeled. Therefore it is impossible to mislabel exactly four packages.

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Made Of Wood But Can’t Be Sawed

What is made of wood but can’t be sawed?

Sawdust. It’s still made up of wood, but a saw will be of no use.

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Peppino’s Hat

Peppino bought a new hat and Tito asked what day he bought it. Peppino replied, “If yesterday was tomorrow, today would be Tuesday.” On what day did Peppino buy his hat?

Thursday. Yesterday (from Thursday) is Wednesday, which is tomorrow with respect to Tuesday.

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Paris to Roye

Hans made a meandering journey from Paris to Roye. On the first day, he went half of the distance. On the second day, he went one third of the remaining distance. On the third day he went three quarters of the remaining distance. The next day he traveled half of the remaining distance and was left with 5 kilometers to get to Roye. How far was the entire journey?

120 kilometers.

Hans’ trip went like this:

Day 1 – 60 km (60 km remaining)
Day 2 – 20 km (40 km remaining)
Day 3 – 30 km (10 km remaining)
Day 4 – 5 km (5 km remaining)
Day 5 – 5 km (arrives in Roye)

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amid eerie nighed won spawn

What phrase do these words sound like when rearranged?

amid eerie nighed won spawn

“Won spawn amid nighed eerie” sounds like, “Once upon a midnight dreary”, from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe.

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Two Sisters Give Birth to the Other

They are two sisters. One gives birth to the other, who in turn gives birth to the first. What are the two sisters?

Night and day. When night is over, the day breaks, and when the day ends, night is born anew.

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Find the Three Mammals

The largest crowd at the flea market came looking for bargains.
I took off the peel and ate the banana.
He has no judgement, no sense altogether.

Find the three mammals in these statements.

1. Camel (CAME Looking)
2. Eland (peEL AND)
3. Seal (senSE ALtogether)

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Ten Plus Ten Equals Ten

When can ten plus ten equal ten, yet ten minus ten equal twenty?

When putting gloves on then removing them.

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Fewest Queens For Full Attack

What is the smallest number of queens required on a chess board to attack all squares?

5. To see where they need to be placed, check out the diagram on Wolfram’s Queens Problem page.

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