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DnetMHZ

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Originally posted by: Goth
Here's another one:

A totally black dog was wandering down a street during a total blackout affecting the entire town. No streetlights had been on for hours. Just as the dog was crossing the middle line of the road, a car with two broken headlights quickly nears the dog, but it is able to swerve out of the way just in time.

How could the driver have possibly seen the dog in order to swerve in time?

It was daytime
 

Goth

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Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Originally posted by: Goth
Here's another one:

A totally black dog was wandering down a street during a total blackout affecting the entire town. No streetlights had been on for hours. Just as the dog was crossing the middle line of the road, a car with two broken headlights quickly nears the dog, but it is able to swerve out of the way just in time.

How could the driver have possibly seen the dog in order to swerve in time?

It was daytime


Yep, probably too many references to imply nighttime in that one. Some overlook the obvious, but you didn't. Good job!
 

DnetMHZ

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Here is an easy(common) one...

It's more powerful than God.
It's more evil than the devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it, you'll die.
What is it?
 

Spooner

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anotha:

All about, but cannot be seen,
Can be captured, cannot be held,
No throat, but can be heard.
 

Spooner

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Yep.....

If you break me
I do not stop working,
If you touch me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter.
 

MegaloManiaK

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Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Here is an easy(common) one...

It's more powerful than God.
It's more evil than the devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it, you'll die.
What is it?

Nothing.
 

DnetMHZ

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Originally posted by: MegaloManiaK
Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Here is an easy(common) one...

It's more powerful than God.
It's more evil than the devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
If you eat it, you'll die.
What is it?

Nothing.

got it!
 

Goth

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Another one:

There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?
 

MegaloManiaK

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Originally posted by: Goth
Another one:

There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?

The two people weren't on the airplane?
 

DnetMHZ

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Originally posted by: Goth
Another one:

There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?

They were married
 

DnetMHZ

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The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?

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"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gadsby, walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's

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What is unusual about the paragraph above ?
 

MegaloManiaK

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Originally posted by: dnetmhz
The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?

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"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gadsby, walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's

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What is unusual about the paragraph above ?

Surely some english people here familiar with this one

I wont answer since ive heard the riddle before.
 

Goth

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One more (an easy one):

A man and his son were in an automobile accident. The man died on the way to the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The emergency room surgeon said "I can't operate, that's my son!" How is this possible?
 

DnetMHZ

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Originally posted by: Goth
One more (an easy one):

A man and his son were in an automobile accident. The man died on the way to the hospital, but the boy was rushed into surgery. The emergency room surgeon said "I can't operate, that's my son!" How is this possible?

The mother is the doctor
 

Spooner

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My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick
Fat, I am slow
Wind is my foe.
 

DnetMHZ

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Originally posted by: Spooner
the paragraph above never uses the letter "E"

Which being the most commonly used letter in the English language, makes the paragraph unusual.

you got it
 

DnetMHZ

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A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him. Yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible ?
 
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