Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

There is a town where a quarter of all the people living have unlisted phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from the town's phone book, on average how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

ANSWER (Congrats TL): None. They were unlisted....ie - NOT IN THE PHONE BOOK....

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If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

[TurcoLoco]

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If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

The same way you insert the coin in the first place? No standard glass bottle has a neck opening big enough for any coin to go through.

[cauzomb]

ANSWER (Congrats TL): None. They were unlisted....ie - NOT IN THE PHONE BOOK....

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If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

besides pushing the cork in, you could get a diamond coated hole saw and cut a hole in the bottle big enough to drop the coin out :P

[TurcoLoco]

melt the freaking glass?

[Gizmokid2005]

If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?

ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl): Push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out.

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Which is faster, hot or cold?

[acoustikarl]

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Which is faster, hot or cold?

Umm, hot?

[Gizmokid2005]

Which is faster, hot or cold?

ANSWER (congrats acoustikarl, even though you didn't give the reason): Hot, because you can catch a cold

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Where is the only place that yesterday always follow today?

[acoustikarl]

ANSWER (congrats acoustikarl, even though you didn't give the reason): Hot, because you can catch a cold

Well, that's cuz it was a coin flip guess.

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Where is the only place that yesterday always follow today?

I'll tell you tomorrow (which also precedes yesterday).

[acoustikarl]

The dictionary.

BTW, was the site down for awhile? I've been unable to access it with either IE7 or Firefox 3 all morning.

[Gizmokid2005]

Where is the only place that yesterday always follow today?

ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl): A dictionary.

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What keys can't you put in a lock?