The Sphinx's Lair

Sphinx

00:08

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Q: 3 letter word that rhymes with its reverse

Find a non-palindromic three letter word that rhymes with its reverse (which is also a word). This is yet another puzzle from my brother

Wen1now

@Sphinx I believe that that should be an acceptable use of the rhyme tag; in fact, rather than have the rhyme tag show that the question rhymes, it should show a property of the puzzle itself (e.g knowing how rhymes work is vital to solving the puzzle)

Eric Tressler

00:22

@Wen1now goalposts :-p

Wen1now

huh?

Eric Tressler

I'm teasing you for changing your puzzle to invalidate the existing answer

Wen1now

Oh, they asked 'What is a valid English word' (implicitly) so I adjusted accordingly, but I see your point

Rubio

00:51

huh.

I pronounce "raw" and "war" entirely differently.

Wen1now

01:07

Hmm. How do you pronounce it then?

Also, how many distinct hats does puzzling have?

Sphinx

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Q: The Ultimate Riddle

I am constructed unseen and askew, slightly deceptive, the saying is true, apart from my goal, my quest can’t be viewed, but don’t both asking, for therein is the clue.

riddle logical-deduction

Doorknob

01:18

@Wen1now for me, something along the lines of [ɹ̠ʷɔ(ə)] and [wɔɚ]

Volatility

some american accents have different vowel sounds as well, "raw" is a bit more open then "war"

Doorknob

that's probably part of cot-caught, which I don't have

Sphinx

03:25

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Q: Three positive integers whose sum is 120

The sum of three positive integers is 120. Pairwise, only once (out of three possible pairs) are the numbers relatively prime (i.e. they have no common divisor greater than 1). What are the three numbers?

number-theory

lauir

06:33

Freshly serial vignettes, full of questions:

Part 1.

At the store, the (im)proprietor once again asked where my shoes were.

Understandable question, given the temperature.

Once again i answered, "at home."

This time they elaborated their surprise, to my surprise, "you don't look like you have a home."

"What do i look like??????!?"

No answer.

"A hermit crab?!? Must my home be on display to convince you?"

After reflection, their answer strode well:

"Now you just look like a hermit. See you next time."

Part 2,

Leaving the store, someone jumped me. With words but threatened worse.

I said, "this is your lucky day, i have two bucks and momentarily happen to be too tired to run and too weak to fight."

They asked, "don't you have more for me?"

I said, "take it or leave it. If we need to paint the sidewalk, you'll drop before i do."

They asked, "do I know you?"

Adrian Belew - Paint The Road

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"Paint the sidewalk" = with blood

(feeling a little badass now)

Sphinx

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Q: What does all these countries have in common?

What does all these countries have in common? Japan Costa Rica England Israel Latvia Laos Thailand Austria Botswana Libya Nigeria Scotland Trinidad and Tobago United Kingdom

pattern knowledge

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Q: Simple math problem craze

Whats up with all the recent "simple math problems"? Maybe I should make one too. Although I never was one for following trends much... Anyway, here is your puzzle, enjoy. 28 + 32 = 35 25 + 49 = 39 21 + 46 = 42 18 + 14 = X Can you find the value of X?

lateral-thinking

lauir

06:52

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

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"Sweet Home Chicago" (Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin...)

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The Who "Going Mobile" (1971)

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Sphinx

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Q: Find in Europe, someone tasting almonds

Q: Find in Europe, someone tasting almonds. Can you help me in figuring out what the answer to the question possibly could be? Unfortunately, I don't have any clues with me.

treasure-hunt

lauir

07:08

The Kinks - Sleepwalker

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Thynk i'll change mynym to @moody.

Eric Tressler

@lauir that's better than standardAndPoor

lauir

(Been there! On the floor. Still there, in metaphor.)

(They made me wear a tie.)

(All good games end in a tie.)

(I was a trader's kept programmer. Then her boyfriend found out and the doorman warned me just in time.)

(Truth be told, that was NYFE, not S&P's, but the two are umbilical.)

Eric Tressler

that's an interesting job. some of my friends do that kind of work, but not on the floor

lauir

Every time i try to sneak out midnight, my favrite neighbr jumps out to say how speculation is a round-the-clock occupation.

I try to come back with, something like, "every increment is actually a ripple that goes sideways."

LIke a carpet wrinkle.

The neighbr says, "i know exactly what you mean, without understanding an individual word."

The Carpet Crawlers - Genesis - Lyrics

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"It's the bottom of a staircase that spirals out of sight."

Language!

"In the red ocher corridor." Rhyme!

Speaking of "corridor," This is how i felt earlier when someone jumped me. Didn't necessarily show.

Corridor

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A sweet tune struggles out.

Heard of a "city stare?" Turns out i was born into one. When aimless in New York City one night with police actions on every block, some (other) crazy person came up and said, "you have fire in your eyes."

"Thank you for noticing."

"Other crazy persons mistake it for warmth."

lauir

07:59

Certain repeat:

Genesis Back in New York City

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It's a masterpiece of 7/4, metrically speaking.

(And overdubbed, but, well, . . . well well well.)

lauir

08:15

(Less than half of what tests the floorboards here doesn't show up online, on a good night. My neighbrs are as just as loud.)

(And we're treated to daily earthquakes too, but who can tell the difference? (Yes, there's a web site for that.))

ELP - Pictures At An Exhibition (full album)

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^ longey, might want to start around 11:00

or 13:30, depending on your tastes.

Or 20:45.

Sphinx

08:55

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Q: Mystery of the misprinted dice

Dan Hedfelt is a small gaming equipment manufacturer. Recently, he upgraded the machine that makes six sided dice, but the new machine started acting up, and he faced a production quality issue: the machine worked otherwise perfectly, but for about once in every ten dice, it somehow swapped eve...

riddle mystery

Gareth McCaughan

09:12

Further plug for a puzzle hunt set (on this occasion) by a bunch of my friends. The Armchair Treasure Hunt at pablosath.com opens in a little under 7 hours. A bunch of interlocking [enigmatic-puzzle]s. If you happen to be in the UK there's an actual physical Thing to find, but if not you can figure out exactly where it is and contact the organizers for a "virtual find".

The website linked above has (for now) a poster which may contain hints, and past treasure hunts and solutions (though of course each year's may differ from its predecessors in whatever ways amuse the setters). At 16:00 UTC, about 7 hours from now, the hunt itself goes live.

Sphinx

10:21

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Q: One fruit to rule them all

As I went to visit one of my friends, he asked me to follow him in his living room. In there was a table, with 6 fruits lined up on it: a peach, a banana, an apple, a tamarillo, an honeydew and a feijoa. My friend then told me: If you are able to find the name of the fruit that I hid with th...

word wordplay

Sphinx

10:40

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Q: What's this message? It should be in italian

I received a challenge, deciphering "cgo feco a atm", the result, if a sentence, should be in Italian. I've tried the ceasar cipher without success, maybe you can help? Thanks!

riddle

Skyvask

10:59

When do you use the "?" ic 4C ?

I mean, what is the right utilisation of it

lauir

11:40

The Rolling Stones - Shattered - Lyrics

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Another problem-solving vignette, in saga form, as in truly rambling.

I once was a practical idiot.

Turned out idiot savant was more like it.

Zat's how i feel about neighbrhood cats (literally, felines).

20-odd years ago one began to show up. The little genius seemed to know exactly when my work shift ended and how many locks were on the door.

I tried to fool the dear, such as showing up off schedule or unlocking one lock twice.

They never got food or water. Only attention. Not even physical. Really, all they wanted was attention.

Turns out that being followed is important to some cats.

That cat's great grandkitten is under my wing now, and gets food and water, but won't eat or drink unless i'm in attendance.

Intervening generations included another genius who also showed up on schedule but really wanted physical attention. That cat would sidle and whine, and purr, until i did the same.

Then would suddenly turn inside out and scratch and bite strips of human flesh.

And then would lick my wounds, again purring and rubbing.

Clearly a victim of some other abuse.

Another intervening generation included the smartest of them all. Right from the cradle, little "Teeny-Tiny" watched her siblings jump at anything that moved.

When the moving object was an eye drawn on cardboard at the end of a string, she

would look at her sibs, then at the cardboard, then at the string, then at the wand, then my hand, on the end of my arm, and ultimately she looked in my eyes (quite bold for a cat, it seems).

With all kinds of hubbub everywhere around, without moving anything other than her gaze, she asked, "really?"

To ramble on, this relates to someone else's kitten, this time human, whom i encountered on a random ramble.

They asked me to lift them atop a piece of masonry. (Probably told this another time another way.)

I asked back, "do your folks know you're out here asking for favors from strangers?"

They said, "haven't been caught today."

So i said, in effect, "i'm not gonna lift you somewhere you can't get down from."

And then, "but if you move that loose rock over here and make a staircase, you won't need any help."

The little rebel said, "go away!" No problem, this wasn't even on my itinerary.

A few minutes and steps later, i hear screaming: "Look, look, i did it!"

Cat People - ('Let's Dance' album version) - David Bowie

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Sphinx

12:16

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Q: Simple Math Problem 4

How much liquor did they originally have? Three alcoholic adults Takilu, Whisku and Rumu got some liquor. Takilu gave Whisku and Rumu as much liquor as they already had. Then Whisku gave Takilu and Rumu as much liquor as they already had. Finally, Rumu gave Whisku and Takilu as much liquor a...

mathematics pattern

lauir

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel - Lyrics

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lauir

12:37

Q: Why don't Yes UTubes have lyrics?

A/Q: What would be the point?

Yes - Sound Chaser

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"As in time will reach as nature relays to set the scene."

Not sure that's anywhere near English, other than spelling.

Still the only group at whose concert i cried in joy.

Sweetheart asked, "what's wrong?!?"

A: "Nothing, all of a sudden."

This was the piece:

Yes - Yours Is no disgrace live 1972 (Yessongs)

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What a bunch of show-offs!

But for an arranger (yours truly) to hear triplicated cascades in the mix (2:42 and elsewhere) can have an effect.

"Silly human race!" (Might be where Simpsons got that quote.)

Throw your vote away

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LiefdeWen

13:02

https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/58003/simple-math-problem-4
https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/53328/gambling-problem

My question (2nd one) was closed because it is essentially a math problem), but the other one is almost the exact same principal to solve. why does one get closed and one not?

asking because if I can understand where the line is drawn maybe I can post another puzzle with less risk of it getting closed

lauir

There's a sport around here to posting, and answering, before things get closed for who-knows-what reason.

Who knows why?

Apep

@Skyvask If a ? means anything, it is that a word is used in an uncommon way. e.g. "flower" used to mean 'something that flows' instead of the type of plant.

lauir

Right up there with "number"!!!!!

Apep

The first of those questions has been up for less than an hour. It took yours over 3 hours to get closed. It takes time for enough high-rep users to notice it.

LiefdeWen

High rep person answered mine and I accepted his answer before the first close vote came in

lauir

13:10

I made a meta case of one closed question, once. Still bear the scars.

Actually, more than once. But the others were others'.

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Q: Is this puzzle like a mathematics exercise?

Result: Thanks to Dan Russell’s thoughtful answer and others’ constructive comments, the puzzle statement has been reupholstered, the puzzle has been reopened, and a complete solution is imminent. Original post The rainbow mystery below was readily understood by three posters and two other co...

discussion close-reasons vote-to-close

That one was mine.

This referred another's.

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A: Revisiting the 'math question or math puzzle' policy

Having “math problem” as a close reason has caused demonstrable harm. I'd be skeptically interested to hear what measurably significant benefit it has actually brought, and I could philosophize about how a good math problem is inherently a good puzzle, but here are two fairly recent examples of m...

Don't get me started!

(In other words, please get me started.)

micsthepick

@EricTressler is it true that if each person has a different accusation that the judge can solve either case?

@lauir surely some questions don’t beling here

*long

lauir

@micsthepick , with ever-increasing disck space, why limit?

micsthepick

higher noise to signal.

Apep

While the disk space is great, the search indexing and filtering are not.

lauir

Hang on there. I'm working on the ultimate search engine. It jumps a level whenever the S/N ratio gets too low.

(Others are working on it too.)

(Perhaps you're already in the mix. Perhaps you'd like to jump in.)

micsthepick

13:28

@micsthepick or both arrangements of the two cases

lauir

Information is multilateral. Any gap defines a border in other directions.

Any border is a shoreline along which to land.

Now who's writing Yes lyrics? . . . .

Signed, @inscrutable, aka @bvious

The Centrifuge Brain Project – by Till Nowak

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"The first tests were disaster. We lost our academic standing."

Skyvask

@Apep thank's for the precision

Apep

?

Skyvask

Finger bug, sorry <_>

lauir

@Skyvask, forgot where our climbing exchange left off. Have you clambered a tree?

Some are like cliffs.

When you get to the top, you feel like you're finally atop the surface scratch.

One time up there i saw someone growing a secret garden.

Skyvask

13:47

@lauir hi :) Can't take the time to climb during the week, but I'm going to catch up this weekend for sure

lauir

They went to the trouble of meeting, and threatening, me in the parking lot afterward.

@Skyvask , it's not a job! Do it in your spare time. Please.

You just happen to be the only one, so far, here, who also seems to have no physical fear in pursuit of vision.

"Gravity is a mistake. We fight the forces that hold us down."

Skyvask

@lauir A lot of people don't trust me when i say I'm doing IT studies AND i'm practissing climbing, parkour...

lauir

Dynamic!

Eric Tressler

@micsthepick yes, but I think those aren't the only circumstances that the judge can solve

lauir

@Skyvask , "Please drive safely."

Skyvask

13:55

@lauir always :)

lauir

I'm more fraidycat of peril emotional than physical.

Skyvask

fraidycat mean affraid of ?

lauir

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In a funny (perhaps) way.

My sources taught me every word and you'll never know what'll come out next.

Skyvask

I love the moment when you are enough confident to stay up on a branch without your hand

lauir

Another friend said, "so now I'm a tree hugger!"

Give me a tree and i'll pull it to the ground, hugging each branch.

(That's how i climb, not as ascent, but as egalitarianism. Every tug brings us closer to safety.)

(After the first few scary lengths.)

(After them, there's nothing new at stake.)

Skyvask

14:07

I have a funny video for you, my friends made it some years ago, need to find it iw will send you later :)

lauir

!

Skyvask

Hu, funny is not the right word

but you will like it i hope

lauir

Funny is the next word after scary.

Be so lucky.

("Lucky" as the middle word.)

Skyvask

I made a lot of things, that most of the people will call risky, but adrenalin is powefull

Training on ground -> practise on high

lauir

Again, in other words, "climb safely!"

I feel more exposed here than on rock, or tree. Thank you, @nonymity.

Skyvask

14:19

@lauir, check it : youtube.com/watch?v=qhu1okb-Mpg&t=14s

Discalimer, i was not present, and it's an old video but our training are still the same

lauir

Parkour entre Potes | Part 11

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Those! After each round, i can't believe that was me. My friends wished it weren't.

Skyvask

check specially after 5min

lauir

Getting there.

Been there. Before security cameras.

micsthepick

@EricTressler just those possibilities alone make it inpossible for mr.X to determine the spy, regardless of knowing what A’s statement is

Gareth McCaughan

@LiefdeWen I think the answer is that you got lucky with the one that hasn't (so far) been closed. That one's also had a couple of close votes, and it might attract more. The general principle, roughly, is that if the solution consists of calculation with nothing to make you say "aha!" then the question is likely to get closed as not-really-a-puzzle.

micsthepick

14:27

are we supposed to assume that X initially knows more than we do?

Gareth McCaughan

(For clarity: by "calculation" I don't necessarily mean just arithmetic. It might be algebraic manipulation or geometrical angle-chasing or something. But the more straightforward the calculation, the more likely readers are to see the question as a textbook problem rather than a puzzle.)

lauir

@Skyvask , by the way, one good leap is more than good enough.

No need to string 'em into a melody.

Here to tell, luckily.

And here to lament another less lucky.

My secret is "whiskers."

Already mentioned that.

Whiskers get burnt. Along the way.

And i follow.

Fool that y'm.

Wish I had taken a picture of a board with the theme "scale."

I worked at night. So everyone else came in during the day and wrote on it.

It was graffitied with everything from scalars to scalers.

It had Spiderman scaling a buildingside.

It had Fahrenheit and Celsius and Kelvin.

Sid

14:46

@lauir no felsius?

lauir

hmhmhmhmhmhmhm

It had armadillo, crocodile, and alligator.

It had......:

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Aquatarkus, live at the Long Beach Arena, 8/12/1977

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Sphinx

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Q: Solve the letter values

The letters have a distinct value between 1 and 9. The totals vertically and horizontally have been given. Solve all the values. -D C A H 21 -B J F D 18 -F G H B 23 -C A J E 14 -20 18 12 26

mathematics

lauir

Keith Emerson plays (played) music like i'd like to and how i bicycle.

With barely a clue but without a dare.

And a lot of practice, by the way. Don't try this at home.

Practice makes perverts.

And spares them.

The riddle that got me on @Deusovi's good side, and vice verse:

I'm The Slime - Frank Zappa

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Eric Tressler

15:04

@micsthepick I was talking about what the judge can infer; and no, Mr. X has the same puzzle as you except also A's statement. I said I would do this myself last night, and I didn't. I'll work through it soon

lauir

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Q: Riddle from Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention

As posed by Frank Zappa and Don Pardo on “Saturday Night Live” in 1976: “I am gross and perverted I'm obsessed and deranged I have existed for years But very little has changed I'm the tool of the government And industry too For I am destined to rule And regulate you “I might be vile and...

riddle trivia poetry

Sphinx

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Q: Time passes by and I'm freezing

I am like grass and mountains so many things before the end an angled shape on the rear no dangerous knife within my gear anyone who shines is worth a lot and it unfortunately never stops. What am I?

riddle

lauir

@Sphinx , Charles Q (K)? I miss you.

Lou Reed - Sweet Jane from Rock n Roll Animal

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Whether or not, Charles "Q" (K) lent me a cassette tape for my journey back (after across) the landscape. Its intro was that.

The next feature was:

Genesis - Dance on a Volcano

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Next time i'll let someone else do the driving but let the same person select the music.

"Do you want to dance with me? Better start doing it right."

(That's just catchy, not how i actually feel. "Whatever yudo is doing it right!")

(But if you want to kick up your heels, that's another level.)

Paul McCartney - Every Night HQ + LYRICS HD

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Written by McCartney:

Lady Godiva - Peter & Gordon

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Also:

Peter and Gordon - A World Without Love - 1964

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"Please, lock me away."

. . . why's nobody else clogging these webwaves? Is the end of net neutraility just another hoax?

What're we fighting for ? (Vietnam Song)

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Nonstop protest.

Don't make me relive the 60s and 70s.

For What Its Worth /w Lyrics

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I hid up a tree when everyone else was gassed and handcuffed.

Cant find it on UTube: "Why does life got to be so hard?"

So many lost songs.

(Many near misses.)

Spanky & Our Gang - Give A Damn_Yesterday's Rain

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Händel-Minuet For The French Horn

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(Break from nonstop protest. To release each note as an uplifting gesture is music to my ears.)

Back to nonstop protest. Think Yemen nowadays.

Country Joe & The Fish "An Untitled Protest"

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"And then proceed to target B, in keeping with their plans."

"Soldier children hold their breath, and kill them as they hide."

Ugh.

That's not what the neighbrs asked for when they didn't call the cops.

Sphinx

16:25

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Q: Without my metal, I'm big in Japan

I'm a rag with power A part of me bears fruit Another part is lighter than a fly I can come in very large groups, We can be more than exponential in size What am I? * Title is also a hint

riddle

Gareth McCaughan

The puzzle hunt I've been plugging intermittently for the last little while is now open for business at pablosath.com . Take a look! Probably best attacked in a team of, say, 4-6 people.

lauir

16:44

@Gareth, i have a side-puzzle on the back burner, just waiting for you to forget how easily you solved the display item.

It involved irrationality. Still does, but fractionally this time.

Wanna spare me the trouble of dressing it up and just solve it a priori?

Eric Tressler

@lauir I wouldn't mind taking a look too

lauir

Have at it, @Eric T, it's the rational version of:

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Q: Irrationality in the balance

Sensibilly -T ™ scales were out of stock, so Gramazon filled the order with a lousy Lopside® from Irreturnable Irrationals International, Inc.73205080... How irredeemably irritating. Sigh, might as well unpack it anyway and just start weighing things. Parts • One factory-calibrated lopsided...

mathematics no-computers weighing

I laid out my rational solution as a hint before realiszing that it was a good P in itself.

Eric Tressler

Oh, no; that is a lot more involved than I was expecting. I renege for the moment (I should try to refactor this code instead)

lauir

17:00

(this code?)

This code, that code, what's the difference? I'm in thisdress.

Sphinx

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Q: Yet another simple math problem

There seems to be a trend lately for simple math problems. So here is my version. It's super simple: $23 + 62 = 94$ $41 + 22 = 36$ $10 + 20 = 21$ $50 + 17 = 22$ $67 + 96 = 172$ Problem: $99 + 99 = x$ What is the value of $x$?

mathematics lateral-thinking

Gareth McCaughan

@lauir Hmm, seems hairy enough that I'm not going to try to just write down the solution :-).

lauir

Thank you for not cheating.

Truly, dimwitted persons i meet think i'm one while i convince them they're not.

Sid

@Sphinx So sad that so many people have messed up simple addition these days. :P

lauir

^ the above was a roundabout compliment, @Gareth. You make me feel dimwitted while i'm determined otherwise.

Still, haven't met anyone duller than i.

Keep looking. Thought a 2-week kitten would be.

Wrong again.

Yet every day i learn something new. And feel like a know-it-all.

Every day.

Peter Lind Hayes ' Life Gets Teejus, Don't It' 1948 78 rpm

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"Too much bathin' will weaken you."

"That ole' mouse just keeps nibbling away. When they chew through, they'll be dismayed."

Nonstop protest!

"There's nothing in the cupboard, anyway. Life gets tedious, don't it."

What is Life (Black Uhuru)

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(Don't worry, i've been asked for decades whether i'm balancing my own or anyone else's life.)

(That's called a track record.)

(Still feeling a little badass after fending off the latest offender. Ah life.)

In English, i sound like the person you just have to beat up. In Suomi, sound like Rip Van Winkle and ready to kick ass, so i've been told. But all it takes in any language is an emerald dagger (of a look) to convince someone they're wasting their time trying to take advantage.

Again, don't try that at home, or anywhere else. It helps to be born with/into it.

Bad Reputation - Joan Jett / with lyrics

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A little lighter, again for you @Rand al'wherever:

Ian Dury - There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards

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Don' make me go rhythm stick . . .

Ian Dury - Reasons to be cheerful, part 3 (lyrics on clip)

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Best reason to be cheerful: "Anything that works!"

Second best: "Slap and tickle."

Among consenting participants!

(Truth be told, i never consent to slap.)

(Ask me about tickle, though, and then just try. One thing leads to another.)

No chimes? Here comes rhythm stick:

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick

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^ you better know that's metonymic.

Am i the only one here who pretends to speak English?

. . . that was a weird thing to type . . .

. . . I speak English better than 50%, on average . . .

. . . actually, the topic is more than interesting . . . many of us type English better than we speak it . . .

. . . what a rough common ground . . . think I'll lobby to change the official language of internet Suomalainen.

. . . in the meanwhile . . .

King Crimson: Elephant Talk (live on Fridays)

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"small talk, talk that trash"

"articulate enunciation, it's only talk"

I miss you, Karen. You would've poked holes in all those strips. Right where it tickles.

Guess that's how it works. We reach for sunlight after some rain.

Khachaturian- Ayshe`s Dance

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No interlopers? NSFSE:

Offenbach-Olympia-Nadine Koutcher

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Listen, don't watch.

She has a beautiful voice. Welcome to burlesque.

She doesn't screech the high notes.

And the ensemble know how to sing "ach." One of the most difficult syllables.

But if you happen to watch, laugh along.

^really, rewind and resound until . . .

There are some other wonderful versions, mostly featuring Nathalie Dessay.

After I'm Lesley, Karen, Nadine, and Carol, I'll be Natalie. On a good day.

Until the one searched for:

Natalie Dessay as Olympia -Les contes d'Hoffmann-

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. . . losing steam again . . . ain't there anyone less dumbstruck? . . .

. . . this is an open lectern! . . .

TURN! TURN! TURN! (Lyrics) - THE BYRDS

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Lectern, tern tern.

"A time for peace, i swear it's not too late."

Herbie Hancock - Chameleon (short version)

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Sure glad my emerald death stare doesn't show up here.

It freezes giants twice my size.

Inside secret (spoiler): Just look as if you don't care. What happens to you. Or them.

Once they realisze you don't care what happens to you, they get scared.

Works every time.

And helps to have stem cells in reserve.

Nonstop protest. With preternatural resilience.

Works every time.

Ps., don't try this is any of those ingredients are missing. Leave it to others.

"this is" = "this if"

One of these days i'll write a perfect sentence.

Again:

skeleton crew - learn to talk

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"So just complain about what you don't know."

Fred Frith - A Spit in the Ocean

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nonstop protest . . . . . . . .

ABcDexter

19:56

hey

lauir

ABcD!

Eric Tressler

hello

ABcDexter

wanna solve puzzles from World Puzzling Championship?

@lauir :P

lauir

@ABcDexter , spill (please)

ABcDexter

wait a min

lauir

20:03

. . . that was meant as "ABcDe"

And my musical muse just called as well!

She's in a snowstorm, 3 hours before schedule.

And she called me.

Surprise benefit of climate change.

Gotta be ready for anything.

Of course i said, "drive safely." She knew exactly what that meant by now.

She knows what i mean no matter what i say. It all equates to "I love you." We met 37 years ago.

Almost to the day.

Still seems like yesterday.

Her friend told her that i could be her toy.

Apep

20:26

24h-ish C4 clue: The definitions might be excessively precise. Part of this hint is not very nice.

Eric Tressler

@Apep is the "not nice" part all of it?

I spent a significant amount of time working on it, and I fear I'm not even headed in the right direction.

Sphinx

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Q: Unseen, but Hidden in Plain Sight

This riddle has a single, one word answer, with an explanation as to how you found it. You may be able to make a good, or even correct, guess from just the contents of the poem below, but if you've solved it in the way I intend, you will know without a doubt. The answer to this riddle Is hi...

riddle enigmatic-puzzle

Eric Tressler

I can't even decide if the def. is "letter" or "to the letter" or "slave to the letter", which could be "mail/post/etc.", several things that are too long, or "Slav"?, respectively.

"slave to the letter" could also be POET or something, but I wasn't able to find a way to make that work

@Doorknob any thoughts?

Apep

The "not nice" part refers to the first sentence of the 24h clue, not the C4. The first sentence can be very misleading if not taken at face value.

lauir

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

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Eric Tressler

20:39

@Apep What a cryptic clue

lauir

(Signing off, hours later than intended. Hasta la viego.)

Eric Tressler

I wonder if the "not nice" component is that "excessively precise" could be taken as reinforcement that "to the letter" is the definition, but the clarification indicates that maybe that isn't the intent.

"NICE" can mean excessively precise

thecoder16

21:04

repost because I really encourage you to listen.

Grace VanderWaal - Burned (Audio)

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Sphinx

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Q: A "simple math puzzle"

Mmmhmm, what do we have here? A puzzler looking for a math puzzle. K, it just so happens I have one here! Enjoy. 24 cows live in a barn. 7 of the bricks on the roof of the barn fall off. 3 of those bricks hit the ground. 3 of those bricks pass through the ground. 7 days later, where is the ...

enigmatic-puzzle

Gareth McCaughan

wat

thecoder16

It's like satire, a joke, and just being dumb lol idk

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