Do we have a Joke Thread goin here?
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From local (likes CAPS) publican
FIRST QUESTION:
YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT IN A RACE. YOU OVERTAKE
THE SECOND PERSON. WHAT POSITION ARE YOU IN?ANSWER : IF YOU ANSWERED THAT YOU ARE FIRST, THEN YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG! IF YOU OVERTAKE THE SECOND PERSON AND YOU TAKE HIS PLACE, YOU ARE IN SECOND PLACE! TRY TO DO BETTER NEXT TIME. NOW ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION, BUT DON'T TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU TOOK FOR THE FIRST QUESTION, OK? SECOND QUESTION: IF YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON, THEN YOU ARE....? (SCROLL DOWN) ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ANSWER: IF YOU ANSWERED THAT YOU ARE SECOND TO LAST, THEN YOU ARE..... WRONG AGAIN. TELL ME SUNSHINE, HOW CAN YOU OVERTAKE THE LAST PERSON?? YOU'RE NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS, ARE YOU? THIRD QUESTION: VERY TRICKY ARITHMETIC! NOTE: THIS MUST BE DONE IN YOUR HEAD ONLY. DO NOT USE PAPER AND PENCIL OR A CALCULATOR. TRY IT. TAKE&nb sp;1000 AND ADD 40 TO IT. NOW ADD ANOTHER 1000 NOW ADD 30. ADD ANOTHER 1000. NOW ADD 20 .. NOW ADD ANOTHER 1000. NOW ADD 10. WHAT IS THE TOTAL? SCROLL DOWN FOR THE CORRECT ANSWER..... ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ DID YOU GET 5000? THE CORRECT ANSWER IS ACTUALLY 4100... IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, CHECK IT WITH A CALCULATOR! TODAY IS DEFINITELY NOT YOUR DAY, IS IT? MAYBE YOU'LL GET THE LAST QUESTION RIGHT.... MAYBE... FOURTH QUESTION: MARY'S FATHER HAS FIVE DAUGHTERS: 1. NANA, 2. NENE, 3. NINI, 4. NONO, AND ??? 2 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIFTH DAUGHTER? ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ DID YOU ANSWER NUNU? NO! OF COURSE IT ISN'T. HER NAME IS MARY! READ THE QUESTION AGAIN! OKAY, NOW THE BONUS ROUND, I.E., A FINAL CHANCE TO REDEEM YOURSELF: A MUTE PERSON GOES INTO A SHOP AND WANTS TO BUY A TOOTHBRUSH. BY IMITATING THE ACTION OF BRUSHING HIS TEETH HE SUCCESSFULLY EXPRESSES HIMSELF TO THE SHOPKEEPER AND THE PURCHASE IS DONE. NEXT, A BLIND MAN COMES INTO THE SHOP WHO WANTS TO BUY A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES; HOW DOES HE INDICATE WHAT HE WANTS? ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ IT'S REALLY VERY SIMPLE HE OPENS HIS MOUTH AND ASKS FOR IT... DOES YOUR EMPLOYER ACTUALLY PAY YOU TO THINK?? IF SO DO NOT LET THEM SEE YOUR ANSWERS FOR THIS TEST! ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ PASS THIS ON TO FRUSTRATE THE SMART PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE! HAVE A NICE DAY, ONE AND ALL. -
That math item has got me so confused....
Is this the key phrase: "TAKE&nb sp;1000"? And what does it really mean?
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[off:2vks7agi]
means"non breakable space"and usually used in html code to insert a dummy space between two tags to make sure they are not empty (like<p> </p>to insert a "non empty still sort of empty" paragraph) or as "space holders" between (say) two buttons (although this should rather be done in CSS).Though it may have been confusing ("as if" there should have been something there but lost during coding), eventually there's no loss.
Here are some examples from the forum's source code...
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@gaieus said:
[off:vspliyy4]
means"non breakable space"and usually used in html code to insert a dummy space between two tags to make sure they are not empty (like<p> </p>to insert a "non empty still sort of empty" paragraph) or as "space holders" between (say) two buttons (although this should rather be done in CSS).Though it may have been confusing ("as if" there should have been something there but lost during coding), eventually there's no loss.
Here are some examples from the forum's source code...
[attachment=0:vspliyy4]<!-- ia0 -->nbsp.png<!-- ia0 -->[/attachment:vspliyy4][/off:vspliyy4]
Great joke Gai!I got it anyway.
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I must insist is very much on topic, both as being in the OP and in my smokescreen response...
After 15 or so attempts I was able to make the complex addition and get the 'approved' answer, without a calculator....
but I may well have added incorrectly.
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@unknownuser said:
I changed my iPod name to Titanic . It's syncing now.
I was once an IBM Research Fellow in the UK. I worked with an experimental CAD terminal - real high-resolution, a whole 1024x1204 8bpp, but this was after all in 1981 - which was developed as part of an internal company competition to produce the next IBM CAD hardware product. It was called the Titanic because everyone knew it would never cross the Atlantic...
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What are the names of the children of Einstein?
Zweistein and Dreistein...
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@gaieus said:
What are the names of the children of Einstein?
Zweistein and Dreistein...
i admit.. i don't get this joke at all
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Ole and Lena were sitting in church. During the sermon Lena passed Ole a note. It said, "I yust let a silent fart. Vhat should I do?" Ole turned the paper over and wrote, "Vell, da first ting is change da battery in yer hearing aid."
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@unknownuser said:
i admit.. i don't get this joke at all
In German language,
Ein = 1
Zwei = 2
Drei = 3(Stein = stone but that has nothing to do with the joke)
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@gaieus said:
:lol:
@unknownuser said:
i admit.. i don't get this joke at all
In German language,
Ein = 1
Zwei = 2
Drei = 3(Stein = stone but that has nothing to do with the joke)
ha! nice
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