Once upon a time... A Puzzle

TIG

This is my most unusual paragraph.  I am just curious as to how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it.  It looks so plain that you might think that it has nothing much wrong with it at all, and in truth nothing much is wrong with it, although it is still most unusual.  Study it and think long about it.  You may still not find anything odd about it, but if you think and work hard at it, in a bit you could find out what's up! You know it's probably not too difficult to work this thing out and find its trick.  Try to do it without any coaching!  Only you can find the solution...

TIG

@unknownuser said:

Jeff I think you got it. That paragraph is usually posed without the last sentence and the answer is that the most common letter in the English language "E" is not present. So I guess the answer to Tig's puzzle above is that there is only one "E".

There is only one E = correct !

TIG

What common word in English (something most of you see lots of every day) contains the following combination of letters MPP ?

What common word on English contains three consecutive letter-pairs ?

What's the longest word you can type using only the top row of the letter keys on a standard 'English' typewriter ?

jeff hammond

@tig said:

What common word in English (something most of you see lots of every day) contains the following combination of letters MPP ?

What common word on English contains three consecutive letter-pairs ?

What's the longest word you can type using only the top row of the letter keys on a standard 'English' typewriter ?

lamppost

mississippi (or do you mean all in a row - ex. mmvvaa?

is qwerty a word?

david_h

I think the answer isT-Y-P-E-W-R-I-T-E-R but I could be wrong. .. it's either that or
QUIOUTREUPOWEROOYQWELOUEREUOPUT....just a guess.

I am getting confused in all of these riddles--Did Sang get his Dollar back after he tied up his Horse?

jeff hammond

@tig said:

What common word on English contains three consecutive letter-pairs ?

i gave up on that one so i finally googled it

didn't even realize that is one word..

boofredlay

@remus said:

W L C ?

Would that be "A"?

jeff hammond

@dave r said:

How about this:

Think of a common (at least in US it's common) food in 8 letters. Remove one letter and rearrange the remaining letters to name another food. Now, remove one more letter, rearrange the remainder to name another food.

i got as far as :

ice cream
mice ear

stumped after that

david_h

mmmm . .. .mice ear. . . .. mmmm

TIG

@unknownuser said:

@tig said:

What common word in English (something most of you see lots of every day) contains the following combination of letters MPP ?

What common word on English contains three consecutive letter-pairs ?

What's the longest word you can type using only the top row of the letter keys on a standard 'English' typewriter ?

lamppost

Mississippi (or do you mean all in a row - ex. mmvvaa?

is qwerty a word?

LAMPPOST = correct
Three consecutive pairs like MMVVAA (but not those!)
Jeff Hammond had it = BOOKKEEPER
TYPEWRITER = correct [David_H]

david_h

So what do I win? That missing Dollar or what?

Dave R

It was sent to the Bookkeeper with the Typewriter under the Lamppost.

remus

Not quite boo.

Dave R

"
meatloaf
oatmeal
tamale"

Good work. How did you figure it out.

jeff hammond

@dave r said:

"
meatloaf
oatmeal
tamale"

Good work. How did you figure it out.

you gave a decent hint.. (at least in US it's common)
that had me thinking ice cream, apple pie, doughnut and meatloaf. oaf automatically makes me see oat.. just sort of happened.

here -->

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
1113213211

next line?

Dave R

That's good. Will Shortz gave this puzzle on NPR a few years ago. My wife rattled off the answer before he could finish repeating it. Made my head spin.

jeff hammond

@remus said:

W L C ?

this one has been stuck in my head all day.. i'm hoping it's part of a sequence such as the last two (numbers, days of the week) and not something like the guesses so far on it..
the closest i've come (i realize i'm forcing this one.. possibly due to frustration) is O.
window/layers/color/ok

@dave r said:

How about this:

Think of a common (at least in US it's common) food in 8 letters. Remove one letter and rearrange the remaining letters to name another food. Now, remove one more letter, rearrange the remainder to name another food.

meatloaf
oatmeal
tamale

remus

Its not a sequence, its a phrase stronlgy related to the current discussion

pilou

@unknownuser said:

next line?

1n1e1x1t1space1l1i1n1e1?

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Just close the window when you have enough

Jim

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