An annoying question by a rather decent GTP forum user

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Hollowxeyes
Yea.. I mean who needs brains when you have an axe :D


I've got another one and I still haven't figured this one out yet myself.

A King decides to let a prisoner try to escape prison with his life. The King placed 2 marbles in a jar that was glued to a table. One of the marbles was supposed to be black, and one was supposed to be blue. If the prisoner could pick the blue marble, he would escape the prison with his life. If he picked the black marble, he would be executed. However, the King was very mean, and he wickedly placed 2 black marbles in the jars and no blue marbles. The prisoner witnessed the king only putting 2 black marbles in the jars. If the jar was not see-through and the jar was glued to the table and that the prisoner was mute so he could not say anything, how did he escape with his life?
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he couldnt fit his hand in the jar
 
SlipZtrEm
Eh, I've got one, though it's fairly easy.

Andreas, Venari, and Famine rent a hotel for the evening near Gamescom. They pay $30 dollars, ten each. After heading up to their room, the hotel owner realizes he overcharged, and the room is infact only $25 for the night. He sends a bellhop up to their room with $5 for a refund. Realizing he can't split that evenly, he tells each GTP member they were overcharged, gives them each a dollar back, and just keeping the $2 for himself.

This means each member paid $9 for the room for the night, and the bellhop also has $2.

(9 x 3) + 2 = 29.

So where did the other dollar go?
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Famine just banned the hotel worker. End of story. :lol:
 
SlipZtrEm
Eh, I've got one, though it's fairly easy.

Andreas, Venari, and Famine rent a hotel for the evening near Gamescom. They pay $30 dollars, ten each. After heading up to their room, the hotel owner realizes he overcharged, and the room is infact only $25 for the night. He sends a bellhop up to their room with $5 for a refund. Realizing he can't split that evenly, he tells each GTP member they were overcharged, gives them each a dollar back, and just keeping the $2 for himself.

This means each member paid $9 for the room for the night, and the bellhop also has $2.

(9 x 3) + 2 = 29.

So where did the other dollar go?
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A fine question, with one minor flaw.

You don't get bellhops in Europe.

You don't pay for hotel rooms in Germany using dollars.

And you don't tend to get many hotels that would only charge you 30 anything for a night.

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Anyway, who is the "decent" forum user?
 
SlipZtrEm
Curses. You know, it goes a lot longer when you tell it to a large group of drunk friends...
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Unfortunately, you asked the question on a weekday. Saturday night I would guarantee it would take till Monday or Famine for it to be answered. Of course, Famine would deny the whole thing, Venari would produce the photographic evidence, and Milford would demand to know why she didn't know this was happening.
 
niky
Of course, Famine would deny the whole thing, Venari would produce the photographic evidence, and Milford would demand to know why she didn't know this was happening.
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:lol:
 
Hollowxeyes
Yea.. I mean who needs brains when you have an axe :D


I've got another one and I still haven't figured this one out yet myself.

A King decides to let a prisoner try to escape prison with his life. The King placed 2 marbles in a jar that was glued to a table. One of the marbles was supposed to be black, and one was supposed to be blue. If the prisoner could pick the blue marble, he would escape the prison with his life. If he picked the black marble, he would be executed. However, the King was very mean, and he wickedly placed 2 black marbles in the jars and no blue marbles. The prisoner witnessed the king only putting 2 black marbles in the jars. If the jar was not see-through and the jar was glued to the table and that the prisoner was mute so he could not say anything, how did he escape with his life?
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I heard a different variation of that. Something to do with a black and a white pebble, on a driveway full of black and white pebbles. The solution was to drop the first one (And it would be lost amongst the other pebbles) and the one left in the bag would be the opposite to the one chosen.

However, you didn't mention any blue or black marbles on the floor... That's my solution out the window.

You also mentioned he could not speak. Hmm...

EDIT: So the black marble is a negative... I've got it!

He could take both the black marbles out. That way he has a double negative, so it becomes a positive (i.e. Blue) so the king let's him live? :)

astrosdude91
Easy. The prisoner takes one marble out of the jar, hides it in his hand, and swallows it. He then takes the other marble and shows everyone that the marble is black, which leads everyone to think that the marble he swallowed was the blue one. So since it's believed that he picked the blue one first, he gets out of jail!
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Unfortunately it got stuck in his throat as the marble was too large, and choked to death. This was the King's intention all along :D
 
astrosdude91
Easy. The prisoner takes one marble out of the jar, hides it in his hand, and swallows it. He then takes the other marble and shows everyone that the marble is black, which leads everyone to think that the marble he swallowed was the blue one. So since it's believed that he picked the blue one first, he gets out of jail!
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This is the answer 👍


How about this..

The one who makes it sells it.
The one who buys it doesn't use it.
The one who's using it doesn't know he's using it.
What is it
 
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