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Post by sara on Dec 30, 2002 18:56:39 GMT -5
Only one. The others were going the other way.I remember this when I was a little kid! That's ancient! You mean the man is a wife, sack, or kitten? And it's just as likely he was going AWAY from St. Ives as to St. Ives. |
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Post by streamingblue on Dec 30, 2002 18:56:44 GMT -5
very good on all those riddles.. when i was a kid i remebered going 7x7x7x7x7x7x... and then of course i didn't know the multiplication tables so it didnt' work  |
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Post by Patjade on Dec 30, 2002 19:01:59 GMT -5
Zero. None of the sacks, wives, whatever, were going to St. Ives. Just the man Ah ah! It says "As I was going to St. Ives. And the question was "how many". |
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Post by Patjade on Dec 30, 2002 19:02:53 GMT -5
You mean the man is a wife, sack, or kitten? And it's just as likely he was going AWAY from St. Ives as to St. Ives. Reread the first and last line of the "riddle" (actually it was a song). |
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Post by sara on Dec 30, 2002 19:03:01 GMT -5
Ah ah! It says "As I was going to St. Ives. And the question was "how many". Touche. |
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Post by Patjade on Dec 30, 2002 19:07:08 GMT -5
;D Like I said, it was a grade school song, and featured on **GASP** Captain Kangaroo, which my generation grew up on. (The original, with Bob Keeshan).
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Post by streamingblue on Dec 30, 2002 19:13:26 GMT -5
A horrible precocious child called Pippy (short for Phillippa)decided one day to buy her favourite chocolate bar using her miserable small amount of pocket money for the first time (because in the past she would not have enough left over for snack, until today after school). So she went to the candy store, got the chocolate and proceeded to the cashier.
The cashier said, "Honey, you can't buy this chocolate for 2 cents! You will need a dollar and fifty cents."
Pippy said, "Miss, I think I can. I study math in school you know!"
And Pippy proceeded to tell Miss Cashier what she meant by it. To the surprise of many, the cashier accepted her 2 cents (plus a squeeze on Pippy's cheek) for the chocolate and gave her a change of 50 cents.
Hmm, what exactly did Pippy illustrate that made the ever generous cashier accept her 2 cents bid for the $1.50 chocolate candy?
(the cashier is humouring her)
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Post by Lappi on Dec 30, 2002 19:25:11 GMT -5
Errr... she had American money and went to a foreign, less rich, country?
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Post by streamingblue on Dec 30, 2002 19:26:22 GMT -5
nope. .it's a math teaser dun dun duuun
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Post by LDF on Dec 30, 2002 19:28:04 GMT -5
I know this isn't right, but I have to say it:
She has a 1-dollar coin and a 50¢ coin? o.0;
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Post by streamingblue on Dec 30, 2002 19:29:06 GMT -5
I know this isn't right, but I have to say it: She has a 1-dollar coin and a 50¢ coin? o.0; hehe she has 2 pennies and is either devilishly smart.. or kinda dumb |
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Post by Patjade on Dec 30, 2002 19:30:06 GMT -5
nope. .it's a math teaser dun dun duuun She just put in her two cents worth, and to her, her 2 cents worth was equal to 2 dollars, when in fact, it really made no cents... except 2. Typos intentional puns intended and untended. Perhaps even distended!  |
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Post by streamingblue on Dec 30, 2002 20:33:20 GMT -5
She just put in her two cents worth, and to her, her 2 cents worth was equal to 2 dollars, when in fact, it really made no cents... except 2. Typos intentional puns intended and untended. Perhaps even distended! attack of the puns.. hehee.. she gave two pennies which, by using math, were worth 2 dollars |
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Post by Killix on Dec 30, 2002 22:41:06 GMT -5
whoa...too many pages...I'm too lazy to read 'em all
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Post by Linnen Malfoy on Dec 31, 2002 2:06:48 GMT -5
*explodes from so many...many...riddles*
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