[Boboff]

330 M3

[Boboff]

390 M3

ooops!

[foot-loose]

Is that the new BMW?

[Boboff]

I think it's the number of redundancies at the Post it note factory!

[Yudster]

A man is alone on a sunbaked prairie in southern Canada when a fire breaks out and begins spreading rapidly in his direction, aided by the strong westerly wind. He has no means of transport to escape and no water to try and put the fire out. How does the man save himself from the ravages of the fire by making use of a box of matches in his pocket?

He lights a fire on the ground where he is standing, then he starts walking easterly towards the main fire. The wind will fan his fire further westwards, thus burning out the western end of the prairie. Then he can walk back and wait on a burnt area of land when the main fire appoaches.

Console, Zoot and AC123456 got it right.

See, I am rubbish at these kind of questions, so when i read it and thought the answer was obvious, I assumed I must be missing something and it was wrong. I was right though. Its so well known the term for it has become mainstream in politics and business - a scorched earth policy is a well known strategy.

Can't do the next one to save my life though. I might be able to if I drew the pool and worked it out on paper, but I can't do it in my head.

[Munki Bhoy]

A man is alone on a sunbaked prairie in southern Canada when a fire breaks out and begins spreading rapidly in his direction, aided by the strong westerly wind. He has no means of transport to escape and no water to try and put the fire out. How does the man save himself from the ravages of the fire by making use of a box of matches in his pocket?

He lights a fire on the ground where he is standing, then he starts walking easterly towards the main fire. The wind will fan his fire further westwards, thus burning out the western end of the prairie. Then he can walk back and wait on a burnt area of land when the main fire appoaches.

Right, with that revealed...

I'll shut up as I obviously didn't know the full the answer.

[MK Chris]

I've got two hopes of doing the maths one.

[Munki Bhoy]

329250 litres of water.

[foot-loose]

Console has PMd the right answer. I think he complained about it though.

[Boboff]

come on then, what is the answer.

Surely its 390 Cubic meters of water?

Top slice is 12m x 25m x 1m= 300
Bottom slice (12mx10mx1.5m)/2 = 90

Therefore 390 cubic meters?

Unless it's a joke about the man swimming?

[Zoot]

just got the answer

[Boboff]

Well done, PM me with it please.

[foot-loose]

A man goes to a swimming pool and swims 50 lengths of breastroke. The pool measures 25m (82ft) long and 12m (39ft) wide. It is 1m (3ft) deep at the shallow end then after 15m (49ft) it shelves (at an angle of 45 degrees) to a depth of 2.5m (8ft). How much water is required to fill the pool?

None. It must already be full if a man has been able to swim in it.







Tony has just bought a new car. On his way home from work on Friday evening he is so excited at the prospect of showing off his new car to his girlfriend that he isn't paying attention. He goes past a red light without stopping, bumps into somebody in front of him and turns into a "no entry" road. A police officer observes his actions but makes not attempt to caution him. Why?

[Boboff]

because he wanted to go swimming?

[foot-loose]

... Zoot just PMd me the correct answer to the previous question as well (in time). He has also threatened physical abuse if he is correct.

[Bonanzoid]

Is Tony in Italy?

[Zoot]

... Zoot just PMd me the correct answer to the previous question as well (in time). He has also threatened physical abuse if he is correct.

No, i threatened VERBAL abuse actually...
you, you, you, pants shunning, skirt wearing, haggis eating ginger headed person you...

[foot-loose]

Zoot and Console have just got the right answer to the most recent one.

[Boboff]

Cool !

I know too !

Tony bribed the Policeman as he is a Pimp, and offered him some sweet lovin, the bump was planned as he was sorting out some scum on his patch, and the traffic light was only just red, and it was wet and if he stopped it would have caused an accident.

[foot-loose]

Tony has just bought a new car. On his way home from work on Friday evening he is so excited at the prospect of showing off his new car to his girlfriend that he isn't paying attention. He goes past a red light without stopping, bumps into somebody in front of him and turns into a "no entry" road. A police officer observes his actions but makes not attempt to caution him. Why?

Tony was walking home to get his car.




Right, last one for the moment:

Small Change
Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1980 five cent bits are worth about $100?


And for the bonus point:

Jack made a bet with Jill. 'I bet you one pound that if you give me two pounds, I will give you three pounds in return'. 'Sounds good to me' said Jill. But is it?

[MK Chris]

Small Change
Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1980 five cent bits are worth about $100?

1980 is not the year, it's the number of five cent bits?

[MK Chris]

*, meant to PM that. Sorry.

[Zoot]

Right, last one for the moment:

Small Change
Although very old coins tend to be worth more than their face value, why is it that 1980 five cent bits are worth about $100?


And for the bonus point:

Jack made a bet with Jill. 'I bet you one pound that if you give me two pounds, I will give you three pounds in return'. 'Sounds good to me' said Jill. But is it?[/quote]

Small Change - there are 1980 5 cent coins, which come to $99, so yea they are worth about $100

Jank and Jill - they both end up with what they started with

[Zoot]

* - I did a Topher.....

[Sunny So Cal]

HAHAHAHAHAHA. It looks like both of you need to wake up properly. And, Zoot, Jank and Jill?