The Pooh Pit

[pip]

Or theres a third sibling (or more) so they are two thirds of a set of triplets

[poohcarrot]

Well done Pip!

(No fish involved in the slightest. )

[poohcarrot]

A beautiful princess in a far away kingdom wanted to marry a peasant boy.
The king was against the marriage and suggested the decision be left to chance.
The three of them were standing in the courtyard, which was covered in numerous black and white pebbles.
The king claimed he'd picked up one white and one black pebble and put them into a bag.
The peasant boy had to remove one pebble - if it were white he could marry the princess, if it were black he'd have to leave and never see the princess again.
The peasant boy was poor, but not stupid. He noticed that the king, by sleight of hand, had put two black pebbles into the bag.

How did the peasant boy resolve his predicament without accusing the king of cheating?

[poohcarrot]

While you're thinking about the question above, If you like ipods, this is pretty cool.

http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_ ... ipods.html

[pip]

Thats an easy one. Put the hand into the bag and take a pebble . Either one will do. ''Accidentally'' drop the pebble Then simply say that if someone will look in the bag and take out the other pebble it'll prove which pebble had been removed . As it will always be black it'll prove the white one was the one picked

[poohcarrot]

OK Mr Piparooni-smartypants.

A man left home on Monday, riding a donkey, to make a pilgrimage to Canterbury. The journey took two days. He stayed two days in Canterbury. The journey home took another two days. He arrived home on Friday.

Explain.

[pip]

Thats an old one Pooh. The Donkey's name was Friday

[poohcarrot]

In a little Irish village called Kildrea there was a famous village idiot called "Pop".
When offered a choice between a shiny 1 Euro coin or a crumpled 10 Euro note, he always chose the 1 Euro coin.
Why?

[chris.ph]

the two ronnies did that sketch pooh

[poohcarrot]

the two ronnies did that sketch pooh

Did they?
All these questions are from a lateral thinking book I bought in the UK.

[poohcarrot]

This is absolutely amazing!

I've been playing it for 45 minutes with my kids.
(Don't forget to try 0000 and 10,000)

[michelanCello]

Love it! Do you know the other one, when he doesn't want to shoot the bear?

[raptornx01]

thats awesome. good ones

1969
-500
-65000000

[michelanCello]

thats awesome. good ones

1969
-500
-65000000

[poohcarrot]

:lol: Love it! Do you know the other one, when he doesn't want to shoot the bear?

Yep!



It'd be a bit of a bugger if you were a cuddly creationist playing the "year" one.
You'd never see the dinosaur or the big bang, and you'd spend all your time looking at the same two future ones (aliens and Tron), waiting for the rapture, until you disappeared into a black hole.