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DominionSpy · Post by **DominionSpy** » 06 Jun 2005 09:00

NufCed wrote:well done.. points goto 'gkirilov'

Can you name me a 4 letter (english) word that is spelt the same forwards... backwards... and upside down???

DEED, BOOB

herr_direktor · Post by **herr_direktor** » 06 Jun 2005 10:09

here is a quick puzzle, its source is from a cryptic crossword clue.

gegs (9,4)

GoneWacko · Post by **GoneWacko** » 06 Jun 2005 10:38

DominionSpy wrote:
NufCed wrote:well done.. points goto 'gkirilov'

Can you name me a 4 letter (english) word that is spelt the same forwards... backwards... and upside down???
DEED, BOOB

Combining the two leads me to believe the same applies for
DOOD

AndersI · Post by **AndersI** » 06 Jun 2005 10:57

Patchman wrote:It's a "magic eye" or autostereogram image.

Aha, that explains why I couldn't get past it either - I don't have stereo vision, even though both eyes work independently.

Is there a computer program for getting the 'picture' back from a stereogram? Does anybody know what's the mathematics involved?

Menno · Post by **Menno** » 06 Jun 2005 12:33

AndersI wrote:
Patchman wrote:It's a "magic eye" or autostereogram image.
Aha, that explains why I couldn't get past it either - I don't have stereo vision, even though both eyes work independently.

Is there a computer program for getting the 'picture' back from a stereogram? Does anybody know what's the mathematics involved?

none that i know of, i can, however, pass you the solution...

AndersI · Post by **AndersI** » 06 Jun 2005 18:29

Menno wrote:i can, however, pass you the solution...

Nah, that's cheating

I think it's more of a brain teaser to try to 'decompile' a stereogram, it should be doable. I'll have to search the web a little...

DominionSpy · Post by **DominionSpy** » 06 Jun 2005 22:12

GoneWacko wrote:
DominionSpy wrote:
NufCed wrote:well done.. points goto 'gkirilov'

Can you name me a 4 letter (english) word that is spelt the same forwards... backwards... and upside down???
DEED, BOOB
Combining the two leads me to believe the same applies for
DOOD

What does that mean exactly?

NufCed · Post by **NufCed** » 06 Jun 2005 23:22

sorry guys they are nor correct upside down the b and D'd would be backwards....

NufCed · Post by **NufCed** » 07 Jun 2005 02:26

"7 = D of the W" (Answer 7 = Days of the Week)

Anyway I'll start off with a few easy ones...

*7 W of the W
*6 S on the A F
*5 T on a F
*3 W on a T
*66 B of the B
*3 B M (S H T R)
*13 is U F S
*32 is the T in D F at which W F
*29 D in F in a L Y
*64 S on a C B
*13 L in a B D
*39 B of the O T
*26 L of the A
*12 S of the Z
*52 C in a P (W J)
*18 H on a G C
*90 D in a R A
*15 P in a R T
*100 C in a D
*11 P in a F (S) T
*12 M in a Y
*8 T on a O
*27 B in the N T
*365 D in a Y
*52 W in a Y
*9 L of a C
*60 M in a H
*23 P of C in the H B
*6 S in A
*6 B to an O in C
*1000 Y in a M
*15 M on a D M C

see how many you can get?!

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 07 Jun 2005 05:20

I've attached a text file with many of the solutions. (Spoiler and post-length reasons)

And here are a few more puzzles:

451 DF at which PB
54 C in a D (W the J)
300 P in a PBG
12 D of C
4 VP in the HC (from HM)
8 T in the DS
538 E in the EC
4 B in a N
9 [R] for MM, D to D

DominionSpy · Post by **DominionSpy** » 07 Jun 2005 06:13

NufCed wrote:sorry guys they are nor correct upside down the b and D'd would be backwards....

Upside down says to me that it is flipped vertically, but obviously you are meaning rotating the word through 180 degrees. In that case the word is NOON.

I've got two "related" puzzles for you:

1.
Two men were born on the same date in the same year by the same mother and the same father within minutes of each other, yet they are not twins. How can this be?

2.
Jane celebrates her birthday two days before her older twin sister Judith, how is this possible?
(Yes Jane and Judith are each other's twin).

NufCed · Post by **NufCed** » 07 Jun 2005 06:17

DominionSpy wrote:
NufCed wrote:sorry guys they are nor correct upside down the b and D'd would be backwards....
Upside down says to me that it is flipped vertically, but obviously you are meaning rotating the word through 180 degrees. In that case the word is NOON.

Noon is correct...

I've got two "related" puzzles for you:

1.
Two men were born on the same date in the same year by the same mother and the same father within minutes of each other, yet they are not twins. How can this be?

are the siamese brothers?

2.
Jane celebrates her birthday two days before her older twin sister Judith, how is this possible?
(Yes Jane and Judith are each other's twin).

jane celebrats on the wrong day???

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 07 Jun 2005 06:27

NufCed wrote:are the siamese brothers?

The term is "siamese twins". Not that I have an answer, though.

Pretty good on #2 though. The answer I wrote (before you beat me to it) was:
The operative word there is "celebrates". Nothing that requires that either Jane or Judith celebrate on the day of their birth.

A woman says "I have married seven men. None of them have died, I have never been divorced, and I have never been guilty of polygamy."
Explain.

NufCed · Post by **NufCed** » 07 Jun 2005 06:41

DaleStan wrote:
A woman says "I have married seven men. None of them have died, I have never been divorced, and I have never been guilty of polygamy."
Explain.

Is she a Celebent (Spelling?) ie performs the weddings?

DaleStan · Post by **DaleStan** » 07 Jun 2005 07:07

NufCed wrote:Celebent (Spelling?) ie performs the weddings?

Yep. (Well, the second half is right, anyway.)
Closest I can find is "celebrant", but that doesn't appear to be the word for which you are looking.

DominionSpy · Post by **DominionSpy** » 07 Jun 2005 07:34

NufCed wrote:
I've got two "related" puzzles for you:

1.
Two men were born on the same date in the same year by the same mother and the same father within minutes of each other, yet they are not twins. How can this be?
are the siamese brothers?

As DaleStan said, they would still be twins. Nice thinking though

.

NufCed wrote:
2.
Jane celebrates her birthday two days before her older twin sister Judith, how is this possible?
(Yes Jane and Judith are each other's twin).
jane celebrats on the wrong day???

Sorry, that word could be taken the wrong way. It's not that - they both celebrate on the correct day of their birth.

DaleStan wrote:
NufCed wrote:Celebent (Spelling?) ie performs the weddings?
Yep. (Well, the second half is right, anyway.)
Closest I can find is "celebrant", but that doesn't appear to be the word for which you are looking.

The clergy (name for vicars, priests etc) are often thought of as celebate (never marrying), so that could be what he's thinking.

Peteza · Post by **Peteza** » 07 Jun 2005 10:01

DominionSpy wrote: Two men were born on the same date in the same year by the same mother and the same father within minutes of each other, yet they are not twins. How can this be?

They are triplets ? (So they have another brother/sister)

d00mh4mm3r · Post by **d00mh4mm3r** » 07 Jun 2005 10:17

here is one im not shore where to put.. but does any male here (theres like 2 females) know hoe a female brain works/ thinks... i thought i had it, but then i got it wrong.
IE...you get an ans right, but they say your wrong even though they know your right, it can still make you wrong.. how does that work?

DominionSpy · Post by **DominionSpy** » 07 Jun 2005 16:22

Pete-ski wrote:
DominionSpy wrote: Two men were born on the same date in the same year by the same mother and the same father within minutes of each other, yet they are not twins. How can this be?
They are triplets ? (So they have another brother/sister)

Correct

Paranoid Android · Post by **Paranoid Android** » 07 Jun 2005 17:15

The biscuit shares an intimate relationship with the tea when dunked. Discuss.

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