Okay, this is silly, but...

[Guest]

you walk exactly to the south in a straight line for a mile, then you walk a mile to the east, a mile walk to the north follows. You come back to right where you've started. Why?

Help of a grammar buddy appriciated!

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

You're at the north pole, Encyclopedia Brown. Christ, you couldn't have just heard this, could you?

 

[Guest]

You are in a room with four walls. All the walls have a window each. All the windows show a view to the south. You see a bear. What is the color of it's balls?

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Yeah, it's the north pole again and the bear is a polar bear and its balls are white (I'm assuming, I don't have first-hand knowledge). So now you're just pretending these are new to you, right? Okay.

And it's "its", not "it's". I hate that.

 

[tortoise]

I felt horribly cheated by the Encylopedia Brown story wherein EB "busted" the kid for icing up his mouth to desensitize it before a hot pepper eating contest. Even when I first heard the story as a wee bairn, I was outraged that he was disqualified. He should have been applauded for displaying such an ingenious approach to problem solving, not treated like a criminal.

(typos suck)

 

[alexandraaah]

Here's one I got yesterday that I hadn't seen before:



This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you
can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

This paragraph is akin to yours. I won't say why. Allow more folks to play. Just know that my paragraph is also unusual, though it's difficult to grasp how. I could go on, but it's hurting my brain. Anyway, I know draah's solution. Do you?

 

[alexandraaah]

Very nice, DCL.

Did you just get that or did you already know it?

 

[Nora]

I see what's missing from both, but my favorite Encyclopedia Brown was the one with the dog that the bad kid claimed bit the other boy because his pants were red. Oh! Or the one with the spinning eggs...

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Very nice, DCL.

Did you just get that or did you already know it?

I know everything.

Nice shoes.

 

[alexandraaah]

I know everything.

Nice shoes.

Wow, is this a rare moment of DCL flirting or do you just know that I have fabulous shoes?

 

[tortoise]

I see what's missing from both, but my favorite Encyclopedia Brown was the one with the dog that the bad kid claimed bit the other boy because his pants were red. Oh! Or the one with the spinning eggs...

YES! Dogs are color blind! See, that was a fine EB story, using science to foil a ne'erdowell. The hot pepper one just SUCKED.

(Nothing agin hot peppers, mind ye)

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Wow, is this a rare moment of DCL flirting or do you just know that I have fabulous shoes?

I know all. I see all. Except for the return of bell-bottoms. Didn't see that one coming.

 

[Guest]

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

No. Don't get it.
I got the dog's color blindness, though.

 

[Mountain Man]

Here's one I got yesterday that I hadn't seen before:



This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you
can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out.

Originally posted by DCL

This paragraph is akin to yours. I won't say why. Allow more folks to play. Just know that my paragraph is also unusual, though it's difficult to grasp how. I could go on, but it's hurting my brain. Anyway, I know draah's solution. Do you?

I believe they are unusual because the have no e's....

And I liked the one about the spinning egg....or the one about the woman who was wearing a tight skirt who played the cello...or the one about the civil war sword


Damn...liked them all

 

[Spinaroonie]

I was linked to a page full of riddles... One asked how you have sex with three women with only two condoms. (Get to three before you start worrying about it)

The solution was to wear one, have sex with the first one, then use the remaining ones both sides over the condom you're already wearing.

BUT they obviously didn't pay attention when you learn about condoms and how wearing two will make them rip.

I hate the ones that have bad answers more than the ones I can't answer.

 

[Nora]

And I liked the one about the spinning egg....or the one about the woman who was wearing a tight skirt who played the cello...or the one about the civil war sword


Damn...liked them all

Oooo! I totally forgot about the one with the cellist!

Damn my mom for giving away all my books when I went off to college!

 

[unclej]

polar bear balls are black. sheesh, i thought everyone knew that. now, where's that eskimo you want me to wrestle?

 

[phrodeau]

I was linked to a page full of riddles... One asked how you have sex with three women with only two condoms. (Get to three before you start worrying about it)

The solution was to wear one, have sex with the first one, then use the remaining ones both sides over the condom you're already wearing.

BUT they obviously didn't pay attention when you learn about condoms and how wearing two will make them rip.

I hate the ones that have bad answers more than the ones I can't answer.

Um, are we reading Chilled Vodka's threads now? Is that OK to do?

All right. Spinaroonie's solution to the condom conundrum doesn't provide protection from STD's, since they could transfer from one woman to the next. The inner condom is directly exposed to the inside of the outer condom, which would become the outside for the third use, possibly transferring an STD from Woman #1 to Woman #3.

 

[phrodeau]

you walk exactly to the south in a straight line for a mile, then you walk a mile to the east, a mile walk to the north follows. You come back to right where you've started. Why?

Help of a grammar buddy appriciated!

Grammar Buddy hands off to Spelling Buddy, who calls out "Appreciated!"

 

[Juspar Emvan]

As I read that solution, the third woman would be exposed to the guy's stds, and he'd be using a condom that already had his cum in it. Like he said, bad answer.

I'm stumped by those paragraphs though, yes, they do have e's.

 

[Sandia]

I was gonna say, they don't have the word "fuck" in them. I notice that every time.