Because MK3Brent is teh fail, here's a real riddle

[GrimJack]

In order to pass this test, you need to be able to tell the examiner which switch controls which light. There are three lights and three switches.

The catch is that you cannot see the lights from where the switches are located. You can walk over there after setting the switches, but when you do, you cannot go back to the switches. You only get one shot at this.

So... what method do you use that will give you 100% reliability on which switch controls which light?

Just in case you care, 110v AC, regular on/off switches, incandescent 60watt bulbs, no timers, no remote controls, you cannot rewire anything, no knocking down walls or cutting holes in them, and there is a plush red easy chair next to the lights. PS: None of this makes any real difference, the answer, when you figure it out, is obvious despite all of this.

 

[MK3Brent]

The correct answer is I fucked your mom.

 

[suprahero]

Ouch Brent........that may have been a bit harsh..............:aigo:

Saved by the edit..........:biglaugh:

 

[MK3Brent]

Read the other thread! :rofl:

 

[suprahero]

I read some of it, but I must have missed that line. I'm trying to figure this out, but I think the racegas has killed my remaining brain cells.

 

[MK3Brent]

Oh... btw.

The real answer for this riddle is simple.

I'll wait till more people get a chance though.

 

[suprahero]

Do you have to do it by yourself?

 

[Supracentral]

Awfully simple logic.

Turn switch number one on, wait a minute, turn it off.

Turn switch number two on, leave it on.

Leave switch three off.

Walk over to the lights. The one that is warm is controlled by switch one, the one that is on is controlled by switch two. The bulb that is off (and cold) is controlled by switch 3.

You're going to have to come up with something harder than that.

 

[suprahero]

^That's what I was fixing to say................



Seriously though, after reading the answer posted by Mike, I remembered that I knew this. I heard it earlier this year, but I forgot it until now.

 

[Loki]

The correct answer is I fucked your mom.

 

[Poodles]

I got a good one, but it usually pisses people off...

 

[MK3Brent]

Plane, conveyor?

Go on... I've never heard that one before.

 

[GrimJack]

Awfully simple logic.

Turn switch number one on, wait a minute, turn it off.

Turn switch number two on, leave it on.

Leave switch three off.

Walk over to the lights. The one that is warm is controlled by switch one, the one that is on is controlled by switch two. The bulb that is off (and cold) is controlled by switch 3.

You're going to have to come up with something harder than that.

Correct. There's no room for leeway, there isn't 6 different answers that it could be, and nobody is going to seriously debate that this is the correct way to do it.

 

[suprahero]

Question: How long does it take a rooster sitting on a doorknob to hatch out a hardware store?



I dont know the answer, but it's a question I heard one time and never forgot.

 

[GrimJack]

Roosters don't hatch squat, so, you could wait forever. That's like the one:

If it takes a chicken and a half a day and a half to lay an egg and a half, how long will it take a monkey with one wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a banana?

 

[OneJoeZee]

wat

 

[OneJoeZee]

PS, I'd love to see what some people have to say about the plane conveyor belt question...

 

[MK3Brent]

It's never worth it....


It's actually really disappointing to read some responses from people....

 

[americanjebus]

If a polar bear can eat 3 penguins every hour. How many penguins would be left if you had 48 penguins and 4 polar bears in a square mile after 1 hour 15 minutes.

 

[OneJoeZee]

It's never worth it....


It's actually really disappointing to read some responses from people....

Exactly.