Medziotojas Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Post the answer, then post a new riddle/brainteaser/puzzle, etc. What is the only word in the English language that contains four consecutive vowels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HacksawDuggan Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Do you mean 'queueing', which has 5? Loads of words have 4 consecutive vowels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 sorry, make that five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob saccamano Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Unfortunately Hacksaw your spelling is wrong. It is actually spelt 'queuing' which therefore does only have 4 consecutive vowels. Sorry for being an ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 ^^ Actually my trusty Oxford English Dictionary says it can be spelt both ways.. queuing or queueing And I wonder why have problems with spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Queueing can indeed be spelled with or without the second "e". So, three men go into a second hand shop to buy a TV set. They see one for £30 and decide to buy it. They each pay £10 to the assistant, but just as they are leaving the assistant realises he has overcharged them, and that the TV should only be £25. As £5 isn't divisible by three, he decides to give them £1 each and keep the other £2 for himself. So each of the men paid £10, and got £1 back therefore we can say each of the men paid £9. Ok, here we go. Three times nine equals £27. The shop keeper pocketed £2 which gives a total of £29. What happened to the other £1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally jumblat Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 There is no missing £1. Each man originally paid £10, but each then got £1 back. They therfore only paid £9 each. In total they paid 3 x £9 = £27. The £2 that the shopkeeper kept came out of this £27. (i.e. from the £27, the shop got £25 and the shopkeeper got £2). Where is the other £3 that makes up the £30? Each of the three man has £1 change each, making £3 in total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Man holds up a photo, he points to the guy in the photo and says;"Brothers and sisters I have none, but this mans father is my fathers son." Who's in the photo ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 This is my son! Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form "__, __, and __". Example:Clue = "Cook, Wine, Drinker"Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker" 1. Won, Dune, Cars2. Wed, Night, Two3. Shove, Goner, Betray4. Wraith, Soap, Clarity5. Steak, Cattle, Sole6. Find, Field, Shivered7. Blast, Pheasant, Suture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 @Med:1. Sun, Moon and Stars2. Red, White and Blue3. Love, Honour and Obey4. Faith, Hope and Charity5. Shake, Rattle and Roll6. Signed, Sealed and Delivered7. Past, Present and Future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Man holds up a photo, he points to the guy in the photo and says;"Brothers and sisters I have none, but this mans father is my fathers son." Who's in the photo ? Its a photo of himself.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 My father's son would be me. This man's father would be me. Therefore, this man must be my son. Spot on with the other one Fjool. Der's a wee wee hoose,an' it's fu fu o' maet,bit ders nidder door or window,tae let you in tae aet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 No No No! The photo is of Abraham Lincoln, the man is completely insane. Der's a wee wee hoose, an' it's fu fu o' maet, bit ders nidder door or window, tae let you in tae aet? Is it a crypt? some oh dem can be a sausage tae open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 How can you have the word AND five times consecutively in a sentence and it still make sense? Might have done this before here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Sure enough I had: - I used to run a pub on top of a windswept hill. The pub was called the Cat and Fiddle. The pub sign swung in the wind and rain all year round and looked the worse for wear so I asked the signwriter to come and repaint it. He could only get to it at a time that I was unable to be there but he was known for his skill so I felt happy to leave him. When I got back from town he had done the job and left. I looked up at the sign and was horrified by the job that he had done so I rang him up and said the following: - The spaces between Cat and AND and AND and Fiddle are far too big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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