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(Message started by: Radiohead_man on Dec 3^rd, 2004, 8:17am)

Title: A man has an office
Post by Radiohead_man on Dec 3^rd, 2004, 8:17am

A man has an office north of his home and a factory south of his home. Every day he goes to the train platform at completely random, different times. There is a train going north, stopping on one side of the platform, every ten minutes. There is a train going south, stopping on the other side of the same platform, every ten minutes. He always takes the first train that comes along after his arrival on the platform. Nine days out of ten he goes to his office. Why?

Title: Re: A man has an office
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Dec 3^rd, 2004, 8:38am

:[hide]Because the train he catches to the office arrives on average 9 minutes after the train going to the factory.[/hide]

Got any Easy ones?

Title: Re: A man has an office
Post by Matchstick Chick on Jan 5^th, 2005, 9:34pm

...is it because the train for his office arrives at the side of the platform he usually comes in from?

Title: Re: A man has an office
Post by BNC on Jan 5^th, 2005, 10:27pm

It's a dup... the 1st version here includes two girlfriends (or was it a wifw and a girlfriend?)

Title: Re: A man has an office
Post by Ruby on Jan 10^th, 2005, 7:10pm

URLcan you email me the answer? i dont wnat to die of curiosity.

Title: Re: A man has an office
Post by rmsgrey on Jan 10^th, 2005, 8:16pm

on 01/10/05 at 19:10:41, Ruby wrote:

can you email me the answer? i dont wnat to die of curiosity.

If you highlight the first response to this thread, THUDandBLUNDER has already posted the key point (using hide tags, so it only shows up when highlighted, or when replying)