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PseudoPserious
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The House and the Car
« on: May 12^th, 2003, 8:50am »

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A man pushes his car past a house and smiles. Why?

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This is my personal favorite of the 'what happened?' type of puzzles. It actually makes sense and (even better) no-one dies or has a fish named Roger. Ask me questions and I will tell you no lies.

Cheers,
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Re: The House and the Car
« Reply #1 on: May 12^th, 2003, 9:46am »

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He just happy Grin

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Re: The House and the Car
« Reply #2 on: May 12^th, 2003, 10:15am »

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on May 12^th, 2003, 9:46am, Kitty wrote:

He just happy Grin

You know lots of guys who are happy doing this kind of thing? Wink

Oh, nevermind...

Is the "car" an automobile or one of the other "cars"?
Does the car still have a motor?
Is the motor kaput? If not, is it running?
Who is living in the house?
Is this some sort of workout?

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Re: The House and the Car
« Reply #3 on: May 12^th, 2003, 10:46am »

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You never know maybe i like doing that. Maybe it the only thing that make him happy. Wink

(I know it not the answer but i m just mucking about Cheesy

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Re: The House and the Car
« Reply #4 on: May 12^th, 2003, 11:58am »

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Ok i ve calmed down now. Wink

I ve a few questions of my own:

Does he know who lives in the house? Who lives there? If he knows the person, by what connections?

Does he do this every day? If he does, does he smile everytime or just this one time?

I think i agree with PseudoPserious, all the what happened do get dead depressing as everyone dies. Cry

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Re: The House and the Car
« Reply #5 on: May 12^th, 2003, 12:24pm »

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Is the house on Illinois Avenue?
...Monopoly...

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« Reply #6 on: May 12^th, 2003, 12:26pm »

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Is the house moving?

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PseudoPserious
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Re: The House and the Car
« Reply #7 on: May 12^th, 2003, 1:32pm »

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Sorry about the delay...sometimes work gets in the way of play Angry

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wowbagger:

Is the "car" an automobile or one of the other "car"?
-> Not a yes or no question (NAYONQ)

Does the car still have a motor?
-> no

Is the motor kaput?
-> no

If not, is it running?
-> no

Who is living in the house?
-> NAYONQ

Is this some sort of workout?
-> no

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Kitty:

Does he know who lives in the house?
-> yes

Who lives there?
-> NAYONQ

If he knows the person, by what connections?
-> NAYONQ

Does he do this every day?
-> no

If he does, does he smile everytime or just this one time?
-> no

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Kicksgenius:

Is the house on Illinois Avenue?
-> no
... of course

gratz ...

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maryl:

Is the house moving?
-> with regards to any reasonable frame of reference, no

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Re: The House and the Car
« Reply #8 on: May 13^th, 2003, 2:14am »

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on May 12^th, 2003, 1:32pm, PseudoPserious wrote:

wowbagger:

Is the "car" an automobile or one of the other "car"?
-> Not a yes or no question (NAYONQ)

Now that you mention it, I do remember a certain limitation to the questions...

on May 12^th, 2003, 8:50am, PseudoPserious wrote:

Ask me questions and I will tell you no lies.

...but you could have been more precise! Wink

And while I'm at it:

on May 12^th, 2003, 1:32pm, PseudoPserious wrote:

Is the "car" an automobile or one of the other "car"?
-> Not a yes or no question (NAYONQ)
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If he does, does he smile everytime or just this one time?
-> no

Where's the difference?
I don't want to start a discussion about logic (a la "ex falso quod libet" in the case of the second question I quoted), but you should be consistent.

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Re: The House and the Car
« Reply #9 on: May 13^th, 2003, 9:07am »

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on May 13^th, 2003, 2:14am, wowbagger wrote:

...but you could have been more precise!

Nah, I said I wouldn't lie...not that I'd be useful

on May 13^th, 2003, 2:14am, wowbagger wrote:

Where's the difference?

I couldn't answer the first question (yours) yes or no because I didn't know what you meant by a car/automobile/"other car" distinction. If I understood that, I could answer yes or no. As it stands, I think my only response is "Whaaa?"

I answered the second question 'no' meaning: if he did do it everyday (even though he doesn't), then it is not true that he smiles every time or just this once.

Cheers,
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