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Noke Lieu
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Holy tobacco!
« on: Mar 17th, 2004, 6:27pm » |
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A favourite of mine from Batman. In that its about the only one I remember
Predictably, it’s courtesy of The Riddler….
Two men in a rubber boat. Apart from that, the only thing they have is a full packet of cigarettes. How do they smoke?
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #1 on: Mar 18th, 2004, 7:44pm » |
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Knowing that the Riddler is fond of bad puns, I can guess a couple solutions:
1. Take out some cigarettes, making the pack a little lighter. Use the lighter to light the cigarettes.
2. Take out two cigarettes that make a match. Use the match to light the cigarettes.
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #2 on: Mar 21st, 2004, 4:17pm » |
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1. Not very well
2. Get out of the boat, walk over to the store, and buy a lighter
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #3 on: Mar 22nd, 2004, 2:17am » |
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Isn't The Riddler Eduard Nigma? E.Nigma?  Well, this is E.Nigma to me...
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Noke Lieu
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #4 on: Mar 22nd, 2004, 9:59pm » |
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SWF, bingo. The official one (from TV) was the first. You even got my "I'm clever"-answer.
Will scratch my head for some more...
KellyS, why get out of the boat? And how are they going to buy something without money? They have no reputation, nothing to trade with (except a fine rubber boat, hardly used)
There's one (not from Mr E.Nygma):
Why are there no aspirins in the jungle?
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #5 on: Mar 29th, 2004, 5:52pm » |
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Because the Parrots ate 'em all...
(KenYonRuKu groans loudly, echoing everyone else who witnessed the joke.. )
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #6 on: Mar 30th, 2004, 10:56am » |
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Why is six afraid of seven?
(this is a vell known one... just remembered it and posted it...)
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #7 on: Mar 30th, 2004, 1:04pm » |
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'cause 7-8-9, silly!
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #8 on: Jun 15th, 2004, 5:40pm » |
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Quote:| Why are there no aspirins in the jungle? Because the Parrots ate 'em all... |
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At the risk of sounding lame, can someone please explain that joke?
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Noke Lieu
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #9 on: Jun 15th, 2004, 7:26pm » |
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At the risk of sounding lame, I shall explain... 
aspirin. often usd to treat minor troubles. So too is Paracetamol. parrots-etamol. parrots eat em-ol.
Parrots eat 'em all.
What's green, sits in a bath tub and whistles?
the answer lies at this site (as do a few riddles, some here, some new....)
Have a look
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #10 on: Jun 16th, 2004, 6:54am » |
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LOL, sorry about the poor grammar in my last post. Now I know I really did sound lame. 
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Leo Broukhis
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #11 on: Jun 17th, 2004, 8:49pm » |
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on Jun 15th, 2004, 7:26pm, Noke Lieu wrote:At the risk of sounding lame, I shall explain...
aspirin. often usd to treat minor troubles. So too is Paracetamol. parrots-etamol. parrots eat em-ol.
Parrots eat 'em all.
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That is nice, but acetaminophen (this is the generic name) has many brand names, and they may differ by country.
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #12 on: Jun 18th, 2004, 5:30am » |
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Actually, paracetamol is also a generic name, not a brand. Maybe it depends on the country, which generic name is used.
see http://www.vanigroup.com/Paracetamol.htm
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #13 on: Jun 18th, 2004, 6:04am » |
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Not to be too picky, but Acetaminophen is Tylenol, not aspirin.
They commonly advertise against each other, noting that they are not the same product, have different benefits and risks, etc.
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #14 on: Jun 18th, 2004, 6:42am » |
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on Jun 18th, 2004, 6:04am, evergreena3 wrote:| Not to be too picky, but Acetaminophen is Tylenol, not aspirin. |
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I don't think anyone was suggesting it was, they were suggesting it was paracetamol, which it is (see grimbals link).. Tylenol is one of the many synonyms
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #15 on: Jun 18th, 2004, 12:48pm » |
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Towr,
According to Noke Lieu, the riddle was, "Why are there no aspirins in the jungle?"
Right?
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Leo Broukhis
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #16 on: Jun 18th, 2004, 5:43pm » |
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on Jun 18th, 2004, 5:30am, Grimbal wrote:
It might depend on the country or rather on the way an IUPAC name is converted to a trivial name. My understanding is that Paracetamol is a pre-IUPAC trivial name, and Acetaminophen is an IUPAC-derived one.
Some time in the 1970's there was a switchover in the USSR, when quite a few drugs were renamed, e.g. Pyramidone (also some kind of widely used analgesic, that's why I remember it despite being very young at the time) was renamed to Amidopyrine.
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Re: Holy tobacco!
« Reply #17 on: Jun 19th, 2004, 3:49am » |
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on Jun 18th, 2004, 12:48pm, evergreena3 wrote:| According to Noke Lieu, the riddle was, "Why are there no aspirins in the jungle?" |
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Yes, apparently paracetamol is prefered instead of aspirin. No one claims they're the same..
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