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alien2
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A 12-hour candle burned continuously for one day. How is this possible?
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #2 on: May 23rd, 2016, 1:39am » |
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I am not a naked scientist but this sounds like a pretty good answer to me. It is not the intended answer though.
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dudiobugtron
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #3 on: May 31st, 2016, 6:11pm » |
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Was it incorrectly manufactured?
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #4 on: Jun 1st, 2016, 12:58am » |
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Nope.
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #5 on: Jun 12th, 2016, 9:34pm » |
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It's burning on a plane, travelling westard
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #6 on: Jun 13th, 2016, 12:49am » |
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Not bad. I had another idea in mind.
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #7 on: Jun 13th, 2016, 10:50pm » |
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So "a 12-hour candle burned continuously for one day" does not necessarily mean it burned continuously for a period of 24 hours?
How about crossing the IDL?
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alien2
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #8 on: Jun 13th, 2016, 11:07pm » |
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on Jun 13th, 2016, 10:50pm, Lupin wrote:So "a 12-hour candle burned continuously for one day" does not necessarily mean it burned continuously for a period of 24 hours?
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That's right. Pun is involved.
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #9 on: Jun 16th, 2016, 1:26am » |
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The candle is made in 12 hours?
The candle is very spicy? It burns when you eat it and it burns when ... well ... when it comes out again, for a total of 24 hours?
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #10 on: Jun 16th, 2016, 1:40am » |
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Nope.
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #11 on: Jun 23rd, 2016, 5:48pm » |
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Is the day that it burned for a day on Jupiter or Saturn? If so, then I'm not sure where it got the Oxygen to burn from! Perhaps they make oxygen masks for candles now.
Or perhaps the Day is actually Doris Day; she may well like having candles burned for her. And I'm sure if she ever dies, many more 12hr candles will be burned continuously for her as well.
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #12 on: Jun 24th, 2016, 3:54am » |
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on Jun 23rd, 2016, 5:48pm, dudiobugtron wrote:| Or perhaps the Day is actually Doris Day; she may well like having candles burned for her. And I'm sure if she ever dies, many more 12hr candles will be burned continuously for her as well. |
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You win although I was thinking of a particular day like e.g. Father's Day.
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #13 on: Jun 30th, 2016, 1:02am » |
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on Jun 16th, 2016, 1:26am, Grimbal wrote:| The candle is very spicy? It burns when you eat it and it burns when ... well ... when it comes out again, for a total of 24 hours? |
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Ouch..there's a definite clenching of my nether regions when reading this. 
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Re: Magic?
« Reply #14 on: Jul 2nd, 2016, 1:32am » |
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If you drink the melted wax of a candle it will become solid soon, I guess in in your throat or stomach. How to remove it? I don’t know. Perhaps with Mr Muscle.
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