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(Message started by: Grimbal on Dec 31^st, 2007, 9:16am)

Title: New Year puzzle
Post by Grimbal on Dec 31^st, 2007, 9:16am

One of me makes eight from seven.

What am I?

Title: Re: New Year puzzle
Post by towr on Jan 1^st, 2008, 7:07am

[hide] ++ [/hide]
:P

Title: Re: New Year puzzle
Post by gotit on Jan 1^st, 2008, 1:42pm

Its 00:00 hrs on 31st December, 2007. One [hide]second[/hide] makes it 2008.

Title: Re: New Year puzzle
Post by Grimbal on Jan 1^st, 2008, 2:44pm

You are on the right track.

By the way, my solution doesn't use good English. I just wanted it to sound like the other riddle.

Title: Re: New Year puzzle
Post by user on Jan 4^th, 2008, 9:26pm

Ok, if you can say that a second makes it 2008 from 2007, that also means that a day can make it 2008, then a month, etc. [hide]I am thinking of one unit, i.e. a year. But anything can be added to anything to make eight from seven, so I think it would be one portion or unit of something that is equivalent to the rest of the units that make up the previous seven.[/hide]

Title: Re: New Year puzzle
Post by Grimbal on Jan 5^th, 2008, 6:04am

Maybe "1. of me makes eight from seven " would be better English.

Title: Re: New Year puzzle
Post by Iceman on Jan 6^th, 2008, 6:14am

on 01/01/08 at 14:44:39, Grimbal wrote:

By the way, my solution doesn't use good English.

Out of curiosity, is it in German, French, Italian, or Romansh? :P

Title: Re: New Year puzzle
Post by Grimbal on Jan 6^th, 2008, 2:10pm

English is but good is not.

Title: Re: New Year puzzle
Post by Grimbal on Jan 9^th, 2008, 1:46am

OK, due to lack of interest, here is the solution.

1. of [hide]January[/hide] makes [hide]2008[/hide] from [hide]2007[/hide].