Friday's Fast Riddle

[L107ANGEL]

I think you should just give them the TU already

 

[brightspark]

Right I'm going out... to do something more cheerful!
Have a lovely afternoon angel...

 

[crcormier]

Also can we have the english metric translation... we don't do inches and feet over here...

Here you go... Gonna answer now?

Two grasshoppers are hanging around, and each is boasting that they are faster than the other. To settle the argument, they decide to have a race.

The larger of the grasshoppers, Craig -- can jump 84.444 centimeters at a single bound. The other grasshopper, Domenic, can jump only 50 centimeters at a shot. So Craig says, "We're going to set up a racecourse that's 24 meters long: 12 meters out and 12 meters back."

They're each at the starting point. Tara shoots the gun, and they take off.

Now, even though Craig, the bigger grasshopper, can jump 84.444 centimeters at a shot, the little grasshopper, Domenic, jumps more often. So when they get to the five-meter mark -- which is 500 centimeters -- Craig has jumped six times and Domenic has jumped 10 times, but they're dead even...neck and neck...antennae to antennae.

The question is: Which one wins the race, and why?

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

You are so like my dad... why are maths people so annoying??? JUST GIVE ME THE ANSWER - PLLLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEEE!!!!!!

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

 

[crcormier]

Tara

Brightspark

 

[the Fidge]

Here you go... Gonna answer now?

Two grasshoppers are hanging around, and each is boasting that they are faster than the other. To settle the argument, they decide to have a race.

The larger of the grasshoppers, Craig -- can jump 84.444 centimeters at a single bound. The other grasshopper, Domenic, can jump only 50 centimeters at a shot. So Craig says, "We're going to set up a racecourse that's 24 meters long: 12 meters out and 12 meters back."

They're each at the starting point. Tara shoots the gun, and they take off.

Now, even though Craig, the bigger grasshopper, can jump 84.444 centimeters at a shot, the little grasshopper, Domenic, jumps more often. So when they get to the five-meter mark -- which is 500 centimeters -- Craig has jumped six times and Domenic has jumped 10 times, but they're dead even...neck and neck...antennae to antennae.

The question is: Which one wins the race, and why?

Omg you actually went and figured this out metrically ?? You must love math!!!!!! Ok now I am surley amused now!!!!

 

[brightspark]

Omg you actually went and figured this out metrically ?? You must love math!!!!!! Ok now I am surley amused now!!!!

Yes you have made me laugh a lot too. But how do we know that Craig is only capable of jumping in big jumps... what if he does some small ones too sometimes (when he chooses.. so he doesn't overshoot the mark for example)??????

 

[alabamaalan]

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

So it isn't

 

[crcormier]

Omg you actually went and figured this out metrically ?? You must love math!!!!!! Ok now I am surley amused now!!!!

 

[brightspark]

That's wicked!!!

 

[crcormier]

So it isn't

Don't panic... but no.

 

[brightspark]

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

OK i've been outside and listened to the wind.. and it aint saying too much

 

[crcormier]

OK i've been outside and listened to the wind.. and it aint saying too much

You can hear it all the way over there?!?

I'm so embarassed.

Excuse me...

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

OK i've been outside and listened to the wind.. and it aint saying too much

Did it by any chance cry Mary???

 

[brightspark]

You can hear it all the way over there?!?

I'm so embarassed.

Excuse me...

Well I assumed that's what it was... maybe you had too many baked beans?

 

[brightspark]

Why is the wind crying for mary? What has happened to her? and, more to the point, who is she? Do I know her?

 

[crcormier]

Alan

 

[snowwite]

Hi everyone
Happy Be Nice to Angel Day

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

Well I assumed that's what it was... maybe you had too many baked beans?

Crap...please don't go there. This riddle already makes my head hurt, and now the fruit lady is going to come back with more 'facts'.

 

[the Fidge]

Ok now just stop I just put my eyeliner on and now I look more like ALice Cooper!!! Will not attempt any mascara now for a few minutes!!!

That was a good one! SO sad they call me the braiins of the family too!! This family is in big trouble!!!!