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maryl
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Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words are in an alphabetical sequence:
llama phoenix hyena alligator beaver elephant tortoise antelope
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NickH
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Re: llama,phoenix,hyena
« Reply #1 on: May 18th, 2003, 1:55pm » |
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Nice one! See hidden text below...
Move "antelope" to the beginning of the sequence.
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Re: llama,phoenix,hyena
« Reply #2 on: May 19th, 2003, 5:47am » |
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It took a while, but I finally got it (Nick's answer confirmed my own). Good riddle, maryl.
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We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started
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Re: llama,phoenix,hyena
« Reply #3 on: May 19th, 2003, 8:27am » |
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I DON'T 
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maryl
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on May 19th, 2003, 8:27am, Kitty wrote:| I DON'T |
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Kitty, look at the first letter of each word
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Kitty
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Re: llama,phoenix,hyena
« Reply #5 on: May 19th, 2003, 1:58pm » |
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OHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
I feel so stupid now. Sweet riddle.
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If the human brain was simple enough for us to understand, we would still be so stupid that we couldn't understand it.~Kant (1724-1804)
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Kozo Morimoto
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Re: llama,phoenix,hyena
« Reply #6 on: May 24th, 2003, 5:53am » |
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But doesn't the answer mentioned above involve changing the positions of all the words? You can't just change the position of 1 word, you have to at least change the position of 2 words - like if you moved the 2nd word to be the first word, you effectively change the position of the first word to be the second word.
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Leo Broukhis
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Re: llama,phoenix,hyena
« Reply #7 on: May 24th, 2003, 10:31am » |
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Consider the words written on index cards and arranged in a line; then putting the rightmost card on the left of the leftmost card involves changing position of only one card. Nobody said "relative position".
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