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« on: May 27th, 2003, 6:41am »
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The following test consists of 4 questions and tells whether you are qualified to be a "professional":
 
PART 1 of 4:
 
How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?  
 
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« Reply #1 on: May 27th, 2003, 6:54am »
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Hey this is my all-time favourite, although the version I heard was way more than just 4 questions. I suppose we:
open the fridge door, put the giraffe in, and then close the door
 
But shouldn't we start with an elephant?
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« Reply #2 on: May 27th, 2003, 4:14pm »
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Some folding may be necessary...
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« Reply #3 on: May 27th, 2003, 4:21pm »
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ANSWER TO PART 1:
 
Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door.
 
(This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.)

 
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PART 2 of 4: How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?  
 
 
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« Reply #4 on: May 27th, 2003, 6:59pm »
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Tell him the giraffe is throwing a party.
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« Reply #5 on: May 27th, 2003, 7:26pm »
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For this we'll have to:
open the fridge, remove the giraffe, put in elephant and close the door. how elegant!
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« Reply #6 on: May 27th, 2003, 8:00pm »
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Syntactically, there is no indication that the refrigerator mentioned in the first question is the same one as in the second. Therefore we cannot assume that a giraffe needs to be removed. Removing a nonexistent giraffe before inserting the elephant is not necessary. Just put the elephant in.  
 
This question tests your ability to hallucinate.
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« Reply #7 on: May 27th, 2003, 10:43pm »
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Syntatically, there's no indication of the size of either the fridge or the animals...so we have no idea if they're going to fit.  In all likeliness, they're not going to fit.
 
Am I "overanalyzing" and "overcomplicating"?  Maybe.  But so are you people who are assuming that this fridge has a door that needs to be opened and closed...
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« Reply #8 on: May 27th, 2003, 10:51pm »
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LOL wait till part 3 and 4 come out... Grin
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« Reply #9 on: May 29th, 2003, 10:57am »
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ANSWER TO PART 2:
 
Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe,  
 
put in the elephant and close the door.  
 
(This question tests your ability to think through previous mistakes.)

 
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PART 3 of 4:
 
The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend, except one. Which animal does not attend?
 
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« Reply #10 on: May 29th, 2003, 11:02am »
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Ah, that would be the elephant since he's still stuck in that refrigerator.
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« Reply #11 on: May 29th, 2003, 11:03am »
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Is the conference in the same puzzle universe as THE refrigerator?
In any case, is it fair to say that the Lion King does not attend the conference because he is hosting it?
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« Reply #12 on: May 29th, 2003, 12:05pm »
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The Zebra, because the Lion King ate him. Tongue
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« Reply #13 on: May 29th, 2003, 3:01pm »
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While we're nitpicking, may I point out that the supposed answer to the first one is circular?  It takes a one-step process (put the giraffe in the refridgerator), and "reduces" it to a three-step process, one of which is the original step:  Open door, put giraffe in, close door.  If we didn't know how to put the giraffe in before, how do we now?  It's the official answer which is needlessly complicating the problem.
 
For the record, my answer to both parts one and two is "With a forklift".
 
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« Reply #14 on: May 29th, 2003, 7:26pm »
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Is the conference in the same puzzle universe as THE refrigerator?

 
You bet!  Grin  
So elephant does not attend, and probably The Chosen One as well.
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« Reply #15 on: May 30th, 2003, 2:20am »
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ANSWER TO PART 3:
 
The Elephant. It is in the refrigerator.
 
This tests your memory.
 
 
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PART 4 of 4:
 
There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?  
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« Reply #16 on: May 30th, 2003, 6:29am »
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on May 30th, 2003, 2:20am, THUDandBLUNDER wrote:

PART 4 of 4:
 
There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?  

You simply swim or wade across.  All the crocodiles are at the animal conference.
Syntactically, though, the river cannot be inhabited by crocodiles if they're all at the animal conference.
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« Reply #17 on: May 30th, 2003, 12:44pm »
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ANSWER TO PART 4:
 
You swim across.
 
All the Crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
 
According to Andersen Consulting, around 90% of the professionals they tested got all questions wrong.  
But many preschoolers got several correct answers. They say that this conclusively disproves the theory  
that most professionals have the brains of a four-year-old.  
 
(I wonder if Andersen learnt quickly from THEIR mistakes.)

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