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BNC
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Four and five
« on: Jul 19th, 2003, 1:39am » |
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If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
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Re: Four and five
« Reply #1 on: Jul 19th, 2003, 3:50am » |
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How about... :: Twice a company and a company more than a crowd? Consecutive integers? Nine? The roots of the equation x2–9x+20=0? ::
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Re: Four and five
« Reply #2 on: Jul 19th, 2003, 7:06am » |
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With a little grammatical niggle: :: nine :: Though I suspect this riddle is a mis-transcription of: :: If two's company and three's a crowd, what's four and five? ::
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Re: Four and five
« Reply #3 on: Jul 19th, 2003, 11:53am » |
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If two is company and three is crowd,then four is a riot and five is a traffic jam
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on Jul 19th, 2003, 1:39am, BNC wrote: If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five? |
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Re: Four and five
« Reply #5 on: Jul 21st, 2003, 11:48pm » |
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Four's a double date and five's a crowd again.
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