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alien
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I heard this riddle on some other forum, and it goes something like this:
Two men are sitting next to each other. One of them is holding a box, and the other one knows what is in it even though he is deaf, they have not meet before and a few holes in the box are opposite to him, so he does not know of them. How does he know what is in the box?
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alien
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Nope, no label, no nothing. Nice try though.
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Icarus
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #3 on: Dec 6th, 2005, 4:51pm » |
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Deaf he may be, but his nose is still functional. What sort of idiot carries a skunk in a box??
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #4 on: Dec 6th, 2005, 8:59pm » |
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According to the wording of the riddle, it may be a tansparent box.
Also, they (the two men) have neer met before, but it's possible the deaf guy did see the box before (maybe it belongs to him in the first place?).
The box may even contain radioactive material, which the deaf guy senses using a Geiger meter.
I'd like to think, though, that the deaf one is sitting in the box  .
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How about supercalifragilisticexpialidociouspuzzler [Towr, 2007]
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #5 on: Dec 6th, 2005, 9:10pm » |
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the guy with the box is a courier. And delivering the deaf guy's goods. And sat down while the deaf guy signs for it.
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alien
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No to everything, but Icarus is very close to the solution.
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Bethany
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He knows because he can smell whats in the box. Flowers?
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #8 on: Dec 7th, 2005, 8:11pm » |
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If he knows because he can smell the contents, then I say that my original post is the correct answer, because the problem never asks "what is in the box?". It only asks "how does he know?", and that I have answered.
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alien
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No strong odor is coming from the box, or at least not that strong so he can actually recognize it just by sniffing. Other factor is involved, but just like I said, Icarus is very close, because odor... oops, I almost gave it away. 
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #10 on: Dec 7th, 2005, 9:03pm » |
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His dog sniffed it?
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alien
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Nice try BNC, but no.
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on Dec 7th, 2005, 8:32pm, alien wrote:No strong odor is coming from the box, or at least not that strong so he can actually recognize it just by sniffing. Other factor is involved, but just like I said, Icarus is very close, because odor... oops, I almost gave it away.
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That doesnt make sense If no strong odor is coming from the box then how can odor be a very close answer? 
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badderb
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Ha ha ha The Man has a box of Tissues. And the deaf guy has a runny nose. The guy gave him a tissue from the box? Thats all I got. This one is driving me nuts.
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on Dec 8th, 2005, 9:14am, badderb wrote:| Ha ha ha The Man has a box of Tissues. And the deaf guy has a runny nose. The guy gave him a tissue from the box? |
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Not bad, but ultimately not correct, because they do not interact at all.
on Dec 8th, 2005, 9:05am, badderb wrote:
That doesnt make sense If no strong odor is coming from the box then how can odor be a very close answer? |
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That is for you to figure it out. Of course, the actual answer has nothing to do with odor, so - thimpk.
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Dimetri
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Alien, what kinda broadband connection do you have that allows you to connect to us here on Earth?
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #16 on: Dec 8th, 2005, 9:43am » |
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I see, although nobody saw it before: the dog's tail is sticking out of the box, and as it moves vividly, he knows the tail is attached to its owner.
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #17 on: Dec 8th, 2005, 9:47am » |
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Moreover, didn't you notice the box is transparent?
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on Dec 8th, 2005, 9:37am, Dimetri wrote:| Alien, what kinda broadband connection do you have that allows you to connect to us here on Earth? |
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Well, when I was visiting New York, and let me just say that I had nothing to do with destruction of Twin Towers, I stumbled on a Oprah, took her brain, and put a brain from some crazy alien back from my planet back in to her head. As you can see, she is crazy, but I use her brain frequency to communicate with you.
on Dec 8th, 2005, 9:43am, JohanC wrote:| I see, although nobody saw it before: the dog's tail is sticking out of the box, and as it moves vividly, he knows the tail is attached to its owner. |
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Nice try, but nothing is sticking out of the box.
on Dec 8th, 2005, 9:47am, JohanC wrote:| Moreover, didn't you notice the box is transparent? |
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Nope.
Icarus, of course, your answer is pretty good and could pass for the alternative one, but I must stay loyal to the girl who posted this riddle. I am not sure, but I think she was about 12 back then. 
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #19 on: Dec 8th, 2005, 10:52am » |
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So, the dog in the box moved so hefty that the deaf man could help noticing that only a dog could move the box like that?
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alien
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There is no movement either.
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Re: What is in the box?
« Reply #21 on: Dec 8th, 2005, 3:08pm » |
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The deaf man is an aficionado of wooden crates. He is obsessed with them and painstakingly commits to memory every detail about the craftsmanship of every wooden box he sees. He remembered seeing this box (red cedar, dovetail joints; it was a classy box) earlier that day during the Groundhog Day ceremony, and realized it contained Punxsutawney Phil (he was in Punxsutawney at the time).
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alien
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Not bad, but this is just an ordinary box.
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badderb
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He knows because The box is open and he can see what is in the box?
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alien
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Nope. Just holes, baby.
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