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wu :: forums    riddles    what happened (Moderators: Eigenray, towr, ThudnBlunder, william wu, Grimbal, Icarus, SMQ)    Drivers & pedestrians « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1 2  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Drivers & pedestrians  (Read 2270 times) alien Guest Drivers & pedestrians   « on: Dec 10th, 2005, 6:27pm » Quote Modify Remove Two men are standing on the pavement near the crosswalk, waiting for the semaphore for pedestrians to turn green. There is nothing unusual about them, but they cause a car accident just by standing there. How? IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #1 on: Dec 11th, 2005, 7:45am » Quote Modify Surely there is something unusual, people don't regularly cause car accidents. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #2 on: Dec 11th, 2005, 8:03am » Quote Modify Remove That is a relative term. Anyway, they did not cause the accident on purpose. IP Logged JohanC Senior Riddler     Posts: 460 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #3 on: Dec 11th, 2005, 8:37am » Quote Modify They were standing there naked in the middle of winter ? IP Logged alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #4 on: Dec 11th, 2005, 8:58am » Quote Modify Remove That would be rather unusual, so no.   IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #5 on: Dec 11th, 2005, 11:22am » Quote Modify They caused an accident by standing there instead of remaining seated in the car.  The car is now rolling down the slope towards a crossing. IP Logged JohanC Senior Riddler     Posts: 460 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #6 on: Dec 11th, 2005, 12:29pm » Quote Modify They ate so much that just by standing there, their bodies completely blocked the view ... IP Logged ChunkTug Full Member     Gender: Posts: 166 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #7 on: Dec 11th, 2005, 8:42pm » Quote Modify John Speed and Frank Limit are walking to their beer league softball game. They're in uniform and their numbers are 6 and 5 respectively. A driver approaching the intersection from behind the two mistakes them for a "Speed Limit 65" sign and speeds up. He's now driving too fast to negotiate a turn after the intersection and runs off the road. IP Logged alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #8 on: Dec 11th, 2005, 10:02pm » Quote Modify Remove No to everything. IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #9 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 1:28am » Quote Modify on Dec 11th, 2005, 10:02pm, alien wrote: No to everything.   That doesn't leave much, does it? IP Logged JohanC Senior Riddler     Posts: 460 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #10 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 3:07am » Quote Modify on Dec 10th, 2005, 6:27pm, alien wrote: ... waiting for the semaphore for pedestrians to turn green... One could interpret this as: they are waiting for the semaphore for pedestrians AND they are waiting to turn green. So, if they really turn green, everybody gets very confused and accidents are inevitable. You ARE an alien after all ... IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #11 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 5:14am » Quote Modify Is it a remake of some western?   Two guys are facing each other at some distance, sweating in the sun, the hands trembling, ready to grab the guns, they are waiting for the signal to start shooting.  But here, the signal is not the bell of the cityhall clock, but a semaphore. IP Logged alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #12 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 6:30am » Quote Modify Remove Not even close.   IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #13 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 6:37am » Quote Modify Is it anything that would actually have a decent chance of happening in reality? IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB JohanC Senior Riddler     Posts: 460 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #14 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 7:19am » Quote Modify They are standing upon the policeman who tried to control the trafic after the power outage. (How else could it be that it is now taking more than one day for the semaphore to turn green?) IP Logged alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #15 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 8:03am » Quote Modify Remove Nope.     on Dec 12th, 2005, 6:37am, towr wrote: Is it anything that would actually have a decent chance of happening in reality? Sure. « Last Edit: Dec 12th, 2005, 8:07am by alien » IP Logged JohanC Senior Riddler     Posts: 460 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #16 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 8:11am » Quote Modify They are standing on opposite sides of the road, and are carrying a glass plate in between them? IP Logged alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #17 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 11:16am » Quote Modify Remove Not bad, but they are not on the opposite sides of the road.   IP Logged BNC Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1732 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #18 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 11:50am » Quote Modify Were they celebrities? Were they engaged in any special activities? Were they the technicians who were sent to fix the semaphore, and have actually turned all light in the crossroad green simultaneously? IP Logged How about supercalifragilisticexpialidociouspuzzler [Towr, 2007] alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #19 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 1:49pm » Quote Modify Remove on Dec 12th, 2005, 11:50am, BNC wrote: Were they celebrities? No.   on Dec 12th, 2005, 11:50am, BNC wrote: Were they engaged in any special activities? Special? Not really.       on Dec 12th, 2005, 11:50am, BNC wrote: Were they the technicians who were sent to fix the semaphore, and have actually turned all light in the crossroad green simultaneously? Nope.               IP Logged JohanC Senior Riddler     Posts: 460 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #20 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 2:24pm » Quote Modify A very courteous driver sees them waiting, and in all her politeness stops to let them cross, ignoring the trafic lights. A distracted truck driver crashes into the back of her car ... IP Logged alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #21 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 2:31pm » Quote Modify Remove Nope.   IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #22 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 2:47pm » Quote Modify They are quite good looking and a woman drives by. IP Logged alien Guest Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #23 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 3:51pm » Quote Modify Remove Nice try, but no. When I had sexy hair back then, or hair at all, I tell you, a couple of women that were driving by, stopped, got out of the car, and asked me out on a date. True story. « Last Edit: Dec 12th, 2005, 4:01pm by alien » IP Logged JiNbOtAk Uberpuzzler Hana Hana No Mi     Gender: Posts: 1187 Re: Drivers & pedestrians   « Reply #24 on: Dec 12th, 2005, 8:17pm » Quote Modify Did they get hurt ? Did the accident involve more than one vehicle, or is it just one car ? IP Logged Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 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