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alien2
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A robust man threw an intact porcelain vase with his whole might, but the vase did not break when it touched hard surface, which blocked its way. What happened?? 
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Re: Ming
« Reply #1 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 10:03am » |
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His whole might wasn't actually that much since he was suffering from a rare muscle disease
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Re: Ming
« Reply #2 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 10:06am » |
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No. He is in topnotch health.
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Re: Ming
« Reply #3 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 10:28am » |
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on Dec 27th, 2006, 10:06am, Iceman wrote:| No. He is in topnotch health. |
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And I suppose he's also not terribly sleepy and thusly drained of strength?
Another guess, bubblewrap?
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Re: Ming
« Reply #4 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 12:36pm » |
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...The vase was also encased inside a well protected (padded) case.
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Re: Ming
« Reply #5 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 12:51pm » |
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on Dec 27th, 2006, 10:28am, towr wrote:
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No. He had a good night sleep.
on Dec 27th, 2006, 12:36pm, raven wrote:...The vase was also encased inside a well protected (padded) case.
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No protection. No bubble wrap either.
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Re: Ming
« Reply #6 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 1:22pm » |
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The hard surface is a net and the vase got bounced back ?
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Re: Ming
« Reply #7 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 1:47pm » |
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He threw it at the ceiling while standing on matrasses. When the vase hit the ceiling (the hard surface) it had slowed to a crawl due to gravity. And when it return to the ground, it fell on the matresses.
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Re: Ming
« Reply #8 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 1:54pm » |
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on Dec 27th, 2006, 1:47pm, towr wrote:| He threw it at the ceiling while standing on matrasses. When the vase hit the ceiling (the hard surface) it had slowed to a crawl due to gravity. And when it return to the ground, it fell on the matresses. |
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Yes, but whether the vase broke afterwards is not important for this riddle. Maybe we will find about it in the 3rd sequel. 
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Re: Ming
« Reply #9 on: Dec 27th, 2006, 5:05pm » |
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Good one! 
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Re: Ming
« Reply #10 on: Dec 31st, 2006, 8:11pm » |
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Aw, if I hadn't been on vacation I would have gotten this one, was thinking the same thing as Towr b4 I read his post.
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Re: Ming
« Reply #11 on: Jan 5th, 2007, 4:38am » |
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I realise that surface tension might cause it to break, but he could have thrown it with might into a body of water and it sank gracefully until coming to rest on the hard surface below.
Or he threw it with all his might along a relatively smooth surface. The friction reduced it to an almost standstill speed before finally being brought to rest as it gently touches a wall.
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Re: Ming
« Reply #12 on: Jan 5th, 2007, 8:03am » |
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It could have been a diver doing underwater archaeology. Close to Sir Col's answer.
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