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alien2
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Red planet 2
« on: Dec 16th, 2007, 4:14am » |
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You're alone, that is, w/o other living forms, in a room of a typical middle class home of yours, with usual objects inside it. And being a communist, you just noticed, that there is absolutely nothing red inside the room. But is there a way for you to see clearly this favorite color of yours w/o leaving the room? Mind you, you're not allowed to use anything outside the room. Two more rules state that you must remain in topnotch health, that is, even w/o the tiniest wound, & you mustn't see a reflection of you.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #1 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 5:14am » |
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Switch on the TV and start surfing the channels until you see your favourite color. I suppose "usual objects in a living room" includes a TV.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #2 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 6:18am » |
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No because there is nothing in the room that could produce this color on its own. I thought this was understood otherwise TV would be a real simple solution, thus not a real solution at all. But yes, one should exclude in the riddle plausible, silly answers like this one, just to be on the safe side. 
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #3 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 6:55am » |
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Maybe you could make some rust, by grating something made of iron and adding some water (and perhaps salt). Might not be the best red, but it'd do in a pinch.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #4 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 9:42am » |
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Does the solution only work if you are a woman and you have a month to spend?
Else stick out your tongue  and look at a mirror.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #5 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 10:14am » |
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on Dec 16th, 2007, 6:55am, towr wrote:| Might not be the best red, but it'd do in a pinch. |
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That's why it cannot work. We need some fine red here, not a bad one.
on Dec 16th, 2007, 9:42am, Grimbal wrote:
Else stick out your tongue and look at a mirror. |
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I said in the riddle that this is not allowed. And the color of tongue, you know, it is red, I guess, but it certainly isn't like felt pen. No, we need something better here, before I show you my own tongue.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #6 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 2:19pm » |
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my skin looks red... does that count?
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #7 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 3:22pm » |
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No, because I said that you realized, standing in the room, that there is nothing red inside it. So just pretend that you are not an Indian for a moment here. You could be white, black or yellow, so take your pick. Or you were referring to a peculiar red skin condition of yours? I knew a girl back at school who had red skin. She got married a few years ago. I don't have this skin condition, but she is doing better than me. Go figure. 
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #8 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 9:39pm » |
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Try shutting your eyes, facing a really bright light. ( This should be availble in the room ) At one point, you'll start seeing red, even when you open your eyes.
Or else, seeing that you're on Mars, just look out the window.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #9 on: Dec 16th, 2007, 9:41pm » |
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on Dec 16th, 2007, 9:39pm, JiNbOtAk wrote:| Try shutting your eyes, facing a really bright light... At one point, you'll start seeing red, even when you open your eyes. |
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Or since your a communist... getting really pissed off about how where you live is a capitalist society and you'll see red with no outside aid whatsoever 
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #10 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 12:15am » |
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Depending on the lighting, you should be able to see red.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #11 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 1:08am » |
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I can stick out my tongue far enough to see it.
When you say "there is nothing red" does it mean there is nothing communist? Then nothing would speak against having Santa Claus standing in the middle of the room.
If there is a chimney, just wait for your millisecond (the approximate time Santa Claus has to visit every home).
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #12 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 8:42am » |
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You can't see your own reflection, but you can still cut your finger and look at the blood.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #13 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 8:50am » |
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Make a rainbow.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #14 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 9:30am » |
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on Dec 16th, 2007, 4:14am, Iceman wrote:| you just noticed, that there is absolutely nothing red inside the room. |
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Does it mean, there is no tongue, no blood ? 
Or is "you" colorblind, and he is completely mistaken?
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #15 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 12:19pm » |
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wear a pair of polarizing sunglasses and look at the window. You will see all the colors in the spectrum just like a rainbow.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #16 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 12:21pm » |
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All I will say is that JiNbOtAk is on the right track, because I tire of alternatives. But I wasn't able to see red when I opened my eyes. Perhaps it is just me. And Grimbal, enough with tongues already.
on Dec 17th, 2007, 9:30am, Grimbal wrote:
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No need to go there, I think. Of course your blood is red, and your tongue, and that part of your eyes, but you cannot see it right now, now can you?
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #17 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 12:25pm » |
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Yes, I thought about the rainbow before you mentioned it, twice, but I'm a bit tired of excluding, and excluding, and excluding endlessly all those plausible answers that just might fit. Or at least that is how I feel right now. But I do appreciate your efforts even for the darn alternative answers. And don't say that I have written badly this riddle. Thank you.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #18 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 12:35pm » |
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In the dark, shine a flashlight into the palm of your hand. Look at the back side of your hand while you are doing this. You will see red, maybe a little pinkish red but red nonetheless.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #19 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 8:14pm » |
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on Dec 17th, 2007, 12:21pm, Iceman wrote:| All I will say is that JiNbOtAk is on the right track, |
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 That's al I ever get from you Icey !!
I'm still sticking with my Total Recall answer.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #20 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 8:57pm » |
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Uncork a bottle of red wine (the bottle itself is not red so you don't see it at this point), and pour yourself a nice glass of of wine.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #21 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 9:51pm » |
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Start to eat. As you cut into your rare sirloin steak, you'll see red.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #22 on: Dec 17th, 2007, 10:39pm » |
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I thought that rainbow was right, too. Is there a source of heat in the room? Use the oven to heat something up to red-hot?
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #23 on: Dec 18th, 2007, 3:52am » |
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on Dec 17th, 2007, 12:35pm, denis wrote:| In the dark, shine a flashlight into the palm of your hand. Look at the back side of your hand while you are doing this. You will see red, maybe a little pinkish red but red nonetheless. |
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Yes. I was thinking about bulb myself.
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Re: Red planet 2
« Reply #24 on: Dec 18th, 2007, 5:48am » |
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Grow a red tulip. The bulb itself is not red, but once it blossoms, the flower petals will be.
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