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alien2
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The job interview
« on: Mar 26th, 2008, 10:12am » |
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You currently work in a bar Summertime at the beach, and you want a better opportunity. In order to improve your chances to get the job of a waiter in a prestige restaurant, you must answer correctly the riddle below, posed by the proprietor who likes riddles. Whether this is beneficial for you, it remains to be seen.
You still work in your bar as the waiter, and this riddle revolves around a few glasses. They must be filled with water and this time you’re allowed to arrange them w/o apparent order on the table. Also, the only other object at your disposal is a jug. It holds enough water for above glasses, but since this is a peculiar riddle, the less you use the jug, the better. If you impress me with a fine answer, you will get the job for sure.
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #1 on: Mar 26th, 2008, 10:59am » |
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Wait for the rain to fill up the glasses. (Or bring them to the faucet, two at a time).
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #2 on: Mar 26th, 2008, 2:39pm » |
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Stack all of the glasses, then (in theory) pour water into the top glass, and it looks like you filled them all
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #3 on: Mar 26th, 2008, 5:45pm » |
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Arrange glasses which are already filled.
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #4 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 3:46am » |
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Drop the glasses into the jug.
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #5 on: Mar 27th, 2008, 5:17pm » |
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Perhaps this is a bit silly riddle, but it produced fine responses. I like Grimbal’s idea, and Denis’ answer is the intended one, the one about the rain.
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #6 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 6:24am » |
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So, who gets the job?
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #7 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 6:58am » |
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on Mar 30th, 2008, 6:24am, Grimbal wrote:
Both answers are fine, but if I had to choose I’d pick yours.
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #8 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 1:52pm » |
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Good. When do I start. And where?
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #9 on: Mar 30th, 2008, 1:58pm » |
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In the bar Wintertime on Alaska. Dress warm.
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Re: The job interview
« Reply #10 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 6:29am » |
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I would make a musical scale with the glasses. 
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