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wu :: forums    riddles    what happened (Moderators: towr, Eigenray, Icarus, SMQ, Grimbal, ThudnBlunder, william wu)    Missing Fish « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Missing Fish  (Read 1440 times) Wilmamercy Newbie     Posts: 7 Missing Fish   « on: Mar 28th, 2010, 10:04pm » Quote Modify Two fathers took their sons for fishing.   Each man and son caught one fish, but when they returned ,there were only 3 fish. How could this happen?   No fish was thrown back,eaten or lost . IP Logged Noke Lieu Uberpuzzler pen... paper... let's go! (and bit of plastic)     Gender: Posts: 1884 Re: Missing Fish   « Reply #1 on: Mar 28th, 2010, 11:09pm » Quote Modify a lovely famous question.   so, around here, we'll typically try and figure out non-famous answers that still fit.   One of the sons was sel-fish They weren't very efficient? One of them caught a perch... Or a http://www.fishnames.com.au/fishnames/fishnames.php?pid=1990 IP Logged a shade of wit and the art of farce. Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Missing Fish   « Reply #2 on: Mar 29th, 2010, 2:07am » Quote Modify In the group there were 3 adult sons, or "man and son"s. IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Missing Fish   « Reply #3 on: Mar 29th, 2010, 2:13am » Quote Modify It's a grandfather paradox     Or maybe they're from a place where same-sex marriage is allowed; although in that case "sons" is a bit misleading, albeit still accurate even if there is just one. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB ChunkTug Full Member     Gender: Posts: 166 Re: Missing Fish   « Reply #4 on: Mar 30th, 2010, 4:41pm » Quote Modify One of the fathers is a bear.   1 Man + 2 Sons = 3 Fish IP Logged Wilmamercy Newbie     Posts: 7 Re: Missing Fish   « Reply #5 on: Mar 31st, 2010, 3:35am » Quote Modify There were only three people.Son, his father and his grandfather. IP Logged mikeseo Newbie     Gender: Posts: 16 Re: Missing Fish   « Reply #6 on: May 27th, 2010, 5:18am » Quote Modify It was Grandad, Dad and son IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i => what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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