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alien2
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Astrologist
« on: Sep 25th, 2016, 10:32am » |
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Tim calls an astrologist. He tells her his date of birth and that he is unhappy. She immediately knows without a shadow of a doubt which birthday of his wasn’t celebrated. But how?
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #2 on: Sep 25th, 2016, 11:44am » |
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Hey that's a nice idea. I myself was thinking of the past.
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #3 on: Sep 25th, 2016, 5:11pm » |
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1) February 29 - one can argue whether a birthday is "celebrated" if it happens on another day.
2) September 11, 2001 (or a similar major traumatic event) - people may not have been in the mood to celebrate a birthday.
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #4 on: Sep 26th, 2016, 2:37am » |
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Tim is very precocious, and manages to call the Astrologer when he has only had one birthday.
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #5 on: Sep 26th, 2016, 3:17am » |
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Not good enough.
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #6 on: Sep 26th, 2016, 5:21am » |
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The Astrologist is his wife. (Or another person who should have remembered his birthday!)
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #7 on: Sep 26th, 2016, 5:32am » |
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An interesting twist. A bit far-fetched though.
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #8 on: Sep 27th, 2016, 8:14am » |
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She is an astrologist. She should know, shouldn't she?
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #9 on: Sep 30th, 2016, 9:32am » |
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Knowledge isn't what it used to be.
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #10 on: Oct 15th, 2016, 12:31pm » |
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- Hello?
- Hello, I come for advice.
- That's my job. Please give me your birth date and your credit card number. Not necessarily in that order.
- OK, [...] and my birth date is the 24 of september 1966.
- Wow, so you turned 50 years yesterday! Did you have a nice party? Maybe your special one organizee a huge surprise birthday party for you?
- ... and I am very unhappy.
- I guess this answers the question.
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #11 on: Oct 15th, 2016, 3:48pm » |
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on Oct 15th, 2016, 12:31pm, Grimbal wrote:| (...) Maybe your special one organizee a huge surprise birthday party for you? |
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There was no party.
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #12 on: Oct 16th, 2016, 12:54am » |
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on Oct 15th, 2016, 3:48pm, alien2 wrote:
How do you know?
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Re: Astrologist
« Reply #13 on: Oct 16th, 2016, 4:46am » |
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You're right. Imperfections can make life interesting but the intended answer ain't interesting at all. I'm getting sloppy lately. Shocked William might ban my account for good. A birthday is a celebration and anniversary, in that, it is not the same as date of birth. I myself thought it was. Why? Maybe because of poetic license and synonyms. I told you I can be silly or smart. So if anyone can be both dumb and smart, with my IQ fluctuating all the time, that would be me. I am who I am. It is impossible to be more or less like myself. Still, I'll try to be more focused and correct. Please accept my apologies. Though there's no need to delete this riddle because towr saved the day! Just ignore the intended answer.
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