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Title: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Aug 9th, 2004, 1:37am ...and it got silly. Between games, a quick puzzle happened... Got a few cards into a group. 2¢¾ 4¢¾ 8¢¾ 10¢¾ A¢¼ 4¢¼ 8¢¼ 2¢À 5¢À And that leaves three diamonds. Which ones? Have a follow up question, but it would give this puzzle away. |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Sir Col on Aug 9th, 2004, 2:25am Are those charactere meant to be there? All I can see in my browser are numbers followed by cent then either an accented A or a fraction (3/4 or 1/4). |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by rmsgrey on Aug 9th, 2004, 5:32am I'd guess that the strange symbols come from using an extended character set to get suit symbols. Personally, I'd use C,D,H,S to avoid this sort of problem... |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by towr on Aug 9th, 2004, 6:35am You can also use images (click on 'view all symbols' under the symbol selection box, on the left of the message field, to see all possible symbols you can include, which is more than are available in the dropbox) [smiley=clubsuit.gif] [smiley=spadesuit.gif] [smiley=heartsuit.gif] [smiley=diamondsuit.gif] |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Aug 9th, 2004, 4:32pm Awfully sorry- was pulled away from the computer to attend a dinner with politicians. Really. Well noticed (it wasn't looking like that when I logged out). The group is: 2[smiley=heartsuit.gif] 4[smiley=heartsuit.gif] 8[smiley=heartsuit.gif] 10[smiley=heartsuit.gif] A[smiley=spadesuit.gif] 4[smiley=spadesuit.gif] 8[smiley=spadesuit.gif] 2[smiley=clubsuit.gif] changed my mind about 5C Oh, and the order doesnt matter and :[hide] It'd be different in french [/hide] |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Sameer on Aug 13th, 2004, 2:58pm Frankly I don't understand the question. Noke can you rephrase in normal english? ??? |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Aug 14th, 2004, 7:04pm fair enough. :-[ There exists a reason that 11 cards can be considered to be in a group. Quite a punishing puzzle. 2[smiley=heartsuit.gif] 4[smiley=heartsuit.gif] 8[smiley=heartsuit.gif] 10[smiley=heartsuit.gif] A[smiley=spadesuit.gif] 4[smiley=spadesuit.gif] 8[smiley=spadesuit.gif] 2[smiley=clubsuit.gif] ?[smiley=diamondsuit.gif] ?[smiley=diamondsuit.gif] ?[smiley=diamondsuit.gif] the list that was given is missing the diamonds. Which diamonds are they? |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 12th, 2004, 11:37pm Hmmn. Either A) I haven't explained it well, B) you've forgotten. C) you're all stumped. In which case... B) this post acts as a reminder. A) The cards mentioned differ from all the other standard cards for a very silly reason. What is the reason? Which diamonds are missing? C) Hmmmn, lets see. [hide] 22 July 1844 - 29 August 1930 [/hide] WAS that enough? |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by John_Gaughan on Sep 13th, 2004, 6:08am A, 2, 4 |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Grimbal on Sep 13th, 2004, 2:56pm Does it have to be a particular deck of cards, or would any (or at least the most usual) design work? |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 13th, 2004, 9:06pm on 09/13/04 at 06:08:26, John_Gaughan wrote:
Correct on one of them. Grimbal... Standard deck of cards. 52 per deck. Jokers don't work. |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by John_Gaughan on Sep 14th, 2004, 8:58am So I guess [hide]symmetry[/hide] is not part of the relation... |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by asterix on Sep 14th, 2004, 10:40am Based on a google of your last clue, I think I know the reasoning, but no diamonds would seem to fit (unless you use an alternative that you didn't use for the other suits), and I can't figure out why the 5 of hearts and king of clubs weren't included. The closest answer I can come up with would be 2, 8, 10 of diamonds. |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 15th, 2004, 11:40pm Didn't notice the 5H. good work. KingC- that stays the same.. The diamonds a a bit... blurry. But they still work, especially as I don't pronounce the last d in diamonds- it sounds more like diremans... So, asterix, as you seem to be in the minority, you can have the extension. Can you find any that the meaning doesn't just change, it actually becomes the opposite? I tried it once, found it hard, started watching tv... |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by TenaliRaman on Sep 16th, 2004, 12:31am Man this is impossible without that clue and if i am right .... i still don't understand how five of hearts fits? one more question to just know whether i got things right, ::[hide]does King of Clubs satisfy ur second question?[/hide]:: |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by asterix on Sep 16th, 2004, 7:36am It must be your accent. I pronounce diamonds die munz, which to me sounds nothing at all like dire mans. As for the king of clubs, the way I considered it, it doesn't stay the same. To your follow up, were you thinking something along the lines of "first of the wines" (not a real opposite, but is that what you're looking for?) |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Sep 16th, 2004, 6:34pm Okay, I accept king of clubs. Clumsy me, can be such a cupid stunt sometimes. ;) The diamonds thing: The a in mans is a schwa, so I could happily write diremunz- I was just trying to give a clue.... (its whether you keep the a in there or not) Tenaliman, admittedly you'd have to have the mind of a fictional detective to spot it, but refering to it as a "punishing" puzzle was the original clue... first of the wines is okay... there MUST be better. I love "missed the post". not quite an opposite either, but you could construe a situation where it happened. Target practice, for example. Fill with spool...? |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Grimbal on Sep 17th, 2004, 5:50am It is a pleasure to be among smart fellows, there really are some shining wits. |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Jan 30th, 2005, 11:03pm heh- came up with a ...causal... one? flummox stew Not a bad one grimbal. Shame it's so close to my signature... |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Jan 31st, 2005, 1:09pm on 01/30/05 at 23:03:12, Noke Lieu wrote:
What a cunning stunt! Shame few people will notice... |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Noke Lieu on Jan 31st, 2005, 2:18pm But I LOVE yours, Thud. It's great. I wonder how many others we gloss over and/or don't get. For example, it took me many weeks to notice the Sir Col pun. |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by Grimbal on Feb 1st, 2005, 6:58am Same with tseuG. Or THUDandBLUNDER. And my name doesn't have anything to do with a hypothetical peculiar coloration of anything related to me. ;D |
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Title: Re: Playing cards Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Feb 1st, 2005, 7:10am tseuG? I know he used to be a regular poster, but is he just a pheasant plucker or is he a smart fella, too? |
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