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(Message started by: BNC on Jan 5th, 2005, 12:03am)
Title: Some quick ones
Post by BNC on Jan 5th, 2005, 12:03am
Some are probably repeated... sorry in advance

1. What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?

2. What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?

3. What can go up and come down without moving?

4. What can you catch but not throw?

5. What do you serve that you can't eat?

6. What one word has the most letters in it?

7. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?

8. What two words contain the most letters?

9. What's the difference between here and there?

10. Which moves faster: heat or cold?

11. There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?

12. Why don't lobsters share?
Title: Re: Some quick ones
Post by towr on Jan 5th, 2005, 12:43am

on 01/05/05 at 00:03:54, BNC wrote:
1. What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
::[hide]black?[/hide]::


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2. What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
::[hide]Founding Carthago, or arguably keeping cows together.[/hide]::


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3. What can go up and come down without moving?
::[hide]One's mood[/hide]::


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4. What can you catch but not throw?
::[hide]Venereal diseases[/hide]::


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5. What do you serve that you can't eat?
::[hide]a tennis ball (well, actually I don't play tennis)
How about God ? (Ok, arguably, if you believe Jesus is God and you're catholic, I think during communion, you get to partake of the body of Christ or something..)[/hide]::


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6. What one word has the most letters in it?
Does it have to be english? Because in languages like dutch and german you can just keep elongating a word indefinitely.
koebeestjesdievengevangenisbewaardersvakbondsleidersvrouwenverenigingshuis<etc>
I won't even try to translate it..
or ::[hide]An envelope[/hide]::


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7. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
::[hide]tentamount[/hide]::


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8. What two words contain the most letters?
::[hide]An envolope and a letterbox?[/hide]::


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9. What's the difference between here and there?
::[hide]t[/hide]::


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10. Which moves faster: heat or cold?
::[hide]a cold, it spreads exponentially ;)[/hide]::


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11. There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
::[hide]Holes[/hide]::


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12. Why don't lobsters share?
::[hide]They're crabby (well not really, but it fits)[/hide]::
Title: Re: Some quick ones
Post by Grimbal on Jan 5th, 2005, 1:31am
1. What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
::[hide]windows[/hide]::
2. What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
::[hide]covering cows[/hide]::
3. What can go up and come down without moving?
::[hide]the temperature[/hide]::
4. What can you catch but not throw?
::[hide]a cold[/hide]::
5. What do you serve that you can't eat?
::[hide]a king (or your wife)[/hide]::
6. What one word has the most letters in it?
::[hide]post[/hide]::
7. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
::[hide]T[/hide]::
8. What two words contain the most letters?
::[hide]post office[/hide]::
9. What's the difference between here and there?
::[hide]t[/hide]::
10. Which moves faster: heat or cold?
::[hide]heat (cold doesn't move actually)[/hide]::
11. There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
::[hide]windows[/hide]::
12. Why don't lobsters share?
::[hide]?[/hide]::
Title: Re: Some quick ones
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Jan 5th, 2005, 2:56am
5. What do you serve that you can't eat?
:[hide]Notice[/hide]

7. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
:[hide]Teat[/hide]

8. What two words contain the most letters?
:[hide]helmets totters (an anagram of 'the most letters'[/hide]

10. Which moves faster: heat or cold?
:[hide]Heat - you can catch cold.[/hide]

11. There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
:[hide]The ballista.[/hide]   ;D

12. Why don't lobsters share?
:[hide]Because they are penny-pinchers[/hide]?   :-/
Title: Re: Some quick ones
Post by rmsgrey on Jan 5th, 2005, 8:13am
My answers:

1. What gets whiter the dirtier that it gets?
::[hide]Blackboard[/hide]::
2. What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
::[hide]Cows[/hide]::
3. What can go up and come down without moving?
?(answers given are good, but not entirely convincing)
4. What can you catch but not throw?
::[hide]cold[/hide]::
5. What do you serve that you can't eat?
::[hide]tennis ball[/hide]::
6. What one word has the most letters in it?
?
7. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it?
::[hide]Teapot[/hide]::
8. What two words contain the most letters?
::[hide]Post Office[/hide]::
9. What's the difference between here and there?
::[hide]t[/hide]::
10. Which moves faster: heat or cold?
::[hide]Heat - you can catch cold[/hide]::
11. There is an ancient invention still used in some parts of the world today that allows people to see through walls. What is it?
::[hide]Window[/hide]::
12. Why don't lobsters share?
::[hide]Becaushe they're shellfish (selfish)[/hide]::

[e]broken hide tag[/e]
Title: Re: Some quick ones
Post by BNC on Jan 5th, 2005, 12:22pm
All good answers, and rmsgrey summed up the answers I had.

For number 6, though, I have a different (not better -- different) answer.
Title: Re: Some quick ones
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Jan 5th, 2005, 12:52pm

on 01/05/05 at 12:22:19, BNC wrote:
For number 6, though, I have a different (not better -- different) answer.

6:[hide]Alphabet[/hide]?
Title: Re: Some quick ones
Post by BNC on Jan 5th, 2005, 10:25pm
Yup.


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