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(Message started by: pcbouhid on Nov 27^th, 2005, 6:08am)

Title: A riddle from A.D.Mylos
Post by pcbouhid on Nov 27^th, 2005, 6:08am

"Four jolly men sat down to play
And played all night till break of day;
They played for gold and not for fun,
With separate scores for every one.
Yet, when they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts!
Can you the paradox explain?
If no one lost, how could all gain?"

In memorian to Mr. A.D.Mylos

Title: Re: A riddle from A.D.Mylos
Post by towr on Nov 27^th, 2005, 6:58am

They weren't on a roof by any chance were they ::)

Title: Re: A riddle from A.D.Mylos
Post by JohanC on Nov 27^th, 2005, 7:09am

Would their names possibly be [hide]John, Paul, Ringo and George[/hide] ?

Title: Re: A riddle from A.D.Mylos
Post by pcbouhid on Nov 27^th, 2005, 7:13am

[hide]Yes, they were. Send my regards to A.D. Mylos[/hide], towr.

Title: Re: A riddle from A.D.Mylos
Post by pcbouhid on Nov 27^th, 2005, 7:15am

[hide]Excellent choice[/hide], JC.

Title: Re: A riddle from A.D.Mylos
Post by rmsgrey on Nov 27^th, 2005, 9:50am

And there I was [hide]feeling sorry for the fifth person at the table who started with a large pile of gold and left much poorer...[/hide]