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(Message started by: melody spring on Jul 11^th, 2004, 9:47pm)

Title: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by melody spring on Jul 11^th, 2004, 9:47pm

You went to the store and bought three apples. You play the clerk and put the apples in the a bag and left the store. As you're walking to your car, you meet up with three of your friends. They all are very hungry. So you want to give each of your friends an apple but still have one left in the bag. How will you do this?

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by Grimbal on Jul 12^th, 2004, 6:29am

Could you just say please?

What is this kind of post anyway, why do you need the solution so urgently?

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by Three Hands on Jul 12^th, 2004, 6:50am

I'm also wondering how you "play the clerk". I know some composers have used some very strange instruments in recent compositions, but one would have thought a clerk would be capable of playing him/herself.

In terms of the riddle, however, [hide] you don't have the bag with you at the end... [/hide]

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by towr on Jul 12^th, 2004, 7:15am

Either that, or, although you bought 3 apples you might have stolen numerous more :P

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by Sir Col on Jul 12^th, 2004, 11:42am

on 07/12/04 at 06:29:07, Grimbal wrote:

Could you just say please?

What is this kind of post anyway, why do you need the solution so urgently?

;D

Perhaps, so you can learn a lesson in patience, Melody Spring, we should have posted one letter of the answer per day? ::)

Okay, here's an extension of the clue from Three Hands...

You take one apple out of the bag and give it to your first friend.
You take a second apple out of the bag and give it you your second friend.
As you have no need of an empty bag... ;)

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by melody spring on Jul 12^th, 2004, 11:54am

sorry, "play" was a typo. it should've been "paid"

and sorry to be so urgent with this, but i do need it to be solved immediately, for personal reasons. thanks in advance for those with kind words and are willing to help

melody :)

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by Sir Col on Jul 12^th, 2004, 12:30pm

Although not entirely explicit, the answer has already been given, Melody.

Read my hints (in my previous post), and ask yourself, "What would I do if I had one apple left in a bag and I wanted to give the apple to my friend; would I bother taking the apple out of the bag?"

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by tseuG on Jul 12^th, 2004, 1:27pm

Or, you already had some apples in your bag before you bought those three.

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by Three Hands on Jul 12^th, 2004, 4:34pm

on 07/12/04 at 11:54:20, melody spring wrote:

sorry, "play" was a typo. it should've been "paid"

I know - just found it an amusing concept, and I'm a little too prone to jumping on such things...

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by Grimbal on Jul 13^th, 2004, 3:39am

Another solution comes to my mind.

You give one apple to friend 1.
You give friend 1 to friend 2.
You give friend 2 to friend 3.

You keep the bag because you still have 2 apples.

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by Three Hands on Jul 13^th, 2004, 7:49am

Grimbal, if the friends are truly hungry, then isn't that something of a barbaric suggestion :o

Cuts down on the number of friends asking you for apples though, I guess ::)

Title: Re: need help immediately in solving this riddle!!
Post by melody spring on Jul 13^th, 2004, 3:16pm

thanks guys, i've solved the riddle!! :D