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(Message started by: Iceman on May 8^th, 2007, 2:26pm)

Title: Ace
Post by Iceman on May 8^th, 2007, 2:26pm

Paul and Tommy get together every Sunday to play poker. Paul is more of a thinking man and Tommy has good hand-eye coordination. So this Sunday Paul takes out of the box a deck of playing cards, shuffles the cards a couple of times, and then proposes a game $500 worth. He says: 'In the next couple of seconds, all that I will do is to give you this deck of cards, in which there is the ace of spades. And then you have no more than a minute to find this ace, and give it to me w/o changing its looks. I'll be sitting here the whole time just so you don't pull some trick.' Tommy agrees, and soon he loses the money.

Title: Re: Ace
Post by Icarus on May 8^th, 2007, 3:26pm

Paul has [hide]marked over the faces of all the cards with marker, so that you cannot see which card is which. Tommy can't even clean the markings off, since that will change how the cards look.[/hide]

Title: Re: Ace
Post by Iceman on May 8^th, 2007, 5:44pm

Good idea. But what if [hide]their faces are recognizable to Tommy[/hide]? ;)

Title: Re: Ace
Post by denis on May 8^th, 2007, 7:16pm

maybe paul [hide]changed the color of the ace of space to be red instead of black. Tommy will look for a black ace and will ignore the red one even if the spade is the same shape as before[/hide]

Maybe Paul [hide]taped or glued the ace of spade behind another card thus making it impossible to find in a minute or perhaps removing the glue ganges the look of the card[/hide]

Title: Re: Ace
Post by Grimbal on May 9^th, 2007, 12:46am

By giving the whole pack back to Paul, Tommy would fill his contract, wouldn't he?

So the only reasonable conclusion is that Tommy can not hand back the pack of cards. For instance, Paul is a giant troll and, as everybody knows, trolls play with huge stone cards. Impossible for Tommy to lift a single card. But who would be so stupid as to bet against a giant troll?

Title: Re: Ace
Post by BNC on May 9^th, 2007, 3:08am

on 05/09/07 at 00:46:48, Grimbal wrote:

But who would be so stupid as to bet against a giant troll?

Who would have a choice?

Title: Re: Ace
Post by Uncle Crimbo on May 9^th, 2007, 8:41pm

[hide]What if the cards had super glue to keep them stuck all together and it leaked all over the cards so, when Tom got the cards they were super glued to his hands![/hide]

P.S. What kinda name is Paulie and Tom they sound as if they are in the mafia?

Title: Re: Ace
Post by Iceman on May 10^th, 2007, 6:48am

on 05/09/07 at 20:41:39, Uncle Crimbo wrote:

[hide]What if the cards had super glue to keep them stuck all together and it leaked all over the cards so, when Tom got the cards they were super glued to his hands![/hide]

It is stated in the riddle that he shuffled the cards, so no.

on 05/08/07 at 19:16:53, denis wrote:

Maybe Paul [hide]taped or glued the ace of spade behind another card thus making it impossible to find in a minute or perhaps removing the glue ganges the look of the card[/hide]

The [hide]latter, since Tommy recognized the ace. So yes, it was superglue, glued on one end, and if you try to unglue it, you'll definitely change the card's looks. I tried it myself[/hide].

Title: Re: Ace
Post by JiNbOtAk on May 10^th, 2007, 6:25pm

on 05/09/07 at 00:46:48, Grimbal wrote:

By giving the whole pack back to Paul, Tommy would fill his contract, wouldn't he?

Why can't Tommy just give back the whole pack ? I still like the troll answer :P