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(Message started by: Iceman on Mar 26^th, 2008, 10:12am)

Title: The job interview
Post by Iceman on Mar 26^th, 2008, 10:12am

You currently work in a bar Summertime at the beach, and you want a better opportunity. In order to improve your chances to get the job of a waiter in a prestige restaurant, you must answer correctly the riddle below, posed by the proprietor who likes riddles. Whether this is beneficial for you, it remains to be seen.

You still work in your bar as the waiter, and this riddle revolves around a few glasses. They must be filled with water and this time you’re allowed to arrange them w/o apparent order on the table. Also, the only other object at your disposal is a jug. It holds enough water for above glasses, but since this is a peculiar riddle, the less you use the jug, the better. If you impress me with a fine answer, you will get the job for sure.

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by denis on Mar 26^th, 2008, 10:59am

Wait for the rain to fill up the glasses. (Or bring them to the faucet, two at a time).

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by Master of Everything 42 on Mar 26^th, 2008, 2:39pm

[hide]Stack all of the glasses, then (in theory) pour water into the top glass, and it looks like you filled them all[/hide]

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by JiNbOtAk on Mar 26^th, 2008, 5:45pm

Arrange glasses which are already filled.

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by Grimbal on Mar 27^th, 2008, 3:46am

Drop the glasses into the jug.

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by Iceman on Mar 27^th, 2008, 5:17pm

Perhaps this is a bit silly riddle, but it produced fine responses. I like Grimbal’s idea, and Denis’ answer is the intended one, the one about [hide]the rain[/hide].

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by Grimbal on Mar 30^th, 2008, 6:24am

So, who gets the job?

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by Iceman on Mar 30^th, 2008, 6:58am

on 03/30/08 at 06:24:51, Grimbal wrote:

So, who gets the job?

Both answers are fine, but if I had to choose I’d pick yours.

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by Grimbal on Mar 30^th, 2008, 1:52pm

Good. When do I start. And where?

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by Iceman on Mar 30^th, 2008, 1:58pm

In the bar Wintertime on Alaska. Dress warm.

Title: Re: The job interview
Post by Ghost Sniper on Apr 2^nd, 2008, 6:29am

I would make a musical scale with the glasses. 8)