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(Message started by: gotit on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 7:47am)

Title: Peter
Post by gotit on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 7:47am

Peter is in a place called P and he has to reach a place called Q within 15 minutes. And even though he is alone and he has no vehicle of his own, he manages to reach there in time. How then?

Title: Re: Peter
Post by towr on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 8:07am

[hide]Walk,
ski,
jump,
swim,
skip,
astral projection,
meditation (if he needs to be in his 'happy place', and for some reason it's called Q),[/hide]

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Grimbal on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 8:13am

If in an elevator, just press the Q button. (Where I work, there are three underground levels, they are called P, Q and R).

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Azgard on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 9:52am

[hide]He watches Star Trek: TNG and knows Q personally. Q takes him to the Q Continuum. [/hide]

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Iceman on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 12:25pm

He made a single step on the map.

Or he’s standing on the border.

Or [hide]he has no vehicle of his own but uses taxi[/hide].

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Master of Everything 42 on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 1:21pm

[hide]Peter is in kindergarten, learning the alphabet. It is 15 minutes before nap-time, and since he is smart, he memorizes the letter "Q"[/hide]

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Iceman on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 5:13pm

[hide]Snow skiing[/hide]?

Title: Re: Peter
Post by iono on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 9:41pm

you need to say how far away p and q are.

Title: Re: Peter
Post by gotit on Apr 3^rd, 2008, 10:21pm

No to all. However, one of towr's guesses is close to the intended answer. Has to be, isn't it?

Btw towr, you missed the option of 'run'

Title: Re: Peter
Post by towr on Apr 4^th, 2008, 1:02am

on 04/03/08 at 22:21:36, gotit wrote:

Btw towr, you missed the option of 'run'

I also missed sliding, crawling, moonwalking, and all forms of public transport, and probably several more :p

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Grimbal on Apr 4^th, 2008, 7:28am

on 04/04/08 at 01:02:12, towr wrote:

... and probably several more :p

Hm... I don't want to nitpick* but shouldn't that be "certainly", and not "probably"?

*yeah, sure!

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Grimbal on Apr 4^th, 2008, 7:31am

PQRS is a square drawn on a clock. Contrary to mathematical convention, the corners are labeled clockwise. Peter is the long hand of the clock.

Title: Re: Peter
Post by towr on Apr 4^th, 2008, 12:22pm

on 04/04/08 at 07:28:58, Grimbal wrote:

Hm... I don't want to nitpick* but shouldn't that be "certainly", and not "probably"?

Is certainty not probable? :P

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Grimbal on Apr 5^th, 2008, 12:47pm

Possibly. ;)

Title: Re: Peter
Post by Azgard on Apr 5^th, 2008, 4:46pm

It's certainly probable and possible that it's plausible!

Title: Re: Peter
Post by gotit on Apr 7^th, 2008, 7:36am

on 04/04/08 at 07:31:22, Grimbal wrote:

PQRS is a square drawn on a clock. Contrary to mathematical convention, the corners are labeled clockwise. Peter is the long hand of the clock.

Nice try. But not what I had in mind.

I again say that one of towr's initial guesses is indeed close to the intended answer.

Title: Re: Peter
Post by cheesepuff on Apr 18^th, 2008, 8:57pm

[hide]skipping? I think hopscotch or something had letters on the boxes. Now taking 15 minutes to reach from P to Q means that Peter abviously has horrible balance[/hide] ::)