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(Message started by: Henry Johnson on Jan 31^st, 2004, 10:10am)

Title: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by Henry Johnson on Jan 31^st, 2004, 10:10am

I need help fast. My friend just gave me what is I'm sure a simple riddle and I can't think of the answer. Help!! What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?

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Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 6:09am

on 01/31/04 at 10:10:51, Henry Johnson wrote:

What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?

:: [hide]Ice cream[/hide] :: That's a stab in the dark, hopefully to get this thread moving. And I can justify my answer: [hide]Ice cream sinks in a root beer float, but when you rinse off the ice cream scoop, the little chunks float in the sink water[/hide].

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by R. on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 11:25am

A ::straw? ::

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by Cathos on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 12:27pm

I'm pretty sure [hide] Ice cream floats in a rootbear float (I made myself one just now to test the theory) :D
I was thinking that would work though, it the question was worded differently: What sinks in the sink, but floats in a float.
Hmmm... Doe's Ice cream sink in a sink full of water? I don't think so...
Is Root Beer less dense than water? So it would float in a sink, but stay at the bottom in a float? [/hide]

Edited to hide this, just in case.

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by towr on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 1:03pm

well, root beer has bubbles, so if those attach to the ice-cream it will be more likely to float.. But I think generally ice-density is lower than that of water, so it would float either way.. A straw however might well work in this case; if enough bubbles gather on it's surface it will rise, and in water it sinks (that's of course assuming the sink is filled with water, and not, say, mercury)

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by Kazn on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 6:15pm

Does it say what each item contains? If not, the the answer is anything that floats if the sink is filled with water and the float is filled with air.

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 9:54pm

One thing nagging me is what if a "float" isn't a root beer float, the first thing that comes to mind, but some kind of boat or raft? I'm not much for nautical terms so I don't know though.

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by Cathos on Feb 2^nd, 2004, 11:12pm

I was also thinking, what if a "float" is something like a float used in a parade? That line of thought hasn't helped me at all though...

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by raven on Feb 3^rd, 2004, 12:12am

Sink your dentures into that little dessert…
which you must now wear because you ate so many floats.

[hide]…but do dentures float?[/hide]

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by Kazn on Feb 7^th, 2004, 3:01pm

But then root beer floats aren't that bad for you. I was thinking that if a float was a boat or something nautical, then the riddle turns into...I don't know but its just not right.

And by the way, how do you make it so that you have to highlight to make the words appear?

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 7^th, 2004, 11:45pm

on 02/07/04 at 15:01:05, Kazn wrote:

And by the way, how do you make it so that you have to highlight to make the words appear?

Put the text you want to hide between hide tags, like so:

{hide}text to hide, but use square brackets instead of curly braces{/hide}

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by Icarus on Feb 8^th, 2004, 12:35pm

Code:

Here is how to hide text: [hide]This text is hidden[/hide]

Sometime, William ought to consider changing out one of the seldom used buttons up there with a "hide" button. How often do people want to make their words glow or have shadow or move across the page anyway? (I have used all three at times, but not out of need.)

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 9^th, 2004, 3:24pm

Could one of my American colleagues please tell me what a root beer float tastes like? I must confess to having never tasted root beer, much less with ice cream.

Come to think of it, how about beef jerky, baby ruth candy and meat loaf?

Arigato gozaimash*ta!

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by Icarus on Feb 9^th, 2004, 5:46pm

That is an easy request: Delicious!

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 9^th, 2004, 6:25pm

on 02/09/04 at 15:24:11, KenYonRuKu wrote:

Root beer floats are almost better than sex, at least if you use the best root beer for floats (A&W) and get it with homemade ice cream (usually from one of those little hole in the wall restaurants, not a chain).

Beef jerky is another good one. Goes well with beer and whiskey. 100% beef. Slightly chewy, but not in a bad way.

Babe Ruth is a typical candy bar. I don't eat candy anymore (too sweet), but you're not missing much.

Meat loaf is awesome if done right (usually it is not). It has so much more taste than plain beef, yet it still has that meaty taste.

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by KenYonRuKu on Feb 10^th, 2004, 7:12pm

on 02/09/04 at 18:25:29, John_Gaughan wrote:

Root beer floats are almost better than sex

Gaughan-san! Either your beverages are legendary or else you have never sampled the delights of Kikyu-chan's House of the Sanguine Carp... in any case, my thanks for your critique.

Title: Re: What floats in a sink but sinks in a float?
Post by John_Gaughan on Feb 11^th, 2004, 8:14am

on 02/10/04 at 19:12:18, KenYonRuKu wrote:

Gaughan-san! Either your beverages are legendary or else you have never sampled the delights of Kikyu-chan's House of the Sanguine Carp... in any case, my thanks for your critique.

Nope, never been to Kikyu-chan's House of the Sanguine Carp. Never heard of it.

But I do love root beer floats...