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Posted on 05-23-04 08:21 AM Link | Quote


This is a great rhyming riddle that I stumped many people with.

"I caught ten fish without an eye,
And nine without a tail;
six with no head, and half of eight
I weighed upon a scale.
Now who can tell me, as I ask it,
How many fish are in my basket?"

*the answer is not 33.*
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Posted on 05-23-04 11:11 AM Link | Quote
I believe you have 0 fish in your basket because you never said that you put any in a basket.


(edited by Kurama on 05-23-04 02:13 AM)
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Posted on 05-23-04 04:24 PM Link | Quote
Is it 10??
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Posted on 05-23-04 07:48 PM Link | Quote
Come on Aph Striker tell us.

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Posted on 05-23-04 08:27 PM Link | Quote
You dont have any whole fish in your basket just bits and pieces?
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Posted on 05-23-04 08:55 PM Link | Quote


Well, Kurama, you are right in the fact that I have 0 fish, but for the wrong reason. Try and figure out WHY I have 0 fish; you just had a good answer and a bad reason.
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Posted on 05-23-04 09:48 PM Link | Quote
You have 0 fish because none of the fish are complete...they are all missing a part, so they aren't really fish...
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Posted on 05-24-04 02:21 AM Link | Quote


Well, unless I'm completely mistaken, fish are still fish even if they are missing a part; for example, filet of fish is missing all of it's guts, but we still call it fish.
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Posted on 05-24-04 03:54 AM Link | Quote
If we're looking for a far-out answer here....

Ten fish without an eye = ten fsh
nine without a tail = nine fis
six with no head = six ish
half of eight = eight fi or sh

No fish in there
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Posted on 05-24-04 03:56 AM Link | Quote
You have 0 fish in the basket because they are on the scales?


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Posted on 05-24-04 05:39 AM Link | Quote


Well, Jakori is the closest one so far, but he's still incorrect. Here's a hint; think about the numbers and how they are written...
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Posted on 05-24-04 06:44 AM Link | Quote
10 without an i (1) is 0
9 without the tail is o or 0
Half of eight is o or 0
6 without the head is o or 0
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Posted on 05-24-04 07:19 PM Link | Quote


LostAuzzie got it, even though he mixed up the 6 and the 8.
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