Riddle me this

[Rolex]

I'd like to use one of my life lines.

I can't pole the audience, they're all idiots.
I can't phone a friend who doesn't have internet.
I'll do the 50/50. Computer, take away 2 wrong answers.

3.....5

 

[2000delux]

Hahaha - man either the last one (3) or the first 2 if adding them make no sense!

***That was my first guess Rolex - glad to see I'm not only one stumped

 

[Rolex]

I'm running out of paper. I've gone through every mathematical sequence I can think of.

 

[robmob]

Finally I stumped the great Rolex.

HINT: They are both the same number.

 

[Rolex]

I just did a different sequence as to each # going up 2 or down one, and the answer is 5 and 5.

 

[robmob]

Another hint:

There is no sequence.

 

[Rolex]

I can't believe this!

I'm flapping my ears, and spinning my propeller beanie, and my brain is still overheating.

1.....1
2....2
3.....3
4......4
5......5

Any of the above?

 

[robmob]

None of them is correct.

 

[2000delux]

6 and 6...?

 

[robmob]

You got it.

Do you actually know why?

 

[Rolex]

7 and 7? I could use one of them about now.

 

[2000delux]

e.l.e.v.e.n
1.2.3.4.5.6 - son of A!!!

 

[robmob]

I had no idea this one would be so difficult.

 

[2000delux]

****oh and
t.w.e.l.v.e
1.2.3.4.5.6

Was the hardest (and easiest) since ottffss.... Similar principal too busy looking for numeric answer MORE!! MORE!!

 

[Rolex]

I cooked over the e.l.e.v.e.n. solution for several minutes before it all dawned on me. DAMN that was good. And that's why twelve is also 6.
Well done, 2000delux!!! I'm busted.

I'm taking a break. I have brain tissue oozing out of my ears.

 

[2000delux]

BAH, user accounts to go make - so taking break also - anyone would think people like to work!

 

[2000delux]

OK -some probably seen it before :

On a long, lonely beach, beside a crystal clear lagoon, somewhere in the Pacific area there is a very, very tall coconut palm. On this warm clear day, the birds are singing, the fish are jumping and all is well with the world. As it happens there are 4 animals: King Kong, a large ape, orang-utan and a monkey passing by.
They have a competition to see which is the fastest to get the banana from this tall tall tree. Who do you guess will win?
Your answer will reflect your personality. Try and answer within 30 seconds
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[Candyman]

Ummm....it's a coconut palm. I'm guessing there are no bananas in it....

 

[billym9]

that was sorta easy even i got it

 

[robmob]

Let's try this one....

What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.