Riddle me this

[robmob]

Another.......

A man is six feet tall, is a clerk at a butcher shop, and wears size 11 shoes. What does he weigh?

 

[marauder]

Only knew it because every time I look at my resume I think I spelled it wrong.

Another.......



A man is six feet tall, is a clerk at a butcher shop, and wears size 11 shoes. What does he weigh?

Venture to guess...Meat?

 

[neobart]

Damn I should have had that one, considering I'm a butcher by trade.

 

[robmob]

That's 2 in a row.

Math time....

75% can be written as 3/4. How would 58 1/3% be written as a fraction (when reduced to the lowest denominator)?

 

[Racer 1966]

7/12 Final Answer!

 

[robmob]

Correct.

 

[Rolex]

I should have showed up one post earlier. I had the 'meat' riddle instantly.

 

[robmob]

How can you arrange four ordinary wineglasses on an ordinary table so that the "foot" (center of the bottom of the stem) of each is the same distance from all the others?

 

[Rolex]

On each corner if it's a square table.
If it isn't, just have all the glasses touching. (arranged in a square)
....or STACKED, one on top of the other.

Stacked is wrong since it will put 1 and 4 too far apart. (I've handed in my worksheet)

 

[robmob]

Not quite.

They "foot" must be the same distance from from each of the other "foots".

If you arrange in a square, the diagonal distance between the corners would be more than the side distance.

I hand your worksheet back to you.

 

[Rolex]

lying on their sides, with the 4 foots touching in a square pattern.

 

[robmob]

You still have the diagonal distance being more than the side distance. Square will not work.

 

[Rolex]

In an equilateral triangle, with the 4th glass standing on the edge of the rims of the other 3.

 

[robmob]

Your getting closer.

 

[Rolex]

Ah HAH!! in an equilateral triangle with the 4th glass in the center.
Yes Regis, that's my final answer. If I'm wrong, I'm still locked in at $32,000.

 

[robmob]

We have a winner!

I will assume you meant to mention that the 4th glass is upside down in the center.

Here is the official answer:

Place the first three in an equilateral triangle so that the foot of each is the same distance from the others as the height of a wineglass. Then place the fourth wineglass in the middle of the triangle, upside down.

Some quick ones....

What can go up a chimney down, but not down a chimney up?

 

[neobart]

robmob I found your cheat sheet. I think Rolex did too.

 

[Rolex]

We have a winner!

I will assume you meant to mention that the 4th glass is upside down in the center.

That wasn't my original answer, but when it dawned on me that it had to be upside down, you had already posted it.

What can go up a chimney down, but not down a chimney up?

Santa, really snockered.

 

[nitrogator]

i know that one its a umbrela i have heard that one before

robmob I found your cheat sheet. I think Rolex did too.

now wonder you guys keep getting them

 

[Rolex]

If you're using Google, you're disqualified. These are puzzles, not intended for research. If you look up the answers, there's no enjoyment in them whatsoever.