Jokes and Riddles

Platinum · 11-21-2007, 03:43 PM

can we bring it back??? I gave me joy like no other.

LinkManDX · 11-21-2007, 03:50 PM

Q: What's black and blue all over?

A: You if you don't stop telling ****ty jokes.

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.

Platinum · 11-21-2007, 03:55 PM

stop that or Chuck will roundhouse kick you....

he went to the Virgin Islands, now they are the Islands, Chuck is that good.

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-22-2007, 01:44 PM

I had a riddle that everyone ignored. Here it is again.

Imagine you're in a cubical room 50 metres on each side. Roughly in the centre of the ceiling hang two ropes, one metre apart, which dangle down to the floor. Each rope is therefore 50 metres long, and are strong enough to climb up. You are armed only with your trusty knife, Boy Scout knot-tying skills, and monkey-like climbing ability. Each wall is perfectly smooth, though; you cannot climb up the walls like a gecko. You can survive a fall of up to five metres.

There's an exit (on the ground level). Your objective is to leave the room with as much rope as possible. How much rope can you harvest?

I am nobody · 11-22-2007, 02:09 PM

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-22-2007, 02:12 PM

More.

CuccoLady · 11-22-2007, 02:14 PM

60 m?

I am nobody · 11-22-2007, 02:21 PM

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-22-2007, 07:35 PM

You must leave the room alive; being dead obviates self locomotion.

Totally Kennerson · 11-22-2007, 07:45 PM

^How loud can you scream, and how close is the hospital?

Rainbow Dash · 11-22-2007, 08:49 PM

100m, by cutting the first rope from the second rope, then almost cut the second rope, climb down, and pull it off.

***CaptHayfever*** · 11-22-2007, 09:24 PM

^If you can pull the second rope off from the ground, then it would snap while you were climbing it.

55m plus your own height & reach?

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-22-2007, 09:25 PM

^^ That's way too dangerous. Your mother would worry. For the logical purposes of this riddle, a cut is always a full cut.

You can get more than 55 m.

Remember, you can tie rope together.

Rainbow Dash · 11-23-2007, 09:12 AM

How long is this person's arm?

Platinum · 11-23-2007, 09:57 AM

can we bring it back? we have interest.

The Willful Wanderer · 11-23-2007, 10:29 AM

Um... it seems to have been brungeded already.

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-23-2007, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chunky Kong12345

How long is this person's arm?

This person's arm is about 60 cm long? Whatever how long a normal human arm is.

Hint: Spoiler Below

You can get almost all of the rope.

The Willful Wanderer · 11-23-2007, 11:09 AM

What kind of exit, how is it made, and can you cut the walls and/or ceiling with the knife?

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaptHayfever

^If you can pull the second rope off from the ground, then it would snap while you were climbing it.

Not if you pull it down by jumping and grabbing- if you jump, your effective weight gets multiplied (for an instant) by something like 5 for your usual landing-time. A quick shock of your weight already falling is a much bigger strain on the rope than the already-present constant strain of your weight moving steadily.

Rainbow Dash · 11-23-2007, 11:33 AM

Yes, but you have to make a clean cut. My argument's been nulled.

But, I can use that argument to say this:

Climb to the top of the second rope, and tie the first rope a meter down from where the second rope hangs. Cut below the knot. Climb down the first one, then pull down the first one. 99m.

***Ace Mercury*** · 11-23-2007, 12:04 PM

I don't follow your instructions; cut rope #2 below the knot? How do you pull down rope #1 without cutting it?

11-22-2007, 01:44 PM	#4
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Tee hee. I had a riddle that everyone ignored. Here it is again. Imagine you're in a cubical room 50 metres on each side. Roughly in the centre of the ceiling hang two ropes, one metre apart, which dangle down to the floor. Each rope is therefore 50 metres long, and are strong enough to climb up. You are armed only with your trusty knife, Boy Scout knot-tying skills, and monkey-like climbing ability. Each wall is perfectly smooth, though; you cannot climb up the walls like a gecko. You can survive a fall of up to five metres. There's an exit (on the ground level). Your objective is to leave the room with as much rope as possible. How much rope can you harvest?

11-22-2007, 02:09 PM	#5
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	55m?

11-22-2007, 02:21 PM	#8
I am nobody Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Over there. Gender: Posts: 5,515 Thanks: 309 Thanked 365 Times in 242 Posts Blog Entries: 7	You leave the room dead. 100m

11-22-2007, 07:35 PM	#9
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	You have failed. You must leave the room alive; being dead obviates self locomotion.

11-22-2007, 09:25 PM	#13
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	^^ That's way too dangerous. Your mother would worry. For the logical purposes of this riddle, a cut is always a full cut. You can get more than 55 m. Remember, you can tie rope together. Last edited by Ace Mercury; 11-23-2007 at 11:05 AM. Reason: Stupid spelling mistakke

11-21-2007, 03:43 PM	#1
Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wv Gender: Posts: 1,369 Thanks: 48 Thanked 21 Times in 21 Posts	Jokes and Riddles can we bring it back??? I gave me joy like no other.

11-21-2007, 03:50 PM	#2
LinkManDX Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Because political usernames ftw Gender: Posts: 3,582 Thanks: 297 Thanked 266 Times in 156 Posts	Q: What's black and blue all over? A: You if you don't stop telling ****ty jokes. Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week.

11-21-2007, 03:55 PM	#3
Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wv Gender: Posts: 1,369 Thanks: 48 Thanked 21 Times in 21 Posts	stop that or Chuck will roundhouse kick you.... he went to the Virgin Islands, now they are the Islands, Chuck is that good.

11-22-2007, 02:12 PM	#6
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	More.

11-22-2007, 02:14 PM	#7
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	60 m?

11-22-2007, 07:45 PM	#10
Totally Kennerson Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Falling down all these stairs Gender: Posts: 2,116 Thanks: 340 Thanked 406 Times in 136 Posts Blog Entries: 1	^How loud can you scream, and how close is the hospital?

11-22-2007, 08:49 PM	#11
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,399 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	100m, by cutting the first rope from the second rope, then almost cut the second rope, climb down, and pull it off.

11-22-2007, 09:24 PM	#12
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	^If you can pull the second rope off from the ground, then it would snap while you were climbing it. 55m plus your own height & reach? And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

11-23-2007, 09:12 AM	#14
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,399 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	How long is this person's arm?

11-23-2007, 09:57 AM	#15
Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wv Gender: Posts: 1,369 Thanks: 48 Thanked 21 Times in 21 Posts	can we bring it back? we have interest.

11-23-2007, 10:29 AM	#16
The Willful Wanderer Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,325 Thanks: 168 Thanked 137 Times in 90 Posts	Um... it seems to have been brungeded already.

11-23-2007, 11:33 AM	#19
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,399 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	Yes, but you have to make a clean cut. My argument's been nulled. But, I can use that argument to say this: Climb to the top of the second rope, and tie the first rope a meter down from where the second rope hangs. Cut below the knot. Climb down the first one, then pull down the first one. 99m.

11-23-2007, 12:04 PM	#20
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I don't follow your instructions; cut rope #2 below the knot? How do you pull down rope #1 without cutting it?