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Subject: CAN YOU FIGURE OUT THESE FIVE RIDDLES?
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> >
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> > 1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to
> > choose between three
> > rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second
> > is full of
> > assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of
> > lions that haven't
> > eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
> >
> > 2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him
> > under water for over 5
> > minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later
> > they both go out
> > together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How
> > can this be?
> >
> > 3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use
> > it, and gray when you
> > throw it away?
> >
> > 4. Can you name three consecutive days without using
> > the words
> > Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
> >
> > 5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to
> > just how quickly you
> > can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks
> > so ordinary and plain
> > that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In
> > fact, nothing is
> > wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it
> > and think about it,
> > but you still may not find anything odd. But if you
> > work at it a bit,
> > you might find out. Try to do so without any
> > coaching!
> >
> >
> >
> > THE ANSWERS TO ALL FIVE THE RIDDLES ARE BELOW:
> >
> > 1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three
> > years are dead.
> > That one was easy, right?
> >
> > 2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture
> > of her husband,
> > developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held
> > under water; and hung).
> >
> > 3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.
> >
> > 4. Sure you can name three consecutive days,
> > yesterday, today, and
> > tomorrow!
> >
> > 5. The letter e, which is the most common letter
> > used in the English
> > language, does not appear even once in the
> > paragraph.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to
> > choose between three
> > rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second
> > is full of
> > assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of
> > lions that haven't
> > eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
> >
> > 2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him
> > under water for over 5
> > minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later
> > they both go out
> > together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How
> > can this be?
> >
> > 3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use
> > it, and gray when you
> > throw it away?
> >
> > 4. Can you name three consecutive days without using
> > the words
> > Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
> >
> > 5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to
> > just how quickly you
> > can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks
> > so ordinary and plain
> > that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In
> > fact, nothing is
> > wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it
> > and think about it,
> > but you still may not find anything odd. But if you
> > work at it a bit,
> > you might find out. Try to do so without any
> > coaching!
> >
> >
> >
> > THE ANSWERS TO ALL FIVE THE RIDDLES ARE BELOW:
> >
> > 1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three
> > years are dead.
> > That one was easy, right?
> >
> > 2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture
> > of her husband,
> > developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held
> > under water; and hung).
> >
> > 3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.
> >
> > 4. Sure you can name three consecutive days,
> > yesterday, today, and
> > tomorrow!
> >
> > 5. The letter e, which is the most common letter
> > used in the English
> > language, does not appear even once in the
> > paragraph.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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