My 11 Plus Question

Aslan


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 09:41

A man will be (X) years old in the year (X2). How old will he be and in what year?





Clue: It has to be in the 20th Century.

elko2



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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 10:44

Sorry but the question is not clear at all. Suppose x=53

What does (x2) mean?

a) Is it 532 or

b) Is it 53 times 2 i.e. 106 ?



In either case the answer can be anything you wish to make.

ismet

colly


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 11:17

There must be a catch here some where as any year in the 19th century would make him at least 950 (1900/2).

Col

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:14

Yes this really is quite simple, as you say, it's for 11 year olds. If V is a connected open subset of R that projects bijectively to a connected open subset U of , then identifying V and U (via the projection) identifies the restriction of log to V with a holomorphic function from U to , and this function is a branch of log z. Every branch of log z arises in this way.

Hence If you consider this : If it takes 2 men a week to walk a fortnight, How many apples in a bunch of grapes? Then you will arrive at the correct answer.

Aslan


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:16

(X) any number in the year (X) squared

Chessman


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:16

No 1 Doyen. Ah that takes me back although I am not sure what to!



You are a cad! LOL

Aslan


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:20

44 years old in the year 1936 is the only year that equals the sum provided.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:30

That's very clever Aslan. Well Done.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:32

Heres an esy one for you.If a billion follows a million and a trillion follows a billion, what number follows a trillion?

Chessman


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:34

I am tempted to say quadrillion but no doubt I will follow into a trap, as it's you. LOL

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:35

No Chessman it's not that - but you're close.

Aslan


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:39

Not sure would have gone with a quadrillion, as the Zimbabwe lottery payout in quadrillions!!

Chessman


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:46

No1 Doyen



Which presumably means, Im not close!

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:46

Is the answer UK Government debt?





Rob

Chessman


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:50

I am sure it is a quadrillion (without looking it up) as I remember this from my astronomy hobby but No1 is going to catch us out! The tension is killing me!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:50

Chessman. Oh alright your not that close!

lancashirelad


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:50

Message 4



I see that you copied your answer from: -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:FactSpewer/Draft_of_Complex_Logarithm

under the heading: -

The Riemann surface and branches of log z



And you were still wrong!

Chessman


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:51

Off for a beer to think about it!

brian24001


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:51

I thought No1's solution in msg 4 was a lot easier to understand.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:51

ROBnJO- Not quite, but I like your thinking.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 12:58

AAHH but Lancashirelad did you consider - If it takes 2 men a week to walk a fortnight, How many apples in a bunch of grapes?

Treesy


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 13:32

what???????



he will be 45 in the year 2025

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 13:36

Treesy



and probably relying on Anusol for his bunch of grapes! ;-(



Rob

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 13:39

Treesy, Aslan said - Clue: It has to be in the 20th Century.

Lemtich



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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 13:41

Okay, try this little test.



Intelligence test



I came across this somewhere....



Below are four (4) questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately. OK?



Let's find out just how clever you really are....





First Question:

You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?



















Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are

absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his place, you are second!



Try not to screw up next time.

Now answer the second question,

but don't take as much time as you took for the first question,OK?



Second Question:

If you overtake the last person, then you are...?























Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?



You're not very good at this

Lemtich



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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 13:41

Third Question:

>Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head >only.

>Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.



>Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30.

>Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add >10. What is the total?

>Did you get 5000?



>The correct answer is actually 4100.



>If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator!



>Today is definitely not your day, is it?

>Maybe you'll get the last question right...

>...Maybe.





Eh? I get 4200. How? Oh, I forgot to tell you. I lost an arm in a car race and now have only 5 fingers left. I do my counting in base 5.



Maybe someday you will get some real brains.

... Maybe.





>Fourth Question:



>Mary's father has five daughters: 1- Nana, 2- Nene, 3- Nini,

>4- Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?



>Did you Answer Nunu?

>I hope not!

>Of course it isn't.

>Her name is Mary. Read the question again!





Whaaaaat?

Groucho



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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 13:42

Treesy



He would have topped himself knowing that having the aging disease Werner's syndrome he was due to crumble anyway...

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 13:53

Very Good Lem.

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 14:13

Lem



Actually,.....



If you overtake the last person, you are probably the first person lapping them!





ROB

Chessman


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 14:46

No 1 Doyen.



If it is 1 trillion and 1, I will hate you for the rest of my life!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 15:52

Chessman - Please don't hate me, it was the voices in my head that made me do it.



Friends?

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 16:13

How about this one. I got it from my pal Steve down the pub (that's a big clue). Chessman I'll let you out of this one because you tried very hard on the other one. (please say you'll talk to me)



The next number in this series, please:



3, 6, 9, 12, 15, __



(Another clue: it isn't 18)

1python


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Posts: 32

Message Posted:
26/11/2008 16:18

is it a google....clear as mud to me.....but google just popped up

Lemtich



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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 16:21

Is it 21?



Lem

Chessman


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Posts: 486

Message Posted:
26/11/2008 16:22

No 1 Doyen



I forgive you, albeit very reluctantly! It is only because you are the best supplier of jokes in the TRNC!



Now, this new one? Seems that it may not be a mathematical progression but the numbers are related to some specific events, places etc.....mmmmm......

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 16:23

33 and 34 - No, please try again.

1python


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 16:26

still working on it No1 Doyen but not very well edumacated im afraid

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 17:21

Does anyone know the answer?

Lemtich



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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 17:25

No but for some reason 24 comes to mind.



lem

Chessman


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 17:37

Still thinking!

Chessman


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 17:38

Looking at a dartboard gave me no inspiration!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 17:45

Sorry Lem it's not 24.



Tip: Read the message again.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 18:49

Any Guesses?

Lemtich



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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 19:15

Well, you get dartboards in pubs but the sequence jumps all around the board in no particular pattern. Pool balls are numbered but again no pattern, are we on the right track with pub games?



Lem

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
26/11/2008 20:22

No sorry Lem

Chessman


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 09:43

No1 Doyen.



I know I am going to hate the answer but my stress levels are too high to wait any longer! I hope Lem agrees but I need to know now!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 09:46

Chessman, you are going to hate me for this.



As I said the clue was in the message .."I got it from my pal Steve down the pub (that's a big clue)....."



The answer is 41



They are my mate Steve's lottery numbers.



Is that you swearing?

Chessman


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Posts: 486

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 09:48

Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Harold2555



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Posts: 1139

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 10:09

Guess they weren't the winning numbers either or they would still be down the pub



P

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 10:45

An easier one - no trickery involved.



Paul is 20 years old in 1980, but only 15 years old in 1985. How is this possible?

Lemtich



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Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 10:59

How is the following statement possible?



The condemned man spoke half an hour after he was hanged



Lem

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 11:08

Was he hung by the feet?

Chessman


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 11:20

Is it because the date is BC not AD? It had better be, Bill!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 11:43

Spot On Chessman. Well Done!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 11:46

Lem. He was hanged, but he didn't die? I suppose that's too obvious isn't it?

Lemtich



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Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 12:08

Here we go, just a bit of punctuation required.



"The condemned man spoke; half an hour after, he was hanged."



Lem

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 12:14

Very Good Lem. Back to school for the rest of us.............



I must learn punctuation

I must learn punctuation

I must learn punctuation

I must learn punctuation

I must learn punctuation

I must learn punctuation

Chessman


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Posts: 486

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 12:22

Nice on Lem.



That reminds me of that brilliant book by Lynne Truss. ''Eats, shoots and leaves''

ROBnJO


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Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:13

No1Doyen re msg 32.



I've also got one from a mate down the pub!



The next number in this series, please:



3, 6, 9, 12, 15, _ _



(another clue: it isn't No1's earlier answer of 41)





Rob

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:23

ROBnJO. You're playing with fire here. Chessman will get you....



Is it 15?

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:32

No1,... 15?,... why?

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:40

My understanding is of the theory that each odd-positioned number x_n is equal to x_{n-1} + (x_{n-1} - x_{n+2}) and each even-positioned one is equal to x_{n-1} * 4/((n/2)+1). The sequence would then be 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 15, 15, 12... But I guess I'm wrong! You wait 'til chessman sees this

ROBnJO


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Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:45

No1



Big,.. Big,.. clue!



Give me a 'name' with the number, & I'll tell you if it's right!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:52

ROBnJO - Does it begin with a 'D' ?

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:55

No1, no,... an 'M'!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 13:57

ROBnJO - how many letters in the name? Is it a Boy's name or Girl's name? Or a place name?

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 14:24

No1



8 letters, male name.



The further sequence 'names' begin with: S, S, P, & M.

Chessman


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Posts: 486

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 14:46

This is a bl**dy conspiracy. My wife must have put you up to this to drive me nuts and lock me away.

ROBnJO are you in collusion with No1 doyen? The same numbers aaaargh! I am rapidly going off you both!

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 14:54

Chessman



Clue: perhaps it will turn you to drink!



Even bigger clue: the first numbers, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15,... can be represented by names beginning with: J, M, S, B, N.





Rob

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:15

Hang on a minute are we trying to find numbers or letters now? This could go on for ever. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a punctured tyre.

Chessman


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Posts: 486

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:22

No1 Doyen.



''Hang on a minute are we trying to find numbers or letters now''



I couldn't find my butt with two hands now, particularly after reading your msg 62!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:27

Geoff, me too. I don't know whether I'm coming or going now!



Come On ROBnJO help us out here, you'll have two suicides to contend with.

ROBnJO


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Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:27

I've unfortunately got to do some work now. ;-(



If you want to 'Give Up', I can give the answer now or leave it open till later.





Rob

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:33

Over to you Geoff, I can hold on and leave the rope loose for a while!

Groucho



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:39

Can you construct a grammatically correct sentence with the word "and" in it five times in succession?



That is like this



{..................} and and and and and {.......................}



A man did when writing to complain about the new sign on his pub not being quite right.....



According to the sign, the name of the pub was "The Pig and Whistle"



Can you work it out?

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:42

If you want to wait till later,.... heres another one,....



Which is the only Street in London where you 'By Law' have to drive on the right?"





Rob

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:45

ROBnJO. I know that one it's the turning into the Savoy Hotel.



As for Groucho's, let me see now...[with one hand on the rope]..............

ROBnJO


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Posts: 1289

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:47

No1



Correct on the Savoy Hotel! Do you know why?

1python


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:50

ive tried for hours to work all of these sums out but finally surrender, as a python ive never been a very good adder.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:51

Groucho, Did the man stutter? (I bet he didn't)

Chessman


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:52

Bill. Ok we'll hang on and keep trying.



Rob. This better be good!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:52

Heres an easy one whilst I sort out Groucho's..



What gets bigger the more you take away from it?

Chessman


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:54

Bill. A hole. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:55

ROBnJO. Is it because of letting people out of your car or taxi?

Groucho



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:55

No 1 is it a hole?

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:56

Well Done Geoof. Now back to Groucho......[he says tightening the rope..]

Harold2555



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Posts: 1139

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:56

Regarding the Pub sign



Dear sirs



You have got the sign wrong it says the Pig and and Whistle not the Pig and Whistle and "and and" and "and" are two completely different things.



Paul

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:57

There you go Groucho!...[he says undoing rope...] Well Done Harold

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 15:58

Now back to message 59. Who knoes the answer to ROBnJO's question.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:00

Funny... I put in "A hole?" Three times and the BB would not accept it... just kept redisplaying this page... maybe there is advanced insult-spotting software employed now...

Harold2555



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:04

Creepy Swear word Filter A hole not allowed unless in middle of a post

Groucho



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:05

Nearly right... it has to be grammatically correct without any additional punctuation...



Dear Sirs



I am writing to complain about the new sign you have erected at my premises. The nature of my complaint is this, the gaps between pig and and and and and whistle are not the same.



Yours faithfully



Pinky and Perky

Harold2555



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:11

Good work Groucho



I almost went down that route but couldn't quite get it to work.



Paul

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:24

I don't want to be implicated in any matrimonial disputes,.. so will give the answer to msg 59! It was pub related. It was '18', 'Melchior' ;-(



Champagne!



3 ltrs: Jeroboam

6 ltrs: Methuselah

9 ltrs: Salmanazar

12 ltrs: Balthazar

15 ltrs: Nebuchadnezzar

18 ltrs: Melchior

20 ltrs: Solomon

25 ltrs: Sovereign

27 ltrs: Primat

30 ltrs: Melchizedek





Rob

Chessman


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:34

Rob.



That's good! Very clever although my brains has gone to mush!

Groucho



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:38

Rob



Rehoboam ?



Is the size of bottle my wife would like to crown me with! ;¬)

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:44

Groucho



You should survive that!



It's only 4.5 ltrs!

britvic



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 16:56

One fine day in the middle of the night,

Two dead guys got up for a fight,

Back to back they faced each other,

Pulled out knives and shot each other!

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/11/2008 17:10

What Am I?



You heard me before, Yet you hear me again, Then I die, 'Till you call me again.

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 17:17

No1



Re the Savoy,.. correct!



The Savoy considered a Chauffeur in a right hand drive car would be discourteous to his passengers if he had to waste time walking around the car to let them out on the pavement side.



On a 'right hand' road he could instantly open the door for them!



Still happens today. Though the Savoy is closed for a multi £m refurbishment, the Theatre is still open and the road is planned to stay RH drive!



Rob

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 17:31

Coincidently Rob, one of my friends has the contract do carry out the refurb work.

Chessman


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 17:58

Bill. An echo.



You are taking pity on me and keeping them easy for me, aren't you?

ROBnJO


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 18:00

No1



I'm also involved there, with an independent business.



The reopening has now been put back from May 'till September 09, costing me money!



Can you ask your friend to get his finger out!!





Rob

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 18:01

Geoff, I didn't want you to do anything to hurt yourself

Chessman


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 18:05

Bill.



I have a list of the top ten people in the world whom I hate the most. You are the only one on it! Although I might put Rob in at number 10!



Just joking. Signing off until tomorrow. Take care.

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 18:09

You to Geoff. Have a pleasant evening.

frontalman



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 18:36

He will be 44 in 1936. Treesy that's the 21st century.

Groucho



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Message Posted:
27/11/2008 20:06

"He will be 44 in 1936. Treesy that's the 21st century. "



Not even close!