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MrBump
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Mensa Puzzle
#2229478 - 01/08/04 07:53 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Not really Philosophical in nature.... but you're all the smartest people on this message board IMO so maybe you could solve this:
Ok so one of my buddies got a mensa puzzle calendar for x-mas ... and he gave me this one today and I said to myself "self, why not share it with others" so here it is: The great detective has a puzzle to solve. A well-known crime author had signed his will at his lawyer's office on Monday, taken it with him and died in his sleep that night. He hadn't visited his safe-deposit box, and the only clue was a note he left, obviously to remind himself where he'd put the will. The note said "Take very secure efforts tomorrow." The Great Detective found the document immediately.
Where was it?
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Frog
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: MrBump]
#2229493 - 01/08/04 08:00 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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The television set?
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Renegade8
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Frog]
#2229508 - 01/08/04 08:08 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dammit, you beat me to it!
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Revelation
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Frog]
#2229524 - 01/08/04 08:19 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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I don't get it.
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Swami
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Take very secure efforts tomorrow
First letter of every word. TV set.
Frog is a genius. (Sorry Renegade, no props for second place.)
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Frog
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First letter of each word in his note.
-------------------- The day will come when, after harnessing the ether, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. -Teilard
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Revelation
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Swami]
#2229539 - 01/08/04 08:26 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Damnit! I guess I can kiss that MENSA membership goodbye.
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Frog
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Swami]
#2229550 - 01/08/04 08:30 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Not a genius. Just sort of popped out at me. But thank you.
To Renegade:
-------------------- The day will come when, after harnessing the ether, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. -Teilard
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Renegade8
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Swami]
#2229555 - 01/08/04 08:32 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Swami said: (Sorry Renegade, no props for second place.)
I know, I know...that fucker was a step ahead of me, as usual.
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SkorpivoMusterion
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Frog]
#2229565 - 01/08/04 08:36 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Damn..I woulda never thought about that....my utmost SERIOUS educated guess....would have been..."Up his ass"
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DoctorJ
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mensa is a scam
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: DoctorJ]
#2229805 - 01/08/04 10:14 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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I was gonna say it was still on him because it didnt actually say he put it anywhere at all and he wrote the note to himself because he was blazed and he knew he wouldnt remember in the morning (he's going in the morning because hes too lazy to go tonight) and he died while he was passed out in front of that tv set, with the will still in his pocket. eh? eh comrade?
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Swami
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: DoctorJ]
#2229818 - 01/08/04 10:19 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Mensa is sexist. What about womensa?
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SpecialEd
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Swami]
#2229852 - 01/08/04 10:30 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Mensa is sexist. What about womensa?
Apparently you are either attempting to be funny and failing or are unable to distinguish between words with prefixes and words without prefixes. Both my sister and brother in law belong to mensa.
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Positronius
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: MrBump]
#2229881 - 01/08/04 10:40 PM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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I would have guessed that it was in his pocket. That puzzle is pretty retarded. They guy walks into his house, puts the will in the most obvious place in his whole house apart from the kitchen counter, and then writes a convuluted note to remind himself that its on top of his TV. ????? = bullshit.
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Grandpa
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wowwo, give the detective a fucking pension and retirement. I'm with positronius on this one.
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KackleDude
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: MrBump]
#2230103 - 01/09/04 12:13 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Damn I wish I had a harder puzzle to counter that one, It was kinda simple. But a good puzzle nonethless.
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Yarry
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heres another one
10 5 7 \ | / 3 / | \ 4 X 7
Those should be lines connecting each number to the middle. Alright solve for X.
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Renegade8
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Yarry]
#2230118 - 01/09/04 12:22 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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X=2
Ha, Frog, got one with numbers this time!
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Frog
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Re: Mensa Puzzle [Re: Renegade8]
#2230121 - 01/09/04 12:26 AM (20 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes, I admit it, my brain freezes up at numbers. If y'all want to get me off a thread, just started talking about numbers. Hell, you don't even have to talk about numbers, just post "1+1=2". That'll take care of me.
-------------------- The day will come when, after harnessing the ether, the winds, the tides, gravitation, we shall harness for God the energies of love. And, on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. -Teilard
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