Wednesday, 12 February 2014

T2B66

The one who protests the king's offer must be the owner of the cow, because if it is his beloved pet he wouldn't let chance decide if he gets his cow or not.

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

T2B65

This is soooo good, but not that hard:

Two men come before the king because one of their beloved pets has been claimed by the other. Both of these men claim that the same cow is theirs. The king declares that one of the men will get the cow and he will give the other man one of his cattle, just to be fair. He will decide which man gets which at random. One of the men thanks the king for his generosity but the other man does not accept the offer. One man leaves with the disputed cow.

Which man gets the cow?

Saturday, 8 February 2014

T2B64

He sang "Happy Birthday." You can insert anyone's name in it, and it will work.

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

T2B63

Awesome:

A poor man is sitting in a pub. He sees that the man next to him is extremely rich.

Poor man: I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed.

The rich man laughs.

Poor man: I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a popular song that includes a lady's name of your choosing.

The rich man laughs again.

Rich man: OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?

The poor man goes home rich.

What song did he sing?

Monday, 3 February 2014

T2B62

The teller used the mute button on the phone so her mother only heard "Emergency... Call... Help." This is how she knew to call the police.

Genius. Absolutely genius.

Sunday, 2 February 2014

T2B61

Okay this is SOOOO good:

A bank is getting robbed and one of the robbers tells one of the tellers to give him all of the money. The teller tells him she doesn't have access to it.

Suddenly the phone rings. The robber tells the teller to answer it and not give them away. She picks up the phone and it happens to be her mother. She tells her mother "Is this an emergency mom? Call me when I get home, I could use some help painting." Then she hangs up.

The robbers continue to try to get into the vault but twenty minutes later the police show up with the teller's mom and arrest them all.

How did the police know about the robbery?

T2B60

The answer is 4100.

If you're like me, you probably got 5000 the first time. Why? Because your brain adds 4 thousands, and by the time you reach the last ten, your brain is tricked into turning the "100" into "1000" because it seems nice. But if you do the math on a calculator (to check, not to cheat :P) or paper and pencil, you'll find:

 1000
+  40
--------
 1040
+1000
--------
 2040
+  30
--------
  2070
+1000
--------
  3070
+    20
--------
  3090
+1000
--------
  4090
+   10
--------
  4100

It's easier to see when it's vertical.