[Sir Thursday]

Hinter's is the one I've always heard quoted, but I suspect Cause is correct.

The other one you're thinking of Hinter is floccinaucinihilipilification, which means 'the estimation of something as worthless'.


Sir Thursday

[Giles]

i think in all probability there are are probably a lot of chemicals that could have very long names which are probably longer than soem of these words.
The one id always heard was antidisestablishmentarianism but i think this is just a repeat of one of the riddles we had earlier which was a trick and english was the answer

[Hinter]

Sir Thursday, on Mar 17 2009, 02:01 PM, said:

The other one you're thinking of Hinter is floccinaucinihilipilification, which means 'the estimation of something as worthless'.

No wonder I couldn't find it - miles out with the spelling

[frookenhauer]

You guys get everything but the answer...

The floccathingyis most likey the one in real terms but not in riddling terms. I think you guys are probably going to lynch me when you figure it out

[Giles]

unless the answer is
"no it isnt" i cant think what it could be, i remember the original one was language i think but you havent included that word in your riddle so id have to assume it would be english

[Impirion]

I think I have heard this..... Smiles, there's a mile between the first and the last letter

[Impirion]

Or Llanfairpwllgwyngogerychwyrndrobwlllantsysiliogogogoch which while not English is a place name in Britain so should be counted as a Proper Noun in English

[Hinter]

I reckon you are right with smiles...and Frook needs lynching!

[frookenhauer]

yup it was smiles cos there's a mile between the two end letters...

Riddle us up Imp!

BTW That welsh stuff is just crazy

[frookenhauer]

I might as well post a riddle cos Imp has just joined the 'I'd post a riddle if I can find one' crowd. The power of the interweb...its easy...

Mr. Moody grumbles about bad time-keeping trains from morning till night!.

On one particular morning he was quiet justified.

His train left on time for the one hour journey, to Clarksville, and it arrived 5 minutes late.

However, Mr. Moody 's watch showed it to be 3 minutes early, so he adjusted his watch by putting it forward 3 minutes.

His watch kept time during the day, and on the return journey in the evening the train started on time, according to his watch, and arrived on time, according to the station clock.

If the train travelled 25 percent faster on the return journey than it did on the morning journey, was the station clock fast or slow, and by how much?

[Stradivarius]

20 mins slow

[Sir Thursday]

Assuming the outbound journey did actually take an hour, and the train went at 1.25 times the speed on the way back. Rearrange the equation v=d/t, you get t=d/v, where v is the velocity. So if the train travels 1.25 times as fast, then the return journey will take 1 hour*(1/1.25) = 48 minutes.

Mr. Moody's watch is 5 minutes ahead of the actual time, because the train was 5 minutes late leaving in the morning. So when he thinks the train is on time leaving, it's actully 5 minutes before time. So the train will arrive in the station 43 minutes after it was supposed to leave. Assuming the return journey was supposed to take an hour, that means that the station clock must be 17 minutes fast.


Sir Thursday

This post has been edited by Sir Thursday: 18 March 2009 - 01:03 AM

[frookenhauer]

Wong!



Wrong! I don't know how you're going to get this seeing as you're in gibberish mode...

[Sir Thursday]

Oh hang on, I misread the question. I can't see any clever tricks in the question's wording, so I'll have another go.


(EDIT: Question: when you say the outbound train left on time, by whose clock is that?)

This post has been edited by Sir Thursday: 18 March 2009 - 01:07 AM

[Stradivarius]

oh having a go at me now for trying hey!

so i should just give up roll over and die frook. hey HEY?!
well let me tell you something mister i aint! so there!
put that in your blunt and smoke it!

[frookenhauer]

Strad chill matey! I was just joshing..I poke fun at all the people who post wrong answers...In fact I just poke fun at everyone.

STD hmm...it was a cut and paste jobby...Try both ways. the answer is an integer.

[Sir Thursday]

Right, in that case I make it 13 minutes fast.

[Stradivarius]

Frookenhauer, on Mar 18 2009, 01:12 AM, said:

Strad chill matey! I was just joshing..I poke fun at all the people who post wrong answers...In fact I just poke fun at everyone.

STD hmm...it was a cut and paste jobby...Try both ways. the answer is an integer.

dear god alive i dispare of humanity at time! you should have learned by now not to take anything i say seriously!

[frookenhauer]

That'll do for me std...Your Math-fu is good enough for me...even though the answer on the back of the packet of matches said 3

Strad...I thought you were being sensitive today, so I thought it best to apologise so you don't go back to your bed and rage at all the lambs in your hayloft...I'm just saying.

[Stradivarius]

Frookenhauer, on Mar 18 2009, 01:30 AM, said:

That'll do for me std...Your Math-fu is good enough for me...even though the answer on the back of the packet of matches said 3

Strad...I thought you were being sensitive today, so I thought it best to apologise so you don't go back to your bed and rage at all the lambs in your hayloft...I'm just saying.

sensitive?! real men dont do sensitive!