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Old 06-26-2012, 02:59 PM   #1
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The letter 'M'?
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Old 06-26-2012, 03:02 PM   #2
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Nossir.
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Old 06-26-2012, 03:28 PM   #3
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This is a good puzzle. I don't have the answer yet, but it's percolating in my head.
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Old 06-28-2012, 07:27 AM   #4
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Let me know when y'all want to cry uncle.
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Old 06-28-2012, 10:09 AM   #5
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give me a moment to think about this
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Old 06-28-2012, 10:21 AM   #6
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It has to do with words, not symbols, but I'm stumped at how ALL can contain EQUAL and then become second...
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Old 06-28-2012, 01:13 PM   #7
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(I cheated.) Unless I missed something in the explanation, I don't think ALL is relevant. I also got hung up on that, which contributed to me looking it up.
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Old 06-28-2012, 01:25 PM   #8
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The puzzle again, for convenience:

Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.

What am I?



The official answer from braingle.com:

The word Seven.

seven
even (equal)
eve (2nd person, according to the Bible)
v (Roman numeral five; two less than seven)
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Old 06-29-2012, 01:53 PM   #9
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Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.
I liked this too. Disappointed I didn't get a bit closer.
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Old 06-29-2012, 06:42 AM   #10
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Ahh, I'd figured out the steps, but not the starting point, and had gone down the same blind alley as HM. Nice.
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Old 06-29-2012, 01:16 PM   #11
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that was good! Thank you im. I liked that one, though I was unable to figure it out.

More, please.
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Old 06-29-2012, 01:31 PM   #12
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Try this one:

A man worked for a high-security institution, and one day he went in to work only to find that he could not log in to his computer terminal. His password wouldn't work. Then he remembered that the passwords are reset every month for security purposes. So he went to his boss and they had this conversation:
Man-"Hey boss, my password is out of date."
Boss-"Yes, that's right. The password is different, but if you listen carefully you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same."
Man: "Thanks boss."
With that, he went and correctly logged into his station.
What was the new password?
BONUS: What was his old password?
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Old 06-29-2012, 01:52 PM   #13
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The new password is "different"

i forfeit the bonus
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Old 06-29-2012, 01:56 PM   #14
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'out of date'
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Old 06-29-2012, 02:03 PM   #15
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You're right, UT and Rhianne.

New one:

Joesph walked Chuck, a potential new employee, through his company. He briefly went over the safety precautions of a couple machines used, their uses, and regular day-to-day activity. Joseph was very impressed with Chuck's qualifications and knowledge on the workings of his business. Chuck was applying for a position in shipping. Joseph took him by the wall with a single dollar hung up. He proudly explained that it was the first dollar he ever made almost 20 years ago, when the business first started. Finally Joseph brought the man outside and showed him his parking spot. Chuck thanked Joseph for the tour, but then directed Joseph to put his hands over his head.

What happened?
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