Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em?

[BigV]

that was good! Thank you im. I liked that one, though I was unable to figure it out.

More, please.

[infinite monkey]

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Man-"Hey boss, my password is out of date."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?

[Undertoad]

The new password is "different"

i forfeit the bonus

[Rhianne]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

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.

[Rhianne]

'out of date'

[infinite monkey]

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?

[Undertoad]

aw crap!

[infinite monkey]

You know this one too?

ARGHHHH.

I don't know which ones are well known or easy or hard...

[glatt]

Is Joseph a counterfeiter, and the machines are all printing presses, and the dollar was the first bogus bill he printed?

[infinite monkey]

Yes.

I'll try to find trickier ones. They're all tricky to me.

[infinite monkey]

You are on your way to visit your Grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It's her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes you've made.

Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake.

How many cakes do you have to leave home with to make sure that you arrive at Grandma's with exactly 2 cakes?

[infinite monkey]

Another one:

A palindrome is a word that reads the same when spelled backwards (eg rotavator).
How could the following word be considered a palindrome?

FOOTSTOOL

[jimhelm]

2 CAKES

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

You are on your way to visit your Grandma, who lives at the end of the valley. It's her birthday, and you want to give her the cakes you've made.

Between your house and her house, you have to cross 7 bridges, and as it goes in the land of make believe, there is a troll under every bridge! Each troll, quite rightly, insists that you pay a troll toll. Before you can cross their bridge, you have to give them half of the cakes you are carrying, but as they are kind trolls, they each give you back a single cake.

How many cakes do you have to leave home with to make sure that you arrive at Grandma's with exactly 2 cakes?

Originally Posted by jimhelm

2

Yes.

[jimhelm]

and I didn't even cheat. I started thinking I'd go backwards from the last troll... and then oh, duh.