Odd one out? - Page 3

Shawnee123 · 04-05-2010, 11:22 AM

Exactly. The only other explanation that wasn't something too obvious to be the one was Pico's explanation.

It's like the morning radio show's Impossible Question. It'll be something like "These could be as tall as 56 feet" and someone answers "trees" and another answers "walls."

Cloud · 04-05-2010, 11:32 AM

yes, the answer is Stupid. I knew it all along.

Undertoad · 04-05-2010, 11:34 AM

CRABCAKE IS NOT A WORD

Cloud · 04-05-2010, 11:43 AM

maybe not, but crabby is.

squirell nutkin · 04-05-2010, 11:44 AM

All ravens are black.
All non black things are non ravens.
Therefore the sight of a green (non black) apple (non raven) proves that ravens are black.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_paradox

Shawnee123 · 04-05-2010, 11:45 AM

That's so raven!

monster · 04-05-2010, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

CRABCAKE IS NOT A WORD

So then use that as a clue. Why would it be in there, what makes it special in a way that fits with all the others, that would make people overlook it's non-wordness? Because no-one would be lame enough to post and odd-one-out where the answer was that one of the words wasn't a real word, would they?

Sheesh, don't you lot have anything else to worry about?

monster · 04-05-2010, 12:25 PM

here, spot the odd one out:

whine
moan
complain
get on with life
bitch
whinge

DanaC · 04-05-2010, 12:32 PM

crabcake is a word. It's a compound word.

Shawnee123 · 04-05-2010, 12:34 PM

Try this one:

Hmmph
Flounce
Snit
Pout
Snort

The answer is Pout, because it's the only one where the second letter is O.

DanaC · 04-05-2010, 12:38 PM

Well, i liked the question. Because it had me thinking in entirely the wrong way. I was looking at word type and trying to spot patterns, and actually it was to do with letter order. I love stuff like that.

classicman · 04-05-2010, 02:14 PM

The poll says that Crabcake is correct - so there.

Shawnee123 · 04-05-2010, 02:32 PM

LOL...the poll-ock.

Gravdigr · 04-07-2010, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

Well, i liked the question. Because it had me thinking...

Ditto. I'm rarely correct on these type things, but I like 'em.

squirell nutkin · 04-07-2010, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

crabcake is not a word.

What? And "clamness is?"

View Poll Results: Which is the odd one out?
calmness	1	4.35%
canopy	2	8.70%
crabcake	6	26.09%
deft	2	8.70%
first	1	4.35%
hijack	1	4.35%
laughing	2	8.70%
quaffed	3	13.04%
stupid	5	21.74%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

04-05-2010, 11:22 AM	#31
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Exactly. The only other explanation that wasn't something too obvious to be the one was Pico's explanation. It's like the morning radio show's Impossible Question. It'll be something like "These could be as tall as 56 feet" and someone answers "trees" and another answers "walls." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-05-2010, 11:32 AM	#32
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yes, the answer is Stupid. I knew it all along. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-05-2010, 11:43 AM	#34
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	maybe not, but crabby is. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-05-2010, 11:44 AM	#35
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	All ravens are black. All non black things are non ravens. Therefore the sight of a green (non black) apple (non raven) proves that ravens are black. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_paradox __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-05-2010, 11:34 AM	#33
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	CRABCAKE IS NOT A WORD

04-05-2010, 11:45 AM	#36
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That's so raven! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-05-2010, 12:25 PM	#38
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	here, spot the odd one out: whine moan complain get on with life bitch whinge __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-05-2010, 12:34 PM	#40
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Try this one: Hmmph Flounce Snit Pout Snort The answer is Pout, because it's the only one where the second letter is O. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-05-2010, 02:14 PM	#42
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	The poll says that Crabcake is correct - so there. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-05-2010, 02:32 PM	#43
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	LOL...the poll-ock. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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