MS Riddle

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I was thinking a pirate until I read: "who wants to pet him,". :?:
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Answers:

First: Goat
Second: Bartender
Third: Fire
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MessiahAndrw wrote:Erm no..

It's not as simple as that.. (base system, big/little endien bits/digits, text encoding method, etc)
I was already amused that when I tried the first thing I thought of I got something sensible :D
iammisc wrote:@Combuster: According to your riddle, there were only 3 cases.
There were an infinite number of cases. As I showed with the decode-this-number riddle, there are lots of ways to get a result that makes sense, but is *not* correct. But I'll shut up now.

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This one's kindof a joke, but you may still try breaking your mind over it. :twisted:
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"How do you throw an egg against a wall without breaking it?"

Hmm.. Let's see... I would glue a whole bunch of fluffy cushions to the wall and some to the ground. :)

I like riddles without using math. I suck at math... :lol:
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"How do you throw an egg against a wall without breaking it?"
If by "it" you mean the wall, that's easy :)
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Well obviously its the egg, and the easiest way to do that is to just throw it with chicken and all. :twisted:
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MessiahAndrw wrote:Decode this: 6413625345136 :) I've had it on my MSN personal message since June 2008 and nobody has got it yet.
MessiahAndrw wrote:Erm no..

It's not as simple as that.. (base system, big/little endien bits/digits, text encoding method, etc)

I'll tell you what, if it's not decoded by December I'll post the answer and how to decode it. :)
If it's octal,
6413625345136

Reverse digits,
6315435263146

To Hex,
66 6C 75 66 66

f l u f f

??

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-m32 wrote:If it's octal,
6413625345136

Reverse digits,
6315435263146

To Hex,
66 6C 75 66 66

f l u f f

??

:P
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MessiahAndrw wrote:Hey you got it! :D
Yay! :D
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