Cool puzzle

Jan. 3rd, 2005 03:40 pm
[personal profile] malenkiyscot
They say about 50% of the people fight with the puzzle below for hours, while the other 50% solve it instantly and do not understand what takes the other half so long. By the way, when you find the answer, you'll immediatelly know it to be correct. So if you are not 100% sure - that's not it. Enjoy!

Recently a friend told me the following story about the death of his grandfather: "My grandparents used to go to church on Sundays. One day during the sermon, which was long and dry, my grandfather fell asleep. That week he had been reading a novel about the French Revolution and began to dream that he was a rich aristocrat living in a beautiful chateau in France.

Suddenly there was a commotion outside. A mob of peasants appeared, stormed the house, grabbed him and tied him up, dragged him to the market square, where there was a platform with a guillotine set up. My grandfather was led up the stairs, a priest muttered a few words to him and then his head was placed in the cradle of the guillotine. A hooded executioner approached and reached up for the lever that releases the blade. At that moment my grandfather was snoring quite loudly, so my grandmother reached out and pinched him on the back of his neck to wake him up. This was such a shock to my grandfather that he suffered a heart attack and died on the spot."

My reaction to the story of my friend: "I don't believe a word of that. You made it up." Why did I react in this way, how did I know the story is not true.
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Date: 2005-01-03 08:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malenkiy-scot.livejournal.com
Сразу, или заняло некоторое время?

Date: 2005-01-03 08:49 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] alexcohn.livejournal.com
Сразу, ты ведь предупредил, что нужно вчитываться. Кроме того, немедленно вспомнилась какая-то детская загадка, работавшая на этом принципе. Точнее, вспомнилось, что была такая. Так что в решении нестандартных задач опыт тоже совсем не вреден. Вот на последней контрольной по математике Пашка не справился с задачкой про лодки, потому что мы с ним не разбирали ни одной задачи с учетом течения. Я просто не знал, что такие у них в задачнике встречаются.
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Date: 2005-01-04 01:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malenkiy-scot.livejournal.com
>by the way i saw someone posted the puzzle on the closed otho/jewish >women's forum - how did you get it?

Я в свое время уже писал, что на самом деле являюсь женщиной, заключенной в мужском теле.

Re: About 30 seconds

Date: 2005-01-04 07:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malenkiy-scot.livejournal.com
Out of 9 people so far (including you and me): 3 got it right away; 3 got it after some thinking and re-reading; and three either took a long time or have not solved it.

Re: About 30 seconds

Date: 2005-01-04 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scrible.livejournal.com
Perhaps there is some correlation to having attended No. 239 at some point :-)

Date: 2005-01-05 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scrible.livejournal.com
Yes. I was there for the 7th and part of 8th grades from 1986 to 1988

Date: 2005-01-05 11:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malenkiy-scot.livejournal.com
Aha, so we did a year together.

SRAZU!

Date: 2005-01-04 06:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sagi-nahor.livejournal.com
Nothing to it ;-)
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100% ?

Date: 2005-01-03 08:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malenkiy-scot.livejournal.com
Ну, присниться ведь может по всякому.

Date: 2005-01-03 08:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oxfv.livejournal.com
Пара минут, пожалуй. Сперва догадался, потом вспомнил, что знал.
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Date: 2005-01-03 01:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] malenkiy-scot.livejournal.com
Нет. Спроси у брата, если сам не догадаешься. Но не сдавайся - ради ощущения, когда, наконец, дойдет :)

Date: 2005-01-04 06:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vladk.livejournal.com
1 reread, 2 minutes.

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