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it's probably right there in front of my face, which is why i can't see it...

Is that a Douglas Adams reference?

So long and thanks for all the fish...

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ok here's the answer to the shovel...
wears the shovel (ie wears it out)... sure does

and something you brush teeth with, sit on and sleep on...
toothbrush, chair, bed -I know your gonna be pissed!

new one.
logic test. (not a recursive version in case you have heard it b4)
there is an island where all the ppul on it have a strange custom of never looking at the eyes of each other. It is also a stern belief on this island that blue eyes are like pure evil. If anyone would see someone with blue eyes(even tho they are forbidden to look at each others eyes) they would be expected to immediately kill the person. If anyone learned that they had blue eyes themselves... they would be expected to kill themselves immediately.
One day a missionary comes to the island and the entire island gathers together to hear what the strang outsider has to say. This missionary is unaware of the customs of this island.
When this missionary addresses the crowd he says "ah, i see there are many ppul on this island, with blue eyes..."
what do these logical ppul do?

Kill the missionary?

why would you kill him?

they would ask him to point out the people with blue eyes?

why would you kill him?

He is the only one looking at their eyes...if no one is looking at each other's eyes then no one knows anyone has blue eyes so no one has to die...except for the one missionary. (You always kill the messanger, that is just how it works.)

why would you kill him?

He is the only one looking at their eyes...if no one is looking at each other's eyes then no one knows anyone has blue eyes so no one has to die...except for the one missionary. (You always kill the messanger, that is just how it works.)

but theres no law that you KILL the person that looks at eyes, its just a custom.

"ah, i see there are many ppul on this island, with blue eyes..."
you were hot with the kill the missionary but it's something he said that would lead them to logically kill him... what is it about what he said that would tell them the logical thing to do was to kill the missionary?

If anyone would see someone with blue eyes(even tho they are forbidden to look at each others eyes) they would be expected to immediately kill the person.

The missionary SAW someone with blue eyes, so he has to be killed. The 'theys' throw you off... 'the person' to be killed is the one who SAW

is that right?

The placement of the comma before "with blue eyes" changes the way the sentence reads. Instead of seeing many people with blue eyes, he's seeing many people through his eyes which are blue and therefore, according to the rules of the island, must die.

OKRA WINS THE FUR LINED BATHTUB! JUST KIDDING. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. he see... with blue eyes. therefore he has blue eyes and must be killed. Nice work.

oops, if that's what you meant too jmiller than you won it. did you mean he saw someon who had blue eyes, or did you mean he saw someone utilizing his blue eyes? only you would know.
tiz a fun riddle either way.
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Thank ya! I aim to use my new tub every Saturday, whether I need a bath or not.

A man is headed towards a field. He knows when he reaches the center of it he will die. Explain?

He is falling towards it (like skydiving gone wrong). This may have already been answered, I saw it on 1st page and skipped here to answer lol...