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Monday, May 12, 2003 by Stumpy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Twice Four and Twenty blackbirds were sitting in a tree,
I shot one seventh of them with a shotgun
How many blackbirds remained
Answer will be provided on Friday 16th May
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I shot one seventh of them with a shotgun
How many blackbirds remained
Answer will be provided on Friday 16th May
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LS_Boreas
Reply #5 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:30 PM
Reply #5 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:30 PM
Unless the dead ones were splattered all over the tree, in which case you still have all 28 - just four of 'em are dead. 
Cavanaugh
Reply #7 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:36 PM
Reply #7 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:36 PM
none of them - at least until they calm down and return to the tree. This is assuming the dead ones fall out of the tree, of course.
Nikkicat
Reply #8 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:39 PM
Reply #8 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:39 PM
4 remain....twice four = 8 and twenty = 28. one seventh of 28 = 4.
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LS_Boreas
Reply #9 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:43 PM
Reply #9 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:43 PM
I guess you'd better define remained - remained alive, remained in the tree, etc. Ambiguity reigns. 
Hus
Reply #10 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:48 PM
Reply #10 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:48 PM
Confucious say when question is hard, answer is also hard.
Hus thinks 1/7th of 28-4 * the number of dead bird + the number of alive ones less the twice of the four the...man where did I get my edjumacation?
Hus thinks 1/7th of 28-4 * the number of dead bird + the number of alive ones less the twice of the four the...man where did I get my edjumacation?
Stumpy
Reply #12 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:57 PM
Reply #12 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:57 PM
Confusious should have said ,
When question is Lateral answer is easy
When question is Lateral answer is easy
goodmorphing
Reply #13 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:57 PM
Reply #13 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:57 PM
goodmorphing thinks none of those birds stayed. As soon as they heard the shot they got out of there.... 
goodmorphing
Reply #14 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:58 PM
Reply #14 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:58 PM
goodmorphing 'cept maybe the poor birds that Hoppity got!
'cept maybe the poor birds that Hoppity got!
Cavanaugh
Reply #16 Monday, May 12, 2003 2:06 PM
Reply #16 Monday, May 12, 2003 2:06 PM
hrm - wrong? Im never wrong.
assumptions :
Number :
(4+20) birds or (2*4)+20 birds? So 48 or 28 since you killed 1/7th i assume the number is divisible by 7 without remainder and the number of birds is 28.
The dead ones aren't going anywhere so you killed 4.
The live ones aren't gonna stick around to get shot again, so they dont remain.
but does a dead blackbird count as a blackbird or just a generic bird corpse?
anyway - I say 4 remain, but I still agree with LS_Boreas
assumptions :
Number :
(4+20) birds or (2*4)+20 birds? So 48 or 28 since you killed 1/7th i assume the number is divisible by 7 without remainder and the number of birds is 28.The dead ones aren't going anywhere so you killed 4.
The live ones aren't gonna stick around to get shot again, so they dont remain.
but does a dead blackbird count as a blackbird or just a generic bird corpse?
anyway - I say 4 remain, but I still agree with LS_Boreas
Cavanaugh
Reply #17 Monday, May 12, 2003 2:07 PM
Reply #17 Monday, May 12, 2003 2:07 PM
and if thats not right Im gonna be wondering what time zone Hoppity is in so I know when friday starts
Stumpy
Reply #18 Monday, May 12, 2003 2:11 PM
Reply #18 Monday, May 12, 2003 2:11 PM
No defining of Question is needed, it remains a lateral question, it has been answered.
you just need to think sideways
you just need to think sideways
Cavanaugh
Reply #19 Monday, May 12, 2003 2:11 PM
Reply #19 Monday, May 12, 2003 2:11 PM
oh - one more thing - Lateral thinging is just logical thinking with no assumptions.
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Reply #1 Monday, May 12, 2003 1:11 PM