Steph Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 18 minutes ago, Hoody said: Let's try this one: I am planning to have a date. Where would you suggest me to go to? Bethany, Oklahoma ("bethany" is Hebrew for "house of dates" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted March 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Ah, I see - not easy to fool you My guess was "a candle light dinner at a restaurant" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 3, 2016 Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Did I get it right? Is there a right answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted March 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2016 Obviously there are several possibilities for a right answer. Asking my question without any background on the kind of date indeed could be considered "unfair". "House of dates" is something I did not consider but its cool. I had more or less in mind to have a date with someone in a restaurant where dates are served Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kbobam Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 I'm dying! It used to bother me when I didn't 'get' a joke immediately. But now I just appreciate how a bit of delay makes the laughs a lot louder. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 9, 2016 Report Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hehe ... yes ... I also liked that it was a slow burner ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 A present for Hoody. I'm still working my way through it. http://www.mandatory.com/2015/04/17/21-of-the-greatest-riddles-of-all-time/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted April 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Oh, a present for me? Unfortunately I noticed it but forgot to check it out at the week-end. Now I have to wait until I am back in an area without internet restrictions... But I am still wondering about Steph's cartoon with the washing machine, the salt and the battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Let us know when you're ready for a hint .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted April 18, 2016 Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 The link looks like it will be fun. My quick look at it is telling me that some of the questions will be easy and some will make me crazy for weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted April 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Oh, I am so ready for a hint (or send a message). Meanwhile I amuse with the "mandatory". Quite good stuff (today I am not in the office, so there are no restrictions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Did you notice they were in prison? There are two crime puns in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 I got the washing machine part right away when first posted, but I was stumped about the rest, until about an hour after Hoody inadvertently let out a big hint at 3:37 AM yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 On 8-4-2016 at 3:36 AM, Steph said: Hey I've got it,money laundering,is this how you call it? We call it "geld witwassen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migbar Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Yes, that is the first part of it, Winnie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 It's in the Dutch word "wit",what means it's a crime. For me laundering your money,is not wrong,maybe weird,but money "wit wassen" is something completely different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 LOL I didn't explain this well,it's my bad English. Money laundering=geld wit wassen. It's money you didn't earn on a properly way,we call it black money. Black money laundering in white money,thats the crime he he. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbobam Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Sounded like a good explanation to me, Winnie! Although I'm not so sure about 'wit' now. I was guessing that maybe the words were similar to English. 'Geld' sounded like 'gold', so maybe it meant gold, money, or anything valuable. I was thinking 'wit' was just like a simple English 'with', but maybe it's more complicated. 'Wassen' looks like it sounds pretty close to 'washing', and if you're only talking about your clothes, then 'washing' and 'laundering' are the same thing. I like the idea of laundering 'black money' (like the words on this page) into 'white money' (which you now can't see on this page even though they are still there!) When I lived in New York City, I knew two different types of rich people. There were those who were very rich and made it obvious to everyone. But there were also those who were 100 times richer than the others. These people kept their wealth 'private'. They didn't act too 'flashy' in public, and they knew how to make most of their money 'on paper' disappear! So there would be no taxes! And it was all completely legal and fell under the term "tax avoidance" rather than the technically illegal "tax evasion". This was very smart, and I admired them for it. But when you think about it, this is no different than what the criminals often do. So I'm going to suggest that it's completely wrong to charge criminals with their "tax avoidance". Charge them for their 'crime', but don't be hypocritical and somehow make the other 'rules' different for them. It makes no sense, and it's wrong. ( : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 I finally got the second part . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Bob, wit=white geld=money wassen=launder or wash. geld wit wassen is a term with us,I understood that money laundering is a term with the same meaning,I can be wrong. Did I miss something? LOL I think I better can talk about marbles on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 If you highlight the bottom of this post, you can see what the other pun is: . . . . . . . . assault and battery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted April 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Oh my god. The money laundering was quite the obvious part - we know this term also here in Germany as a crime: Geld waschen. But with the other two I had no chance. Even migbar's comment just gave me no idea. Thank you Steph, now I know what the two others mean. All the time I thought of them to be indiviudally "in", not as a mating pair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted April 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Here is a tricky one: You have a room without any windows, inside is a lightbulb mounted on a table, the room is empty otherwise. The one and only door to the room is made so that there no sound or light escapes from the room. There is no slit below the door! Outside there are three light switches, one energizes the lightbulb, the others two do not. You are allowed to play around with the switches as long as you want, flipping them on and off as you want but only while the door is closed. As soon the door is open the switches shall remain in their state. You are allowed to enter and leave the room exactly once. Can you tell for sure which of those three switches controls the light bulb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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