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Valentine014
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Val loves to create confusion. One Tuesday she sent an e-mail memo to her secretary that said, "I'll be back in the office three days before one week after the day after tomorrow."

When would she be back?

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jehovoid
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Next monday?

(edit: my head hurts)

[ December 11, 2003, 05:12 PM: Message edited by: jehovoid ]

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Valentine014
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The Answer:

Monday of the following week

Three cheers to jehovoid! [The Wave]

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Valentine014
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You guys let me know when you get tired of these-I could go on all night!

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Valentine014
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Val wrote the name of a certain U.S. state on a sheet of paper in all capital letters.

She then turned her page upside down and looked at it in a mirror.

It read exactly as she had written it.

What is the name of the state that she wrote?

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saxon75
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OHIO

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Valentine014
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Hmm...I need to think of some really hard ones...

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Valentine014
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If green plus blue makes 89, and red plus black makes 56,

What does yellow plus brown make?

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Valentine014
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Haha! I've got you now! [Evil Laugh]

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jehovoid
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This sounds like a bathroom joke.

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rivka
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Tan?

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Valentine014
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Nope-there is a logical answer.

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jehovoid
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Yeah, because black isn't on the color wheel. And I don't know how to make brown anyway.

(See, it is a bathroom joke.)

[ December 11, 2003, 05:34 PM: Message edited by: jehovoid ]

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BannaOj
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23?

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Valentine014
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Sorry BannaO. Anyone ready for the answer?
[ROFL]

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BannaOj
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I'm leaving and probably won't be on this evening because of a bunch of errands. It is up to you when to post it, but thank you for making my day bearable Val!

AJ

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Valentine014
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My pleasure! Here is the answer:

164

Assigning numbers to letters [A=1, B=2, C=3, etc], yellow plus brown will equal 164.

[Taunt]

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Julie
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I need to learn to refresh the page before I post.

[ December 11, 2003, 05:41 PM: Message edited by: Julie ]

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rivka
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*lightbulb* OHH!

164

[Edit: DRAT! Not fast enough. That'll teach me not to take the time to check my answer.]

[ December 11, 2003, 05:44 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]

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Valentine014
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Ladies and Gents *takes a bow*, it has been a pleasure stimulating your eager minds today. You will all get major ((())) on the hug thread.
[Group Hug]

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Farmgirl
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This particular puzzle

Retail Alphabet Game

always drives me nuts. I just figured out all the ones to the third edition, and now he's come out with a new one!

Farmgirl

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BannaOj
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7/26 Edition 1
12/26 Edition 2
12/26 Edition 3
9/26 Edition 4

(first time through)
I'm going to be looking now though!

AJ

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Farmgirl
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AJ

Did you figure out the "D" ? (4th edition). I swore it was Dr. Pepper, but it's not!

Farmgirl

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BannaOj
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Nope, I swore it was Dr. Pepper too! I also swore the b was from Brother sewing machines
http://www.brother.com/

I have C,P, Q, R,T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

AJ

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Farmgirl
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You're doing better than me.

I have G, H, J, T, V, X, Y and Z

and C is driving me CRAZY because I KNOW that I KNOW that one -- Just can't get it off the tip of my tongue!

FG

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Farmgirl
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The trouble with this puzzle is that when you see the letter, you automatically start thinking of things that BEGIN with that letter -- and it can really be a letter ANYWHERE in the logo -- but then I get stuck thinking of it as a first letter....

FG

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BannaOj
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g is driving me crazy because I know i should know it

is it a candy bar?

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Christy
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I rocked the third edition (14/26) but I could only get t,x,z on the 4th! I swore the D was from Dr. Pepper, too!

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Farmgirl
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for G -- think "toys"

I finally remembered C -- and can't believe I didn't immediately get it!

FG

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BannaOj
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I'm pretty sure the D is at the end of a word but I can't visualize the first part.

Want a hint on C?

AJ

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So far I have C,D,E,G,H,J,Q,R,T,U,V,X,Y,Z, and I haven't guessed wrong yet. I know S, but can't place it. The others I'm still figuring out.

(And B)

--Pop

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Farmgirl
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Papa! You got D? Can you give me a hint!!

FG

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Papa Moose
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You'll be happy when you get it.

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Farmgirl
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Thanks Papa! As soon as I read your words outloud, my kids immediately knew what it was! (Go figure)
(we're playing Trivial Pursuit at the same time)

FG

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BannaOj
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I think the reason I can't get some of these is because I'm mostly out of touch with pop culture. Can I get hints on G H and J?

AJ

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Farmgirl
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AJ

sending you an e-mail now...

FG

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BannaOj
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tried Samsung on A, doesn't work.

AJ

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Farmgirl
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But can you send back hints on U and W?

Thanks

Farmgirl

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Farmgirl
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AJ

By the way -- I thought it was very humorous that you had to ask about 'H', considering what your e-mail address is (according to your profile here).

FG

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BannaOj
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*HINTS*

W

THe background color is highly misleading on the W. In real life there is only a ribbon of white around the red W and the main background is green.

(working on a U hint that doesn't give it away entirely)

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BannaOj
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ack I got the H!!!!! And I've been surfing there in shopping looking for other brand names that might fit!

btw I can't get that e-mail while I'm at work.

AJ

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Farmgirl
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shoot -- well, I'll post your hints here then, but they practically give it away (because I'm not too good at hints). Here's what I emailed you:

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J -- think "peanut butter"

G -- trying to think of a hint that won't give it away, since I already gave one hint on this...
All I know is that they REALLY hurt the feet when my kids leave them on the floor and I step on them when barefoot.

The "i" is driving me crazy -- because something in me says "transportation or trucking or some such" mainly because the 'i' appears stretched black on yellow, much like a center line would be yellow on a black highway....

FG

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BannaOj
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*HINTS*

U

Where you see things the second time around, or the first if you didn't see it before.

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BannaOj
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The I is bugging me to. It is the exact color of an M&M with peanuts bag, which keeps making me think that it is a candy.

AJ

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BannaOj
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Got the G. And here I was thinking it was a toy I must never played with!

I know your kids were able to get the D from papa moose's hint. Can you give me any more enlightenment there?

AJ

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Farmgirl
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hmmm

D - in Word, look up the synonyms to Papa's word "happy" and see if anything rings a bell.

FG

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Farmgirl
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Got "W" and can't believe I didn't get that before!

And your clue to 'U' is a riddle all by itself. But give me time....

FG

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BannaOj
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(have my hints been helpful or are they too hard?)

AJ

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BannaOj
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My problem on the D was the same as yours with the W... conflicting color backgrounds and you only see the first one!

AJ

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Farmgirl
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So far, all I have is:

C, D, G, H, J, P, Q, T, V, W, X, Y and Z

The only one that doesn't look at all familiar to me is 'M'. On the last edition there were a couple that ended up being things I have never heard of -- not in this part of the country. I need to get out more..

FG

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