Puzzle 253
If you are running in a marathon, and you overtake the person in last place …
… what position are you now in?
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Who is in last place?
Answer
This cannot happen, you cannot overtake the person who is in last place, as there is no-one behind them!
Overtaking = passing someone who is ahead on the same lap, this is a change of position, e.g. 4th moves up to 3rd.
Lapping = passing someone who is a full lap behind, this isn't a change of position, e.g. 4th stays 4th.
Puzzle 254
A donkey is tied to a rope 6 feet long and there is a bale of hay 8 feet away.
How can the donkey get to the hay if he does not bite or undo the rope?
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Sometimes the easiest explanations are the best.
Answer
The other end of the rope is not tied to anything!
Puzzle 256
Gib is to llams …
… as nepo is to desolc …
… as pu is to ?.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Do the words make sense when read another way?
Answer
Nwod.
Opposites reversed:
big and small
open and closed
up and down.
