The worlds first riddle!

Stormy:

I :-O U :-O we all :-O IIII :-O= I scream you scream we all scream for ice-cream

turn that : o( U
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……………………….E= turn that frown upside down



Storm, I would like to apologize for the way I spoke this morning; so unlike me to be so nice. After negotiations with John Henry I'm gonna sell of the pitch in one foot square lots, then dig it out for a car park. :wink:

Still, I am happy to note they are beating those damned Yankees.



TTH:

Hold the front page….


20 red flags and 80 green flags
20x40%=8
80x60%=48
8+48=56
I didn't use a formula for this, I just calculated it in my head.


Mark, Rap, Thoh etc all failed to crack the complexities of the problem; you will go down in history.




From the problem, we have two unknowns, red(R) and green(G). Also, from the information we get from the problem, we can write out two equations.

Forty percent of the reds added to 60 percent of the greens numbered 56.
==> 0.4R + 0.6G = 56 ---(1)

The ratio of the number of reds to the number of greens was 1 to 4.
==> R/G = 1/4 ==> 4R = G ---(2)

replace G with 4R into equation (1),
0.4R + 0.6(4R) = 56
0.28R = 56
R = 20

Plug in the value R into equation (2),
4 * 20 = G
G = 80




I wrote, "Would you just step into the steam room"

Etc replied, "Was that wise thing to do say and write?"


God works in mysterious ways….. Do good, get good.


May I also confirm I don't get paid $150,000 a year by AtoK to stir up controversy; therefore it would appear no one will be exorcised. This was not a witch hunt; purely a mission seeking the truth. So shape up, or as they say in the navy; please pass the port to the left!



According to experts in computer security, you should use at least an eight-letter password, using a combination of upper-case letters, lower-case letters, numbers, and some punctuation symbols.

The reason I mention this is because; I am sure we all know by now that Elvis and Etc are one and the same person! Strange, but possibly true.
Therefore, how many eight-letter passwords are possible that contain the name ELVIS

The only restriction is that ELVIS must appear in the password as five consecutive letters (in order) but the letters may be any combination of upper-case and lower-case. Symbols may repeat.

You may choose from 72 different symbols on the keyboard.
(26 upper-case letters, 26 lower-case letters, 10 digits, and 10 punctuation symbols).




X
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mo




M M
A P

The answer to this slightly different question might surprise you.

But probably not as much as 47,775,744 ELVISes.

Thank you very much, thank you very much.

2/3 (B/B is eliminated)

ELVIS

[size=8]there are 4 possible positions for the word elvis in an eight letter password
there are 2^5 ways to spell elvis mixing cases
there are 72^3 ways to fill in the remaining letters

4 * 2^5 * 72^3 = 47,775,744[/size]

oxy doing morons

Try, I'm sure you consider me to be one of those 'Damned Yanks'. :wink: , and I was beginning to think of you as a nice guy

Feel free to turn the pitch into a car park. I have never had the opportunity to see a Cricket match, so I don't know how much space that will yield you. I do know, however, that turning a pitcher's mound into a parking lot would not be very profitable even in Boston where parking is at a premium.

ELVIS:


Epenthesis:

47,775,744 ELVISes.


That seems rather high; let's checkout what Mark came up with…



Mark:

there are 4 possible positions for the word elvis in an eight letter password
there are 2^5 ways to spell elvis mixing cases
there are 72^3 ways to fill in the remaining letters

4 * 2^5 * 72^3 = 47,775,744





Call me a tenderfoot, but both those totals look kinda similar; let's see:


The letters for ELVIS can fit in the eight-letter password in four different ways:


E L V I S _ _ _
_ E L V I S _ _
_ _ E L V I S _
_ _ _ E L V I S


To figure out the number of ways that ELVIS could appear at the beginning of your password, there are 2 ways that E could be chosen (upper and lower case), 2 ways that L could be chosen, 2 ways that V could be chosen, 2 ways that I could be chosen, 2 ways that S could be chosen, and then 72 ways that the last three symbols could be chosen, for a total of 11,943,936 permutations.

2 2 2 2 2 72 72 72 = 11,943,936

The other three positions of ELVIS result in the same number of passwords, so the total number is 11,943,936 + 11,943,936 + 11,943,936 +11,943,936 = 47,775,744 different passwords!



You might be an Elvis fan if you think the first four words of the national anthem are, ''Gentlemen start your engines''.



Francis:

Oxdymoorogns = God! oxymorons!

TTH:
Oxdymoorogns = oxy doing morons


For any visitors from Venus or Boston: Oxdymoorogns = do(in)g oxymorons

Blame Francis~



Stormy wrote, "I'm sure you consider me to be one of those 'Damned Yanks'"


Absolutely no way! You are; cuter than a sack full o' puppies.


"…turning a pitcher's mound into a parking lot would not be very profitable even in Boston where parking is at a premium."

The More I learn about Yankees......the more I wonder How we lost the war...



TTH wrote, "You re-wrote parts of the Constitution; I hope you remembered to add that there will be no more income taxes."

Yup that is exactly the problem; Parados wants me dead. But then; If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.


Etc wrote of our, no - your impending DOOM! So although I am not medically qualified; BA Calcutta - failed; my prognoses is: The wheel's turning, but the hamster's dead.


l
--- = e
w


………g
m = ---
………n

That's my sempiternal question: Am I wise on love?

Don't you have any testimonial, Francis (being loverwise)?

I always kill the witnesses..

Well yes, Francis, but how about the other active player?

They call me praying manta..

Dear Francis, you just killed your amorous chances forever!!

Coming to the conclusion that I'm not loverwise..

Get a room you two! I'm a trying to eat my grits…..

X
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mo = overmoisten

M M
A P = time's up

………g
m = ---
………n = misgovern

btw had to look, didn't know them
prefer to figure them out on my own

You don't get paid $150,000
then I would say they are over paying you at $200,000

TTH wrote, "You don't get paid $150,000 then I would say they are over paying you at $200,000"

Keep it quiet will ya, if Gus finds out there will be hell to pay; as I hear tell he is on 49c a day! Oh, and a bale of hay.




I was sitting in the back yard when suddenly C-J shouts from over the fence; "What's the line of symmetry: the y-intercept, the vertex and the x-intercepts of f(x)=-3x+4x-5






f
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th



disc
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How does someone pay hell. Do they pay cash thunderfish
discover r