Chair question

[slinkyspine]

My math teacher gave us this riddle for extra credit. He put a chair on his desk and asked us to tell him how it wasnt there. Now what would you guys put. i got 100 percent so thats alot of credit but i want your answers ill tell you mine later

[BTlaxripper]

"What chair?"

[Trilax03]

"What chair?"
lol def. hmmm but mayb push it off the desk? or say it's invisible

[dpolehh21]

My math teacher gave us this riddle for extra credit. He put a chair on his desk and asked us to tell him how it wasnt there. Now what would you guys put. i got 100 percent so thats alot of credit but i want your answers ill tell you mine later
walk up to him and say, "how it wasn't there" simple enough.

[_lax4life_]

either what d pole said or undefined.

[Trilax03]

walk up to him and say, "how it wasn't there" simple enough.
good point i didn't thnk of that...yeah i go with this answer

[TRELAX1201]

walk up to him and say, "how it wasn't there" simple enough.


thats what i thought when i saw the problem...good thinking dpole! :thumbsup:

[laxfolife24]

i donntt know but you just reallly confuseddd mee. haha ill give you thatt.

[LCNlaxman]

"This is how. [wait three seconds silently] That's how."

[LaxBoy92]

yep. dpole's probly right. its just like the one "i bet you $20 i can write your exact weight on a piece of paper" and then you write down 'your exact weight' and then they owe you $20

[laxmann1993]

Thats like what my little brother says. He goes I bet you a dollar I can say the ABCs in 3 seconds, then he says 'The ABCs' and he is one dollar richer.

[GeorgiaMiddie2]

another good one is... i bet you i can jump higher than a tree. people are like "no way". Then, just jump. naturally, since a tree cant jump, you jumped higher than a tree...

[Attack027]

^^that is good.... Another one is you bet someone that you can walk on water. Then you just pour a little water on the ground and walk on it

[Mavido]

when your standing on a basket ball court stand right under one hoop with a ball and look at the other end of the court, the far away hoop and say "bet i can make a basket from here" then just lay it up on the basket right above your head.

[slinkyspine]

haha those r good i need to try them but. my answer was what btlaxripper said

simply what chair?

Oh yea Hooligan like my avatar?

[SDPirate]

i would have kicked the chair and said thats how its not there.

[Attack027]

i would have kicked the chair and said thats how its not there.

I like the way you think

[mmlaxplaya17]

when your standing on a basket ball court stand right under one hoop with a ball and look at the other end of the court, the far away hoop and say "bet i can make a basket from here" then just lay it up on the basket right above your head.
Yeah but if you miss you look like a fool and lose the bet.lol

[mmlaxplaya17]

isnt it a trick question because it was there?

[Frndlefire]

I pulled this one on a friend of mine once... I told him "I bet you $5 that I can pin this glass of water to the ceiling" He said ok, and I told him I would need his help. He agreed. So I got a glass of water, a broom, and two thumbtacks. So I got up on a chair, put the glass of water against the ceiling, put the broom underneath it and told my friend to hold the broom up against it so I can put the tacks in. Then I dropped one of the tacks (oops!!)....and then just walked away. Given, he didn't pay me...but in all fairness I did succeed in getting the glass of water pined to the ceiling.

[Hooligan]

Oh yea Hooligan like my avatar?
What avatar?

This thread reminds me of a philosophy test a friend of mine had. There was only one question. "Why?" As many people toiled over this and wrote excessively, my friend only wrote down two words, "Why not?".

He was the only one to get an A on the test.

[mmlaxplaya17]

What avatar?

This thread reminds me of a philosophy test a friend of mine had. There was only one question. "Why?" As many people toiled over this and wrote excessively, my friend only wrote down two words, "Why not?".

He was the only one to get an A on the test.
lol I do that all the time! My teachers yell at me they say "I as asking you the question dont turn it around!" Then I do it again. In fact one time I wrote why not on a test The teacher answered it with great detail lol I also got 100% lol.

[Hooligan]

Don't be hatin on your teachers. They work hard for their money, to have some snot nosed brat ask "why not?" I mean, the sass that comes out of these kid's mouths these days.

Besides, the answer your teacher should say is: "Because I said so, DETENTIONS ALL AROUND!" Now that's some big time action!

[Frndlefire]

What avatar?

This thread reminds me of a philosophy test a friend of mine had. There was only one question. "Why?" As many people toiled over this and wrote excessively, my friend only wrote down two words, "Why not?".

He was the only one to get an A on the test.

http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/oneword.asp

Busted!!

[Hooligan]

http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/oneword.asp

Busted!!
HE'S FAMOUS! :nut: :grin: :bartmoon:

[mmlaxplaya17]

Hooligan you are a teacher! and I'd bet your kids would hate you if they read the post you just made! lol

[laxattack662]

its a riddle of of ebaums world the answer is "what chair"

[Hooligan]

Is that so? Well......
Not to be mean or anything, but I doubt that this was "your friends test". I have heard that exact same thing, worded exactly the same way, from about 6 people.
Yeah, we're past that....
http://www.snopes.com/college/exam/oneword.asp

Busted!!

[exile lacrosse]

if i was a philosophy teacher i would definately do that as an essay for real. if my philosophy teacher did that this year that would be awesome.

[Frndlefire]

if i was a philosophy teacher i would definately do that as an essay for real. if my philosophy teacher did that this year that would be awesome.
No, you need to do a question that has a very simple, logical answer, but could also be answered in some long, round-about way that you have talked about in class...but only give them like 15 minute to write it....ha evil

actually, I am taking a linguistics class and we just had our midterm. One part of it is I had to do a proof (this one had about 15 steps and was very difficult) which would have probably taken me at least a half hour. I started doing it, got through the first couple steps when I got stuck and decided to move on to the final part of the test on the back. Well the next section had a filled out proof that we had to fill out the laws and techniques used to solve it...and...yes, it was the exact proof I was stuck on minus the first two steps. I gave my prof a high five for that one. (he's actually a really edgy, humorous guy... I get the feeling he has/does a lot of drugs). Everyone else stayed after time to finish while me and like 5 other people noticed it and walked out early....booyah!