# A puzzle for the thinkers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 4, 2000, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106 "2000-08-04T05:52:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2000, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/21 "2000-08-05T18:50:43Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by aseymayo \*
> \*\*um…81321? \*\*
Good guess! It is the fibonacci sequence
It goes like this though:
.0
+.01
+.001
+.0002
+.00003
+.000005
+.0000008
+.00000013
+.000000021
+.0000000034
+.00000000055
On out forever, so the next digits are “95”. They
start repeating after 44 digits I think.
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### Author:  [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/22 "2000-08-05T20:37:20Z")
I just got out of grade eight, and I’m scared to be doing this stuff, EVER.
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### Author:  [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2000, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/23 "2000-08-07T00:07:48Z")
Some of you may enjoy this site:
[http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/eisonline.html](http://www.research.att.com/~njas/sequences/eisonline.html)
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### Author:  [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2000, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/24 "2000-08-08T05:20:25Z")
And I just thought this would be a bit of fun. No offense was intended I assure you.
SO let’s move away from mathematical:
What are the next four letters in this series.
```
Y Y H L Y E Y T ...
```
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### Author:  [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2000, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/25 "2000-08-09T01:15:49Z")
Another one for any drive by solver…
```
The Pope has it but he does not use it.
```
Your father has it but your mother uses it.
Nuns do not need it.
Your lady friend’s husband has it and she uses it.
What is it?
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### Author:  [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/26 "2000-08-09T01:46:02Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by dpr \*
> \*\*Another one for any drive by solver…
>
> ```
> The Pope has it but he does not use it.
>
> ```
>
> Your father has it but your mother uses it.
> Nuns do not need it.
> Your lady friend’s husband has it and she uses it.
> What is it?
> \*\*
A last name.
I beg you, please stop asking questions that you already know the answer to.
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### Author:  [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/27 "2000-08-09T02:01:08Z")
Consider it stopped.
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### Author:  [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2000, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/28 "2000-08-09T11:31:44Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by dpr \*
> \*\*And I just thought this would be a bit of fun. No offense was intended I assure you.
>
> SO let’s move away from mathematical:
>
> What are the next four letters in this series.
>
> ```
> Y Y H L Y E Y T ...
>
> ```
>
> \*\*
R R R R
I think…and the total number of letters in the sequence should give the explanation away.
dylan\_73
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### Author:  [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2000, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-puzzle-for-the-thinkers/28106/29 "2000-08-09T18:56:57Z")
dpr, don’t take any offense at comments about what you’ve posted. It’s just that this particular forum is designed to answer questions that people want answered, not as a place to pose riddles.
Some people do object to the posing of riddles in general, since the answers are often well-known and not quite the sort of questions expected by many on the board.
i don’t think anyone would object to you posting to MPSIMS. You might not get as quick a response as here, but you won’t upset anybody.
panama jack
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