# A trip, with a an applie pie (puzzle) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 10, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372 "2008-10-10T20:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/1 "2008-10-10T20:27:21Z")
I’m going on a trip. I’m taking the following items: Sunglasses, money, ties, waistcoat, toenail clippers, fingerless gloves and a satellite phone. How long will my trip last? Before I leave, I make a pie as a packed lunch. I prepare these ingredients: 3 Apples A stick of cinnamon 4 ounces of sugar A slice of cheese 5 raisins 9 ounces of flour I also need some eggs, butter and water. Can you help me remember the quantities for these ingredients? In order to make the perfect pie, the order that the ingredients is prepared is important. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/2 "2008-10-10T20:45:04Z")
Trip is for one week. ---
**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/3 "2008-10-10T21:10:24Z")
And you’re making a pi. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/4 "2008-10-10T21:23:18Z")
> [@Agonist](#): > > And you’re making a pi. Arrghh, how could I miss that!? 2 Eggs 6 Tbs. of Butter 5 Cups of Water ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/5 "2008-10-11T19:29:29Z")
I got the pi thing, before seeing the answer, but I don’t get the week thing? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/6 "2008-10-11T19:52:48Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > I got the pi thing, before seeing the answer, but I don’t get the week thing? Sunglasses, money, ties, waistcoat, toenail clippers, fingerless gloves and a satellite phone. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/7 "2008-10-12T11:12:08Z")
I got the Pi thing using a chart. … a pie chart! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/8 "2008-10-13T11:56:47Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Sunglasses, money, ties, waistcoat, toenail clippers, fingerless gloves and a satellite phone. I shoulda noticed that. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/9 "2008-10-13T14:28:18Z")
Are you going to The Land of the Soviets, or The Congo? Or perhaps the Moon? ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/10 "2008-10-13T14:45:20Z")
My company said I’ll probably be sent on a business trip soon. Today at my desk there was a box containing a jacket, a first-aid kit, matches, airline tickets, maps, a jelly jar, a joke book, an army knife, superglue, an onion, noodles, and a drum. Uh-oh. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/11 "2008-10-13T16:54:32Z")
> [@Borborygmi](#): > > My company said I’ll probably be sent on a business trip soon. Today at my desk there was a box containing a jacket, a first-aid kit, matches, airline tickets, maps, a jelly jar, a joke book, an army knife, superglue, an onion, noodles, and a drum. You aren’t by any chance wearing camoflauge, are you? If so you better go buy yourself a jumper, a flamingo, moussaka, Alleve, mittens, a jack, juniper berries, alligator repellent, salve, Ovaltine, needles and a deck of cards… in fact, you better get two of each! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/12 "2008-10-13T19:36:48Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I got the Pi thing using a chart. > … > > a pie chart! :eek: “Oh, not the pie jokes!” said Tom crustily. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/13 "2008-10-13T20:02:45Z")
Seems that I’m scheduled for a trip as well. When I arrived this morning I found awaiting me, A mobile phone, violin, eggs, metronome, jacks, sunglasses, an umbrella, needles, and a pie. Sadly, when I returned from lunch, my pie was gone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/14 "2008-10-13T20:47:28Z")
Seriously, this is a horrible puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/15 "2008-10-13T21:01:05Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > “Oh, not the pie jokes!” said Tom crustily. “This could go on interminably.” Tom added, irrationally. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/16 "2008-10-13T21:38:47Z")
I just packed my bag with: bracelets, bologna, radishes, ocelots, yachts, griddles, ballistae, vermicelli, grunge… and something I can’t think of. Suggestions welcome! “It’s all gone dark!” exclaimed Tom delightedly. _Shift to the left! Shift to the right! Pop up, push down, byte byte byte!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/17 "2008-10-14T00:28:56Z")
> [@Herge](#): > > Before I leave, I make a pie as a packed lunch. Don’t eat it all at once! Make sure there’s enough to bring when come back. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/18 "2008-10-14T00:50:31Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > I just packed my bag with: > > bracelets, bologna, radishes, ocelots, yachts, griddles, ballistae, vermicelli, grunge… and something I can’t think of. Suggestions welcome! Though I’m not a big fan, I’d have to recommend some wheat bread to go with the bologna to make a proper sandwich and all. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trip-with-a-an-applie-pie-puzzle/467372/19 "2008-10-14T14:29:28Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > I just packed my bag with: > > bracelets, bologna, radishes, ocelots, yachts, griddles, ballistae, vermicelli, grunge… and something I can’t think of. Suggestions welcome! > > “It’s all gone dark!” exclaimed Tom delightedly. > > _Shift to the left! Shift to the right! Pop up, push down, byte byte byte!_ I was going to suggest an Indigo Girls CD, but I’m bad at this. “By the way, you’re taking some liberties with conventional spelling in your puzzles.” Tom noted, weakly.