Along the same line as stupid games that make you groan when you arriver at the answer, is the US states game. It helps to have at least two people who know how to play, otherwise no one else might get it. The first person says a state, and the next says a state. The first person then tells them if that state is allowed, and so on down the line. You get one guess each time, and once everyone has gone the first person says another state that is “allowed.” Eventually, everyone will figure out what states are and aren’t allowed. A simplified game could go something like this:
A: Mississippi.
B. New Hampshire?
A: No.
C. Maine.
A: Yes.
D: New York?
A: No.
A: Montana.
B: Missouri
A: Yes.
C: Massachusetes?
A: No.
D: California.
A: Yes.
A: New Hampshire.
B: North Dakota.
A: Yes
Figured out what states are allowed yet? OK, here’s the answer:
It doesn’t matter what state you say, but how you say it. You cannot say it questioningly. You must say tyhe name of the state as if you know it’s right. If you in any way make it seem like you’re asking if the state is correct, then it’s not. In this way, the same state can be allowed by one person, and not allowed by another. It’s easier to see the pattern when typed, because you see the question mark, but it can take someone a long time to get it when doen spoken.
People do call me the village idiot. At work, people will pass my office and they will stop and offer me a brand new shiney quarter, or a twenty dollar bill.
I always take the quarter. People giggle and walk away with their friends, then talk about me. Whenever someone new shows up, they encourage them to try the same thing. To their amazement, I take the quarter every time.
Yep, I got the puzzle in 11 seconds. I usually sit around like Patrick Starfish trying to order a Crabby Patty.
OK, I feel like an idiot because I played with it for a while, got frustrated and checked the spoilers to get the answer. That’s supposed to mean I"m smart. :dubious: And, for the record, I didn’t cheat in school
Like AerynSun I almost outsmarted myself. I got the correct answer, but with the wrong process, on my first try and then failed on a second try until I figured out what I was doing wrong.I was superimposing all the images on top of each other to make a singular “rose” and then counting the unique number of petals. This works fine when you’ve got a 1, 4, 5, 2, 1, roll(total of four “petals”) but fails miserably when you’ve got a 1, 3, 5, 5, 2, roll(total of ten by the “individual roses” method, only four with superimposed roses).Enjoy,
Steven
Ah, I did exactly the same. And then it took me about 15 tries to figure it out.
I think some thiings should be shared with the world, like music and Coca-Cola. Other things should be buried in the deepest, darkest jungle pits, and left there to rot for eternity. Like this website.
Ok, I just noticed that the “title” of the website (viewable in the blue bar at the very top of your windows browser) is “Petals Around the Roses”, while the wording on the page is "Petals Around the Rose. Hey assmunch, if you’re going to do a logic puzzle, how about one that makes sense?
Ah, and now I’m done venting my day’s anger on trivial things. Looks like they’ll be no beating for the missus tonight!
