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amandel
I Have 100 Cats and Smell of Wee


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faeryqueen21--Don't think the enlistment nbrs will matter. The Riddle is:

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You have three cups. One cup is filled with pennies from the year 2000, one filled with pennies from the year 1980 and the final cup is filled with a mix of coins from both years.

All three cups are labled "2000", "1980", "Mixed" - However, we know that the lables were switched so each cup is now marked incorrectly.

Can you mark the cups correctly, without looking inside, and taking only one coin out; from only one cup?

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petunia
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Okay, sent mine in, but I did NOT look at any of the spoilers til afterwards, I swear. Cool
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Rogi Ocnorb
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That riddle sounds like a retelling of one that had another version at some point because of the 1980 date.
If each cup held the same number of coins, they were US pennies and you could use a scale, the 1980 cup would be the heaviest and the 2000 cup would be the lightest.

Pennies switched from copper to zinc in 1982.
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Citizen Ed
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petunia wrote:
Gah! Sure did, and it's a doozy, like one of those Marilyn vos Savant things. I hate those. Rolling Eyes

Who's Mr. Martin, and what's the deal with his gut?


That would be me. On the application I said I was a skeptic about the supernatural but my belly has been doing some "shape shifting" the last few years so maybe there was something to the rest of it also.

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desertilluminati
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Citizen Ed!
i'm right up the road from you, in troy! ~waves~


okay, just wanted to pop in and say that, and also, i hope that we find out what happened to our friend... he has been sitting in the dark for quite some time now.
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waitress#2
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I have been trying to find Broxbourne with no success. I emailed Apacemindset asking if they knew him and I told them that it was urgent that I find him. This was their response.
Quote:
Professor Broxbourne was a quack and a fraud!

Please, speak of him no longer whilst you are a participant with Apace Mindset, forget that man and concentrate on what is,

Thank you kindly.

M. Forester.


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PC Tex Ripley
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I sent a morse message to Leon, see how he was hanging, told him that some of us had been contacted by AM, his reply;


Quote:
APACE MINDSET NOT FRIENDLY NOT SURE WHAT THEIR INTENTION IS DONT ALLOW THEM TO KNOW OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE THOUGH



Tex...
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booba
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And so the correct answer to the riddle would be "Yes"?

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natas
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booba wrote:
And so the correct answer to the riddle would be "Yes"?


Gosh, I hope not. That would really suck, but technically.....

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petunia
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natas wrote:
booba wrote:
And so the correct answer to the riddle would be "Yes"?


Gosh, I hope not. That would really suck, but technically.....


LOL I thought of that too. Based on the few little grammar/punctuation slipups we've seen, I guessed our PM was looking for a real solution rather than a literal answer to his actual question. Razz

That said, AM's reply re: Broxbourne implies he may no longer be with us. Dead? Or whisked off to another dimension or similar a la Leon?
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littleprelude
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New letter from Apace Mindset!

Subject: Moving along

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To all,

I would hope that none of you who have given the answer, cheated. I trust not at least. And considering that each and every one of you were able to give me such a specific answer I've decided to end this course of tests early. Paying attention is one thing, learning to be directly astute? Quite another.

For now I am going to go back to Patricia and we need to discuss how to move on with the project and decide when we'll be revealing the extent of the entire procedure, to you all.

Until then, open your minds. And here's a little number puzzle for you all to figure out.

M. Forester.

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59 85 03 99 58 29 04 38 93
29 28 49 83 94 38 94 34 88
54 48 49 53 20 57 49 4c 4c
20 42 45 20 54 48 45 20 53
45 43 4f 4e 44 20 54 49 4d
45 20 98 39 23 08 39 04 78
34 29 08 43 39 40 89 04 73
47 01 98 90 47 83 94 73 48
93 93 07 88 90 34 83 90 48
39 30 94 83 40 83 48 49 88
20 49 20 48 41 56 45 20 54
52 49 45 44 20 54 4f 20 52
45 41 43 48 20 59 4f 55 21
0d 0a 0d 0a 54 48 49 53 20
49 53 20 50 52 4f 46 42 52
4f 58 35 49 83 04 38 40 83
04 80 27 38 90 30 92 49 39
94 93 40 95 40 89 58 58 45
78 49 42 4f 55 52 4e 45 20
41 49 4d 20 41 4e 44 20 53
48 4f 4f 54 21 0d 0a 0d 0a
4c 45 4f 4e 20 41 4e 44 89
45 89 40 95 84 57 50 86 05
89 50 85 90 79 08 54 80 65
84 95 84 09 58 40 58 44 59
45 48 75 95 66 79 95 26 20
49 20 42 4f 54 48 20 4e 45
45 44 20 59 4f 55 52 20 48
45 4c 50 20 49 4d 4d 45 44
49 41 54 45 4c 59 21 39 57
39 74 55 44 50 98 45 28 37
28 37 23 89 40 98 50 94 09


I can't tell if they think we are awesome, or problematic.

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Gregoriev
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The translation of said numbers(hex to text):

Quote:
YX)8")(I"8"4THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME 9#9x4)C9@sGG"sH""4H90"@HI I HAVE TRIED TO REACH YOU!

THIS IS PROFBROX5I8@'80'I9""@@XXExIBOURNE AIM AND SHOOT!

LEON ANDE@WPPyTe X@XDYEHufy& I BOTH NEED YOUR HELP IMMEDIATELY!9W9tUDPE(7(7#@P" �

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amandel
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Cool happenings. What I asked Leon in Morse is obvious from his Morse reply just rcvd:
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I SAY NOT FRIENDLY I DONT MEAN EVIL WELL AT LEAST I DONT THINK SO THEY ONCE HIRED PROF BROXBOURNE STOLE HIS METHODS ETC LIZA WAS 19

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SLACKJAW
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I found a profbroxbourne on AIM. He was online at first, but got off before I could message him.
Was anybody able to contact him?

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waitress#2
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I asked Leon for more info on Broxbourne, this is his reply
Quote:
"BROXBOURNE WAS THE MAN WHO WANTED TO TAKE ME TO MSU HE DEALT WITH PHYSICS AND FRINGE SCIENCE KIND OF LIKE THAT NEW ABRAHMS SHOW HIS LAST PROJECT WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE GOVT AND HE NEARLY LOST HIS TEACHING JOB HAVENT SPOKEN TO HIM SINCE TWO DAYS BEFORE I WENT MISSING"

I have tried searching MSU for Broxbourne with no success. I am going to try to stay on AIM tonight in hopes of getting in touch with him.

How should we respond to the numbers puzzle? They seemed pretty clear when they said they didn't want me to talk about Broxbourne but the result of the number puzzle is about Broxbourne and Leon. Confused

Edit/How does Leon know what the new Abrams show is about?

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