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yxShaitan, please explain your reasoning.

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at the end of the week, completely fresh.

Let's be more specific about the fish...

It's probably an eel. :)

Eel, most likely.:)

NO!!!!!! Read the riddle again....

I've found a couple of quite interesting riddles. If you're interested, try to solve them and add your own.

#1
You might have seen it on television, heard about it on the radio or in newspapers, but this time the annual world championship was held in British Columbia. The finalists were a Canadian and a Norwegian.
Their task was as follows: each was assigned a specific plot of forest. The winner would be whoever could fell the greatest number of trees from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the whistle blew and the two lumberjacks took their positions. They chopped tree after tree until the Canadian heard the Norwegian stop. Realizing this was his chance, the Canadian doubled his efforts.
At nine o'clock, the Canadian heard the Norwegian start working again. Once more they worked almost in sync, until suddenly at ten to ten, the Canadian heard the Norwegian stop again. And again the Canadian pressed on, wishing to take advantage of his opponent's weakness.
At ten o'clock, the Norwegian returned to work. He paused briefly again at ten to eleven. With a growing sense of triumph, the Canadian continued working at the same pace, already smelling victory.
And so it continued all day. Every hour, the Norwegian stopped for ten minutes, while the Canadian kept working. When the signal to end the competition sounded exactly at four in the afternoon, the Canadian was absolutely certain that the prize was in the bag.
You can imagine how surprised he was to find out that he had lost.
— How did that happen? — he asked the Norwegian. — Every hour I heard you stop working for ten minutes. How the hell did you manage to chop more wood than I did? It's impossible.
— Actually, it's very simple, — the Norwegian replied bluntly. — Every hour I stopped for ten minutes. And while you continued chopping the forest, I...

WHAT was the Norwegian doing while the Canadian continued to chop the forest?

#2
A frustrated old maid was the bane of the police. She called incessantly, claiming there was a man hiding under her bed. Eventually, she was sent to a psychiatric hospital where she was prescribed the latest medications, and after a few weeks, the doctor came to talk to her and determine if a cure had been achieved.
— Miss Rustifun, — the doctor said, — do you see a man under your bed, as you did before?
— No, not like before, — she said. But just as the doctor prepared to discharge her, she added:
— Now I see two.
The doctor informed the board about the woman's complaint and stated that only one remedy could cure her ailment, which he called "malignant virginity," and proposed placing her in a bedroom with Big Dan, the hospital carpenter.
Big Dan was brought in, told about the woman's complaint, and informed that he would be locked in with her for an hour. He said he wouldn't need that much time, and the entire group crowded around the door in anxious anticipation. They heard:
— No, no, stop it, Dan. My mother would never forgive you for this!
— Shut up, it has to be done sooner or later. It should have been done years ago!
— Then use force, you brute!
— This is exactly what your husband would have done, if you had one.
Overcome with impatience, the medics burst into the room.
WHAT did the carpenter do?

#3
There is a list of ten statements. You need to say which one is true...
1. One statement in this list is false.
2. Two statements in this list are false.
3. Three statements in this list are false.
4. Four statements in this list are false.
5. Five statements in this list are false.
6. Six statements in this list are false.
7. Seven statements in this list are false.
8. Eight statements in this list are false.
9. Nine statements in this list are false.
10. Ten statements in this list are false.

#4
A landowner ordered that the peasants on his estate should not chop firewood, grind flour, or mow hay. The peasants did not dare disobey their master, yet, strictly speaking, nothing in their lives changed because of this order. Why?

Riddle #1. Were you looking for the thinnest trees? Riddle #2. :o I ripped off... the legs of the bed, or maybe I broke the bed altogether. Riddle #3. The 9th statement is true, and the other 9 are false.

lol... the answer to the third one is correct, it's 5.

1. Maybe the Norwegian was stealing trees from the Canadian :D

#1 Was he stealing wood from the Norwegian? #2 It seems these two men were probably mattress makers:D. The carpenter was probably fixing the bed. #3 Damn, I don't know... well, let's say it's the first one. #4 Probably because he always managed things that way.

Riddle #1.
Were you looking for the thinnest trees?

Riddle #2.
:o I ripped off... the legs of the bed, or maybe I broke the bed altogether.

Riddle #3.
The 9th statement is true, and the other 9 are false.

#1 - incorrect.
#2 - correct, he chopped off the legs.
#3 - also correct

Is it really that hard to solve #1 and #4 CORRECTLY?

4. Because you don't need to chop wood – it's already chopped;
you don't need to grind flour – it's already ground grain;
you don't need to mow hay – it's already mown grass.

"blessed:confused: " grain

Ground up =)

Ataman MALADETS!

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No. 5 One and a half chickens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days. How many eggs will two chickens lay in three days? No. 6 He was supposed to be hanged according to the verdict. Due to illness, the verdict was overturned. And now he has been made a king. No. 7 In our language, the letter F is quite common; in other languages, the letter with the corresponding sound is rarely used. There are letters that have almost no analogues anywhere else, such as Щ, for example... Or this: Russian words almost never end with the ending "so," which is common in some other languages. Although it's only "almost" – there are three such words. The task: Find words of Russian origin that end in "so." The words must be common nouns in the nominative case, singular. An example of such a word could be "lasso," but it doesn't fit because it is not of Russian origin. The criterion for Russian origin: declension according to the rules of our grammar. So, there are at least three such words. No. 8 From the list below, choose the word that should replace the ellipsis and explain your choice. Orange - banana Felt - galoshes House - fir tree Life - ... List: calendar, star, дело, truth, Ivanov, головоломка, Smalian, Fido, comet, punk, troll, goblin, monitor, boots, Bocharov, glasses, mechanism, car, vodka, beer, nonsense, well, everything, regulations. And no one has solved No. 1 yet =)

No. 5 - 4.5 eggs

Not quite.