Riddle me this

Started by Evy_O38 pages

I tend to speak before I think... always! That has got me into trouble several times...
Yeah, when I replied I didn't think at all, just posted what seemed more reasonable. Same in the water/milk thing... Then worked it out. Silly me!

That's fine- like I said, it is meant to be a quick-fire question! Doesn't work if you have time to think about it.

It wasn't that, it was the fact that when I see a riddle, I believe that there's a trap somewhere... you know, it can't have a profit/loss, it's too simple... So the money stay the same!
WRONG way of thinking... Anyway, any more? (even though I'm leaving now...)

Sure! Some around here may remember these.

"In an overcrowded country, the government decrees that families must stop having children as soon as they have a son, so some families have just a son, some have a son and daughter, some a son and two daughters etc., and some just daughters. In this country, will boys outnumber girls or vice versa?"

As ever, best explain your answer.

Assuming there are equal possibilities of the couples to give birth either to a boy or girl, we have:
50% chance the first child to be a boy, 50% to be a girl.
If it's a girl, then it's 50% second child to be a boy, 50% a girl.
If it's a girl once more, the third child will be 50% a boy and 50% a girl.
And it goes on like that, so the number of the boys will eventually be equal to the girl's.

yerss- The time difference... hmm, I don't know. Now it's 17:50 😛

*thinks*
so, one hour ahead ... hmm...

According to the forum's time, I'm 2 hours ahead...

it's 17:19 here now, so you're one hour ahead of me and two on London if I'm not mistaken

Yeah, you're right 😛 It's 6:22 here! (that reminds me I have to hurry!)

you're not leaving us are you?

Just for a little while 😛

*heartbroken* 🙁

Aww, don't be *pats yerssot on the head* I will come tomorrow and buy everyone some drinks, how's that? 😛

a tad better 😛

Errr... what's tad?

a bit

thanks 🙂

no problemo of course

where are u from evy? how can u not know what tad means?

greece she said once