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This is a little different from the previous riddles, I guess its more of a logic puzzle:

The paragraph below is most unusual. It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?

"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honour got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby , walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Man, I've been in the riddle circuit too long.

I couldn't figure that one out for the life of me, but now that I know the answer, it just jumps out at you. Uncanny.
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Originally posted by: TheSessler

"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honour got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby , walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "


none of the words in the paragraph has the letter "e" in them. The letter "e" is the most used letter in the alphabet. Am I right?



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If he had said "This paragraph" instead of "The paragraph below" he would have subtly worked it into the question.
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I'll go with Warbler's guess. Other than that, just the lack of the letter "n" in the "youg girl". But I doubt that's it.
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I believe Warbler is correct as ive seen this before (with a diff paragraph) and he said nothing is wrong with it so im assuming the spelling error of young is just a typo. Though i guess he's not officially correct until the poster of the riddle (Sessler) give the ok.

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Originally posted by: Bossk
This is why we need Dayv to come back in here and clarify so we can move on to a new riddle.



HERE'S THE ANSWER:


THE FIVE NUMBERS ARE 4, 2, 6, 12, 9.

BOSSK WAS SOMEWHAT ON THE RIGHT PATH ABOUT THE TWIN.

YOU SPLIT THE 12 INTO 1 AND MAKING TWINS OUT OF THE TWO 2s.

THEREFORE 4+2+6+1+2+9=24




PLEASE, CONTINUE THE CURRENTLY POSTED RIDDLE.

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Ah gotcha.
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Originally posted by: TheSessler

"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honour got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby , walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "


none of the words in the paragraph has the letter "e" in them. The letter "e" is the most used letter in the alphabet. Am I right?


That is correct.
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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I yield the next riddle to whomever can come up with one first.
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OK, this is from the so called "Monty Hall Paradox" - please those who do know the answer don't post it, let's see if people can do the math by themselvez here.

Imagine a TV show where you have 3 doors, and you could get a prize hidden inside one of those doors, or you could get nothing at all, if you choose the door that dosen't have the prize. Now, you select a door and is not allowed to open. The host for the TV show then opens another door, and reveals that there's nothing behind that door. He them asks if you want to change your mind and pick the other door, the one you didn't pick and the one host didn't open. Now, do you change doors? And why?
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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It doesn't matter what you do. The prize could be behind either door. It's a 50% chance on either door.
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I've worked it out. There is a prize behind only one door, so initially your chances of choosing the right door is 1 in 3. However an incorrect door will be removed, and you'll have a choice to swap doors. This means that there is a 2 in 3 chance you will choose the correct door if you swap after a door has been removed.

To put it simply:

1xGood Door, 2xBad Door

Chance of choosing good door is 1 in 3, chance of choosing bad door is 2 in 3.

You are given the option to swap, if you do you push the odds into your favour because there is a 2 in 3 chance you will swap to the good door.

Possible outcomes not swapping (X is bad, Y is good):

1.
X X Y
^

(Loose)

2.
X X Y
   ^

(Loose)

3.

X X Y
     ^

(Win)

= 1 in 3 chance of winning.

If you swap:

1.
x X Y
^
to
x Y
   ^

(WIN)

2.
x X Y
   ^
to
X Y
   ^

(WIN)

3.
X X Y
      ^
to
X Y
^

(Loose)

= 2 in 3 chance of winning. I'll post back when I have a riddle, that was a rather tricky one.
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Ding ding ding we have a winner: DanielB!
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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There are 5 hats. Three blue, two red. They are placed in a box and mixed up. Three people are blind folded and standing in a line one behind the other facing forward. Each person reaches into the box, one at a time and withdraws a hat which is then placed on their head. Their blind folds are then removed. The last of the persons in line (who sees the other two) says "I don't know the colour of my hat". After this the second says "I don't know the colour of my hat". The first person in the line then works out the colour of their hat, how?
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Similar to the black dots on the forehead puzzle.

so the first guy, gets first guess. He either sees two red, two blue, or one of each. If he sees two reds, he would know he has blue, because all the reds are already taken. But he doesn't know so the other two guys can conclude he's looking at two blues or one of each color.

Enter contestant two. He either sees blue or red. He knows there can't be two reds, since contestant one didn't know. SO, if he sees a red, he would know he has a blue. But, he doesn't know the answer, so he must be looking at a blue (thereby allowing both blue-blue and blue-red scenarios)

Enter contestant three. He concludes he's wearing a blue hat, based on the reasoning above.

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Alright folks, I'm going home to San Diego for Christmas. I don' t imagine I'll be spending much time here while I'm home. Actually, I may be vastly reducing my OT time in general; coming to terms with my laziness and trying to be disciplined towards the responsibilities in my life. Because for me, OT is often an outlet for laziness at work or home.

Anyway, I'm hoping that's the right answer. If it is, I'm going to post a parting riddle now. If not, you can disregard this one and stick with the last one. Bossk, I'll pm you the solution since you're a regular here, you can confirm when you or someone gets it.

And to all, a Merry Christmas, a happy future withthe memory of Star Wars past, and all that stuff.

Alright:

There is a 5 letter word in english.
If you remove the first letter, you still pronounce it the same way.
If you then remove the last letter, you can still pronounce it the same way.
If you then remove the middle letter, even then you still pronounce it the same way.
What word is it?

Bonus question:
What's the longest one-syllable word in English? (it's 8 letters plus an 's' to make it plural)
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My answer to the first one would be: "eerie". But by middle letter, I'm asuming the letter "i".

Not fair! English is not my first language, I can't answer those...
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Yes you were right. I can't work it out. If it helps anyone you can have my letter lists (I made them as a visual aid for a project I was working on a while ago). Presumably the answer must be in there somewhere:

Starting with A:
ab, ac, ad, ae, af, ag, ah, ai, aj, ak, al, am, an, ao, ap, aq, ar, as, at, au, av, aw, ax, ay, az.

Starting with E:
ea, eb, ec, ed, ef, eg, eh, ei, ej, ek, el, em, en, eo, ep, eq, er, es, et, eu, ev, ew, ex, ey, ez.

Starting with I:
ia, ib, ic, id, ie, if, ig, ih, ij, ik, il, im, in, io, ip, iq, ir, is, it, iu, iv, iw, ix, iy, iz.

Starting with O:
oa, ob, oc, od, oe, of, og, oh, oi, oj, ok, ol, om, on, op, oq, or, os, ot, ou, ov, ow, ox, oy, oz.

Starting with U:
ua, ub, uc, ud, ue, uf, ug, uh, ui, uj, uk, ul, um, un, uo, up, uq, ur, us, ut, uv, uw, ux, uy, uz.

Starting with Y:
ya, yb, yc, yd, ye, yf, yg, yh, yi, yj, yk, yl, ym, yn, yo, yp, yq, yr, ys, yt, yu, yv, yw, yx, yz.



Ending with A:
ba, ca, da, fa, ga, ha, ja, ka, la, ma, na, pa, qa, ra, sa, ta, va, wa, xa, za.

Ending with E:
be, ce, de, fe, ge, he, je, ke, le, me, ne, pe, qe, re, se, te, ve, we, xe, ze.

Ending with I:
bi, ci, di, fi, gi, hi, ji, ki, li, mi, ni, pi, qi, ri, si, ti, vi, wi, xi, zi.

Ending with O:
bo, co, do, fo, go, ho, jo, ko, lo, mo, no, po, qo, ro, so, to, vo, wo, xo, zo.

Ending with U:
bu, cu, du, fu, gu, hu, ju, ku, lu, mu, nu, pu, qu, ru, su, tu, vu, wu, xu, zu.

Ending with Y:
by, cy, dy, fy, gy, hy, jy, ky, ly, my, ny, py, qy, ry, sy, ty, vy, wy, xy, zy.
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Fala, Ric. I know what you mean, I prefer the logic riddles because they're universal, but this is all I could think of now. It is a common word, which is some help.

Both the first two letter and the last two letter pairs are in DanielB's list (like that helps a ton

(Fala means "what's up?" in Brasil, right?)
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I know its not my turn, but here's one for you to chew on.

When is half of eleven, six?
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Originally posted by: Starboy
(Fala means "what's up?" in Brasil, right?)


Fala = "(you) speak", but yes it's used as a slang that could be compared to "what's up".

maddog00: never. Well, you asked when!
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When it's on a clock and it's 11:30 and the minute hand is pointing to the 6?
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Nope. Good ideas, but no.

I'll just give it to yas and tell me what you think of it.

When its a Roman Numeral. Slice it in half lengthwise: Well, its not looking like I want it too, but I think you get the gist.