Puzzle 15: Lucky Strike

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Lucky Strike

A man uses a stick to strike a part of an elephant and after a few seconds it disappears. The man is then a lot richer.


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Hostess2

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 09:46 am Click here to edit this post

~bump~

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 10:01 am Click here to edit this post

Did the stick disappear? NO

Or did the elephant disappear? YES

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 10:10 am Click here to edit this post

Did he strike the tusk of the elephant? YES

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 10:15 am Click here to edit this post

Did the tusk fall off, the elephant run away, and he sold the tusk for a lot of money? NO

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 10:27 am Click here to edit this post

Is this a real live elephant? NO

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 10:41 am Click here to edit this post

Is there something special about the stick? YES

Is the stick a match? NO

Is the stick a cane? NO

Is the stick chewing gum? NO

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 10:56 am Click here to edit this post

Is the stick really something else? YES

Is the elephant really something else? YES

Does the stick striking the elephant making it disappear reveal something that makes the man rich? NO

Does the disappearing act itself make the man richer? YES

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 11:01 am Click here to edit this post

Is the stick an explosive? NO

Is the stick a gun? NO

Is the stick a magic wand? :) NO :-)

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 11:12 am Click here to edit this post

Does this have anything to do with a musical instrument? NO

Such as a piano? NO

Or painting? NO

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 11:25 am Click here to edit this post

Does this have something to do with pool?

Is the stick a pool cue? YES

Is the elephant the ivory ball? YES

Does he get rich because he wins a pool game?

DING DING DING! YES!

ANSWER: The man is playing pool with ivory balls. By pocketing a ball with his cue, he wins.

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 11:28 am Click here to edit this post

Is the part of the elephant something made of ivory?

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 11:35 am Click here to edit this post

Is this describing a game?

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 11:38 am Click here to edit this post

Finally :)

And the competition was fierce. N/A:-)

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 12:33 pm Click here to edit this post

I would have jumped in but I like Elite's prizes. LOL. Congrats, Elite, you really nailed that one.

Elitist

Wednesday, January 31, 2001 - 12:36 pm Click here to edit this post

Maybe not nailed - perhaps hammered furiously.

Elitist

Thursday, February 01, 2001 - 12:17 pm Click here to edit this post

Hey! Where is my prize? Juju wants more Tuk Tabloids.

Hostess1

Thursday, February 01, 2001 - 12:19 pm Click here to edit this post

~~ Elit's PRIZE ~~

" Mass Debaters Invade 'Our Town' "


Last night, what was to be one of the prime events of Game II and one of our biggest coverages of the year instead turned into an online version of a classic play.

It started out with contestants being divided up into two teams: the Tidal Waves (appropriately named, it seems, after a member prayed to the porcelain gods) and the Grassy Gnoll (which we all know is a smaller version of a Lawn Troll --- well, close enough). The original object of the game was to insult as many people as possible and cause a total text riot by provoking members of the opposite team until they slowly left in disgust. Those who remained would be the champions.

Unofficially hailed as "The TVCH Smackdown", the event took an unexpected turn. Specatators were enraged by the placidity of the contestants. Instead of pummeling each other with verbal acumen, they served each other tea and cake and talked about their families (mainly their mothers). Some players even held short "personal growth seminars" on Anger Management, Teamwork, and Effective Communication.

As the stadium quickly emptied of disgusted viewers, the contestants ended the evening by snugly tucking each other into their beds and expressing their love for one another.


What I would like to know is what would Thornton Wilder say about all this?

I'm sure he'd be pleased.

Azriel

Thursday, February 01, 2001 - 12:42 pm Click here to edit this post

Hostess1

Thursday, February 01, 2001 - 01:32 pm Click here to edit this post

Az - massive Tuk sarcasm at work!

"placidity of the contestants." ??? LOL

Juju2bigdog

Thursday, February 01, 2001 - 01:56 pm Click here to edit this post

<Juju2bigdog leaps into air with wild ecstasy, landing askance on ponderous tail, wobbles to feet and comes up applauding and whistling>

Love your prizes, Elite. That might have been even better than a big bowl of Alpo. More puzzles for Elite!!!!

(Thanks, tukuul, you seem to have a way of putting it into persepctive, warped perspective, that is)

Azriel

Thursday, February 01, 2001 - 03:47 pm Click here to edit this post

Ooo I thought I must have missed that debate. :)