PUZZLE OFF: It Paint so! (Az and OI only)

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6. A problem which had caused the loss of many thousands of lives and the loss of millions of dollars worth of property was solved with a can of paint and a brush.

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Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:54 pm Click here to edit this post

Was an arrow painted? NO

Was a stop sign painted? NO

Was a yield sign painted? NO

Did it have to do with health? NO

Did it have to do with machines? NO

Did it have to do with equipment? NO

Did it have to do with planes? NO.......

Azriel

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:55 pm Click here to edit this post

Oh pooh I thought you had it.

Was the object on the ground? NO

Was the object in the air? NO

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:56 pm Click here to edit this post

Was it body painting? NO

Was the object larger than a breadbox? YES

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:57 pm Click here to edit this post

Was water painted? NO

Was glass painted? NO

WAs a mirror painted? NO

Was something painted? YES

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:58 pm Click here to edit this post

Was it larger than a house? YES

Was it larger than a car?

Did the object move? YES

Azriel

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:58 pm Click here to edit this post

Was a pier painted? NO

Was a lighthouse painted? *had to see if I could get some more use out of that lighthouse* NO

Was a bouy painted? NO - nor a ghirl

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:59 pm Click here to edit this post

Did more than fifty people do the painting? YES

Did more than twenty five people do the painting?

Why did so many people do the painting?

Is the number of people painting important? NO

Was there more than one brush? YES lol

Why?

Who invented this puzzle? TRUE STORY

Azriel

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:00 pm Click here to edit this post

Was a bridge painted? NO

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:00 pm Click here to edit this post

Was a boat painted? YES!!!!!!!

Did it take place before 1900?

Did it take place before 1930? YES
Did it take place before 1850? NO

Azriel

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:02 pm Click here to edit this post

Was a train painted? NO

Was the caboose of the train painted red? NO

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:03 pm Click here to edit this post

Are you sure more than fifty people did the painting?

Did more than 100 people do the painting? NO TELLING - doensn't matter

Were they painting a boat? NO

Were they painting a bird? NO

Were they painting a ship? YES - plural

Were they painting a submarine yellow? NO

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:03 pm Click here to edit this post

They were painting a dangerous killer submarine yellow to prevent it from being undetected. NO

Azriel

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:03 pm Click here to edit this post

Was a cross put on a hospital ship? NO

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:05 pm Click here to edit this post

Boatmakers learned to paint the water line on a ship. that way, if it was ever low in the water, signifying danger, people would know immediately, saving thousands of lives.

DING DING DING!!!!!!!!!!!

Samual Plimsoll in 1875 initiated a movement, in Britain, to draw a line (Plimsoll line) on the hull of every cargo ship showing the max depth to which the ship could be loaded. Prior to this, many ships had sunk because they were overloaded.

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:07 pm Click here to edit this post

Hurrah!

Hostess1

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:07 pm Click here to edit this post

Well done, OI.

Moon now owes you one Horoscope! (In case she has not yet done one for you.)

Our thanks to MOON queen of Astrology for this special prize.

Azriel

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:08 pm Click here to edit this post

Grtz Ocean!!! :)

Ocean_Islands

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:10 pm Click here to edit this post

Thanks that was incredibly fun! Great puzzle too O Hostess One !

Hostess1

Monday, January 29, 2001 - 06:12 pm Click here to edit this post

Welcome... and OH do I have MORE!

MUAHahahahahh