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XxHeatherxX | 17:12 Sun 18th Dec 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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If it takes a man a week to walk a fortnight, how many apples are there in a barrel of plums?
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i've recalculated and the answer is positively 3 yellow peppers and a blue balloon
It is not impossible. I am sure it is yellow....unless, of course, yellow is impossible....in which case I must now call my dog 8537.
ezapf, just call your dog K9 like everyone else
Its not impossible XxHeatherxX!!!

A barrel of plums, as the name suggests, is full of plums. If it had an apple (or apples) in it, it wouldn�t be a barrel of plums would it!

Therefore a barrel of PLUMS contains PLUMS, approximately one barrels worth, of PLUMS, only PLUMS can be found is a barrel that contains, and is labelled as, PLUMS. NO APPLES. Or it be a barrel of plums AND apples.

The 1st half of the riddle is to throw you off the scent!
...a different version from my distant past is...

If it takes a man a week to WORK a fortnight, how long is Christmas if tripe is tuppence a yard..........

The answer was 12 days..whatever the price of tripe..........commoner.

..Sorry I don't know the answer to your "problem".....<G>
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BigD, I think I know the riddle quite well to understand that it IS impossible.


How can it take a man a week to walk a fornight?


If it is a barrel of plums it cannot contain apples.

I dont know but can you get this shoe out of my ear ?

used to be that if you got a barrel of flour you'd get some weevils... but that's semantically impossible, right?
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