# riddle I can't figure out **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [July 26, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462 "2011-07-26T23:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smitty1984](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@smitty1984](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/smitty1984)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/1 "2011-07-26T23:23:04Z")
**If three cats catch three mice in three minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?** ---
**Author:** ![stld82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@stld82](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/stld82)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/2 "2011-07-27T00:11:23Z")
simple google would tell u its 3 ---
**Author:** ![Vespero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/vespero/32/988_2.png) [@Vespero](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Vespero)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/3 "2011-07-27T00:29:27Z")
Yep. If three cats catch three mice in three minutes, then they simply catch 1 mouse a minute. 100 mice in 100 minutes is the same mouse catching rate, so just keep the same number of cats. ---
**Author:** ![Misein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Misein](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Misein)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/4 "2011-07-27T07:08:18Z")
I like cats. I like mice too. They taste good. ---
**Author:** ![fishdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4bbf92/32.png) [@fishdude](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/fishdude)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/5 "2011-07-28T14:40:10Z")
Your in a boat in a small lake where you can see the shoreline. Your holding a 10 lb rock and decide to throw it overboard. Would the shorline move towards you or away from you? ---
**Author:** ![ScienceStudent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@ScienceStudent](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ScienceStudent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/6 "2011-07-28T15:45:38Z")
> [@fishdude](#): > > Your in a boat in a small lake where you can see the shoreline. Your holding a 10 lb rock and decide to throw it overboard. Would the shorline move towards you or away from you? Doesn’t that require actually throwing it – not just deciding? And the direction of the toss would need to be known, and can you see the _whole_ shoreline? ---
**Author:** ![ScienceStudent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@ScienceStudent](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ScienceStudent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/7 "2011-07-28T15:46:44Z")
> [@Misein](#): > > I like cats. > > I like mice too. They taste good. “Some people think mice are nice. I think mice are rats.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Sebastian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/john_sebastian/32/1060_2.png) [@John\_Sebastian](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/John_Sebastian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/8 "2011-07-28T16:02:54Z")
> [@ScienceStudent](#): > > “Some people think mice > are nice. > I think mice > are rats.” 😛 [http://www.floatingbanana.com/artbackwash/Mickey\_Rat\_Lg.jpg](http://www.floatingbanana.com/artbackwash/Mickey_Rat_Lg.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![fishdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4bbf92/32.png) [@fishdude](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/fishdude)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/9 "2011-07-28T17:05:58Z")
> [@ScienceStudent](#): > > Doesn’t that require actually throwing it – not just deciding? And the direction of the toss would need to be known, and can you see the _whole_ shoreline? No need to make it complicated. The only trickery I used was giving a weight weight, it’s irrelevent. ---
**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/10 "2011-07-28T18:01:12Z")
A train is heading North at 65 MPH. Its 172 miles outside of Washington D.C. with a wind speed variance of 1.239 mph coming out of the West. A windborn swallow (African) is flying at 17 mph heading south on a direct course with the train. The swallow is 13 miles directly to the south of Washington D.C. How many miles will it take before the train collides with the little bird thus splattering it on its windshield like an over-sized bug? Other variables to consider: Its hunting season, there is a typhoon forming in the pacific ocean, gasoline prices have increased considerably, its a passenger train operated by Amtrak, its an African swallow, my favorite color is red. ---
**Author:** ![ScienceStudent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@ScienceStudent](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ScienceStudent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/11 "2011-07-28T18:30:41Z")
> [@fishdude](#): > > No need to make it complicated. The only trickery I used was giving a weight weight, it’s irrelevent. Of course weight is irrelevant. Direction, however, would not be. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ScienceStudent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@ScienceStudent](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ScienceStudent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/12 "2011-07-28T18:32:25Z")
> [@Steve](#): > > A train is heading North at 65 MPH. Its 172 miles outside of Washington D.C. with a wind speed variance of 1.239 mph coming out of the West. A windborn swallow (African) is flying at 17 mph heading south on a direct course with the train. The swallow is 13 miles directly to the south of Washington D.C. How many miles will it take before the train collides with the little bird thus splattering it on its windshield like an over-sized bug? > > Other variables to consider: Its hunting season, there is a typhoon forming in the pacific ocean, gasoline prices have increased considerably, its a passenger train operated by Amtrak, its an African swallow, my favorite color is red. In the event of such collision, which body will experience more force, the swallow, or the train? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rattlesnake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rattlesnake](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Rattlesnake)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/13 "2011-07-28T20:00:16Z")
> [@fishdude](#): > > Your in a boat in a small lake where you can see the shoreline. Your holding a 10 lb rock and decide to throw it overboard. Would the shorline move towards you or away from you? Neither? The weight of you and the rock in the boat have already displaced the water. So when you throw the rock in (assuming it happens infinitely fast lol or that you lower the rock in the water) the volume you and the boat displace is lower but is offset by the rock assuming it isn’t hollow. I think. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Sebastian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/john_sebastian/32/1060_2.png) [@John\_Sebastian](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/John_Sebastian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/14 "2011-07-28T22:12:37Z")
> [@Steve](#): > > A train is heading North at 65 MPH. Its 172 miles outside of Washington D.C. with a wind speed variance of 1.239 mph coming out of the West. A windborn swallow (African) is flying at 17 mph heading south on a direct course with the train. The swallow is 13 miles directly to the south of Washington D.C. How many miles will it take before the train collides with the little bird thus splattering it on its windshield like an over-sized bug? > > Other variables to consider: Its hunting season, there is a typhoon forming in the pacific ocean, gasoline prices have increased considerably, **its a passenger train operated by Amtrak** , its an African swallow, my favorite color is red. It’ll never make it far enough to hit the swallow. ---
**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 10:15pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/15 "2011-07-28T22:15:47Z")
The answer to the riddle is 42. Because its the answer to everything! ---
**Author:** ![ScienceStudent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@ScienceStudent](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/ScienceStudent)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/riddle-i-cant-figure-out/51462/16 "2011-07-28T23:26:04Z")
> [@Rattlesnake](#): > > Neither? The weight of you and the rock in the boat have already displaced the water. So when you throw the rock in (assuming it happens infinitely fast lol or that you lower the rock in the water) the volume you and the boat displace is lower but is offset by the rock assuming it isn’t hollow. I think. Maybe. Actually, it depends how _hard_ you throw it…the boat will drift in the same direction after you fall over the other side. 😛