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Nice idea - I checked it out and ten days without water would be a very rare feat for a camel, but not beyond the bounds of possibility. Any other ideas for what is on the card?

Okay - let's give this a go: "How about we design a homage watch?"

WINNER! It is impossible for anyone to survive longer than one week without drinking, yet Abdullah managed a ten day desert crossing without finding water or bringing any along (d'oh!). How was this possible?

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Sounds good!! WINNER@Melvin - yes it is too cold for the cold virus to survive! Sam and Ted were sitting at the bar at the Waldorf Astoria, and each ordered a double scotch. Sam bet Ted $1 that he could put a bowl over Ted's scotch and then drink it without touching, directly or indirectly, the bowl, the scotch glass, or the bar. And, Sam added, "I will not have anyone or anything assist me." Is this a good bet for Ted to take and why?

Hehehe...that was just a warm up!! WINNER! Arthur claimed that while on an African safari hunting a vicious lion, he slipped and broke his foot. Not to be put off, he managed to continue on long enough to track the lion and kill it. Then he said he was at the North Pole during the dead of winter, he caught a terrible cold, but was still able to track and kill a polar bear. Then, to top it off, while in a small boat off the coast of Florida, he was able to catch and land a shark, in spite of the fact that his arm was badly sprained. Although Arthur's tales are hard to believe, on what point do you know he's lying?

WINNER!! Yes 15 is the answer. Sheesh - practically 24 hours between questions. I don't know who is asking the questions around here but he's rubbish! Oh, wait - bugger! What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Okay, fair enough. The card says they'll be the same but you make a good point. And since these are British trains having two working at once is a bit hypothetical anyway. This is one for the night... If a third of six is three, what would half of twenty be? Explain. (That first bit isn't a mistake).

Have a great trip! Love Tokyo

WINNER!! It's getting harder and harder to find questions that aren't basically a rehash of earlier ones.... At 7am a train moving 90 kph leaves Birmingham heading for London. A 8am a train running 110 kph leaves London heading for Birmingham. Which train will be closer to London when they meet?

WINNER!! It rode the 1000km from Nowra to Melboure too and then back again - none of this lightweight 'horse box' malarkey. Are you sure it wasn't just a limo horse? Okay....winner!! What is the next letter in the following sequence? O T T F F S S

Mars bars....watch....Mars bars....watch....

Of course! There are 100 sweets in total. WINNER!! I like this one: A horse travels a certain distace each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 km each day and the other two legs travel 31 km. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be almost a km ahead of the other two legs, but of course this is not the case. Since the horse is quite normal, how is this situation possible? Bonus horse question: What was 'Archer' famous for?

WINNER!! This man knows his sweeties!! Right, I hope none of you have been drinking for this one - I'm confused and I'm sober...and know the answer! The letters on the glass door of a beauty salon read correctly when viewed from the street. How would this lettering appear when seen in a mirror in the salon, which reflects it from a mirror, which reflects it from another mirror? Explain.

Well today marks an unprecedented event in the Brain Teaser Game - the back of the card was wrong! WINNER@Irongambit for getting the exact answer on the back of the card, but a special mention to: UBER-WINNER@Melvin for giving the true answer!! The back of the card says he used 100, but you're right, he used 101. There was a boy in my class at school who could do the cube root of any number in his head. I can only assume he was dropped as a child. Candy Barr has five bags of sweets to give her nieces. Four of the bags have a total of 84 sweets. The fifth contains four sweets less than the average of the five bags. How many sweets are in the fifth bag?

WINNER!! There is a well known story of a famous German mathematician, who showed his brilliance as a young boy. (Melvin, was it you?!) While in elementary school, he was given the problem of finding the sum of all the whole numbers from one to 100. For most of us it would be a long and tricky task, but he found an easy way to solve it in his head in just a few moments. What is the answer, and how did he do it so easily?

WINNER! Aye, he drops it from higher than 2m. You don't need to be very tall! A woman had two sons who were born in the same hour of the same day of the same year, but they were not twins. How could this be so?

WINNER on the buzzer!! The Amazing Jason, the famous magician, is standing on a concrete floor holding a raw egg in his outstretched hand. Without the aid of any objects, he is able to drop the egg two metres without breaking its shell. How does he accomplish this feat?

Huh, the Michael Bolton filter isn't working. See? Admin?

WINNER!! And WINNER @ irongambit too! Pugwash got 2 hours (and the plums), but insolence got the better of him. Gary Gladhand, the politician, was very tired after a long day of campaigning. He went to bed at 10pm wound his alarm clock and set it for noon the next day. Since Gary fell asleep almost immediately, how many hours of sleep did he get before the alarm clock woke him?

In Dubai edition of Playboy.

Actually, on a serious note I've been reading a lot on the forum about the Planet Oceans failing basic axe and icepick tests. I don't know the details, but I know that the gen Omega has a co-axial escapement, which obviously helps it escape axes. But generally the reps just lie there like a dead fish. Has anyone had any luck taking just the empty bracelet back to the dealers and getting a replacement watch? I mean, they're defective. There are a few other tests that I don't think it's too much to ask the dealers to start running. If it's good enough for the Swiss... I think this post on The Purists here (credit to Elton for the original post and pics) talks about some of the Franck Mullers being lost in fisting accidents. This has been a constant problem for vets with some of the Omega reps too. Does anyone know if the bezel is intestinal tract friendly? Nothing worse than a snagged bezel when you're working (sticking you head in to find it isn't fun either). And how many of us have dogs? I can't speak for everyone, but I also don't think it's too much to ask that your watch can survive a friendly hello from your dog when you get in from work. Most pathetic of all, I read in this post last week here, of one of the new 4 1/2th generation (is that what we're calling the ones with the black date wheels? Dunno)...anyway one of these new ones getting completely crushed when they guy's girlfriend gave him a cuddle. I mean come on: Some of the quality control - I mean it's really worrying.

(backs slowly against the wall) So I take it you all give up then do I? It takes Sandy three hours to paint a fence, and it takes Claude six hours to complete the same job. How long would it take both of them working together at their normal paces to complete the same job? Explain.

Yup.

WINNER!! An easy one: A farmer in Somerset owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?