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by Chris Philpot » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:17 pm
Here's a quickie that you might like - not mine, I should add, but a classic I encountered on the web many years ago:
Which two signs are always found together in libraries?
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by Adam Dexter » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:21 pm
Exit and entrance, on a revolving door?
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by Kirk Bevins » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:26 pm
Adam Dexter wrote: Exit and entrance, on a revolving door?
But why a library? Must involve books somehow, like the title of a book or something, like STOP and START are always in the same dictionary or something.
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by Adam Dexter » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:27 pm
Well I was guessing ever so slightly! Trying to think laterally for a change!
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by Neil Zussman » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:49 pm
Nice one Chris, not one I've heard before, so I'm pleased with myself for working this one out:
Aries and Libra. <---- Answer written in white, to avoid spoiling it for anyone else, highlight it to read.
Someone else can add the explanation.
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by JasonCullen » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:56 pm
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by Ian Volante » Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:25 pm
Chris Philpot wrote: Here's a quickie that you might like - not mine, I should add, but a classic I encountered on the web many years ago:
Which two signs are always found together in libraries?
Good luck.
A dirty look from the librarian and a swift kick up the arse?
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by Kai Laddiman » Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:27 pm
Ian Volante wrote: Chris Philpot wrote: Here's a quickie that you might like - not mine, I should add, but a classic I encountered on the web many years ago:
Which two signs are always found together in libraries?
Good luck.
A dirty look from the librarian and a swift kick up the arse?
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by Ian Volante » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:17 pm
Kai Laddiman wrote: Ian Volante wrote: Chris Philpot wrote: Here's a quickie that you might like - not mine, I should add, but a classic I encountered on the web many years ago:
Which two signs are always found together in libraries?
Good luck.
A dirty look from the librarian and a swift kick up the arse?
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by Peter Mabey » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:47 pm
Neil Zussman wrote: Nice one Chris, not one I've heard before, so I'm pleased with myself for working this one out:
Aries and Libra. <---- Answer written in white, to avoid spoiling it for anyone else, highlight it to read.
Someone else can add the explanation.
Zodiac <--- This is why.
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by Adam Dexter » Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:57 am
I love it
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by Chris Philpot » Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:26 am
Yep, that's the one. I will say no more and leave the answer concealed within the white text so that anyone who still wants to have a go isn't confronted by the answer as they scroll down.
Great work, guys.
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by Ian Volante » Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:44 pm
My pedantic side wishes to complain about this solution, but I'm currently restraining it...
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by Chris Philpot » Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:23 pm
Because they aren't together, so much as combined?
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by Ian Volante » Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:27 pm
Chris Philpot wrote: Because they aren't together, so much as combined?
Aye, a cheap trick. I feel demeaned.
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by Ian Volante » Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:45 pm
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