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Please read the Discussion Board Rules before participating in the discussion boards. (#5594772) Re: The green laughing thing
Posted by amthevessel on 12 Apr 2024 at 6:27AM Close the door, they're comin' through the window Close the door, they're runnin' up the stairs Close the door, They're hangin' off the ceiling Those (Bah-dah-bah-dah-bah-dah) are everywhere. (#5594750) Re: The green laughing thing
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Posted by Nigel on 11 Apr 2024 at 11:33PM Well, let me divide the question in four parts, and let us go chronologically. 1. Green 2. Very bad smell 3. Hangs from the ceiling 4. Laughs (#5585781) Re: The green laughing thing
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Posted by Nigel on 7 Mar 2024 at 10:55AM THE GREEN LAUGHING THING 🟢 😂
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🟢 🙊😰 🏠 😂What is it that is green in colour, has a very bad smell, hangs from the ceiling, and laughs? 🟢 🙊😰 🏠 😂 (#5580722) Re: Married Women and Crime - the Stupidity of the Tihar Jail director
Posted by Whimjest on 19 Feb 2024 at 5:48PM it happened at least once https://www.businessinsider.com/prison-wedding-christopher-blackwell-pandemic-marriage-2020-11?op=1
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Posted by Big Giant Head on 19 Feb 2024 at 7:56AM I wonder how many were unmarried at the time of the offence but got married later.
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Posted by Jools on 18 Feb 2024 at 11:47AM the 2011 census says 98%. It has declined slightly and women marrying later since. Can't seem to find the 2021 census results
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Posted by Big Giant Head on 18 Feb 2024 at 11:14AM What's the percentage of married women in society as a whole? If it is lower than 55% then you could argue that he is right, If it is higher, that would go against his statement.
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Posted by Jools on 17 Feb 2024 at 1:15AM I would say that unmarried women are more prone to crime, as the percentage of unmarried adult women is quite low, so 45% of the prison population is considerably higher than that of society in general
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Posted by Nigel on 16 Feb 2024 at 8:13PM Well, that's not it really. Also, what I omitted to mention is the cultural set-up in India. Even today, on average, women (at least among Hindus, which are a majority, and Muslims) tend to get married off by their parents at an early age (being anywhere from 18 years or even less, till 25 or so) (#5579933) Re: Married Women and Crime - the Stupidity of the Tihar Jail director
Posted by Dragon Jr on 16 Feb 2024 at 3:08PM There are other jails. Probably, there also are jails where most of the female prisoners are single.
(#5579893) Married Women and Crime - the Stupidity of the Tihar Jail director
Posted by Nigel on 16 Feb 2024 at 1:15PM MARRIED WOMEN AND CRIME - THE STUPIDITY OF THE TIHAR JAIL DIRECTOR In 2003 or so, the director/warden of Tihar Jail (in Delhi, India) made a "eureka" finding, that married women were more prone to crime than unmarried ones! He based his "discovery" on the fact that 55 percent of the women prisoners in that jail were married. Now, what is wrong in his reasoning? There are many points. Try to find them. This is your puzzle. (#5578684) Re: The World War Two Signpost
Posted by macBruck on 11 Feb 2024 at 11:16PM The subject of the sign was used extensively during the second world war in Europe by the allies who did use the language in question, plenty of references on-line
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Posted by Jools on 11 Feb 2024 at 6:22AM yes but the sign would not in the language in question and the subject of the sign is not very common in Europe. Hence it is a daft puzzle to be set in Europe. (#5578453) Re: The World War Two Signpost
Posted by Nigel on 10 Feb 2024 at 9:58PM There is a need for the World War 2 setting. If I straightaway listed those 3 words, the answer would be too easy. But with the Europe setting, the question of which language it is would be the main idea in the solvers' mind. And it is not irrelevant or unlikely, as wooden signposts were common then. Also, one strategy of puzzles is diversion. So even if it is irrelevant or unlikely, the question would not necessarily be unpuzzleworthy. (#5578058) Re: The World War Two Signpost
Posted by Jools on 9 Feb 2024 at 9:21AM seen this before, but always baffled why a it is set in Europe during the war, as none of this is relevant to the answer and is also unlikely in terms of both the language and subject
(#5578054) The World War Two Signpost
Posted by Nigel on 9 Feb 2024 at 8:57AM THE WORLD WAR TWO SIGNPOST During World WarII (1939-1945), an American soldier, on the battlefields of Europe, once while alone, came across a wooden pole, on which a wooden board was fixed at the top, on which this writing was carved: TOTI EMUL ESTO He did not know the name of the town or village, nor could he recall in which part of Europe he saw that signpost. On returning to the U.S.A. after the war, he asked as many people of European descent he knew: French, Spanish, Italian, German etc., but nobody could tell what the sign meant nor in which language it could be. Later, he understood the meaning of that writing. Well, what is it? This is a puzzle, but it will be a joke when you know the answer. . (#5569613) Re: Guess the show title
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