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There are two ducks in front of a duck and two ducks behind a duck.
How many ducks?

Three methinks.

Correct

....not always. If the two ducks in front are exactly level, duck three will certainly have two in front. But then, asking one of the leading ducks how many are behind, and the answer must be "one". So. in the case of perfectly aligned ducks, the answer to your riddle must be five.

From this, we may deduce that the question was phrased incorrectly and should either have been queried by the respondent, or have read: "There are two ducks, in a random but non-aligned formation, in front of a duck, and two ducks whose formation may or may not be perfectly aligned, behind a duck. How many ducks?"

I'm grateful to this forum for allowing me the opportunity to correct this long-held error, and feel sure that (insert usual suspect's names, including socomm, spidey, Northy, GKYD, etc etc)) will be along shortly to argue the point (although we may expect Capn Nemo to just eat the ducks).

You think about stuff too much. Chill my friend and don't ponder on these little silly questions as lifes too darn Short. :wink:

Longest word using only one row of the keyboard?

jahaddadhasafag :oops:



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typerwriter

Thanks for the offer, but I'm now happily married. I didn't know anyone else still spoke the oggliar language any more.

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