h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

We have a winner! Well done Kelli - I was worried I'd made it a bit too complicated...

Just to clarify - Charles Bronson was one of the 3 in the Dirty Dozen who survived (which is good), one of the 4 in the Magnificent Seven who died (usually considered a bad thing), and finally was one of the 3 members of the Great Escape who made it to safety (which was bloody fantastic!).

Take it away Kelli...

damn.

Old MacDonald, who isn't terribly keen on bureaucracy and officials, gets a visit from the local farm inspector to check on his animals. The inspector wants to make sure he has the same number as he is claiming subsidies for.

The inspector bustles up to Old MacDonald and asks, in his most officious tone, 'Sir I demand to know how many animals you have, and what sort they are!'

Old Macdonald, with and angry glint in his eye replies 'They are all cows, except four that aren't. And they are all bulls, except four that aren't.'

'But, that won't fit on my form!' Splutters the inspectors, looking a little crestfallen, 'You have to tell me more than that!'

'Well, I have the same number of horses as I do cattle, not counting any chickens I might have' growled Old MacDonald, glaring daggers att he inspector.

Quite confused by this time, the inspector asks meekly 'Do you have any chickens then?'

'I might, I might not. Anyway, I haven't got anything else, goodbye!' says Old MacDonald, and slams the door in the inspectors face.

Trudging back to his car the inspector sorrowfully tries to work out how many of each type of animal he should enter on his form.

Can you tell him the answer?

1 Cow
1 Bull
2 Horses
1 Chicken

I think...

Not much of a farm really.

No wonder the farmer's got such a bad attitude...

Ee-i-ee-i-ok!

Happily passes on the batton to Dr Justin...

good one! I actually did get that but, as always, too late

What letter should fill the gap, and why? Note - the answer is *not* A.

A A A A ? A A A A A A

The letter S to represent smoke from a small fire.
The As are all teepees or wigwams.
It's a picture of an Indian village.

~jwf~

Its a quote from Alan Partridge so the answer is "H"

aaaaaaahaaaaaa!

Nope, and nope.

With a one in 25 chance...

S. It's the last letter of the list of countries/states or something in alphabetical order.

(Yes, I know you already said no to s, but it's really all I could come up with).

Or E.

Could it be Alpha

Seamus

b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z

I win....

It's not NZ is it - something to do with winners of the America's Cup?

(If not it's a bloody good guess!)

Nice try Livzy, but I asked for the reason as well!

Nope, nothing to do with any kind of competition.

Incredibly, a google search of AAAA?AAAAAA came up with something about the way a Palm Pilot works.

ftp.northstar.k12.ak.us/palm/Mac_OS_3.3_PalmV/Upgrade_Utility_PalmV
... A ? B?E ? ? ? ? A ? AA ? B E ? ? AA ? B?ME ?
? AA ? ? A ? ? A ? ? AAAA ? AAAAAA ? B0 Y B GE ...
101k - Cached - Similar pages


That a lot of other techie stuff
...oh, and few sites for ladies shoe sizes.

~jwf~

Google did give me the answer, but I'm not telling - no sireee Bob!

I should think Google will give you the answer, if you know how to use it properly...

Seamus has got the closest so far...