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The first one is right!! The second one - it is impossible to have half a hole. A hole is a hole! The third one - the dog can only run half-way into the wood as any further and it would be running out!

Hehe, very good.

As to my Gimly's explanation of my doors conundrum... that's a pretty good way to explain it. And probably right.

The hiccups question was easy (but I said it it was) however here's another one:

What gets bigger, the more you take away from it?

I think I know the answer but instead I'll suggest a similar question: what gets wetter the more it dries?

More More WE WANT MORE MIND BENDERS!!!!

Okay, here's a really good one (I'd love to take credit for it but I can't because it's from "Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions" by Martin Gardner):

Ten weary, footsore travellers,
All in a woeful plight,
Sought shelter at a wayside inn
One dark and stormy night.

"Nine rooms, no more" the landlord said
"Have I to offer you.
To each of eight a single bed,
But the ninth must serve for two."

A din arose. The troubled host
Could only scratch his head,
For of those tired men no two
Would occupy one bed.

The puzzled host was soon at ease -
He was a clever man -
And so to please his guests devised
This most ingenious plan.

In a room marked A two men were placed,
The third was lodged in B,
The fourth to C was then assigned,
The fifth retired to D.

In E the sixth he tucked away,
In F the seventh man,
The eight and ninth in G and H,
And then to A he ran,

Wherein the host, as I have said,
Had laid two travellers by;
Then taking one - the tenth and last -
He lodged him safe in I.

More fun puzzles to come - provided you can solve that one ...

oh, boy what have i done to myself. I shall be sleepless for days thinking of this.

Wait a minute. The tenth man is also one of the men in room a. He was one of the first two. So there actually aren't 10 travelers?

Did someone sleep on the floor. Maybe a couch. What the hell. I'm discombobulated.

Simple. The man had the hiccups, and the bartender scared him with the gun so he'd lose them.

A hole gets bigger the more you take away from it, and Ice gets wetter the more it dries.

For a really confusing concept that's kept me awake many nights, check my page at:
http://www.h2g2.com/P67114 and tell me what you think.

No no no.... a *towel* gets wetter the more it dries. Think about it .

As for the ten men in nine rooms... yeah, the second man is counted also as the tenth. But can you put the answer in rhyme?

Here is an old one.
A man is looking at a picture of someone and says:
"Brothers and sisters I have none, but this man's father is my father's son."
The question is who is in the picture (& why).

Is it his son because this man (the son)'s father would be the man talking. And the man talking is his father's son naturally.

Hmmm... Too easy obviously
I think I need to come up with a less-logical more-cryptic question.

Heres one:

There is a huge big plane crash, exactly between the borders of two countries. Exactly between. To the atom exactly.
Where do you bury the survivors?

You do not bury SURVIVORS... hehehe
Here's a good site for all this sort of thing www.pressanykey.com or www.bored.com lots of amusing things to keep y'all busy

A man is 5'10 and he works in a butcher shop. What does he weigh?

(hope you get this one)

Meat?