A Puzzle

incase people don't want to see the answer ill post it further down from here

































































pour the 8 gal drum into the 3 so it is filled and 4 gal remains in the 8 drum

then pour the 3 gal drum into the 5 until that fills and you're left with 1 gallon in the 3 gallon drum

anthony@fish-jensen wrote:

whilst on the subject of drums, see if you can figure this one out

a 40 gallon drum when empty weighs 50 lbs after I fill it with something it weighs 25 lbs, what have I filled it with?

I'll give you the answer tomorrow and its not helium

It's got to be something that's lighter than air.

or maybe...

is it immersed in water and then weighed?

Ok, my turn...................

There is a man standing over a dead body in a coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who's in the coffin?
The first man replies...........

"Brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my fathers son"


Who's in the coffin?

fairziff wrote:

Ok, my turn...................

There is a man standing over a dead body in a coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who's in the coffin?
The first man replies...........

"Brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my fathers son"


Who's in the coffin?

his dad

Cambodian wrote:

simon parry wrote:

incase people don't want to see the answer ill post it further down from here


pour the 8 gal drum into the 3 so it is filled and 4 gal remains in the 8 drum

then pour the 3 gal drum into the 5 until that fills and you're left with 1 gallon in the 3 gallon drum

Blimey fair play that has to be the quickest ive seen this done in a while

i was always good with anything to do with maths

anthony@fish-jensen wrote:

Two yanks walking down the street, one was the father of the other ones son, what relation were they?
this ones simple

The boys parents

simon parry wrote:

fairziff wrote:

Ok, my turn...................

There is a man standing over a dead body in a coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who's in the coffin?
The first man replies...........

"Brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my fathers son"


Who's in the coffin?

his dad

Anyone else for this one?

fairziff wrote:

Anyone else for this one?

His son.

headwyn wrote:

fairziff wrote:

Anyone else for this one?

His son.

One of you is right!

fairziff wrote:

Ok, my turn...................

There is a man standing over a dead body in a coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who's in the coffin?
The first man replies...........

"Brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my fathers son"


Who's in the coffin?

hes talking about himself

DOGGER wrote:

fairziff wrote:

Ok, my turn...................

There is a man standing over a dead body in a coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who's in the coffin?
The first man replies...........

"Brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my fathers son"


Who's in the coffin?

hes talking about himself

thats what i first thought and no matter how much you look at it that is the answer except it would mean he's standing over his own dead body which would be impossible. so i went for his dad

Try working it backwards!

fairziff wrote:

Ok, my turn...................

There is a man standing over a dead body in a coffin, and another man walks in and asks, who's in the coffin?
The first man replies...........

"Brothers and sisters, I have none, but this man's father is my fathers son"


Who's in the coffin?

the only other person it can be is jesus

Keep trying!

Nos srehtaf ym si rehtaf snam siht tub , enon evah I , sretsis dna srehtorb ...... well that was no help

anthony@fish-jensen wrote:

the man standing over ths coffin is the father of the son who is in the coffin

Correct