Mike the Elder <zer### [at] wyanorg> wrote:
> Yes.  I like this puzzle because I've seen bright eight-year-olds (and older
> folks) figure it out in moments and have also seen administrators who can only
> think in terms of complex rule-oriented solutions struggle for hours and
> declare that there is no solution.  Like most good puzzles, it's an object
> lesson in the value of learning to view problems from more than one
> perspective.

  IMO it's not a puzzle, it's a trick question. A puzzle would involve
solving some logic behind the problem.

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                                                          - Warp

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On 2 Jan 2008 16:01:59 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>  I also hope it's not a trick question which relies on some possible
>double meaning of the words "Dodge" or "Tuesday" which are culture
>dependant.

Dodge City is well known to generations of Americans and US TV watchers, as the
long-running old-time radio and television Western drama program Gunsmoke was
set in Dodge City. 

Tuesday on the other hand is the day of the week named after the Nordic god Tyr,
who was the equivalent of the Roman war god Mars. It has also been used as a
girl's name.

I hope this helps.

Regards
	Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> On 2 Jan 2008 16:01:59 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> 
>>  I also hope it's not a trick question which relies on some possible
>> double meaning of the words "Dodge" or "Tuesday" which are culture
>> dependant.
> 
> Dodge City is well known to generations of Americans and US TV watchers, as the
> long-running old-time radio and television Western drama program Gunsmoke was
> set in Dodge City. 
> 
> Tuesday on the other hand is the day of the week named after the Nordic god Tyr,
> who was the equivalent of the Roman war god Mars. It has also been used as a
> girl's name.
> 
hmm, I hope you are not suggesting he was riding on a girl (e.g. in the 
backseat of a car) while moving into and out of town.

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Mike the Elder wrote:
> I've always liked this one:
> 
> A cowboy rides into Dodge on Tuesday.  He remains in Dodge for exactly three
> days, nine hours and fourteen minutes.  He then rides out of town on Tuesday.
> How is this possible?
> 
> (If you've heard it, please wait a bit to give the solvers/guessers a chance.)

The horse is named Tuesday.

Regards,
John

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Stephen nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/02 16:11:
> On 2 Jan 2008 16:01:59 -0500, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> 
>>  I also hope it's not a trick question which relies on some possible
>> double meaning of the words "Dodge" or "Tuesday" which are culture
>> dependant.
> 
> Dodge City is well known to generations of Americans and US TV watchers, as the
> long-running old-time radio and television Western drama program Gunsmoke was
> set in Dodge City. 
> 
> Tuesday on the other hand is the day of the week named after the Nordic god Tyr,
> who was the equivalent of the Roman war god Mars. It has also been used as a
> girl's name.
> 
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Regards
> 	Stephen
In french, Tuesday is Mardi. Much closer to Mars.

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Alain
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On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:25:43 -0500, Alain <ele### [at] netscapenet> wrote:

>In french, Tuesday is Mardi. Much closer to Mars.

Ah! You know Fat Tuesday then. She is a corker! :)

Regards
	Stephen

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On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:39:39 +0100, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>hmm, I hope you are not suggesting he was riding on a girl (e.g. in the 
>backseat of a car) while moving into and out of town.

Oh no! I think this took place in the USA so Dodge could be a make of car and
the horse would be "a one horse town".

Regards
	Stephen

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Alain escribió:
> In french, Tuesday is Mardi. Much closer to Mars.
> 

In Spanish, Tuesday is Martes, and Mars is Marte. Can't be closer than that.

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Nicolas Alvarez nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2008/01/03 08:16:
> Alain escribió:
>> In french, Tuesday is Mardi. Much closer to Mars.
>>
> 
> In Spanish, Tuesday is Martes, and Mars is Marte. Can't be closer than 
> that.
There is no chalange to that :-)

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"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message 
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> Mike the Elder <zer### [at] wyanorg> wrote:
>> Yes.  I like this puzzle because I've seen bright 
>> eight-year-olds (and older
>> folks) figure it out in moments and have also seen 
>> administrators who can only
>> think in terms of complex rule-oriented solutions struggle for 
>> hours and
>> declare that there is no solution.  Like most good puzzles, it's 
>> an object
>> lesson in the value of learning to view problems from more than 
>> one
>> perspective.
>
>  IMO it's not a puzzle, it's a trick question. A puzzle would 
> involve
> solving some logic behind the problem.
>
> -- 
>                                                          - Warp

Occam's razor.

1. If the facts of the case are correctly reported,
the nature of time in Dodge is non-euclidean.
2. The english language is richly laden with
complex mappings between sound, sense and meaning.
3.Either a transdimensional being is posing a
question or a rose is a rose is a rose.

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