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Petals around the rose

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  1. helz

    helz Registered User

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    Petals around the rose

    http://crux.baker.edu/cdavis09/roses.html

    A brainteaser...bugged me like crazy but I finally got it and thought I would share :D

    You have to repeat it a few times to check your theory is right
    helz, Feb 20, 2005
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    Didn't get a single one wrong. :cool:
    B.O.B., Feb 21, 2005
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    :lol: I got it right from the very start! :king:
    dobbs, Feb 21, 2005
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    its easy ! got it straight away !
    fiddla, Feb 21, 2005
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    woo! i got it right 1st time :cool:
    iamian, Feb 21, 2005
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    i'm too impatient to work it out, i was just randomly entering any number........ 6 seems to be a good number tho cos that worked quite a few times but i cant work out how its supposed to be done from that!
    Lulu, Feb 21, 2005
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    Freddy Flintoff WE MISS YOU JOHN

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    Its says the cleverer you are the longer it takes to work out cos you try maths and all sort, some Professors at Harvard took a year to sus it out :lol:
    Freddy Flintoff, Feb 21, 2005
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    its just a test to see if you can think latterally... something which has been proven to be exclusive from intellegence...

    so he's jus saying that cos it took him so long! :p
    iamian, Feb 21, 2005
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    It's easy once you look at the title of the game.
    B.O.B., Feb 21, 2005
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    Freddy Flintoff WE MISS YOU JOHN

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    Took me 3 times :p
    Freddy Flintoff, Feb 21, 2005
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    I don't get it at all :dunce:
    SeniorChem Si, Feb 21, 2005
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    its a crock of shit thats why you don't get it...

    neithe rdo i mind you! :dunce:
    Ruth, Feb 21, 2005
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    the rose is the dot in the middle , any dots round the middle dot are the petals , if there is no middle dot the petals dont count , add the petals round the middle dot up from all of the boxes to give a total !


    :D :D :D
    fiddla, Feb 21, 2005
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    smart arse! ;)
    Ruth, Feb 21, 2005
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    lmao i didnt even think about , it just looked obvious from the start !!
    fiddla, Feb 21, 2005
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    If I hadn't worked it out already I would have had to kill you for that :p
    SeniorChem Si, Feb 21, 2005
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    Thick fuckers! I'm a genius and I got it 1st time. ;)
    Jill, Feb 21, 2005
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