Mental Nuts-- Can You Crack 'em? - Page 10

footfootfoot · 12-24-2011, 08:15 AM

There may or may not be a Christmas nut.

Here is #15:

Be careful.

HungLikeJesus · 12-24-2011, 09:46 AM

>>The bottle was $1.05, and the cork was $0.05 - both of which seem extremely expensive considering you could get land for $7.50 an acre.

BigV · 12-24-2011, 10:07 AM

Bottle and cork costs aside, the whiskey, apparently, was free, very free, else I'd have risen sooner to take a crack at this nut. Nice one, HungLikeJesus.

footfootfoot · 12-24-2011, 10:08 AM

Good point.

HungLikeJesus · 12-24-2011, 11:18 AM

So that's 0.14 acres for a bottle and 0.0027 acres for a cork.

footfootfoot · 12-24-2011, 12:00 PM

How far will an acre take you in Zen's hired team?

HungLikeJesus · 12-24-2011, 12:02 PM

Good point. Land was cheap and everything else was expensive. I think that led directly to the collapse of the housing bubble.

footfootfoot · 12-24-2011, 12:27 PM

Interthread drift

footfootfoot · 12-24-2011, 08:35 PM

Good King Mental Nut looked out on the feast of Stephen...

Tomorrow's nut today!

classicman · 12-24-2011, 09:29 PM

Why not?

ZenGum · 12-25-2011, 03:52 AM

"all sold their corn at the same prices" ... same price per bushel or same price for a year's production of corn regardless of volume?

"each received the same amount of money for his corn" ... same as each other, or the same meaning "same as previously mentioned".

Either of these allows a solution.

Or it could be that A really sucks at business and/or maths.

Or they're running a co-op. Damn commies.

footfootfoot · 12-25-2011, 07:26 AM

hence the mental nut which needs cracking, so get cracking!

infinite monkey · 12-25-2011, 07:47 AM

Farm subsidies.

Next question?

HungLikeJesus · 12-25-2011, 10:51 AM

A was using little bushels, B medium and C giant bushels.

Or maybe A's bushels weren't very full, etc.

BigV · 12-25-2011, 11:27 AM

I was here on time, no clue. Slept on it, no clue. How about this: A's corn was popped popcorn, B's corn was fresh corn, and C's corn was dried corn. The different *densities* would account for the differing volumes. This presumes that the corn was selling for the same price per pound (?). Because it seems that the corn isn't selling for the same price per bushel (volume).

Somehow, different numbers of bushels are worth equal amounts of money. What varies? The quality of the corn? The quantity of the corn? Wait. Perhaps they all gave their corn away for free, and consequently each received the same amount of money, zero.

That's my answer. The corn was worthless, and they're taking it to the town corn dump. They're being paid *nothing*, equally.

12-24-2011, 08:15 AM	#136
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	There may or may not be a Christmas nut. Here is #15: Be careful. Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-24-2011, 09:46 AM	#137
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	>>The bottle was $1.05, and the cork was $0.05 - both of which seem extremely expensive considering you could get land for $7.50 an acre. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-24-2011, 10:07 AM	#138
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Bottle and cork costs aside, the whiskey, apparently, was free, very free, else I'd have risen sooner to take a crack at this nut. Nice one, HungLikeJesus. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-24-2011, 10:08 AM	#139
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Good point. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-24-2011, 11:18 AM	#140
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	So that's 0.14 acres for a bottle and 0.0027 acres for a cork. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-24-2011, 12:00 PM	#141
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	How far will an acre take you in Zen's hired team? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-24-2011, 12:02 PM	#142
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Good point. Land was cheap and everything else was expensive. I think that led directly to the collapse of the housing bubble. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-24-2011, 12:27 PM	#143
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Interthread drift Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-24-2011, 08:35 PM	#144
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Good King Mental Nut looked out on the feast of Stephen... Tomorrow's nut today! Attached Images __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-24-2011, 09:29 PM	#145
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Why not? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-25-2011, 03:52 AM	#146
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	"all sold their corn at the same prices" ... same price per bushel or same price for a year's production of corn regardless of volume? "each received the same amount of money for his corn" ... same as each other, or the same meaning "same as previously mentioned". Either of these allows a solution. Or it could be that A really sucks at business and/or maths. Or they're running a co-op. Damn commies. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-25-2011, 07:26 AM	#147
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	hence the mental nut which needs cracking, so get cracking! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-25-2011, 07:47 AM	#148
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Farm subsidies. Next question?

12-25-2011, 10:51 AM	#149
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	A was using little bushels, B medium and C giant bushels. Or maybe A's bushels weren't very full, etc. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-25-2011, 11:27 AM	#150
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I was here on time, no clue. Slept on it, no clue. How about this: A's corn was popped popcorn, B's corn was fresh corn, and C's corn was dried corn. The different densities would account for the differing volumes. This presumes that the corn was selling for the same price per pound (?). Because it seems that the corn isn't selling for the same price per bushel (volume). Somehow, different numbers of bushels are worth equal amounts of money. What varies? The quality of the corn? The quantity of the corn? Wait. Perhaps they all gave their corn away for free, and consequently each received the same amount of money, zero. That's my answer. The corn was worthless, and they're taking it to the town corn dump. They're being paid nothing, equally. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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