Odd one out? - Page 2

Pico and ME · 04-03-2010, 10:15 PM

I voted first because only one can be first.

Shawnee123 · 04-04-2010, 08:44 AM

Ahhh, clever. That must be it?

I didn't vote. Didn't have the foggiest idea. When smoke started pouring out my ears I gave up.

monster · 04-04-2010, 11:25 AM

give up then?

DanaC · 04-04-2010, 11:26 AM

I give up!

monster · 04-04-2010, 11:27 AM

don't read below if you're still contemplating it (highlight to see)

They all contain three consecutive letters of the alphabet, quaffed is the odd one out because they are backwards -fed- where as the others are all forwards.

DanaC · 04-04-2010, 11:31 AM

Doh! Bloody hell, I was looking at it from entirely the wrong angle lol :P

Nice one Monnie, that got the grey matter going a little.

Shawnee123 · 04-04-2010, 11:53 AM

Wow. I would give points to Pico for a good answer, though.

I never have been good at those kinds of things. I need to go from Point A through Point whatever...I used to be good at geometry proofs.

Gravdigr · 04-04-2010, 03:07 PM

My next guess was quaffed. The only word in past tense.

sexobon · 04-05-2010, 03:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexobon

... The Rule of Threes can help you determine what makes the weight cut when applied in order against your present or anticipated situation.

My little Survival ditty was meant to be a hint without giving away too much. It seems that I didn't give away enough.

Pie · 04-05-2010, 09:40 AM

All have 3-letter alphabetical runs? So quaffed is my guess. It's got the three-letter run in reverse.

monster · 04-05-2010, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sexobon

My little Survival ditty was meant to be a hint without giving away too much. It seems that I didn't give away enough.

ya know, I just ignore anything entitled thread drift if it's not really an appropriate place for a thread to drift, as it were...

monster · 04-05-2010, 10:31 AM

My ceramic teacher showed me this -a father and daughter from the previous class had heard it on NPR and brought it in and they still hadn't worked it out. I laughed because hijack was spelled incorrectly and then got it straight away because of that. I was mighty chuffed with myself

Pie · 04-05-2010, 11:25 AM

Silly me -- I just posted without reading the thread. Didn't know the answer had been given.

Cloud · 04-05-2010, 11:51 AM

Okay, so I read the answer. However--why is that answer more valid than the several ways crabcake is out? e.g., only compound word, only edible item, only word with a vowel at the end. Very arbitrary!

monster · 04-05-2010, 11:55 AM

Because the "unwritten rule" of "odd one out" type things is that all the other have a feature in common that the odd one out does not share. Not being the odd one out is not a sufficient common feature..... e.g. "they are not compound words" "they are not edible". Weak. You might as well argue that stupid is clearly the odd one out because it's the only word that begins with s.

View Poll Results: Which is the odd one out?
calmness	1	4.35%
canopy	2	8.70%
crabcake	6	26.09%
deft	2	8.70%
first	1	4.35%
hijack	1	4.35%
laughing	2	8.70%
quaffed	3	13.04%
stupid	5	21.74%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

04-04-2010, 08:44 AM	#17
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Ahhh, clever. That must be it? I didn't vote. Didn't have the foggiest idea. When smoke started pouring out my ears I gave up. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-04-2010, 11:25 AM	#18
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	give up then? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-04-2010, 11:27 AM	#20
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	don't read below if you're still contemplating it (highlight to see) They all contain three consecutive letters of the alphabet, quaffed is the odd one out because they are backwards -fed- where as the others are all forwards. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-04-2010, 11:53 AM	#22
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Wow. I would give points to Pico for a good answer, though. I never have been good at those kinds of things. I need to go from Point A through Point whatever...I used to be good at geometry proofs. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-03-2010, 10:15 PM	#16
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I voted first because only one can be first.

04-04-2010, 03:07 PM	#23
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	My next guess was quaffed. The only word in past tense. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-05-2010, 09:40 AM	#25
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	All have 3-letter alphabetical runs? So quaffed is my guess. It's got the three-letter run in reverse. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-05-2010, 10:31 AM	#27
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My ceramic teacher showed me this -a father and daughter from the previous class had heard it on NPR and brought it in and they still hadn't worked it out. I laughed because hijack was spelled incorrectly and then got it straight away because of that. I was mighty chuffed with myself __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-05-2010, 11:25 AM	#28
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Silly me -- I just posted without reading the thread. Didn't know the answer had been given. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

04-05-2010, 11:51 AM	#29
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Okay, so I read the answer. However--why is that answer more valid than the several ways crabcake is out? e.g., only compound word, only edible item, only word with a vowel at the end. Very arbitrary! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-05-2010, 11:55 AM	#30
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Because the "unwritten rule" of "odd one out" type things is that all the other have a feature in common that the odd one out does not share. Not being the odd one out is not a sufficient common feature..... e.g. "they are not compound words" "they are not edible". Weak. You might as well argue that stupid is clearly the odd one out because it's the only word that begins with s. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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