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Conference dypss1::brain_bogglers

Title:Brain Bogglers
Notice:BRAIN_BOGGLERS is, like, back in business, totally
Moderator:BUSY::SLAB
Created:Mon Jul 13 1987
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1441
Total number of notes:13981

1433.0. "What kind of arithmetic is this?" by DYPSS1::s_coghill.dyo.dec.com::CoghillS (Steve Coghill, NSIS Solution Architect) Mon Feb 10 1997 11:48

11 + 2 = 1

Solve.

Hint: My friends at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base could find not find a 
solution.
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1433.1RUSURE::EDPAlways mount a scratch monkey.Mon Feb 10 1997 12:009
    
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1433.2DYPSS1::s_coghill.dyo.dec.com::CoghillSSteve Coghill, NSIS Solution ArchitectMon Feb 10 1997 16:011
Very good!
1433.3BUSY::SLABForget the doctor - get me a nurse!Mon Feb 17 1997 15:019
    
    	RE: .0
    
    	Yeah, took me about 10 seconds to figure that out.
    
    	Maybe you could ask some Army or Navy guys if they know the answer.
    
    	8^)
    
1433.44446::OSMANEric Osman, dtn 226-7122Fri Feb 21 1997 14:3818
This all reminds me of a joke we used to tell, but I haven't told it in years
because I don't want to offend anyone, particularly anyone in any
branch of the service.  But it's so apropos to this particular puzzle thread
that I can't resist.  here we go:

	What time is it ?

	Well, for you men in the army it's just after thirteen hundred hours.

	For you men in the navy, it's just after thirteen bells.

	And for you men in the marines, mickey's big hand is on the ...

As I said, my apologies.   I support our troops, whomever they are, and
whatever service they're in (and not just the men!)

/Eric
1433.5RHETT::MOORESat Feb 22 1997 13:3519
    I heard a variant of this while working at an Air Force Base which
    also served as the commercial airstrip for a nearby town.  
    
    The pilot of an incoming flight radioed the control tower for a time
    check.  The controller asked him to first identify which flight he
    was.  The pilot, exasperated, asked what different it made who he
    was--he just wanted to know the correct time.  The controller
    responded:
    
    "If you're the USAF, it's 17:02:25."
    
    "If you're Delta, it's 5:02 p.m."
    
    "If you're Eastern, it's about five o'clock."
    
    "If you're Air Florida, the big hand is on the twelve and the
     little hand is on the five."
    
    "And if you're Pan Am, it's Thursday."