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YAR(iddle)Thread: 3 Turtles

InverseOfNeo

InverseOfNeo

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3 turtles are crawling in a row. The first one says"there are 2 turtles behind me". The second one says"there is one turtle in front me and one behind me". The third turtle says "there are two turtles in front of me and one behind". How is that possible?
 
Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
and one behind". How is that possible?
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Is that supposed to say "one behind me"?
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Not that I am aware of. My op is exactly how I got it, with grammatical corrections.
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I was just thinking the last turtle could be seeing a "behind" (the one of the turtle in front of him) so there's one behind 😛

So you're saying you made grammatical corrections? Do you have the original?

I think the answer might be:

Someone taught the turtles how to talk, but not how to count. (That's how it's possible)
 
Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
and one behind". How is that possible?
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Is that supposed to say "one behind me"?
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Not that I am aware of. My op is exactly how I got it, with grammatical corrections.
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Riddles generally rely on trick wordings, and grammatical corrections usually voids the answer.

It's like the riddle "Two coins add up to 30 cents and one is not a nickel." If changed to "Two coins add up to 30 cents and none is a nickel," the answer doesn't work anymore.
 
Originally posted by: cubby1223
Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
and one behind". How is that possible?
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Is that supposed to say "one behind me"?
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Not that I am aware of. My op is exactly how I got it, with grammatical corrections.
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Riddles generally rely on trick wordings, and grammatical corrections usually voids the answer.

It's like the riddle "Two coins add up to 30 cents and one is not a nickel." If changed to "Two coins add up to 30 cents and none is a nickel," the answer doesn't work anymore.
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By corrections i mean capitalization and periods instead of commas because originally I got it as one run on sentence.
 
Ok, so 3 turtles are in a row. If there's a row of 60,000 turtles, it's still accurate to say that there are 3 turtles in a row. There just happen to be 20,000 3 turtles in a row.
In this case, there are 4 turtles, but the riddle only mentions the first 3.

Or maybe the last turtle is just delusional.



Originally posted by: cubby1223

It's like the riddle "Two coins add up to 30 cents and one is not a nickel." If changed to "Two coins add up to 30 cents and none is a nickel," the answer doesn't work anymore.
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I'd go with this explanation.
"There are two turtles in front of me and one behind."
The "behind" refers to the turtle butt directly in front of him.
 
how about a fourth turtle riding on the back of the third turtle? that way, it's still true that there are three turtles crawling in a row. the fourth one is not crawling.
 
My guess is that the 3 turtles are crawling a row. The key word being a row. Not a column.

_____ ____ Turtle
_____ Turtle Turtle
Turtle Turtle Turtle
Turtle Turtle Turtle
Turtle
 
Three turtles are walking in a row. The first turtle says, "There are two turtles behind me."
The second turtle says, "there is a turtle behind me and one in front of me."
The third turtle says, "Holy sh1t! Talking turtles."
 
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