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How did the hit man miss?
I'm not sure Vic has any idea this hit man had it out to get him, so let us build a scenario where Vic is oblivious:
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The Evicted Tenant
I'm thinking your neighbors are
and the package is
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Guy who understands if a diamond is genuine by just looking at it
Assuming that, other than real/fakeness, the diamonds are all indistinguishable from each other:
With this approach,
Incidentally,
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That's What SHE Said!
She just bought
EDIT : 2nd answer for fun (solely based on the fact that there is a "situation" tag. Be prepared for a really convoluted answer)
jenny was buying
because the situation is the ...
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"I claim this corner of the world for Britain!" - What game are Alex and Brooke playing?
You are playing:
First move:
Second move:
Third move:
Fourth move:
Final move:
Clever observation from Braegh:
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A house facing North and South, but not other directions
You could argue that the following house works:
Though:
Note:
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No Shirt, No Shoes, Service
The description of "5/8 of the way into [your] meal" could imply that you are:
This particular establishment:
This means that among the clientele would be:
The shoe-less customer could therefore be:...
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A man is born in 1955
The answer is simply:
I have heard this one before but I don't remember where, maybe the movie you mentioned.
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I’ve officially counted to infinity!
I find it hard to believe she managed this in only 10 minutes, but all she needs to do is count to 1,461,559,270,678...
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The case of the pranking snowplow
You mention this was circa 1990 because
You mention the
You use the
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Which household object drew this pattern?
A marker could have been attached to one of these:
Or maybe near one end of this?
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I’ve officially counted to infinity!
This feels underspecified:
Here are a few possibilities. One:
Two:
Three:
Four:
Five:
Apparently that last one is what the OP had in mind. Here are some more details.
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What is the probability that your life will have lasted for 100 years once you die?
The frequentist answer to this question is
This is because
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A house facing North and South, but not other directions
You could simply
Note: The question has been edited. This answer satisfied the original conditions but is no longer valid.
With the new conditions, it would be easy to
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Guy who understands if a diamond is genuine by just looking at it
From the hint it sounds like what you were looking for was this:
From here,
With this, he's proved the minimum of being able to distinguish between real and fake diamonds.
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