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Thread ID: 60943 2005-08-19 03:44:00 Brain teaser - doing my head in pixeldust (6619) PC World Chat
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382196 2005-08-19 03:44:00 You're a smart bunch. This got sent out at work and it's doing my head in. Any ideas?

Construct a four word sentence that is the equivalent of "4321". You may NOT use compound words (i.e., "sixty-six", or "seventy-eight") and you may NOT use any of the following 6 words:

four
thousand
three
hundred
two
twenty

I've already tried googling for it with no luck. Help me, before I go completely bonkers!
pixeldust (6619)
382197 2005-08-19 03:53:00 . vinref (6194)
382198 2005-08-19 03:53:00 quarante-trois-cent, vingt-et-un, pas difficile! vinref (6194)
382199 2005-08-19 03:55:00 "One less than 4322" :p Veale (536)
382200 2005-08-19 03:58:00 "For three's to one?"

Meaning say, a question by someone asking about a ratio of sorts.

Or...

shi, san, ni, ichi

:rolleyes:
Greg (193)
382201 2005-08-19 04:05:00 In english. And in words, not numbers. pixeldust (6619)
382202 2005-08-19 04:30:00 "Count down below five"

Apparantly a sentence must contain a verb, "count" in this case.

Veale
Veale (536)
382203 2005-08-19 04:33:00 "Count down below five"

Apparantly a sentence must contain a verb, "count" in this case.

Veale


Ooooh.. nice. I'm gonna try that one on and see if I win. If I do, you get a share of my glory.
pixeldust (6619)
382204 2005-08-19 04:44:00 I had "count down from four", but that breaks the "rules". One more logical step would have got it. :( Graham L (2)
382205 2005-08-19 04:51:00 Veale, your suggestion got rejected. Apparently because the term is "4321" not "4, 3, 2, 1". Picky buggers. Anyone else? pixeldust (6619)
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