Subject: Re: [FFML] [Humour] Riddles
From: "Kergma, The Chaotic Trickster" <kergma@sv.net.au>
Date: 6/16/1996, 1:12 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com


The question was:

What shape must a piece of wood be to cast (depending on how its held) 
shadows of a circle, square or a triangle.

And the answers were:

Mihoshi> You're evil... Mihoshi surrenders.   WAAAAAAAAAAH ;_;

*chuckle*

White Wolf> Um...  I'm a bit baffled.  I could describe to you a peice of
          > wood that would do this....  (A cylinder with heigth and 
          > diameter the same, sliced from top side to bottom on other 
          > side.) But I don't see how this is a riddle? 

Not quite, as it wouldn't cast a shadow of a square.

Lizue> How about a flat piece of wood with three holes cut into it (one a 
       circle, one a square, and one a triangle)?

wrong - that would cast a shadow with holes of light in it, not shadows 
of the right shapes.

Joenikki> No, I'd have to be a cylinder h = d, then imagine a line 
        > accross the diameter of one round end, and remove all of the
        > material from both sides of the line to the tangent of the 
        > other end. 

Yup.  

	>    __ 
	>   /  \ 
	>  |----| Top (Yes, it's supposed to be round)
	>   \__/ 
	>   ____
	>  |    |    /\
	>  |    |   /  \
	>  |____|  /____\
        >
	>  Front    Side
	> Joseph Palmer

                                  ~~~~
                The Chaotic Trickster - kergma@sv.net.au