12: A bored demon is never good to have around

[scaresplants]

...I'd never thought I'd say this, but frankly, I'm bored.

[Here is one Anthony J. Crowley, currently lounged back in his chair in his spotless white apartment as he adjusts the nozzle of a plant mister in his hands.]

And when I'm bored, I turn to people, because they're the best source of entertainment I can get.

So, Vatheonites, have a nice brain

Comments

[1776ftw]

There is no missing dollar, obviously. You're just throwing around numbers to make us confused.

[scaresplants]

[Darn you America, he thought that was a hard one. >B(]

...Hmmph.

Guess the populace is more well-read than I thought.

[1776ftw]

Never doubt an American when it comes to cold, hard, cash, dude.

[scaresplants]

Of course. Because that is what you Americans build your lives around- cash.

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[slyhandmonk]

There is no extra- enh whatever that is, from what I can gather. Though I can see how the play with numbers would fool someone.

[Video]

[scaresplants]

[This question was supposed to be hard, darn it.]

...[Without feeling:] Good for you, you solved it.

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[slyhandmonk]

I take that didn't last as long as you wanted it to. I'm sure someone will fall for it. [He could think of a few.]

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[scaresplants]

Nah. I was hoping for some incorrect guesses, but I guess people are more smart than they've been letting on.

Wow, that made my head spin. Dammit, Josh, why do you have to be smart. orz

[oh_neku_dear]

There is nothing missing.

[He went up against a guy with a math fetish. This is nothing. His mun just fails at anything math.]

Would you like to try another riddle? Or shall I give you one?

I'm sorry but Crowley demands only the hardest. >>

[scaresplants]

Good for you, Joshua. I would've been surprised if you hadn't gotten it.

...How about one to me? I could use the mental exercise.

FFFFFFFF, I'll just rely on Google and Yahoo for eternity.

[oh_neku_dear]

Aw, how nice to see that you've got such confidence in my abilities!

Alright. How about another math riddle?

A driver noticed that the dashboard showed he had driven a total number of 15951 miles. He thought that this was a strange number because no matter in what direction it was read (from left to right or from right to left) it was the same. However, in two hours, the dashboard showed a number that had that same characteristic. What was the speed of the car?

Me too. They're my best friends in things like this. >>

[scaresplants]

The next number was 16061, which therefore means that the car's speed was 55 miles per hour.

[He's obsessed with cars, that question was easy for him.]

My turn.

"John gave his brother James a box:
About it there were many locks.

James woke and said it gave him pain;
So gave it back to John again.

The box was not with lid supplied,
Yet caused two lids to open wide;

And all these locks had never a key-
What kind of box, then, could it be?"

[toomanypetals]

[Okay, it actually takes him awhile to reason it out, because everything seems to add up to him. But money can't just disappear, unless somebody burned it, so...]

...Che. There can't be a missing £1.

[scaresplants]

And how do you know? It could have disappeared like magic into the busboy's other pocket.

Who knows?

[toomanypetals]

...That's retarded. You just said he gave it to the idiots in their room. It can't be missing.

[scaresplants]

Then how come it all adds up to 29 instead of 30? Riddle me that.

[ninthserenade]

That's kinda confusing, but... Uh...

[He does some quick adding and subtracting on his good hand, messing up three times before he finally figures it out.]

It's not missing?

[scaresplants]

Yeah, it's not.

Good for you, it only took you forever to solve it.

[ninthserenade]

Hey, gimme a break! I'm still sleepy, man!

[And then quietly;]

Besides, word problems like that are hard.

[scaresplants]

Sleep is no excuse for not being able to solve a puzzle quickly enough. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Of course they are. Did you expect them to be easy?