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Inspired by the lovely 'Who's up for some math' thread I decided to make an equivalent thread for the English language, and riddles in general

 

To start it off, write a grammatically correct sentance that uses the word 'and' 5 times (or more) in a row. There can be punctuation between the words, but obviously not . ! ? because they finish the sentance.

 

There are several answers to this, one is prolific on the internet, so no using Google, and both my brother and I thought of unique ones

 

Feel free to post other questions

 



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How do you possibly create a grammatically correct sentence using the word "and" five times??



I like cereal :3

Ita said:

How do you possibly create a grammatically correct sentence using the word "and" five times??

 

Madness!!!



4 ≈ One

"both my brother and I thought of unique ones"

NERDS!!!

Seriously though, this is impossible.



Aj_habfan said:
"both my brother and I thought of unique ones"

NERDS!!!

Seriously though, this is impossible.

Yeah, I think "impossible" is the right word...



I like cereal :3

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I googled it, hehe =)



lol Nice. Google is a God!



I like cereal :3

How about a fun one I found on Professor Layton:

You have Nine identical weights and a scale. Eight of the weights weigh exactly the same while one weighs slightly more than all the others. How do you find which weight is the heavier one and only use the scale a max of two times?



scottie said:

To start it off, write a grammatically correct sentance that uses the word 'and' 5 times (or more) in a row. There can be punctuation between the words, but obviously not . ! ? because they finish the sentance.

 

Heard this one before, though don't remember exactly how it goes, just remember it had something to do with Pig and Whistle and putting space between some of the words.  It still hurts my head. -_-



twesterm said:
How about a fun one I found on Professor Layton:

You have five identical weights and a scale. Four of the weights weigh exactly the same while one weighs slightly more than all the others. How do you find which weight is the heavier one and only use the scale a max of two times?

Haven't played Layton, but here goes. Pick two and weigh one against one, if one's heavier, you have it, if not of the three remaining, pick two and weigh one against one, if one's heavier, that's the one, if not, then the one you didn't put in the scale is the one