Stump the Stovo! Answers #4

by Stovohobo

‘crayola inquires: If a train leaves Philadelphia at 2:00pm going 69 miles per hour and a train leaves Charleston at 1:30pm going 53 miles per hour what is the probability that both train conductors will have blue eyes?

If a girl asks an annoying question with no coherent answer and revels in the thought that she has beaten the challenger, what is the probability that she herself is annoying?

….What, illegal to answer a question with a question? Fine. Well, we all know that Philadelphia lies in a part of Connecticut – you only thought it was Pennsylvania! – and that exactly one out of every eighteen people have blue eyes in Connecticut. 2:00 pm, being, of course, the time when all persons’ eyes flicker to a deep shade of beige, this is rendered impossible in that time frame. However, you have also given me Charleston to work with, a city in which every inhabitant is blue-eyed. When the two come together, of course, after 2:00, you come up eventually with 43. Not a probability? So you think…

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  1. Stump the Stovo! Answers #4

    Never Explain's Buddy Icon Never Explain

    Posted 7 months ago

    You are hilarious!

    LoA

  2. Stump the Stovo! Answers #4

    .:band baby:.'s Buddy Icon .:band baby:.

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    oh, wow! very funny!!
    LoA

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    Bartimaeus' Buddy Icon Bartimaeus

    Posted 7 months ago

    LOL i laughed at the question

  4. Stump the Stovo! Answers #4

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 7 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    funny question and answer.. so i was really born in Connetecticut??
    philly trins are slow the Charleston train would arrive 1st.
    LoA

  5. Stump the Stovo! Answers #4

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 7 months ago

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    Congrats on your 400th Ficlet!

  6. Stump the Stovo! Answers #4

    Stovohobo's Buddy Icon Stovohobo

    Posted 7 months ago

    Oh, actually, I hadn’t noticed this was my 400th yet! I was gonna make a challenge for 400, but maybe I won’t. I don’t exactly have an idea yet….maybe.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 7 months ago

    Great comeback to the question. I think 43 is a perfectly reasonable answer. Funny stuff, dude.
    LoA

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    Blusparrow's Buddy Icon Blusparrow

    Posted 7 months ago

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    400th Ficlet! WOW ! That is so cool! I only tally to 114 ficlets.

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    emma jo_234's Buddy Icon emma jo_234

    Posted 7 months ago

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    Very very very funny, I would ask a question….if I could think of one…

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    J.B. Williams' Buddy Icon J.B. Williams

    Posted 7 months ago

    Wow, great answer to a horrible question…the person that asked should be stoned with boulders. Great work Stovohobo!

  11. Stump the Stovo! Answers #4

    Yeah Write!'s Buddy Icon Yeah Write!

    Posted 6 months ago

    haha!
    ~
    wait, how did the all-knowing kermitgorf know that stovo had 400 ficlets? did he count or something?

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