Mind Challenge

[SDsalsaguy]

Pandora, Harry, Alec, Gemima, and Geoffrey are all animals in a zoo. The other day one of them ate an animal called Tabitha. Who - and what type of animal are they - was it?

 

[pygmalion]

Meerkats?!? :shock:

Just kidding. I'm much too lazy to apply myself to such puzzlers. :lol:

 

[SDsalsaguy]

Meerkats?!? :shock:

:lol: No silly Jenn, a Meerkat is much too cute to be the guilty culprit!

 

[delamusica]

I can't believe nobody googled this . . .

alec ate her = aligator . . .

ha . . . haha . . . ha . . . :roll:

 

[pygmalion]

As you know, google is my passion. But with these puzzles, it's much more fun to take my time and figure 'em out. Googling a mind challenge is like looking at the crossword puzzle solution page. ( Oops. I do that.) It's like flipping to the last page to see what happens before reading the whole book. ( Oops! I do that.) It's like taping the whole week of soap operas so you can fast forward to the end and see the Friday cliffhanger. ( Oops. I do that.) It's like ordering dessert first. ( Oops. I do that.)


Hmm. I guess googling a puzzler's not all that bad. :lol: :lol:

 

[SDsalsaguy]

As you know, google is my passion. But with these puzzles, it's much more fun to take my time and figure 'em out.

Well, it was posted as a mind challenge and not a keyboarding/google one... :tongue:

 

[delamusica]

well, seeing that none of you minds cared to volunteer an answer . . . :wink:

 

[Swing Kitten]

but that doesn't say what the rest of the animals were-- bah!

 

[etchuck]

I can't believe nobody googled this . . .

alec ate her = aligator . . .

ha . . . haha . . . ha . . . :roll:

How do we know Tabitha wasn't a male? :wink: :?

 

[pygmalion]

well, seeing that none of you minds cared to volunteer an answer . . . :wink:

We didn't have a chance. Somebody who shall remaain nameless had an itchy google finger. :lol: :wink:

 

[etchuck]

Well, I suppose it will take some of you a long time if I posted... say... "Prove Fermat's Last Theorem using only algebraic techniques (instead of Andrew Wiles' proof)."

Of course, that would be neither fun nor inspiring... except for those 0.001% of us that think it is.

 

[pygmalion]

:shock: Yes. I suspect that might take a little longer to get answered. :? :lol:

 

[Genesius Redux]

How do we know Tabitha wasn't a male? :wink: :?

Because there's no such thing as an alligatim, dork. :wink:

Jenn--you can save yourself a lot of unnecessary hassle by looking at the last page of a book. Anna Karenina, for instance. 8)

 

[Flat Shoes]

but that doesn't say what the rest of the animals were-- bah!

It's Pandora the Panda, Harry the Horse, Alec the Gator, Gemima the Platypus, and Geoffrey the Goat! :wink:

Yep, that's it.

 

[pygmalion]

Perhaps, but then you lose out on the sense of accomplishment that comes from reading every page of an outrageously long novel. :lol: :lol: