Exercise your mind

Orior · August 20, 2007, 10:27:25 PM

Stop drooling over Rose of Tralee pictures with this...

Two men are talking.

Man A "Do you have any children?"

Man B "Yes, 3"

Man A "What age are they?"

Man B "The product of ages is 36"

Man A "Hmmm, I don't have enough info. Tell me more"

Man B "The sum of their ages is your house number"

Man A "Hmmm, I don't have enough info. Tell me more"

Man B "My eldest child is a vegetarian"

Man A "Ah, now I know"

What are the ages of the children?

Armagh4SamAgain · August 20, 2007, 10:36:24 PM

Wat does this meen? Weaird. Vegeterin just meens you eat veggy things. How does nhe no the age from that?

we are blue... etc · August 20, 2007, 10:42:02 PM

I cheated and googled the answer. Good puzzle. Not obvious.

Square Ball · August 20, 2007, 10:47:06 PM

stop cheating, thinking about it at the minute..... dont post the answer for a while

Square Ball · August 20, 2007, 10:50:26 PM

PM ed you Orior

pintsofguinness · August 20, 2007, 11:28:28 PM

Quote from: Orior on August 20, 2007, 10:27:25 PM
Stop drooling over Rose of Tralee pictures with this...

Two men are talking.

Man A "Do you have any children?"

Man B "Yes, 3"

Man A "What age are they?"

Man B "The product of ages is 36"

Man A "Hmmm, I don't have enough info. Tell me more"

Man B "The sum of their ages is your house number"

Man A "Hmmm, I don't have enough info. Tell me more"

Man B "My eldest child is a vegetarian"

Man A "Ah, now I know"

What are the ages of the children?

At that point I would have said forget it!

Mayo4Sam · August 21, 2007, 06:49:14 PM

Well, are we getting an answer?

Square Ball · August 21, 2007, 06:53:39 PM

i guessed 1,2 and 18, he said it was wrong, has to be correct as the product of these three numbers is 36, isnt it?

Hardy · August 21, 2007, 06:57:42 PM

But they're not the only three possible ages whose product is 36. But I went for that as well, for what I thought was a logical reason.

Square Ball · August 21, 2007, 07:02:05 PM

also then, 1,1, 36 or 2,2,9

Hardy · August 21, 2007, 07:09:32 PM

Or 1,3,12, or 1,4,9 or 1,6,6 or 2,3,6, or 3,3,4.

Square Ball · August 21, 2007, 07:11:15 PM

one of them have to be correct?

heganboy · August 21, 2007, 08:05:34 PM

the standard answer to this puzzle is bollocks. as the reason that is given isn't necessarily true. The phrase Irish twins may help you

Square Ball · August 21, 2007, 08:46:09 PM

are any of the above correct?

Hardy · August 21, 2007, 08:48:28 PM

I give up - heganboy or Orior, can you PM me the answer?