Brain Teasers

[Chris]

Ok, I've got one:

A man in a foreign land is arrested for a serious crime.  He is brought before a judge and sentenced to death.  The judge explains to him that the death penalty in their land is designed to not give the condemned the peace of mind of knowing when the end will come.  So, the judge explains, the execution will take place sometime during the next month.  The man will not know which day he will be executed until he is taken from his cell at noon on the day of the execution. He will be dead almost immediately after. The execution, the judge says, must be a surprise according to the law of the land.

"Wait!" says the man.  He asks to approach the bench and speaks to the judge quietly for a few minutes.  The judge thinks over what he has said and declares the death sentence to be invalid.  What did the man tell him to get him to change his mind? 

This is a logical answer, not anything like "I'm your son" or "I have your wife hostage".  Good luck!

What's the answer?? I can't get it....and doesn't seem like anyone is trying...

Well, the judge just told him that he will be taken from the cell at noon on the day he is to be executed.  That means that the prisoner will know when he is taken from the cell at noon, that he is going to be executed immediately after, which means that it will no longer be a surprise, and therefore is against the "law of the land".

I hope that isn't the answer.  Why wouldn't the guards just take him out of his cell *every* day at noon?  The judge didn't say he would *only* be taken out of his cell when it was time for his execution.

Clearly if the judge is able to be convinced that the death sentence is invalid by a little common sense from the prisoner, this country's legal system has not thought everything through.

[kw10]

Ok, I've got one:

A man in a foreign land is arrested for a serious crime.  He is brought before a judge and sentenced to death.  The judge explains to him that the death penalty in their land is designed to not give the condemned the peace of mind of knowing when the end will come.  So, the judge explains, the execution will take place sometime during the next month.  The man will not know which day he will be executed until he is taken from his cell at noon on the day of the execution. He will be dead almost immediately after. The execution, the judge says, must be a surprise according to the law of the land.

"Wait!" says the man.  He asks to approach the bench and speaks to the judge quietly for a few minutes.  The judge thinks over what he has said and declares the death sentence to be invalid.  What did the man tell him to get him to change his mind? 

This is a logical answer, not anything like "I'm your son" or "I have your wife hostage".  Good luck!

What's the answer?? I can't get it....and doesn't seem like anyone is trying...

Well, the judge just told him that he will be taken from the cell at noon on the day he is to be executed.  That means that the prisoner will know when he is taken from the cell at noon, that he is going to be executed immediately after, which means that it will no longer be a surprise, and therefore is against the "law of the land".

I hope that isn't the answer.  Why wouldn't the guards just take him out of his cell *every* day at noon?  The judge didn't say he would *only* be taken out of his cell when it was time for his execution.

Mmm...that's interesting. This question's got me thinking.

[CelticS 86]

Ok, I've got one:

A man in a foreign land is arrested for a serious crime.  He is brought before a judge and sentenced to death.  The judge explains to him that the death penalty in their land is designed to not give the condemned the peace of mind of knowing when the end will come.  So, the judge explains, the execution will take place sometime during the next month.  The man will not know which day he will be executed until he is taken from his cell at noon on the day of the execution. He will be dead almost immediately after. The execution, the judge says, must be a surprise according to the law of the land.

"Wait!" says the man.  He asks to approach the bench and speaks to the judge quietly for a few minutes.  The judge thinks over what he has said and declares the death sentence to be invalid.  What did the man tell him to get him to change his mind? 

This is a logical answer, not anything like "I'm your son" or "I have your wife hostage".  Good luck!

What's the answer?? I can't get it....and doesn't seem like anyone is trying...

Well, the judge just told him that he will be taken from the cell at noon on the day he is to be executed.  That means that the prisoner will know when he is taken from the cell at noon, that he is going to be executed immediately after, which means that it will no longer be a surprise, and therefore is against the "law of the land".

I hope that isn't the answer.  Why wouldn't the guards just take him out of his cell *every* day at noon?  The judge didn't say he would *only* be taken out of his cell when it was time for his execution.

Clearly if the judge is able to be convinced that the death sentence is invalid by a little common sense from the prisoner, this country's legal system has not thought everything through.

So what the answer? i really hope its not that one, cause it would be a stupid brainteaser

[ChampKind]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

[Chris]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

reading

[ChampKind]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

reading

Hmmm.  I guess there's two.  This isn't the one I was thinking of, but it's right.

[Celts1485]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

reading

Hmmm.  I guess there's two.  This isn't the one I was thinking of, but it's right.

The pronunciation doesn't change with Reading vs. reading.  right?

[Chris]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

reading

Hmmm.  I guess there's two.  This isn't the one I was thinking of, but it's right.

The pronunciation doesn't change with Reading vs. reading.  right?

I take it you're not from the North Shore?

[Roy Hobbs]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

reading

Hmmm.  I guess there's two.  This isn't the one I was thinking of, but it's right.

I've heard this one before.  To give a hint:  it's not a place name, but *does* have a relation to one's nationality.

[CelticsWhat35]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

reading

Hmmm.  I guess there's two.  This isn't the one I was thinking of, but it's right.

I've heard this one before.  To give a hint:  it's not a place name, but *does* have a relation to one's nationality.

Polish and polish

[bdm860]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

Are we including contractions? Because ill and I'll have different meanings and pronunciations, but you have to add the apostrophe in too so don't know if that counts 

[kw10]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

That reminds me of another one.

What one word in English when you say it, you break it?

[BrickJames]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

That reminds me of another one.

What one word in English when you say it, you break it?

silence.

[Roy Hobbs]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

That reminds me of another one.

What one word in English when you say it, you break it?

silence.

Hallelujah!  The Celtics voided Tony's contract!  Happy Days!

[BrickJames]

One word in the English language changes its pronunciation and meaning simply by capitalizing the first letter.  What is it?

That reminds me of another one.

What one word in English when you say it, you break it?

silence.

Hallelujah!  The Celtics voided Tony's contract!  Happy Days!

nice to see you too