Wastrel 
Jul 09, 2003
| That made me think for a while! Good job! |
MysticGohan789
Jul 10, 2003
| This Is Probably The Cleverest I Have Ever Read |
jacintan
Aug 08, 2003
| This is an absolutely FANTASTIC teaser. I think it's my favourite. |
neoglare
Aug 11, 2003
| This ones pretty good... |
CowboyRider
Nov 29, 2004
| That's an awsome teaser! I loved it!  |
judybee
Dec 03, 2004
|
Super Job !
No wonder you were a presidential candiate. 
I will be sharing this one with family and co-workers. |
Tiggr  
Dec 03, 2004
| Sweet! had I been paying attention to detail maybe I would've gotten that, but that was a bit too clever for me. That was a great teaser, if you have any more like that keep on posting    |
smgreyuk
Dec 03, 2004
| I got the password being Different str8 away. Reminds me of a riddle called the GRY riddle, hoever took my time 2 figure out the old password. |
triagepro
Dec 03, 2004
| This one was super ! One of my favorites ! Very slick ! |
(user deleted)
Dec 03, 2004
| Dude! That was like major awsomeage! when i saw the answer i was like duuh!  |
Nicky101 
Dec 03, 2004
| I'm often very literal but I'm surprised i didn't get this one. good one  |
I_am_the_Omega
Dec 03, 2004
| Nice! I was looking for the trick in the text but couldn't find it!!! |
soccerchick14
Dec 03, 2004
| good teaser! im not gonna lie~it had me stumped!  thats kinda wat i looked like! well keep up the great work! |
wolf4867
Dec 03, 2004
| The answer could have been November and December, if you did not look at the 'hint'. It fit all the criteria. 4 letters the same, and the same number of letters. |
poparazzi93
Dec 04, 2004
| Loved it! Very cool teaser. |
mcgrawactor1
Dec 06, 2004
| What fun!! Keep 'em coming! |
Patte
Dec 11, 2004
| It's very easy!!!!!!! But don' worry because I had ssssoooo mmmmuuuucccchhhh ffffuuuunnnn!!!!!!!!!!! |
Skybet
Dec 23, 2004
| Am i the only one who didnt like it? |
knbrain
Dec 24, 2004
| I think it belongs in the trick catagory
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knbrain
Dec 24, 2004
| sorry about my spelling error
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KrAzIe_PiNk
Jan 27, 2005
| Boss-"Yes, that's right. The password is different, but if you listen carefully you should be able to figure out the new one: It has the same amount of letters as your old password, but only four of the letters are the same."
The 'but if you listen carefully' was the only part I didn't like. But, hey, if you said "The password is different" would be realllly easy! So, great job. |
irock3001
Jun 20, 2005
| Awesome teaser. I knew there was going to be a trick in the writing. I found the first one, out of date, but i didn't get the last one.
ure really good at this. |
MTK_90
Jun 29, 2005
| THIS IS THE BEST ONE SO FAR THAT I'VE HEARD! |
Sunrose
Sep 09, 2005
| Thought this one was cute. Good Job |
TheEarthling
Dec 03, 2005
| Yay! I got this one. Very cool teaser. |
(user deleted)
Dec 03, 2005
| Brilliant teaser! Shoul've got it but didn't - duh! |
thimblenoggin
Dec 03, 2005
| Everything after "the password is different" is misleading garbage. It should say "if you've been listening carefully you already know the answer".
Got it anyway though.
Nice one. |
Tarynng
Dec 03, 2005
| awesome puzzle! |
redraptor50
Dec 03, 2005
| Great teaser , Loved it |
bluehawk
Dec 03, 2005
| That was very cute. I figured it would be "different" and I was right, no pun intended. Well Bob Dole keep them coming.I enjoyed this one. |
jessjspieks
Dec 03, 2005
| SUPER JOB I REALLY LIKED THIS ONE....GOING TO MY FAV'S |
coldfire
Dec 03, 2005
| niceeeeeeee I am sure no one will get it on the first guess! |
ceeyaaa
Dec 03, 2005
| I loved it...very clever...I didn't read it carefully |
gnosys
Dec 03, 2005
| May I offer another small tweak? When the man comes into his boss's ofc, he should say something like: "I tried to log onto my computer, but my password was out of date." The man is aware that his password is out of date... and therefore no longer "out of date"... so he would know better than to use the present tense: "My password IS out of date." Using some version of the above, he can use the past tense (i.e., "My password WAS out of date") without it seeming odd or drawing too much attention to the line.
Also, I agree about putting "listen carefully" before "your password is different," because it does suggest the answer will be included in what follows, not in what the boss has already said.
Finally, the only reason I found this teaser easy was that the boss's speech, which he tells us contains the solution, is so brief that there aren't many possible red herrings to think about. (Another possibility would be to somehow omit the overt hint that the solution is in his words.)
IRRELEVANT, PEDANTIC DIGRESSION
I looked up "i.e." to make sure I was using it correctly above, and I learned or was reminded of the following trivial but occasionally useful information:
The abbreviation "i.e." means "that is" (from the Latin "id est") and should not be confused with "e.g." -- which means "for example" (from the Latin "exempli gratia").
Two other occasionally confused Latin abbreviations used in English are "etc.", which means "and so on" (short for "et cetera" -- literally "and the rest") and "et al" (no period used with this one), which means "and others" (short for "et alii"). The two abbreviations have similar but not quite identical meanings; the main thing to beware of is the common mispronunciation "ekk cetera" (and accompanying misspelling "ect.").
EQUALLY IRRELEVANT (UNPAID) PLUG:
For intense brain teasing and other perverse pleasures, I'd heartily recommend the newly re-released DVD boxed set of the bizarre, beautiful, utterly unique MTV animated sci-fi (sort of) series, "Aeon Flux" (not to be confused with the new live-action movie, with which it has almost nothing in common and on which the show's creator, Peter Chung, had no input. In a way, the episodes of the series ARE puzzles... with no easy or obvious solutions. |
cheer_leader_qt
Dec 03, 2005
| i liked it, but i thought it waz hard. o well.  |
Marty_New
Dec 03, 2005
| Luv It!!!!! |
martiemr
Dec 03, 2005
| wonderful!!!!!
gnosys: get a life  |
kman613
Dec 03, 2005
| That was an excellent teaser! |
jimbo46
Dec 03, 2005
| No, Skybet, U rn't the only one who didn't like this teaser. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood, but I didn't think it gave enough info. |
rubberducky36
Dec 03, 2005
| very very good. very very very VERY very good. VERY VERY....you get the idea. |
mogur
Dec 03, 2005
| Now THAT'S an excellent brain teaser. Bob Dole, I knew I liked you for a reason. How's that viagra working out? |
choptlivva
Dec 03, 2005
| It stumped me!!!!
The funny thing is, I used to have a password like that. If my kids tried to guess it, I told them the answer using it clearly in the sentence. They never got it. I thought I was so clever! I guess not!!! : |
choptlivva
Dec 03, 2005
| ps.... I do think it belongs in the "Trick" category. Very good though!!! |
lindquist_25
Dec 03, 2005
| Not bad, I never would have gotten it! |
hidentreasure
Dec 03, 2005
| Good teaser |
kimberlykay
Dec 03, 2005
| Cute teaser
I think gnosys has way too much time on his/her hands! |
jbray
Dec 03, 2005
| Oh good greif People look way too much into this. It was a great teaser. Perfectly worded. I got it fairly easy. It took a couple of reads and some logic use, but to say that you need to change it and analyze the teaser is crazy.
Great Job!!! |
DeeAnn
Dec 03, 2005
| This was a really great teaser, we figured out the old password but wasn't paying enough attention to get the new one. Great job!! |
azbee123
Dec 03, 2005
| cute!!! |
speediebean
Dec 03, 2005
| Excellent teaser Bobdole, wonderful job!!
Precious, not everyone has a problem with being disagreeable, you apparently don't. I, however, disagree with you, it was a brilliant teaser, it made perfect sense, please don't be a spoilsport just because you didn't get it.
I only 'got' half of it, and I enjoyed it very very much. I happen to like things that make me think. |
lindz_1786
Dec 03, 2005
| there wasn't enough information for someone to figure that out. it was clever, but not a good teaser
 |
KatV
Dec 03, 2005
| I lOVED it!!!! Totally funny...it just proves that sometimes we make things harder than they really are! |
hockeygirl
Dec 03, 2005
| that was easy but cute!! |
hockeygirl
Dec 03, 2005
| ps lindz ur mean!!!  |
hockeygirl
Dec 03, 2005
| pps preisous u have issues
today im pissed off at the world so nobody take offense |
ChattyMonkey
Dec 03, 2005
| one of the hardest, yet best i've seen. not gonna lie, it stumped me ! |
vlerma
Dec 03, 2005
| This is the kind of brainteaser that everyoe shouold enjoy. That's why they are called such bobdole must be hi-minded since he his from the Rocky Mountain High state. Thanks much for the lesson on showing us we don't always know how to shovel out the extra words when a politician speaks. |
vlerma
Dec 03, 2005
| ps sorry for some of the typos. This is my first time at commenting. Have a good teaser to submit, but still don't have the number of points accumulated. Will keep watching though!! |
Lizzy9
Dec 03, 2005
| I wish I could have gotten that. It was really clever! |
POPS
Dec 03, 2005
| Loved it Ya got me Very clever and well thought out Keep them coming!!!!! |
lovefrenzy
Dec 03, 2005
| i love this one |
wizkid
Dec 03, 2005
| great teaser. I loved it. I got it right off the back. |
mrtickles
Dec 03, 2005
| i'll vote for you next time you run |
Bware0313
Dec 03, 2005
| I luved this teaser, so difficult, yet so simple |
leroy_h
Dec 03, 2005
| i did not get it this time. But i enjoyed the braingle. |
shawneeo
Dec 03, 2005
| I got it!!! It was a good one, but I agree with a few of the others above, I think one or two little tweaks would make it a PERFECT teaser. If you know this type, it's pretty easy. There's a teaser called GRY on here that is excellent and that was my first meeting with this kind of teaser. And gnosys (sorry if I got ur name wrong) I found what you said totally correct and the other stuff very very interesting. Thanks for the teaser! |
GirlyxGirlxMia
Dec 03, 2005
| wow that was really good!! Keep em coming...!!! That made me think for a while |
(user deleted)
Dec 03, 2005
| Gnosis, I have to hand it to you. You have a streak of genius!! you are what i aspire to be!! You are really smart, but you really need to stop leaving those long comments and correcting everyone. I learned the hard way that people do not like criticism-no matter how constructive it is. Do not take it the wrong way. If you are offended, then I know what type of person you are-the ones mentioned before. If you aren't, well you're like me. |
(user deleted)
Dec 03, 2005
| PS: YOUR CORRECTIONS WERE PERFECT! SUPERB! MAGNIFICO!! |
(user deleted)
Dec 03, 2005
| Oh, I forgot to add that this was a very good teaser. One of those where you want to slap yourself when you see the answer. |
Angelli
Dec 03, 2005
| i had to reread to get it |
hockeygirl
Dec 03, 2005
| sorry ppls im all better now!!
i honsetly thought this one was very clever and a great teaser see im not always horrible just erlier |
stephiesd
Dec 04, 2005
| Wow. That was so cool. I feel stupid for not getting it. |
simplimade
Dec 04, 2005
| I thought this was a pretty easy teaser. But it was a lot of fun anyway. |
lmurray
Dec 04, 2005
| VERY GOOD! |
kdm13202
Dec 04, 2005
| Yea It was neat . made me think. |
kdm13202
Dec 04, 2005
| Once i read the answer i wanted to turn my foot around and kick my own tail. |
GinnyWeasly
Dec 04, 2005
| I really liked your teaser! It was great! I had a real hard time figuring it out, but in the end I got it. Again, great job! |
Fame_Kraze
Dec 04, 2005
| veryyyyyyy cute |
cassiemark
Dec 05, 2005
| I liked that one and hope you submit more like it! Thanks! |
FulanitoGM
Dec 05, 2005
| What is up with these repeats? I may unsubscribe from the daily teaser e-mail if this keeps up.
Cool teaser by the way... |
litt1eME
Dec 06, 2005
| lol cool. |
Amali
Dec 07, 2005
| Verry kool after I red the answer I kind of laughed to myself loved the word play |
michelle3617
Dec 11, 2005
| triickyyy |
doka13
Dec 26, 2005
| Wow, don't i feel like a dork... I DID slap myself when I found out the answer... I thought it was like, word or pass and the old one... never mind... Gr8 teaser... |
peppamintp
Dec 27, 2005
| Excellent I really enjoyed it and it made me think. Can't wait to read more |
Tryer
Jan 05, 2006
| I thought that was brilliant, I read and re-read several times, but still couldn't figure it out WELL DONE!! |
teen_wiz
Feb 14, 2006
| Hey, I actually got it! And it's only 10:23 in the morning! Great job! |
zonarita
Mar 19, 2006
| fun teaser. |
bpkeller
May 12, 2006
| *groan*.............I can`t belive it was that simple! |
PunnettSwears
Jun 10, 2006
| Pretty obvious, but nevertheless fun. Hope to see more from you. |
schoo
Jun 25, 2006
| Awesome, very clever, Loved it, hope to see more!!!! |
npf2005
Jul 22, 2006
| SO BRILLIANT I FELL OF MY SEAT (I did actually) |
sexigaljst4u
Jul 29, 2006
| i thought it was quite hard but oh well |
twixy
Aug 05, 2006
| very easy. |
jamesbond
Aug 14, 2006
| nice one....did u make it on ur own ??? |
lmurray
Dec 03, 2006
| GOOD TEASER, AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, ALMOST A YEAR AGO TO THE DAY, BUT WHAT'S WITH ALL THE RERUNS?
I REMEMBERED THE ANSWER BEFORE I FINISHED READING IT.
HELP, HELP, ALL THE RERUNS ARE GETTING BORING. |
phyllisa
Dec 03, 2006
| I liked this one a lot . The "listen" part also threw me,but I realize the employer was talking to him. I also think it belongs in the Trick category. |
sftbaltwty
Dec 03, 2006
| are you all kidding me? this is terribly written! you can't say "the password is different, but if you listen closely you might be able to guess the new one"! or whatever the heck it said..hello..if he just told him what the password was..why would he tell him to pay attention to try and figure it out......let's think about this one here people. |
puttumup
Dec 03, 2006
| a stinker thinker bravo |
rambo67
Dec 03, 2006
| Great job, Bob! I really enjoy "stumpers" such as this. Without getting verbose as some critics did, let me say that the extra "flack" in the boss's reply is what really threw me off- when he added "four letters are different." But it was a terrific teaser and not many people can be clever enough to come up with such quality yet alone be brave enough to post it. FABULOUS EFFORT! |
coachpisco
Dec 03, 2006
| I agree with Imurray (again) that I heard this one before, and knew at least part of the answer before I ended the reading.  |
if_i_may94
Dec 03, 2006
| that is SO CLEVER bobdole!!!!!!!!!!! good on you!
keep up the good work.
if_i_may94
p.s. i was STUMPED |
patpat553
Dec 03, 2006
| I didn't like this one at all! Had to think too much. Sorry,we just had a bad ice storm,just got power back on,and I'm just now thawing out. Still a little crabby. |
bradon182001
Dec 03, 2006
| Sorry Patpat about the storm cutting off your power. We were lucky in my part of WNY. Just had high winds, rain. Regarding the teaser, I thought it was pretty good, but I had never seen it before, so it was new to me. I have to agree with Imurray and Coachpisco, where are all the new teasers that people are submitting? Surely there must be some good ones. |
krystalklearsky
Dec 03, 2006
| It was very clever! I didn't get it at first but it is very good |
schmedley9
Dec 03, 2006
| I DON'T GET IT. DUHHHHHH. I DUNNO!!! |
doghouse270
Dec 03, 2006
| tricky, tricky, tricky
nice one |
-loveable-
Dec 03, 2006
| THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP THEM COMEING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Anarock123
Dec 03, 2006
| I didn't get it and it was so good! |
jcann
Dec 03, 2006
| I have also been wondering for some time now why we are getting so many reruns. I know it was stated a while back that some people are new to this site and so the reruns are new to them. But I have only been a member for a little over a year and I am already getting bored by reruns. How about several days of new ones and then inserting a good rerun? I also get tired of going seeing 115 or so comments, most of which were made 1-3 years ago. |
wordmama
Dec 03, 2006
| Hi, folks! I'm another relative newcomer for whom this puzzle was new....
I believe this puzzle SHOULD be marked 'trick'! It totally stumped me, but I had a good laugh when I read the answer!! |
yojance
Dec 03, 2006
| I got the old password right but the new one was hard to figure out. I didn't guess it so had to look at the answer. Very good teaser indeed |
senther7
Dec 03, 2006
| LOL
nice 1 |
elu93
Dec 03, 2006
| lol, great teaser! i only got the old password right, too. Go bobdole! |
scallio
Dec 04, 2006
| Got it and loved it! Awesome teaser! |
cuteandditzy
Dec 04, 2006
| Right in front of my face and I missed it. Oh well. Win some, lose some. Great job! |
CelineCarey
Dec 07, 2006
| If you ignore rules of proper sentence structure and English grammar then this was a good teaser |
Qrystal
Dec 14, 2006
| That was terrible!!
--I mean, of course, the fact that it stumped me so badly.
Good teaser over all, but I agree with the suggestions made above for improvement, especially: "I tried to log onto my computer, but my password was out of date."
Cheers! |
vlerma
Dec 15, 2006
| I really enjoyed this teaser, but for me it was quite easy. Many of us read between the lines to get the real meaning of things. More please. |
solarsistim321
Feb 25, 2007
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rt1819
Nov 11, 2007
| Wow, I had to scroll awhile to get down here! It was worth the wait. This was an awesome teaser, and I usually don't comment, but well done! |
GrandmaB
Dec 09, 2007
| This is why English teachers harp on punctuation: If this were correctly written with quotation marks around the stated critical words, it wouldn't be the good teaser that it is...and we would have gotten it! |
soccercow10
Mar 22, 2008
| Great! I actually got it!
But my only question is when the boss says the new password is different, he says "but if you listen closely you will be able to get the new one". I don't get why the boss would say details about the new one after he says it.
Just a thought. Liked it though |
emu77alu02
Dec 03, 2009
| I got 'different' right off the bat, but it never even crossed my mind that 'out of date' was the old one. That was clever. Good job! |
doehead
Dec 03, 2009
| Paying attention to what I was reading made this extremely easy. |
patiencewithaP
Dec 03, 2009
| Fun teaser! Took me a minute to find the second one. I love it! |
auntiesis
Dec 03, 2009
| Great teaser, it had me puzzled. I must say, it is one of my faves. |
UptheHill
Dec 03, 2009
| NICE1, THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVS!!!! |
Jake10
Dec 03, 2009
| OH!!!!! It was right there and i missed it! |
mathisnice
Apr 08, 2010
| I got the first one, but not the bonus. |
brielle-bubble
Jul 14, 2011
| so fun |
Babe
Dec 03, 2012
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elentir
Dec 03, 2012
| Fun - but I wouldn't call this place a high security institution. They use dictionary words for their passwords and his boss knows his password? That is probably the weakest password security procedure a company can use. |
cutebug
Dec 03, 2012
| Read,read, read. Very easy |
eamon
Dec 03, 2012
| The part about only four letters being the same makes no sense and the conversation is only clever cover if it seems natural otherwise the boss should have just said it plainly.
In the real world of high security I doubt a password could have spaces and NOT have at least one numeral or capital letter. The password would also be assigned by a program and never be a cute word or phrase.
The essence of the teaser is cute but the details spoil it upon inspection. |
Marple
Dec 07, 2012
| This is a very old riddle so I knew the answer straight away. Very disappointing.  |
