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The Teacher and his Students
A teacher and his students stand in an empty room. The room has no windows, no chalk, and no chalkboard. The room is completely barren except for 10 students and one teacher. The students ask the teacher if they can go eat lunch, and the teacher says, "That won`t be necessary, it is already here." How did they get their lunch?
Answer
The teacher is a mathematics teacher. He makes each student pluck a hair out of their head. He then breaks off the root of each hair follicle and places all ten roots in the shape of a square. The square root of 10 is an old approximation of pi. The students divide the pie and eat lunch.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Nov 21, 2001
Come on you are missing the easy solution - cannibals
I like the cannibal answer best.
That's kind of one of those 3000 possible answer riddles.
That's ridiculous. Plus, one of the students was bald. How about the room was built around the students and they had their lunches with them? And I like the canibal answer as well!
My parents woln't let me eat pi for luch because it's a number! and how did you bold the text on a comment?
May 03, 2002
if there are no doors, someone could have brought them their lunch through the doorway.
Use basic html. Lets test some
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ok those didnt work....
what about this?
what about this?
ok this is odd...Blah I give up
Definitely cannibals. It was only approximately a pie you know.
get, not het!
this has got to be one of the worst teaser i have ever read. no offense
I would hate to be in that class (who wants hair root pie?)very challenging though
this should [b]work[/b]
or maybe not...
(b)hi(/b) [b]hi[/b] {b}hi{/b}
cannibals
no, that's not what i think! i like the original answer, i was just trying to do the copy/paste thing with the first comment...
I think it isn't the greatest thing and I still voted a good for you!
you can ask me to how to do bold
come on guys! there are a lot like that. Theres a guy in a room with a mirror and a table. No doors or windows. How does he get out? He looked through the mirror and saw what he saw. he took the saw and cut the table in half. Two halves make a whole, so he climbed through the hole and got out.
WAAAAAAAAAY to much time on your hands people...definately way too much time!
Maybe the lunch was already there. Yummy, hair root pie. I'll make some right now.
This one is stupid. Editors, c'mon now!
Mar 22, 2004
that was the stupidest one i've ever read.
As a rule, I do not like to post negative comments on a teaser. But this one just does not do it for me. Too obtuse. Incidentally, I thought of cannibal also.
[bold]is this bold?[/bold]
[b]or this?[/b]
[b]or this?[/b]
There is another version of this
Is this like "Children of the Corn" or something?
Am I the only one who thought this was a good teaser?
By the way, how DO you do the bold? [b] this [/b] or.. not.. I don't know!
By the way, how DO you do the bold? [b] this [/b] or.. not.. I don't know!
I agree with everyone. This is Bold:
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No wait, I've got it. I forgot to capitalize.
Hi
Hi
nevermind again.
Do I have it NOW???
Arrrgg. I can't tell.
Now?
One last try:
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[b]is this bold? I didn't think so.[/b]
tammy ur phunny
teaser way 2 logical
teaser way 2 logical
pi is irrational -so is this teaser
that was boring
this should be bold
bold
nevermind
Why don't you PM Petera and ask how to make it bold?
Thay was soooooooooo stupid!!!!!!! oh god. that is a dumb riddle!
Feb 02, 2006
This teaser was so bad that I am surprised that it got through.
I'm sorry, but this was a very dull teaser. Better luck next time.
Yuck?ugh? Do you smell something?
I think it should be cannibalism. Pi isn't good anyway. Its irrational. Wait, that didn't make sense Oh well. CANNIBALISM!
Doesn't that mean they ate their own hair...ewww
O my gosh, that has to be thee dumbest teaser i've ever heard, cannablilism is better but that's not even possible to think of the pi crap. i mean c'mon who would think about pulling their hair out to create pie. sheesh that's dumb.
I dont think my brain got it....but after reading the answer 3 times, i got it.
is this bold?
Anyways, this one is just like the other ones like this. SO DON'T DISS IT! haha
Anyways, this one is just like the other ones like this. SO DON'T DISS IT! haha
lame
I think they're in an elevator that just arrived at the cafeteria.
Kinda of a lame teaser.
Kinda of a lame teaser.
Sortof a stretch..... I personally vote for cannibalism.
HAHAHAHAHA
THATS AWESOME!!!!!!!!
i like the canibal answer too
i thought they were in a cooking class and they just cooked their lunch and there it was --- tada!
THATS AWESOME!!!!!!!!
i like the canibal answer too
i thought they were in a cooking class and they just cooked their lunch and there it was --- tada!
i think that was disgusting !
what about , it was a home economics class .
what about , it was a home economics class .
cannibals
I like that answer, ptream99, it really works, a lot better than the one given.
That is DISGUSTING
it works lyk this:
hello
hello
hello
remove the periods that i place
hello
and then you've got it!
hello
hello
hello
remove the periods that i place
hello
and then you've got it!
never mind it doesn't work...
hi
hi
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sry it doesn't work on braingle...
Is this Bold?
How 'bout this?
What about now?
Hmmm... Oh well
+Guys Stop Making fun of his teaser, Or I will be forced to report you, oh wait i alreaddy did!+
is this bold
bold
bold
nevermind
cannibals
good teaser mmmm....pi or pie sounds good right now...
How did the children and the teacher get in the room? Are they all naked, if not then how did their clothes get in?
not terribly clever.
not terribly clever.
omg these comments are hilarious . some said cannibals, one said the kid was bald, hair root pie just too funny
nice one, good, clever, but WWWWWAAAAAYYYYYY to old.
I trust u can add uniquence to this
I trust u can add uniquence to this
Cannibals.
Plain and simple.
The true question is, who to eat?
Plain and simple.
The true question is, who to eat?
I thought *cannibals* too.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!
Ummm...when I read the teaser, I was creeped out because it sounded like some freaky cannibal movie with a zombie/other human eating thingie teacher preying on innocent children. But the answer was definetely creepier...
no, just no
unlike most people i liked this teaser
Ya that totally grossed me out... Hair root pie!... trying to bold here... lol
Wow. Does anyone ever figure this out? Maybe it'd be easier if you say a MATH teacher & his students.. at least get us started. Way over my head.
How do you do bold?
[bold]Test[/bold]
[bold]Test[/bold]
Good teaser
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I was thinking of cannibalisim...
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