rashad   
Aug 25, 2004
| So what do you say? 
Per votes i see that this is one of the great teasers but i would like your opinions.  |
cnmne  
Aug 25, 2004
| Well, you wanted a comment. I would never have thought of your answer, but I have an alternate answer that I believe would also work. I just discarded half the digits (the 2 and the 3), leaving 1 = 1. |
jetdjc15
Aug 26, 2004
| huh half of 12 is 6 and half of 13 is 6.5!!!!!!!!!!!!  |
(user deleted)
Aug 26, 2004
| excellent alternative answer that one  |
rashad
Aug 26, 2004
| Cnme, that is a classic answer... I think readers need something new.  |
NCM1992
Aug 29, 2004
| good but impossible to answer
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unklemyke
Aug 30, 2004
| No, it's not one of the great teasers, just one of the most obscure. A simpler answer is that half of twelve is equal to half of thirteen when you round down to the nearest whole number - an equally unsatisfying answer. - I think this one goes into the "Try Again" category |
rashad
Sep 02, 2004
| UnkleMyke, i will keep that comment in mind next time i submitt a new teaser, but don't you think that it's toooooo weird having you submitting none of your teasers, and commenting serious comments on others  |
trojan_luvr
Sep 05, 2004
| really good but i dont think its as difficult as the rating proves |
rashad
Sep 09, 2004
| Thanx Trojan |
Katelin
Sep 12, 2004
| I think it was a really good idea, the digital watch thing.  |
thecinnemonbear
Sep 12, 2004
| You do too much bragging! |
rashad
Sep 18, 2004
| Bear this is a Trick!
Thanx |
I_am_the_Omega
Sep 21, 2004
| easy... just round down  |
newbee
Oct 08, 2004
| nice 1  |
Tongue-Twister
Oct 30, 2004
| I would think that this teaser would go in one of the upper Brain Teaser's list. It definantly stumped me. But I would think it would go in a different category. Good job though! |
Lizard_79
Nov 08, 2004
| Ok, that solution still doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, so I propose an alternative solution: Bakers often added an extra donut to the box when customers bought 12...what is commonly known as a "baker's dozen". Therefore, when 13 is a baker's dozen, it's really 12 with one more to "sweeten" the deal...and half of 12 is 6. ;-) |
passion 
Nov 13, 2004
| i would have never thought of this answer!!! kinda confuzing but obviously a slick one |
Nicky101
Nov 26, 2004
| Stumped me! Cool |
bervin
Dec 17, 2004
| dont care what everyone else says. i didnt get it, but it was really good. required thinking about a different thing to get the answer-good stuff |
anotherMe
Dec 18, 2004
| I think you are full of crap! |
braintex
Jan 01, 2005
| pretty hard,but very boring on the scale of 1-10 i would give it a 3.9
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smar_tass
Jan 02, 2005
| lame |
(user deleted)
Jan 26, 2005
| Uh.....that was.......interesting....... |
marigold
Mar 03, 2005
| What???!!! That didn't make any sense whatsoever! Where did you come up with that? |
(user deleted)
Mar 09, 2005
| I think a better answer is that if you assume "12" is a base 10 number, and "13" is a base 9 number (equal to 12 in base 10), then 1/2 of either number would be "6". |
froggygg
Apr 09, 2005
| When I looked at the hint "what time is it" I thought of military time - half past 12 0 would be 30 minutes after the hour. And half past 130 would also be 30 minutes after the hour. Therefore, they are both equal - 30 minutes after the hour of 120 and 130. Sounds confusing but my military hubby agreed to my calculations and logic. 
By the way, I obviously did not come up with the answer stated.
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Nicholle
Apr 22, 2005
| Potato is not the only one... I don't understand the whole watch thing.  but it's good. and it's a stumper. i'll be looking for more like this!!! |
rashad
May 09, 2005
| Thanks all |
batti_s
May 16, 2005
| Half of a dozen =6, And half of a baker's dozen is also 6. Though baker's dozen has 13 in it, a half of it is always considered 6. |
sweetime
May 24, 2005
| i wanted it to be how can half of 13 be equal to have of 14, because then i could have answered "teen" (thirTEEN and fourTEEN). (15 and 16 also work) |
mitzimesser
Feb 06, 2006
| I agree with froggygg. that was the answer I thought of.
I can't imagine ANYONE thinking of the answer you gave. |
DaveEasy
Mar 11, 2006
| I agree with cnmne. I would have never gotten that one. I was thinking more along with the discarding of the 2 & 3 leaving the common 1 |
LuCkYgirl21
Apr 15, 2006
| IT REALLY ISN'T MADE OUT AS DIFFICULT AS ALL OF YOU ARE MAKING IT OUT TO SEEM, ESPECIALLY ONCE THE ANSWER IS GIVEN. HE SAYS THINK OF A DIGITAL CLOCK ,RIGHT, WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE EXACT NUMBERS. SO THINKING OF SEEING 12 AND 13 IN THE MINUTES OF THE DIGITAL CLOCK THE STICKS(PER SAY) THAT MAKE IT UP THE NUMBERS ADDS UP TO 7 WHOLE STICKS AND HALF OF 7 IS 3.5. SO, THIS IS THE WAY THAT I ENVISION IT GOING AND HOW THIS WOULD MAKE SENSE. |
Smart_Alex
Apr 22, 2006
| When I saw the hint, I thought of an analog clock and I was like "Whaaaat?" |
buenos
May 24, 2006
| I thought yours was a really weird answer, even for a trick.... I was thinking half a dozen and half a baker's dozen. But even in a trick, you can't equate a number of lines from 2 different numbers... |
Linlou18uk
Jun 08, 2006
| I thought the answer was: When 12 and 13 is a dozen;
12= dozen
13= bakers dozen |
shallgren
Jun 11, 2006
| I was going to say that half of 12 is 6 and half of 13 is 6.5 so 6 + .5 is half of 13... |
dudebomb93
Jul 27, 2007
| LOL HARD MAN HARD |
dudebomb93
Jul 27, 2007
| THAT DIDNT SOUND RIGHT LOL! |
xojohannyxo
Feb 15, 2008
| that was hard but the scary part was that I actually looked at the clock and it was 12:31 |
Starriddler
May 07, 2008
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emma5799979
Jul 24, 2008
| I so dit not get that, but everyone else has different ideas. I dunno! Even after I read the answer I still didn't get it! I think it definitely should have been in another category! I guess it was OK though. |
kiwikitty1995
Aug 16, 2008
| wow uv really goten technical here. no offense to u but i dont like teasers that get all technical like that. but it was good! |
Calehay
Dec 18, 2008
| I think this is a great teaser. You have to think a bit out the box, but why is that a bad thing? |
Crystal_Heart
Nov 03, 2010
| I don't get it... Even after reading the answer, I don't understand how it makes sense. Could somebody please explain? |
