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Longest River
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Puzzle ID: #4723
Submitted By: librashorty Corrected By: trickster2005
Submitted By: librashorty Corrected By: trickster2005
Trick
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How many S's are there in the name of the longest river in the world?
Answer
None; neither the Nile nor the Amazon contain an S, both of which can be classified as the longest in the world.You are tricked into thinking of the Mississippi, which has 4.
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tricky!
I thought the teaser meant "How many S are there in the phrase 'the name of the longest river in the world'?" so i guess i got tricked a different way.
Thta's why you need these " "!" "
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I should hope nobody is ignorant enough to think the Mississippi is the longest river in the world
i knew this...how are you tricked into thinking the Mississippi?
The only thing I was tricked into was thinking that this might be a good teaser!
i was thinking the same thing as piffle
~*Um..............who here thought of da mississpi? Certainly not me. Well, if i there was one bad 'longest river in da world joke' I hav heard it.......... :p*~
i was thinking that phrase too..good trick
I thought there was 1 S because I thought you meant how many S's in THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD.
*the same a piffel
the longeSt river in the world
Piffle is right. I thought it meant the phrase as well. But then what do I know?
I thought the Nile was the longest but I was still thinking of the phrase, so I guessed one
weak.
Uh.. no, I never even thought of the Mississippi in that case
SAME AS PIFFLE
i agree with jriley1779 and piffle...
same as piffle...
It seems you didn't really trick anyone that way.
It seems you didn't really trick anyone that way.
yep, mississippi never crossed my mind
How on earth is tha a trick??? I got a teaser rejected because "the answer was too obvious." C'mon, how did THIS get accpted????
I wasn't tricked? o_O
"You are tricked into thinking of the Mississippi, which has 4."
I suggest rewriting/removing this part. It's akin to the person who tells a joke, then explains the joke to the point to where it's not funny anymore. If someone was tricked into thinking of the Mississipi River, then they'll notice it when they read the correct answer.
Other than that, this is really easy. Not that that's a bad thing.
I suggest rewriting/removing this part. It's akin to the person who tells a joke, then explains the joke to the point to where it's not funny anymore. If someone was tricked into thinking of the Mississipi River, then they'll notice it when they read the correct answer.
Other than that, this is really easy. Not that that's a bad thing.
I thought the trick was how many S's are in the phrase 'the longest river in the world.' this wasn't as fun as i expected. But it was a nice trick tricking me into thinking the trick was the trick i ws thinking about, but it wasnt that trick at all. i was totally tricked into beliving the wrong trick.
All I was tricked into was thinking this would be a Trick teaser. Does that count?
Same as piffle, but I also thought "the Nile" which has no Ss.
No I'm not. but very clever.
Very clever!
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