Braingle: 'Allison's Birthday' Brain Teaser

Allison's Birthday

Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.

Puzzle ID:	#49084
Fun:	(2.3)
Difficulty:	(1.72)
Category:	Logic
Submitted By:	Gwendalla

My dear friend Allison walked up to me and asked me what her birthday was.

"You forgot your own birthday?" I questioned her, with a puzzled look on my face.

"No," she said, "I mean I want you to remember it. You don't remember anything!"

"At least give me a hint," I pleaded.

Eventually she gave in. "First week of November."

Now, she and I are masters at logic. I myself knew it near instantly. Do you know what it is?

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Comments

GreenApples27 Oct 15, 2011	She never said it was always in the first week of November. She could've been meaning it's in the first week of November of that year.
Junj13 Oct 16, 2011	@GreenApple27 I agree, and I think this question needs further rephrasing.
Gwendalla Oct 16, 2011	Well, this teaser would be a trick question and would be impossible to figure out if she was saying just this year. Thus, one must use logic to conclude a true answer. The first of any month is ALWAYS in the first week. And Allison and the main character are both masters at logic, so the main character would deduce the answer, knowing that it would be impossible to know from that clue only to find the answer.
Gwendalla Oct 16, 2011	My apologies! I didn't realize there was an error in the hint. Let me edit it... But how do I do that?
oddrey Nov 05, 2011	love it.
Gwendalla Nov 06, 2011	Much thanks!
kamyl_pretty05 Nov 09, 2011	good one!
Gwendalla Nov 11, 2011	Thank you!
Chura Nov 19, 2011	Nice one
Gwendalla Nov 20, 2011	How do you edit a teaser?
Gwendalla Nov 20, 2011	How do you edit a teaser?
wolfpackw2 Feb 03, 2012	For some, the idiom "The first week in...." might mean Sunday thru Saturday, for others it might mean days 1-7. Since an error has been identified (and I am not sure if it has been corrected), then I will not belabor the issue...
Gwendalla Feb 24, 2012	Thank you, I will be sure to keep that in mind while writing my next teaser. I don't actually know how to edit teasers, so any help would be appreciated. Much Thanks!
mandeepsinghp Mar 28, 2012	enjoyed it.nice thinking
makani Aug 16, 2012	Got it almost right away. Easy but fun.
spikethru4 Nov 28, 2012	I agree that 'first week of November' implies November 1st-7th. I used a different logic to come up with March 12th: 'week of November' implies week 11 of the year, i.e. days 71-77. The first of those is day 71, or March 12th (except in leap years...) Incidentally, my wedding anniversary is November 1st, and I've always found, simply, "first of November" is sufficient to remember it.
Cizzy_Berry Dec 06, 2012	Got it straight away... after reading it twice. Love the teaser though
Gwendalla Feb 26, 2013	Thanks! It does have errors, but I suppose practice will make perfect.