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Hooded Apple
Little John, Robin Hood and Friar Tuck were hiding from the Sheriff's men in Sherwood forest.
They had been hiding up a tree for days and were down to one last apple left to eat. Being a kind and holy man, Friar Tuck said that Robin and Little John could share it between them. Robin promptly sliced the apple in half and asked John which half he wanted.
"The bigger half of course," replied John hungrily.
"Ye mean the biggest half surely," retorted Robin angrily. "Use the King's English, ye big oaf."
"It's bigger."
"No it's biggest."
A verbal fight ensued until finally Robin turned to Friar Tuck.
"Good Friar, are ye not an educated man?"
"Yes indeed Robin" replied the Friar.
"Then settle this. Which of us is correct?"
"Neither of ye actually, my friends."
Why isn't either of them correct?
They had been hiding up a tree for days and were down to one last apple left to eat. Being a kind and holy man, Friar Tuck said that Robin and Little John could share it between them. Robin promptly sliced the apple in half and asked John which half he wanted.
"The bigger half of course," replied John hungrily.
"Ye mean the biggest half surely," retorted Robin angrily. "Use the King's English, ye big oaf."
"It's bigger."
"No it's biggest."
A verbal fight ensued until finally Robin turned to Friar Tuck.
"Good Friar, are ye not an educated man?"
"Yes indeed Robin" replied the Friar.
"Then settle this. Which of us is correct?"
"Neither of ye actually, my friends."
Why isn't either of them correct?
Answer
Because if you cut something in half, both halves should be the same size. There is neither a "bigger" half nor a "biggest" half.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Aug 26, 2003
the apple may seem to be in 2 halfs, but with a sword or knife, or whatever they used, it would be impossible to cut it in exact 2 so i guess 1 of them has to be a tiny tiny tiny bigger ===
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It isn't impossible to exactly cut it in half, just highly unlikely
u never said that the halves were equal
Halves are equal by definition, otherwise they wouldn't be halves
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i got it but it was very very good. well done.
where did they get the apple?
They were hiding in a tree....therefore they popped into their local BRANCH of Morrisons
An apple teaser a day keeps the alzheimers away. I got my half.
Yeah, you can't cut something EQUALLY in half. Especially pears, but, yeah.
Too easy.
because of my math and grammatical skittles, I got it!
easy, but very nice teaser
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