Riddle time.

[Chas]

Can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think
nothing was wrong with it at all - and in fact nothing is wrong.
You may think of various things but this paragraph is just very odd. Go on, tax your brain, go to work on it and try your skill, but how quickly can you find out what it is, that is unusual"

and if you do spot what is unusual how long did it take you?

 

[Higgy]

!

 

[Chris]

Easy. Took me about 4 seconds.

 

[Chas]

Easy. Took me about 4 seconds.

Very good Chris, it took me longer than that to read it. So what was it?

 

[Chris]

Simple. It doesn't mention Landcruisers once.

 

[Chas]

Simple. It doesn't mention Landcruisers once.

You're right there Chris, but it's not the correct answer.

 

[Chris]

Well, in truth it's A correct answer, just not THE correct answer

 

[nick_the_fish]

is it that is only has 1 quotation mark?

 

[Chas]

Well, in truth it's A correct answer, just not THE correct answer

Isn't that what I said?

 

[Chris]

and a - instead of a semi colon. Of course you could have used an Oxford comma which is a comma before an 'and'.

 

[Chris]

No. it wasn't.

 

[Chas]

is it that is only has 1 quotation mark?

No that isn't it Nick, the answer is it hasn't got a letter e in it.

 

[Chas]

No. it wasn't.

Yes it was, I said You're right there Chris, but it's not the correct answer. Not that it was wrong it just wasn't the right one.

 

[joinerman]

Has " Very " not got an " E " ?

 

[Chris]

But it would if it had mentioned Landcruisers. See?

 

[Chris]

No you implied that there was only one correct answer you see Chas. But there isn't. It just wasn't the answer you were looking for. You said I was right but not correct.

Right bored with that one. What's next?

 

[Chas]

Has " Very " not got an " E " ?

Oh bugger, I missed that one, well spotted JM

 

[Chris]

Well if it's any consolation, so did I and I went back to read it again!

 

[Higgy]

!