Titbits---V

1)Dear Reader,What do U make of this Announcement Over the Microphone in a Railway Station?

ANNOUNCEMENT--- The Departure time of The Hoiday Express bound for Mumbai Is changed from TWOTWO TO TWOTOTWO.

Means To Read---From Two Minutes past Two to Two Minutes To Two.

2)Dear Reader Can U Punctuate the following sentence?

Rama where Krishna had (Repeat 'had' eleven Times)the teacher's approval.

The above sentence will then read as follows----

Rama where Krishna had had had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval

Answer-- Rama,where Krishna had had 'had',had had 'had had'.'had had' had had the teacher's approval.

Dear Reader,U still find this difficult to understand? Don't feel sorry.Use of the word 'had had' together is a typical example of Past Perfect,which was in vogue in the written English communication during the Elizabathen age in England and elsewhere in English speaking countries and is almost extinct in the present day Fnglish communication.

3)Dear Reader,A Simple Quiz to Tax Your Brain
There was once a Prison having Two Doors,One Door leading to Freedom and the other Door leading to Death.These Two Doors were guarded by Two Guards,One of whom always spoke the Truth and the Other always Lied.
In this Prison there was a Prisoner who was aware of above but did not know which door led to Freedom or which door to Death and for that matter which Guard spoke the Truth or which one Lied.
The Prisoner was allowed to ask one Question to either of the Two Guards.He asked the Question and from his answer went out the Door Of Freedom.What Question Did He Ask?

Answer--- The Prisoner went to one of the Two Guards and asked him "If I were To Ask The Other Guard Which Door Leads To Freedom,What Will He Answer?Whichever Door the Guard showed,the Prisoner got out of the opposite Door.


Explanation---Let us assume for a moment the Guard whom The Prisoner approached was the one speaking the truth.In this case He will tell exactly what the other guard would show and since by elimination the other one must be telling a lie,the opposite Door would be the one leading to freedom.
In the same breath let us now assume the Guard whom the Prisoner approached was the one who lied.In this case he will twist what the other Guard would say.As such if the guard whom the prisoner approached shows a specific door,the other guard,who by elimination would be speaking the truth would in fact have shown the opposite Door as the Door of Freedom which would have been twisted by the guard approached by the Prisoner.
As such whichever Door is shown as the Door leading to Freedom by the Guard approached by the Prisoner,The Prisoner would get out of the opposite door.

Compiled By Baiyu December 2007.