Comic King Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Alright, from the title of the topic you can guess what this is about. You were right, it's a giveaway, although not as big. There's a catch. I'll write a small riddle below, it's not hard at all, however, your solution must be well defined. You have to explain your answer in a short sentence, because that's all you really need. You guys have 5 days, until December 24th, to solve it, you can post here only once. If I see that you've edited your post, I will automatically disqualify you, because I can never be sure whether you edited the post to the right answer or not. Who can participate? -hg- and above. What is the prize? In case more of you post the right answer to the riddle until December 24th, I will be using random.org to select the winner. If only one gets it right, that one lucky guy/girl gets the prize! The prize is a small game called Enemy Mind. Nothing really special but at least it is something to motivate you. Here comes the riddle: I have a fishtank filled with water. I have ten fish in it. Three fish drown. How many fish do I have now? Rules summed up: Post only once Do not edit your post, be sure to post what you really think Be a recruit or above Good luck and good solving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 10 It is possible for fish to die from lack of oxygen in their water, but the term "drown" is inappropriate. Drowning implies air breathing organs that a fish doesn't have. Asphyxiate or smother would be a a more appropriate term. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicSoyMilk Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 you got 10 that is as long as you didn't throw out the dead ones and left them in the tank you get 7 alive 3 dead, but 10 in the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul :) Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 10 fish dont drown wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomcheesewizard Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 10. Fish aren't human Three fish drown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaOfPain Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 10 they all in the tank though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazer Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 0. Why? Comic King and his hot grill ate them all during there date. [spoiler=shh]Kappa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinyock Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 You will have 7 alive fish and 3 dead fish because the 3 dead fish are deprived of oxygen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiKaZz epic bro Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 0, because you never bought the fish from the store 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Well, you would still have 10 fish if you do not net out the dead ones. In response to the people saying fish cannot drown: The act of drowning is defined as being fully submersed in water, not being able to breathe. Fish do in fact breathe, just not in the sense we do, so technically speaking, they can drown. Fish breathe by pushing water through their gills and absorbing the oxygen in the water, if there is little to no oxygen in the water a fish can technically drown. Lack of oxygen in the water can be due to the water temperature, since the warmer the water, the less oxygen there will be. Lack of oxygen can also occur from no water movement, or poor water quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northground Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 You have Three fish left because the other 7 got picked up from the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(evko)KingSlayer Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 10. Why? Fish dont drown yo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeletalElite Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) 10, You did not pick out the dead ones and it is technically possible for a fish to drown in water due to gill damage or lack of oxygen in the water. (so if you dont count the dead ones 7 but you never got rid of them so you still have them) Edited December 22, 2015 by SkeletalElite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxwonderbredxX Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Fish cant drown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeletalElite Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) Fish cant drown. Fish can drown Drowning is suffocating in water. Fish can suffocate in water if there is no oxygen in it. Edited December 24, 2015 by SkeletalElite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxwonderbredxX Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Fish can drown Drowning is suffocating in water. Fish can suffocate in water if there is no oxygen in it. ty for being very technical. I don't think the riddle goes that technical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic King Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Thank you everyone that took part in this. Many of my friends that were asked the same question, failed to give the right answer. The correct and the shortest answer is: Fish can't drown. More of you got it correctly, so I will be doing a random.org thingy. Everyone that got it right will get a ticket here. Each ticket is a number used in random org. Here it is: Toast 1 Fortis 2 Paul 3 Zoomcheesewizard 4 Kingslayer 5 XxWonderBredxX 6 To the guys saying that fish can drown, as Toast said, that term can't be used for fish. Fish can do something like suffocating, not drowning. Basically, your answer could've been as long as you'd like, but all you had to do was mention at least once that they can't drown. The winner will be pmed with the key for the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionatedX Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 10, fish dont drown.. even if 7 are alive 3 are dead, there are still 10 in tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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