Stupid Question-Really Stupid Answer

[timgoz]

Was watching "Who Wants to be a Millionaire".

They asked what item of the following Charles Lindberg took with him on his Trans-Atlantic flight. He took only one.

1. Inflatable Raft

2. Radio

3. Lifevest

4. Parachute

I won't give the answer, use common sense & figure it out. I guessed it before they even gave the possibilities.

Tim

[safewalrus]

whos charlie lingberg? is he a bird? don't do birds only boats! - heres ten cents go 'phone somebody who gives a 5h1t!

[timgoz]

Bite me Walrus

Tim

[Frosty]

Well Im stumped --you got me--what did he take?

Walrus you ingnoramous and you saying you were a wine drinker.
Lindenberg was the man that put wine into a cardboard box.

He also made a stupid ballon that came from Germanyand blew up in America

Oh it was a right mess there were dead people on fire running all over the place.

Oh and his kid was kidnapped in america by a German imigrant, who said he didnt do it but you know what liars they are, So they sent him to the chair and fried his nuts.

I think that was him-- yeah .

[Roly]

OK I will play.
Starting from the end.Parachute....what is point,land softly & then drown.
Possibly wasn't in service yet.
LifeVest, limited point....crash...plane sinks...die of exposure or get eaten as there was
still big maneating fish in the sea then.Now Asians like the high mercury content of the
fins to increase their libido.
Radio....at that time portables probably wouldn't have had the range...and
who would be able to find you after the plane sank.
Liferaft....now there lies a smidgeon of hope.

Did I win a mil???????

[PI Design]

That would be my answer, for the same reasons (but I was too shy to go first). Can we split the mil?

[timgoz]

Winners!

Now all you have to do is cash the checks (approx. $5000) I send and mail me back the cash for tax purposes.

Pretty simple logic. And oh yeah, Walrus my man, twas about a boat. You guys came to the same answer, the only that holds out any real hope for survival.

The contestant would not risk $200,000 so did not answer. Said if he would of he would choose Radio.

Not only did they probably not have the range (especially one light & small enough for this application) but imagine fumbling around with a first generation radio set while in an emergency.

Only if close to a populated coast or within sight of shipping might a radio be handy.

So if you survived the water landing / ditching, an inflatable "boat" would offer a chance. Wonder how hard it was to inflate. May have carried it that way if it was small enough & there was adequate interior / opening space.

Tim

[Bergalia]

I always liked the one asked in the UK 11-plus exam (on which kids' futures used to hinge...)
'Name three consecutive days of the week without using Monday, Wednesday or Friday...'

[timgoz]

Surely a clever Scot has the answer?

[Bergalia]

Originally Posted by timgoz

Surely a clever Scott has the answer?

Aye ma bonny lad - and I'll give you a wee clue tomorrow.....

[PI Design]

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day? There not really days of the week though, so I'm probably wrong, again.

[Bergalia]

Originally Posted by PI Design

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day? There not really days of the week though, so I'm probably wrong, again.

Sorry PI - they're days which occur regularly every week...Off to bed now - so I'll tell you tomorrow...

[westlawn5554X]

yesterday today and tommorrow... phew I think I am wrong...

[timgoz]

First, second and third day of the week?

Tim

PS. I like Westlawns answer also

[safewalrus]

Westlawn you swine you pinched my answer! T'was easy - and I failed my 11 plus too, passed the so called "late developers" and got to the Grammar school after all!

Failed the first time because I was in Yorkshire (where you get marked down if you are not a true blue tyke - but as most of those are 'rags' I'm glad I wasn't)