I've been asked to 'ask' this riddle, or a variant of it, several times over the past week, so here you go:
You have a ping pong ball at the end of a curvy, long, skinny hole in the ground. You want to get it out but you can't stick your hand in it won't reach or fit. A string won't work because you won't be able to attatch it.
What (reasonable thing) can you do to get it out without digging a hole?
Fill it with water, a ping pong ball floats
ReplyDelete---ohh..this is the question from before..^^
ReplyDelete---my answer is still the same..^^
---fill it w/ water and the ball will float..^^
Fill it with water and the ping pong ball will float up.
ReplyDeleteBut would it work if the ground is made of soil?
ReplyDeleteIf you poured enough water in, yes it would work.
ReplyDeleteyou could always suck it out, like one would siphon gas back out of the car's gas tank...
ReplyDeleteBlow into the hole, and if there is a bottom to the hole, the air will force the ball out.
ReplyDeleteWhy get the ball out of the hole?
ReplyDeletePut up a flag, trim the grass around it(assuming it is a hole in soil), then grab some friends and brag about your "hole-in-one". :)
Aaaa, i get this riddle once... And the answer is... Fill it with water! Then, the pingpong ball will float... Then take it easily... Or you can just dig the hole if you were too lazy to find some water...
ReplyDeleteWater, Water, Water,
ReplyDeleteThe Ping-Pong Bringer-er
I'm srry, my brain isn't working rite now - i hit my head HARD on the corner of my monitor... ouch..
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suck it out! :D
ReplyDeleteOr just use water to let it float out.
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defy gravity...lol.
ReplyDeletebut using water is much more easier...
um, i thought you could just blow into the pipe...
ReplyDeletebut...yeah... filling it up with water makes sense too...
I like ThomasJG answer... :P
ReplyDeletewater
ReplyDeletefill it with water
ReplyDeletetry to answer my other riddle
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buy a new ping pong ball! But I suppose water would be cheaper.
ReplyDeleteSome great answers, but I was wondering if you would be able to 'suck it out' without a vacumn cleaner or something like that. I'm pretty sure sticking a hose in would work.
ReplyDeleteThe hole-in-one story made me laugh.
Leave it there and buy another
ReplyDeletewater down the pipe
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