To the moon, troll, to the moon!

[ThomasThomas]

I touched the DeGauss button once and that’s how I ended up in this dimension.

How do you know you are this one. Or in the one where 3 90^o angles makes a triangle.

[sionnsar]

Are you saying that three rights don’t make a right?

[NicknamedBob]

"Are you saying that three rights don’t make a right?"

Actually, three rights make a white.

Here's the thinking:

• You are in a place where you walk a mile Due South. There you turn and walk a mile due East.
  
• You see a bear and turn for home, proceeding due North, and arriving there after traveling one mile.
  
  
• What color was the bear?

From the above, you should clearly be able to deduce that I am not from this dimension.

[NicknamedBob]

P.S. As in the above, it's not a right turn, it's a right angle.

[sionnsar]

I don't see in this a description of any dimension, except those in which:
- there are no bears
- you have no home
- there is no South, East or North
- there is no constant linear metric or other "mile-equivalent"
- the linear metric cannot reach or exceed one mile, or
- you cannot walk.

I'm guessing it's #2, "home". Do I win the prize? *\;-)

[ThomasThomas]

This is the prize for #2

[sionnsar]

Oh boy, don’t get me started. There is an EXCELLENT book titled “The Pencil” (ca. 1980s, author forgotten) that tells you everything you want to know about the pencil and its history (what “lead” is made of and why it’s not lead, the preferred wood for pencils, why the traditional color is yellow, famous pencil-makers, what #2 means and much much more).

[nufsed]

also did on about toothpicks.

[NicknamedBob]

Here's another example:

You're on a small spherical asteroid.

You stroll from the pole down to the equator, then turn ninety degrees and walk along the equator. Finally, you turn ninety degrees again and walk back to the pole.

Your path comprises a triangle of three ninety degree angles.

If you encounter a sheep, a volcano, a flower or a little prince, you have landed on someone else's tiny planet.

[NicknamedBob]

"Do I win the prize?"

No prize to be given as the answer was provided along with the puzzle. It's a old school puzzle describing a geographic anomaly; the only place it could be true is at the Earth's Pole, and the only color of a bear you might see would be white.

I think it was featured in a movie a few years ago, "Young Sherlock Holmes".

[sionnsar]

You're investing way too much in that "turn for home" element. When I "turn for home" on my outing I Do Not aim my car directly at the house.

For obvious reasons.

[NicknamedBob]

I was trying to tell the story with very few elements. It's not a very interesting story anyway.

Besides, it isn't my story. I work harder on my stories.

[NicknamedBob]

Besides, why would you take your car to the North Pole?

[ThomasThomas]

I heard a story about Young Sherlock Holmes camping trip.

[ThomasThomas]

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine they lay down in their tent for the night, and went to sleep.

Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend awake. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”

Watson replied, “I see millions and millions of stars.”

“What does that tell you?” Holmes questioned.

Watson pondered for a minute. “Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?”

Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke. Someone has stolen our tent.“

[ThomasThomas]

PRE-CHEWED PENCILS FOR BUSY CHILDREN [perfect stocking stuffer]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2147315/posts

[NicknamedBob]

I saw some fishing sinkers at the store, but I didn’t buy them.

When I saw that they had been made in China, I thought there was a good possibility they might be contaminated with lead.

[Tax-chick]

Wednesday is kitteh of few words. “Quarp” and “Gnackle” are typical expletives.

[NicknamedBob]

"Wednesday is kitteh of few words. “Quarp” and “Gnackle” are typical expletives."

Now you may understand how refined and demure was Midnight the Cat, who only said "Nice!" It was on the "Froggy the Gremlin" show with Andy Devine.

I heard it. Midnight was one of my first exposures to cats. That helped to formulate the notion that cats were classy.

Kittehs these days. Sheesh.

[Dead Corpse]

-2^oF right now. At least, the thermometer at my house said that. The one here at work on my AccuWeather says -5^oF.