When may a man's coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?

When may a man’s coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?

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Twelve flags stand equidistant along the track at the stadium. The runners start at the first flag. A runner reaches the eighth flag 8 seconds after he starts. If he runs at an even speed, how many seconds does he need altogether to reach the twelfth flag?

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When may a man’s coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?

Answer: When it has a hole in it.

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When it has a hole in it.

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What always was, yet I can never be?

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Twelve flags stand equidistant along the track at the stadium. The runners start at the first flag. A runner reaches the eighth flag 8 seconds after he starts. If he runs at an even speed, how many seconds does he need altogether to reach the twelfth flag?

Answer: Not 12 seconds. There are 7 segments from the first flag tot the eighth, and 11 from the first to the twelfth. He runs each segment in 8/7 seconds; therefore, 11 segments take 88/7= 12 4/7 seconds.

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Not 12 seconds. There are 7 segments from the first flag tot the eighth, and 11 from the first to the twelfth. He runs each segment in 8/7 seconds; therefore, 11 segments take 88/7= 12 4/7 seconds.

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I can be made and I can be played. I can be cracked and I can be told. What am I?

Answer: A joke

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What never asks questions but is always answered. What am I?

Answer: A doorbell

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He died for people’s entertainment.

Answer: gladiator

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When may a man’s coat pocket be empty, and yet have something in it?

Answer: When it has a hole in it.

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What always was, yet I can never be?

Answer: Yesterday.

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Twelve flags stand equidistant along the track at the stadium. The runners start at the first flag. A runner reaches the eighth flag 8 seconds after he starts. If he runs at an even speed, how many seconds does he need altogether to reach the twelfth flag?

Answer: Not 12 seconds. There are 7 segments from the first flag tot the eighth, and 11 from the first to the twelfth. He runs each segment in 8/7 seconds; therefore, 11 segments take 88/7= 12 4/7 seconds.

Solution: Show Answer Not 12 seconds. There are 7 segments from the first flag tot the eighth, and 11 from the first to the twelfth. He runs each segment in 8/7 seconds; therefore, 11 segments take 88/7= 12 4/7 seconds.

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I can be made and I can be played. I can be cracked and I can be told. What am I?

Answer: A joke

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What never asks questions but is always answered. What am I?

Answer: A doorbell

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He died for people’s entertainment.

Answer: gladiator

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When it has a hole in it.

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Yesterday.

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Not 12 seconds. There are 7 segments from the first flag tot the eighth, and 11 from the first to the twelfth. He runs each segment in 8/7 seconds; therefore, 11 segments take 88/7= 12 4/7 seconds.