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    Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

    "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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      Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

      "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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      56 - Facts about fish - Yes they can drown[^]

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        56 - Facts about fish - Yes they can drown[^]

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        "...but thanks for calling me idiot, idiot."

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          Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

          "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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          Dalek Dave
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          Fish can drown.

          ------------------------------------ "Men may make bad decisions, immoral decisions or just plain wrong decisions, but at least they make decisions. Women on the other hand..." Patrick Kielty 2006

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            56 - Facts about fish - Yes they can drown[^]

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            That article seems to imply that fish use electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then use that oxygen. No, wait, actually it's even worse: "The gills extract life-sustaining oxygen from the hydrogen in the water molecules". Hm.. I would be highly surprised if that were the case.

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              Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

              "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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              Jorgen Andersson
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              A) 83, some of them might be dead though.

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                Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

                "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                42, the other 41 are right

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                  56 - Facts about fish - Yes they can drown[^]

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                  Caslen
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                  It's a joke - it really doesn't need analysing for it's factual accuracy :|

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                    That article seems to imply that fish use electrolysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then use that oxygen. No, wait, actually it's even worse: "The gills extract life-sustaining oxygen from the hydrogen in the water molecules". Hm.. I would be highly surprised if that were the case.

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                    So fish have found a way to extract a heavier element from a lighter one thereby, presumably, creating matter? I wonder if I can create some kind of perpetual motion machine from a fish.

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                      Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

                      "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                      doesnt matter if they drown or not, every fish is left in water, so 83 left (dead or alive) :laugh:

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                        Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

                        "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                        Chris Meech
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                        I there water in the tank? :)

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                          Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

                          "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                          83 from which 5C of them are still alive

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                            So fish have found a way to extract a heavier element from a lighter one thereby, presumably, creating matter? I wonder if I can create some kind of perpetual motion machine from a fish.

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                            Dan_Martin wrote:

                            So fish have found a way to extract a heavier element from a lighter one thereby, presumably, creating matter?

                            Don't be ridicules, if that was the case scientist would already be aware of that groundbreaking discovery. Everybody knows that fish simply use plain-old cold fusion to produce oxygen from hydrogen.

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                              Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

                              "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                              IS it an Abrams , Chieften or Tiger , it might affect the outcome

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                                83 from which 5C of them are still alive

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                                Super Lloyd
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                                Where from came the extra fishes?!? ;P

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                                  Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

                                  "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                                  Based from the results, I'd say you learned a thing or two about asking a question like this on a programming forum :)

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                                    56 - Facts about fish - Yes they can drown[^]

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                                    I think they suffocate rather than drown.

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                                      Q) 83 fish are in a tank, 27 drowned - how many fish are left? A) If you said 56 then you're an idiot, fish can't drown! :-D

                                      "...great scott!" Dilbert: Aren't all meetings like this... Richard Dawkins: "What if you're wrong?"

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                                      27 drowned

                                      If you say they drowned, they drowned, so 56 is the correct answer. On the other hand... "There are five apples. You take two away. How many apples do you have?"

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                                        27 drowned

                                        If you say they drowned, they drowned, so 56 is the correct answer. On the other hand... "There are five apples. You take two away. How many apples do you have?"

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                                        MikoTheTerrible
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                                        Two because thats how many you took ;)

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                                          Two because thats how many you took ;)

                                          "The computer industry is the only industry that is more fashion-driven than women's fashion. Maybe I'm an idiot, but I have no idea what anyone is talking about. What is it? It's complete gibberish. It's insane. When is this idiocy going to stop?" -- Oracle CEO Larry Ellison

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                                          Depends on who legally owned the five apples in the first place. If I take away two of my own five apples I don't automatically relinquish ownership of the three I left behind. If on the other hand I didn't own the apples in the first place, and I took two without permission then technically thats theft. An act of theft doesn't legally transfer ownership, I'm simply in possession of stolen property until the police catch up with me. (If you hadn't guessed I'm having a slow day at work)

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