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     Some time back I asked you guys a riddle. Oh my. Is that correct English? Lemme go back. Some time back I inquired you guys a riddle. No. That does not feel right either. A riddle was questioned to you? Help me out here guys. What is the correct form of that statement?      I am usually am very slow in making  follow up posts but this time I think I am improving because I have made this post only after 1 year. But before I give out the answer to that one, here is another one to keep you preoccupied. It is also old. A dying father left his 3 sons all his 17 cows. In his will he dictated the cows be divided in the following ratio. Half of the cows to go to the first born, a third to go the second and a sixth to go to the last born. How would they divide them to make sure no cow was killed and split?      Anyway, this was the previous riddle. You want to buy a shirt that costs 97 KeSh but you are broker than a cracked mirror. That is ...

Fill in the blank. Joe is John's father. Therefore Joe is the ____________ of John's father.     This is actually not a riddle. Its a question in a Class 1 English book. Or so I am told. Took me a while to figure out the answer. Actually I did not figure it out all by myself. Anyway, it reminded me of another riddle a physics lecturer asked us back in second year. He did not solve for us and left us anguishing in torture. We finally solved it. During the August field work. We sat down during one of those cold desolate nights and decided to think. As in really think. Got so excited when we finally solved it. That is why I want to see if you can. You probably have heard it before but still I want to see how you come up with the solution.       So then, riddle me this. You want to buy a shirt that costs 97 KeSh but you are broker than a cracked mirror. That is to say you do not have any money. So you decide to borrow. You borrow 50 KeSh fro...