Riddle for the day
Discussion
john_p said:
Dan_1981 said:
It'll be 16.5"
Think about where page one and the last page is when you stand boks up on a book shelf.
Winner Think about where page one and the last page is when you stand boks up on a book shelf.
MaximumJed said:
Why would you put the first book in a series on the right? My parents have an old encyclopedia and just the fact that each book states the first and last topics makes it naturally read left to right.
Because if I put the Volume 1 on the right it makes my answer of 19.5" correct. 
Strangely Brown said:
MaximumJed said:
Why would you put the first book in a series on the right? My parents have an old encyclopedia and just the fact that each book states the first and last topics makes it naturally read left to right.
Because if I put the Volume 1 on the right it makes my answer of 19.5" correct. MaximumJed said:
Strangely Brown said:
MaximumJed said:
Why would you put the first book in a series on the right? My parents have an old encyclopedia and just the fact that each book states the first and last topics makes it naturally read left to right.
Because if I put the Volume 1 on the right it makes my answer of 19.5" correct. say you have vols 1-10. normally you have 1 on the left through to 10 on the right. but the covers are on the right hand side, correct?
correct for normal people. being slightly ocd, i'd have the flow of the alphabet in one continuous sweep, neccessitating vol 1 being on the right.
normal:
'front ' - cba | fed | ihg - 'back'
me:
back - ihg | fed | cba - front
luckily i don't own an encyclopaedia. i do have to alphabetise my record collection in this manner though, otherwise the world will implode.
and before you take the piss, i'm only the oddest person on PH today
Ah but the listings on ecyclopedias don't work like that do they? (i don't think)
Vol 1 would say on the spine "AAB - CAR"
VOL 2: "CAS - FIS"
Right through to vol 10 which would say "VEW - ZUR"
Or something similar - so by puttting them in the correct order - ie left to right, your OCD still would suffer.
Incidently I think OCD would be on the spine of probabaly volume 8.
ETA: - Like this
Vol 1 would say on the spine "AAB - CAR"
VOL 2: "CAS - FIS"
Right through to vol 10 which would say "VEW - ZUR"
Or something similar - so by puttting them in the correct order - ie left to right, your OCD still would suffer.
Incidently I think OCD would be on the spine of probabaly volume 8.
ETA: - Like this
Edited by Dan_1981 on Monday 20th July 13:50
no, i'm right. the titles read correctly in sequence, but the info. within is disjointed. in my example above i meant the content.
from your pic the content would be:
burmese < beeville | charm < burnap | decatur < colonna etc.
if it was arabic then there wouldn't be a problem.
think about it, then wonder what sort of person would think about it a little too much
from your pic the content would be:
burmese < beeville | charm < burnap | decatur < colonna etc.
if it was arabic then there wouldn't be a problem.
think about it, then wonder what sort of person would think about it a little too much
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