Though many people think "charcoal" is the answer. Charcoal isn't red when you're using it nor grey when you throw it away. Coal and charcoal are entirely different. Coal is red when it's aglow, grey as ash when it's thrown away. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_black_when_you_buy_it_red_when_you_use_it_and_gray_when_you_throw_it_away#ixzz1A4EvDAQO On 2011.01.04 11:47, Kuujis@work wrote: > char coal yra tai ką gamindavo būrai miškuose, t.y. medžio anglis. > Kaitinta ir deginta be deguonies. > > Iš esmės abu atsakymai tinka. > > "pranZo" <pranas@gabija.net> wrote in message > news:ifuq79$cic$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... >> coal - anglis, iskasena. >> charcoal - anglys, kietas kuras. >> >> "Milordas" <no@spam.lt> wrote in message >> news:ifuoji$9ok$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... >>> niekad nepirkes medzio angliu? >>> >>> "Justas" <liarva@yahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:ifunan$7hg$1@trimpas.omnitel.net... >>>> 13 neteisingai. Turetu buti Coal. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2011.01.03 18:59, Toxis wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Solutions >>>>> >>>>> 1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the >>>>> elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his >>>>> umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it. >>>>> 2. The surgeon was his mother. >>>>> 3. It was day time. >>>>> 4. At the time she went into labor, the mother of the twins was >>>>> traveling by boat. The older twin, Terry, was born first early on >>>>> March 1st. The boat then crossed a time zone and Kerry, the >>>>> younger twin, was born on February the 28th. Therefore, the >>>>> younger twin celebrates her birthday two days before her older >>>>> brother. >>>>> 5. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal >>>>> of the manhole. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the >>>>> manhole. So for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should >>>>> be round. >>>>> 6. The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man >>>>> drank the punch, the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, >>>>> poisoning the punch. >>>>> 7. He recognized Adam and Eve as the only people without navels. >>>>> Because they were not born of women, they had never had umbilical >>>>> cords and therefore they never had navels. This one seems >>>>> perfectly logical but it can sometimes spark fierce theological >>>>> arguments. (Just what a HUMOR list needs!!) ;^) >>>>> 8. They were two of a set of triplets (or quadruplets, etc.). This >>>>> puzzle stumps many people. They try outlandish solutions involving >>>>> test-tube babies or surrogate mothers. Why does the brain search >>>>> for complex solutions when there is a much simpler one available? >>>>> 9. The man had hiccups. The barman recognized this from his speech >>>>> and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured >>>>> the hiccups--so the man no longer needed the water. The is a >>>>> simple puzzle to state but a difficult one to solve. It is a >>>>> perfect example of a seemingly irrational and incongruous >>>>> situation having a simple and complete explanation. Amazingly this >>>>> classic puzzle seems to work in different cultures and languages. >>>>> 10. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. >>>>> 11. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, >>>>> developed it, and hung it up to dry. >>>>> 12. Freeze them first. Take them out of the jugs and put the ice in >>>>> the barrel. You will be able to tell which water came from which jug. >>>>> 13. The answer is Charcoal. >>>>> 14. Sure you can: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Alternate Solutions >>>>> >>>>> 4. Because one of them did not necessarily celebrate their birthday >>>>> on the day they were born, but celebrated later or earlier. Much >>>>> simpler than having Mom giving birth while crossing the >>>>> International Date Line and tossing in a Leap Year and the like. >>>>> Needlessly complicated. >>>>> 6. Because he was the one who put the poison in the punch. Of course >>>>> he wouldn't drink any *after* he poisoned it. Who goes to the >>>>> effort of making poison ice cubes, except Bond villains and those >>>>> bad guys in the "Encyclopedia Brown" mystery stories we read in >>>>> elementary school? >>>>> 8. Because they were adopted. It's a coincidence they were born on >>>>> the same exact day. OK, so Occam's Razor could be applied equally >>>>> to both solutions... >>>> >> >>