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From: Craig Feinstein on 2 Jun 2010 11:30 This is a fun problem. I want to see who can give the most creative answer. A checkers board has 64 squares, 32 red, 32 black. Only the black squares are used in a game of checkers. So why do the checkerboard manufacturers waste resources making the 32 red squares? Craig
From: Ludovicus on 2 Jun 2010 11:59 On Jun 2, 11:30 am, Craig Feinstein <cafei...(a)msn.com> wrote: > This is a fun problem. I want to see who can give the most creative > answer. > > A checkers board has 64 squares, 32 red, 32 black. Only the black > squares are used in a game of checkers. So why do the checkerboard > manufacturers waste resources making the 32 red squares? > Craig Because the manufaturers of checkers boards are communists and for that, they prefer red over white.
From: Derek Holt on 2 Jun 2010 13:22 On 2 June, 16:30, Craig Feinstein <cafei...(a)msn.com> wrote: > This is a fun problem. I want to see who can give the most creative > answer. > > A checkers board has 64 squares, 32 red, 32 black. Only the black > squares are used in a game of checkers. So why do the checkerboard > manufacturers waste resources making the 32 red squares? > > Craig To help distinguish it from a chess board? Derek Holt.
From: jbriggs444 on 2 Jun 2010 15:39 On Jun 2, 11:30 am, Craig Feinstein <cafei...(a)msn.com> wrote: > This is a fun problem. I want to see who can give the most creative > answer. > > A checkers board has 64 squares, 32 red, 32 black. Only the black > squares are used in a game of checkers. So why do the checkerboard > manufacturers waste resources making the 32 red squares? I'm sure that Jonathan Swift must have described this problem... Every time it has been tried, the attempt has devolved into factional squabbles between those who favor an 8x4 layout and those who insist on a 4x8 layout.
From: Bart Goddard on 2 Jun 2010 15:57
Craig Feinstein <cafeinst(a)msn.com> wrote in news:a7a8427c-2e76-45b6-9ee8- ed44b2471912(a)z33g2000vbb.googlegroups.com: > This is a fun problem. I want to see who can give the most creative > answer. > > A checkers board has 64 squares, 32 red, 32 black. Only the black > squares are used in a game of checkers. So why do the checkerboard > manufacturers waste resources making the 32 red squares? Less chance of spilling the shot glasses. -- Cheerfully resisting change since 1959. |