flying out of hell ties to the awnser.

Well then,

nothing, because hell doesn't exist =) Or maybe the answer is Meatloaf, why do I know that?

I'm gonna guess

a vampire. but the whole flying out of hell part I don't really get.

This riddle has been posted quite often on this forum. Use the search tool before posting. For instance, search for 'survivors'.

Maybe

Shawn paid Gary to acquire and put a tracking device on the car. Gary was so skilled he was able to attach it without touching the car.

Well my first thought

in Australia they drive on the left-side of the road, so their right arms would have trucker tan. Other countries do this too though, so I guess their added over-all tan from Australia would separate them from Englishmen =)

He built an addition for his mother-in-law, and never set foot in it to avoid her whenever possible.

LOL!! Nice one!

Maybe..

drank both of them and then peed it out. =)

because..

died right after it was completed?

I think I know

he let the water evaporate and the milk curdle. Then he was able to dump/pickup and drop (not pour) half the curdled milk into the empty bucket. Then he left them outside until a rainstorm hit and filled both buckets up.

EDIT: I didn't see your new post about not being able to add new water...

because

the lawyer in jail

a pin I can almost hear it drop

statman for the win! Good job

a baby? A mother pushes it from the womb, unless there's danger; at which time a C-section could be considered pulling. And I know mine seems to prefer to share her voice when all is quiet.

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This is an excellent answer, but I don't think it quite fits the second half of the riddle as well as the intended answer. It's really a great guess though.

sounds like:

bow

You get an idea for a riddle(Eureka).

You post the riddle(Bury it) ,

Replies start flooding in(Sprouting).

The answer for the riddle remains the same(constant).

I assume this is what you are talking about.

This is a very good answer and as far as I'm concerned, satisfies the riddle. I actually like this answer as much or more than my intended answer. My answer fits the words better, but yours is more fun Also, good job imtcb, you came as close as you can get.

bulb, the first 2 lines represent a light bulb appearing above someone's head when they get an idea. The next 2 lines represent the floral variety of a bulb. EDIT: The 4th line also means that whenever the term 'bulb' is used it represents an elongated spherical shape.

a scale

this riddle has a very very 'outside the box' answer. When I say very very, I mean very very =)

OK, here's good hint I think.

the answer is one word. One of its meanings is something living (sort of) and the other meaning is definitely something inanimate.

This is a great sequence abhisk. I really enjoyed it

EDIT: I'd post something more substantial, but everyone has already so eloquently explained it

Foxglove or some other type of plant that is poisonous but is used in medicine?

Well, foxglove does have opposing uses (good guess and good word btw), but they don't really fit the riddle. Well, it stretches the riddle too far, i.e. If I come to foxglove or await it it could be the medicine. The visualizations of the actions 'come to' and 'await' are much more applicable for the intended answer.

I don't think treating water with hydrogen ions will make it more basic

And sure, I'll stipulate, drinking water that is a little on the alkaline side is better, it only gets that way through treatment. Naturally occurring water you'll find is at pH 7. LAB GRADE water used for any peer reviewed study is at pH 7. I'll venture a guess that less than 1% of the world's water is outside of the pH 6.7-7.3 range.

I say solve the puzzle and pretend water is at pH 7, otherwise you open up possibility of MANY different pH values, and all of those are due to some sort of special treatment (remember - h20 <--> h+ + OH- (that equilibrium has equal acidic/basic components)).

Agreed. I think it's best to just say that water has a pH of 7. Just a side note though, you'd be surprised at how acidic most widely-consumed waters are

For all intents and purposes, water is always pH 7. Actual is something ridiculously close to 7, maybe about 6.98 or 6.99 (insignificant).

My stoichiometry is terrible, and I'm probably overlooking something, but calculations on first one look like...

3400 L = 114,920 oz.

(I really hope Coke is not pH 2.3 - some pretty strong stuff!)

This is not true. Most water you will find: your tap, bottled, purified will all be acidic and all have different pH. Water can be treated with Hydrogen ions to achieve a proper 9-10 pH which is ideal for consumption. In a pure environment, mountain spring water would be alkaline.

for 1)

the pH of the water. Most water found nowadays is less than 7 pH, so using a typical water like Poland Spring or something, you will never be able to get the total pH of the solution up to 7. Water can be made to have a pH higher than 7 though, which is actually very healthy for us. Water can be consumed at a very high pH like 10. So we would need to know the pH of the water used in this process before answering.

for 2)

a line is defined as being infinite in both directions. Therefore by splitting it into 3 sections we would only be left with 1 finite segment and 2 rays, thus incapable of making a triangle.

When I appear, you want to shout:

'Eureka! I've figured it out!'

If you bury me, then I will sprout

Though my shape is constant, there is no doubt

Now, what is this all about?

none of these awnsere are correct. think outside the box.

Maybe they are not the ones you are looking for, but they are correct given the specifications of the riddle. 'Air' is right in front of me, but I can't see it.

I think ....

(1/4)*(1/3)*(1/2) = 1/24.

As the envelopes can be ordered in four different ways:

(1/24)*4 = 1/6 = 0.167 ... (and that is for four)

For 1000 envelopes, it is almost zero.

Shouldn't the ordering of the envelopes decrease the probability?

Let's start with 4 like bonanova suggested. I agree the first envelope should be 1/4, but then for the second envelope it's not 1/3 because the second name may have gone into the first envelope and is no longer available to make the second envelope correct.

AI/Robot

LIS ftw! AI is what I had in mind. Nice.