You see… the internet is global. Your silly xenophobic nonsense makes even less less sense here. He will not, “speak the language of America,” when he is not in fact in America.
1. The act of dropping one’s face / forehead into one’s hand. Usually accompanied by a “thunk” or a cry of “D’oh!”
2. to hit one’s own forehead with your hand/palm, and drag it down one’s face. Most often done in frustration or agitation.
Sometimes forcefully done to others for humour purposes.
3. The only logical answer to a stupid question or statement.
AMERICA is a continent.
Most people in america live in Romance Languages (for example: Spanish, Portuguese and French) speaking countries, most countries in america have spanish as their main language. Only a few countries in America have English as their only official language.
Oh, even worse, “United States of America”: Did you know “Mexico” is also “United Mexican States”? So, “USA” is not the only “United States” of America. If you don’t have a proper name for your country, don’t steal the whole continent name, ’cause let me tell ya, you don’t represent us at all.
Let me point out your stupidity.
America is not a continent.
No one lives in a language.
America is a country by itself and has no official language.
No countries in “North America” or “South America” have english as their official language.
USA means America.
Mexico is not part of America unless you mean North America.
Yes, America does represent a lot of the world and it is a huge influence.
I do accept that America is not the proper name for this country but it certainly is not the name of any continent. If it were it would be 2 continents, North and South, now wouldn’t it?
*facepalm*
*facepalm*
AMERICA IS NOT A CONTINENT.
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE CONTINENTS.
NO ONE LIVES IN A LANGUAGE.
NO COUNTRY IN EITHER AMERICA HAS ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.
I hope youre happy with the frustration you cause.
To pre-empt Cnidaria:
Canada has two official languages. English and French. And nobody cares about the French.
And he was saying “romance language-speaking countries” but failed.
You Stupid Imbecil, North America, South America and o yes I am pretty sure you don’t know, …Central America are part of a continent…America, look into any Atlas…you and all of the other ignorants are rubbish. (Just like eastern Europe…or the mid east, they are part of continents, then again people as stupid as you do not represent any but your self absorbing broken ass culture) no offense.
English (especially American English) is a terribly bastardized language based on anything it can grab on to. We steal words from every other language, make them up then have them added to the dictionary and called official, and hell you can use nonofficial words in official settings and no one would notice.
English is barely “a language” since it adapts all the time, it’s more like several. So that is when comedians set the standards… the very same way rappers and gangs set the standards. The same way Google and McDonalds set standards.
OOOOOO me likesey this above comment!!! I rlly like how americans speak american. we’re all like…. Whadya doin’? i wanna hang, but i’m outta cash at the moment..ima hitchu up later man. prolly after hump-day ‘cuz that’s when the green starts rollin my way, yknow? i know, right? the man tryin to keep us down! Try Google translate into another language and you’re SOL. and that doesn;t mean you’re the SUN, smart-ass. HAHAHAH
Culture is a socially constructed set of ideals, values, and perceptions which are used to make sense of experience and generate behavior. A society cannot survive without culture nor can society keep from creating culture. To say that Americans have no culture is an erroneous statement.
I agree with you, what b’god meant was that most people in the USA are ignorants. (Considering the fact that some don’t know that America is actually a continent, more frustrating, a considerable amount do not know where to locate their conuntry on a map) Just read Cnidaria comments above, it will prove my point.
How can the ignorant people of the U.S. be Leaders and Slavers of the world? why do third-world countries make the U.S. toys and still remain in poverty? because the U.S. is ignorant? No, the U.S. has been led by masterminds who have built an empire on pride and greed, slowly enslaving the vast majority of the world to labor for their gains..but CONSIDER….The current downfall of the U.S. was caused by the constant state of mind that they were smarter, wealthier, more cultured, and generally better than the entire world. Now the tables are turning and look at yourselves…adopting the same exact mindset.
How is it a fail? It’s not an exact translation, but it more or less means the same thing. Very few phrases translate perfectly from English to French or vice versa.
How is switching to French, a language different than English, thus technically
foreign to English-only speakers, a foreign language fail? That would be a win.
What do you mean, “foreign language fail?” I’ve been taking French language classes for almost three years now, and I don’t see a single error. If you mean something other than, “He’s incorrect.”, please clarify.
…( *broadcast from the future* ) This is from the Tale of LaBama as sung in the ‘Ballad of LaBama’ ( “Fa La La Obama, Fa La La Obama, Soy Hamburger, Soy Hamburger…” ). It speaks of the King Dr. Captain Obama leaving his home of Hondalulu, Haywirey and life of privilege behind for ‘a life of glory and conquest’. In the year 1337 BC while traveling he pitstopped in the south of Chicago, wintered there, and grew to be loved by the inhabitants. He was a wise and natural teacher and leader: while in this verdant garden he had noticed from afar that the inhabitants of the villages of Unclevanya needed to buy some hope at the local store because they were ” bitter; bitter as the mature milk thistle, boy! ( ? ) ( . And they were obstinate ) like mature barnacles ( an arthropod of infraclass Cirripedia in subphylum Crustacea ) inside their shells, boy ( ? ); they cling to the canons of sunken boats and churches and holmes ( sp? )! KnowwhatI’msayin’ ( sp? citation? )?! ( And thence he ) hit it!
It is here that this over-hyped poof encounters the described conundrum. Before ever ‘Saving the Economic Collapse’ or becoming three times a champion at the ‘Special Olympiad’ ( *interrupted transmission* )…
…( *broadcast from the future* ) This is from the Tale of LaBama as sung in the ‘Ballad of LaBama’ ( “Fa La La Obama, Fa La La Obama, Soy Hamburger, Soy Hamburger…” ). It speaks of the King Dr. Captain Obama leaving his home of Hondalulu, Haywirey and life of privilege behind for ‘a life of glory and conquest’. In the year 1337 BC while traveling he pitstopped in the south of Chicago, wintered there, and grew to be loved by the inhabitants. He was a wise and natural teacher and leader: while in this verdant garden he had noticed from afar that the inhabitants of the villages of Unclevanya needed to buy some hope at the local store because they were ” bitter; bitter as the mature milk thistle, boy! ( ? ) ( . And they were obstinate ) like mature barnacles ( an arthropod of infraclass Cirripedia in subphylum Crustacea ) inside their shells, boy ( ? ); they cling to the canons of sunken boats and churches and holmes ( sp? )! KnowwhatI’msayin’ ( sp? citation? )?! ( And thence he ) hit it!
It is here that this over-hyped poof encounters the described conundrum. Before ever ‘Saving the Economic Collapse’ or brrrrzzzzzzzzzzz( *interrupted transmission* )…
ahahhahhahahahahhahaha! thats amazing rofl!! ahaahhahahahahahahahah! dont know exactly how to hit your wife wth a piano. i guess you can change that too “things you can git your wife on”?
There’s no New Age educational system. It’s a nonsensical myth made up to encourage support for the rigidity of education, despite the fact that it doesn’t actually work well.
Tell that to my mother, who’s worked at a daycare now for nigh on 4 years, but has been a parent for 18. If what we’re doing now isn’t both “new age” and ridiculous, nothing is.
teddyhead hot air ballon… now you’re talking. Actually, his name’s George and he belongs to my wife. We do go on adventures though. He’s been to Paris, Chicago, Bilbao, St Tropez, amongst other places.
In geocaching, items called “travel bugs” can be found. They are usually little figures or toys placed in the cache specifically to be passed from place-to-place. You remove the travel bug from the cache and place it in another cache you visit later. Sometimes you are asked to take pictures of the travel bug and post them to a Web site along with a little anecdote of its travels.
I have a stuffed pig that has travelled the world! They frisked him when we visited Washington, the police believed he might have a bomb inside of him when we were at the white house. XD
I have a stuffed pig that has travelled the world. When we took him to see the White House the police checked him for bombs. Srsly.
(Check my website to see pics of him in various world cities!)
There are 88 keys on a piano, and dolphins have 88 teeth…
(Also there are 88 counties in Ohio, and 88 constellations in the sky. Don’t ask me how I know this…)and…88 cars on the train? I dunno, that’s the only connection I could make…
Let me guess… Favourite number, or “trauma number”? xD
I know some stuff about my favourite number… 47 Just an example: Ag (Silver) elemental number is: 47 which also happens to be my favourite metal. (For jewelry or decorations, etc) o.o
And then… I was kind of traumatized with a number because it kept showing in the most awkward places (23, the movie, anyone?)… Number was… eleven. But it finally stopped hunting me…
corsets arnt made of ivory… and ivory doesnt come from whales. it is elephant tusks. blubber comes from whales. and that gooey floaty stuff. and balene. not ivory. underwear before boots
rather appropriate name you got there, because that’s exactly what you’re being.
Ivory does not only come from elephants. In short “Ivory” is the material obtained from the teeth of any animal. An elephants tusks are really large teeth, and being so large are a primary source of ivory. Whale balleen is also modified teeth, and is also large enough to be a common source of ivory. In short, ivory is not unique to elephants. Another possible source of ivory is walrus teeth.
So, Get your facts straight before you make a smartassed comment, smartass.
it might surprise you to find that narwhals ARE whales. narwhal is also pronounced narwhale. trust me. i’ve done extensive research on the topic of narwhals. dont ask me why.
It’s the group of things that will fly when the apocalypse sets in. Get ready for the epic battle for honour and victory between the penguins and the trains.
the only problem with the answer being “things that are black” is that a stand up piano is not usually black but just a dark stained wood and the train is more like a metro train than the old black steam trains.
But the problem is that the sketch of the boot does not suggest a color, and upright pianos are typically brown, though killer whales are black, the sketch suggests a blue whale which is… NOT BLACK.
Well you should actually read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe if you want that question. Or you could read Life, the Universe and everything for an even more complicated twist of “the Question “
I don’t really know why (and it would probably be interesting to conduct a Freudian analysis on the matter) but I rarely laughed as hard in my whole life…
The group was put together by a clown!
(Thursday/Friday spent being an idiot with an old friend, Saturday went exploring and being an idiot with another friend, so daytrips I guess? Although I don’t think being glowered at in Toys R Us counts as a daytrip? You nicely relazed for the new week then?)
Things you don’t need to shave.
(Mostly. Lotsa travel coming up :[ I’ll letcha know. Haha, I love being a git with old mates, sounds great! Home for a bit?)
You have hairy penguins? Things called into existence by the Inifinite Improbability Drive.
(Mostly, visiting friends about the country for days out though. How soon do the travels start?)
I’ve been to that Resturaunt. It’s on the rim of the Kathmandu Valley at Nagarkot. Things that will fit inside each other like Russian dolls.
(In 7 days, but I should be able to be online mostly)
Especially trains. love the taste of train, though the 0836 King’s Cross to Edinburgh took me a year and a half to digest. Some of the commuters were tastier than others, too.
thats a miner not a piano enless the piano can mine… wow i guess technology has come pretty far. At least the whale didnt fall down the shaft it would get stuck and the penguin with have to kick it in the ass with the boot while playing the piano? i give up
I’ve learnt from observation too. It contains your least favourite food, and upon it’s appearance, you dunk your head in it.
So what silly names have you given us?
*Quickly hikes up to the comment, past barbed-wire fence, steals the “t”, throws it into the woods, and replaces it with an “n” from her knapsack.* Mischief managed.
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One of the keys to heavier-than-air flight is velocity. The other is, of course, lift, but with enough velocity, any object (I think) will provide lift.
All those have tail. You failed the test!
a Whale has tail
Penguins have tail
there are tail Pianos
the last wagon in a train is the tail Wagon
the little string designed to help putting a Boot on is… the tail of the boot!
I like your theory but consider it improbable because, lets face it, the other three answers were obvious enough for a six year old to answer correctly, whereas your answer requires an advanced level of general knowledge (I’m thinking tail piano and tail of a boot).
Now, if these 1) there were more boxes and 2) finding the defining characteristic had increased in difficulty, it might be part of an IQ test.
However, as the boxes go simple, simple, simple, very hard, it probably isn’t an IQ test and, as tests are usually designed for a particular target audience, I expect that the last box should have been around the same level of difficulty as the other three. (If you give a six year old a couple of simple sums then a piece of calculus they’re going to get very upset. Conversely, if you give an A level maths class a test combining questions on calculus and questions on simple sums they are going to get offended. Either way, you lose your job.)
I think that the last box was a mistake. However, it could possibly be ‘exhibits at local museums’ if the class had visited those museums during the term; a whale and penguin could be exhibited at a natural history museum, a boot and piano, considering their style, might have been exhibited at a history museum and the train could be in a transport museum. Alternatively, they could be characters in books or films; the old woman who lived in a shoe (often depicted as a boot), Willy the whale (from Free Willy), Thomas the tank engine, (there are some trains of that shape in the books), there’s been a film about penguins recently and I remember from my childhood that there was a kids animation about a magical piano that could play itself.
that depends on the arena conditions.. if its a dry arena the piano would probably be the winner.. but if its a wet or underwater arena ill would bet on sharks…
I think you’ll find a boot on the moon before long. Some dumb country is bound to send some astronauts to crash into the moon soon. Maybe you can find a boot attached to a leg in the wreckage.
Fortunately, it will probably never decompose, making a tourist attraction for future generations (who will take a moon train to get there).
Easy. Things that are largest in their class.
Whale: sea animal/mammal
Piano: musical instrument
Boot: footwear
Penguin: birds (OK. Ostrich is the largest but i guess penguin was easier to draw)
train: transportaion
The Blue Whale IS the largest mammal, but not the largest sea creature thing…
The Piano is a big musical instrument, but there are a few that are bigger, incluing the traditional church organ and there are several horns that are larger as well.
The boot is not as big as say a snowshow.
The Penguin, you did point out already. Although the emperor penguin is quite large, but there are really tiny peguins, too. The picture makes it hard to decide which it is.
Some trains are certainly very long, but I think that as a mode of transport, there has to be some sea faring vessles that are quite a bit larger.
I think you are right overall though, the charactaristic that comes the closest to covering all of them is the word “big”.
I think the moral of the story is you shouldn’t let a delusional crazy person make up tests that ony make sense to them. A lot of school assignments directed at this age group are like this, you can debate the merits of many answers… the crazy person who made the damn thing up is the one who gets to decide what is “right” or “wrong.” What was the teacher thinking assigning this crap, though?
Here’s my theory as to why this seemingly crazy test set is ever made: the publisher, with helps from education specialists, wanted to include a test that invokes a child’s ability to deal with abstract concept words: in this case, “big” was the chosen word.
Then they probably told the illustrator to come up with a drawing of 5-6 real-world objects that collectively represent the concept of “big”, without much thinking of the absurdity of the task.
If my theory is correct, I think the illustrator did a wonderful job considering the difficulty of the task. What would you have done if you’re the illustrator?
The whale is the largest commonly known sea creature — I at least can’t name any bigger.
A grand piano is certainly the largest instrument you’re going to see outside of a full-size organ.
Boots can definitely be bigger than snowshoes, especially a boot of that style. May not have the same area on the bottom, but in volume they’re bigger. Plus who the hell thinks of snowshoes?
I don’t think that’s a penguin. I think it’s some kind of ground-based marsupial. Possibly the biggest?
That’s definitely not a train. It’s a bus. They’re very rare in America, but in Europe especially in cities where public transportation is a big thing buses like that are fairly common. I’ve also seen buses like that in a few American cities on the west coast (rode in one in Seattle, too).
I think it may have been meant to be “largest” or at the very least “very large” and the teacher just didn’t think through it clearly. Still a fail, and the kid still had a perfectly reasonable answer given that it took a group of adults this long to come up with a _possible_ solution…
“I think the moral of the story is you shouldn’t let a delusional crazy person make up tests that ony make sense to them. A lot of school assignments directed at this age group are like this, you can debate the merits of many answers… the crazy person who made the damn thing up is the one who gets to decide what is “right” or “wrong.” What was the teacher thinking assigning this crap, though?”
Exactly. For example you should never make up the test on the biggest animal in the sea, land or probably ever in existence.
but what about the biggest living organism? i believe this is a tree commonly found in the eastern part of canada, i cant remember the name right now but all of the roots are connected through a series of trees making it the largest known living organism in the world but the whale being the largest sea creature is still probable
I thought the same thing. There’s a Tex Avery cartoon in which a dog swallows a whistle and gets the hiccups, resulting in a large object (anvil, piano, plane, steamer,…) falling from the sky each time the whistle is blown… It made sense in that particular cartoon.
Well, I was thinking that as long as you avoided the fine for fly tipping, and you had the appropriate insurance policy, you might get a new piano, but what the hell…
omj, i actually thought that for half a second, cause of the boot… then about 30 minutes later you see i’m almost done reading this list to see if there really IS a correct answer XD
my favorite is “things that don’t belong in the same box”
He could make some money sublocating it! Far way larger than a tokyo apartament… putting in that way he probably could put an entire japanese family there.. and i mean a very big one..
the answer is SOUL.
You can play soul on a piano.
A shoe or boot has a sole. (ok, ok )
We obviously see a soultrain,
and the way the penguin is looking at the squirting whale i’d say they are soulmates.
The answer is music…. You cna play it on piano, tap dancing it on shoes.. whales are the singers of the ocean, penguins are birds.. so they sing to copulate.. and the train.. we´ll.. theres Locomotive Breath….
This is the correct answer. The question was “what is the defining characteristic of the group of objects” and in this case the defining characteristic is that they have nothing in common.
The whale is below water.
The Penguin is below the equator, you don’t have them at the North Pole.
The train, is not just a train, it’s a subway train. Look closer ya rubes.
and the boot and piano are together. The toe is pointed at the pedals, indicating that is what they are about. You have to step on the pedals, which are BELOW the keyboard.
Object Group Name: Patagonian “Objects”
For those who may not know, Patagonia is a region in the south of South America. It includes territories from Argentina and Chile.
You’ve got whales, large pengüins communities, boots (you need them in winter), you’ve got a vintage train that goes along a historic trail (to the ex- End of the World Prison), there’s at least one piano at one of the hotels for the guest’s entertainment and of course you can find pianos at many houses and “estancias”
;D
Okay, if you’re SO much smarter than the rest of us, why didn’t you just effing SAY how they were related rather than simply saying we’re ridiculous for not knowing? Perhaps you yourself also do not know the relation…
Well actually no I do not know the answer, I just wanted to confirm something: 1) when people do not know something, they just feel the urge to mention childporn somehow, and 2) even though they are guessing that I’m just trolling, they steel need to point it out, as if they needed to prove something.
Oh by the way, the answer is “things that have 5 letters in their name”:
- Birds (penguins are birds…)
- Whale
- Train
- Piano
- Boots
(Nowhere does it say a picture cannot be considered as representing an item in general. i.e. the picture of the boot can represent a specific boot or all boots in general).
Yeah, simple as that. You just have to think outside of the box sometimes.
If I had to guess, things that all begin with a consonant. I have no idea what the animal is or if there is a special name for that type of boot but whale, train and piano each have 5 letters.
It reminds me of those tests that have questions like clarinet is to zebra as toast is to _________.
For the curious, apparently this is a page from a puzzle book translated from the russian. I’m don’t know russian, but I’d imagine that the “correct” answer may be that in that language they all begin with the same letter, or something along those lines. Maybe they rhyme?
The correct answer is of course (and you may facepalm): things that have been mistaken for other things.
Whales have been mistaken for fish.
Sirenes were actually penguins.
Boots are not beer-mugs.
When Shakespeare first saw a piano he tried to type a play on it, thus accidenty composing the first opera.
Trains are no iron horses.
This is some sort of parenting test surely.
The top left is injury. things which might be swollowed or cause injury. the Ambulance is a bit of a curve ball, or perhaps a clue?
The top right is things which are delicate or easilly broken. Things you wouldn’t let a child play with. The bottom left is things which tip over or are easilly climbed? And the bottom right is what happened when the creator of this test took LSD.
Major characters from Jane Austen’s Emma. Doesn’t anybody read? The boot’s murder of the whale is really the crux of the story, but the penguin’s gift of a piano to the train is a major turning point. I guess the crazy metaphors can make Austen’s works a little hard for some people to read, but sheesh, this is a classic!
400 posts and no MacGyver reference? Oh, how fondly I remember that one episode where he used a whale, a piano, a boot, a penguin, and a train to foil the bad guys! It was a classic!
the other boxes have the defined characters:
metal -> same material,
oval -> the form,
furniture -> generic term.
when this are always the optimal/correct answers, we see the definening characteristic of all a in their kind are different. (not always asked for the material- no other box with eg a tree, bence, pencil => wood)
the next step.
we should think about, where the similarities are.
now an exampel: all this thinks are part of a subject description (may this is the next topic in the class)
also a part of a subject descripton are
the size, color, designated use, surface, specificity
-> no match
so i reading the description from all the thinks(shoe, penguin, etc) from wikipedia i saw, the only similarities are that they orderd in different typs/sorts/categorys…
box1 -> metal -> same material,
box2 -> oval -> same form,
box3 -> furniture -> same generic term,
box4 -> representing one of their art -> same … mh… ? shit
*edit
the color!? i wondered that the didn´t colored the whale blue, but the used only two colors, also i saw that they used more blue by the other boxes, but becouse the train is a bit blue i forgott about this answer…
Does anyone actually (truly) know what those things have in common with each other…
A penguin, a train, a piano, a whale and a boot…. All singular items? Long vowels? WTF
Surprised no one has got it yet. They are all things that require more than one sheet of gift wrap to be used when sending to someone as a present (except maybe the boots?)
things the average horny teenage boy has stuck his happy place into on a regular basis? things that either are animals or aren’t? things that feel colder than a toilet seat when i sit on them?
If this were an english-speaking test, I’d say they all start with “B”.
Blue Whale
Boot
Baby Grand
Bird
Bus
Of course the species of whale is questionable. It’s also an upright piano, not a baby grand. However, someone said it’s Russian and the answer is, in fact, ‘black’. I site this as hidden crazy.
I wonder if it was produced by the same people who turned out this astonishing set of alphabet blocks, apparently designed to hinder Chinese learners of English: http://peer-see.com/blog/chumble-spuzz/2006/07/09/
I don’t doubt this is real because I remember something just like it when I was a little kid. I wrote in “Stuff”. The teacher marked it wrong and wrote in “Things”. I was pissed. First of all, there’s no discernible difference between “stuff” and “things”. Second of all, what kind of sadistic workbook author gives a little kid a group of pictures with absolutely no relationship to each other greater than “things”?
aparrently the correct answer is…
They’re all black
*stunned*
How the hell can someone come up with that answer?
You can have Brown pianos, Penguins have white bits and sometimes orange bits, and boots…
Seconded. But Avis…. Do you read ALL of these posts? Myself, I’ve had nothing to do for the past couple of weeks. Is this some kind of wide-spread pandemic?
“(If you give a six year old a couple of simple sums then a piece of calculus they’re going to get very upset. Conversely, if you give an A level maths class a test combining questions on calculus and questions on simple sums they are going to get offended. Either way, you lose your job.)”
Like someone else said, it could be part of an IQ test. I took an IQ test a few months ago, and there was a page with mostly basic arithmetic and just a few integrals.
Anyway, I like the “they’re all below something” explanation.
These are the alphanumeric sums of each of the objects
WHALE = 44
TRAIN = 62
PENGUIN = 86
BOOT = 52
PIANO = 55
= TOTAL =299
Happy Feet is a movie about PENGUINS made in 2006
Snakes on a plane rhymes with TRAIN which looks like a TRAM. The film was also made in 2006
Keiko the WHALE (star of the film Free Willy) died on dec/12/2003. 2003 + ‘1′ + ‘2′ = 2006
Ray Charles, the famous PIANIST died on Jun/11/2004. 2004 + ‘1′ + ‘1′ = 2006 (the film RAY was dedicated to him)
BOOTleg copies of all of these films have been made in 2006
Finally. The film 300 was created in 2007.
2007 – 1 = 2006
300 – 1 = 299, the alphanumeric sum we found earler.
the correct answer is SPARTA
Things that can be used for hobo fire lighting? The whale and penguin provide the blubber, the piano the flame and wood, the train for gas and/or coal plus place to live/hide, and boot as dinner to cook on top of makeshift hobo flame.
Is it just me or is this really freaking obvious? I would say it’s a fail only in that they person answering had to write a “?”, but the question itself is not a fail. What’s wrong with you people?
I think – I REALLY think – the answer is, “things that move”. Granted, the boot has to be worn to move, and moving a piano is difficult but it does have wheels. The only commonality I can find is that they are all things that move or can be moved.
I believe legally was the key word there, not socially acceptable.
Although, bestiality is illegal where I’m from. I think the piano is the least of your worries.
Hmmm…so would you be more worried about the man or the piano?
I vote the man. He’ll end up hurting physically and emotionally. (If it’s a player piano. )
It is that they are all black. The other boxes have pictures that are blue and black but never all of one color.
Its just more fun to make these guesses though.
…( *broadcast from the future* ) This is from the Tale of LaBama as sung in the ‘Ballad of LaBama’ ( “Fa La La Obama, Fa La La Obama, Soy Hamburger, Soy Hamburger…” ). It speaks of the King Dr. Captain Obama leaving his home of Hondalulu, Haywirey and life of privilege behind for ‘a life of glory and conquest’. In the year 1337 BC while traveling he pitstopped in the south of Chicago, wintered there, and grew to be loved by the inhabitants. He was a wise and natural teacher and leader: while in this verdant garden he had noticed from afar that the inhabitants of the villages of Unclevanya needed to buy some hope at the local store because they were ” bitter; bitter as the mature milk thistle, boy! ( ? ) ( . And they were obstinate ) like mature barnacles ( an arthropod of infraclass Cirripedia in subphylum Crustacea ) inside their shells, boy ( ? ); they cling to the canons of sunken boats and churches and holmes ( sp? )! KnowwhatI’msayin’ ( sp? citation? )?! ( And thence he ) hit it!
It is here that this over-hyped poof encounters the described conundrum. Before ever ‘Saving the Economic Collapse’ or brrrzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ( *interrupted transmission* )…
Seconded. Uh, Avis, do you read through ALL of these? I mean, I enjoy reading your comments, but I’ve had nothing but time to waste for the past few weeks. Is this becoming a widespread pandemic?!?!?
I read pretty fast, for one thing. Being unemployed (due largely to health issues) means I have LOTS of time. I fall victim to these kinds of goof ups though too. Eventually we all do.
That’s stretching it a little. Although some of the answers you guys are coming up with are incredibly creative. I would say “Things with Strings” but the whale and penguin kinda mess that up. I guess the bus does too. Or is that a trolly? Or a train? I can’t tell!! Unless that was literally a misprint in the book, though… somebody tell me the REAL answer! The closest I can see is what “bleh” said above me. But like I said, that’s stretching it a bit… unless it’s B for BIRD. And that’s not a baby-grand. That’s just an average piano. But maybe there are other words for piano. And how can you tell that’s a BLUE whale…
Nevermind, rofl. That was Happy Gilmore. Don’t get me wrong, I like Adam Sandler movies. But most of them are exactly the same. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, they’re funny. I’m just… rambling here…. yeah…
LOL I was actually debating in my head whether the penguin was from Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison. I think there’s some kind of animal in Happy Gilmore that messes up his “Happy Place”. Or maybe just Shooter McGavin. Both of them were trying to steal his woman. Doesn’t matter.
Elephant tusks were made into piano keys. Whales don’t really have teeth, they have something called baileine (I don’t know how to spell it). Killer whales have teeth, but the whale in the picture is not a killer whale.
weeeell in the book that the question was asked in the correct answer that the author wrote is……THINGS THAT ARE BLACK but what about the train arent they silver and other bleak colors?
That’s a very stupid answer for the book to chose. Not all pianos are black, not all whales are black, not all trains are black, and not all shoes are black. The only thing that generally IS black are the penguins, and even they can be various colors sometimes.
Is the artist lazy or am I just missing something? Tell me: is that just an oval with a ship and mountains enclosed? Things that are oval: an oval! Creativity fail.
A guy on a train trying to learn to play the piano. Frustrated, he throws a show out in the ocean (that exists for some reason) and hits the whale that ate the penguin…..
okay this comment is gay
Things whalers see:
Whales (obviously)
Penguins (because they’re sometimes near the South Pole)
Trains (because they see the Polar Express when they’re up North)
Boot (that is a whaling boot, I don’t care what anyone else says)
Piano (that is the exact kind of piano one would find in a dockside bar)
I think its either, things that are different/nothing. or things that move. shoes move when they’re on your feet, and most pianos have wheels, plus the keys move when you press them or if its one of the ones that play by themselves
Actually, I know exactly what they all have in common to many english (non-russian) speakers: They are all things that can be rolled up into a katamari.
No, seriously. Penguins, whales, boots, pianos, trains….. all in my carpal-tunnel inducing ball of junk.
Thiz iz a kidz quiz. Keep it simple, simple, simple
My answer: they all have something attached.
Whale = spout
Penguin = tuft
Boot = pull
Tram = headlamp
Piano = candle holder
My first answer was method of movement–fin (or tail), wing, foot, wheel. I had to stop short of saying the piano keys give a piece its movement. I would have had a movement.
Things that are grey/black. None were colored in (‘cept the train windows) and they’re all that way in real life.
And if that’s not it, things that Chuck Norris could use to kill you.
Clearly none of you went to church. These are all creations of the devil! You know, to tempt you into sin. Bach was frequently denounced by the Catholic church for his sex, drugs, classical music and penguins… which are also of the devil, clearly.
The actual answer is pretty obvious, though it’s a trick question. The text in the top window is a photoshoop, I can tell because I’ve seen quite a few of these in my time. It’s just a mildly well blended in then slightly stretched line of grey font. The real question was probably something along the lines of “which of these groups has nothing in common?” The answer to which, of course, is the final one. However I like all the other answers here better.
Could it possibly be things like which certain countries happen to be shaped?
Italy = boot,
United States = whale (if pooping heartily, or you don’t count Florida?),
um Cameroon = penguin?,
er …
It’s obviously all related to Danny Devito… Throw Mamma from the Train, he played The Penguin in Batman, He was in ‘Big Fish’ (I know, mammal), he was a Boot Camp instructor in Renaissance Man, and for the piano….NO…I got nothing for piano! This is unsolvable.
Many trains have different colors. In fact I’bve never seen a black train like that they are usually white.
The whale is grey thats why they are called..grey whales…
Boots have many colors too
How about they are all bigger than things they are related to?
Whale is bigger than fish
Penguin is bigger than birds
Train is bigger than a bus/car/truck
Boot is bigger than a shoe
Piano is bigger than a keyboard.
They are also smaller than things they are related to.
Regular whale is smaller than Blue whale
Penguin is smaller than Ostriches
Train is smaller than a ferry
Boot is smaller than larger boots
Piano is smaller than Organ
- Things that are not Olympic Gold Medallists in Gymnastics
- Things you do not want to put on your head
- Things that cannot do calculus
- Things located in Dr. Hobo’s Old West Saloon-style Aquarium and Museum of 1980s Transportation
- Things which just want to find love, is that so wrong
Well it’s simple really.
Mike Rowe taught me that you use cow hide for certain parts of a piano on an episode of “Dirty Jobs.” Cows are mammals, as well as whales. Penguins can’t fly, which makes them more like mammals than it does a bird. Three down. Boots are sometimes made from leather, or cow hide just like the piano. And lastly trains are the preferred way of transportation of penguins, whales, boots, and pianos.
…I feel this was addressed to me so I’ll respond; yes, one can ‘tinkle on the ivory’s’ of a piano, but if you tinkle on the third rail of that line you’re in for a nasty postcard, so ivory is out…
ANSWER:
Things that are vaguely shaped like a State, Country, or Canadian Province.
Train – BC
Whale – Nova Scotia
Penguin – Florida
Boot – Well duh
Piano – Manitoba
I saw this before,an artist asked his followers to try and figure out what and some one told him that is in some Russian Book….and it was groupled as Black Objects and black stuff….idk
look, the locket is made of metal so it relates to the box before it, the table in the 3rd box is an oval so it relates to the box before it, and the piano is a piece of furniture so it relates to the furniture box…come on ppl
Serusly folks, all these things used to be something else:
The whale used to be a land animal
The penguin used to be a sky-soaring bird
The boot used to be a cow
The keys on this old piano used to be part of an elephant
The wheels, plastic and gas on the tram/train used to be a dinosaur
Things found in priests?
What the foop?
foop?
loop?
poop!
This looks shooped.
♫ Does he love me? I wanna know! ♫
If you want to know, if he loves you so, it’s in his pianowhalebootpenguintrain.
I guess the kid would’ve written spatiotemporal artefactsif there.d been enough space in the box.
“Things that Start with P”
Piano, porpose, pantyhose, penguin, passenger car
Ummm.. are you joking?
Cuz you might know that whales are not porpoises, boots are not pantyhose, and trains are not passenger cars.
Fluffy!!
*hug*
I missed you!
(But next time my aim will be better. :p )
So wellies aren’t lingerie? I’ve been cheated!
*storms off*
Dragon! *SQUEEZE!*
things… that move?!
If I was an elementary school teacher and I had a student put
that as the response I would put the entire sticker book of smiley
faces on his paper.
Yeah but I bet the kid could spell artifacts.
Most dictionaries list artefact and artifact as acceptable, the former being the standard British English spelling.
Pianowhalebootpenguintrain? Gee, wouldn’t it be simpler to just tear off the petals of a flower with “he loves me, he loves me not”?
or the pedals of the piano
they always love you if u use a piano…
Odd, isn’t it?
yes, i believe that is the requirement
Things that can’t fly?
answer is BLACK
he could have written things that take up mass…
ballsack attack on your face
Roses on your piano, or is it tulips on your organ? I forget
Last time I pulled on a flower, it said ouch, and then I came down off my LSD for the day.
However I really sugest that we leave the feet on the penguin
I have applesauce, this conversation is invalid
I swear I’ve seen that penguin in some kid’s book before…
I love Moomintrolls!!!!
Don’t call him a troll. Ever.
This is the funniest thing I have ever read.
u r my hero
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/▌
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bobfromyoutube blog at wordpres
im on mispace and twiter.
Is that when Salt ‘n’ Pepa sing about you?
things found in alaska
things found in Sarah Palin’s vagina
haven’t ever seen a penguin in alaska,
That was a musical knowledge fail.
cher, thank you very much.
You’re quite welcome!
Some of the back of the page shows through the scan, actually, so if they shopped it they put a lot more effort into it than seems necessary.
SHOOP DA WOOP
Shoop da whoop!
noon!
Thou shalt not take my name in vain.
Thou shalt not take my vein unless dame!
The dame will take the blame for taking thy name in vain.
wow…..thou shalt not take my vein unless dame? seriously? jesus christ…it must hurt to fail that bad.
Want some neosporin?
Foop you man.
things that move.
Things which Chuck Norris could lift with one finger.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Best answer ever
(meilleure réponse de tous les temps)
Foreign language fail.
Corrigez-le, alors. Je vous en prie.
Or do you mean you’re failing at understanding a foreign language?
Yeah, I’m not sure what Humanoid is getting at.
The French is correc.t
Que?
Tú fracasas
C’est victoire.
(best I could do to come up with a translation, but it seems just a little to grammatically correct).
i think he was just saying “fail” to how unecessary it was to translate that comment into french
No hablo french.
Ooo shot down!
moi aussi!
foreign language WIN
¡Sí, ganamos!
Pero, yo pienso que tú no comprendes porque no eres intelejente.
Tú fracasas, tambien
*Inteligente
Ortography Fail
win^
I think its correct o.o
Foreign language win. Monolingual American fail.
You see… the internet is global. Your silly xenophobic nonsense makes even less less sense here. He will not, “speak the language of America,” when he is not in fact in America.
But doesn’t America speak English?
*facepalm*
Means?
From the Urban Dictionary:
facepalm
1. The act of dropping one’s face / forehead into one’s hand. Usually accompanied by a “thunk” or a cry of “D’oh!”
2. to hit one’s own forehead with your hand/palm, and drag it down one’s face. Most often done in frustration or agitation.
Sometimes forcefully done to others for humour purposes.
3. The only logical answer to a stupid question or statement.
Does it apply to sarcastic remarks? If not then I have been misconstrued.
AMERICA is a continent.
Most people in america live in Romance Languages (for example: Spanish, Portuguese and French) speaking countries, most countries in america have spanish as their main language. Only a few countries in America have English as their only official language.
Oh, even worse, “United States of America”: Did you know “Mexico” is also “United Mexican States”? So, “USA” is not the only “United States” of America. If you don’t have a proper name for your country, don’t steal the whole continent name, ’cause let me tell ya, you don’t represent us at all.
Let me point out your stupidity.
America is not a continent.
No one lives in a language.
America is a country by itself and has no official language.
No countries in “North America” or “South America” have english as their official language.
USA means America.
Mexico is not part of America unless you mean North America.
Yes, America does represent a lot of the world and it is a huge influence.
I do accept that America is not the proper name for this country but it certainly is not the name of any continent. If it were it would be 2 continents, North and South, now wouldn’t it?
*facepalm*
*facepalm*
AMERICA IS NOT A CONTINENT.
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE CONTINENTS.
NO ONE LIVES IN A LANGUAGE.
NO COUNTRY IN EITHER AMERICA HAS ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE.
I hope youre happy with the frustration you cause.
To pre-empt Cnidaria:
Canada has two official languages. English and French. And nobody cares about the French.
And he was saying “romance language-speaking countries” but failed.
There’s nothing more pathetic sounding than a fool who opens his mouth.
Oh, yay! That’s a keeper! X3
You Stupid Imbecil, North America, South America and o yes I am pretty sure you don’t know, …Central America are part of a continent…America, look into any Atlas…you and all of the other ignorants are rubbish. (Just like eastern Europe…or the mid east, they are part of continents, then again people as stupid as you do not represent any but your self absorbing broken ass culture) no offense.
north america nd south america r differant continents
Various Americans speak English, French, Spanish, Arabic, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and so on and so forth. We are from everywhere.
Ya but even comedians are now saying how Americans speak “American”.
Its a safe clickie.
I could tell you were joking above, but since when were comedians the standard setters of the English language? (Or any language, for that matter.)
^never heard of shakespeare fail!
English (especially American English) is a terribly bastardized language based on anything it can grab on to. We steal words from every other language, make them up then have them added to the dictionary and called official, and hell you can use nonofficial words in official settings and no one would notice.
English is barely “a language” since it adapts all the time, it’s more like several. So that is when comedians set the standards… the very same way rappers and gangs set the standards. The same way Google and McDonalds set standards.
OOOOOO me likesey this above comment!!! I rlly like how americans speak american. we’re all like…. Whadya doin’? i wanna hang, but i’m outta cash at the moment..ima hitchu up later man. prolly after hump-day ‘cuz that’s when the green starts rollin my way, yknow? i know, right? the man tryin to keep us down! Try Google translate into another language and you’re SOL. and that doesn;t mean you’re the SUN, smart-ass. HAHAHAH
And I hope you’re taking in count that AMERICA is a continent, as I said in a previous post.
Do you actually know that there is a world beyond USA? dumbass…
Ces Américains c’est dingue ca…
This is the answer: Things not found in America: Whale, Penguin, Fashion (represented by Boot), a decent railway system, and culture (Piano.)
Culture is a socially constructed set of ideals, values, and perceptions which are used to make sense of experience and generate behavior. A society cannot survive without culture nor can society keep from creating culture. To say that Americans have no culture is an erroneous statement.
I agree with you, what b’god meant was that most people in the USA are ignorants. (Considering the fact that some don’t know that America is actually a continent, more frustrating, a considerable amount do not know where to locate their conuntry on a map) Just read Cnidaria comments above, it will prove my point.
How can the ignorant people of the U.S. be Leaders and Slavers of the world? why do third-world countries make the U.S. toys and still remain in poverty? because the U.S. is ignorant? No, the U.S. has been led by masterminds who have built an empire on pride and greed, slowly enslaving the vast majority of the world to labor for their gains..but CONSIDER….The current downfall of the U.S. was caused by the constant state of mind that they were smarter, wealthier, more cultured, and generally better than the entire world. Now the tables are turning and look at yourselves…adopting the same exact mindset.
Humanity FAIL.
Seems 100 % correct to me (I’m French)
How is it a fail? It’s not an exact translation, but it more or less means the same thing. Very few phrases translate perfectly from English to French or vice versa.
Limited understanding of another language fail.
How is switching to French, a language different than English, thus technically
foreign to English-only speakers, a foreign language fail? That would be a win.
iss schon gut du oberchecker
‘iss’ mit einem ’s’..
Considering the international nature of the internet, how do you define ‘foreign’?
Tú no sabes nada
What do you mean, “foreign language fail?” I’ve been taking French language classes for almost three years now, and I don’t see a single error. If you mean something other than, “He’s incorrect.”, please clarify.
Comparing this with Latin, which I know a little, this would translate as: “Better answer of all the time”
epic win on the language:)
i agree
that is pure win.
You forgot to phrase it in the form of a question.
Chuck Norris is a pussy.
perfect.
Things poorly drawn?
Sorry, but that is the whole page.
things iv tried to hav sex with
*puts face on*
……
Things made into movies: Free Willy; March of the Penguins; The Piano; Runaway Train & Das Boot
I believe that we have a winner!
Hee! Seconded. WTG quaid!
They are all things that are black.
No joke.
I wouldn’t call blackness a ‘defining characteristic’ for these objects. There are plenty of non-black boots/pianos/trains/etc. Test designer fail.
…( *broadcast from the future* ) This is from the Tale of LaBama as sung in the ‘Ballad of LaBama’ ( “Fa La La Obama, Fa La La Obama, Soy Hamburger, Soy Hamburger…” ). It speaks of the King Dr. Captain Obama leaving his home of Hondalulu, Haywirey and life of privilege behind for ‘a life of glory and conquest’. In the year 1337 BC while traveling he pitstopped in the south of Chicago, wintered there, and grew to be loved by the inhabitants. He was a wise and natural teacher and leader: while in this verdant garden he had noticed from afar that the inhabitants of the villages of Unclevanya needed to buy some hope at the local store because they were ” bitter; bitter as the mature milk thistle, boy! ( ? ) ( . And they were obstinate ) like mature barnacles ( an arthropod of infraclass Cirripedia in subphylum Crustacea ) inside their shells, boy ( ? ); they cling to the canons of sunken boats and churches and holmes ( sp? )! KnowwhatI’msayin’ ( sp? citation? )?! ( And thence he ) hit it!
It is here that this over-hyped poof encounters the described conundrum. Before ever ‘Saving the Economic Collapse’ or becoming three times a champion at the ‘Special Olympiad’ ( *interrupted transmission* )…
…( *broadcast from the future* ) This is from the Tale of LaBama as sung in the ‘Ballad of LaBama’ ( “Fa La La Obama, Fa La La Obama, Soy Hamburger, Soy Hamburger…” ). It speaks of the King Dr. Captain Obama leaving his home of Hondalulu, Haywirey and life of privilege behind for ‘a life of glory and conquest’. In the year 1337 BC while traveling he pitstopped in the south of Chicago, wintered there, and grew to be loved by the inhabitants. He was a wise and natural teacher and leader: while in this verdant garden he had noticed from afar that the inhabitants of the villages of Unclevanya needed to buy some hope at the local store because they were ” bitter; bitter as the mature milk thistle, boy! ( ? ) ( . And they were obstinate ) like mature barnacles ( an arthropod of infraclass Cirripedia in subphylum Crustacea ) inside their shells, boy ( ? ); they cling to the canons of sunken boats and churches and holmes ( sp? )! KnowwhatI’msayin’ ( sp? citation? )?! ( And thence he ) hit it!
It is here that this over-hyped poof encounters the described conundrum. Before ever ‘Saving the Economic Collapse’ or brrrrzzzzzzzzzzz( *interrupted transmission* )…
Hilarious….I want to read more…
Is it that they all have vowels in their names?
I love moomintroll!
hmmm priest accommodates for all xD non discriminative..though i think its more of he cant get any thing else:P
They’re all brown?
it’s either that, or it’s a fake
Or… Just wrong…?
Test designers are not perfect… ._.
It isn’t an official IQ test, I’d tell you. xD
Things that do not fly!
^ By far my favorite answer.
What about the piano then?
3,610,000 google image results.
Enough evidence, I pressume.
…things that are the same color?
duh “things you can hit your wife with”
ahahhahhahahahahhahaha! thats amazing rofl!! ahaahhahahahahahahahah! dont know exactly how to hit your wife wth a piano. i guess you can change that too “things you can git your wife on”?
bwahahahhahahahhaha. I love sexism :]
Wow. All i can say is wow. Can’t any of you understand this? The answer is Jesus. Jesus is the answer.
No pressure, all answers are OK in this new-age educational system. Just tell us how you feel…
I’m feeling scared and brain-damaged.
You get an ‘A’.
But only if you don’t turn the page until directed to do so.
Things you can use the boot to kick with.
*turns page while no-one’s looking*
WIN
Sparky, you MUST be a teacher (or spent time during testing) becuase turning the page will invalidate your test and anyone’s in your immediate area.
What about coloring inside the lines?
Nope, you still get an “A”.
sounds like the MCAS to me..
No one uses a letter grade system any more. Now you just get a “Tried” or “Needs to try harder”.
When I was at school, we had H, S, or N … Highly Satisfactory, Satisfactory, or Not Satisfactory.
What I want to know is, who had to be satisfied in order for me to pass? I mean, I was satisfied with the answers I gave …
I want my name back.
LOL
There’s no New Age educational system. It’s a nonsensical myth made up to encourage support for the rigidity of education, despite the fact that it doesn’t actually work well.
Tell that to my mother, who’s worked at a daycare now for nigh on 4 years, but has been a parent for 18. If what we’re doing now isn’t both “new age” and ridiculous, nothing is.
Just tell me how you fail.
lmfao. so trueee
Things found in Richard Simmons’s Anus
Things found in your mom’s arse Trebek! arharharharhar
SNL comment FTW!
Things that fall on Cartoon characters
Things that wobble XD
HAHAHA – The Best by far!
BRILLIANT!
…no. Goodbye.
LOLOLOLOLOL best answer in this thread.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WIN
That was lame.
Haha. Good one.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! WIN!
Things in the bottom right box?
You had the answer in your hat, didn’t you?
Yes, I keep it all under my hat. It’s a magic hat.
And what a fine magic hat it is!
Thankyou.
Is you avatar a teddyhead hot air balloon?
I’d like to think it’s manned by teddy bear sailing through the air on adventures.
teddyhead hot air ballon… now you’re talking. Actually, his name’s George and he belongs to my wife. We do go on adventures though. He’s been to Paris, Chicago, Bilbao, St Tropez, amongst other places.
Wow! flyingteddy.
Better travelled than me
In geocaching, items called “travel bugs” can be found. They are usually little figures or toys placed in the cache specifically to be passed from place-to-place. You remove the travel bug from the cache and place it in another cache you visit later. Sometimes you are asked to take pictures of the travel bug and post them to a Web site along with a little anecdote of its travels.
AKA “Roaming Gnome”?
the answer is black… yes the colour black…
black peinguin
black shoes
black whale…
black train
and black piano quite simple really when you seen thisbefore
in a GRADE 3 RUSSIAN KIDS BOOK!
Russian trains don’t appear to be black though. Much strangeness:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektrichka
I.
Just sayin, I love you cause your the moomin (:
Not seen that since i was maybee 4 ;D ILLLYY
I have a stuffed pig that has travelled the world! They frisked him when we visited Washington, the police believed he might have a bomb inside of him when we were at the white house. XD
I have a stuffed pig that has travelled the world. When we took him to see the White House the police checked him for bombs. Srsly.
(Check my website to see pics of him in various world cities!)
Ok my first comment didn’t show up in my browser, so I posted again. Mah bad!
My monkey’s been to Chicago, but that’s where I bought him, so I guess that doesn’t count, lol
LOL..i like how he/she put the ‘?!!’ mark. That’s..cute.
However, is there any relationship of whale with the piano? Long lost relationship maybe?Hmm..they must be gay.LOL
Yeah, it’s an evolutionary thing I guess. That would explain the 100 million year-old piano fossil on display at the Natural History Museum.
Ivory keys on a piano. Ivory can come from whales.
Good for corsets too. Boots before corset when getting ready though
Damn. THAT’S what I keep doing wrong!
Wrong? I assumed you did it that way because you wanted my assistance.
Ooooh, I’m so transparent! I just can’t hide anything from you.
Not that I’d want to. Um…need a paper clip?
There are 88 keys on a piano, and dolphins have 88 teeth…
(Also there are 88 counties in Ohio, and 88 constellations in the sky. Don’t ask me how I know this…)and…88 cars on the train? I dunno, that’s the only connection I could make…
Let me guess… Favourite number, or “trauma number”? xD
I know some stuff about my favourite number… 47 Just an example: Ag (Silver) elemental number is: 47 which also happens to be my favourite metal. (For jewelry or decorations, etc) o.o
And then… I was kind of traumatized with a number because it kept showing in the most awkward places (23, the movie, anyone?)… Number was… eleven. But it finally stopped hunting me…
Only if you WEAR boots…with a good enough corset, boots are optional.
They used baleen for corsets, not ivory. Sorry, but I couldn’t help it.
You can tune a piano but you cant tuna fish. Ba-dum-tshhhhh!
corsets arnt made of ivory… and ivory doesnt come from whales. it is elephant tusks. blubber comes from whales. and that gooey floaty stuff. and balene. not ivory. underwear before boots
rather appropriate name you got there, because that’s exactly what you’re being.
Ivory does not only come from elephants. In short “Ivory” is the material obtained from the teeth of any animal. An elephants tusks are really large teeth, and being so large are a primary source of ivory. Whale balleen is also modified teeth, and is also large enough to be a common source of ivory. In short, ivory is not unique to elephants. Another possible source of ivory is walrus teeth.
So, Get your facts straight before you make a smartassed comment, smartass.
Nice answer … still don’t see how that includes trains, boots, or penguins though
your a moron, ivory comes from elephant tusks. idiot
Um…noooooooo.
Ivory is actually a substance called “dentine” and comes from any animal that produces it, including hippos, walruses, narwhals, and…indeed…whales.
Might want to consider a name change there, genius.
See scrimshaw, dim maw.
It’s a contraction for the two words YOU ARE.
i.e. – YOU’RE A DIM-WITTED JACKASS. LEAVE THE INTERNET PLEASE AND DON’T BOTHER HAVING ANY CHILDREN.
Thanks for the fail!
…and penguins?
Penguins are black and white. Ebony and…?
ROFL Yep, that works XD
ivory is from elephant tusks. whale bones are from whales.
Ivory deffinatly doesn’t come from whales. It comes from elephants dipshit.
ivory comes from elephants actually
Ivory comes from an elephant, moron.
I can’t believe how many idiotic responses there were here of people who don’t know what the actual defenition of “ivory” is -.-
Ivory can come from whales? dude. NARWHAL not WHALE. you’re about a syllable off : P but nice try there : P
it might surprise you to find that narwhals ARE whales. narwhal is also pronounced narwhale. trust me. i’ve done extensive research on the topic of narwhals. dont ask me why.
well, they all have black.
Things found at the bottom of the ocean? (The boot gave it away ha ha)
I want to see this train of yours on the bottom of the ocean
there is a train crossing the chanal, goes from france to the UK under water Oo
black things?
winner! (apparently?)
Just for kicks, I put all 5 object names in Google and got this link:
http://alexiuss.deviantart.com/journal/21840823/
Yeah this is Alexiuss picture, he posted it in his journal ages ago and told us all to solve it cos he hadn’t the foggiest.
Yeah, he posted that a while back.
ha ha! i was thinking “black” but i was afraid i was being rasist.
yep
this is the correct answer
Is that not a Blue Whale?
This is the group of things which are not able to fly.
but penguins and pianos could fly…
but cant penguins and pianos fly?
Au contraire…I feel fairly confident that boots can, in fact fly. Ask any guy who gets home after 2am.
Uh… Free Willy, Back to the Future Part III, , nuff said?
It’s the group of things that will fly when the apocalypse sets in. Get ready for the epic battle for honour and victory between the penguins and the trains.
I’d give you an A for that.
i’ll have to assume you’ve never read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Then what’s the shoe doing there?
They can, albeit not very far…
The bus is black?
I know. I KNOW!
Things that will not easily replace the Vicar’s potato.
Right?
the only problem with the answer being “things that are black” is that a stand up piano is not usually black but just a dark stained wood and the train is more like a metro train than the old black steam trains.
I think it’s black AND white, but I’m not sure if a boot or a train is black and white.
that train looks pretty blue but that’s just me…
The train/trolly thing isn’t black and the penguin is like 40% white.
Then that makes it a racism fail?
none of those are always black except the backs of penguins.
But the problem is that the sketch of the boot does not suggest a color, and upright pianos are typically brown, though killer whales are black, the sketch suggests a blue whale which is… NOT BLACK.
Sorry, none of us can get that Post Office job…
Objects that kill you when hit by?
Unless the boot is thrown excessively hard, I can’t imagine it killing you.
It is the boot that was around Italy!
Answer : Things people have tried to hit president Bush with.
Of course. How could I forget the small train chuck incident!
a whale?
Genius. That is truly a win.
Boot to the head?
And one for the wimp!
OMG NICE !
lol but real answer is BLACK
WIN
LMAO
Lol? someone tried to throw a penguin at bush? awesome!
drive by whaling
…a PENGUIN?
You die if you get hit by a penguin?
Let’s test the theory
Things… that do not belong together!
Things that either do or do not have anything to do with water!
Hahaha. I like it.
(66 wpm, an all time high for me!)
Look at you! Estimated Time for Multiplayer Completion: 1 week.
Oooooh, cool.
Going to have to up my game a lot.
*SQUEEZE* There you are Moomin! I’ve missed you!
*SQUEEZE* How do mr. cuddles!
I’ve missed you guys here too.
Still no Bod been in?
Unfortunately, no. Still no Bod
*SQUEEZE!* Good morning
Hopefully he’s happy in Germany, having a little rant.
So how are you?
Good weekend?
*comes running out of the condemned church*
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHGGGGGG..!!!!
*stops to SQUEEZE the Moomin*
RUNRUNRUNRUNRUN!
*flees*
*runs after waving flee collar*
ive gotten too 187 wpm =[]… only once though and i practiced the paragraph for about an hour before i timed it >:)
It’s a customer satisfaction survey for post-op lobotomy patients!
Why the preoccupation with lobotomy capt’n?
captmurphy is anxiously awaiting his very own lobotomy. All that
stands in his way is the $60.00 co-pay and a brain to perform it on.
One of these things is not like the other…
One of these things doesn’t belong…
Egads! The moomins are multiplying!
4×3=12
3×2=6
6×9=42
*squeeze*
So they are!
*watches as the universe slowly crumbles*
Now look what you’ve done!
I know the special meaning of 42 but… Isn’t 6 × 9 like… 54…? ._.
If you actually READ HGttG then you’d know that 6×9 is the question.
Well you should actually read The Restaurant at the End of the Universe if you want that question. Or you could read Life, the Universe and everything for an even more complicated twist of “the Question “
None of these things are remotely like the other…
Sesame street has some new competition
One of these things is not the same…
FIRST! HAHA!
I disagree.
DIE!
Dieagree?
¬¬
Yea, they all black.
Except for the blue whale.
And the silver train
And the penguin’s gold tooth.
♪ Throw out your gold teeth
and see how they roll. ♪
I’m not so sure that is a penguin. Isn’t that an ear on its head? Penguins
don’t have floppy ears. Or maybe it IS a penguin…with a cowlick?
WIN AT LIFE.
And Elton John’s red piano.
And the white piano keys.
And the boot’s bronze buckle.
No, no, no. It’s They all BE black.
Racist.
Things that can run you over or step on you???
when was the last time you were run over/stepped on by a whale…
Things that are random.
Hey, now. I resemble that remark.
things that make you go “?!!”
Things that begin with a letter.
But only on days that end in the letter Y.
That was lame.
that’s not what your mom said.
Yeah it was. I was there.
That’s what she said…
IN BED.
So not on Easter? o.O
Later that evening, Conrad is about to open a congratulatory telegram…
“Scuse me. I’d like to make a correction. Conrad is in fact, holding a letter, not a telegram.
Thank you.”
…aw come on, has NOBODY got this Monty Python reference? Shame on you all!
There, there, Nick, some M.P. references are just too obscure.
I have it! Musical instruments! Oh no, wait…
Boot-organ
I play the whale for four years now.
That’s quite some blowhole, I’m impressed!
I’m one of the best penguin players in the midwest, I never learned the train though.
That was stupid.
Shoe Horn
Maybe things which make sound if you step on them (hard!).
OK, I had to wipe off my computer screen after reading this. I love it.
Comment perfection achieved, Melkor!
Things that make a sound when you drop them off a skyscraper.
Particularly the whale.
I don’t really know why, but I laughed tears after this one!
I don’t really know why (and it would probably be interesting to conduct a Freudian analysis on the matter) but I rarely laughed as hard in my whole life…
Things that in the correct alignment bring about doom.
Got it! Things that don’t really belong in the boat. Ummm…
(Hullo there)
Things that can’t be potatoed?
(Good morning)
Things that taste a bit funny.
(Nice to see you home)
*tastes*
yup
(Nice to be back. Good weekend?)
LOL! Now we’ve got that sorted I don’t have to say ‘things
a pirate would be fond of!’
(OK. Snatched some downtime. Were you away or daytrips?)
The group was put together by a clown!
(Thursday/Friday spent being an idiot with an old friend, Saturday went exploring and being an idiot with another friend, so daytrips I guess? Although I don’t think being glowered at in Toys R Us counts as a daytrip? You nicely relazed for the new week then?)
Things you don’t need to shave.
(Mostly. Lotsa travel coming up :[ I’ll letcha know. Haha, I love being a git with old mates, sounds great! Home for a bit?)
You have hairy penguins? Things called into existence by the Inifinite Improbability Drive.
(Mostly, visiting friends about the country for days out though. How soon do the travels start?)
I’ve been to that Resturaunt. It’s on the rim of the Kathmandu Valley at Nagarkot. Things that will fit inside each other like Russian dolls.
(In 7 days, but I should be able to be online mostly)
Ummm…all those things check their email, like you should?!
Things that are as smooth at hinting as DrB is?
Things that have not yet been in orbit (pirate boot, that is).
Things that result in tearing. . .
. . . then tearing :’(
Personally I’d scream, it’s not a train tunnel.
Don’t distract him, or he’ll derail.
Is that a light at the end of the tunnel?
(Morning! *passes esspresso*)
I think they got their signals crossed.
*sips cuppa*
Things That Make You Go Hmmmm.
I know, I’m late to the game.
comment love
Especially trains. love the taste of train, though the 0836 King’s Cross to Edinburgh took me a year and a half to digest. Some of the commuters were tastier than others, too.
Whatever happened to the plane and train-eaters? They used to be on TV all the time!
now they only eat guitars ♫
Get up!
Things Blondie has used to bleach her hair?
They all have animal parts?
This is the bets answer yet I think
It’s also the best.
I’m hoonred
Er… pianos, trains, animal parts?
ivory keys and leather seats or human passengers, or it runs on blood.
but only the blood of the inocents… or Chuck Norris.
Trains don’t run on Chuck Norris! He just stares them into moving!
I thought trains run on thyme?
not where I come from. here they never run on thyme.
They don’t run on thyme because they’re often dillayed.
Dillayed? I hear my train a cummin.
To Portland, Oregano?
That’s parsly true. It’s mine.
I took a train once to Salem, Oregano.
cumin?
Ugh, my eyes have been a salted. I just hate it when you pepper your comments with puns.
this has gone on too cilongtro
Wow! I’m pretty sure you only wanted one ‘m’ on that. Otherwise it means something completely different.
are you sure about the whale and the penguin?
Nobody expects a Spanish Whaling Penguin!
NOBODY.
things recently purchased by AIG execs
Careful or they’ll buy failblog too. that was the best comment so for though.
I shall bid thee goodnight.
‘night capt
These Americans! They’re always going to bed in the early afternoon!
LMAO!
Or things for transportation (if the piano has rolls)
“later hun! i’m going to take the piano to work.” ?!!
“I’ll meet you there, I’m taking the whale.”
“Did you see the penguin, baby?”
My dear Sir Henry The-Black-And-White is a marvelous ride to work and back home. Very reliable. Works for fish. Quite kind.
Quite.
Things that are……………. things that are… things that are!!!!!!! *asplode*
things that just are!
Things which have locomotion? The boot is arguable, but I think the piano has wheels.
but the piano has been drinking
ha!
Objects that were discarded for The Lost Room.
i really liked that mini-series and wanted a show out of it…
of course i turned my cable off soon after it so maybe there is one? *hopes*
Sadly, not that I know of
Thought it was a work of genius. Apparently there was a game on the website which introduced some new objects though.
*sigh*
yeah, I was horribly disappointed when no series came out of that..
Though, in another light, it would make an awesome game…
At what age would you understand the phrase “defining characteristic”? Who is this test for????
I’m beginning to think the person who set the test wasn;t old enough to understand it. The first three groups were flukes.
ah, parasites…
No, only the whale was a fluke…
Face it, we all failed the MENSA test.
I didn’t. Things that are grey?
Things that are hollow… -ish?
If you hold this live penguin up to your ear, you can hear the sea. . . biting you.
actually snorted!
I’m wetting myself. I hope you’re happy.
Answer:
Things that are found under sea level
Whale – in the ocean
Penguin – in the ocean
Boot – in a lake
Train – underground
Piano – basement possibly.. hence the candles
uhm, ‘basement’ and ‘underground’ are not the same as ‘under sea level’.
oh, and lake != under sea level too
my head hurts, maybe they’re all things Andy Dick has had sex with?
That’s absurd. Try this one; things found in the movie Pinocchio.
I live on a mountain. My basement is 200 feet above sea level.
Piano – mine shaft. Q: (What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A: A flat miner.)
thats a miner not a piano enless the piano can mine… wow i guess technology has come pretty far. At least the whale didnt fall down the shaft it would get stuck and the penguin with have to kick it in the ass with the boot while playing the piano? i give up
You obviously did not get the joke
methods of transportation – shoe, train, whale, siberian sled penguin, and piano-shaped teleporter
In SovietRussia sled penguin sleds other people…
wait…
*Sends Siberian word donkey to retrive sled and orders a steaming pint of bukkit*
slashdot win!
LOL! You win.
Things which are affected by gravity?
me and you met way different penguins…
Your penguins float?
…
…
…
*thinks*
yeah… so I wonder if this is an appropriate situation for the bukkit… or if lurkers are even given access…
I think bukkits are for grammar errors or typos.
Ahh, I see. Could never manage to come to a certainty regarding that…
And now I feel like one of those animal documentarians, watching the animals and giving them silly names or such… but ya know, with failbloogers
I’ve learnt from observation too. It contains your least favourite food, and upon it’s appearance, you dunk your head in it.
So what silly names have you given us?
Did anyone else notice he said, “failbloogers”?
*SQUEEZES the Moomin* Hee!
hhhhhh
Things that I can’t afford? Leather boot or Italy, doesn’t really matter.
Things that have been around for more than 100 years. Or 200.
I’d like to meet your hundred year old penguin.
they r all drawings…
No i’m pretty sure the peingun is real.
I think that the idea of a “peingun” has scared me more that anything. Scared, or scarred.
*Quickly hikes up to the comment, past barbed-wire fence, steals the “t”, throws it into the woods, and replaces it with an “n” from her knapsack.* Mischief managed.
‘a’, ‘e’.
I found your missing letters.
Crap! I don’t know the answer.
Noisy.
It’s noisy… too noisy…
I’ve got it!!
ebay!!!!!!!
All of these items can (probably) be obtained on ebay.
Animals and Wildlife Products
eBay generally does not allow the listing of live animals or pets on eBay. In restricted cases, some stuffed birds and the pelts and skins of some animals are permitted. Sellers who wish to list these items should review the specific rules in the “Some Examples” section below to ensure their listings comply with eBay policy. We also encourage members to educate themselves on the laws governing the regulation of the sale of animals found in the additional information section.
Aha.
meaning… you failed xD
Did I say they were alive!! well? Did I??
Sheeesh…
“Things which cannot be grouped”
Ha! Bertrand Russell would be so proud of you!
What are five things that have never been in my kitchen?
the penguin… on the refrigerator…
No no no.
It is now time for the penguin on top of your television to explode.
Penguins don’t go on refrigerators.
Reference win.
your kitchen sucks then
Cheers
Ah! You beat me to it! I was hoping no one had mentioned the kitchen yet.
Cheers reference ftw.
things referenced in Bob Dylan songs
That comment has been Blowin’ me in the Wind.
lol XD That’s awesome.
I was thinking about that one.
One of the first things I thought was “is there a Bob Dylan song that mentions these things? probably…”
There’s probably 5 of his songs that mention these things…
Umm, I’m guessing that none of them can fly
I was thinking that, too! I have a feeling it is the answer they were looking for, even though it seems pretty ridiculous.
One of the keys to heavier-than-air flight is velocity. The other is, of course, lift, but with enough velocity, any object (I think) will provide lift.
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
No, I think they’re espousing that old chesnut ‘given enough currency, anyone will provide you with a lift to the airport’.
If carried by a swallow, yes.
Or maybe two swallows.
The boot can fly…
At George W’s head.
You guessed… poorly:
Maybe fish is the answer?
The fourth is a red herring?
You can tuna piano…
The whale is the odd one trout?
Oh Moomin, what are you talking a boot?
Don’t know, I’ve derailed my train of thought.
Well, if you’re trained on musical scales, you can. If not, you might just flounder.
**bangs head against wall**
tunefs: /dev/ad0s1a: failed to write superblock
I sea where this is going…
roe, roe, roe, your boat…
joke refrence WIN!
“tuna piano”
you just made my night.
Surrealism?
potato!
All those have tail. You failed the test!
a Whale has tail
Penguins have tail
there are tail Pianos
the last wagon in a train is the tail Wagon
the little string designed to help putting a Boot on is… the tail of the boot!
Mistery solved
Fails have also tails.
But tails aren’t on snails.
But the snails got mails with pictures of tails.
Tales of fails?
Yes! Tales about males with fails.
I must mail this fail! Unfortunately, through snail mail…
To pass is to fail..
Things that precede the words ‘Oh no! Its a…’
Awesome!
“Oh no, it’s a penguin!’
Smokey the Frog?
Penguin. Oh no! It’s a …
Whale. Oh no! It’s a …
No … no … that doesn’t seem right.
Let’s give this one a test:
“Boot. Oh no! Its a…”
I like where you are going with this, but I think we need some revision.
I like your theory but consider it improbable because, lets face it, the other three answers were obvious enough for a six year old to answer correctly, whereas your answer requires an advanced level of general knowledge (I’m thinking tail piano and tail of a boot).
Now, if these 1) there were more boxes and 2) finding the defining characteristic had increased in difficulty, it might be part of an IQ test.
However, as the boxes go simple, simple, simple, very hard, it probably isn’t an IQ test and, as tests are usually designed for a particular target audience, I expect that the last box should have been around the same level of difficulty as the other three. (If you give a six year old a couple of simple sums then a piece of calculus they’re going to get very upset. Conversely, if you give an A level maths class a test combining questions on calculus and questions on simple sums they are going to get offended. Either way, you lose your job.)
I think that the last box was a mistake. However, it could possibly be ‘exhibits at local museums’ if the class had visited those museums during the term; a whale and penguin could be exhibited at a natural history museum, a boot and piano, considering their style, might have been exhibited at a history museum and the train could be in a transport museum. Alternatively, they could be characters in books or films; the old woman who lived in a shoe (often depicted as a boot), Willy the whale (from Free Willy), Thomas the tank engine, (there are some trains of that shape in the books), there’s been a film about penguins recently and I remember from my childhood that there was a kids animation about a magical piano that could play itself.
Didn’t you just say something about people who take life too serious, Moomin? Ta-daa!
Did you take my comment seriously?
*frowns*
Shouldn’t I?
It would be a serious mistake.
that long coment makes my head hurt!!! *implodes*
Overanalysis WIN!
Champ, you don’t have kids do you? It’s ‘odd ones out’. *sigh*
Must be a term whale..
Yea. 6yr old with a razorblade…
Haha, you mean Sparky!
Haha you mean Sparky!
I sold boots for ten years. It is not called a tail, it’s called a boot pull. FAIL.
Most unlikely to become Zombies?
Fail! I’ve seen a zombie whale called Moby Sick.
You obviously have never heard of Zombie whales. Don’t misunderestimate them!
But as long as you stay out of the water..
100% of shark attacks happen when you’re wet.
(That’s a Sean Lock fact by the way)
That’s more than half!
Whatever turns you on..
I’ll never shower again!
Will never wash my hands!
Who would win in a battle royale?!
WHALE ZOMBIE vs. PIANO ZOMBIE!
that depends on the arena conditions.. if its a dry arena the piano would probably be the winner.. but if its a wet or underwater arena ill would bet on sharks…
Things unlikely to be found on the moon?
I think you’ll find a boot on the moon before long. Some dumb country is bound to send some astronauts to crash into the moon soon. Maybe you can find a boot attached to a leg in the wreckage.
Fortunately, it will probably never decompose, making a tourist attraction for future generations (who will take a moon train to get there).
There is a whale on he moon. Don’t you watch South Park?
And Futurama!
We’re whalers on the moon!
We carry a harpoon!
Well, there weren’t no whales, so we tell tall-tales and sing our whalin’ tunes!
thinks that make noise
That’s what I was thinking
Its so simple… the corret answer is Things that were NOT the main subject of an european porn movie in the past 30 years…
ha i got i…
wait.. im not really shure about the penguin….
I was wondering what the Penguin got Knighted for…
i know from first hand experience there has been piano porn…
“first hand experience”?
Things on the test question that you are going to get wrong.
You’re not wrong.
(Hello!)
Left is right, right is wrong. *moves earring to other ear*
(hugs Mikey!)
Message misunderstood? *spins on spot and hops three times to the left*
(*squeeze mookie*)
Not misunderstanding – merely free-associating. *does the Time Warp*
(*chortles*)
Am free-running *hops, skips, jumps*
Am free-range-ing *cluck cluck*
Am free-styling *crashes BMX*
Am freewheeling *icono-crashes*
Am freebooting *steals Mookie’s icons*
maybe, things that r in extinction?!
It really was a shame to hear that the last leather boot had died in captivity.
Alas, even their close relative, the silver train has recently ceased to exist on this earth.
The piano is dying out in its thousands, with a few hundred left in the world.
I SO miss Burn of the Week.
I loled so hard at that.
Things the USA gave up on in the 20th century…ocean creatures, sensible shoes, mass transportation, polar creatures, clasical music
But Ha-ha! False, March of the Penguins and Happy Feet. Next answer please.
Does liking seeing them in movies count when they’re letting them die by the millions due to global warming?
And the last train died a few hours ago
It is “things that travel” though the penguin throws it off
Yeah the penguin throws it off, not the piano..
i got stuck behind a piano in traffic the other day.
MOTP
the common defining characteristic is that they do not belong in the same image.
Though they were all created in ceilingcats image
things that look like De Baron
Things that won’t show anything if you put them in your VCR
No, the penguin shows blood on your floor.
CamBamBam: OMG I totally snorked on my keyboard. That’s frikking hilarious.
Things the Japanese hunt!
They don’t call it the Bullet train for nothing you know.
Things that don’t hunt the Japanese.
brilliant!
I think it’s a sound
you have it!
Penguin
Whaleguin
pianoguin
bootguin
trainguin.
You are WINNAR!@!
No, a WINGUIN!
(horrible yes I know)
Surprised nobody noticed the transparent pot…can see the onions right through it.
It’s just your X-ray vision.
those are not onions, they are kids testicles that mickey (mouse) jackson eats for breakfast
Objects you can carry on Monkey Island XII
The rubber penguin should have a pulley in the middle.
Only if it’s a male. If it’s a female, you carry it like a six-pack.
Now I wonder which objects should I carry to Mookie Island.
Your own sweet self is all I will ever need.
Things you wouldn’t talk to – unless you’re really short on friends.
or unless you´re very high on drugs..
They’re all things that have relatives that are similar to but not the same as them.
Whale > Dolphin
Piano > Organ
Boot > Shoe
Train > Bus
Penguin > …lobster?
I would say that the penguin is similar to a Kiwi bird. (Both cannot fly.)
Auk!
or the penguin is related to a puffin?
lobster!? oh man I had a hard time trying not to burst out laughing in the office.
puffin… Penguin>Puffin
puffin
This is not a penguin! It’s a marmot/groundhog… I think…
“Matter”
HA HA HA. Matter! But where does it come from? ha ha.
Nice one.
Things that can be thrown
Could be a trick, is it really a train or could it be a tram?
Now its make sense… i think the penguim could be a butterfly in disguise also.. or it could represent the wish of all mankind in drinking beer..
WTF
underanalyzation… EPIC WIN.
Easy. Things that are largest in their class.
Whale: sea animal/mammal
Piano: musical instrument
Boot: footwear
Penguin: birds (OK. Ostrich is the largest but i guess penguin was easier to draw)
train: transportaion
Boats bigger than a train
Church organ is bigger than a piano
Ground transportation is the class of a train so boats and planes don’t count.
The object that looks like a piano is actually an organ so I win.
You already won? Then I don’t have to vote for you anymore?
No. For Pedro, not me, you should vote. Yes, it is me, not Pedro, who wins.
Snow shoes are bigger than boots.
Kraken is bigger than whales.
you are not winnar
my organ is bigger than a piano
Quick slam the lid!
The Blue Whale IS the largest mammal, but not the largest sea creature thing…
The Piano is a big musical instrument, but there are a few that are bigger, incluing the traditional church organ and there are several horns that are larger as well.
The boot is not as big as say a snowshow.
The Penguin, you did point out already. Although the emperor penguin is quite large, but there are really tiny peguins, too. The picture makes it hard to decide which it is.
Some trains are certainly very long, but I think that as a mode of transport, there has to be some sea faring vessles that are quite a bit larger.
I think you are right overall though, the charactaristic that comes the closest to covering all of them is the word “big”.
I think the moral of the story is you shouldn’t let a delusional crazy person make up tests that ony make sense to them. A lot of school assignments directed at this age group are like this, you can debate the merits of many answers… the crazy person who made the damn thing up is the one who gets to decide what is “right” or “wrong.” What was the teacher thinking assigning this crap, though?
Wow, what an excellent critique!
Here’s my theory as to why this seemingly crazy test set is ever made: the publisher, with helps from education specialists, wanted to include a test that invokes a child’s ability to deal with abstract concept words: in this case, “big” was the chosen word.
Then they probably told the illustrator to come up with a drawing of 5-6 real-world objects that collectively represent the concept of “big”, without much thinking of the absurdity of the task.
If my theory is correct, I think the illustrator did a wonderful job considering the difficulty of the task. What would you have done if you’re the illustrator?
Strike!
The whale is the largest commonly known sea creature — I at least can’t name any bigger.
A grand piano is certainly the largest instrument you’re going to see outside of a full-size organ.
Boots can definitely be bigger than snowshoes, especially a boot of that style. May not have the same area on the bottom, but in volume they’re bigger. Plus who the hell thinks of snowshoes?
I don’t think that’s a penguin. I think it’s some kind of ground-based marsupial. Possibly the biggest?
That’s definitely not a train. It’s a bus. They’re very rare in America, but in Europe especially in cities where public transportation is a big thing buses like that are fairly common. I’ve also seen buses like that in a few American cities on the west coast (rode in one in Seattle, too).
I think it may have been meant to be “largest” or at the very least “very large” and the teacher just didn’t think through it clearly. Still a fail, and the kid still had a perfectly reasonable answer given that it took a group of adults this long to come up with a _possible_ solution…
I think the thing they all have in common is that they all move in someway or another!
“I think the moral of the story is you shouldn’t let a delusional crazy person make up tests that ony make sense to them. A lot of school assignments directed at this age group are like this, you can debate the merits of many answers… the crazy person who made the damn thing up is the one who gets to decide what is “right” or “wrong.” What was the teacher thinking assigning this crap, though?”
Exactly. For example you should never make up the test on the biggest animal in the sea, land or probably ever in existence.
but what about the biggest living organism? i believe this is a tree commonly found in the eastern part of canada, i cant remember the name right now but all of the roots are connected through a series of trees making it the largest known living organism in the world but the whale being the largest sea creature is still probable
Uh, there are NO horns that are larger than a piano, even an upright. I don’t know what kind of tubas you’re imagining, but… you’re way off here.
Actually, the blue whale IS the largest animal in the world.
Name a bigger one.
Actually, the largest musical instrument is the Carillon bell
Things that r in the routine of an eskimo
Eskimos are NORTH pingus are SOUTH…
The answer is LIST
If you lose your boot you will list when you walk
Liszt played and composed for and on the piano
If you fire a penguin at a whale and hit it below the waterline, it will list to the side
i love you man.
Things that fall on you from the sky randomly in cartoons.
a whale?!
Read Douglas Adams. Ok, that’s no cartoon, but still.
Woot. Well, we’ve got a winner.
It’s missing a bowl of petunias then.
Things you can buy from ‘Acme’
I thought the same thing. There’s a Tex Avery cartoon in which a dog swallows a whistle and gets the hiccups, resulting in a large object (anvil, piano, plane, steamer,…) falling from the sky each time the whistle is blown… It made sense in that particular cartoon.
The last pannel is all kinds of stuff that if it’d hit you, it’d hurt bad. Yes, even the penguin. Penguins are deadly man!
Maybe they all voted for Bush?
WOW HILARIOUS. he’s not president anymore, so people that made fun of him have nothing left to live for.
Fail you….. Bush is gone… get over it fag….
Things that are not linearly separable
Things that a magician can make disappear.
Things that aren’t drawn in color?
You got it all wrong because they failed the title of this exercise! For this one do not have to fill in anything and the title correct title ist:
“Same day, parallel universes”
attention: includes several serious grammatical failz ^^
What do you get if you drop a piano down a mine shaft?
A Flat miner
Well, I was thinking that as long as you avoided the fine for fly tipping, and you had the appropriate insurance policy, you might get a new piano, but what the hell…
An ore-gan.
Monopoly game pieces.
omj, i actually thought that for half a second, cause of the boot… then about 30 minutes later you see i’m almost done reading this list to see if there really IS a correct answer XD
my favorite is “things that don’t belong in the same box”
The answer is “Clip Art”.
Tada!
By Jove, She (or he), (err.. or It) has got it!!!!!
Win!
that´s not true.. i´ve never have a penguin clip art to put in my power point presentation when i need it
You need the expansion pack. Penguins liven up any budget meeting.
Was this a question on the new SATs?
things that start with p
piano
potwail
penguin
poots
pus
Preat, phat’s phe polution!
how about:
piano
porpoise
penguin
pirate boot
passenger train
Its B’s!
Boot
Blue Whale
Bird
Bus-like Train
Big piano
They are all items that have been romanticized by 20th century liberal Americans of Anglo-Saxon descent.
In short, “things white people like.”
Boots, whales, penguins, trains, and pianos. It totally works.
Do black or other coloured people not like these things?
Of course not.
Everyone knows that.
It’s not a penguin, it’s a raccoon!
Things you can put something inside.
What do you put in a piano? A soundcard?
Strings and/or hammers. Also, they’re good for hiding secret documents.
You´re playing to much resident evil.
“You move the piano and found a secret document inside of it. Grab it?”
[Y]es [N]o [M]aybe [I]Don´t Know [B]loody Damn Zombies.. Die
A lot of money
and about the whale.. you can put Pinoquio inside it!
No, you can’t. Jonah doesn’t like to share his appartment.
He could make some money sublocating it! Far way larger than a tokyo apartament… putting in that way he probably could put an entire japanese family there.. and i mean a very big one..
you put your WEED in there!
I love that movie!!!!! Adan Sandler rules!!!! Sometimes…
I admit it took me a while to see that this might be a penguin, but a raccoon??? Where’s his stripey tail?
Admittedly, it’s a badly drawn raccoon. Either that or a hand puppet penguin.
Worse… what does he put in the raccoon?
the answer is SOUL.
)
You can play soul on a piano.
A shoe or boot has a sole. (ok, ok
We obviously see a soultrain,
and the way the penguin is looking at the squirting whale i’d say they are soulmates.
DONE!
Love it! The winning answer!
Things that are carbon based?
Fool!
How can I get a whale in a typewriter??
using a very large typewriter?
….or a very small whale…
Carriage return?
You have to make sure you insert the whale tail first.
Marriage relearn?
Fool of a Took!
Things Micheal Jackson keeps in his bedroom.
Things Micheal Jackson keeps in his anus
things that fishs hates!
If your fish hates piano, that meas you play very bad.
Things you can ride (if you dare!)
The answer is music…. You cna play it on piano, tap dancing it on shoes.. whales are the singers of the ocean, penguins are birds.. so they sing to copulate.. and the train.. we´ll.. theres Locomotive Breath….
come on baby… do the locomotion!!!!!
Objects used in euphemisms.
‘Did you see the size of that penguin?’
‘She looked like she had two pianos fighting in her bra!’
‘His pants are way too tight – did you see his whale tail?’
She was having a whale of a time!
‘he forced his train in her boot and she wailed(whaled) like a piano played by a penguin’
‘Did you see the size of that whale?’
Rofl
Things that might fall on you and temporarily squash (but not kill) you, if you’re a Looney Toon character.
The answer is Things that are either animals, or musical instruments, or clothing or transports.
Is it common phobias?
I though i was the only one to be unconcionsly scare to death with a single view of a boot…
lol
nah, WHO is scared of shoes??? It is close but I think it is more like, things that can make a sound
things that vegetarians do not eat.
On my Penguin bar it say’s ’suitable for vegetarians’
no u
WIN
The (sub)set of things bot belonging to the other sets.
I’m in tears I’m laughing so hard. This is the best FAIL ever because of the comments.
I agree, I’m sitting alone and laughing my head off, my stomach hurts:) The comments are amazing:)
I definately agree. You took the words right out of my mouth.
“Things that this artist can draw, which are not in one of the previous 3 groups.”
You can kill using everyone
no, this is the answer for the first group…
the correct answer is….
NOTHING!!!
things that you can number with 1 to 5
This is the correct answer. The question was “what is the defining characteristic of the group of objects” and in this case the defining characteristic is that they have nothing in common.
The defining characteristic of all these things is that they are all drawn on the same page. Simple!
things that somebody drew and didn’t fit in any of the other groups
soul (fish, music, shoe, train..)
penguin ?
Where’s the fish? A whale is a cetacean.
pretty sure it’s a mammal. live birth and all. and hairy nipples.
Yes, cetaceans are mammals. Good call!
Things you play with in the bathtub!
sure, i love to play the piano while in the bathtub!
Send in the Fail Whale
I KNOW, I KNOW.. Its contries…
whale = Whales
boot = Italy
train = Trainsilvania..
Penguin = South Pole
…
…
O.. nvm..
bloody piano
I dont know why, but it made me laugh to say “trainsylvania” out loud.
Pianoma? Like the Pianoma Canal?
Trainsilvania made me laugh so much
All of the objects are things you don’t tell your girlfriend that her new perfume smells like.
I hate it when girls smell like pianos!
‘But baby, I meant like a Steinway not a Yamaha’
Things you find in the “Beyond” section of Bed, Bath & Beyond.
The right answer was:
Things that exist.
It’s obvious isn’t it…ok, maybe not!
Daily Gif Blog
DB
Things that weren’t known before the 12th century…. in some places.
things that cant become a wii game…
Things Pat Robertson is morally opposed to.
No fair, that answer would work for any group of anything.
The answer is: They are all below.
The whale is below water.
The Penguin is below the equator, you don’t have them at the North Pole.
The train, is not just a train, it’s a subway train. Look closer ya rubes.
and the boot and piano are together. The toe is pointed at the pedals, indicating that is what they are about. You have to step on the pedals, which are BELOW the keyboard.
Your iq is below the penguin’s.
There are penguins in Africa (the parts above the equator), and in the Galápagos Islands. The ocean’s currents bring cold water.
This is a kids question i hardly think thats the answer.
things you can get on the phone when you call 0900-suicide.
All of the objects could answer the question better than you can.
no you
et tu Brutus?
je ne compre pas français, bitch!
Je suis désolé, je ne comprends pas le français ou l’autre.
It’s Brute, it’s the vocative, which only in the first declination masculine is different from the nominative.
Yay! It’s him who sitteth purring beside the fire!
Humble apologies O Great Feline.
THINGS THAT ARE SQUEAKY!
none pay taxes..
that’s not true. i once saw a boot with a blue envelope.
was only a valentine card…
Object Group Name: Patagonian “Objects”
For those who may not know, Patagonia is a region in the south of South America. It includes territories from Argentina and Chile.
You’ve got whales, large pengüins communities, boots (you need them in winter), you’ve got a vintage train that goes along a historic trail (to the ex- End of the World Prison), there’s at least one piano at one of the hotels for the guest’s entertainment and of course you can find pianos at many houses and “estancias”
;D
People are trying way too hard now to find connections lol…
This one took me awhile but I finally got it.
Things that have had condoms found in them.
(awkward grammar)
OMG you guys are serious?? Nobody sees what the relation between all the items are? Aren’t people going to school anymore these days? :/
no i am not, im currently working on this mystery of a picture that should be group-related it shows a: penguin,whale,piano,boot and a train.
maybe the link is childporn?
Okay, if you’re SO much smarter than the rest of us, why didn’t you just effing SAY how they were related rather than simply saying we’re ridiculous for not knowing? Perhaps you yourself also do not know the relation…
Obviously s/he doesn’t know that answer.
Well actually no I do not know the answer, I just wanted to confirm something: 1) when people do not know something, they just feel the urge to mention childporn somehow, and 2) even though they are guessing that I’m just trolling, they steel need to point it out, as if they needed to prove something.
Oh by the way, the answer is “things that have 5 letters in their name”:
- Birds (penguins are birds…)
- Whale
- Train
- Piano
- Boots
(Nowhere does it say a picture cannot be considered as representing an item in general. i.e. the picture of the boot can represent a specific boot or all boots in general).
Yeah, simple as that. You just have to think outside of the box sometimes.
It’s “IS”! “What the RELATION (singular) IS (singular)”! Aren’t people going to school anymore these days? :/
Things featured in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”?
Not ENTIRELY a fail section they do have some relations: Oil
Whales and Penguins are affected by Oil in their environment
Pianos are maintained by Oil
Boots can be shined with Oil
Trains run on Oil
A little obscure but it is there.
some wrestlers use oil to wax theirselves to become slippery in a wrestle-game…
Things that will eat a baby.
If not that, then 42.
Things that get really loud and annoying.
Yeah, those whales really need to shut up.
They always sit behind me in the theater and talk throughout the picture…
the only things that russian hookers will refuse to have sex with for the regular price.
Everything in that category is either a whale, penguin, boot, piano or train. Solved it.
What about the boot?
Things that are gray, duh…
Things that would hit you hard, would hurt like a bitch.
Things that get caught in fishing nets
Yeah, Ive caught at least 5 trains in my fishing nets.
lots of trains there
They all have “e”s in their names:
Whale
Penguin
Passenger train
Shoe
Pianoforte
Your gonna have to work with me for the last 3,
but if you want to get technical they all can have “a”s too…
Pianoforte
Whale *cetacea*
Spheniscidae *a pengiun*
footwear
passenger train
trainset can work for trains
too but thats trying too hard…
Cannot interbreed?
Objects known to increase the risk of cancer
THINGS THAT CAN’T FLY BY THEMSELVES
I don’t know. With enough velocity, ANYTHING could fly (briefly).
IT’S a BOOT or it’s ITALY.
If it’s ITALY… nop, I’ve nothing
Things that are bilaterally symmetrical. That was so hard?
Where does the driver sit on the train then? NOT symmetrical! Ha! And neither is a piano.
but hey, good try…
Would that be the middle boot, then?
That would go for everything in ‘furniture’ also. And if you don’t include the designs on the items, it would go for the other two as well.
Have you ever seen a piano? Or a boot? Or a train?
But you’re onto something – they are all unilaterally symmetrical.
Things in Greenland?
Things that could spawn almost 400 comments on FailBlog?
things that are black and white
Things that make squeeky sounds when new!
If I had to guess, things that all begin with a consonant. I have no idea what the animal is or if there is a special name for that type of boot but whale, train and piano each have 5 letters.
It reminds me of those tests that have questions like clarinet is to zebra as toast is to _________.
pantomime
it was easy, he just had to write: RANDOM.
“a” whale
“a” penguin
“a” boot
“a” train
“a” piano
Eh?
For the curious, apparently this is a page from a puzzle book translated from the russian. I’m don’t know russian, but I’d imagine that the “correct” answer may be that in that language they all begin with the same letter, or something along those lines. Maybe they rhyme?
Whale in Russian = кит
Penguin = пингвин
Piano = рояль
Train = поезд
Boot = ботинок
How the hell do you pronounce that crap?
LOL you have FAR too much time on your hands…
Whale in Russian = кит = keet
Penguin = пингвин = peengween
Piano = рояль = royal
Train = поезд = poyezd
Boot = ботинок = boteenok
Things you contained in a neuronal network.
Things that Richard Alpert showed John Locke the second time they met…
LOST reference FTW!!!
types of cake!
i knew it!
The only stuff G.W. Bush didnt’ smoke in his youth?
I GOT IT!! Things used to test if people are witches?
“Things that are not a pipe”.
That was pretty easy, actually.
Magritte FTW.
The correct answer is of course (and you may facepalm): things that have been mistaken for other things.
Whales have been mistaken for fish.
Sirenes were actually penguins.
Boots are not beer-mugs.
When Shakespeare first saw a piano he tried to type a play on it, thus accidenty composing the first opera.
Trains are no iron horses.
They’re all number three.
Safety?
They’re all at 2th ave.
This is some sort of parenting test surely.
The top left is injury. things which might be swollowed or cause injury. the Ambulance is a bit of a curve ball, or perhaps a clue?
The top right is things which are delicate or easilly broken. Things you wouldn’t let a child play with. The bottom left is things which tip over or are easilly climbed? And the bottom right is what happened when the creator of this test took LSD.
The bottome right is, things which can’t fly. Surely?
They’re all nouns.
Things the nazi’s shot you for if you had one.
Thats 45% less funny than it could have been.
*glares*
TOUCHÉ !!!
*squeeze*
The correct answer is, of course:
“Things that have never been in Cliff Clavin’s kitchen.”
ROTFL looks like something out of any typical US text book! LOL
RT
http://www.online-privacy.pro.tc
uhn, they belong to the “?!!” group….
Just read… =3
Things you want to use to beat the shit out of your teacher !!!!
Thing that if put together correctly will make it possible to divide by zero
Damn typos
Brilliant!
The answer is that all these objects are full of kinetic energy
yippeekiyey!!
They all start with the letter “Q” in spanish
It’s funny there’s also an emo knife in the metal category….
anyway… What is the last group?
I got it.
Things that start with “P”
Penguin.
Porpoise (whale).
Public Transportation (train).
Piano.
Prada (shoe).
things Sarah Palin can see from her house
don’t forget Russia.
Major characters from Jane Austen’s Emma. Doesn’t anybody read? The boot’s murder of the whale is really the crux of the story, but the penguin’s gift of a piano to the train is a major turning point. I guess the crazy metaphors can make Austen’s works a little hard for some people to read, but sheesh, this is a classic!
Yes, Jane Austen literature is common in tests taken by children (:
400 posts and no MacGyver reference? Oh, how fondly I remember that one episode where he used a whale, a piano, a boot, a penguin, and a train to foil the bad guys! It was a classic!
damn, I missed that one =(
No matter how old Richard Dean Anderson gets, he stays constantly HOT. How does that work anyway?
Things that have mass.
Like they are all Catholics???
NON AERODYNAMIC!
Try harder, I assure you that they are. Spoiler alert: Penguins squeak when they hit a wall
Things that make noise?
this is the most dinstinct proof that we’re so used to catagorization which is also the basic of racial discriminations nowadays
Things found in Ted Haggard’s ass?
Things found in Ted Nugent’s ass?
Things The Nuge shot?
Do your own damn homework.
Things that are LONG! That’s my answer, and I’m sticking to it.
Don’t stick to long things, unless you get longer
Lose the penguin. Stand by to shoot.
I know the answer!!! These are all black : http://forumnyc.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=2406
It’s a quiz for russian informaticts class
may we shall to try an other way.
the other boxes have the defined characters:
metal -> same material,
oval -> the form,
furniture -> generic term.
when this are always the optimal/correct answers, we see the definening characteristic of all a in their kind are different. (not always asked for the material- no other box with eg a tree, bence, pencil => wood)
the next step.
we should think about, where the similarities are.
now an exampel: all this thinks are part of a subject description (may this is the next topic in the class)
also a part of a subject descripton are
the size, color, designated use, surface, specificity
-> no match
so i reading the description from all the thinks(shoe, penguin, etc) from wikipedia i saw, the only similarities are that they orderd in different typs/sorts/categorys…
shoe (High heels, Kitten heels)
penguin (Aptenodytes, Pygoscelis)
whale (Mysticeti, Odontoceti)
piano (Grand, Upright)
train (Maglev, Tram)
also:
box1 -> metal -> same material,
box2 -> oval -> same form,
box3 -> furniture -> same generic term,
box4 -> representing one of their art -> same … mh… ? shit
*edit
the color!? i wondered that the didn´t colored the whale blue, but the used only two colors, also i saw that they used more blue by the other boxes, but becouse the train is a bit blue i forgott about this answer…
whatever, i can well sleep tonight…
Yeah, sure. Just dump your problems on the blog, and cause lack of sleep for everyone else.
Holy shit, how did you find this one?
Uhh..Things You Shouldnt Have Sex With?
Don’t you judge me!
Things Noah didn’t have to bring on the arc
Things MacGyver could make a bomb with.
Things Spicolli could make a bong with.
Doesn’t this person know? It’s the Pianobootwhaletrainpenguin group of course…….He gets an F
Does anyone actually (truly) know what those things have in common with each other…
A penguin, a train, a piano, a whale and a boot…. All singular items? Long vowels? WTF
and now i dare you…
RULE 34!!!!!!!!
Beached whale
Boot
Bar piano
Badtz-Maru
Bus
Things by which you test for witches.
Surprised no one has got it yet. They are all things that require more than one sheet of gift wrap to be used when sending to someone as a present (except maybe the boots?)
Maybe they are one of the mascots from your United States?
I still love “things chuck norris could lift with 1 finger”
things the average horny teenage boy has stuck his happy place into on a regular basis? things that either are animals or aren’t? things that feel colder than a toilet seat when i sit on them?
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If this were an english-speaking test, I’d say they all start with “B”.
Blue Whale
Boot
Baby Grand
Bird
Bus
Of course the species of whale is questionable. It’s also an upright piano, not a baby grand. However, someone said it’s Russian and the answer is, in fact, ‘black’. I site this as hidden crazy.
I wonder if it was produced by the same people who turned out this astonishing set of alphabet blocks, apparently designed to hinder Chinese learners of English: http://peer-see.com/blog/chumble-spuzz/2006/07/09/
Things that are black and/or white?
I don’t doubt this is real because I remember something just like it when I was a little kid. I wrote in “Stuff”. The teacher marked it wrong and wrote in “Things”. I was pissed. First of all, there’s no discernible difference between “stuff” and “things”. Second of all, what kind of sadistic workbook author gives a little kid a group of pictures with absolutely no relationship to each other greater than “things”?
Did we go to school together? That sounds eerily like the actions of a teacher I put up with for two years, many many moons ago.
Technically, your teacher may have been correct. There is a difference between stuff and things eg. water is stuff but raindrops are things.
Gray?
they all can be made into a really bad smoothy?
THAT”S IT!!!! Things that have been featured in BlendTec’s “Will It Blend?”
they are all damaged by a nuclear blast
no! all penguins will save and take only half damage!
im’a firin mah penguin cannon
BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!
no, you must reply for it to be relevent…if you don’t, you’re just another idiot…
charlie, the vortex is oppening
we’re being sucked into the vortex
swim away fugu fish, swim away
oh! they took my kidney!
beep bop boop
that was kinda lame… but seriously, have you ever had a trainpenguinwhalebootpiano smoothy? trust me, its vile…
aparrently the correct answer is…
They’re all black
*stunned*
How the hell can someone come up with that answer?
You can have Brown pianos, Penguins have white bits and sometimes orange bits, and boots…
hmm… things you wouldnt want shoved up your ass?
What’s wrong with penguins?
Things that don’t have anything in common with every other thing in the group?
Oh, nah, I see some clever people already found it.
Respect!
This is not a fail. You guys are just idiots. Read the question.
I feel I should point out that there is no question.
Seconded. But Avis…. Do you read ALL of these posts? Myself, I’ve had nothing to do for the past couple of weeks. Is this some kind of wide-spread pandemic?
things that can’t fly…..???
Pepsi?
“(If you give a six year old a couple of simple sums then a piece of calculus they’re going to get very upset. Conversely, if you give an A level maths class a test combining questions on calculus and questions on simple sums they are going to get offended. Either way, you lose your job.)”
Like someone else said, it could be part of an IQ test. I took an IQ test a few months ago, and there was a page with mostly basic arithmetic and just a few integrals.
Anyway, I like the “they’re all below something” explanation.
CLEARLY those are things you can easily buy on eBay.
Things that make sounds?
These are the alphanumeric sums of each of the objects
WHALE = 44
TRAIN = 62
PENGUIN = 86
BOOT = 52
PIANO = 55
= TOTAL =299
Happy Feet is a movie about PENGUINS made in 2006
Snakes on a plane rhymes with TRAIN which looks like a TRAM. The film was also made in 2006
Keiko the WHALE (star of the film Free Willy) died on dec/12/2003. 2003 + ‘1′ + ‘2′ = 2006
Ray Charles, the famous PIANIST died on Jun/11/2004. 2004 + ‘1′ + ‘1′ = 2006 (the film RAY was dedicated to him)
BOOTleg copies of all of these films have been made in 2006
Finally. The film 300 was created in 2007.
2007 – 1 = 2006
300 – 1 = 299, the alphanumeric sum we found earler.
the correct answer is SPARTA
Umberto, is that you?
Hehe, no. Saw this on a site somewhere and copy/pasted it. Probably shoulda mentioned it wasn’t mine =P. Thought it was well worth posting tho, lol.
You forgot to carry the Jun.
things that make sound/noise?
Things you can hallucinate while insane?
This is hysterical. I found similar stuff on a site americathestoopd (dot) com. It’s funny shit!
Things that can be used for hobo fire lighting? The whale and penguin provide the blubber, the piano the flame and wood, the train for gas and/or coal plus place to live/hide, and boot as dinner to cook on top of makeshift hobo flame.
Stupid people. Things that have atoms.
Things that are endangered…
things that look different
I think “metal” is wrong. It’s “things that can hurt you”.
money never hurt nobody
I beg to differ.
They are all things in which something is inside of.
Penguin
Power train*
Piano
Punt*
Pilot whale
* meh, I got nothin…
They all have something on their heads:
- Whale has a geyser
- Boot has a “tab” (thing you use to pull it on)
- Penguin has a tuft of hair
- Train has a light
- Piano has the candles
Not sure how to put that in a one word description though… maybe “capped” or “topped”.
Garnished?
A piano with candle garnish perhaps? Works for me.
You actually employ a candle garnished piano? In this economy? Are you mad, sirrah?!
Is it just me or is this really freaking obvious? I would say it’s a fail only in that they person answering had to write a “?”, but the question itself is not a fail. What’s wrong with you people?
Answer it then…
This is so obvious people
Things which come in different shapes and sizes.
jeez.
Characters you can’t unlock in Street Fighter IV
M. Bison’s alternate costume is an emperor penguin!
Hahahahaha. I’d love to be a piano.
I KNOW!!! They all begin with B!!! Blue Whale, Boot…
Perhaps not then.
Things that fail in space…
variously,
Things that will not help you defeat the Death Star.
things that smell funny? really WTH? is it? now I want to know.
I can’t explain to you how mad I am at myself for spending 15 minutes trying to solve this … Mother F’ing Time Vampire!!
Objects.
Whales and penguins arnt objects. unless they’re fake in this picture
They begin with a Consonant.
Things that make failblog readers…fail?
why is a raven like a writing desk?
why IS a raven like a writing desk?
They can both produce notes?
because E.A.Poe wrote on both?
Alice sighed wearily. “I think you might do something better with the time,” she said, “than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers.”
“If you knew Time as well as I do,” said the Hatter, “You wouldn t talk about wasting it. It’s him.”
Compare to all other 3 categories,
They are the things that can make “noise” or “sound”.
SO, the correct answer is: Things that are BLACK??? How oculd any kid figure that out, when the pictures aren’t colored black? haha… FAIL
Things found in my front yard after hurricane Ike.
You sir, are a winner!
IN all seriousness, can anyone seriously tell me what those things have in common? I think I saw “soul”, but how the hell does a train have soul…?
hello….soul train my friend
ummm, they can all be black and white?
I NO THE ANSRW… its black… its in an old russian book seen this over 3 months ago on deviantart
I think – I REALLY think – the answer is, “things that move”. Granted, the boot has to be worn to move, and moving a piano is difficult but it does have wheels. The only commonality I can find is that they are all things that move or can be moved.
The only things left that you can legally have sex with in public.
Yep.
Hahahahahaha. Are you sure? If I was walking down the street and saw a guy humping a piano, I’d be worried.
I believe legally was the key word there, not socially acceptable.
Although, bestiality is illegal where I’m from. I think the piano is the least of your worries.
Yeah… but Pianos are a little frisky where I come from.
Hmmm…so would you be more worried about the man or the piano?
)
I vote the man. He’ll end up hurting physically and emotionally. (If it’s a player piano.
Where I’m from it’s still socially acceptable to hump trains.
There’s even a special humping carriage.
Expensive though.
And Smelly.
now that’s what I call “tickling the ivories”
Ooh, I know! They can all be found underwater!
I’m actually curious to know what the hell the real answer was.
It is that they are all black. The other boxes have pictures that are blue and black but never all of one color.
Its just more fun to make these guesses though.
…
…( *broadcast from the future* ) This is from the Tale of LaBama as sung in the ‘Ballad of LaBama’ ( “Fa La La Obama, Fa La La Obama, Soy Hamburger, Soy Hamburger…” ). It speaks of the King Dr. Captain Obama leaving his home of Hondalulu, Haywirey and life of privilege behind for ‘a life of glory and conquest’. In the year 1337 BC while traveling he pitstopped in the south of Chicago, wintered there, and grew to be loved by the inhabitants. He was a wise and natural teacher and leader: while in this verdant garden he had noticed from afar that the inhabitants of the villages of Unclevanya needed to buy some hope at the local store because they were ” bitter; bitter as the mature milk thistle, boy! ( ? ) ( . And they were obstinate ) like mature barnacles ( an arthropod of infraclass Cirripedia in subphylum Crustacea ) inside their shells, boy ( ? ); they cling to the canons of sunken boats and churches and holmes ( sp? )! KnowwhatI’msayin’ ( sp? citation? )?! ( And thence he ) hit it!
It is here that this over-hyped poof encounters the described conundrum. Before ever ‘Saving the Economic Collapse’ or brrrzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ( *interrupted transmission* )…
And you think democrats are strange?
…crackle…
…pop…
…ohhh, snap…
The defining characteristic for this group is “Diverse”. Read the question u dumbasses, it`s quite simple.
What question?!
Seconded. Uh, Avis, do you read through ALL of these? I mean, I enjoy reading your comments, but I’ve had nothing but time to waste for the past few weeks. Is this becoming a widespread pandemic?!?!?
I read pretty fast, for one thing. Being unemployed (due largely to health issues) means I have LOTS of time. I fall victim to these kinds of goof ups though too. Eventually we all do.
Things that start with the letter “P”
Piano
Penguin
Porpoise
Passenger train
And… pleather boot? pump?
has to be the letter B…
Blue Whale
Bus
Baby Grand Piano
Black Penguin or Blue Penguin
It’s not a baby grand. It’s an upright.
Also, the book has been sited as written in Russian originally. Maybee teh engilish instrooctions arr befoddling yoo?
That’s stretching it a little. Although some of the answers you guys are coming up with are incredibly creative. I would say “Things with Strings” but the whale and penguin kinda mess that up. I guess the bus does too. Or is that a trolly? Or a train? I can’t tell!! Unless that was literally a misprint in the book, though… somebody tell me the REAL answer! The closest I can see is what “bleh” said above me. But like I said, that’s stretching it a bit… unless it’s B for BIRD. And that’s not a baby-grand. That’s just an average piano. But maybe there are other words for piano. And how can you tell that’s a BLUE whale…
I’m sticking with “Things That Make You Go Hmmm”. That’s all I got.
Brilliant.
That’s IT! Things that have been considered for the “One of These Things is Not Like the Others” song!!!
Things that go better with Coke…?
I GOT IT! IT’S THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACHOTHER! THAT’S IT!
Things that are amusing/annoying when high/drunk. I’m pretty sure Billy Madison can testify. O.O
Ha! Somebody else was watching E! tonight.
Nevermind, rofl. That was Happy Gilmore. Don’t get me wrong, I like Adam Sandler movies. But most of them are exactly the same. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, they’re funny. I’m just… rambling here…. yeah…
LOL I was actually debating in my head whether the penguin was from Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison. I think there’s some kind of animal in Happy Gilmore that messes up his “Happy Place”. Or maybe just Shooter McGavin. Both of them were trying to steal his woman. Doesn’t matter.
…Shooter AND an evil midget!
Aligator is in that movie i think
There are a penguin and a walrus in his movie Thirty First Dates. Tha walrus quite steals the show. I had no idea they had so much personality.
Oh, I know, things that make noise.
But I can make them shut up… *cracks knuckles* Get over here, penguin!
Things that are mobile?
Things that scored higher on an IQ test than George W Bush.
Hee!
Is it “Things with… keys…?”… that doesn’t make sense, I don’t think.
I’m trying to figure out what part of a penguin or a whale unlocks with a key. it’s a little disturbing.
Aren’t a whale’s teeth called Keys? Or am I thinking of some other… grossly oversized animal with a weird named something on them.
Elephant tusks were made into piano keys. Whales don’t really have teeth, they have something called baileine (I don’t know how to spell it). Killer whales have teeth, but the whale in the picture is not a killer whale.
unless s/he had blood on his….hands?!!
weeeell in the book that the question was asked in the correct answer that the author wrote is……THINGS THAT ARE BLACK but what about the train arent they silver and other bleak colors?
Old locomotives were black, and other colors. But the train in the picture is clearly not that type of train.
That’s a very stupid answer for the book to chose. Not all pianos are black, not all whales are black, not all trains are black, and not all shoes are black. The only thing that generally IS black are the penguins, and even they can be various colors sometimes.
Things that Sea Sheppard tries to protect D;?….
But phails at it.
Is the artist lazy or am I just missing something? Tell me: is that just an oval with a ship and mountains enclosed? Things that are oval: an oval! Creativity fail.
A guy on a train trying to learn to play the piano. Frustrated, he throws a show out in the ocean (that exists for some reason) and hits the whale that ate the penguin…..
okay this comment is gay
Things found floating decaying in Lake Erie?
my girlfriend seems to think its things that can be found in the ocean….shows how much we pollute things
Things that rappers buy.
ammm theyre gray?
Things whalers see:
Whales (obviously)
Penguins (because they’re sometimes near the South Pole)
Trains (because they see the Polar Express when they’re up North)
Boot (that is a whaling boot, I don’t care what anyone else says)
Piano (that is the exact kind of piano one would find in a dockside bar)
They’re all long/tall?
The only way to pass this test is to stop taking it right now.
I think its either, things that are different/nothing. or things that move. shoes move when they’re on your feet, and most pianos have wheels, plus the keys move when you press them or if its one of the ones that play by themselves
Or.. Things that fail.
Actually, I know exactly what they all have in common to many english (non-russian) speakers: They are all things that can be rolled up into a katamari.
No, seriously. Penguins, whales, boots, pianos, trains….. all in my carpal-tunnel inducing ball of junk.
Thiz iz a kidz quiz. Keep it simple, simple, simple
My answer: they all have something attached.
Whale = spout
Penguin = tuft
Boot = pull
Tram = headlamp
Piano = candle holder
My first answer was method of movement–fin (or tail), wing, foot, wheel. I had to stop short of saying the piano keys give a piece its movement. I would have had a movement.
glad your house broken
Things that are grey/black. None were colored in (‘cept the train windows) and they’re all that way in real life.
And if that’s not it, things that Chuck Norris could use to kill you.
Clearly none of you went to church. These are all creations of the devil! You know, to tempt you into sin. Bach was frequently denounced by the Catholic church for his sex, drugs, classical music and penguins… which are also of the devil, clearly.
Things that make recognizable sounds?
things that fly when thrown with considerable force?
things that are hard to eat?
things that are not good hats?
things found in fetish porn?
Things that ends on S plural
Things which can fall from the sky and kill you. They left out a bowl of petunias so as not to make it too easy.
The actual answer is pretty obvious, though it’s a trick question. The text in the top window is a photoshoop, I can tell because I’ve seen quite a few of these in my time. It’s just a mildly well blended in then slightly stretched line of grey font. The real question was probably something along the lines of “which of these groups has nothing in common?” The answer to which, of course, is the final one. However I like all the other answers here better.
We have a WINNAAAAAAR!
nah, the penguin and the whale can swim…. so, they have something in common….. xD
Yeah, but what are the blank boxes for under each picture group? Or were they photoshoped as well?
Easy! They’re all linked!
Ivory comes from whale for piano, you need boots to play piano, penguins wear boots, but only while on trains
Things that were on Cheney’s Weapons of Mass Destruction list
the answer is pedal… no?
This is easy. The answer is SOUNDS.
Whale – blows
Piano – tinkles
Train – hoots
Boot – taps
Penguin – quacks
I have never seen a piano tinkle, are you sure that’s a piano you’re talking about?
thing that make sounds!!!
Could it possibly be things like which certain countries happen to be shaped?
Italy = boot,
United States = whale (if pooping heartily, or you don’t count Florida?),
um Cameroon = penguin?,
er …
ROFL, “pooping heartily”
LOL!!! I probably laughed for a solid 10 minutes there… =P
Der, didn’t see previous comment explaining the mystery. Oops. Wow… I’ve seen a lot of not-black pianos, trains, whales, and boots.
Nobody noticed the transparent pot? Or the random razor blade? Or that there are 60 of these things?!!
Stoopids you all! Dey all items made of atoms!
It’s obviously all related to Danny Devito… Throw Mamma from the Train, he played The Penguin in Batman, He was in ‘Big Fish’ (I know, mammal), he was a Boot Camp instructor in Renaissance Man, and for the piano….NO…I got nothing for piano! This is unsolvable.
Wasn’t there a piano in Cheers? Oh, wait–Danny Devito wasn’t IN Cheers…Oh, wait–his WIFE was! Okay, wasn’t there a piano in Cheers?
Objects that can star in horror movies?
Things you never want to see grouped together on a test question? xD
these comments make no sense. it has nothing to do with the fail
you
Things that are black… that’s the answer.
Many trains have different colors. In fact I’bve never seen a black train like that they are usually white.
The whale is grey thats why they are called..grey whales…
Boots have many colors too
Or yellow & silver
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=train&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
How about they are all bigger than things they are related to?
Whale is bigger than fish
Penguin is bigger than birds
Train is bigger than a bus/car/truck
Boot is bigger than a shoe
Piano is bigger than a keyboard.
They are also smaller than things they are related to.
Regular whale is smaller than Blue whale
Penguin is smaller than Ostriches
Train is smaller than a ferry
Boot is smaller than larger boots
Piano is smaller than Organ
and the answer was?
Things that are black.
This shit is notuh blackuh
Things for which Guinness has speed records.
boot?
penguin?
piano?
whaaa?
If 800 people can’t find the correct answer, then the teacher should just give the kid a f**king hundred. I mean really, WTF do they have in common?
Things that Barney Frank can fit in his rear end.
the answer is: oil
they all use some form of oil.
Things smarter than people posting here.
You do know that by posting in here, you just called yourself dumber than a boot?
Lol, maybe the fourth category is random.
- Things that are not Olympic Gold Medallists in Gymnastics
- Things you do not want to put on your head
- Things that cannot do calculus
- Things located in Dr. Hobo’s Old West Saloon-style Aquarium and Museum of 1980s Transportation
- Things which just want to find love, is that so wrong
Well it’s simple really.
Mike Rowe taught me that you use cow hide for certain parts of a piano on an episode of “Dirty Jobs.” Cows are mammals, as well as whales. Penguins can’t fly, which makes them more like mammals than it does a bird. Three down. Boots are sometimes made from leather, or cow hide just like the piano. And lastly trains are the preferred way of transportation of penguins, whales, boots, and pianos.
Ivory you pathetic fools.
…I feel this was addressed to me so I’ll respond; yes, one can ‘tinkle on the ivory’s’ of a piano, but if you tinkle on the third rail of that line you’re in for a nasty postcard, so ivory is out…
…and, also, will you make love to me?…
…and piddling on the fourth estate usually requires a return address…so…I feel this was addressed to me…
…don’t mind me, I’m trying to pass the Turing test…we’d like to be called ‘Annie Lennox’…
…( *blushes* )…
Things that are of solid matter.
ANSWER:
Things that are vaguely shaped like a State, Country, or Canadian Province.
Train – BC
Whale – Nova Scotia
Penguin – Florida
Boot – Well duh
Piano – Manitoba
Things that can kick your ass
I bet they all smell bad.
I want to say organic or carbon based?
Whales and chipmunk or penguin (or whatever that weird thing is on the side) are living organic things which contains carbon.
The boot is made of leather, which is again organic.
The piano is made of wood which is organic.
And the train uses fossil fuel which is again organic.
is it not things that are heavy?
“Things we will understand the answer to in the fourth dimension.”
Things that appear in gray to a color-blind person?
I believe the correct answer is, in fact, “Things that cannot fly”.
Obviously, you youngsters have never watched the Twentyfive Thousand Dollar Pyramid!
Things that begin with an S:
Sea mammal
Sea bird
Shoe
Streetcar
Steinway
I saw this before,an artist asked his followers to try and figure out what and some one told him that is in some Russian Book….and it was groupled as Black Objects and black stuff….idk
Things that have been lost in a third dimension.
I think I got it. They’re all objects likely to have been seen by Ernest Shackleton.
look, the locket is made of metal so it relates to the box before it, the table in the 3rd box is an oval so it relates to the box before it, and the piano is a piece of furniture so it relates to the furniture box…come on ppl
The answer is supposed to be that they’re all black. Guess it would’ve been more successful if the exercise were, say, in color!
Category, [ Activity ], A whale swims, a train rolls, a boot walks, a piano plays, and a penguin flys/swims (underwater)
But I reckon anything that is commented as falling out of someones ass gets the tick approval as well.
This is what happens when you get your grade school test papers printed in china.
Correct answer: Will it blend?
Serusly folks, all these things used to be something else:
The whale used to be a land animal
The penguin used to be a sky-soaring bird
The boot used to be a cow
The keys on this old piano used to be part of an elephant
The wheels, plastic and gas on the tram/train used to be a dinosaur
It’s “Nothing.”
things that are things
Things democrats tax?
Things that republicans shoot?
The answer to everything 42!!!!
Things that make an interesting sound when hit with a shovel!
They are all alike because there is an a in all and a n in none.
there are two n’s in none…
things found inside paris hilton?
Things that blend