World's best suggested paradox

[royohz]

Basically, what do you think is the world's funniest or most mind-boggling suggested paradox?

Mine is:
What happens if you put super glue on a Teflon-covered frying pan?

 

[zfactor]

Freezerburn.

Jumbo shrimp.

But wait, those are oxymorons (sp?). But they count as parodoxes, they're just one word...

As for the riddle type: I got nothing sorry...

 

[Squidden]

How long will it take you to cross a crosswalk if with each step, you cut the distance you walked with the prior step by half?

 

[TerribleAssassin]

What happened if Chuck Norris met Rob Swire in a Guitar Hero match?

I'm not sure if that's a paradox so I'll go with:

Is there a odourless cologne?

 

[Silent observer]

How long will it take you to cross a crosswalk if with each step, you cut the distance you walked with the prior step by half?

You'll never make it

OT: Gimme a coupla minutes...I'll come up with something...

 

[Raven_Operative]

what happens if you glue some toast butter side up to the back of a cat, and then drop the cat?

 

[hudsonzero]

How long will it take you to cross a crosswalk if with each step, you cut the distance you walked with the prior step by half?

well if we knew how big the initial step was, how long the cross-walk is and how long each step takes, you can work that out
[edit] tried this out with my maths teacher, dose not work it is unsolvable

 

[Socius]

what happens when an unstoppable force hits an unmovable object?

What happens if Pinochkio says: my nose will grow now!

 

[CaptainCrunch]

What happens if you put super glue on a Teflon-covered frying pan?

It sits there in a blob until it dries, when it can then be peeled off quite easily.

OT: Did wild west barbers shave themselves?

 

[Squidden]

How long will it take you to cross a crosswalk if with each step, you cut the distance you walked with the prior step by half?

well if we knew how big the initial step was, how long the cross-walk is and how long each step takes, you can work that out

The first step is half the crosswalk.

 

[Lilani]

what happens if you glue some toast butter side up to the back of a cat, and then drop the cat?

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Dang, ninja'd. I guess mine would be a "controlled blast." Whenever we built the house I am living in, we had to blast some limestone out of the way. They called it a "controlled" blast. Blasts are violent by nature, and once initiated very hard to control. The idea seemed very odd to us, but it worked out great and it is the house I live in today.

 

[Caspertjuhh]

The last man on earth sat in a room.

then there came a knock on the door.



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shortest scary story ever.

 

[Karlaxx]

I always liked "What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?"

We posed this question to a random stranger named Steve in a rest stop, and he gave us a decent answer: The force reflects off of or passes right through the object. Both are possibilites without knowing more of the properties of the objects.

 

[Voodoomancer]

What happens if Pinochkio says: my nose will grow now!

Pinochkio says "I am lying right now."

Then his head explodes.

 

[SilverUchiha]

If purple is the combination of Red and Blue... what is Red or Blue the combination of?

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

What happens if Pinochkio says: my nose will grow now!

Pinochkio says "I am lying right now."

Then his head explodes.

Right.

I thought we all agreed that in a true paradox, the end result is a massive explosion, time space rip, or abortion of the involved objects from reality.

 

[2xDouble]

How long will it take you to cross a crosswalk if with each step, you cut the distance you walked with the prior step by half?

You'll never make it

Yes and No. (heh, paradox!) The answer is: the time it takes for someone run the crosswalk (or stop light, depending on external conditions) and run your ass over. heh. Chaos theory (i think it was chaos theory. it might have been something else...) states that as time approaches infinity, all possible outcomes, no matter how unlikely, can and will occur (fun stuff, theoretical physics). Therefore you will eventually be struck or run over by something traveling faster than you (one of the higher-probability "unlikely events"), or otherwise removed by external forces.

also... I think some people may have confused "paradoxes" with "thought experiments". such as:
"if a tree falls in the woods and no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"
"why is it we drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?"
"what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?"
"if you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn?"
...
(profit!) and so on...

I'll leave this here, just in case.

par·a·dox
n.
1. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.
2. One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects: "The silence of midnight, to speak truly, though apparently a paradox, rung in my ears" (Mary Shelley).
3. An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.
4. A statement contrary to received opinion.

 

[2xDouble]

Basically, what do you think is the world's funniest or most mind-boggling suggested paradox?

Mine is:
What happens if you put super glue on a Teflon-covered frying pan?

A better question is, "How did they get the Teflon to stick to the frying pan?"

 

[royohz]

Basically, what do you think is the world's funniest or most mind-boggling suggested paradox?

Mine is:
What happens if you put super glue on a Teflon-covered frying pan?

A better question is, "How did they get the Teflon to stick to the frying pan?"

Nope, sorry. Intense heat and pressure is the answer.