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monkeytroll · Boot Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 33

#49 - Orange - Bookworm

**Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:42 pm

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theres the image from the card catalog, i know it doesnt give any more information, but it is nice to see what the card looks like.

um, this seems stupidly simple, but is the answer

**Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:46 pm

sixsidedsquare · Unfettered Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 409 Location: 60E

You know there's gotta be some catch Wink

**Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:40 pm

spugmeistress

**Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:46 pm

Hunting4Treasure

How could the bookworm begin at page one, in sixsidedsquare's example, and not begin through the back cover? Wouldn't he get squished? Shocked

But then, *maybe* Perplexians put their books on shelves upside down! Hey, ya never know with those guys! Laughing

I know it says he starts at page one, but what about the covers? Doesn't he have to go through all the covers to enter, go from book to book, and then exit? Or does he just stop at page 1,000 of volume 10, and live there for the rest of his life? Although sixsidedsquare's theory is a good one, did 'Anna' put that much thought into this puzzle? Razz

It bothers me that an *orange* card requires so much analyzing, so please consider this:

**Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:39 am

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Nightingale · Veteran Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 86

So would that make the answer

**Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:48 am

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solitair · Boot Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Rushden, UK

The answer I had accepted (if I remember correctly) was:-

**Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:13 am

Hunting4Treasure

Wow! I stand corrected! Embarassed

**Posted:** Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:28 am

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Hituro · Veteran Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 102

**Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:34 pm

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Wierd. I had

**Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2005 12:36 pm

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TopGun2 · Guest

To clarify, the questions specifies pages of writings, ie exclude covers.

The two different accepted answers (from Hituro and Oliverkeers13) are both correct accepted because the question does not specify which side of page 1 vol 1 page 1000 vol 10 the worm starts from so it could either eat through both or neither of those pages.

I wonder whether it would accept the number inbetween?

TG2

PS It really should have assumed pages were double sided.

**Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2005 1:00 pm

frankieroberto · Boot Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 69 Location: London, UK

This is a pretty well-known puzzle, it's been around for years...

this is quite a funny variation - but google for tons more.

**Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:47 pm

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Well, I thought this one was a good one... As for the answer being less, you must take into consideration that pages and leaves of paper are two different things. Originally when the book would have been written the author would have writting 2 pages to a sheet of paper in the book. Hense there being 2 pages on one sheet...

Hope this helps to clear it up Smile

**Posted:** Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:54 am

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**Posted:** Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:01 am

Murff · Boot Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 21 Location: North Dakota

What on this card...

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:32 pm

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