Polar bear puzzle 4

[GwydionM]

A man walks one mile north, one mile east and one mile south, returning to the spot he started from. There he is eaten by a polar bear. Was he wearing clean underwear?

This is a variant on a very old riddle, and might seem unanswerable. Is it?

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[strongm]

So you don't think that my comment concerning "the underwear-wearing bear" had any relevance? I'm hurt...

 

[GwydionM]

Thanks for all the interest
[white]Yes, people have got the only two replies I could think of. The second was an accident of wording that I only noticed while drafting it.
There is of course no law of nature that says polar bears could not be moved to the South Pole. Though it would be very bad news for penguins. But since there were no mammals even in New Zealand before humans made the crossing, it is not surprising they are missing.
Polar bears are actually natural-blond grizzlies, an offshoot of North America's other huge bear species. The Norse came across them and they entered into mediaeval tales that way.[/white]

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A view from the UK

 

[SkipVought]

The bear only APPEARES to be wearing underwear.

However, it is REALLY overalls, with a C-THRU top!

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[ESquared]

If the white bear is wearing white underwear, who could see it anyway (especially if it's dark or there's a snowstorm going on)!?!?

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[SkipVought]

I perfer to fantasize about the C-THRU top!

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[SkipVought]

Here are a cupola ditties about li'l bears...
[tt]
The little bear sleeps in his little bear skin,
All snug from his head to his toes.
Last night I slept in my little bare skin
And Dog-gonnit! I pret' near froze!
[/tt]
or...
[tt]
The polar bear sleeps in his little bearskin.
He sleeps very well, I am told.
Last night I slept in my little bare skin,
And I got a heck of a cold.
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[GlennUK]

A Russian bear was bought from a Russian circus by a tourist agent after he was asked to provide an American visitor with a wild bear hunt. The tourist was set up in Moscows Perdelkino forest and the bear was released. As the hunter closed in on his prey a postman passed by on his bike and tumbled off in surprise, according to the local newspaper, Vecernaya Moskva. The bear, recalling his big top training, grabbed the bike and pedalled off. The American was suing for fraud.

- The Sun, 21/6/92. Quoted in Fortean Times #71



Cheers, Glenn.

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[Cheech]

A man walks one mile north

How can you walk North from the North Pole?

TC

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[strongm]

No-one is suggesting that you can. All that one or two of us are suggesting is that there is are a number of great circle solutions (a short distance south of the North Pole) that meet the terms of the problem

 

[Zathras]

You can't. The starting point is slightly off of the pole (Aprox one mile plus 1680 feet from the pole.), such that after walking north you can turn East, walk in a complete circle around the pole ending where you started and then walk back South. (Circumference of circle = 1 mile.)

There are an infinite number of positions to start from according to whether the one-mile walk to the East makes one circle, two circles, three circles, etc. each time coming back to the point at which you first turned East.

 

[Zathras]

Sorry, make that one mile plus 840 feet from the pole. (Radius of the one-mile circle -- not the diameter.)

 

[johnwm]

Or even one mile minus 840 odd feet

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[tf1]

Are we talking about true bearings or magnetic bearings: does the polar bear know?

Regards: tf1

 

[cLFlaVA]

bear? beer?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/08/18/bear.beer.reut/

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[moolie]

Starting at magnetic North and walking 1 mile towards true North....

 

[assets]

Except for the fact there is no bears at the south pole. not much more than a pile of rock. Maybe it was the beer that caused the bear.

Never give up never give in.

 

[GlenJohnson]

Here's the real awnser.....
Tuxedos.....

Glen A. Johnson
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