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Sorry simultaneous post....
Round 261?
Round 261?
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It is a square box whose interior is the width of 17 snooker balls and whose height is the same as one snooker ball. How many snooker balls can Charlie fit inside?Originally Posted by moglet View PostSorry simultaneous post....
Round 261?"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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The extra ape came from my mistake in considering just one tie at the bottom of the play-offers list in the specific context of R260. I should have knwon better of course knowing D_G (I had my doubts, I must say ... 148 just looked so close to magical 147) and looking at the results of the Championsleague Snooker Group 2. Anyway, the intruder was an entelle (or langur) ape named Ebnezer - nickname Ebbo - and he has been sent home promptly. This was a chimp competition and he had lost all his matches anyway!
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Sorry moglet... I finally see now what you meant! Yes, the round numbering had got as mixed up as the balls in Charlie's box, and I meant of course round 361, not 261.Originally Posted by moglet View PostSorry simultaneous post....
Round 261?
Thanks - I will edit it now.
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Round 361 update
Meanwhile, the first in with correct answers to round 361 Charlie's box (the round formerly known as prince round 261) are abextra and Monique! Congratulations!
Last edited by davis_greatest; 10 January 2009, 09:06 AM."If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Scrap that!Originally Posted by davis_greatest View PostMeanwhile, the first in with correct answers to round 361 Charlie's box (the round formerly known as prince round 261) are abextra and Monique! Congratulations! snookersfun has found that in fact more balls are possible - and I think now has the maximum number that can fit in Charlie's box! Congratulations! :snooker: So, sorry abextra and Monique - need to look again to squeeze in a greater number. 
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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It looks like there are two ways, very similar, to make the same larger number
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Let's please have answers on the thread now. Any with pictures, or at least full descriptions, would be great.
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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I hope these are right, please check the geometry....
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Is this 315 balls, moglet? How wide is your box? Do you have 17 balls in the bottom row, but then some sticking out to the left above it?"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Mmmm, the left one has a base of 16 balls, the right has a base of 17.
Both ways 11 rows of 17 and 8 rows of 16, this is 315?Comment
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Sorry - the left what? Isn't there just one picture up?Originally Posted by moglet View Post"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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hilarious! You mean you have set up all the coins to show your solution?
post of the year! sorry for being off topic, but could not resist
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brilliant!Originally Posted by moglet View Post Now that is a proper proof!
and I do see 2 solutions above there, but showing each only part of the box...Comment
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