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How many beans make 5?
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This has lost me, as it seems too easy???
How many beans make 5?
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CLICKYYYY
This has lost me, as it seems too easy???
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The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the universe is that they haven't contacted us yet:D
The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the universe is that they haven't contacted us yet:D
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pmfsl!!!
Ple'ma an bysva?0 -
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classy!!!! Ple'ma an bysva?0
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:doh:must get used to text type messagesThoughts:
The surest sign that there is intelligent life in the universe is that they haven't contacted us yet:DLife's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others;) - Martin Luther King jr0 -
My dad used to ask this but the answer was always:
bean an' a 'arf, bean an' a 'arf, 'arf a bean and bean an' a 'arf
(bean and a half, bean and a half, half a bean and bean and a half as translation for those that don't speak sarf larndon)
That's not an option though?2009 winnings: private box at the ballet, a cooking lesson with Jean Christophe Novelli, a case of wine, £25 itunes downloads, a candle, Football Manager PC game, a lipstick, £2500 -
Found on http://www.!!!!!!/items/820234-trick-question-which-dates
This is a trick question, which dates all the way back to the 1800s. It began with a famous 19th-century expression - that someone foolish "doesn't know how many beans make five." The obvious answer to the question is five, and it found it's way into jokes about people who couldn't answer the question.
But people then delighted in finding alternate answers. For example, "making five" implies adding extra beans until you've reached the number five, so assuming the starting position was one bean, the correct answer is "four!"
Still can be 4 or 5?!
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found this on wiki http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_beans_make_5
<TABLE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; WIDTH: 100%; PADDING-TOP: 0px; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px" width="100%">How many beans make 5?
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Two beans, a bean and a half, half a bean and a bean.Back comping Nov 2021
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My Dad's answer was always 'A bean, a bean, a half a bean, a half a bean, a bean, a bean' (said in a silly-comedian-sort-of-way!!!):D Adds up to 5 anyway.
Am assuming the answer is five since I can't ask my Dad now.
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