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#102802 05/07/03 02:29 PM
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Find the set and the odd man out.
make some of your own....

Monkey		Swim		Pony		Rhinoceros

Robinson Racheal Aaron Ruth

Swede Afghan Maltese Boxer

Hazel Brown Temple Auburn

French Spanish Italian Ranch

Bacon Lamb Veal Pope

Christmas Easter Thanksgiving Java

Boone Checker Domino Marble

Swiss American Cheddar United

Prince Double Queen King

the set.. well, there are two sets in each case:
dances/animals(rhino's /swim)

homerun hitters/biblical names (Ruth/Robinson)
nationalities/breed of dogs(Boxer/Swede)
colors/colleges (US)(Temple/Hazel)
nationalities/salad dressings(Ranch/Spanish)
edible meats/authors(Pope/Veal)
Holidays/islands (Java/Thanksgiving)
rock'n roll singers/games(Marbles/Boone)
Cheeses/airlines(United/Cheddar)
Royalty/bedding sizes(Double/Prince)


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I like it. Can anyone think of a a foursome wherein each one could be odd man out?

I also remember a mock IQ test question with four of those annoying little diagrams you're supposed to pick the one that was least like the others? Everyone except one was unlike all the others in some respect, so the one that wasn't unlike all the others was unlike all the others in that it wasn't unlike all the others.

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tree balloon file pants

k



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(I daresay if we played a literal game of Odd Man Out there wouldn't be one single guy left on this board).

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming....


#102806 05/07/03 05:28 PM
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Ah ... I misunderstood the puzzle.
Should have read your answers before responding.

k


#102807 05/07/03 05:47 PM
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re:I misunderstood the puzzle.

good! i was having real problems finding any set of 3 in that group, let alone 2!

think of cars, or sports teams, place names.. there are more set(s) to be found..


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misunderstood the puzzle

You mean I've been wasting my time trying to figure any connection between even any pair of your words, FF?


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worse than that (probably), I had balloon as "odd man out". <g>


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so did I. It's the only one with 2 syllables

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This brings to mind another possibility: how about picking four random words (from a dictionary or something) and then finding something, anything, that three of them have in common?


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