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I am a place where all deliveries are returned to the sender, those who perform better need to do less work, and a lot of things get knocked over, but generally speaking, nothing gets broken. What am I?
Answer
a bowling alleyThe bowlers always have their bowling balls, which they deliver toward the bowling pins, returned to them by the machine.
Bowlers who get one or more strikes (a strike being the best result) need to deliver fewer balls in order to complete the game.
The bowling pins are the things that get knocked over.
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Great!!
That was my guess!!
Thanks! Clever and well put together.
Isn't this some kind of record?
A TOTD ......
ONE MONTH after the original posting !!!
I have no objection to that .... just curious.
If it IS a record, then most everyone missed it as there are only a few hundred to witness this COSMIC event !!
C'mon, folks ... we need more members, more participation, more discussion on language thingies .....
All such ....
BB02
A TOTD ......
ONE MONTH after the original posting !!!
I have no objection to that .... just curious.
If it IS a record, then most everyone missed it as there are only a few hundred to witness this COSMIC event !!
C'mon, folks ... we need more members, more participation, more discussion on language thingies .....
All such ....
BB02
I got that one before I finished reading it all. Quite easy!
Got this one on the first read through.
I was feeling kind of smug until I found out everyone else found it really easy, too.
A little rest for my brain. Nice and easy.
Clever! Fun! And I love these one line comments!
I did not have a clue.
I thought it was a school. Oh well.
Nice teaser, however the part about strikes isn't always correct, if I was to get 1 strike which was in the last round I would have to do more bowling than someone who didn't get a strike or spare in that round.
Thanks. You're right, but overall, a bowler making strikes does not have to deliver a second ball in the frame (with the exception of the 10th frame, as you have pointed out). So overall, if one interprets the phrase "performing well" as getting some strikes, then I would consider the statement to be accurate.
After the first two lines, I was convinced it was a hospital delivery room, if a mother can be considered a "sender". But typically, nothing gets knocked down there...
That's funny. Hoped you enjoyed trying to solve it.
I also got this one pretty quickly. It was fun, as most of yours are, ThinksForFun. I got a good laugh from your comment Snowdog!
Thanks Coolnana.
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. Enjoyed it - well written with great clues.
Thanks mrbill51. Glad you liked it!
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