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#1 2009-07-11 04:39:19
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Apple problem
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#2 2009-07-11 20:09:20
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Re: Apple problem
9?
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#3 2009-07-12 01:16:24
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Re: Apple problem
No. 12-4≠9.
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#4 2009-07-12 21:10:11
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um... 8?
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#5 2009-07-13 08:00:56
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No.
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#6 2009-07-13 10:04:17
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Re: Apple problem
6?
or 12?
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#7 2009-07-13 10:11:53
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12! You're right! 4 in your stomach and 8 others!
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#8 2009-07-13 17:53:08
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but you said "you eat 4 how many are left?" Inquiring that the 4 you ate do not count.
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#9 2009-07-13 20:16:44
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Hi quittyqat;
Tigeree has a point, after you chew them up and start digesting them in your stomach technically they are not apples anymore.
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#10 2009-07-14 07:59:16
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Re: Apple problem
Tigeree:Sorry, meant "How many do you have?". Fixed it.
bobbym:They are apples, just chewed up. As for digesting, you have just eaten them and have not yet digested them. Besides, I didn't make this up. Someone told it to me.
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#11 2009-07-14 11:24:27
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Hi quittyqat;
Well when they are chewed up they are apple sauce.
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#12 2009-07-14 16:20:48
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Good one, bobby! But then you still have in front of you 8 apples. Also, tell that someone what we think.
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#13 2009-07-15 22:00:07
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Re: Apple problem
apple noun: the firm round edible fruit of the apple-tree.
I'd say that once eaten it is no longer:
(a) "firm" - it's moosh
(c) "round" - unless you swallowed it
(b) "edible" - except for ruminants
(d) recognisable as "fruit of the apple-tree" - alphabet soup (or some such), maybe
I reckon 8, unless this thread goes on so long that they all rot, in which case I wouldn't be eating any! 
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#14 2009-08-31 12:45:24
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What if you don't chew? It fits the description then.
P.S. They're all rotten.
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#15 2009-08-31 14:41:55
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Hi quittyqat,
What if you don't chew? It fits the description then.
I don't think you'd get any takers. Swallowing apples (even little ones) is just not a good idea. Personally, I wouldn't want to shove anything that has injurious potential down my delicate oesophagus (the narrowest part of the digestive tube).
The only apple I'm prepared to swallow is my Adam's apple (my own only!), and I don't have 12 of those in front of me.
P.S. They're all rotten.
Yuk! Count me out!! 
This already-hypothetical problem has now grown in hypotheticality!
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