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What colour was the bear?

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  1. St. Luigi Scrosoppi

    St. Luigi Scrosoppi Well-Known Member

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    A bear walks two miles south and then two miles west. He then decides to walk two miles north and ends up back where he started.

    What colour was the bear?
     
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    St. Luigi Scrosoppi, Jun 13, 2012
  2. Dan

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    White, he's a polar bear walking across the pole.
     
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  3. Itchen North Matt

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    Polar bears aren't white, they just reflect the snow.
     
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  4. Beddy

    Beddy Plays the percentage

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    Well the last bugger that chewed my hand was certainly a dirty white with all red round his mouth with my blood!!
     
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  5. St. Luigi Scrosoppi

    St. Luigi Scrosoppi Well-Known Member

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    Dan‽ you are far too clever and quick.
     
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  6. pass the football

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    Not strictly true as they still appear white where there is no snow!
     
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  7. SwindonSaint

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    Also depends on diet. Could be green or yellow. I guess we'll never know the answer :(
     
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    Also, could be a normal bear that escaped from a zoo in the North Pole. Or in a reverse situation to the polar bear in Lost that through some loophole in time and space ended up in the North African desert.
     
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  9. SAINTDON13

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    Could be a Koala with a duff sat nav? I know a Koala isn't a bear, it's a marsupial if I am being silly, well you started it.
     
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  10. devonFRATTONiser

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    Where do polar bears sh1t? There's no woods at the North Pole after all.
     
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  11. saintrichie123

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    Wherever its wants..........
     
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  12. Beddy

    Beddy Plays the percentage

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    It sh1ts in the water and it floats to where you swim...........<laugh>



    Edit : I'll get me coat!
     
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  13. The Ides of March

    The Ides of March Well-Known Member

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    Are we getting down to the bear essentials on this board?
     
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  14. St. Luigi Scrosoppi

    St. Luigi Scrosoppi Well-Known Member

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    the bear necessities of life
     
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    I'll just have to grin
     
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  16. Matthew Le God

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    Umm...

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    Where is the snow?
     
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  17. pass the football

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    Technically their fur is transparent, not white, but it appears white like other transparent things such as, um, snow.
     
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    Gone all girly. That bear is so cute!
     
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    Apparently polar bear hair is transparent and hollow and reflects all light, therefore appearing white. As Swindon saint said, bears in captivity have turned green because of algae in the hollow hairs from their swimming pool. The wonders of google.
     
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  20. ChrisMarsdenFootballGenius

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    <geek hat on>

    There are two possible answers to this on Earth, with a bit of imagination as to where a bear might be. The obvious one is a polar bear at the North Pole, but supposing there were a bear near the South Pole, the bear could walk two miles south to the point at which one circumnavigation of the South Pole is two miles.
     
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