Southern View!

[Joe]

You're in a room with an all southern view. You look out the window and see a bear.

What color is it? Explain how you came up with that answer.

[iago]

It's green.

My reasoning:
- You're at the north pole, because your house is all facing south
- Santa lives at the north pole
- The only other thing at the north pole is elves
- Elves are green
--> green things can survive up there
--> the bear must be green.  I think even a polar bear would have trouble right at the north pole. 

[Ergot]

It's transparent based on what iago said. You can't see through green

[Sidoh]

Given the information that Joe provided, I don't think you'd be able to conclude that the house is located at the North Pole.  If the 'view' is all southern, you may just have windows facing one direction (South).

Alternatively, Ergot's answer makes sense assuming that 'it' is referring to the window; this makes no sense, though, seeing as 'it' would refer to the last thing referenced (the bear) in the English language.

Not too sure, I'll have to think on it.

[Joe]

Santa and his Elves are not there.

I was refering to the color of the bear.

It is not green.

Uh, and to clear things up, you can see through the window. =p

[Ergot]

I meant the room... but w/e...
I'd go with black... because polar bears are black.

[Sidoh]

I meant the room... but w/e...
I'd go with black... because polar bears are black.

No they're not.  Their skin may not be white, but the animal as a whole is white.  If that's not what he's referring to, this riddle is quite invalid.

[Ergot]

I'll go with Red... because it's a gummy bear

[Sidoh]

I'll go with Red... because it's a gummy bear

Haha.

I'm going to think on it.  My bed is looking too comfortable. :]

[Ergot]

I'll go with Red... because it's a gummy bear

Haha.

I'm going to think on it.  My bed is looking too comfortable. :]

I get a little crazy as the night goes on... So let's just agree that's it's a purple with yellow polka dots bear

[trust]

Brown.

[iago]

I see nothing wrong with my logic. 

Assuming that all southern means he's at the North Pole (because otherwise, we can't conclude anything), it would have to be a bear that lives at the North Pole.  However, I don't think there are bears at the North Pole, it's too far north even for them to survive.  So I'd say it's impossible. 

Or, the answer is Polar Bear, but I think that's wrong

[trust]

I see nothing wrong with my logic. 

Assuming that all southern means he's at the North Pole (because otherwise, we can't conclude anything), it would have to be a bear that lives at the North Pole.  However, I don't think there are bears at the North Pole, it's too far north even for them to survive.  So I'd say it's impossible. 

Or, the answer is Polar Bear, but I think that's wrong

Polar Bears live in the North Pole.

Despite what we think, a polar bear's fur is not white.  Each hair is clear hollow tube.  Polar bears look white because each hollow hair reflects the light. On sunny days, it traps the sun's infrared heat and keeps the bear warm at 98 degrees F (when they're resting).

I read somewhere that it was actually brown, but eh, I guess "clear."

[iago]

Polar Bears live in the North Pole.

No, they live in the arctic.  Nothing lives at the North Pole.  It's actually in the middle of an ocean, so it must be a house boat. 

I looked it up just to make sure; to quote Wikipedia, "The pole is located in the Arctic Ocean, which at this point has a depth of 4087 metres (13,410 feet)."

[Joe]

Sure, the North Pole is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. But do you seriously think that its over 0[super]o[/super] celsius up there? Stuff can be placed on ice, and theres a whole ton of water to freeze.

Let me clarify this. You are at the North Pole.

[iago]

Salt water doesn't freeze at 0^o.  And it's not cold enough for water to freeze all year round.  Therefore, whatever room you're in is going to sink come summer, so whoever came up with the idea of building a room there is stupid. 

But anyway, bears don't live on the ocean, they live on land.  There can't be a bear there, unless it was imported or dragged there!

<edit> maybe the answer is "blue, with icicles hanging off him"..  Because he'd be frozen solid

[Sidoh]

I see nothing wrong with my logic. 

Assuming that all southern means he's at the North Pole (because otherwise, we can't conclude anything), it would have to be a bear that lives at the North Pole.  However, I don't think there are bears at the North Pole, it's too far north even for them to survive.  So I'd say it's impossible. 

Or, the answer is Polar Bear, but I think that's wrong

Haha, that's a good point.  I think it should be rephrased, though. 

Sure, the North Pole is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. But do you seriously think that its over 0[super]o[/super] celsius up there? Stuff can be placed on ice, and theres a whole ton of water to freeze.

Let me clarify this. You are at the North Pole.

Maybe it would be black then?  I'm guessing it might have something to do with the daylight setting...

Salt water doesn't freeze at 0^o.  And it's not cold enough for water to freeze all year round.  Therefore, whatever room you're in is going to sink come summer, so whoever came up with the idea of building a room there is stupid. 

But anyway, bears don't live on the ocean, they live on land.  There can't be a bear there, unless it was imported or dragged there!

<edit> maybe the answer is "blue, with icicles hanging off him"..  Because he'd be frozen solid

I think the ice is thick enough (plus I think the temperature would drop below the point that salt water freezes) that it would stay solid year-round.

But yeah, haha. I don't think there'd be much of a bear alive there.

[Blaze]

You think most of the worlds oceans aren't below 0 c?  Just because they're below, doesn't mean they freeze; there is too much to freeze which means there are just random iceburgs.

[Sidoh]

You think most of the worlds oceans aren't below 0 c?  Just because they're below, doesn't mean they freeze; there is too much to freeze which means there are just random iceburgs.

When it's low enough (especially when the sunlight is in much less quantity in other portions of the world), it'll form pretty massive formations of ice (Antarctica, for example).

Additionally, I don't think most of the worlds oceans are below 0° C.  It would be foolish to assume so seeing as massive bodies of waters retain their temperatures extremely well (they're very resistant to short but radical temperature spells); seeing how the average temperature on the surface of Earth is nowhere near 0° C, it would be a very illogical conclusion.

Pure H₂O freezes at 0° C, period.  No exceptions.  Even if it is part of a huge body of water, it's going to freeze.  Oceans are resistant to freezing over for two reasons:  One, they're salt water.  Salt water's freezing point is lower than pure water (as iago already mentioned).  Secondly, they're huge bodies of water.  This has nothing to with the temperature that the water must delve to in order to freeze.  It's for the same reason that an ice cube melts when you put in a cup of water.  Heat (the diffusion of thermal energy from an object of higher thermal energy to an area of lower thermal energy).  The entropy of a frame of reference specified in an ocean (1 Km³) will reach a state of perfect entropy (randomness) given some amount of time (which depends on the temperature of the water to begin with) if you were to apply some force to a smaller portion of the water.  This means that the temperature of the entire frame of reference must change, not just a tiny place where you applied the force.

However, if your frame of reference is really large (say an entire ocean), there will be random blotches of ice (ice burgs, like you said).  There are obvious and alternative reasons that ice burgs exist, though.  For one, a lot of them are still around from when the global temperature in fact was below 0° C.  They're constantly melting small amounts into the water that surrounds them (following the law of entropy).

</Science Rant>

[Joe]

You guys are thinking way too hard.

[Sidoh]

You guys are thinking way too hard.

My last post was in retort to Blaze's post, not the riddle (I go off topic.  You know this).

[Ergot]

The bear is red from eating the last person who was in that room :/

[Blaze]

Well, I got what I wanted from Sidoh, thanks.

[Joe]

Wrong.

[Sidoh]

Well, I got what I wanted from Sidoh, thanks.

[iago]

I think we've explored all the logical avenues.  Perhaps we should move on to the assumption that the answer is something really dumb?

[trust]

You guys are thinking way too hard.

Except my answer is correct. I decided to check the riddle on google, and yes, I'm right.

[Sidoh]

I think we've explored all the logical avenues.  Perhaps we should move on to the assumption that the answer is something really dumb?

Completely agreed.

Except my answer is correct. I decided to check the riddle on google, and yes, I'm right.

Your answer is something really dumb, sorry to say. 

He asked what color the bear is, not what color its skin is.

[Towelie]

the answer is obvious!

[trust]

I think we've explored all the logical avenues.  Perhaps we should move on to the assumption that the answer is something really dumb?

Completely agreed.

Except my answer is correct. I decided to check the riddle on google, and yes, I'm right.

Your answer is something really dumb, sorry to say. 

He asked what color the bear is, not what color its skin is.

Except I didn't say what color its skin is. I said what color its fur is, which is, of course, what you see when looking at a bear.

[iago]

I checked Google, and the only answer I could find was, "Red, because the southern sun is so strong that it's sunburnt."  But not only is that completely wrong, it's also dumb

[Sidoh]

Except I didn't say what color its skin is. I said what color its fur is, which is, of course, what you see when looking at a bear.

In that case, I don't get it.  This riddle sucks hardcore.

[rabbit]

Except I didn't say what color its skin is. I said what color its fur is, which is, of course, what you see when looking at a bear.

In that case, I don't get it.  This riddle sucks hardcore.

/signed

[Ergot]

I think we've explored all the logical avenues.  Perhaps we should move on to the assumption that the answer is something really dumb?

I'm already there :/... I think the bear is pink. Because polar bears wear tutus

[Blaze]

I think we've explored all the logical avenues.  Perhaps we should move on to the assumption that the answer is something really dumb?

I'm already there :/... I think the bear is pink. Because polar bears wear tutus

Correct, You win!

[Towelie]

The polar bear is.... white you idiots!

[Ergot]

Polar bears are clearly not white. http://images.google.com/images?q=polar+bear&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
They are obviously yellow/beige

[rabbit]

She is an orangey/brownish/tan, but we still call her "white".

[Joe]

The polar bear is.... white you idiots!

Bingo!

Man, you all think WAY too hard. The only place you can go for an all southern view is the north pole, and the only bear you'll see there is a polar bear. They're white.

For future reference, their skin is yellow, not pink.

[Sidoh]

Bingo!

Man, you all think WAY too hard. The only place you can go for an all southern view is the north pole, and the only bear you'll see there is a polar bear. They're white.

For future reference, their skin is yellow, not pink.

When you give a bunch of intellectuals something that easy we overthink it... additionally, I don't think their skin is yellow. 

[Towelie]

yeah lol I hate it when that happens, and you feel like an idiot when you get the answer

[Sidoh]

yeah lol I hate it when that happens, and you feel like an idiot when you get the answer

Yeah.

[iago]

.... the animal as a whole is white ....

And btw, that's wrong.  Polar bears don't live at the north pole, so the riddle is wrong. 

[Sidoh]

And btw, that's wrong.  Polar bears don't live at the north pole, so the riddle is wrong. 

No, but they live in the Arctic, which is close enough to understand what kind of bear it would be if it was at the North Pole.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Bear

By the way, this riddle sucked.

[trust]

yeah lol I hate it when that happens, and you feel like an idiot when you get the answer

I don't feel like an idiot. It was a stupid riddle, and plus, Joe gave it! :p

I actually considered saying white, but I thought someone had already said it.

[Joe]

We heard this riddle at church, the same time Johnathan told us the native american joke. Travis got it within three seconds.

[iago]

I meant to say white right at the beginning, but I accidentally said "Polar Bear"

[d&q]

For future reference, their skin is yellow, not pink.

No, it's black!

[Ergot]

For future reference, their skin is yellow, not pink.

No, it's black!

Don't start

[Sidoh]

Don't start

LMFAO.

In case you're wondering why I think this is funny, Ergot and I had a one hour argument last night on the color of a Polar Bear.  I was telling people at school about it, they thought it was funny that I had encountered someone as stubborn as myself.

[Joe]

This belong in the solved riddles forum.

* Joe[e2] gives Sidoh a hard poke.