Oxymoron?

[Sidoh]

What can exceed 80 but never surpass 25?

Someone asked me this earlier today; I was unable to come up with an immediate answer, but a friend of mine and I came up with a pseudo-logistic one.  I don't think it's right for a few reasons, but please, lets hear what you have to say! :)

[Blaze]

A bad thermometre?
A BASIC licensed Radio Operator?

[trust]

Speed in a residential area. :)

(speed limit is 25, but you can go over 80 if you really want to :P)

[Sidoh]

A bad thermometre?
A BASIC licensed Radio Operator?

We were actually thinking temperature (the friend I mentioned).  'Surpasses' is a verb, implying that it was once below 25.  Just because it's above 80 doesn't mean it was ever below 25 (at least in a reasonable frame of reference).

[Blaze]

A themometre thats lowest point is 40, and highest is 100, would fit in. :P

[Sidoh]

A themometre thats lowest point is 40, and highest is 100, would fit in. :P

But the thermometer itself doesn't exceed 80 (but doesn't surpass 25), its reading does.  If anything related to the temperature, I think it'd just be the temperature by itself.

[rabbit]

A thermometer spinning at 24mph in a controlled spin (never going faster) located in a room of >80°.

[Blaze]

A themometre thats lowest point is 40, and highest is 100, would fit in. :P

But the thermometer itself doesn't exceed 80 (but doesn't surpass 25), its reading does.  If anything related to the temperature, I think it'd just be the temperature by itself.

I was talking about reading being what can be bigger then 80 and not smaller then 25. :P

[Sidoh]

I was talking about reading being what can be bigger then 80 and not smaller then 25. :P

And the reading represents the temperature.  I said the temperature, not the reading.  While at first glance they may seem to be the same thing, they're not.  Occam's Razord beats you here, since temperature by itself is simpler.

I still don't think that's the answer.  The guy who asked me the riddle wasn't at school today, so I didn't get a chance to confirm the answer.

[Quik]

Me while I am driving: 0 to 60 in 0.05 seconds. ;)

[Joe]

Negative one-hundred.

Its absolute value is over 80, yet negative 100 is less than 25.

[Sidoh]

Negative one-hundred.

Its absolute value is over 80, yet negative 100 is less than 25.

That's a stupid answer, sorry. :P

[Super_X]

It may seem dumb to bump this, but I want the answer.

My guess is a Woman's age, they all say they're 23, but they're 86.

[Sidoh]

I talked to the kid who gave me this riddle a few days ago.  The answer was dumb.

He said it was his speed as he was driving through town, but he admitted that temperature was also a completely valid answer.

Basically, it was a dumb riddle.  Kind of like this joke:

Q: Hey, do you want a frozen bannana?
A: No, but I want a bannana later, so yeah.

[leet_muffin]

Q: Hey, do you want a frozen bannana?
A: No, but I want a bannana later, so yeah.

Mitch Hedberg is a goddamn genius.

"I used to do drugs. (crowd isnt sure what to do, starts applauding his quitting) I still do, but I used to also"

"I find a duck's opinion of me to be very much based on whether or not I have bread, for it is very hard for him to go to the store and buy a loaf."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6029452902646144512&q=mitch+hedberg