Brainteaser: Fun With Words

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What do the following words have in common? It's not really that difficult if you chip away at them for a while.

Sheath

Pirate

Ashamed

Brandy

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By continuously removing one letter from either the beginning or the end of each word, you create new words, until you are left with a single letter.


Sheath, heath, heat, eat, at, a


Pirate, irate, rate, ate, at, a


Ashamed, shamed, shame, sham, ham, am, a


Brandy, brand, bran, ran, an, a


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Hmm, that would be quite usefull to prevent issues of people running into eachother when trying to get on or off the bus, and keeps people from trying to sneak on and avoid paying.
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it's because we have an integrated bus system with the metropolitan region.

So, you only pay one pass and u can go for anywhere in Curitiba or other city that is integrated.

And the "tube" is a easy and fast way to enter in the bus.

This video show the public transport evolution in Curitiba.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MtD3NGTMN0&feature=related

Regards.
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