I bet we've all got a little drunk and texted the textperts to see if we can stump them with a stupid question. Well, I thought I had until I woke up the next day to find their answer... which was not only correct, but showed brilliant customer service by ending the exchange with a humorous and personal touch.
What follows is the complete exchange between 66000 and myself:
Me: what is the weirdest question you've been asked
66000: We get asked many strange questions, including do sheep shrink when they get wet (A: No) and how tall is a smurf (A: 3.5 apples)
Me: I travel 350 apples south, 100 smurfs east, 35 apples & 90 smurfs west. I'm back where I started. Where am I?
66000: The smurfs live in houses made from mushrooms or houses that just look like mushrooms (often built from stone).
Me: I am not satisfied with my answer. Earlier I was told the height of a smurf is equal to 3.5 apples. Using your own pre-defined smurf to apple ratio can you tell me the only place on earth I could be that would fulfill the criteria of my previous question?
66000: We received 'travel 350 apples south, 100 smurfs east, 35 apples & 90 smurfs north'? No charge
Me: Correct. So using your smurf to apple ratio I travel 100 smurfs south then 100 smurfs west then 100 smurfs north and end up in the same place I started - where am I? (It may be easier if you think of a smurf as a unit of distance). P.S. this is not a trick question, it just requires lateral thinking.
66000: You're at the North Pole. Hope you're dressed up warm or your skin will turn the colour of a smurf!