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Since I usually have a knack for making riddles, I wish to start a fourm where we could talk about them and submit new ones. I'll start out...


Holes on my left, holes on my right, holes on my bottom, holes on my top, holes on my front and back but can contain water.

What am I? :D

Since I usually have a knack for making riddles, I wish to start a fourm where we could talk about them and submit new ones. I'll start out...


Holes on my left, holes on my right, holes on my bottom, holes on my top, holes on my front and back but can contain water.

What am I? :D
your mom :eek:

A sponge?

A sponge?
We have a winner!

Here's another riddle...

How many sides does a circle have? :D

What do I win? :)
'Cos if it's a punch in the face, I don't want it...

That's a clichè riddle. How about an original and challenging one?


This one isn't original, but it is challenging.

I'm Queen Anne, but not King Henry.
I'm Book Keeper, but not Librarian.
I'm Apple, but not orange.
I'm Kitten but not Cat.

What am I?

Here's another riddle...

How many sides does a circle have? :D

Infinity.

That's a clichè riddle. How about an original and challenging one?
An example of this "cliche" riddle would be... :confused:

Infinity.

um...no...srry
a little too scientific. riddles r usually a trick question, something that would be so easy to discover than looking it over and over in different reasorces.

Here's another riddle...

How many sides does a circle have? :D
The inside and the outside :eek:

The inside and the outside :eek:
Correct!

"Infinity sides" is too scientific?

A circle has no verticies, and thus, no sides when speaking scientifically.

Yeah, that one was pretty bad. Here I fished some good ones off the internet - don't look up the answers or you suck at life:

Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground! What am I?

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.

Always invisible, yet never out of sight. What are they?

When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?

A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I?

I'm Queen Anne, but not King Henry.
I'm a Book Keeper, but not a Librarian.
I'm an Apple, but not an orange.
I'm a Kitten but not a Cat.

Bumped.

Correct!
I must say it was a really really REALLY old riddle.

My turn:

What do I have in my pocket? :D :D :D

That's a clichè riddle. How about an original and challenging one?


This one isn't original, but it is challenging.

I'm Queen Anne, but not King Henry.
I'm Book Keeper, but not Librarian.
I'm Apple, but not orange.
I'm Kitten but not Cat.

What am I?

a book keeping kitten apple called queen anne

What do I have in my pocket?

A dollar and a quarter.

A man is slumped in his car, shot dead. There are no bullet holes in the car doors, windows, or roof. All of the windows are wound up, and there is no gun inside the car. The car doors are all locked. How was he shot?

a book keeping kitten apple called queen anne

No.

A dollar and a quarter.
Alas...... and it was a joke, damnit. Read The Hobbit!! :headbang:

[QUOTE=Aldranin]Yeah, that one was pretty bad.QUOTE]

It was a Riddler joke, srry. How about this...

Jake and Charles were going to a hockey game and Charles would bet he could figure the score before the game started. They betted and Charles won the bet. How did he know? (and no, he didn't steal and it wasn't rigged) :D

A man is slumped in his car, shot dead. There are no bullet holes in the car doors, windows, or roof. All of the windows are wound up, and there is no gun inside the car. The car doors are all locked. How was he shot?

He was shot outside his unlocked car and put inside of his car. :D

What are the chilliest 12 inches in the world?

An aviator was carrying his clothes home from the cleaners when it began to rain. How didst he protect them?

What's black & white and full of fuzz?

What kind of machine has ears?

When is a man a stupid relative?

What has branches and leaves and no bark?

How do you stop a dog from barking in July?

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?

How much dirt is in a hole 3 acres square and 200 feet deep?

What room can no one enter?

When is a person like a piece of wood?

What is Joan of Arc made of?

When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?

What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?

*Edit, one's already been done

How much dirt is in a hole 3 acres square and 200 feet deep?

None, obviously.

What are the chilliest 12 inches in the world?

An aviator was carrying his clothes home from the cleaners when it began to rain. How didst he protect them?

What's black & white and full of fuzz?

What kind of machine has ears?

When is a man a stupid relative?

What has branches and leaves and no bark?

How do you stop a dog from barking in July?

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?

How much dirt is in a hole 3 acres square and 200 feet deep?

What room can no one enter?

When is a person like a piece of wood?

What is Joan of Arc made of?

When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?

What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?

*Edit, one's already been done


um... a mushroom (What room can no one enter?), throw a cigarret off and make a lighter(There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?), thats all I know

When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?
Two to Two :D

[QUOTE=Aldranin]Yeah, that one was pretty bad.QUOTE]

It was a Riddler joke, srry. How about this...

Jake and Charles were going to a hockey game and Charles would bet he could figure the score before the game started. They betted and Charles won the bet. How did he know? (and no, he didn't steal and it wasn't rigged) :D
does anybody know?

um... a mushroom (What room can no one enter?), throw some wood off and make a lighter(There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?), thats all I know
Wrong on the second one

Two to Two :D
Yep
None, obviously.
Yep

Wrong on the second one

Isn't it throw off a cig. and make the boat a lighter?

He was shot outside his unlocked car and put inside of his car. :D
I though it was because he was in a convertible

Isn't it throw off a cig. and make the boat a lighter?
Yeah, but you said wood originally.

What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?
A pigeon with a Colt?

Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground! What am I?
a wheelbarrow?

A pigeon with a Colt?
Not quite, close but not quite

What are the chilliest 12 inches in the world?
My penis at absolute zero?

An aviator was carrying his clothes home from the cleaners when it began to rain. How didst he protect them?
Stay above the clouds?

What's black & white and full of fuzz?
Halle Berry after choking on a teddy bear.

What kind of machine has ears?
The Terminator.

When is a man a stupid relative?
When he married your sister?

What has branches and leaves and no bark?
Glouster after it floods.

How do you stop a dog from barking in July?
Shoot it?

What is it that's always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow.

How much dirt is in a hole 3 acres square and 200 feet deep?
None.

What room can no one enter?
Mine. *pumps shotgun*

When is a person like a piece of wood?
... ask your parents.

How many sides has a circle?
Infinitely many, or two.

What is Joan of Arc made of?
Arc.

When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?
2:02?

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
They get hit by lightning.

What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree, and is very dangerous?

A sextuplet with rabies riding a cat.

[QUOTE=Aldranin]Yeah, that one was pretty bad.QUOTE]

It was a Riddler joke, srry. How about this...

Jake and Charles were going to a hockey game and Charles would bet he could figure the score before the game started. They betted and Charles won the bet. How did he know? (and no, he didn't steal and it wasn't rigged) :D

If no one can figure this riddle, I'll make this 1...

I look like u, but can be seen in light,
what might be on your left, is now on ur right...

What am I? :p

[QUOTE=World Wide Witchcraft]

If no one can figure this riddle, I'll make this 1...

I look like u, but can be seen in light,
what might be on your left, is now on ur right...

What am I? :p

The Jake and Charles one could be "there was no score," as in musical score. It is a hockey game.

The second one's a reflection.

Quote:Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground! What am I?


:confused: A Bird?

[QUOTE=World Wide Witchcraft]

The Jake and Charles one could be "there was no score," as in musical score. It is a hockey game.

The second one's a reflection.

Correct! Next 1...

What's more evil than the Devil, more powerful than God, rich people don't want it, the poor have it, if u eat it, u will die... What is it? :p

Quote:Two legs I have, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground! What am I?


:confused: A Bird?

I guess that could work, but the answer online was a wheelbarrow.

Jake and Charles were going to a hockey game and Charles would bet he could figure the score before the game started. They betted and Charles won the bet. How did he know? (and no, he didn't steal and it wasn't rigged) :D

Charles bet that the score would be 0, then caused the game to be cancelled by starting a riot or something.


What's more evil than the Devil, more powerful than God, rich people don't want it, the poor have it, if u eat it, u will die... What is it? :p

Nothing.

That's a clichè riddle. How about an original and challenging one?


This one isn't original, but it is challenging.

I'm Queen Anne, but not King Henry.
I'm Book Keeper, but not Librarian.
I'm Apple, but not orange.
I'm Kitten but not Cat.

What am I?Since only one took a stab at this one...

You are double letters.

Two fathers and Two sons went fishing.
The total number of fish caught was three.
And each person caught a fish and no one returned empty handed.

Originally Posted by Crabcake Baba Ganoush
There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?

They toss a cigarette overboard to make the boat a cigatette lighter.

That one is older than the dinosaurs :)

:p Charles bet that the score would be 0, then caused the game to be cancelled by starting a riot or something.



Nothing.
Very good...next...

What can run but have no legs...

What can run but have no legs...

A tap. Or possibly a nose.

I guess that could work, but the answer online was a wheelbarrow.

Damn! I thought that was it!

Ah well... least my answer's better :cool:

:p
Very good...next...

What can run but have no legs...

A worm or a caterpiller?

Damn! I thought that was it!

Ah well... least my answer's better :cool:

Heh, fair enough.

Okay, this one might be pretty well known, but I'm putting it anyway...

I'm the beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The start of every end,
And the end of every race.

What am I?

:p
Very good...next...

What can run but have no legs...Hose. Nylon Stockings.

I hate riddles. When I get them wrong(99% of the time), I fell retarded/
When I get them right(1%) I fell happy,but bored 5 seconds later.
Thery're fun to do, however.
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I got a riddle:
How do you made 4 old ladies yell "Dammit!"?
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You guys'll never know :p

Hmmm, what can run but has no legs. The cripple in a wheelchair whose legs I cut off last week in a freak onion accident?

Okay, this one might be pretty well known, but I'm putting it anyway...

I'm the beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The start of every end,
And the end of every race.

What am I?Ohhh... I know...

but I will give this some time for others to guEss.


A father and son are traveling home.
they get into a horrible crash and the father is killed instantly.
the Son is taken to the local hospital and is put in Emergency Surgery.
the surgeon walks in, looks at the patient and declares
"I cannot operate on him, he's my son."

who is the Surgeon?

Okay, this one might be pretty well known, but I'm putting it anyway...

I'm the beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The start of every end,
And the end of every race.

What am I?

the letter e

What do I have in my pocket? :D :D :D

It tricks us, my precious! Dirty hobbitses!

Ohhh... I know...

but I will give this some time for others to guEss.


A father and son are traveling home.
they get into a horrible crash and the father is killed instantly.
the Son is taken to the local hospital and is put in Emergency Surgery.
the surgeon walks in, looks at the patient and declairs
"I cannot operate on him, he's my son."

who is the Surgeon? VEry wEll thEn.

In answer to your riddle, the surgeon is his mother.

Ohhh... I know...

but I will give this some time for others to guEss.


A father and son are traveling home.
they get into a horrible crash and the father is killed instantly.
the Son is taken to the local hospital and is put in Emergency Surgery.
the surgeon walks in, looks at the patient and declairs
"I cannot operate on him, he's my son."

who is the Surgeon?

WTF!?!?!? :eek:
I couldn't answer this to save my life

A father and son are traveling home.
they get into a horrible crash and the father is killed instantly.
the Son is taken to the local hospital and is put in Emergency Surgery.
the surgeon walks in, looks at the patient and declairs
"I cannot operate on him, he's my son."

who is the Surgeon?

his mother

VEry wEll thEn.

In answer to your riddle, the surgeon is his mother.*bows* very good.

the letter e Correct.

Is anyone going to answer my riddle?

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How do you made 4 old ladies yell "Dammit!"?
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Two fathers and Two sons went fishing.
The total number of fish caught was three.
And each person caught a fish and no one returned empty handed.

Grandfather, Father, and Son. Two fathers and two sons.

Okay, new riddle.

What eleven letter word do people always pronounce incorrectly?

VEry wEll thEn.

In answer to your riddle, the surgeon is his mother.

Damn... how long did it take to figure out that one?

Is anyone going to answer my riddle?

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How do you made 4 old ladies yell "Dammit!"?
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nope... got nothing so far...

Okay, new riddle.

What eleven letter word do people always pronounce incorrectly?


*drum roll*

Incorrectly?!

*drum roll*

Incorrectly?! Yes!

Okay, new riddle.

What eleven letter word do people always pronounce *incorrectly?*

I have no idea.

Is anyone going to answer my riddle?

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How do you made 4 old ladies yell "Dammit!"?
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Ask them how to stop the river from flooding the town? ;)

Grandfather, Father, and Son. Two fathers and two sons.LOL... Very good.


damn, gotta think of something harder.

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How do you made 4 old ladies yell "Dammit!"?
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(Drum Roll)

When the fith one says "Bingo!"

:p I love that one

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"

Who can solve this one?

Okay, new riddle.

What eleven letter word do people always pronounce incorrectly?

Actually, not everyone can pronounce "incorrectly" correctly, and thus doesn't always pronounce it "incorrectly."

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"

Who can solve this one?

:confused: I dont get it

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"

Who can solve this one?

The paragraph doesn't have the letter "e" in it.

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"

Who can solve this one?
it doesnt contain the letter "E"

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"

Who can solve this one?

There's no letter E, the most common letter in the English alphabet, anywhere in it.

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"

Who can solve this one?
It's poorly written, and a question mark is used incorrectly at the end of the second sentence, and it's in quotes when no one is shown to be speaking, and it's not cited as a quote, and it's not an addition to an already-in-progress conversation.

Situation. You are in a room with a locked door.
there are for keys, each key has an etching on it.
A Harp, a Spider's Web, a Spool of Thread, and an Open Book.

one of the keys will open the door. the others will break the lock, forever sealing you in. your only clue is the poem below.

Here's a web to catch the wind,
A poem to pass the day.
Riddles play on words my friend,
Play with these and play you may.

which key do you use?

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?breath

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How do you made 4 old ladies yell "Dammit!"?
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(Drum Roll)

When the fith one says "Bingo!"

:p I love that one :facepalm:

ok, I should've known that after spending the night with my grandmother at her 'care home' during Bingo night...

Situation. You are in a room with a locked door.
there are for keys, each key has an etching on it.
A Harp, a Spider's Web, a Spool of Thread, and an Open Book.

one of the keys will open the door. the others will break the lock, forever sealing you in. your only clue is the poem below.

Here's a web to catch the wind,
A poem to pass the day.
Riddles play on words my friend,
Play with these and play you may.

which key do you use?

The harp.

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?breath
Breath.

Breath.

Actually some people can hold their breath for much longer than a minute. It's probably just air or something.

The harp.why the harp?

why the harp?

Well, the last line, for one, says play with these and play you may, and you normally play musical instruments, but you don't play spools of thread or books or spider webs. But the real reason is because the first letter of each line spells it out.

Well, the last line, for one, says play with these and play you may, and you normally play musical instruments, but you don't play spools of thread or books or spider webs. But the real reason is because the first letter of each line spells it out.correct... about the first letters of each line. just curious as to how you figured it out. :D

That's a clichè riddle. How about an original and challenging one?


This one isn't original, but it is challenging.

I'm Queen Anne, but not King Henry.
I'm Book Keeper, but not Librarian.
I'm Apple, but not orange.
I'm Kitten but not Cat.

What am I?
Don't know if anyone got it yet or not.....too many replies for this late at night. Here is my answer:

You gave a riddle but no rhyme
An answer to be gripped but not held
Using letters but not their words
That buzz but do not tickle
Perhaps I am fool but no knave,
letters ddoouubbleedd the answer is!

a man crosses an old rope bridge to go to the store.
once there he buys three coconuts and proceeds home.
the Bridge can only old 200 pounds. One pound more and it will break.
the man weighs 198 pounds.
each coconut weighs 1 pound.
he only has time for one trip.
and the gap is too wide to toss the coconuts over.

how can he get across with all three coconuts

Don't know if anyone got it yet or not.....too many replies for this late at night. Here is my answer:

You gave a riddle but no rhyme
An answer to be gripped but not held
Using letters but not their words
That buzz but do not tickle
Perhaps I am fool but no knave,
letters ddoouubbleedd the answer is!

(Slaps face)

Uggh... That was obvious...Why didnt I notice?!

a man crosses an old rope bridge to go to the store.
once there he buys three coconuts and proceeds home.
the Bridge can only old 200 pounds. One pound more and it will break.
the man weighs 198 pounds.
each coconut weighs 1 pound.
he only has time for one trip.
and the gap is too wide to toss the coconuts over.

how can he get across with all three coconuts

Throw up. Then he'll be just under 198 pounds, therefore he and the coconuts will weigh just under 201, and the bridge won't be holding "one pound more" than 200, and should hold.

a man crosses an old rope bridge to go to the store.
once there he buys three coconuts and proceeds home.
the Bridge can only old 200 pounds. One pound more and it will break.
the man weighs 198 pounds.
each coconut weighs 1 pound.
he only has time for one trip.
and the gap is too wide to toss the coconuts over.

how can he get across with all three coconuts

Throw the coconuts to the other side of the bridge :)

Throw up. Then he'll be just under 198 pounds, therefore he and the coconuts will weigh just under 201, and the bridge won't be "one pound more" than 200, and should hold.err.. disgusting... (ever tried throwing up one pounds worth of stuff?)

Original but not the answer.

Throw the coconuts to the other side of the bridge :)
and the gap is too wide to toss the coconuts over.

sorry, that won't work.

a man crosses an old rope bridge to go to the store.
once there he buys three coconuts and proceeds home.
the Bridge can only old 200 pounds. One pound more and it will break.
the man weighs 198 pounds.
each coconut weighs 1 pound.
he only has time for one trip.
and the gap is too wide to toss the coconuts over.

how can he get across with all three coconuts

He could juggle the coconuts.

Throw up. Then he'll be just under 198 pounds, therefore he and the coconuts will weigh just under 201, and the bridge won't be holding "one pound more" than 200, and should hold.

Wow... that was random. it is possible, though.

err.. disgusting... (ever tried throwing up one pounds worth of stuff?

Original but not the answer.

By the wording he doesn't have to throw up a pound of stuff. In fact, he could spit on the ground, or take off a sock or a shoe or a hat or shirt or something, and he wouldn't make the 201 break point.

He could juggle the coconuts. :D

while holding only two coconuts and keeping the third in mid air (juggling) he can safely cross the bridge.

:D

while holding only two coconuts and keeping the third in mid air (juggling) he can safely cross the bridge.

*sigh* My brain shuts down when school lets out, but there is a reason why this would not work. It's actually on a physics exam that was given by Julius Sumner Miller at Harvard... I can't remember why at the moment, however.

*sigh* My brain shuts down when school lets out, but there is a reason why this would not work. It's actually on a physics exam that was given by Julius Sumner Miller at Harvard... I can't remember why at the moment, however.it's because the force needed to propell the pound up would infact increase your weight over the pound you are removing.

however, since these are riddles on a public forum, I usually KISS it.

Keep
It
Simple
Stupid (me).

it's because the force needed to propell the pound up would infact increase your weight over the pound you are removing.

however, since these are riddles on a public forum, I usually KISS it.

Keep
It
Simple
Stupid (me).

Right... lol... here's a full out explanation, I just dug it up online.

This is a prediction that can be tested in the laboratory, and Woodward has devised a clever way of doing this. He describes his method in terms of throwing a ball in the air. His explanation reminds me of the old puzzle of the Juggler and the Bridge: A juggler who weighs 252 pounds carries with him three juggling pins that weigh 6 pounds each. He comes to a bridge that has a precisely determined load limit of 260 pounds. How can he cross the bridge with his juggling pins without breaking the bridge?

The conventional (but wrong) answer is that if he juggles the pins while crossing the bridge, at any given time he will be supporting only one pin (with the other two in the air), so his net weight should be only 252 + 6 = 258 pounds. Therefore, it is concluded, he can safely cross the bridge.

Actually, the situation is not so simple. Every time the juggler catches or tosses a pin, his hand experiences a downward reaction force. This force is added to his weight as he stands on the bridge, producing a momentarily "spike" of increased weight. Newton's 3rd law requires that the time-average of his weight, including the increase spikes, must be 270 pounds, the same weight as if he were simply holding the pins at rest. Thus, if he tries to cross the bridge while juggling he will surely break it.

Not the same situation, but close enough to kill the person that tries to cross like that.

:D

while holding only two coconuts and keeping the third in mid air (juggling) he can safely cross the bridge.

Although in real life it would probably be a good idea for him to gnaw off one of his legs, just to hedge his bets.


By the way, I'll probably post some riddles later. I'm having difficulty remembering any at the moment.

Although in real life it would probably be a good idea for him to gnaw off one of his legs, just to hedge his bets.


By the way, I'll probably post some riddles later. I'm having difficulty remembering any at the moment.

Go ahead, try juggling across... I'll watch and cheer you on until you fall and die. I'm gonna take a crap or throw up to lose weight, myself.

running with no legs is a river or moving body of water
the pocket one is the rings that rule all other rings

What has 10 legs in the morning and none in the evening?

a man crosses an old rope bridge to go to the store.
once there he buys three coconuts and proceeds home.
the Bridge can only old 200 pounds. One pound more and it will break.
the man weighs 198 pounds.
each coconut weighs 1 pound.
he only has time for one trip.
and the gap is too wide to toss the coconuts over.

how can he get across with all three coconuts

By the wording of the question, the money used to buy the coconuts would put him just under 198 pounds, and as such three coconuts would not put him over the weight limit by more than a pound.

Alternatively, he could just take them over one at a time :p

EDIT: I just realised that if he weighs 198 pounds when he gets back to the bridge, then that includes the weight of the coconuts, and so he's safe to cross with all three

Go ahead, try juggling across... I'll watch and cheer you on until you fall and die. I'm gonna take a crap or throw up to lose weight, myself.

Or you could get lipo suction :rolleyes: .

By the wording of the question, the money used to buy the coconuts would put him just under 198 pounds, and as such three coconuts would not put him over the weight limit by more than a pound.

Alternatively, he could just take them over one at a time :p

He only has time for 1 trip

He only has time for 1 trip

I missed that bit, sorry - but look at my edited answer, anyway

running with no legs is a river or moving body of water
the pocket one is the rings that rule all other rings

What has 10 legs in the morning and none in the evening?

The centipede I've been torturing for nine days...


PS: That was sarcasm. Please don't engage me in a debate about centipede legs.

The centipede I've been torturing for nine days...


PS: That was sarcasm. Please don't engage me in a debate about centipede legs.

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DUh... Walk across with 2, then go back for the other time...

DUh... Walk across with 2, then go back for the other time...

He only has time for one trip, DUh.

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.

When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?

A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I?temper
Thursday
outhouse

a man crosses an old rope bridge to go to the store.
once there he buys three coconuts and proceeds home.
the Bridge can only old 200 pounds. One pound more and it will break.
the man weighs 198 pounds.
each coconut weighs 1 pound.
he only has time for one trip.
and the gap is too wide to toss the coconuts over.

how can he get across with all three coconutsswim

swim
Nononono

Juggle :D

I'm Queen Anne, but not King Henry.
I'm a Book Keeper, but not a Librarian.
I'm an Apple, but not an orange.
I'm a Kitten but not a Cat.

Bumped.

Whoever you are, you like double letters :)

When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?


Thursday?

A man is slumped in his car, shot dead. There are no bullet holes in the car doors, windows, or roof. All of the windows are wound up, and there is no gun inside the car. The car doors are all locked. How was he shot?

With a syringe!

riddles from the hobbit. no looking them up.

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up,up it goes,
And yet never grows?

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

How much dirt is in a hole 3 acres square and 200 feet deep?



None, it's a hole!

riddles from the hobbit. no looking them up.

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up,up it goes,
And yet never grows?

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.
No idea for the first one. As for the second one, an egg?

[QUOTE=World Wide Witchcraft]

If no one can figure this riddle, I'll make this 1...

I look like u, but can be seen in light,
what might be on your left, is now on ur right...

What am I? :p

A reflection, perchance?

I guess that could work, but the answer online was a wheelbarrow.

Birds can walk on the ground, for instance when they're chasing worms. While a wheelbarrow could be moved without lifting the legs, it wouldn't be using it properly.

The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, the user doesn't see it. What is it?

Since only one took a stab at this one...

You are double letters.

Two fathers and Two sons went fishing.
The total number of fish caught was three.
And each person caught a fish and no one returned empty handed.

Grandfather, father, and son. The "father" is also the son of the Grandfather.

The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, the user doesn't see it. What is it?
coffin :D

Okay, this one might be pretty well known, but I'm putting it anyway...

I'm the beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The start of every end,
And the end of every race.

What am I?

The letter "e".

coffin :D Yep. Old riddle, I know, but I've always liked it.

Ohhh... I know...

but I will give this some time for others to guEss.


A father and son are traveling home.
they get into a horrible crash and the father is killed instantly.
the Son is taken to the local hospital and is put in Emergency Surgery.
the surgeon walks in, looks at the patient and declares
"I cannot operate on him, he's my son."

who is the Surgeon?

The mother, clearly. Or, the second father, if they're into that kinda thing :-\

Okay, new riddle.

What eleven letter word do people always pronounce incorrectly?

"incorrectly"

Damn. I knew a lot of them, but most of them were answered before I got here. ~grin~


riddles from the hobbit. no looking them up.

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up,up it goes,
And yet never grows?

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

Mountain. And eggs, yes, my Precious...

The problem with Hobbit riddles is, anyone who's read the book a few times remembers them without having to look them up. And most of them were recently re-used in Knights of the Old Republic 2...


And, here's a quick and easy one:

~pointing to a man standing next to him~
"Brothers and sisters have I none,
But that man's father is my father's son."

Who is he?

I'm light as a feather, yet the strongest man can't hold me for much more than a minute. What am I?breath

A breath.

~pointing to a man standing next to him~
"Brothers and sisters have I none,
But that man's father is my father's son."

Who is he?
Me

He who makes doesn't want it, he who has it doesn't know it, he who knows it doesn't want it.

Situation. You are in a room with a locked door.
there are for keys, each key has an etching on it.
A Harp, a Spider's Web, a Spool of Thread, and an Open Book.

one of the keys will open the door. the others will break the lock, forever sealing you in. your only clue is the poem below.

Here's a web to catch the wind,
A poem to pass the day.
Riddles play on words my friend,
Play with these and play you may.

which key do you use?

The harp. If someone already said why, that's too bad, otherwise I'll let other people figure out why.

Me

He who makes doesn't want it, he who has it doesn't know it, he who knows it doesn't want it.

Nope, it's not you.

And the answer to yours is coffin - someone else already said it. ~chuckle~


Situation. You are in a room with a locked door.
there are for keys, each key has an etching on it.
A Harp, a Spider's Web, a Spool of Thread, and an Open Book.

one of the keys will open the door. the others will break the lock, forever sealing you in. your only clue is the poem below.

Here's a web to catch the wind,
A poem to pass the day.
Riddles play on words my friend,
Play with these and play you may.

which key do you use?

Hey, have you ever read the Lone Wolf books? There was a riddle like that in them. Let me see...


There are five keys, and a poem engraved on a plaque above the door.

"Ware the hunters, beasts of prey,
Five in number, feared by name:
The widow woman, patient weaver;
The tireless runner, shadow-seeker;
Bird of fire, the treasure lover;
Arrow-swift, his keen-eyed brother;
But only he who walks without feet
May pass this door of mystery."

Which key will you use?

Dragon Key
Eagle Key
Serpent Key
Spider Key
Wolf Key


And here's another one from Lone Wolf:

"My daughter has many sisters, as many sisters as she has brothers, but each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. So answer me this, wise warrior, how many sons and daughters do I have?"


I'm going to go look up a few others. I remember a few other good ones in there...

And, here's a quick and easy one:

~pointing to a man standing next to him~
"Brothers and sisters have I none,
But that man's father is my father's son."

Who is he?
Your son.

And here's another one from Lone Wolf:

"My daughter has many sisters, as many sisters as she has brothers, but each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. So answer me this, wise warrior, how many sons and daughters do I have?"


I'm going to go look up a few others. I remember a few other good ones in there...Three sons, four daughters?

:D

while holding only two coconuts and keeping the third in mid air (juggling) he can safely cross the bridge.

I am rather certain that the physics of that doesn't hold up. The weights of all of the coconuts are still being placed on the rope, except in sudden bursts (throwing them up, equal and opposite reaction, etc.) instead of steady. I know it's a riddle, so physics doesn't matter, but I'm just saying, if you ever find yourself with 3 coconuts and a rope bridge...

Yes - the man is my son, and the other riddle is three sons and four daughters.

Here's some more for you...


"If one-and-a-half geese lay one-and-a-half eggs in one-and-a-half days, how many eggs will three geese lay in eight days?"


"In winter, the ice-lilies of Lake Adon double in area every twenty-four hours. It takes sixty days from the time the first ice-lily appears until the lake is completely covered with them. On what day is the lake half covered with lilies?"


"When I was last in the market of Garthen, I asked an egg trader how many eggs he had sold that day. He replied: "My first customer said that he would buy half my eggs and half an egg more. My second and third customers said exactly the same thing. When I had filled all three orders I was completely sold out of eggs and yet I hadn't broken a single egg all day." How many eggs had the egg trader sold in all?"


"Answer me this riddle. If a brick counter-balances three quarters of a pound plus three quarters of a brick, how many pounds does the whole brick weigh?"

Nope, it's not you.

And the answer to yours is coffin - someone else already said it. ~chuckle~
There are five keys, and a poem engraved on a plaque above the door.

"Ware the hunters, beasts of prey,
Five in number, feared by name:
The widow woman, patient weaver;
The tireless runner, shadow-seeker;
Bird of fire, the treasure lover;
Arrow-swift, his keen-eyed brother;
But only he who walks without feet
May pass this door of mystery."

Which key will you use?

Dragon Key
Eagle Key
Serpent Key
Spider Key
Wolf Key


And here's another one from Lone Wolf:

"My daughter has many sisters, as many sisters as she has brothers, but each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. So answer me this, wise warrior, how many sons and daughters do I have?"


I'm going to go look up a few others. I remember a few other good ones in there...
Coffin is incorrect, check the wording.
The Key is Serpant

There are five keys, and a poem engraved on a plaque above the door.

"Ware the hunters, beasts of prey,
Five in number, feared by name:
The widow woman, patient weaver;
The tireless runner, shadow-seeker;
Bird of fire, the treasure lover;
Arrow-swift, his keen-eyed brother;
But only he who walks without feet
May pass this door of mystery."

Which key will you use?

Dragon Key
Eagle Key
Serpent Key
Spider Key
Wolf Key

The Serpent Key.

"In winter, the ice-lilies of Lake Adon double in area every twenty-four hours. It takes sixty days from the time the first ice-lily appears until the lake is completely covered with them. On what day is the lake half covered with lilies?" Day fifty-nine.

"When I was last in the market of Garthen, I asked an egg trader how many eggs he had sold that day. He replied: "My first customer said that he would buy half my eggs and half an egg more. My second and third customers said exactly the same thing. When I had filled all three orders I was completely sold out of eggs and yet I hadn't broken a single egg all day." How many eggs had the egg trader sold in all?" Seven eggs.

Day fifty-nine.

Yep. Here's two more, and then I'm off for a bit.

The father, whose name is Khmar, draws his dagger from its scabbard and lays it on the table. Then he rests his hand on the shoulder of his eldest son and says, "This dagger is now half as old as my son Loen was when the dagger was new. Loen is now fifteen years old. How old is the dagger?"

"This is Juno, my youngest boy," he says, patting the head of his second son. "I am four times as old as him now. Twenty years from now, I will be only twice as old as him. How old am I, and how old is my son today?"

What is no sooner spoken than broken?

And yep, 7 eggs.

riddles from the hobbit. no looking them up.

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

I forgot the first one, but this one's an egg :) I more just remember it from the story than actually figuring it out, but I didn't look it up, so :-P

Yep. Here's two more, and then I'm off for a bit.

The father, whose name is Khmar, draws his dagger from its scabbard and lays it on the table. Then he rests his hand on the shoulder of his eldest son and says, "This dagger is now half as old as my son Loen was when the dagger was new. Loen is now fifteen years old. How old is the dagger?"

"This is Juno, my youngest boy," he says, patting the head of his second son. "I am four times as old as him now. Twenty years from now, I will be only twice as old as him. How old am I, and how old is my son today?"
The dagger is five years old, the father is fourty, and the youngest son is ten.

What is no sooner spoken than broken?silence

silence
Correct.

What is no sooner spoken than broken?
Silence

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"

Who can solve this one?

There is no letter e in that paragraph and that is unusual

~pointing to a man standing next to him~
"Brothers and sisters have I none,
But that man's father is my father's son."

Who is he?

Your son! Your father's son is you, of course.

There are five keys, and a poem engraved on a plaque above the door.

"Ware the hunters, beasts of prey,
Five in number, feared by name:
The widow woman, patient weaver;
The tireless runner, shadow-seeker;
Bird of fire, the treasure lover;
Arrow-swift, his keen-eyed brother;
But only he who walks without feet
May pass this door of mystery."

Which key will you use?

Dragon Key
Eagle Key
Serpent Key
Spider Key
Wolf Key
Well, the serpent walks without legs...



And here's another one from Lone Wolf:

"My daughter has many sisters, as many sisters as she has brothers, but each of her brothers has twice as many sisters as brothers. So answer me this, wise warrior, how many sons and daughters do I have?"


Ok, so since your daughter has as many sisters as she has brothers, you have one more daughter than you have sons. So, you could say:
S+1=D
Then, the son has twice as many sisters as brothers, so:
2(S-1)=D
substitute, and:
S+1=2(S-1)
S+1=2S-2
S+3=2S
S=3
D=S+1=4
Sons: 3
Daughters: 4

Although it's simple to see the solution, sometimes a proof helps :)

"If one-and-a-half geese lay one-and-a-half eggs in one-and-a-half days, how many eggs will three geese lay in eight days?"
I'll treat this as math too, just for the heck of it:
(1.5 geese)(1.5 days)(N eggs/goose/day)=1.5 eggs
1.5N = 1
N= 2/3
(3 geese)(8 days)(2/3 eggs/goose/day) = 16 eggs
However, one could argue that 1.5 geese would lay the same number of eggs as just 1 goose, seeing as how half a goose is dead and so can't lay eggs... in that case it would be 24 eggs.


"In winter, the ice-lilies of Lake Adon double in area every twenty-four hours. It takes sixty days from the time the first ice-lily appears until the lake is completely covered with them. On what day is the lake half covered with lilies?"
Day 59, because if it covers half the lake on day 59 and then doubles, it covers the lake after 60 days.


"When I was last in the market of Garthen, I asked an egg trader how many eggs he had sold that day. He replied: "My first customer said that he would buy half my eggs and half an egg more. My second and third customers said exactly the same thing. When I had filled all three orders I was completely sold out of eggs and yet I hadn't broken a single egg all day." How many eggs had the egg trader sold in all?"
Working backwards:
2(2(2(0+0.5)+0.5)+0.5)= original number of eggs
= 2(2(1.5)+0.5)
= 2(3.5)
= 7 eggs


"Answer me this riddle. If a brick counter-balances three quarters of a pound plus three quarters of a brick, how many pounds does the whole brick weigh?"
once again, easily solved algebraically...
B= (3/4)+(3/4)B
(1/4)B = (3/4)
B = 3 pounds

The father, whose name is Khmar, draws his dagger from its scabbard and lays it on the table. Then he rests his hand on the shoulder of his eldest son and says, "This dagger is now half as old as my son Loen was when the dagger was new. Loen is now fifteen years old. How old is the dagger?"
More math...
D = (1/2)(L-D) (L=15)
D = (1/2)(15-D)
D = 7.5-0.5D
1.5D = 7.5
D = 5 years old.


"This is Juno, my youngest boy," he says, patting the head of his second son. "I am four times as old as him now. Twenty years from now, I will be only twice as old as him. How old am I, and how old is my son today?"
Yet more math...
K = 4J
(K+20) = 2(J+20)
K+20 = 2J + 40
4J+20 = 2J+40
2J = 20
J = 10 years old
K = 40 years old

What is no sooner spoken than broken?

silence... or, a promise, depending on the person :-P

Mountain. And eggs, yes, my Precious...

The problem with Hobbit riddles is, anyone who's read the book a few times remembers them without having to look them up. And most of them were recently re-used in Knights of the Old Republic 2...


know idea what knights of the old republic 2 is, but yep you can remember the answers

A man is slumped in his car, shot dead. There are no bullet holes in the car doors, windows, or roof. All of the windows are wound up, and there is no gun inside the car. The car doors are all locked. How was he shot?

He was shot with a bow and arrow/crossbow/blowpipe. :mp5:

He who makes doesn't want it, he who has it doesn't know it, he who knows it doesn't want it.a mistake or error?

A man is slumped in his car, shot dead. There are no bullet holes in the car doors, windows, or roof. All of the windows are wound up, and there is no gun inside the car. The car doors are all locked. How was he shot?

I didn't see this one answered, so forgive me if it was.

A:The man was shot by a stray bullet while his convertable top was down. (I believe thats the right answer.)
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Q: What can you put in a barrel that can be seen to make the barrel lighter?

I didn't see this one answered, so forgive me if it was.

A:The man was shot by a stray bullet while his convertable top was down. (I believe thats the right answer.)
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Q: What can you put in a barrel that can be seen to make the barrel lighter?

Helium?

Q: What can you put in a barrel that can be seen to make the barrel lighter?
A candle, either by lighting it up or catching it on fire, your choice

Helium?

Can't see Helium.

Elephantum,
"A candle, either by lighting it up or catching it on fire, your choice."
-Nope, that would defeat the purpose of the barrel.

Can't see Helium.

Oh right. I read your question the wrong way. I thought you mean something that can be seen to make the barrel lighter, rather than something that can be seen to make the barrel lighter.

If you see what I mean.

Q: What can you put in a barrel that can be seen to make the barrel lighter?a Hole

a Hole

Correct!

A man is slumped in his car, shot dead. There are no bullet holes in the car doors, windows, or roof. All of the windows are wound up, and there is no gun inside the car. The car doors are all locked. How was he shot?

Is this a reference to a Darwin award?

If so, the man repaired some faulty wiring by replacing it with a bullet. The electrical current going through the bullet caused it to go off, killing him.

Is this a reference to a Darwin award?

If so, the man repaired some faulty wiring by replacing it with a bullet. The electrical current going through the bullet caused it to go off, killing him.without a gun, most of the hot air will go to the sides and leave the bullet with too little energy. They tested it on Mythbusters and the bullet only had enough energy to leave a big bruise

A man is slumped in his car, shot dead. There are no bullet holes in the car doors, windows, or roof. All of the windows are wound up, and there is no gun inside the car. The car doors are all locked. How was he shot?
err... the killer was already in the car, (or got in with the victim) and left, locking the doors and taking the gun with him/her...

Here is an old one.

Q: "What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?"

Humanity.

Crawls (4) morning (infancy), walks (2) afternoon (childhood/adulthood), walks with a cane (3) evening (senescence).

Jake and Charles were going to a hockey game and Charles would bet he could figure the score before the game started. They betted and Charles won the bet. How did he know? (and no, he didn't steal and it wasn't rigged)


Duh.

The score of ANY game before is starts is what it ALWAYS is: zero to zero. If Jake took that bet, he's dumber than that riddle and I wanna play poker with him.

Okay, this one might be pretty well known, but I'm putting it anyway...

I'm the beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The start of every end,
And the end of every race.

What am I?

The letter E.

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"

Who can solve this one?

There is a distinct absence of the letter E.

Can't see Helium.

Elephantum,
"A candle, either by lighting it up or catching it on fire, your choice."
-Nope, that would defeat the purpose of the barrel.
A balloon filled with helium. :D

"I am more powerful than God,
more evil than the Devil.
The poor have me, the rich need me,
and if you eat you will die."

When i asked this to a group of my friends one of them guessed 'glass'! Here's a clue the answer really, really isn't glass.

"I am more powerful than God,
more evil than the Devil.
The poor have me, the rich need me,
and if you eat you will die."

When i asked this to a group of my friends one of them guessed 'glass'! Here's a clue the answer really, really isn't glass.

it's nothing.

it's nothing.

:) i knew this was an old on but hoped it'd take more than 6 mins to answer!

a man crosses an old rope bridge to go to the store.
once there he buys three coconuts and proceeds home.
the Bridge can only old 200 pounds. One pound more and it will break.
the man weighs 198 pounds.
each coconut weighs 1 pound.
he only has time for one trip.
and the gap is too wide to toss the coconuts over.

how can he get across with all three coconuts

Obviously he gives one coconut to a swallow to carry across.

NOTE: It must be an African Swallow