Riddles thread

[Swan]

I was looking around GT thinking about wat would be cool to have a thread about and then it hit me. *WHAM*

RIDDLES! We need a good thread about riddles. I don't think that there is any other thread for riddles so I started this.

Basically ask riddles and answer them. Oh, and +rep people who can get the hard ones if you want. I'll get the ball rolling.

A house is built with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks by. What colour is the bear?

EDIT:Type in different colours to make it interesting. Please.

[DimHalo]

A house is built with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks by. What colour is the bear?

EDIT:Type in different colours to make it interesting. Please.

The bear is white.


A man and his son are out driving around one day and they get into a car accident. The son is rushed to the emergency room. The doctor says,"I can't do this, I can't operate on my own son." What's the deal?

[Perfect Stu]

the doctor is the mother

a man looks at a picture and says "brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son" who is in the picture, in relation to the man looking at it?

[Crash]

His Son

[Acebot44]

I'm four parts chicken, one part antelope, and two parts goat. What am I?

[Ace195]

the doctor is the mother

a man looks at a picture and says "brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son" who is in the picture, in relation to the man looking at it?
He's looking at a picture of himself :)

[DimHalo]

He's looking at a picture of himself :)


Actually, I think crash was right. Stu, is anyone right?

And I have no idea about Acebott's riddle.

[Ace195]

Eh.. I'm just throwing my idea out there.. I think crash is right too but.....

Yeah and acebots riddle confuese me too..

[Acebot44]

What do we do if nobody gets it?

[Fox 6]

What do we do if nobody gets it?
Cook Off ?





i dont think we really do anything except go to the next riddle

[GT News]

What do we do if nobody gets it?
Cook Off?





i dont think we really do anythingexcept go to the next riddle

Who is your favorite Science Fiction author?
You can't always decide for yourself.

[Dylflon]

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters. What is the word?

[Typhoid]

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters. What is the word?



Thats not a riddle......You have angered me good sir, I demand satisfaction.

[Acebot44]

English!

There are more than ten words in the english language!

Is that the answer?

[Swan]

No I'm sure that the answer is an actual word. I used to know this one but I can't remember. Curse this human brain.

[Vampyr]

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters. What is the word?

I think I might have heard that one before a long time ago.

I think the answer is "therein"

1. the
2. there
3. he
4. here
5. herein
6. her
7. in
8. ere
9. rein
10. therein

:)

Ok...

A man was building a house out of bricks, and he had just enough bricks to build the house. Not one to many or one too few. He takes one brick and throws it up in the air, how many does he have now?


I dont feel like writing in different colors, btw. And why the heck is the bear white? I dont get it.

[Swan]

The bear is white because the house was built at the North Pole. On the North Pole. It's a Polar Bear. :)

[Vampyr]

The bear is white because the house was built at the North Pole. On the North Pole. It's a Polar Bear. :)

Ooooh, I understand. :)

I didnt get how all 4 walls could point south, but now I do. +rep

[Crash]

Ok...

A man was building a house out of bricks, and he had just enough bricks to build the house. Not one to many or one too few. He takes one brick and throws it up in the air, how many does he have now?


I dont feel like writing in different colors, btw. And why the heck is the bear white? I dont get it.


erm..."0"?

[Acebot44]

One too few?

[Crash]

He's looking at a picture of himself :)
thinking of it now... you must be right, unless my brain shut off.

[Vampyr]

thinking of it now... you must be right, unless my brain shut off.

No, I think you were right.

And no one has got my riddle...and it's a really hard one, so in the mean time, I'll tell you another one. If someone can get the answer to this one, I'll give you the answer to the first:

A man and a woman are on an airplane, traveling to England. The man is a very worn down person, and looks like a bit of a hermit. He has torn clothing and appears to be poor, but he is smoking a cigar.

Next to him is a very very high class woman, wearing very elegant clothes and a lot of expensive jewelry. She has her hair all done up, and almost appears to be royale. She is holding a poodle in her lap.

She turns to the man and says: "sir, that cigar smells dreadful, and is causing my clothes to stink, please put it out."

The man replies: "I will put out my cigar if you get rid of that poodle."

The woman promptly throws the poodle out of the window. The man is stunned. He thought the poodle was the womans pride and joy. So he smiles and tosses out his cigar.

Suddenly someone yells: "Dog on the wing!!!"

So everyone on the plane rushes over to see, and they see a dog on the wing of the plane, with something in it's mouth.

What is it?

[Acebot44]

First guess would be the Cigar, but maybe it's deeper than that.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

a three headed monkey!

[Vampyr]

First guess would be the Cigar, but maybe it's deeper than that.

Like a bajillion miles deeper...

And it's not a three headed monkey, but that was a good guess.

I'll give you guys a few more tries.

[Fox 6]

the wing? maybe hes holding on with his teeth

[ulala06]

the wing? maybe hes holding on with his teeth

yea that was my guess too... but now i guess

HIS TONGUE??? OR HIS TEETH???

[Vampyr]

Time's up.

It has a brick in it's mouth.

[Fox 6]

i dont gets it


why do you have two trophies for super dance?

[ulala06]

Time's up.

It has a brick in it's mouth.


my turn:

I am sarcastic, tell horrid 2-part riddles, and am obsessed with blood who am i?

[Vampyr]

i dont gets it


and why do you have two trophies for super dance?

If you read my two riddles you will get it.....

And I have no clue. Maybe I'm just that damn good?

[Crash]

Time's up.

It has a brick in it's mouth.


what the hell? explain

[Fox 6]

ya im still confused :(

[Ace195]

From his 1st riddle where the guy threw a brick in the air.. duh :P hehe

[The Germanator]

From his 1st riddle where the guy threw a brick in the air.. duh :P hehe

Precisely...I actually love that one Vampyr, though when I pulled that on people I acted like it was a joke, than much later say that the second part is a completley new joke...It will sometimes work that way, it's fun. :)

[MasterMind]

Five birds were flying around, one bird flew into a tree and it died, how many birds are left?

[ulala06]

Five birds were flying around, one bird flew into a tree and it died, how many birds are left?


5

[Vampyr]

Precisely...I actually love that one Vampyr, though when I pulled that on people I acted like it was a joke, than much later say that the second part is a completley new joke...It will sometimes work that way, it's fun. :)

Haha, I'm glad you like it. :)

I also like to do what you mentioned. I tell the first riddle, the brick one to a group of people, and I refuse to tell them the answer. I even go as far to say "sleep on it...you might have an idea when you wake up..."

Then several days or even a week later, I tell the next part. They want to kill me, but I love it.

On one of my scholarship retreats I told the first part of the joke to my favorite supervisor. He's a short guy who loves video games and is obsessed with star wars. He is also an English Major and has read all of my favorite books.

Then, I told the last part of the joke to another supervisor, a woman, and told her to wait until the retreat was over to tell him the second part of the joke.

He still remembered it the next time I saw him. haha

[Typhoid]

I have a bunch. To make it less fun, im putting the solutions at the bottom, so if you dont want to know, dont read them.



Q1. Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river?

Q2.Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers?

Q3.What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits - just 2 digits, nothing else?

Q4.Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

Q5.Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?

Q6.Jenn is facetious. She is also abstemious. She gets pneumonia. Given those clues, what is the only American tree she will like?

Q7.How many birth days does the average man have?

Q8.Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than 1897 silver dollars?

Q9.What English word can have 4 of its 5 letters removed and still retain it's original pronunciation?

Q10. If there are 5 apples on the counter and you take away 2, how many do you have?



------------------Solutions---------------------------

A1. The kids row across. One comes back. An adult goes over, and the kid comes back. Both kids row across again, and one comes back. The other adult rows across and the kid comes back. Both kids row across again.

A2.You can't take a picture with hair curlers you need a camera!

A3. 99 ( 9 to the 9th power), this is 9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9 or 387,420,489.

A4.Mount Everest has always been the tallest mountain, even before being discovered!
(Actually the tallest mountain is Mauna Kea in Hawaii, but that is only counting what is below the water as well.)

A5. 6, he makes 5 originals from the 25 butts he found, and after he smokes them he has 5 butts left for another cigar.

A6.The Sequoia. She only likes words with all 5 vowels in them. The Sequoia is the only American tree that contains all 5 vowels.

A7. One.

A8.$1,898.00 is one more silver dollar than $1,897.00

A9.Queue

A10. 2

[dropCGCF]

What's the sum of every number from 1 to 100?


































It's 5050. 1+100 is 101, 99+2=101, so since you're using 50 pairs, 50 X 101 is 5050.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

Thiis is one of the best riddles i have ever heard:



"When the music stops, the little girl dies, why?"

[Fox 6]

shes singing on the music

[The Germanator]

Thiis is one of the best riddles i have ever heard:



"When the music stops, the little girl dies, why?"

She's playing the Russian Roulette version of musical chairs?

[Typhoid]

Thiis is one of the best riddles i have ever heard:



"When the music stops, the little girl dies, why?"


She got shot?

[Swan]

Because the "music" really isn't music. It's her life.

[Fox 6]

Because the "music" really isn't music. It's her life.
Thats the dumbest answer I've ever heard.

[Typhoid]

What has 2 legs and bleeds alot?



EDIT: I shall be back in a while to share the answer after people have guessed.

[dropCGCF]

What has 2 legs and bleeds alot?



EDIT: I shall be back in a while to share the answer after people have guessed.


A woman on the 28th day.

And to the music riddle, The song is about the girl. Once the song ends, the music dies, and therefore, so does she.

[Fox 6]

A woman on the 28th day.

And to the music riddle, The song is about the girl. Once the song ends, the music dies, and therefore, so does she.
Frankly i dont trust anything that bleeds for that long and doesnt die.