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Caro
5th-January-2007, 08:39 AM
Thought we could do with a riddles thread...

so here's the first one:

- It's at the beginning of the night
- It's there again in the middle of the morning
- You can see it when looking at the moon.

So, what is it?

David Franklin
5th-January-2007, 09:30 AM
The letter 'n'?

under par
5th-January-2007, 09:35 AM
what gets wetter the more you dry!!

Caro
5th-January-2007, 09:36 AM
that was quick! too easy?

care to suggest another one DF?

Trousers
5th-January-2007, 09:36 AM
Under Pars - A towel

David Franklin
5th-January-2007, 09:51 AM
that was quick! too easy?

care to suggest another one DF?This is pretty easy as well, especially given most people will be thinking the right way already, but it's too good not to post:

Letitia has a large one, and so has cousin Luce.
Eliza has a small one, though large enough for use.
Beneath a soft and glossy curl, each Lass has one in front.
To find it in an animal, you at the tail must hunt.

Hermaphrodites have none; Mermaids are minus too.
Nell Gwynn possessed a double share, if books we read are true.
It's used by all in Nuptial Bliss, in Carnal Pleasures found.
Destroy it, Life becomes extinct, the world is but a sound.

Lasciviousness here has its sources, Harlots its use apply.
Without it, Lust has never been, and even Love would die.
Now tell me what this wonder is, but pause before you guess it.
If you are mother, maid, or man, I swear you don't possess it.

Caro
5th-January-2007, 10:01 AM
This is pretty easy as well, especially given most people will be thinking the right way already, but it's too good not to post (snip)

very nice indeed, letter 'L'

How about this one:

How can you make 4 triangles with 6 matches ?

7 triangles with 9 matches?

(triangles must all have the same size)

StokeBloke
5th-January-2007, 10:02 AM
Looks like the letter 'L' to me ? But I've never been good at riddles - now ruddles... that's a different matter :D

StokeBloke
5th-January-2007, 10:05 AM
very nice indeed, letter 'L'

How about this one:

How can you make 4 triangles with 6 matches ?

7 triangles with 9 matches?

(triangles must all have the same size)But this one I do know... you make a 3D pyramid with the first answer, and a 3D diamond for the second. Not sure how better to describe it on a forum....

Dreadful Scathe
5th-January-2007, 10:05 AM
How can you make 4 triangles with 6 matches ?

This works better in real life with matchsticks, but it is a good one :)

Nothing beats "What have I got in my pockets" though ? ;)

StokeBloke
5th-January-2007, 10:08 AM
Here's one that may stretch your brain...

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

What number comes next?

Caro
5th-January-2007, 10:17 AM
13112221

What number comes next?

how about 1113213211 ? :D


This works better in real life with matchsticks, but it is a good one :)


even when I check the dictionary, I don't get the difference :confused:

Matchstick: A short slender piece of wood from which a match is made
Match: a narrow piece, usually of wood or cardboard, coated on one end with a compound that ignites when scratched against a rough or chemically treated surface.

I'll get my coat and start the cerocfrance forum... might feel a bit lonely though :sad:

StokeBloke
5th-January-2007, 10:46 AM
how about 1113213211 ? :DCaro - "Smarter than your average bear" :waycool:

under par
5th-January-2007, 11:14 AM
Nothing beats "What have I got in my pockets" though ? ;)

your hands and maybe some fluff!

David Franklin
5th-January-2007, 11:26 AM
even when I check the dictionary, I don't get the difference :confused: I think he was just meaning it didn't work well online - rather than making a comment on match v.s. matchstick.

under par
5th-January-2007, 11:30 AM
I think he was just meaning it didn't work well online - rather than making a comment on match v.s. matchstick.


Thats how I read it too:flower:

Dreadful Scathe
5th-January-2007, 11:37 AM
I think he was just meaning it didn't work well online - rather than making a comment on match v.s. matchstick.
yes indeed. Perhaps misdirecting everyone by mentioning matchsticks again was a riddle in itself but i was only agreeing :)

under par
5th-January-2007, 11:41 AM
your hands and maybe some fluff!

and a penknife and a cork !!!!

Caro
5th-January-2007, 11:42 AM
I think he was just meaning it didn't work well online - rather than making a comment on match v.s. matchstick.


Thats how I read it too:flower:


yes indeed. Perhaps misdirecting everyone by mentioning matchsticks again was a riddle in itself but i was only agreeing :)

cheers guys :blush:

ok do we need another one?

I never speak first, but I always have the last word...

under par
5th-January-2007, 11:48 AM
cheers guys :blush:

ok do we need another one? No! what is in Smurf's pocket is really perplexing me.... I need help..





I never speak first, but I always have the last word...


Oh alright then we will have to have 2 running then!

Warwick
5th-January-2007, 04:59 PM
Nothing beats "What have I got in my pockets" though ? ;)

A ring.. My Preciousssss

Caro
8th-January-2007, 02:42 PM
I never speak first, but I always have the last word...

no takers for this one?

I'd give a clue, but it's not that difficult difficult :wink:

Dizzy
8th-January-2007, 02:49 PM
I never speak first, but I always have the last word...

An Echooooo

Dizzy
9th-January-2007, 10:50 AM
I may be voiceless, but I cry.
I may be wingless, but I flutter.
I may be toothless, but I bite.
I may be mouthless, but I mutter.

Caro
9th-January-2007, 12:37 PM
I may be voiceless, but I cry.
I may be wingless, but I flutter.
I may be toothless, but I bite.
I may be mouthless, but I mutter.

I might struggle there with the english thing...

can the wind cry ? I imagine than you can use all sort of metaphoric verbs for the wind, such as cry, flutter, bite or mutter ?

Dizzy
9th-January-2007, 01:23 PM
I might struggle there with the english thing...

can the wind cry ? I imagine than you can use all sort of metaphoric verbs for the wind, such as cry, flutter, bite or mutter ?

very good :clap:

The Answer is the wind

StokeBloke
9th-January-2007, 02:32 PM
Three men check into a hotel, the manager charges them £30 for one room with three single beds which they share. The men go to their room and settle in, after a few moments the manager realises his mistake, he over charged the three men, the room rate was only £25. He sends for the bellboy to return £5 to the three men. On his way to the room the bellboy realises that he can't split £5 between 3 men so he decides to give each man £1 and pocket the remaining £2 as a tip. The bellboy returns the £1 to each man.

So the three men each paid £9 for the room, or a total of £27, include the £2 tip the bellboy kept and that equals £29, what happened to the other pound?

Dizzy
9th-January-2007, 02:40 PM
The Butler did it!!

ok, seriously:

The room cost £25 or £8.34 each
The remaining £5 is split with £1 to each man and £2 to Bellboy.

There is no remaining pound - It has just be rounded up too much.

Gav
9th-January-2007, 02:55 PM
I don't think it's to do with rounding numbers, I think it's more related to that kids trick where you prove that you have 11 fingers by counting down from 10 to 6 on one hand then adding the 5 from the other hand to make 11.

The final calculation is started with £30, taking away the £3 that has been returned making £27. Take away the £2 that was pocketed and you have the £25 that the room cost.
The "trick" came when adding the £2 that was pocketed instead of taking away.

Long-winded I know, but I think I got it.

StokeBloke
9th-January-2007, 03:11 PM
The "trick" came when adding the £2 that was pocketed instead of taking away.

Long-winded I know, but I think I got it.
Indeed you did mate :respect:

Gav
9th-January-2007, 03:16 PM
I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale.
I'll approach like a breeeze, but can come like a gale.
By some I get hit, but all have shown fear.
I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear.
Of names I have many, of names I have one.
I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run.
What am I?

Caro
9th-January-2007, 03:18 PM
I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale.
I'll approach like a breeeze, but can come like a gale.
By some I get hit, but all have shown fear.
I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear.
Of names I have many, of names I have one.
I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run.
What am I?

death?

Gav
9th-January-2007, 03:23 PM
death?

nope.

Freya
9th-January-2007, 03:25 PM
I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale.
I'll approach like a breeeze, but can come like a gale.
By some I get hit, but all have shown fear.
I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear.
Of names I have many, of names I have one.
I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run.
What am I?

is it Life?

Gav
9th-January-2007, 03:26 PM
is it Life?

nope.

Freya
9th-January-2007, 03:30 PM
I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale.
I'll approach like a breeeze, but can come like a gale.
By some I get hit, but all have shown fear.
I'll dance to the music, though I can't hear.
Of names I have many, of names I have one.
I'm as slow as a snail, but from me you can't run.
What am I?

Ok bit confusing this one! But the Lines:

I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale.
but all have shown fear.
I'll dance to the music
from me you can't run

Would suggest something like a shadow?

Gav
9th-January-2007, 03:31 PM
Ok bit confusing this one! But the Lines:

I'm as small as an ant, as big as a whale.
but all have shown fear.
I'll dance to the music
from me you can't run

Would suggest something like a shadow?

You got it. A shadow it is. :worthy:

Freya
9th-January-2007, 03:32 PM
You got it. A shadow it is. :worthy:

Wow ok....Is it my turn?

Freya
9th-January-2007, 03:46 PM
There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink.
The doors are pink, the windows are pink and the TV is pink.
What color are the stairs....

Gav
9th-January-2007, 03:48 PM
There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink.
The doors are pink, the windows are pink and the TV is pink.
What color are the stairs....

You'll have to try harder than that.

No stairs, it's a single storey house!

Freya
9th-January-2007, 03:53 PM
You'll have to try harder than that.

No stairs, it's a single storey house!

Well done! it was one of the ones I could remember!

Caro
9th-January-2007, 04:01 PM
(pink stuff)

along the same lines...

There's a black car coming in a street which isn't lit. The car hasn't got any lights on either. Road is dark colour, houses surrounding are dark. There's a black man, all dressed in black, who crosses the street just as the car arrives. Yet the car stops and doesn't hit the pedestrian. Why?

Dai
9th-January-2007, 04:05 PM
well either its the middle of the day

or the black man is looking directly at the car, with big scared rabbit in the head light eyes, (i know - head lights not on - just a way of explaining his wide eyed expression) and smiling or baring his sparkly white teeth!

Caro
9th-January-2007, 04:08 PM
well either its the middle of the day



that's right... that was easy though :wink:

Anybody else has got one?

Dai
9th-January-2007, 04:10 PM
A man standing a gallery looks at a painting and says:

Sisters and brothers i have none, but that man's father was my father's son.

Who is he looking at in the painting?

Jhutch
9th-January-2007, 04:12 PM
Himself? Or a half-brother?

Dai
9th-January-2007, 04:13 PM
nope!!! :D

Keep trying

Gav
9th-January-2007, 04:16 PM
A man standing a gallery looks at a painting and says:

Sisters and brothers i have none, but that man's father was my father's son.

Who is he looking at in the painting?

If I have no brothers and sisters then my father's son is me. If that man's father is me then I must be looking at a painting of my son?

StokeBloke
9th-January-2007, 04:18 PM
along the same lines...

There's a black car coming in a street which isn't lit. The car hasn't got any lights on either. Road is dark colour, houses surrounding are dark. There's a black man, all dressed in black, who crosses the street just as the car arrives. Yet the car stops and doesn't hit the pedestrian. Why?
Because the black man is on a Children Crossing sign held by a lollypop lady?

Jhutch
9th-January-2007, 04:19 PM
If I have no brothers and sisters then my father's son is me. If that man's father is me then I must be looking at a painting of my son?
:blush: you could be right, although the use of 'was' suggests that his son is deceased?

Dai
9th-January-2007, 04:28 PM
:clap: :clap: :clap: yes, its his son!!!:clap: :clap: :clap:

Gav
9th-January-2007, 04:32 PM
A woman has 7 children.
Half of them are boys.
How is this possible?

Dai
9th-January-2007, 04:38 PM
a) one of 7 is a hermaphrodite
b) 4 or more of them are male, making the statement true that half them are male, as it doesn't actually state the other half are female.

Gav
9th-January-2007, 04:40 PM
a) one of 7 is a hermaphrodite
b) 4 or more of them are male, making the statement true that half them are male, as it doesn't actually state the other half are female.

a) nah :na:

b) close enough, half are boys and so are the other half. :respect:

Dai
9th-January-2007, 04:50 PM
what am i?

One man made me and sold me
One man bought me and didn't use me
One man used me, but didn't know he was using me.

(NB, man can be interchange with woman!!)

Dizzy
9th-January-2007, 05:02 PM
a coffin

Dai
9th-January-2007, 05:05 PM
Yep yep yep!!!

:respect:

Have you heard that one before??

Your turn then dizzy

Dizzy
9th-January-2007, 05:06 PM
One day Kerry celebrated her birthday. Two days later her older twin brother, Terry, celebrated his birthday. How could this be?

StokeBloke
9th-January-2007, 05:08 PM
This is to do with leap years, midnight, and crossing the international date line during delivery isn't it?

Dizzy
9th-January-2007, 05:12 PM
Damn it!! I thought that was a really original one!!

The next is yours, StokeBloke :flower:

StokeBloke
9th-January-2007, 05:53 PM
Damn it!! I thought that was a really original one!!

The next is yours, StokeBloke :flower:
My first is in samba
but not in ceroc
My second's in tango
but not in leroc
My third is in ocho
but not in cha cha
My fourth is in walkaround
but never bourgeois
My fifth is in egg timer
but not in a drop kick
My sixth is in basket
but not a nelson flick
My seventh is in cleaver
but not in a reverse
My eight's in motormower
but not in a rehearse
My ninth is in armlock
but not in a catapult basic
My tenth is in candelstick
but not in yo-yo or in a flick

Who am I?

Dai
9th-January-2007, 06:09 PM
My first is in Samba
but not in ceroc
My second's in Tango
but not in leroc
My third is in Ocho
but not in cha cha
My fourth is in walKaround
but never bourgeois
My fifth is in Egg timer
but not in a drop kick
My sixth is in Basket
but not a nelson flick
My seventh is in cLeaver
but not in a reverse
My eight's in motormower
but not in a rehearse
My ninth is in armlock
but not in a catapult basic
My tenth is in candelstick
but not in yo-yo or in a flick

Who am I?

Why - you are StokeBloke

StokeBloke
9th-January-2007, 06:12 PM
Why - you are StokeBloke:respect:
Hehehehee well done Dai... tag you're it - you're turn now!

Dai
9th-January-2007, 06:14 PM
I have cities, but no houses, forests, but no trees, and rivers but no water.

What am i?

StokeBloke
9th-January-2007, 06:25 PM
I was thinking it's something like the football league, but I can't think of a team with river in it....... so I would have a crack at... you're a map?

Dai
9th-January-2007, 06:26 PM
Indeed i am - i guess the buck is passed back to you!!!

StokeBloke
9th-January-2007, 06:34 PM
Indeed i am - i guess the buck is passed back to you!!!
Ummm I see a draw back of guessing these correctly :innocent:



I have four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs at night? So, what am I?

Dai
9th-January-2007, 07:12 PM
Well, your counting might be a little off, or you could be confused, or is it me that is confused!! :confused:

David Franklin
9th-January-2007, 07:36 PM
I have four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs at night? So, what am I?Hint:

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,

mrs_warwick
9th-January-2007, 07:37 PM
Ummm I see a draw back of guessing these correctly :innocent:



I have four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs at night? So, what am I?

A man?
Man walks on four legs (crawls) in the morning of his life, walks upright on two during the middle of his life (noon) then with a stick (thus 3 legs) at the end of his life.

(This is the riddle that the Sphinx asked Hercules or one of the other ancient heroes)

David Franklin
9th-January-2007, 07:43 PM
(This is the riddle that the Sphinx asked Hercules or one of the other ancient heroes)Oedipus actually (the original bad mother $%@!#\". Can you dig it?).

mrs_warwick
9th-January-2007, 10:59 PM
Here's mine:

I have a basket of fresh eggs. I go to person A and give them half the eggs in my basket and half an egg. I go to person B, give them half the eggs left in my basket and half an egg. I go to person C, give them half the eggs in my basket and half an egg. I have no eggs left. How many did I start with?

Jhutch
10th-January-2007, 12:40 AM
Here's mine:

I have a basket of fresh eggs. I go to person A and give them half the eggs in my basket and half an egg. I go to person B, give them half the eggs left in my basket and half an egg. I go to person C, give them half the eggs in my basket and half an egg. I have no eggs left. How many did I start with?

well, if you finish with nine then you person C must receive hapf an egg, to equal the other half that is nown.. Perosn B gets one and a hlaf + a hl;af so you have three when he is ready. Since you started Person B with 3, then you must have 7 when confronting person A? (7-(3.5 +.5)=3):blush:

Um, 7:blush:

Gav
10th-January-2007, 09:23 AM
I came by the same answer (7) but with slightly different logic (I don't know how you got the number 9 in your calculations?).

As usual the starting point is the trick.

If you end up with no eggs and the last person got half the eggs + 1 half, there can only have been 1 egg.
Person B got half the eggs + 1 half, so 1 + 1/2 = half the eggs, therefore there must have been 3 eggs when you approached person B.
Person C got half the eggs + 1 half, so 3 + 1/2 = half the eggs, therefore you started with 7 eggs.

and seeing as they were fresh eggs which had to be halved, you also got a very messy basket!

Jhutch
10th-January-2007, 10:27 AM
I came by the same answer (7) but with slightly different logic (I don't know how you got the number 9 in your calculations?).

As usual the starting point is the trick.

If you end up with no eggs and the last person got half the eggs + 1 half, there can only have been 1 egg.
Person B got half the eggs + 1 half, so 1 + 1/2 = half the eggs, therefore there must have been 3 eggs when you approached person B.
Person C got half the eggs + 1 half, so 3 + 1/2 = half the eggs, therefore you started with 7 eggs.

and seeing as they were fresh eggs which had to be halved, you also got a very messy basket!

I think we had the same logic but i was little:cheers: 'd up last night:blush: As for the nine, this was a typo - it should have read none:grin: O and I are next to each other on the keyboard

EDIT: Actually reading it back i have no idea what i was talking about at times

Gav
10th-January-2007, 10:33 AM
I think we had the same logic but i was little:cheers: 'd up last night:blush: As for the nine, this was a typo - it should have read none:grin: O and I are next to each other on the keyboard

I thought that was probably the case, but I was being polite and discreet for once (see I do know how! :na: ).

Gav
10th-January-2007, 10:36 AM
1=3
2=3
3=5
4=4
5=4
6=3
7=5
8=5
9=4
10=3

So what does
11=?
12=?

EDIT: Oops, there's me jumping ahead without waiting to see if we were right! Sorry Mrs. Warwick :blush:

David Franklin
10th-January-2007, 10:50 AM
So what does
11=?
12=?Not telling. But I note that 2.718281828... = 1.

Jhutch
10th-January-2007, 10:53 AM
1=3
2=3
3=5
4=4
5=4
6=3
7=5
8=5
9=4
10=3

So what does
11=?
12=?

EDIT: Oops, there's me jumping ahead without waiting to see if we were right! Sorry Mrs. Warwick :blush:

11=6
12=6

number of letters in the word

Gav
10th-January-2007, 10:56 AM
11=6
12=6

number of letters in the word

Yep :angry: thought that'd keep you guessing for longer than that! :tears:

Jhutch
10th-January-2007, 02:19 PM
not one of mine but ive been working hard all morning:sad: :tears:

Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, "Well, yesterday was one of my lying days." Alice can't figure it out just from the lion's answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, "Yesterday was also one of my lying days." What day is it?

David Franklin
10th-January-2007, 02:31 PM
Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, "Well, yesterday was one of my lying days." Alice can't figure it out just from the lion's answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, "Yesterday was also one of my lying days." What day is it?I think it's Thursday. The Lion or Unicorn can only say "Yesterday was one of my lying days" if either "yesterday was a lying day and today isn't" or "yesterday wasn't a lying day and today is". So the Lion can only say it on Mondays and Thursdays and the unicorn on Thursdays and Sundays. Thursday is the only common day.

Freya
10th-January-2007, 02:34 PM
not one of mine but ive been working hard all morning:sad: :tears:

Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, "Well, yesterday was one of my lying days." Alice can't figure it out just from the lion's answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, "Yesterday was also one of my lying days." What day is it?

Well one of them must be telling the truth and one of them must be lying!

the answer must be thursday....I think!

If the day is thursday then the unicorn is lying because he doesn't lie on wed and the Lion is telling the truth! it doesn't work for anyother day!

Jhutch
10th-January-2007, 02:54 PM
yes, you are both right:clap: but david got there first so it is his turn to set the next one:)

David Franklin
10th-January-2007, 02:57 PM
I liked this one:

An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant
city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is
slower will win. The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask
a wise man for advise. After hearing the advice they jump on the
camels and race as fast as they can to the city. What does the wise
man say?

Jhutch
10th-January-2007, 03:05 PM
Swap camels? Then the 'winner' would get the fortune as his camel, who the other person is riding, would be the slower one?

David Franklin
10th-January-2007, 03:07 PM
Swap camels? Then the 'winner' would get the fortune as his camel, who the other person is riding, would be the slower one?Very good! :clap:

Jhutch
10th-January-2007, 03:44 PM
What is special about the number 854917632?

Paulthetrainer
10th-January-2007, 06:31 PM
What is special about the number 854917632?

Errrr....I couldn't help noticing, but doesn't 854917632 contain the numbers one to nine, but in alphabetical order....?

Jhutch
10th-January-2007, 08:47 PM
Errrr....I couldn't help noticing, but doesn't 854917632 contain the numbers one to nine, but in alphabetical order....?

Correct:grin: Your turn

mrs_warwick
10th-January-2007, 09:10 PM
EDIT: Oops, there's me jumping ahead without waiting to see if we were right! Sorry Mrs. Warwick :blush:

It's a good thing you did continue as this is the first time I have had a chance to get to the computer all day.

Yes the answer is 7.
:nice:

CentrAlex
11th-January-2007, 01:06 AM
Ok I have one for you!

What goes in the water,
Out of the water,
But never touches the water??

:confused:

Warwick
11th-January-2007, 01:20 AM
Ok I have one for you!

What goes in the water,
Out of the water,
But never touches the water??

:confused:

That'd be a wave... of light. This is a physics pun isn't it?

Warwick
11th-January-2007, 01:24 AM
Even if I didn't get Alex's right, I'd like to enter this one for the thinking caps.

When you do not know what it is it is something; but when you know what it is, then it is nothing. What is it?

Freya
11th-January-2007, 01:50 AM
Even if I didn't get Alex's right, I'd like to enter this one for the thinking caps.

When you do not know what it is it is something; but when you know what it is, then it is nothing. What is it?

zero?

Warwick
11th-January-2007, 10:49 AM
zero?

Nope.

CentrAlex
11th-January-2007, 01:10 PM
That'd be a wave... of light. This is a physics pun isn't it?

Nope!

Warwick
11th-January-2007, 02:03 PM
Nope!

erm a hovercraft?

CentrAlex
11th-January-2007, 02:08 PM
erm a hovercraft?

Nope, a hovercraft touches the water and goes on it, not in it!

Keep guessing!

Caro
11th-January-2007, 02:30 PM
What goes in the water,
Out of the water,
But never touches the water??


an ice-diver?




When you do not know what it is it is something; but when you know what it is, then it is nothing. What is it?

death? or a riddle may be ?

Here's another one that I haven't found yet (and I'm very annoyed with it cause I'm sure it's easy once you know:angry: )

The more you look for me, the less you find me...

CentrAlex
11th-January-2007, 02:37 PM
an ice-diver?

Here's another one that I haven't found yet (and I'm very annoyed with it cause I'm sure it's easy once you know:angry: )

The more you look for me, the less you find me...

your sanity??

CentrAlex
11th-January-2007, 02:38 PM
Ok I have one for you!

What goes in the water,
Out of the water,
But never touches the water??

:confused:

Just to put you out of your misery...it is a man in a submarine!

DD+
11th-January-2007, 02:42 PM
Ok I have one for you!

What goes in the water,
Out of the water,
But never touches the water??

:confused:

OMG - i cant actually believe that i think i know this one!!!!

A ducks egg!

Caro
11th-January-2007, 02:44 PM
your sanity??

I guess that could work... had sugar in coffee too but that didn't seem to be the answer. :confused:


Just to put you out of your misery...it is a man in a submarine!

hey the ice-diver worked too :D ! provided (s)he has the right equipment!

CentrAlex
11th-January-2007, 02:44 PM
OMG - i cant actually believe that i think i know this one!!!!

A ducks egg!

Please see above!!!

Warwick
11th-January-2007, 02:52 PM
or a riddle may be ?



That's the bunny.

robd
12th-February-2007, 01:22 AM
This may or may not have been a topic on here before but...

What question can only ever be answered 'No'?

Jhutch
12th-February-2007, 01:30 AM
I think there was a thread running about a month ago?

In answer to your riddle, is the answer 'what do the letters 'n' and 'o' spell when put in that order?:confused:

Cruella
12th-February-2007, 01:34 AM
"Fletch, are your boobs natural?"


:whistle:

robd
12th-February-2007, 01:35 AM
I think there was a thread running about a month ago?

In answer to your riddle, is the answer 'what do the letters 'n' and 'o' spell when put in that order?:confused:


Probably there was but stuff in this section is pretty ephemeral anyway.

Your answer is not the one I am thinking of.

Nor is it 'Silverfox, would you like to dance?' :D

Dai
12th-February-2007, 12:52 PM
This may or may not have been a topic on here before but...

What question can only ever be answered 'No'?

Is berkhampstead a friendly venue?

robd
12th-February-2007, 01:10 PM
This is a genuine riddle, not a sly dig at anything to do with dancers or dance venues btw.

Trouble
12th-February-2007, 02:51 PM
"Fletch, are your boobs natural?"


:whistle:


LOL

xx

Freya
12th-February-2007, 04:00 PM
What is the opposite of yes?

robd
12th-February-2007, 04:04 PM
What is the opposite of yes?

That is true but not what I was thinking of.

Jhutch
12th-February-2007, 06:03 PM
How about, what is the word that is used when 'number' is reduced to two letters?

Caro
12th-February-2007, 06:54 PM
What question can only ever be answered 'No'?

Are you lying?

If you say the truth, you can't lie so the answer is no.
If you are lying, you can't say that you are so the answer is no.



By the way I started a thread (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11034)with the exact same title not that long ago... :whistle:

*grumble something about her threads not being worthy of reading by Miiiister RobD...*

ducasi
12th-February-2007, 09:32 PM
By the way I started a thread (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11034)with the exact same title not that long ago... :whistle:

*grumble something about her threads not being worthy of reading by Miiiister RobD...*
I've now merged his thread into yours. :)

robd
13th-February-2007, 01:10 PM
Are you lying?

If you say the truth, you can't lie so the answer is no.
If you are lying, you can't say that you are so the answer is no.



By the way I started a thread (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11034)with the exact same title not that long ago... :whistle:

*grumble something about her threads not being worthy of reading by Miiiister RobD...*

Good answer but not the one I am thinking of.

By the way, I wouldn't dream of touching your threads after Southport :grin:

As (not much of) a clue I will say that I heard a line in a film I watched on Sunday which made me think of the riddle.

Trouble
13th-February-2007, 01:14 PM
Good answer but not the one I am thinking of.

By the way, I wouldn't dream of touching your threads after Southport :grin:

As (not much of) a clue I will say that I heard a line in a film I watched on Sunday which made me think of the riddle.

im confused. !! what was the riddle, i cant find it now. !!

Piglet
13th-February-2007, 06:54 PM
This may or may not have been a topic on here before but...

What question can only ever be answered 'No'?

Say on backwards ?

ShinyWeeStar
13th-February-2007, 09:21 PM
What question can only ever be answered 'No'?

Are you asleep?

Piglet
13th-February-2007, 09:47 PM
This may or may not have been a topic on here before but...

What question can only ever be answered 'No'?

Are you dead?

robd
13th-February-2007, 10:18 PM
Are you asleep?

That's the one I was thinking of :clap: though many of the others people have posted would be equally valid.

Yogi_Bear
13th-February-2007, 11:32 PM
That's the one I was thinking of :clap: though many of the others people have posted would be equally valid.

But that isn't sufficient. If someone asks "Are you asleep" and you are awake you could reply with any number of alternative phrases meaning 'I am not asleep'. The same is true of any other question that could be put.

robd
14th-February-2007, 11:27 AM
But that isn't sufficient. If someone asks "Are you asleep" and you are awake you could reply with any number of alternative phrases meaning 'I am not asleep'. The same is true of any other question that could be put.

Points to Yogi Bear, the man who always intends to attend but never quite makes it, for being the first to nitpick and get all literal over a simple riddle. :clap:

I thought about phrasing the question as 'What question can only ever be answered negatively?' but imagined that no-one would be too pedantic about it. Clearly I was wrong.

Yogi_Bear
14th-February-2007, 11:32 AM
Points to Yogi Bear, the man who always intends to attend but never quite makes it, for being the first to nitpick and get all literal over a simple riddle. :clap:

I thought about phrasing the question as 'What question can only ever be answered negatively?' but imagined that no-one would be too pedantic about it. Clearly I was wrong.

No need to get upset about it, I'm just trying to explore the meaning of words we use....:nice:
Not sure about the 'always indends to attend' bit though......:whistle:

StokeBloke
14th-February-2007, 11:51 AM
Maybe....

What question can never be answered truthfully?

...would work better. Just sayin' :)

Jhutch
14th-February-2007, 12:45 PM
Dont think its my turn but here goes anyway:)

Two cars were involved in an accident in the centre of town. The man who was driving a little green car, had overtaken a big black car. The driver had misjudged the distance between him and the on-coming traffic and had to swerve back in, causing the black car to swerve and crash into a shop window. When the occupants of the cars were examined everyone in the green car was okay, but in the black car was one dead man. However, the driver of the green car was not charged with manslaughter, why was this so?

robd
14th-February-2007, 12:48 PM
The black car was a hearse carrying a man who was already dead?

Jhutch
14th-February-2007, 12:50 PM
The black car was a hearse carrying a man who was already dead?

Yep:) Your turn....

Jhutch
14th-February-2007, 01:00 PM
Continuing the rather morbid theme which is not really in keeping with the nature of today....

There is a dead man in the center of a field. He carried with him an unopened package. As he neared the center of the field, he knew he was going to die. How did he know he was going to die?

Gav
14th-February-2007, 01:03 PM
Continuing the rather morbid theme which is not really in keeping with the nature of today....

There is a dead man in the center of a field. He carried with him an unopened package. As he neared the center of the field, he knew he was going to die. How did he know he was going to die?

Because the unopened package was his defective parachute.

Jhutch
14th-February-2007, 01:13 PM
Because the unopened package was his defective parachute.

Correct:)

Gav
14th-February-2007, 01:15 PM
Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly;
and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap.

What is she?

Yogi_Bear
14th-February-2007, 01:17 PM
Maybe....

What question can never be answered truthfully?

...would work better. Just sayin' :)

How about 'Is there life after death? You must answer yes or no'.

Jhutch
14th-February-2007, 01:22 PM
Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly;
and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap.

What is she?

Needle and thread?:)

Gav
14th-February-2007, 01:26 PM
Needle and thread?:)

yep..