Riddles

[StokeBloke]

Damn it!! I thought that was a really original one!!

The next is yours, StokeBloke

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]

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]

Why - you are StokeBloke

Hehehehee well done Dai... tag you're it - you're turn now!

[Dai]

I have cities, but no houses, forests, but no trees, and rivers but no water.

What am i?

[StokeBloke]

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]

Indeed i am - i guess the buck is passed back to you!!!

[StokeBloke]

Indeed i am - i guess the buck is passed back to you!!!

Ummm I see a draw back of guessing these correctly



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

[Dai]

Well, your counting might be a little off, or you could be confused, or is it me that is confused!!

[David Franklin]

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]

Ummm I see a draw back of guessing these correctly



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]

(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]

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]

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)

Um, 7

[Gav]

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]

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 'd up last night As for the nine, this was a typo - it should have read none 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]

I think we had the same logic but i was little 'd up last night As for the nine, this was a typo - it should have read none 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! ).

[Gav]

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

[David Franklin]

So what does
11=?
12=?

Not telling. But I note that 2.718281828... = 1.

[Jhutch]

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

11=6
12=6

number of letters in the word

[Gav]

11=6
12=6

number of letters in the word

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