Well this game starts with someone posting a riddle, and the following people would guess. Whoever guesses it correctly, he/she would set the next riddle. Understood? Let's start with me! :biggrin:

What is the best way to send a letter to the Easter Bunny?

Let's see who's a riddle expert..........

is it Hare Mail? (I think this is more a joke than a riddle, no?)

is it Hare Mail? (I think this is more a joke than a riddle, no?)

I think my riddle was set too easy... And Atreyu, a joke is like this :

A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink and while he's drinking, the monkey starts jumping all over the place. The monkey grabs some olives off the bar and eats them, then grabs some sliced limes and eats them,then jumps up on the pool table, grabs the cue ball, sticks it in his mouth and swallows it whole.

The bartender screams at the guy, "Did you see what your monkey just did?" The guy says, "No, what?" "He just ate the cue ball off my pool table - whole!" says the bartender. "Yeah, that doesn't surprise me," replies the patron. "He eats everything in sight, the little twerp. I'll pay for the cue ball and stuff." He finishes his drink, pays his bill, and leaves. Two weeks later he's in the bar again, and he has his monkey with him. He orders a drink and the monkey starts running around the bar again.

While the man is drinking, the monkey finds a maraschino cherry on the bar. He grabs it, sticks it up his butt, pulls it out, and eats it. The bartender is disgusted. "Did you see what your monkey did now?" "Now what?" asks the patron. "Well, he stuck a maraschino cherry up his butt, then pulled it out and ate it!" says the barkeeper.

"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me," replies the patron. "He still eats everything in sight, but ever since he ate that damn cue ball he measures everything first!"

Source : http://www.injokes.com/view.php?ItemID=273

I'd have to set harder jokes next time...:mad: I'll leave it all to you then, Atreyu. :eek:

I'd have to set harder jokes next time...:mad: I'll leave it all to you then, Atreyu. :eek:

Heh I think you meant to use the word "riddle." ;)

/me hugs Charlotte


Marys father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, and Nono.
What is the fifth daughters name?

/me sings "Me Nono small robot you know, friend of Ulysses.... ooooohoooohoooohooohooh."

Would it be Nunu? (going with vowels in alphabetical order)

.......Nope. :?:

Atreyu! I know the answer! :S I've seen this one before...

The answer is Mary? :biggrin:

Correct> Good Job!

Mary's Father has 5 daughters...


next?

What is something that - Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the air alone gives birth?

This is a tricky one... :twisted:

is it wind?

Hmmm... that's pretty close but the answer is...

NO.

:razz: Keep on guessing! :razz:

What is something that - Lives without a body, hears without ears, speaks without a mouth, to which the air alone gives birth?

This is a tricky one... :twisted:An Echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo...

/me gives *AJ* a huge huge hear-hear!

Well doneee. You've earned yourself an opputunity to set the next riddle!

Go on, we're waiting...

An echo? I don't get it....

Lives without a body? - Lives as in exists, not as in alive. Ok then... I get that bit.

hears without ears? - How does an echo hear? :S

speaks without a mouth? - Ok... so we can hear it, this must be it's 'voice'?

to which the air alone gives birth? - If it was just air, there would be no echo. The sound needs something to bounce off of, doesn't it?

I think I'm just no good at riddles! hehe

even I refrained from being that much of a smartass. thats gotta tell you something :P

An echo? I don't get it....

hears without ears? - How does an echo hear? :S

I think I'm just no good at riddles! hehe

lol Ches... Well, it hears without ears cuz it has no ears? :rolleyes: *shrugs*

I myself ain't good at riddles, just happened to think of the word, 'riddles' and popped in this thread.

Right. As AJ isn't about, here's a riddle that's round about my level :D

What cheese is made backwards?

easy!!! edam. and yummy it is

Well done you... ok then. Lets have a coupla nautical questions:

If, from a blue boat, you drop a yellow hat into the red sea, what does it become?

and

What kind of stones can not be found in the ocean?

it becomes a wet hat.

whetstones?

Ches, it's stated that only the person that gets the last person's answer, can set the next riddle, so...? This is not a thread for posting riddles whenever you want to. Create another thread if you want to.

and you said you weren't going to be a smartass :P

Although unfortunately, you're wrong on number 2 - try thinking opposite to what you got there. :)


edit:

Ok... thanks for the telling off Charlotte. Shall bear that in mind in future. Just figured that this was quite a good thread and shouldn't be sat here if AJ isn't going to be online for a bit.

Also, as nateman had not posted a riddle, I had assumed the path was clear.

dry stone im guessing in that case.

Sure sure... No problem. If AJ really doesn't get on soon, I'll pick another person to replace her

i didnt post a riddle because i didnt want to assume i was right :)

ive got one tho if i may be allowed.

AJ is a lass. :)

and indeed dry stones is what it was. Looks like this game is on pause now though.

|| <-------- feeble attempt at pause sign. lol

All right... stop posting for the moment, post after AJ's back.

* nateman wants a gift voucher good for two riddles :twisted:

Oops! Sorry Charlotte and real blokes in this thread :p I didn't realise I was supposed to set you a riddle too. Please continue without me, I usually like to figure out riddles, not give them :)

If I do answer a riddle, I'll post another so I don't get told off. But for now, please continue without me. thanks :)

I know a riddle where you have to escape a room

Reece, do you mean a game? ^

I figured I should post a riddle (Ches totally didn't hint at me :biggrin:) so here goes....

The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it and the user never sees it. what is it?

lol! Sorry, I'm floating about now just for this thread :razz:

Reece, do you mean a game? ^

I figured I should post a riddle (Ches totally didn't hint at me :biggrin:) so here goes....

lol

The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it and the user never sees it. what is it?

Is it the un-maternal mother of a guide dog? :biggrin:

Is it the un-maternal mother of a guide dog? :biggrin:
lol :eek: Nope

The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it and the user never sees it. what is it?

That'll be a coffin then. Heard this one before :P

I don't have one.. someone else can go ahead and post, and Charlotte this is a good thread but I think if whoever gets it right doesn't post a riddle someone else should be able to. As long as we don't end up with hundreds going at once, that is!

a robber? ?

I'll go! :smile:

Si tasha, 'twas a coffin.

Some dude, let's call him Ches :twisted: was found hanging in a locked room with no furniture. All there was, was a puddle of water below Ches' feet. How did he hang himself if there was no furniture to stand on?

That'll be a coffin then. Heard this one before :P

I don't have one.. someone else can go ahead and post, and Charlotte this is a good thread but I think if whoever gets it right doesn't post a riddle someone else should be able to. As long as we don't end up with hundreds going at once, that is!

All right, but if it really goes into chaos I'll change it back to the old rules - the person would set the next riddle if he/she gets the past riddle right.

So for the time being - the rules are changed, you're free to post, but please don't post a riddle after a riddle has just been set.

He was hanging as in dead, si.

Try an easy one! Name a jam you canNOT eat. This's real simplicity.

I'll go! :smile:

Si tasha, 'twas a coffin.

Some dude, let's call him Ches :twisted: was found hanging in a locked room with no furniture. All there was, was a puddle of water below Ches' feet. How did he hang himself if there was no furniture to stand on?

Was I initially standing on the puddle in a frozen form?

Try an easy one! Name a jam you can eat. This's real simplicity.

I think I can eat all types of jam... except maybe printer jams or traffic jams.

I'll go! :smile:

Si tasha, 'twas a coffin.

Some dude, let's call him Ches :twisted: was found hanging in a locked room with no furniture. All there was, was a puddle of water below Ches' feet. How did he hang himself if there was no furniture to stand on?

mm the puddle of water is the key no? sth melted? did oh-so-smart Ches use some furniture made of ice to step on then hang himself?

btw, hi char :)

hehe. Welcome to the forum missN :)

(oh-so-smart Ches suggested ice first. I win. yayayaya! :D)

Welcome to the forum missN/gorg! mmm...That's quite a clever guess btw... Remember to step by the introductions and introduce yourself!

So for the time being - the rules are changed, you're free to post, but please don't post a riddle after a riddle has just been set.

Try an easy one! Name a jam you can eat. This's real simplicity.

You is breakin ur own roolz innit.

He was hanging as in dead, si.

Hasn't AJ annouced the answer to that riddle? Oh and btw what does 'si.' stand for? That could've lead to my misunderstanding :/

:P Then sorry I was mistooken.

Was I initially standing on the puddle in a frozen form?
Wd Ches, was a block of ice you were standing on. RIP dude :p

Wd Ches, was a block of ice you were standing on. RIP dude :p

aww.. my ans was too later then? :cry:

and hi ches :) a pleasure to meet someone who dies/going to die/died so imaginatively.

char, does that mean i have permission to post a riddle? i mean, your edible jam one is still running right? ;p

Of course that goes without saying! Lots of edible jams I'll say, but actually that was meant to be 'unedible' jam so Ches gets a bronze trophy (cos it's an easy one) for getting the answerrr traffic jam

Who got hungry after reading the book 'three lil oink oinks'??
*Dat one shud keep yous guessing for days!!! mwahahaha!

The pigs? You, yourself? Me? lol

okay. i'm assuming the delicious pigs riddle is over ;p here goes! i gotta pluck this riddle frm the deepest pit of my memory. ahem

a son and his dad took the car out for a drive.. ta daa! they met in an accident XD the father was fine, but the son was badly injured. daddy then rushed his precious son to the hospital. quickly, the son was admitted into the emergency unit. the father in fact is a doctor, but is not allowed to perform the operation on his son (a rule whereby doctors are restricted from getting involved with their own family members due to emotional factors ;p it's true). so he said to the nurse, "i can't perform the operation cause he's my son. please find me another doctor and be quick". thus, the nurse quickly found another doctor to handle the matter. but in despair, the doctor came and announced, "sorry, i can't perform the operation either. he too is my son"

how is this possible? :) there are a few reasonable answers, but only one makes true sense :D

oh no :X my bad. haha

Heyy, wait up! U still aint done with my riddle! solve it.... *naughty naughty missN*

okay. i'm assuming the delicious pigs riddle is over ;p here goes! i gotta pluck this riddle frm the deepest pit of my memory. ahem

Sorry to tell you that you can't post when another riddle is going on. This may cause confusion to us and if there're too many riddles we'd have to point out which particular riddle they're pointing to. So this thread must not get out of hand and stay at place.

We'll get back to this riddle when the pig's riddle's answer is resolved, so please be patient, sit back and wait. Meanwhile keep guessing!

Heyy, wait up! U still aint done with my riddle! solve it.... *naughty naughty missN*

to repent for my sins, i gotta solve the riddle no? umm how about the big bad wolf mr. giov? :D

Awww if 1 month flies past and no one guesses it you'd have to give a hinty Giovanni. Can't make this riddle go one forever with no correct guesses lol.

And you still haven't graded our guesses, Gio? Are we correct?

one month? holy!

Fo sho i thought that one will have u guys stumped...guess not..ehem...looks like we gotta winner! Congrats missN!!! u done it wit...ease. lol!!

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4913/theanswerah6.png

lol

lol @ "PORN handle wit care" ^

awesome drawing btw, Gio :razz:

Si Tasha, tis his muvva. That one usually trips people up cos they forget women can be surgeons too. Sexists :p

I'll put in a bit more 'twist' and 'controversy' in there -
the father's long time mistress : P

Okay -- next:

I fill each hole but cannot flow
I cannot shine, I cannot glow
I drink your life and give you sleep
Behind the stars, endlessly deep

I fill your nose but can't be smelt
Put my hands on me, I can't be felt
Go on, guess, take a leap,
Or behind your back I will creep


(I made it up myself, as you should do with these games!)

are we supposed to guess in spoilers?

is it
Air :o

Is it air/oxygen/carbon dioxide? :razz:

/clap mr. giov's big bad wolf

If there's oxygen behind the stars, NASA are wasting loads of money :biggrin:

No, try again

how bout Time?

mm i'll guess vacuum :)

space ? ??

if it's right i post my riddle (it's not a game)

ahh space is a good one :)

Behind the stars, endlessly deep

I fill your nose but can't be smelt
Put my hands on me, I can't be felt

Stars don't have yawn behind them do they? And can yawn be smelt? Does it fill our nose? Lastly, a yawn can be felt, a warm air comes out of your mouth when you yawn.

i demand the answer! ;p

how bout Time?
Time is a human construct, it can't do all that much :)

mm i'll guess vacuum :)
You've got a vacuum in your nose :eek:?

space ? ??
I anticipated that one -- but space cannot creep behind your back. And it doesn't have much relation to the line "I drink your life and give you sleep"


Sorry, try again ;)

a shadow ?
EDIT: me and my sisters loled at the vacuum comment!

Nope, read the riddle again. Shadow doesn't answer to a few lines. Close though

could it be darkness?

i've got it! something!

darkness has to be it! :D btw, lmao at vacuum in my nose ;p ( just to clear any doubts, i meant the vacuum in outer space. haha but the real vacuum being in the nose was a good one)

could it be darkness?

/clap tazcoupe :!:

Reece: 'something' does kinda make sense, but it could be the answer to every riddle :D

Okay, next!

ahh kk. how does this one go again..?

i'm going to give you $1.00. you can buy a sweet for $0.10. for every 3 sweet wrappers, they can be exchanged for one sweet. how many sweets can you buy for me (maximum)? and the reason why and how, of course :)

sort of a simple IQ test.

14?.......

Okay...

You can get 10 sweets for that $1.00. Then give 9 wrappers back for 3 more sweets after I eat them.. haha! So that's 13. Then you can exchange those 3 wrappers for one more sweet. 14. But tazcoupey beat me.

Plus.. actually.. you've said how many sweets do YOU get. So it really does depend on whether or not I was good and gave you those 10 original sweets.. OR if I ate them on the spot, exchanged the wrappers and was left with just one to give you. Haha! If I did, you'll only get ONE! (unless I was gonna eat that too.. but I should get to you with something :P) Or.. you'lll probably expect me to keep going to the shops and exchanging the wrappers for sweets after you eat them.. and I'm lazy, I wouldn't want to do that. So it'd still be 14.

I over thought that one didn't I? :(

Something tells me 14 isn't the answer though :/ Seemed too easy.

14?.......

you have to ans the "how" with the right answer too ;p but 14 is not the answer :)

is it just 10 then, as you never said the sweets were in wrappers

ahh kk. how does this one go again..?

i'm going to give you $1.00. you can buy a sweet for $0.10. for every 3 sweet wrappers, they can be exchanged for one sweet. how many sweets can you buy for me (maximum)? and the reason why and how, of course :)

sort of a simple IQ test.

Erm... Is this a riddle or a problem solving maths test? :eek:

$1.00 divided by $0.10 = 10
$1.00 divided by 3 (sweet wrappers) = 3 (R1)

So, 10 + 3 = 13 (Is it the answer?)

Is the problem supposed to solved mathimatically or the answer is nothing to do with maths? lol, this isn't an easy one if I get it wrong too :rolleyes:

nah, they're all in wrappers. smart guess though taz :D

no char, the answer is wrong. technically you get 10 sweets frm $1.00 no? then 3 sweets from 9 wrappers. there's another sweet from those 3 sweets :) makes it 14 like taz's. but no, 14 is not the ans either ;p

it's mathematical/reasoning. i'll make this a little different. the answer is 15. but how? :D

Why... 3 sweets from 9 wrappers? O.O Wow. 3 sweets from 3 sweets? This is really getting me confused I'm not guessing anymore this is some kinda maths problem too hard for me to solve. So... Will post again when someone gets it... Must give that person a good clap!!!

char who is confused claps for (someone) in advance

There was a buy 14, and get one free offer? :embarrassed: :razz:

haha! good one nerdy :) *claps* but no! despite the clap, it's wrong. lol

clue: it uses the concept of business. well sort of XD

So you say its 15.....
10 sweets from $1.00 = 10 wrappers
3 more sweets from 9 wrappers (1remaining)
1 more from them 3 wrappers (still 1remaining)
So that one wrapper....do you cheat and cut that one up in to 3 bits to get that extra sweet? :P

hahahha funny and witty answers we have :) false, sadly.

and you forgot the 3 wrappers from the 3 sweets which was from the 9 wrappers. that's another sweet and another wrapper there. so that's 14 sweets and 2 remaining wrappers, but people get stuck there ;p did i make sense? :X

Yeah! I got stuck there! No matter what I do I'm left with 2 remaining wrappers :( I figured this would work:

$1.00 = 10 sweets
10 wrappers

take 3 wrappers = 1 sweet (1 wrapper, too)
8 wrappers left

take 3 wrappers = 1 sweet (1 wrapper, too)
6 wrappers left

take 3 wrappers = 1 sweet (1 wrapper, too)
4 wrappers left

take 3 wrappers = 1 sweet (1 wrapper, too)
2 wrappers left

2 wrappers! 2 wrappers! 2 wrappers left! :'(
Before I started doing that ^ I thought I was on the right track :/ Ah well. Another hint? :P

Edit: Okay.. does the seller keep one wrapper that whole time? heh.

Seller keeps one wrapper the whole time.
10 sweets originally. And 3 more after giving 10 wrappers back.
seller has 1 wrapper that he/she (let's not be sexist :P) keeps.

I give the seller 2 wrappers 'cause he already has one (after I get my 3 sweets) = 1 sweet (1 wrapper) and there's still a wrapper left (from those 3 sweets). I give those two to the seller (who has another wrapper behind the counter, lol :P) and get another sweet! Yay, 15. And because I'm only left with one wrapper (from that sweet he gives) I can't buy anymore. ROFL. :(

Can we just pretend it's right? XD

look, theres a lolipop on the floor.
/me gives lolipop to nerdy
is the answer 16?

It's doing my head in.. I went back at it this morning, and even asked my hubby if he knew how the 15 came about XD

lmao.

next hint: nerdy's theory of the seller having the last wrapper is pretty close. not there yet though ;p

another hint!: come on.. you ppl do this when you go to the nearest mart to get a soda too! pretty sure :X

last hint: treat the sweet as what you are buying, the wrappers as payment :D

not made up ;p someone asked me this. took me awhile to get the answer. the answer does make sense. answer is nothing coincidental or by luck (eg: finding the final wrapper on the floor) :X can happen at any other sweet store. haha

lol tasha.. it made sense.. to me :'( :P

Um.. what we do to get a soda? Pay by cash :S LOL

My thoery was close O_O I totally have no idea what it could be :|

could the this last sweet be brought by unwraping the sweet first before you pay for it and then giving the seller the 2wrappers and the 1wrapper you've taken off?

rofl. i think I'M gonna give up soon. kk how bout this? have you ever popped open the soda and drank it while you were in the store, then pay? (i think that is allowed worldwide right? or does that only apply to my country? lol)

YES! way to go taz :D most people think of the normal routine of paying first. but in this situation, you ask for the product first before paying for it :) *applauses* you even did it without my soda analogy!

i will do mine:

you are in a room bricked up on all 4 walls, the celine, and the floor. the only thing with you is a mirrow and a table. how do you get out?

One wall is made of the mirror (or has a mirror as part of it) and you use the table to smash the mirror and get out? :|

But hang on.. isn't taz supposed to do the next riddle, 'cause he got the last one right? :) well done, taz!

I'd never have thought of that :/

no, and no. who ever puts a riddle when the last one is answered gets their answer used
any other answers? (that may be wrong)

Well this game starts with someone posting a riddle, and the following people would guess. Whoever guesses it correctly, he/she would set the next riddle. Understood? Let's start with me!


I will attempt yours anyway.

You smash the mirror, pick up the pieces, use one sharp piece to cut the table in half. You put the two halves back together, and two halves make a (w)hole, which you put against the wall and climb through.

Ty ppls :) I dont mind someone else posting a riddle before i get round to it, it keeps the thread going if i didnt visit it for a few days.

As for reeces riddle, i dont have a clue :S

whoa.. i wouldn't think of such an answer. are these riddles on google? :X

Most of them probably are... I said that answer because the riddle is similar to one I knew years ago, except that one had a saw instead of a mirror so it's probably not right. That answer doesn't work as well when it's written anyway.

I will attempt yours anyway.

You smash the mirror, pick up the pieces, use one sharp piece to cut the table in half. You put the two halves back together, and two halves make a (w)hole, which you put against the wall and climb through.

Or you could have looked in the mirror and saw your reflection...

... then used the 'saw' to cut the table in half ;)

lol. i sawwwwww da answer elsewhere... =X


www.vgf.com/forums/jokes-riddles/57361-mirror-table.html#post893454

Ches is right about the "saw" and Hinty is right about the "hole?" xD

I maintain that cutting the table with shards of broken glass would be just as effective as using a saw :razz:

ok, ches was right (even though i used the saw version)

Id like to try one, please....made this one up...

I am breakable but I am solid.
I can hold life and life can hold me.
What am I?

Earth? :embarrassed:

An egg?

Awesome thread btw Char!!

Hurrah to Capt Sparrow.

It was indeed an egg.

Right seeings I managed to get a few riddles right, here’s a riddle from me.
There’s a room with only one way of entry via a door and there is no way of seeing into the room without opening this door.
Inside this room is a single lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. This light is controlled by a single switch that is outside of the room, but there is also two other switches.
The riddle is…..How do you find out which of the 3 switches control the light when you are only allowed to enter the room once and close the door behind you?

Have someone on the outside who will check the switches, and you can yell at them if it turned on? Hehe :|

Or.. they can each carry a mobile phone instead of yelling ;P

Theres only you nerdy, all your friends are too busy playing isketch :P

you swich any 1 of the switches then switch it off, go in the room, and feel the light. if it is hot. the switch is right. if it is cold, the switch is wrong
(wait, this only works if there was 2 switches)

/me laughs at reecer missing out the obvious part.

how about, you open the door, start flicking the switches whilst stood outside. and walk in once the light turns on? :D

Now katie, should i blame you once the lamp has blown! lol

And NoHints...wheres your guess? You shouldnt laugh at reecer, as if he tried a little hard he may of got it :)

i do apologise, i must have missed the bit which said 'if you hit the wrong switch the bulb blows' :P

okayy how about, (on reecers lines) you flick a switch on, then flick it off again, then flick a different one and walk in.
If the bulbs on, its the second switch, if the bulbs hot, its the first switch, and if its cold its the third switch?

I think NoHints didnt give an answer cos he already knows it. which means he posted in here just to show off that he already new the answer. yep that about suits his ego.

/clap atreyu for making up your own riddle -- that's how it should be done with these games

you swich any 1 of the switches then switch it off, go in the room, and feel the light. if it is hot. the switch is right. if it is cold, the switch is wrong
(wait, this only works if there was 2 switches)

okayy how about, (on reecers lines) you flick a switch on, then flick it off again, then flick a different one and walk in.
If the bulbs on, its the second switch, if the bulbs hot, its the first switch, and if its cold its the third switch?

ok... that's that fixed.

/me giggles at Ches repeating Katies' words :P

Ches is far too Green and important to read the words of such a small quiet innocent person like me'self.

However if its right, he can make up the riddle, im ♥♥♥♥ at stuff like that

Sooo... obviously the sudden flash of inspiration I though I had did not come from my brain, but obviously from the post I had just read and then promptly forgotten that I'd read it.

I am a diblet.

Shame mode. I I I I... Sorry.

Well done Katie, you got it right, all that revision for your exams must of done your brains good ;) So now for you to stratch them abit more and come up with a new riddle :D

if she dosn't, someone else go.

someone else go

You overtake yourself so many times,
as you walk by me through the night
Standing still to bring a halt to crimes,
But never will I be your white knight

On your path you will never get lost
But do not ask, I'm not your guide
All the traffic my shine has crossed
Making sure they won't collide


I guess you'll have to deal with my ♥♥♥♥ty poetry every time I post a riddle ;)

:eek: That's hard!
What are you? Traffic lights? :embarrassed:

See, not very hard at all!
It took longer to think up the riddle than for you to guess it, haha

Really? Hehe! The last two lines made me guess that. XD

That's a great made up riddle, btw. Nice poem :D Cleverly done.

Someone else can post a riddle instead of moi. I like guessing them more and making a fool out of myself than posting one :P

a policeman?
EDIT: answer allready done!

Erm, oops. The correct answer was actually 'street lights'.. haha, I must have automatically corrected Nerdy's post. Anyway, moving on..

A man had a bucket with him. When he emptied the bucket, nothing came out of it. How is this possible in the first place?

Betcha get this within one second :biggrin:

Was there just nothing in the bucket...?

congratulations NoHints for answering the easyest riddle ever!

Heh, told you. :P

That's correct NoHints :P
Well done!

I'm waiting...

Come on, another riddle? :biggrin:

here goes nothing

A man is found dead at his desk with a gun in his hand.
There is a tape recorder lying on the desk next to the man.
When the detective picks it up and presses play, he hears the following:
"I can't go on anymore. I have nothing left to live for," followed by the sound of a gunshot.
How does the detective immediately know that the man did not commit suicide?

I've heard this one SO many times, i just hope you guys haven't :p

cooos, if thats what he heard as soon as he pressed play, the recorder must have been rewinded after the gunshot?
Unless someone else recorded the guy killing himself... hmm.

(im sure ive heard this before and been told the answer but i cant remember)

haha yes katee. it was rewound

okay someone post a new one. :)

ok i will do a riddle

i hat a black heart,
and black hat,
and a pink bottum,
and i leave clumps of my hat around

ummmmm........a pinus?.......

ummmmm........a pinus?.......
what? parts of your ||||| fall off?

Hahaha, no I know it made no sense, it was a reference to a previous, long-ago post by you :twisted:

Lol, I remember that.. in the Questions Only thread, hehe! :D

And my guess would be.. an ape? hehe. I know, random. But I don't get it :(

Is that first bit meant to say "I have a black heart"?

Hint? :D

is it a pencil?

Ah, that would make sense!
but clumps? Wouldn't that be like a pen? 'cause ink can leave clumps..

Evil little thing those are.. getting ink allover your hands and it takes hours to wash out :'( *ahem* sorry XD

Well you see nerdfeatures. i was thinking the rubber at then end leave clumps, but hes called that the bottom. but also, sometimes the lead snaps off and is left lying places :D

maybe im blagging myself an answer ;)

Heh.. yeah.. rubber at the end of a pen would be weird :embarrassed: Can I state that I'm still half asleep? ;)

I do think pencil is right though, so well done... in advance. ;P and if it's wrong, we'll just pretend it was right :P

Or maybe it's some sort of animal that has a pink bottom and leaves clumps.. (poop.. heh!)

I'm such a child :D

pencil is right!

OK Yay, Im going to post a riddle - I didnt make it up myself, but I do rather like this. Try to work it out without the help of google if you can :)

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9169/firingsquadym9.png

The graphic above depicts four men, buried up to their necks, about to get shot by a firing squad. We'll call them A, B, C, and D, appropriately.

A is facing the wall from the left and the other 3 (B, C, D) are facing the wall from the right. They all know they are 3 on one side and 1 on the other. They are also lined up in a straight line and cannot see around or through the wall.

They were blindfolded when their hats were placed on their heads, so they do not know what color hat they are wearing. They do know, however, that there are four men altogether and that two of them are wearing a white hat and two a black one.

In order to for all of them to avoid being shot, one of them must call out to the executioner the color of THEIR hat. If they get it wrong, they will all be shot. They are not allowed to talk to each other, nor is there any other form of communiciation. They have 5 minutes to figure it out.

After two minutes of silence, one of them calls out his own hat color with certainty. Which one of the four calls out his color, and how can he be certain?

A maths teacher I had annoyed us all with this one...

If I was the one shouting out I wouldn't be 100% certain because you're relying on someone else having half decent problem solving skills...:twisted:

A and it's because he looked at his hat before blindfolded

If I was the one shouting out I wouldn't be 100% certain because you're relying on someone else having half decent problem solving skills...:twisted:

Haha!! True, true...and the pic doesn't inspire confidence does it - what with the shape of their hats...

uhh are the blindfolds taken off when it's time to answer their hat colours? such that they can see the others' hat colours?

OK Yay, Im going to post a riddle - I didnt make it up myself, but I do rather like this. Try to work it out without the help of google if you can :)

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9169/firingsquadym9.png

The graphic above depicts four men, buried up to their necks, about to get shot by a firing squad. We'll call them A, B, C, and D, appropriately.

A is facing the wall from the left and the other 3 (B, C, D) are facing the wall from the right. They all know they are 3 on one side and 1 on the other. They are also lined up in a straight line and cannot see around or through the wall.

They were blindfolded when their hats were placed on their heads, so they do not know what color hat they are wearing. They do know, however, that there are four men altogether and that two of them are wearing a white hat and two a black one.

In order to for all of them to avoid being shot, one of them must call out to the executioner the color of THEIR hat. If they get it wrong, they will all be shot. They are not allowed to talk to each other, nor is there any other form of communiciation. They have 5 minutes to figure it out.

After two minutes of silence, one of them calls out his own hat color with certainty. Which one of the four calls out his color, and how can he be certain?

LMAO. I know the answer... :twisted: Nice riddle Saffy :) Here's the solution

Firing Squad Solution

Man 'A' certainly can't see anything, so it's up to the other three.
Man 'B' can't see much of anything either so he doesn't have a clue.
Man 'D' can see the two in front of him if he strains his neck a bit, but he knows that there are four of them in total with two wearing black and two wearing white hats. He sees one of each in front of him and therefore isn't certain which color his is. If he saw two of any color in front of him, then he'd obviously know his was an opposite color. But there aren't, there is one of each. So he keeps quiet.
Meanwhile, man 'C' can only see one color in front of him - white - and he initially isn't certain of his color either. But time goes on and he figures that if the man behind him saw two of the same color he'd have yelled out his color by now, but two minutes have gone by and it's quiet enough to hear a pin drop.
At this time he realizes that since man 'D' isn't certain then he must be seeing one of each color and it therefore stumped as to his own color.
So..... Man 'C,' after two minutes figures that if man 'D' is seeing one of each and he (man 'C') can see a white hat in front of him then he is most certainly wearing a black hat and yells it out....
Man 'C' saves the day.

Couldn't you just shoot yourself for not figuring that out? :biggrin:

LOL. I kind of... cheated :P

/me owns up

I searched google hehe. :sad:

Ohhhh.... i thought they were all blindfolded for the full thing! i was thinking wtffff

/me slaps herself for not reading properly

nice riddle though :D

uhh are the blindfolds taken off when it's time to answer their hat colours? such that they can see the others' hat colours?

Ohhhh.... i thought they were all blindfolded for the full thing!

Hmm yes, that wasn't clear really, was it.


I searched google hehe. :sad:
Char! :eek:

OK, I'm going to post anothery: (again shamelessly lifted from Raymond Smullyan):

Suppose you and I have the same amount of money. How much must I give you so that you have 10 dollars more than I?

(for anyone interested, the names of the books I have by this author are: "What is the name of this book?" and "The Lady or the Tiger" - both recreational logic and math problems - and are good for many many hours of reading.)

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive Dollars, because when you give the money, your amount goes down by the same amount as the mine goes up: -5 for me, +5 for you = 10 difference.

Maths = EZ :twisted:

:)
Someone else can post one now...

Well, no-one else took up the challenge.
/me opens up the Smullyan book, finds a non-purely-mathematical-puzzle so as Hinty doesn't get it too easily :D

OK We go to the logic puzzles: (from "The Lady or the Tiger")

There are two rooms. Each room contains either a lady or a tiger - it could be that there is a tiger in each of the two rooms, or a lady in each of the two rooms, or a lady in one and a tiger in the other.

There is a sign on each of the doors to the rooms.

Room 1 says: In this room there is a lady, and in the other room is a tiger.

Room 2 says: In one of these rooms there is a lady, and in one of these rooms there is a tiger.

Only one of the signs is true.

Assuming you would like to find the lady (not the tiger) which door would you open?
/me apologises for doubleposting......this thread has struck a chord :P

I thought the woman would be in both :s or could be! The first option clearly states she's in that room. But the other one says that there is a lady in ONE of these rooms (which could be Room 2 as well, but it's only stating one room) and it says there is a tiger in one of these rooms (which could also be in room 1 - with the lady) O_o

I'm confused XD

But I'd open door 1 and probably get eaten by a tiger? :(

If the first one was true, the second one would have to be true too.
Open door 2?
Well done tasha :biggrin:
If the first one was true,then the second would have to be true, but it says only ONE of the sign is true. Therefore, the first one must be false, and the second true - so inside room 1 is a tiger.

But I'd open door 1 and probably get eaten by a tiger? :(
Aww Nerdy, I hope you're not too tough.....:cry:

I will arrive after your work place
Ink fills sheets full of blank space
Home of the men from never before
Giving you words from whom you adore
I have more letters than any word
Worry not, of the answer you've heard


(Please, excuse me for the horrible metre of the poem, but it was really difficult being clever and poetic at the same time :D)

That's nice :) I like that you make yours up :D

Um... Diary? XD

Newspaper? :S

well the longest word is supercalafragilisticascpealadoshus so i'm guess that

The bible?

A postman?

Close, but... no cigar.
(I hate it when people say that, for some reason...)

Good try though.

That's nice :) I like that you make yours up :D

Me too. But Nerdy.......you have been eaten by a tiger!

Um.....The postman's satchel? (but I'm not sure what the first line means)

email?

I know it dont fit the "Home of the men" bit :S

Aw damn, while delivering the mail (oh, oh, how typical...) I thought up a new one, but I see that'll have to wait, heh.

I'll give some hints. The first line gives synonyms. And Ches already told you more about the third line, which gives synonyms to the answer he gave.
Every line says something. One more than the other, but still.

I have no idea :cry:

Is it a report?

Hey, but wait, you said the first line gives synonyms? Awww... Does that mean I'm wrong?

hmm... it isn't a mail or letters?

uhmmmm....

No, sorry!
I'll just give the solution then. The answer is Post Office.
Here's how the riddle works:

I will arrive after your work place -- a synonym for after is post, and an office is a type of work place.
Ink fills sheets full of blank space -- this like talks about letters, to give a hint
Home of the men from never before -- this, like after, is also a synonym to post. Post men, get it?
Giving you words from whom you adore -- because post offices deal with your letters
I have more letters than any word -- this makes use of the double meaning of letters, just to throw you off
Worry not, of the answer you've heard -- and this one is because I needed to rhyme something with the previous line :D

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Well there you go. Here's a new one. It should be much easier:

Sliding slowly, sudden strike
When hunting is my goal
Wrap myself around you tight
Before I swallow you whole

first thing that came to mind when i read that was a snake.

a boa constrictor maybe?

Or an Anaconda! That's what came to my mind when I first read it, lol.

I hates de snakes :'(

Constrictor is right, TBL!

Nerdy: My avatar still loves you, though.

Lol, I don't mind your avatar so much 'cause it's cute :P even though some cartoony snakes scare me.. :eek:

Well done, Lovey! :D

Can we have another one of your lovely riddles, Nay. I likes 'em :)

Aww I'd like to hear another of Nay's too, but whilst he's thinking it up, can I post another Lady or Tiger one? Pretty please :biggrin:

There are two rooms. Each room contains either a lady or a tiger - it could be that there is a tiger in each of the two rooms, or a lady in each of the two rooms, or a lady in one and a tiger in the other. (but not a lady and a tiger in the same room).

There is a sign on each of the doors to the rooms.

Room 1 says: At least one of these rooms contains a lady.

Room 2 says: A tiger is in the other room.

In this case, the signs are either both true, or both false.

Assuming you would like to find the lady (not the tiger) which door would you open?

how about one from me?

there is 4 of me
but we are all diffrent
3 months you will see
one of us make you go in your tent

EDIT: is the answer: they are both true? so the lady is in room 2?
EDIT 2: i'm sure that the first sign has to be telling the truth so then the does too

Oooh reecer - you make them up too!
Clever people.

Your is seasons?

seasons is right :(

I am a holder,
sometimes swept out to sea,
sometimes i am green
you drink out of me

A wine bottle (swept out of sea like for a message in a bottle?)

A wine bottle (swept out of sea like for a message in a bottle?)
I was going to say that...but even *I* pour it into a glass first :eek:

Can I just mention I wanted to attempt Saff's riddle with the hats? :O /slap char. What happened to trying without google? :( Aight, what's next? :D

I got one up there missN, but I posted at a similar time to reecer and I think it's been forgotten. You can try that one - top of the page.

MissN, I know another hat one if you want to hear it...I'll wait for the riddles to be solved then I'll post it :P

Room 1 says: At least one of these rooms contains a lady.

If false, then we have the only possible combo of:

R1 - T R2 - T

Room 2 says: A tiger is in the other room.

If we take the first sign to be false, then this sign would also have to be false - but with the combination above that is impossible.

So, both signs are telling the truth and therefore Room 2 has the lady in it.

I think Reecer has already got this really... but I wrote the explanation before I read his edit.

Can I just mention I wanted to attempt Saff's riddle with the hats? :O /slap char. What happened to trying without google? :( Aight, what's next? :D

If you can't solve it, try it with the help of google

What was that slap for :cry:
/me cries and runs to saffy's arms to prove her innocent
/slap missN!!! :twisted:

Aww I'd like to hear another of Nay's too, but whilst he's thinking it up, can I post another Lady or Tiger one? Pretty please :biggrin:

There are two rooms. Each room contains either a lady or a tiger - it could be that there is a tiger in each of the two rooms, or a lady in each of the two rooms, or a lady in one and a tiger in the other. (but not a lady and a tiger in the same room).

There is a sign on each of the doors to the rooms.

Room 1 says: At least one of these rooms contains a lady.

Room 2 says: A tiger is in the other room.

In this case, the signs are either both true, or both false.

Assuming you would like to find the lady (not the tiger) which door would you open?

EDIT: is the answer: they are both true? so the lady is in room 2?
EDIT 2: i'm sure that the first sign has to be telling the truth so then the does too

Is reecer6 correct then? If he is wrong and both signs are wrong..... I'm puzzed :S

As you said, we must find the lady. It's impossible if both signs are false, as you said: Room 1: At least one of these rooms contains a lady. If it is false... how are we going to find the lady at all?!

Unless there's a hidden door right beside them.......... :twisted:

Ok, I think we solved the other two, so I'll post a new one (please dont kill me :D )
It's not original, but it fits in well with the hats thing, slight change of context too.

Donald Trump is hiring his new apprentice. After firing all 13 of the busty blondes he wanted on the show, he is now left with 3 super-intelligent applicants. He has a simple test. There are 5 hats: 3 are white, 2 are green, and each of them will be wearing a hat. The winner of the competition is the one who can correctly determine the colour of his hat first. They can see each others hat, except for the third man, who happens to be blind, but they cannot see their own hat. When the competition begins, the three men sit down and think about the situation thoroughly. After one hour, none of the men have said anything, and Trump, who by this time is frustrated, asks "Man 1, do you know what colour your hat is", and the first man says "Not yet". He then asks the second man, "Man 2, do you know the colour of your hat", and the second man says "Not yet". He then asks the blind man "Man 3, what colour is your hat", to which the blind man replies "Yes, my hat is ______". He is hired.

What is the colour of his hat, and how does he know this? (Remember, all three of the men are super super super duper intelligent).

Ok... method to my madness:

W W W G G
Possible combinations of:
WWW
WWG
GGW
or permutations thereof.

Possible to see if wearing W: WG or GG or WW
Possible to see if wearing G: WG or WW

We can discount the possibility of either sighted men seeing 2 green hats, or one of them would have known straight away.

This means that both must see a combination which does not guarantee a hat colour. So - WW or WG.

As the second man cannot guess, then the combination cannot be: 1W 2W 3G, as the 2nd man would know instantly that he must have a white hat because man 1 had to have seen WG, and with man 3 having G, man 2 must have W.

This leaves the remaining possibilities:

1W 2G 3W
1G 2W 3W
1G 2G 3W
1W 2W 3W

Notice a pattern there? :) With all outcomes, where 1 and 2 are unsure, man 3 has a white hat on.

So - man 3 = white hat.

That's how he knew.

I think.

/clap Ches

That's probably the most logical way I've seen the answer presented! Thats pretty much right - I would try and explain my logic but it would probably look more like an extended thesis :P

I have another similar-style one like that if you'd like me to post it, but I'll give others the chance to post their's before :P

Go ahead Iambic, we'll do with a riddle on rather than wait for one :biggrin:

Well done Ches!

Ok, I promise you, this is a long and tedious one. Good luck!

"How old are your three children?" the mathematics master asks a former student. He is told their ages add to 13, and multiply to give the number on his study door (which they can both see). "I will need to know more", the master says, after a few moments in reflection. "The eldest one is learning to play the violin", replies his former pupil. "Ah! In that case I can now give you their ages", the master tells him, and does so correctly.

How does he know? What are their ages? What is the number on the door?

Is there some sort of age that you have to learn the play the violin that I don't know about? XD Hehehe..

Is there some sort of age that you have to learn the play the violin that I don't know about? XD Hehehe..

Nope, but think about what the clue tells you about the age of the oldest child :P

This one is proper tough. 2 unknown numbers and the only clue a violin? errk... brain... hurts...

EDIT: oooh... the part about the violin - I don't think the violin is the clue...

I'm gonna double post. So nur. :)
When its confirmed either way I'll merge em up. Right or wrong...

Anyhoo... Here goes:

edit: Putting spoiler tags for those that want the fun and general sense of achievement for working this one out!

a+b+c=x
a*b*c=y
v=violin... haha. Took me ages to see through this. on with the game...


Possible ages to add up to 13:

1+1+11
1+2+10
1+3+9
1+4+8
1+5+7
1+6+6
2+2+9
2+3+8
2+4+7
2+5+6
3+3+7
3+4+6
3+5+5
4+4+5

I think that's all of them.

Multiplying each of those sets returns the answers:

11,20,27,32,35,36,36,48,56,60,63,72,75,80

At which point the ages of the children and the room number could be could be any of the above. And this is where I was having a block - but we take the phrase:

"The eldest one is learning to play the violin"

And completely ignore the bloomin' violin! The key word here is 'eldest'!

This allows the teacher to take the only number that occurs twice (the reason why he needed more information! He already knows his room number obviously!) and choose the ages that have an 'eldest'.

So 1*6*6=36, but no eldest.
But 2*2*9=36 - The eldest is 9. The room number is 36. And I need a lie down!
Hooray!

(If I'm wrong, I'll be gutted. lol)

/clap Ches (yet again :D)
Wow, thats really good stuff! When I first did this one, I figured that it was 1/6/6 or 2/2/9 but the violin clue didn't make sense to me at all!

Well done again Ches :^)

I'll go for a nayesque approach to this riddle, by making up me own and trying to make it rhyme yet still make sense...


I'll hurt you when I'm hot
And I can hurt you when I'm cold
I could kill you when I'm neither
If the truth be told
I could fall into your hands
But I'd be very hard to hold
Yet without me there would be no life
And you'd never grow to be old.

would that be water?

Air? Or some other variety of gas?

Aww. I was thinking water, but taz beat me :( but I also thought the sun, heh!

are we still supposed to guess the violin riddle? mm is the number on the door 13? the youngest children are twins? aged a year old each? then the violinist should be 13. i mean, nth else multiplies up to 13 right? besides 13x1x1? uhh... i can't think of anything else currently :S

water should be it. good riddles ches :)

Quote:
Originally Posted by saffy
If you can't solve it, try it with the help of google

:eek:
Never never never!!! O_O You edited my post you evil Char!!!! :P :P :P
LMAO I said, Try and solve it WITHOUT google!!! :rolleyes:

Water is right. Well done taz and other clever peeps. :)

And MissN, if you want the answer to the Violin puzzle check out the solution on the previous page in spoiler tags here: http://www.isketchforum.net/showpost.php?p=115005&postcount=220

I'll post another quick one as this just came to me...


A hag, poorly spelled, on the beach?
Held in your hand, to your mouth I may reach.
Cut me in half and I'll not make a sound
Although I am square, I come in a round.

a sandwich?

heh. yup.

wd again taz :)

heres another home made riddle!

i ussaly give you light,
i'm made from a guy named ed
if you touch me you i bite,
you turn me off when you go to bed.

a bulb? O_o

If Ed's Thomas Edison, maybe :D
But then I can't place the biting

(and also yay for the self-made riddles!)

I'll hurt you when I'm hot
And I can hurt you when I'm cold
I could kill you when I'm neither
If the truth be told
I could fall into your hands
But I'd be very hard to hold
Yet without me there would be no life
And you'd never grow to be old.

Could have also been a heart...... :biggrin:

it was lightbulb but bulb was close

heres a riddle that dosn't rhyme

i'm in a game
i have a sled
i start with L
and i'm in 2 versions of my game

who am i?

LOL linerider :P

Well I am assuming Iambic is correct with that one, so I shall post another:

A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog's name?

spot? (the hints don't make any sence) wait is his name, Sence?

this sounds like you need to read each word carefully....
So i recon the dog's name is Yet.

Yay taz :D
/clap

I heard this american riddle somewhere so i hope i get it right.....

I have two coins in my hand, they add up to 30cents, one of them isnt a nickel, what two coins do i have?

Sorry to sound dumb.. but other than nickel the metal...

is nickel a 5 cent coin? :embarrassed:

Edit: Nevermind *sigh* *blush*

a quarter and a nickel - you said one isn't a nickel, but the other is (:razz:)

edit: yeah nerdy, it is haha

edit2: i haven't read the whole thread, hope this one is new? :

A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Her name is Lois Lane?

Oh oh!!! I thought of another answer but it's a bit sinister.... Did they both go out and have dinner because she ate him? :eek: :eek: :eek:

She hangs herself too, and they both go out as 'dead' people? :S

it was a dream,and she woke up and they went out for fooooooood? :S

Lalalaa

uhh he didn't actually die, did he? so so.. it's not shoot as in shoot with a gun? hmm how bout shoot with a camera? as in take a picture, then develop and hang the picture? or must it be her actual husband who got hung? can the picture substitute him? :O

Oh, that's a good answer, missN :D I'll be surprised if it's not that.

was her husband a test drive dummy?

yeah tasha, i thought of the squirt gun too! him being wet and all :O and i totally think that reecer's answer is acceptable :D

wd! she was a photographer :)

Can you work out what I am?

At the age of four, I answered to Ivy,
At six, my name was Vi.
At 40 I felt I could really excel
At anything I'd try

At 54 you could call me Liv,
But I knew I was getting old,
When at 99, I had a dreadful feeling
Of being really cold

I don't know.. but whoever you are, you've got a lot of names! :eek:

A dog? XD
Not that they'd live to 99.. heh!

:( How about the tiger that ate me from your other riddle? :cry:

are they like roman numerals? IIV, VI, VVI, ect.

Well done reecer
IV = 4
VI = 6
XL = 40
LIV = 54
IC = 99

Next?

a girl from 1999 and boy from 3000 walk to school. the boy walks back to home but in 3 seconds the boy is ten meters closer to school than the girl. how is this possible?

i'm a little confused by the story.. haha 1999/3000 as in the year? are they walking together? or one is in the future? hahaha maybe in year 3000 the school was demolished and it became his home? :O

nope. think of what people can make in 3000

hmmm he used a time machine?

so.. the boy used a teleport device? :O

it was a teleporter. missN is right!

What the next letter in this sequence, and why:

O T T F F S S E N ...

T for TEN :D

Wooo double post<<<don't kill me

Complete the last line:

H/A/P;
P/Y/B;
I/R/T;
H/D/A;
Y/T/O;
_/_/_

For some people, it is very obvious - but for others, this could take a while :P

Y/o/u :d ---