Riddles

[DumbLikeAPoet]

OK lets have a riddle contest. One poster posts a riddle whoever answers that riddle then posts on of their own. I think this is at least a better idea than abdo's random threads. Also NO STUPID RIDDLES!!! (IE. What is in my pocket :) , Why did the chicken cross the road)

Ok Well I'll start with a kinda easy one.
"Two legs it has, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground!"

Jonus

[aiks]

Originally posted by DumbLikeAPoet
"Two legs it has, and this will confound: only at rest do they touch the ground!"

Hmm... Pterodaktylus?

[DumbLikeAPoet]

The usual answer is a Wheelbarrel. I will however accept your answer.

Jonus

[crisaor]

That's a dinosaur.

[aiks]

Originally posted by DumbLikeAPoet
I'm really not sure what that is
I thought it's a flying creature that used to fight for food with tyranosauruses and other dino guys... :-)
But I guess they didn't do too well...

[crisaor]

Urm, there is editing at work here. :D

[aiks]

Originally posted by DumbLikeAPoet
OK lets have a riddle contest. One poster posts a riddle whoever answers that riddle then posts on of their own. I think this is at least a better idea than abdo's random threads. Also NO STUPID RIDDLES!!! (IE. What is in my pocket :) , Why did the chicken cross the road)


OK, I will give one - this will be so easy for you US folks...

"What state is surrounded by the most water?"

[AbdoRinbo]

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[DumbLikeAPoet]

Abdo is correct. Your turn abdo.

Please try to keep internet use to look for answers to a minimum :)

Jonus

[aiks]

Originally posted by AbdoRinbo
Hawaii is surrounded by thousands of miles of ocean on all sides, but Michigan has a longer border.

Yeap! The answer is Hawaii. For some reason (according to Internet guys) most people, amazingly enough, get this one wrong. They either say Maine, Florida, Alaska, or California.

OK, you go Abdo...

[AbdoRinbo]

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[AbdoRinbo]

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[crisaor]

When an entrance is not an entrance?

[crisaor]

Something's really wrong here. I'm getting all kind of weird messages :confused:

[AbdoRinbo]

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[DumbLikeAPoet]

Also NO STUPID RIDDLES!!! (IE. What is in my pocket , Why did the chicken cross the road)
On these grounds I will ignore Abdo's riddle.........DIE

Crisaor's Riddle is now the one to answer. I think this is a variation of "When is a door not a door?".I beleive the answer is either When its ajar(a jar) or When its adore(a door)....... tell me if I'm wrong.

Jonus

[AbdoRinbo]

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[crisaor]

You're right, Jonus. I'm very bad at english playwords. Your answer is correct. If you had answered when it's the exit, I would also consider it right.

[DumbLikeAPoet]

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

Jonus

[crisaor]

"I" and "S".

[DumbLikeAPoet]

Yep. No more easy ones for you :)

Jonus

[crisaor]

Thanks. :D
Another: What has four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night?

[DumbLikeAPoet]

That one took me a few minutes. I beleive the logic is the morning is the begining of life, noon the middle, and night old age. So I think the answer is a human, crawling, walking, and walking with a cane.

Here is my next one:
Only one color, but not one size; stuck to the ground, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain; doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?

Like I said "no more easy ones for you"

Jonus

[crisaor]

Yes. I hope the Sphinx doesn't get mad at me for the steal.
You can be now become the king of Thebes. :)

[DumbLikeAPoet]

Originally posted by crisaor
Yes. I hope the Sphinx doesn't get mad at me for the steal.
You can be now become the king of Thebes. :)

I don't understand the reference. Please clarify.

Jonus

EDIT NM I looked it up :)

[DumbLikeAPoet]

Ok well I am going on vacation I'll be back in 11 days. So I'll give the answer and someone else can post a riddle.

The answer is "a shadow".

Jonus

[AbdoRinbo]

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[DumbLikeAPoet]

after that I think I actually do need my vacation :)

Jonus

[AbdoRinbo]

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[crisaor]

Originally posted by AbdoRinbo
What's zero divided by itself?
That's an indetermination (at least it's called that in spanish). Theoretically, it can't be done, you have to go around it.

[Jay]

1. Anything devided by itself is 1. As wacky as that sounds, it's my wacky opinion. Why can't it be 1?

[subterranean]

Originally posted by crisaor
Thanks. :D
Another: What has four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three at night?


This is easy...a human being
four in the morning= baby
two at noon = adult
three at night = an old pal with a stick

How am i doing Cris ..?

:D

[Jay]

*was already answered - don't tell anyone ;)*

[crisaor]

Originally posted by Jay
1. Anything devided by itself is 1. As wacky as that sounds, it's my wacky opinion. Why can't it be 1?
It can't. Why? I don't know, I didn't invent that. Mathematicians have a lot of weird rules. :p

Originally posted by Subterranean
This is easy...a human being
four in the morning= baby
two at noon = adult
three at night = an old pal with a stick
How am i doing Cris ..?
You're doing fine. :) Make the next riddle.

[IWilKikU]

Somewhere at a startrek convention a bunch of vulcans are mumbling about how stupid literature is and what the hell is up with poetic licence?!?! DOESN'T ANYONE GIVE-A-DAM ABOUT THE RULES ANYMORE!!!!!!! Then he remembers that he's supposed to be a vulcan and he takes some deep breaths and regains his composure.

[fayefaye]

LOL. Gotta laugh at nerds.

[fayefaye]

Originally posted by Jay
1. Anything devided by itself is 1. As wacky as that sounds, it's my wacky opinion. Why can't it be 1?

It can be one, but it can also be any number, since anything multiplied by zero is zero. (abs edited his post before I read the riddle. was the question 'what's zero divided by zero'?) I like your idea too.

[subterranean]

Originally posted by Jay
*was already answered - don't tell anyone ;)*



Ouch.....

*poking her head (idiot)*


Can i give a kinda grossy one?

[Gozeta]

"When an entrance is not an entrance?"
When it when you use it to exit.

[crisaor]

You're right, but it had been answered already (I said that answer in an earlier post). Nobody checks the first pages, or so it seems.
C'mon people, make a riddle. :)

[atiguhya padma]

I don't know if anyone has read Walking on Glass by Iain Banks, but if I recall correctly, he has a character meditate on the paradox / riddle of the unstoppable force and the immovable object. For those not familiar with it: what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

Now it seems to me that there are more than one answer to this. Banks' answer (or his character's) is to me, the least acceptable: the unstoppable force stops and the immovable object moves.

Anyone got any other ideas on what happens?

[crisaor]

Thanks for the reference. I've heard that one before, but I didn't know where it came from. Bank's answer seems appropriate to me. I believe it's either that or a big Kaboom! :)

[atiguhya padma]

I've always preferred the idea that a force can go through an immovable object, without moving it. Imagine the atomic structure of a large object. Then imagine an energy that can move between the sub-atomic particles of that object without displacing them. The force doesn't stop and the object doesn't move.

Of course, there can really be no immovable object in the Universe, as everything is a constant state of motion.

Banks' answer (and he certainly isn't the originator of the paradox), the standard answer, assumes that the terms immovable and unstoppable are relative to temporal status. In other words, if something moves in 2009, but has never moved prior to then, here in 2004, it can be said to be immovable. It begs the question of whether immovability and unstoppability are inherent qualities of things.

[IWilKikU]

damn science, making my brain hurt!

[crisaor]

Originally posted by atiguhya padma
I've always preferred the idea that a force can go through an immovable object, without moving it. Imagine the atomic structure of a large object. Then imagine an energy that can move between the sub-atomic particles of that object without displacing them. The force doesn't stop and the object doesn't move.
That sounds pretty impossible, but then again, so did breaking the atom. Your theory keeps reminding me of the atomic fungus, for some reason. :)

[fayefaye]

what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

ahhh... no such thing as an immovable object. Probably no unstoppable force, either. I like how science can tiptoe around some 'paradoxes.'

[atiguhya padma]

If immovability and unstoppability are possible inherent characteristics of objects or forces, then I assume that a complete knowledge of Universe and the nature of the object or force in question is necessary to determine such status. Equally, the same knowledge would presumably be needed to say that these words cannot refer to actual situations or characteristics. Unless you have a logical argument that does not require empirical support. It may well be that the two cannot exist in the same Universe, but that is another matter altogether.

[DumbLikeAPoet]

Ok since nobody else is posting a riddle here is THE riddle to answer. A pretty simple one at that.

"No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?"

Jonus

[IWilKikU]

Word

[crisaor]

Originally posted by DumbLikeAPoet
"No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?"
Silence.

[DumbLikeAPoet]

yeap. Thanke Sai.

Jonus

[crisaor]

Another one then.
"What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?"

[Gozeta]

Clever one! I believe its the letter M.
Once in a M inute
twice in a M om ent. I heard of this one like in 3rd grade.

[crisaor]

Yep. Your turn.

[Gozeta]

Cool! This one is my favorite one.

There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good. Who are they?

You Litt. folks should know this one.

[crisaor]

The 4 elements.

[Gozeta]

you got it!! lol

[crisaor]

At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen.
What are they?

[IWilKikU]

Do you guys like already know the answers to these riddles or are you just thinking about them and getting them? Cause if that's the case, you guys are geniuses. I havn't been able to figure out a single damned one!

[crisaor]

The ones I answered, I got the answer myself (I didn't searched the web for it), but I already knew the silence one. The ones I asked (except the one I stole from the Sphinx, I remembered that one) I got them from the internet. I'm no genius, really, the ones I "cracked" were easy ones (i.e. I and S).

[DumbLikeAPoet]

Originally posted by crisaor
At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen.
What are they?

Stars?

And IWilKikU I just think about the riddle and it comes to ya. Although one of them I already knew.

Jonus

[crisaor]

Yes. Your move. :)

[IWilKikU]

I got that stars one, but I guess i didn't see it before Poet answered it, or I might have piped up.

[DumbLikeAPoet]

I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head; I eat the maid's life. What am I?

Jonus

[crisaor]

A broom.

[IWilKikU]

every time I get on this thread to try and guess one, someone else has already gotten it!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:

[DumbLikeAPoet]

Good job, Go ahead crisaor.

IWilKikU, I'm sure you'll get one sooner or later.

Jonus

[IWilKikU]

subliminal message!!! Read this and think I seriously won't get it: (don't ask one from the hobbit. I'll never get one of those) :subliminal message!!! Read this and think I seriously won't get it...

Go ahead guys, lay one on me!!!

[subterranean]

Give a riddle, but no one is allow to answer it except Kik..

:)

[crisaor]

Originally posted by IWilKikU
subliminal message!!! Read this and think I seriously won't get it: (don't ask one from the hobbit. I'll never get one of those) :subliminal message!!! Read this and think I seriously won't get it...
Go ahead guys, lay one on me!!!
*Feeling dizzy from the subliminal attack*
One from the Hobbit??? :confused:

Anyway, another:
I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold. I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I am a gift beyond measure, a matter of course. I am given with pleasure when taken by force.
What am I?

[azmuse]

He means Tolkien's "The Hobbit;" when Bilbo and Gollum were - oh, read it and you'll understand what WilKik meant

[crisaor]

I read it, but I didn't remembered that there were riddles in it. Thanks for clering that up, azmuse. :)

[azmuse]

sure :)

& i think he could answer one of those ones, unless i'm mistaken - am not too good at picking up subliminal msgs.

[IWilKikU]

Originally posted by crisaor
[BAnyway, another:
I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold. I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told. I am a gift beyond measure, a matter of course. I am given with pleasure when taken by force.
What am I? [/B]

OOOOOOHHH!!! I THINK I KNOW IT! I THINK I KNOW IT!!! I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW!!!!!

is it "TEMPERATURE"????????

if its not, you should just say it is so I can be right! :D :D

[crisaor]

Sorry kik, can't do that. :)
I'm afraid that isn't the answer.

[DumbLikeAPoet]

I'm still thinking about it.....not coming up with anything

Jonus

[IWilKikU]

:mad: :mad: :mad: I'm moving to a new forum where I can get one right!!!

[azmuse]

The Crossed Keys, mayhap?

[crisaor]

Nope. This is a tough one, it seems.
Keep trying people, you can solve it. :cool:

[DumbLikeAPoet]

My only guess is possibly the seasons of the year.....I have no clue...

Jonus

[Basil]

Blood?

[azmuse]

Life?

[Jay]

Age?

[crisaor]

No, no, no , and no. :)
It's a tricky one. Some sentences are obscure. Focus on the last ones, that may help you a bit.
Searching the net for the answer is permitted, provided it doesn't become a habit.

[DumbLikeAPoet]

I found the answer online.....it is a kiss.

Crisaor since nobody guessed it how about you post another?

Jonus

[crisaor]

YES ! That was difficult, alright.
I could post another, but you guessed it. I think it's fair that you do it.

[IWilKikU]

he didn't GUESS it. He had to cheat. I vote for Crisaor to post again.

[crisaor]

Actually Kik, he didn't cheat. Searching the net was permitted, albeit with restrictions.

Originally posted by DumbLikeAPoet
Please try to keep internet use to look for answers to a minimum.
There.

Since nobody else posted anything, I'll give you another:
With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
With piercing force its doles out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.
What is it?

[DumbLikeAPoet]

possibly a sewing machine?

edit...or a stapler?

Jonus

[crisaor]

That's correct.

[fayefaye]

poor kik. Don't worry, I'm as lost as you on most of them, then I get here and somebody's already answered. :)

[DumbLikeAPoet]

Originally posted by crisaor
That's correct.

which one was right?

anyway here is the next one.

Always old, sometimes new, never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls.

Jonus

[star blue]

the moon.

[crisaor]

Star blue, that was really unnecessary.

Jonus, the Stapler answer was the correct one.

[star blue]

little too 'real' for ya? ok, I apologize.

[star blue]

you too, admin . . . that apology goes double for you.

[crisaor]

Nobody wants to go on with this?

[IWilKikU]

uhh... I'm a little confused right now. Can someone explain to me why star blue is apologizing and why crisaor sounds pissed off?

[star blue]

hehe, wouldn't you like to know.

[star blue]

maybe crisaor will tell you, I'm sure he has a two-seater.

[sloegin]

A toilet or the water in the toilet.

[crisaor]

Two seater? I don't understand. Please explain that.

[star blue]

you know, you're not so cute when you want something.

[crisaor]

Originally posted by IWilKikU
uhh... I'm a little confused right now. Can someone explain to me why star blue is apologizing and why crisaor sounds pissed off?
Let's just say that he gave a bit of extremely unnecesary information along with his answer. He edited it out though.

[IWilKikU]

Well that was out-of-characterily-polite of him.

[crisaor]

Yes. I was a bit amazed at that as well.

[myself]

i will put a new riddle down and give the answer later.....k?

imagine u r in an alivator and it got stuck in the middle of no where. u only have a little small window and thats it. no doors can open now do u have an emergency botton.

what do u do?

[tainaprincess]

Here's a riddle:

You and a friend pass by a standard US coin operated vending machine and you decide to get a candy bar. The price is US$0.95 but after checking your pockets you only have a dollar (US$1) and the machine only takes US coins.

You turn to your friend and have this conversation.

You: Hey, do you have change for a dollar?
Friend: Let's see... I have 6 US coins but, although they add up to US$1.15, I can't break a dollar.
You: Huh? Can you make change for half a dollar?
Friend: No.
You: How about a quarter?
Friend: Nope. And before you ask I can't make change for a dime or nickel either.
You: Really? And these 6 coins are all US government coins currently in production?
Friend: Yes.
You: Well can you just put your coins into the vending machine and buy me the candy bar, and I'll pay you back?
Friend: Sorry, I'd like to but I can't with the coins I have.

What coins does your friend have?

Hint: Here are the coins you can use: pennies - $.01, nickels - $.05, dimes - $.10, quarters - $.25, and half dollars - $.50. Also, US vending machines do not take half dollars.

[tainaprincess]

i will put a new riddle down and give the answer later.....k?

imagine u r in an alivator and it got stuck in the middle of no where. u only have a little small window and thats it. no doors can open now do u have an emergency botton.

what do u do?

So what's the answer?

[RobinHood3000]

Here's a riddle:

You and a friend pass by a standard US coin operated vending machine and you decide to get a candy bar. The price is US$0.95 but after checking your pockets you only have a dollar (US$1) and the machine only takes US coins.

You turn to your friend and have this conversation.

You: Hey, do you have change for a dollar?
Friend: Let's see... I have 6 US coins but, although they add up to US$1.15, I can't break a dollar.
You: Huh? Can you make change for half a dollar?
Friend: No.
You: How about a quarter?
Friend: Nope. And before you ask I can't make change for a dime or nickel either.
You: Really? And these 6 coins are all US government coins currently in production?
Friend: Yes.
You: Well can you just put your coins into the vending machine and buy me the candy bar, and I'll pay you back?
Friend: Sorry, I'd like to but I can't with the coins I have.

What coins does your friend have?

Hint: Here are the coins you can use: pennies - $.01, nickels - $.05, dimes - $.10, quarters - $.25, and half dollars - $.50. Also, US vending machines do not take half dollars.A half-dollar, a quarter, three dimes, and a nickel.

[tainaprincess]

A half-dollar, a quarter, three dimes, and a nickel.

Almost right. You are missing $.05

[jackyyyy]

I am not sure, how about he has:

4 x quarter, 1 x 10 cents, 1 x 5 cents (6 coins)

[jackyyyy]

So what's the answer?Shout out the window till someone comes and gets me??
Wait till someone else wants to use the elevator; finding its blocked up, they telephone the repair man??

[Grumbleguts]

Almost right. You are missing $.05

1 x half-dollar, 1 x quarter, 4 x dimes. Although 95 cents can be made, it is only with the use of the half-dollar, which the machine will not take.

This is a very old one and far more polite than it appears:

What does a man do standing, a woman do sitting, and a dog do on three legs?

[beer good]

Shake hands?


Not sure this one even qualifies as a riddle, but I like it:


Way back in the day when you could get a cheap hotel room in Manhattan, three businessmen rented a room together (with three beds, no funny stuff). The price of the room is $25.

The next day the bellhop comes by to collect the money, and neither of the men have anything smaller than a $10 bill, so they give him one each - 30 dollars.

The bellhop goes through his pockets and finds five one-dollar bills. He keeps two as a tip and gives each man back a dollar.

An hour later, as the three men walk down 5th Ave on their way to a meeting, one of them goes "Hey, wait a second. We each paid 9 dollars, right?"

"Right. We gave him ten and got one back."

"OK, 9x3=27. And the bellhop got two bucks, that's 29. What happened to the 30th dollar?"

[tainaprincess]

I am not sure, how about he has:

4 x quarter, 1 x 10 cents, 1 x 5 cents (6 coins)

Sorry, but that's not it either. With the four quarters, you have change for a half dollar. Keep trying.

[tainaprincess]

1 x half-dollar, 1 x quarter, 4 x dimes. Although 95 cents can be made, it is only with the use of the half-dollar, which the machine will not take.

This is a very old one and far more polite than it appears:

What does a man do standing, a woman do sitting, and a dog do on three legs?

Your answer is correct.

The answer is pee.

Here's another:

Four people are on one side of a bridge that they need to cross. It is dark, there are holes in the bridge surface, and they only have one flashlight which must travel with them as they cross. To add to their troubles, the bridge will only support two people at a time.
• Now person #1 can walk cross in 1 minute.
• Person #2 has a limp and can cross in 2 minutes.
• Person #3 has a sprained ankle can cross in 5 minutes.
• Person #4 has a cast on his leg and takes 10 minutes to cross.
No matter how fast a person can cross, he must wait for his companion. If #1 goes with #2, it takes 2 minutes for them to cross. If number #2 goes with #4, it takes them 10 minutes. The flashlight cannot be thrown, instead it must be carried and delivered from person to person. The 4 people are trying to make it across in the fastest possible time to make an important appointment in the next town.

[Grumbleguts]

Too quick to criticise!

[Grumbleguts]

Your answer is correct.

The answer is pee.

Here's another:

Four people are on one side of a bridge that they need to cross. It is dark, there are holes in the bridge surface, and they only have one flashlight which must travel with them as they cross. To add to their troubles, the bridge will only support two people at a time.
• Now person #1 can walk cross in 1 minute.
• Person #2 has a limp and can cross in 2 minutes.
• Person #3 has a sprained ankle can cross in 5 minutes.
• Person #4 has a cast on his leg and takes 10 minutes to cross.
No matter how fast a person can cross, he must wait for his companion. If #1 goes with #2, it takes 2 minutes for them to cross. If number #2 goes with #4, it takes them 10 minutes. The flashlight cannot be thrown, instead it must be carried and delivered from person to person. The 4 people are trying to make it across in the fastest possible time to make an important appointment in the next town.

No it is not pee. I said it was polite. Beer Good was correct when he said shake hands.

I think the answer to your latest is 19 minutes.

[Grumbleguts]

Shake hands?


Not sure this one even qualifies as a riddle, but I like it:


Way back in the day when you could get a cheap hotel room in Manhattan, three businessmen rented a room together (with three beds, no funny stuff). The price of the room is $25.

The next day the bellhop comes by to collect the money, and neither of the men have anything smaller than a $10 bill, so they give him one each - 30 dollars.

The bellhop goes through his pockets and finds five one-dollar bills. He keeps two as a tip and gives each man back a dollar.

An hour later, as the three men walk down 5th Ave on their way to a meeting, one of them goes "Hey, wait a second. We each paid 9 dollars, right?"

"Right. We gave him ten and got one back."

"OK, 9x3=27. And the bellhop got two bucks, that's 29. What happened to the 30th dollar?"

This is also an old one. I remember coming across it at school in the 1940s! About the same time that I first heard my own posting. Except it was in Shillings when I heard it.

The 2 dollars is already included in the 27 dollars ($25 for the room and $2 for the tip). Adding it again is not necessary. What should be added is the $3 change which then gives the correct value of 30 dollars in total. This seeming paradox works through mathematical sleight of hand and misdirection.

[tainaprincess]

I think the answer to your latest is 19 minutes.

Nope. Sorry. It's actually less. 19 minutes was my first answer when I first saw the riddle. Keep trying.

[Grumbleguts]

Silly me. I must be getting old. It is 17 minutes.

1 and 2 cross. 2 minutes.
1 comes back. + 1 minute = 3 minutes.
3 and 4 cross. + 10 minutes = 13 minutes.
2 comes back. + 2 minutes = 15 minutes.
1 and 2 cross. + 2 minutes = 17 minutes total.


Why will Sam only give you a kiss if he is not holding anything?

[tainaprincess]

That's correct.

[ShoutGrace]

Why will Sam only give you a kiss if he is not holding anything?

He doesn't have any arms.

[Grumbleguts]

He doesn't have any arms.

That is not nearly enough information Shout Grace. It may help to know that he never takes his coat off.

[ShoutGrace]

Ah. I see?

He may have arms but, whether unfortunately or not, they are wrapped inside a straightjacket. Sam is sequestered in a looney bin somewhere?

[squibbles_318]

Ya'll need to get a life! lol no really, I think I should be in the looney bin. :D
So how does this work? Somebody says a riddle and the others try to figure it out?

[ShoutGrace]

Ya'll need to get a life! lol no really, I think I should be in the looney bin. :D
So how does this work? Somebody says a riddle and the others try to figure it out?

That's how I understood it. If you ever want to know what is going on with a thread you can go back to the very first post, where you will most often find an explanation (though I have seen some threads purposes change over time :D ).

[myself]

So what's the answer?




the answer is quite simple u basicly stop imagining!!!!

[tainaprincess]

While walking down the street I met a man. He tipped his hat and drew his cane and in this riddle I told his name. What is the mans name?

[AimusSage]

Andrew? as in and and Drew?

[tainaprincess]

Yes. Now it's your turn.

[AimusSage]

Uhoh! Pass, I can't think of any good riddle at the moment. :)

[tainaprincess]

No problem. I have a couple that I found. Here's one. Let's see if you can figure it out:

How many letters are in the alphabet?

[AimusSage]

8 in the word 'Alphabet', 3 in 'the'., 26 in a standard alphabet and many variations across the world.

If it's right, I'll start thinking on one of my own. :)

[tainaprincess]

just add your 3 and 8, and you've got it. :D

[AimusSage]

11. good, now for my riddle, made it myself :D
Not sure if it is any good, or if the answer is to obvious, but here I go, got something to prove:

riddle
When you move faster, so will this. However, for you it still goes as fast as it did when you where standing still. For those that watch you move, but stand still, it will not go faster, but when you stop you have not had as much of it as them.

What am I talking about?

[tainaprincess]

This is a tricky one. Maybe you can clarify it a bit because there are parts that seem to contradict each other. That, or maybe I'm just reading it wrong. :confused:

[AimusSage]

they seem to contradict each other I agree with that :)

[tainaprincess]

Even though I usually don't do this, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that it's time? :confused:

[AimusSage]

well, you got it right :)

[tainaprincess]

:banana: YES!! (Jumping up and down!)

Okay, for this next one, you might need a couple of hours (unless you're a real genius and can see the answer right of the bat) and paper and pencil:

There are 5 houses painted in different colors in a row on a street. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners each drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, nor drink the same beverage.
Hints:
• The Brit lives in the red house.
• The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
• The Dane drinks tea.
• The green house is on the left of the white house.
• The green house's owner drinks coffee.
• The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
• The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
• The person living in the center house drinks milk.
• The Norwegian lives in the leftmost house.
• The person who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
• The person who keeps the horse lives next to the person who smokes Dunhill.
• The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
• The German smokes Prince.
• The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
• The person who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.

Good Luck! :brow: :lol:

[AimusSage]

Pfew, this is a hard one, good thing I like to practice logic puzzles or whatever they are called in english, I think I got it :)

1: Yellow, Norwegian, water, cats, dunhill
2. Blue, Dane, tea, horse, blends
3. Red, Brit, milk, birds, pall mall
4. green, German, coffee, eaten, prince
5. white, Swede, beer, dogs, bluemasters

The german probably ate his pets, or he is owned by guinea pigs :)

[tainaprincess]

If you want some other riddles to solve while you are thinking on the one above, here are some to ease your mind:

1. What do these three things have in common? Dogs, Diamonds, Double Plays.

2. What do these 3 have in common? Superman, Moses, The Cabbage Patch Kids

3. There is a barrel with no lid and some wine in it. "This barrel of wine is more than half full," said Curly. "No it's not," says Mo. "It's less than half full." Without any measuring implements and without removing any wine from the barrel, how can they easily determine who is correct?

4. In olden days you are a clever thief charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decided to be a little lenient and lets you choose your own way to die. What way should you choose? Remember, you're clever!

5. I'm a word that's hardly there. Take away my start, and I'm an herbal flair. What am I?

6. Bill bets Craig $100 that he can predict the score of the hockey game before it starts. Craig agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Craig lose the bet?

7. 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?

8. A magician was boasting one day at how long he could hold his breath under water. His record was 6 minutes. A kid that was listening said, "that's nothing, I can stay under water for 10 minutes using no types of equipment or air pockets!" The magician told the kid if he could do that, he'd give him $10,000. The kid did it and won the money. Can you figure out how?

9. A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?

10. A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?

11. A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?


Courtesy of: www.net-resort.com

[AimusSage]

There not hidden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek2:

besides, I solved the other one already, or so I think. :)

[tainaprincess]

Sorry about that, I fixed it though. So, what did you get?

[AimusSage]

See the post above your long list of riddles :)

[tainaprincess]

:blush: I just realized that I left out the actual question part of it: Who owned the fish? But, since your logic was correct, I think we can assume the answer to that question. :D

[AimusSage]

Ah, it confused me for a bit, as there where only 4 pets, I figured you missed a hint or something, but tried it anyway, and found I could solve it without the 5th pet. :)

Fun riddle, although somehow it felt familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere before, which is not surprising, with the vastness of the internet and all. Anyway, I can't think up riddles that fast, so i'll post one later, or you can post one instead if you like. :)

[tainaprincess]

I had heard that riddle a long time ago. Oh, did you try the other short riddles?

[AimusSage]

1. best friends
2. I am not familiar with the cabbage patch kids
3. got me stooped, maybe tilt it and see how far the wine reaches, no clue though how that helps. :)
4. old age please.
5. No clue.
6. Somehow it eludes me, it's got something to do with the moment and what's said, but don't see it :)
7. He is superman, no clue, play on word I reckon, it's what riddles do :)
8. standing under a bucket filled with water or something
9. Mail on sunday?
10. two sacks? the farmer has one sack filled with grain.
11. Cheap, same like 'the alphabet' and the amount of letters in it :)

[tainaprincess]

Okay, well, here are the answers you missed:
2. They are adopted.
3. Tilt the barrel until the wine barely touches the lip of the barrel. If the bottom of the barrel is visible then it is less than half full. If the barrel bottom is still completely covered by the wine, then it is more than half full.
5. Sparsley (No S = Parsley)
6. Bill said the score would be 0-0 and he was right. "Before" any hockey game starts, the score is always 0-0.
7. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry.
8. close, standing under a glass of water.
10. The farmer's load was heavier. His hired help only carried two sacks, while the farmer carries one sack, but his sack is a sack of grain. The hired help only carried 2 sacks - both empty.
11. The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.

[tainaprincess]

Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow. I have to go. :bawling:

[AimusSage]

A new riddle! This riddle has been tested extensively in a laboratory using one of the brightest specimen of the human race. ;) As such this person is now not allowed to participate, to prevent contamination of the control group! :D

Riddle
You are walking in a desert. To your left you see nothing but sand. The same is true for your right. In front of you at about a hundred yard stands a single tree. You feel an unquenchable thirst and there is no water nearby. Yet you see clouds in the sky, signalling rain. Alas, no rain falls and the clouds go away. Perhaps the tree’s shadow will bring you some comfort. As you look up to see the tree, you notice it is gone, and in its place now stands a man. To your surprise the man walks up to you. You stare at him, not sure what to say, wishing he had some water. The man is grotesque and walks as if he is missing part of his leg. When the man stands in front of you he asks you a question.
“Do you remember me?”
You don't remember him and tell him all you want to do is drink some water, to which he replies:
"The water you took brought you here, water is not what will get you from this place. It’s a shame, I thought you would have remembered me. Now will you remember?"
With the last word spoken, the man disappears.
"Remember the old man." You tell yourself, somehow feeling it is important. But the memory soon fades, and you find yourself wandering the desert, seeing nothing but sand all over. If only it would rain, so you could quench your thirst. Perhaps the shadow of the tree in the distance can provide some respite from the sun.

Where are you? Who is the old man and what does the water represent?

[Scheherazade]

A new riddle! This riddle has been tested extensively in a laboratory using one of the brightest specimen of the human race. ;) As such this person is now not allowed to participate, to prevent contamination of the control group! :DI do shine a bit... I think it is the Lux Shimmering Sea Shower Gel I have been using recently!

:D

[tainaprincess]

Riddle
You are walking in a desert. To your left you see nothing but sand. The same is true for your right. In front of you at about a hundred yard stands a single tree. You feel an unquenchable thirst and there is no water nearby. Yet you see clouds in the sky, signalling rain. Alas, no rain falls and the clouds go away. Perhaps the tree’s shadow will bring you some comfort. As you look up to see the tree, you notice it is gone, and in its place now stands a man. To your surprise the man walks up to you. You stare at him, not sure what to say, wishing he had some water. The man is grotesque and walks as if he is missing part of his leg. When the man stands in front of you he asks you a question.
“Do you remember me?”
You don't remember him and tell him all you want to do is drink some water, to which he replies:
"The water you took brought you here, water is not what will get you from this place. It’s a shame, I thought you would have remembered me. Now will you remember?"
With the last word spoken, the man disappears.
"Remember the old man." You tell yourself, somehow feeling it is important. But the memory soon fades, and you find yourself wandering the desert, seeing nothing but sand all over. If only it would rain, so you could quench your thirst. Perhaps the shadow of the tree in the distance can provide some respite from the sun.

Where are you? Who is the old man and what does the water represent?

The place wouldn't happen to be limbo, would it? I have no idea who the old man is, but the water can represent an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.

[AimusSage]

Limbo? Not quite, but close. The water does not represent a thirst for knowledge.

[tainaprincess]

Can you give me any clues?

[AimusSage]

you took two things from the old man, both precious, but one more valued than the other.

Not telling anything more, I've practically given away a large part of the answer now. :)

[tainaprincess]

Again, not quite sure. Is the place purgatory (or maybe hell)? The old man could be myself, and the water could represent my memories stuck in a perpetual cycle of one memory.

[AimusSage]

one out of three so far, Place is indeed the afterlife, hell if you want to call it that. :)

[tainaprincess]

The old man is the person who's life I took, and the water represents a thirst for blood?

[ShoutGrace]

Perhaps the two things you took from the old man were his life and dignity/happiness.

"The water you took brought you here." That is awfully funny wording.

That means that whatever the man "took" (as in 'stole', or as in 'ingested?') while operating within the mortal coil brought him to the afterlife?

Something that people covet while alive but won't find in the theoretical afterlife?

[tainaprincess]

You know, now that I think about it, maybe the person in the afterlife shot the old man and that's why the old man is walking as if missing part of his leg. And the water could represent the search for a path in life, but on not finding it, found the old man.

[AimusSage]

Perhaps the two things you took from the old man were his life and dignity/happiness.
one of two correct. :)


"The water you took brought you here." That is awfully funny wording.

That means that whatever the man "took" (as in 'stole', or as in 'ingested?') while operating within the mortal coil brought him to the afterlife?

Something that people covet while alive but won't find in the theoretical afterlife?

Really close, it is indeed what brought him to the afterlife. :D

[AimusSage]

You know, now that I think about it, maybe the person in the afterlife shot the old man and that's why the old man is walking as if missing part of his leg. And the water could represent the search for a path in life, but on not finding it, found the old man.

Sorry, that is not right. :)

[tainaprincess]

Okay, while I think about your riddle, I'll give you this riddle to solve:
Spaceman Sam is trapped in a space capsule with a time bomb. He has 7 minutes to work out which button opens the door. He knows the buttons are numbered from 1 to 16, but not all the numbers are visible. No number appears twice. The numbers in each row, column and diagonal add up to 34. To open the door, he must work out which button is number 1. All the rest will trigger the bomb. Which button should he press? Here is the pattern of numbers that appear on the buttons:
16 2 3 _
5 _ _ _
_ 7 6 12
4 14 _ _

So figure out where all the numbers go, and you will have your answer.

[smilingtearz]

16 02 03 13
05 11 10 08
09 07 06 12
04 14 15 01

[tainaprincess]

That's correct!

[smilingtearz]

:banana::banana::banana:
btw :wave: hi tania

[smilingtearz]

here's one:
what am i?


I run but I never walk.
I have a bed but I never sleep.
I have a mouth but I never speak.
What am I?

[tainaprincess]

Hi, smilingtearz. I love your avatar (loved the one before too).

The answer to your riddle is a river.

[tainaprincess]

Sorry, that is not right. :)

Okay, the old man is my heart, which is broken and missing a piece, and the water is the lost memory of my love?

[smilingtearz]

correct.. :banana: :thumbs_up

oops... i thought you weren't replying.. isent you a PM.. i'm leaving now... thanks for the compliment on the avtar :D

here's the next riddle
I am a three digit number.
My tens digit is five more than my ones digit.
My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.
What number am I?

[tainaprincess]

No prob... I'm just doing a couple of other things, and take a bit in remembering to check here.

[AimusSage]

Okay, the old man is my heart, which is broken and missing a piece, and the water is the lost memory of my love?
Nope, sorry, David was really close with the water being 'digested' :)
You are looking to deep into the old man and what he is, take a simpler approach. :)

Eve: 194 :)

[tainaprincess]

The old man is the person's father, whose happiness he took when the water that the person took was poisoned

[AimusSage]

It's not actually water, and no, the old man is not his father, although it could have been.

[tainaprincess]

the poison could have been put in a cup of wine, and that made the person thirsty

[AimusSage]

I never said it was poison, now did I? It can be seen as posion, after a fashion, but isn't really.

[tainaprincess]

I never said it was poison, now did I? It can be seen as posion, after a fashion, but isn't really.

Now, when you say "It can be seen as a poison, after a fashion," do you mean that it can be used as a poison, but isn't usually looked at that way?

[AimusSage]

perhaps. :)

[tainaprincess]

Maybe some type of pill was opened and put into the person's drink. Depending on the type of pill and the amount put in the drink, it could lead to death.
The old man could be someone betrayed by the person. :confused:

[AimusSage]

maybe he did it himself?

[tainaprincess]

maybe he did it himself?
Did what: betray, or poison himself?

[AimusSage]

who said anyone is poisoned?
Nobody betrayed himself

[tainaprincess]

okay, but you said that maybe he did it. What do you mean?

[AimusSage]

I meant that there isn't necessarely a third person involved.

[tainaprincess]

I meant that one of the two had poisoned the person.
So, did the person betray the old man, and the old man poisoned the person as revenge?

[AimusSage]

no, don't look at it as poison.

[tainaprincess]

What about the second part?

[tainaprincess]

Well, I have to go. TTY tomorrow.

[ShoutGrace]

I think that perhaps there is a difference between guessing/apprehending the correct answer and asking the riddler questions until he discloses the answer.

I wonder if there is an official riddle methodology?

[smilingtearz]

Eve: 194 :)

:nod:
you're good with mathematics aren't you?

[AimusSage]

Somewhat, too bad I am not that good with names, managed to misspell yours. :blush:

[smilingtearz]

:lol:..that's alright!

[smilingtearz]

Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000.
Now add 30. And another 1000.
Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10.
What is the total?

[tainaprincess]

4100. You have no idea how many times I've seen this one and actually fallen for it.

[smilingtearz]

:lol:.. same here

next:
You're driving a bus that is leaving on a trip from Pennsylvania and ending in New York. To start off with, there were 32 passengers on the bus. At the next bus stop, 11 people get off and 9 people get on. At the next bus stop, 2 people get off and 2 people get on. At the next bus stop, 12 people get on and 16 people get off. At the next bus stop, 5 people get on and 3 people get off. Question: What color are the bus driver's eyes?

I'll run out of stock if i continue doing this..

[tainaprincess]

Well, since my eyes are a hazel green, that's the color I'll go with, seeing that I'm the driver. :D

[tainaprincess]

Here's one for you, while you replenish your stock:

Sergi and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Sergi was watching T.V his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Sergi decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?

[smilingtearz]

:banana: she's good!

My posterior is adorned with feathers.
I have a rather long neck and quite a pointy nose.
I am able to fly, yet I have no wings.
What am I?

[smilingtearz]

actually.. i've heard that one before.. :D
She was blind and was reading the braille thing..

[tainaprincess]

I have no idea what the answer to your's is, but I will think about it while you think about this:

The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Are these sentences true or false?

[tainaprincess]

Even though I'm almost sure it's wrong, it wouldn't by chance be a kite, would it? :confused:

[smilingtearz]

naah.. here's a hint
think:Robinhood

the one you put up's a bit uhm.. tricky... contradicting and messed up..

[tainaprincess]

Well, you're very close with the contradicting part.

It's an arrow.

[smilingtearz]

yuppers!

i give up on the last one.. both the sentences lead to nowhere...

[tainaprincess]

Exactly. The answer is:

Neither, it's a paradox. If the first is true, then the second must be false, which makes the first false… it doesn't work.

[smilingtearz]

i'm not so dumb afterall *winks*
:D

[tainaprincess]

Nobody said you were!

Here's another. I'm sure you've heard this one before:

A man went on a trip with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. He came upon a stream which he had to cross and found a tiny boat to use to cross the stream. He could only take himself and one other - the fox, the goose, or the corn - at a time. He could not leave the fox alone with the goose or the goose alone with the corn. How does he get all safely over the stream?

[smilingtearz]

he takes the goose first
comes back... takes the fox.. brings the goose back...
takes the corn.. leaves the goose this side
comes back to take the goose!!
:banana:

[smilingtearz]

:nod: i've done that one before

umm

My name has seven alphabets
123 a vehicle hired
2345 a music band
456 a peice of luggage
567 changes every year
What am i?

this one's quite easy.. you'll solve it in one go

[tainaprincess]

cabbage :banana: I seriously thought I wasn't going to get it.

[tainaprincess]

Here's another one:

Suppose you want to send in the mail a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is big enough to hold the object. The box has a locking ring which is large enough to have a lock attached and you have several locks with keys. However, your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. You cannot send the key in an unlocked box since it may be stolen or copied. How do you send the valuable object, locked, to your friend - so it may be opened by your friend?

[smilingtearz]

uh...Send the Locked the box and send the key to it in a seperate parcel?

[smilingtearz]

or probably Eva sent the box to Tania.. locked...
tania puts a lock on it to which she has the keys and sends it back
Eva recieves the box.. unlocks the first "lock".. sends it back??

though that'd take so long..

[tainaprincess]

uh...Send the Locked the box and send the key to it in a seperate parcel?

You have the first part right. The friend can get involved in solving the dilemma.

[smilingtearz]

so what is to be done?

[tainaprincess]

Send the box with a lock attached and locked. Your friend attaches his or her own lock and sends the box back to you. You remove your lock and send it back to your friend. Your friend may then remove the lock she or he put on and open the box.

[tainaprincess]

Here's another:
There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?

[AimusSage]

By speaking :)

So, you've given up on the mystery have you?

[tainaprincess]

correct.
yes, i've given up :bawling: i can't take it anymore. :D

[tainaprincess]

Try this one:
There is a grandad, a dad and 2 boys. each of them want to sit down, but there are only 3 chairs. how did they all fit in the chairs?

[tainaprincess]

or probably Eva sent the box to Tania.. locked...
tania puts a lock on it to which she has the keys and sends it back
Eva recieves the box.. unlocks the first "lock".. sends it back??

though that'd take so long..

This was right. I don't know why it didn't show on my side until just recently. Sorry about that. And yes, I know it would take a long time. I honestly would have sent a combination lock, and called you up, given you the combination so you could open it without having to send it back to me first.

[AimusSage]

Try this one:
There is a grandad, a dad and 2 boys. each of them want to sit down, but there are only 3 chairs. how did they all fit in the chairs?
I'm sure granddad and dad can each have a boy sit on their lap. :)

[tainaprincess]

nope. no one is sitting on anyone's lap.

[AimusSage]

Alright, if it's boy as in son, that means there are only three people, seeing as how the dad is also a boy to his father, who is a granddad to the dad's boy. So the two boys are father and son, with a granddad who is also a dad. I think I just confused myself. :confused:

[tainaprincess]

:lol: yes, that's correct. it can be confusing, but at the same time make perfect sense.
oh, are you going to give me the answer to your riddle, or am i to be perplexed over it for eternity?

[tainaprincess]

Okay, here's another:
A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he goes down the lift to go to work. When he gets back from work on a sunny day he walks up the stairs. When it's raining he takes the lift. Why is that?

[AimusSage]

Yes, it's eternity for you I'm afraid :p



The answer is that he overdosed on drugs, heroin, and is actually dead. He killed the old man for his money so he could buy the drugs from which he overdosed and the only way for him to be saved from eternal suffering is to remember the man, why he killed him, so he can feel remorse. He was so drugged up he doesn't even remember killing the man. But his salvation is not part of the riddle. The water represends the heroin.

[AimusSage]

Okay, here's another:
A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day he goes down the lift to go to work. When he gets back from work on a sunny day he walks up the stairs. When it's raining he takes the lift. Why is that?
?? he likes to walk the stairs in the sun, but hates to walk the stairs in the rain :)

[tainaprincess]

ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. :crash: i feel so stupid!!! oh well, c'est la vie.

[tainaprincess]

?? he likes to walk the stairs in the sun, but hates to walk the stairs in the rain :)

nope sorry. think of what he has to have on a rainy day, that he doesn't need on a sunny day.

[AimusSage]

ah, an umbrella to reach the button for the tenth floor! But he sure is an idiot, if he took a walking cane on sunny days he could press the button on a sunny day. And he should have eaten more meat as a kid, it would have helped him grow :)

[tainaprincess]

That's correct.

[AimusSage]

It was the 'what he needs on a rainy day' that gave it away :)

[tainaprincess]

:lol: Okay, try this one:
You wake up in a place you've never been before. You notice that there are three doors in front of you. behind each of the doors is a room with an exit. on each door there is a note. door #1 says "this room is filled with poisonous gas". door #2 says "this room has 15 lions in it that havent eaten in 3-5 years" and door #3 says "this room is filled with snipers and will shoot anyone who walks in". Which door should you pick?

[AimusSage]

2nd door obviously, unless the lions are animated corpses that are still lethal, it shouldn't pose much of a problem :)

[tainaprincess]

okay.
Here's another:
A man walks into his bathroom and shoots himself right between the eyes using a REAL gun and REAL bullets. He walks out alive, with no blood anywhere. And no, he didn't miss and he wasn't superman or any other caped crusader.
How did he do it?

[AimusSage]

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's shot between the eyes :)

[tainaprincess]

Good. Try this:
Old Mr. Tidy was found dead in his study by Mr. Fiend. Mr. Fiend recounted his dismal discovery to the police. " I was walking by Mr. Tidy's house when I thought I would just pop in for a little visit. I noticed his study light was on so i decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when i saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward."
The officer immediately arrested Mr. Fiend for the murder of Mr. Tidy. How did the officer know Mr. Fiend was lying?

[AimusSage]

Frost forms on the inside, no chance to wipe it of outside :)

I knew this one already :)

[tainaprincess]

Okay. Here's another:
A man is found dead in an empty room that was locked from the inside. He hung himself with a rope that was hung in the center of the room but there is no chair in the room or anything else that could have lifted him up. The room also has no windows. The only evidence is that the floor is wet. How did he hang himself?

[AimusSage]

Ice cube on which he stood, which melted away, which is the water on the floor.

[tainaprincess]

Good. Try this:
A man wakes up in the middle of the night and he is hungry. He goes downstairs, makes himself a sandwich and eats it. He goes back upstairs, turns out the light and goes back to sleep. When he wakes up in the morning he looks out his window and shoots himself. WHY??

[AimusSage]

He never turned the light on, it was already on, because he lives in a lighthouse, in the morning, he sees a lot of ships have stranded, and he shoots himself.

Needles to say, I knew this one :)

[ShoutGrace]

He works in a lighthouse - I already heard that one . . . When he turns off the light, all the ships wreck.

[tainaprincess]

Sorry, but I have to go.

[ShoutGrace]

Oh man!!! I'm just too slow . . . :D The only riddle I already knew the answer to!