Riddles

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:37 pm

We definitely should have a riddles page on this forum.

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:38 pm

The thing with riddles is a lot of pople know most of them already.

Queue.

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:40 pm

Fair point Ryan, still, I think we should give it a go.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:44 pm

I was going to post asking "what's the difference between a riddle and just a general puzzle?", then remembered I could just google it. Then I wish I hadn't, 'cos this shit be complicaaaaated.

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:45 pm

Good call, Eoin. I like riddles. Here's another easy one to get things going:

The person who makes me has no need for me. The person who buys me doesn't use me. The person who is using me doesn't know. What am I?

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:46 pm

JimBentley wrote:Good call, Eoin. I like riddles. Here's another easy one to get things going:

The person who makes me has no need for me. The person who buys me doesn't use me. The person who is using me doesn't know. What am I?

Coughing.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:10 pm

A man awakes suddenly in the morning after hearing the news on the radio. He runs to the next room switches on the light and then shoots himself. Why?

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:40 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:A man awakes suddenly in the morning after hearing the news on the radio. He runs to the next room switches on the light and then shoots himself. Why?

I fucking hate these. Seriously.

It would be cool if people posted riddles that they'd composed, but I think we tried that before and it was crap-flooded by Kieran Child.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:14 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:A man awakes suddenly in the morning after hearing the news on the radio. He runs to the next room switches on the light and then shoots himself. Why?
I fucking hate these. Seriously.

It would be cool if people posted riddles that they'd composed, but I think we tried that before and it was crap-flooded by Kieran Child.

I'm sorry Charlie, please forgive me.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:06 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:I'm sorry Charlie, please forgive me.

Sorry, no. You are uninvited from my wedding.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:29 am

Eoin Monaghan wrote:We definitely should have a riddles page on this forum.

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

Shit, Ryan beat me to it

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:57 am

Here's one.
Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word. BSAINXLEATNTEARS

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:20 am

Marc Meakin wrote:Here's one.
Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word. BSAINXLEATNTEARS

Banana.

Marc Meakin · Post by **Marc Meakin** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:53 am

This has stumped me http://riddles.com/all-kinds-of-riddles ... 080566524/

David Roe · Post by **David Roe** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:12 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

Or Aitch.

Peter Mabey · Post by **Peter Mabey** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:29 pm

Marc Meakin wrote:This has stumped me http://riddles.com/all-kinds-of-riddles ... 080566524/

This is based on a puzzle Sam Loyd created in the 19th century - the extra man comes from a little removed from each of the others

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:27 pm

1)
I do not breathe, but I run and jump.
I do not eat, but I swim and stretch.
I do not drink, but I sleep and stand.
I do not think, but I grow and play.
I do not see, but you see me every day.

2)
With potent, flowery words speak I,
Of something common, vulgar, dry;
I weave webs of pedantic prose,
In effort to befuddle those,
Who think I wile time away,
In lofty things, above all day
The common kind that linger where
Monadic beings live and fare;
Practical I may not be,
But life, it seems, is full of me!

Not mine

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:07 pm

Eoin Monaghan wrote:1)
I do not breathe, but I run and jump.
I do not eat, but I swim and stretch.
I do not drink, but I sleep and stand.
I do not think, but I grow and play.
I do not see, but you see me every day.

2)
With potent, flowery words speak I,
Of something common, vulgar, dry;
I weave webs of pedantic prose,
In effort to befuddle those,
Who think I wile time away,
In lofty things, above all day
The common kind that linger where
Monadic beings live and fare;
Practical I may not be,
But life, it seems, is full of me!

Not mine

Is 2) a riddle? (PS avoid the deliberate wording of that answer

)

Eoin Monaghan · Post by **Eoin Monaghan** » Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:04 pm

Well done Kai (I am not being sarcastic, that is the genuine answer.)

Jordan F · Post by **Jordan F** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:42 am

1.In the 19th century, a man rode into town on Friday and stayed in town for two days. He then left on Friday. How is this possible?

2.A man walks up to a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender then points a gun at the man. The man sincerely thanks the bartender. Why?

3. At the carnival, three teddy bears were won by two mothers and two daughters. How is this possible?

Ralph Gillions · Post by **Ralph Gillions** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:10 am

1. Friday was the name of his horse?

Jordan F · Post by **Jordan F** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 2:24 am

Ralph Gillions wrote:1. Friday was the name of his horse?

It was indeed. Now let's see if people can get the other two.

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:21 am

Jordan F wrote: 3. At the carnival, three teddy bears were won by two mothers and two daughters. How is this possible?

I don't get this. There were four people, child A, child B, mother A, mother B. They won 3 teddy bears. End of story. Do you mean one teddy bear each?

In which case, you have Child A, Mother A, Grandmother A so you have two mothers in there and two daughters but only three people.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:24 am

Jordan F wrote:2. A man walks up to a bar and asks for a glass of water. The bartender then points a gun at the man. The man sincerely thanks the bartender. Why?

I assume that the water came out of one of those gun shaped dispenser things that you see in bars.

Jordan F wrote:3. At the carnival, three teddy bears were won by two mothers and two daughters. How is this possible?

I assume that there is an A, B & C, so A would be the mother of B, and B would be the mother of C, so C is the daughter of B and B is the daughter of A, making 2 mothers and 2 daughters.

EDIT: Damn you, Bevins.

I so hope they're right.

Chris Corby · Post by **Chris Corby** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:02 am

2. The shock cured his hiccups

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:32 pm

Oh shit. I hope Charlie doesn't read any of these or he is gonna go apeshit on you. Delete these shit riddles now before it's too late!!!!!

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:33 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:Oh shit. I hope Charlie doesn't read any of these or he is gonna go apeshit on you. Delete these shit riddles now before it's too late!!!!!

The second one in particular is genuinely terrible. A perfect example of why riddles are retarded.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:34 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:Oh shit. I hope Charlie doesn't read any of these or he is gonna go apeshit on you. Delete these shit riddles now before it's too late!!!!!
The second one in particular is genuinely terrible. A perfect example of why riddles are retarded.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:34 pm

I do agree that riddles are pretty rubbish though, always the same ones that circulate too.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:41 pm

They're not even riddles, there's just "situations you have to fit a story around". It's like a creative writing class, and the response have been failures.
For example, the answer to no. 1 is clearly that he had a personal sex slave called Friday. It was possible for the man to ride Friday because Friday is big and black and built like a fucking bison.

Here's a riddle:
My first is in ladies but rarely in men.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:46 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:Here's a riddle:
My first is in ladies but rarely in men.

Spite?

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:47 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:Here's a riddle:
My fist is in ladies but rarely in men.

Fixed that for you.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:48 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Here's a riddle:
My fist is in ladies but rarely in men.
Fixed that for you.

Damn. You're so much funnier than I am.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:51 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Michael Wallace wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Here's a riddle:
My fist is in ladies but rarely in men.
Fixed that for you.
Damn. You're so much funnier than I am. I fucking hate you.

<3

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:55 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:Here's a riddle:
My fist is in ladies but rarely in men.
Fixed that for you.

Tee hee. That was, of course, the joke, and you done the same edit I had planned. BECAUSE ME AND YOU ARE FUNNY, AND RYAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKES RIDDLES.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:58 pm

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:15 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:ME AND YOU ARE FUNNY, AND RYAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKES PENIS.
I've got the hang of this, right?

Not quite.... BECAUSE YOU LOVE PENIS ON BOTH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:26 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:
Ryan Taylor wrote:
Matt Morrison wrote:ME AND YOU ARE FUNNY, AND RYAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKES PENIS.
I've got the hang of this, right?
Not quite.... BECAUSE YOU LOVE PENIS IN BOTH YOUR HANDS!!!!!!!

:O

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:30 pm

Wait, Ryan has two penises?

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:32 pm

This thread has become so much better so quickly. Here's another.

George climbs up some stairs. When he gets to the top, he eats a sandwich from his bag. A stranger comes over and congratulates him. WHY!?!?

Hint: George is a homosexual.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:34 pm

Michael Wallace wrote:Wait, Ryan has two penises?

:O

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:37 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:This thread has become so much better so quickly. Here's another.

George climbs up some stairs. When he gets to the top, he eats a sandwich from his bag. A stranger comes over and congratulates him. WHY!?!?

Hint: George is a homosexual.