A riddle for you!

[blinc]

Let's see who figures this out first.

Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?

[TTP]

A Moderator! What...you are so a moderator...
Oh the riddle!
Ummm, that's a good one and I'll have to think on it awhile.

[blinc]

Goofball!

[ntexas]

Hmmmm....groan....brain rusty....scrunch face....gravity (no, that won't work)....c'mon, it can't be THAT difficult....bet it's a play on WORDS....I'll be back with more mind muttering later!

Oh, wait! I've got it! {{{{ cat! }}}}

get it? (a cat is heavy, a tac is not)

Oh, all right ... I knew that wasn't it, but just wanted to see if you'd accidentally go along?

..... hmmmmm...... (still scrunching up face and thinking hard)

[blinc]

Not quite Ntexas... but you're definitely on the right track!! heh heh

[In_His_Shadow]

I am so bad at these things but heres my guess: ton

Forward its heavy: ton
Spelled backwards it: not


It's a guess,

CJ

[ntexas]

InHisShadow, you are brilliant! You got it! (okay, I guess we have to wait for blinc to acknowledge your brilliance to make it official, but that's got to be it!).

Good job!

Anyone else have any more riddles?

[In_His_Shadow]

Well I'll be darn. Who wudda thunk it. I am really pitiful at these things. Amazingly enough I love to play them just never get the right answer.

CJ

ntexas: Just call me CJ (short for Cathie Jo a good southern name :)

[blinc]

Yes! CJ got it! :) Way to go!

Ya want another one, or does someone have one they'd like to puzzle us over?

[blinc]

Well, I'll give another one then! {toothy}

What has four fingers and one thumb, but is not flesh, fish, bone or fowl.

[In_His_Shadow]

Here's a way out in left field wild guess: A glove?

CJ

[blinc]

Aack! You got it right off the bat! You're too smart CJ!

OK... try this one!

What has four eyes but cannot see?

[Karenluvs6]

mississippi??

[TTP]

Oh that's what I was thinking earlier Karen!
But, I couldn't spell and count at the same time so I thought there were only three. Ack! {dunce}

[blinc]

Yes! Karenluvs6 got it. You guys are too smart for me! Anyone else have one?

[Debby]

Okay, this one is kinda dumb, but you'd be amazed how many people are actually stumped by it...of course it helps when you have the visual affects...pretend I have a penny, a nickle and a quarter, and I show them all to you....okay...then I say, Susans mom had three kids....(I show you the penny now) the first child was named penny...(now I show you the nickle)....the second childs name was Nicholas.....(then I show you the quarter)....what was the third childs name?

[jamesglewisf]

Susan

[Debby]

Very good!!! (I told you it was dumb) :)

[TWTCommish]

Great riddles! The only ones I know of offhand are the ones from "The Hobbit", which are all pretty good, but I'm sure some of the people here have read the book already.

[blinc]

Ok, here's one:

We are little creatures;
all of us have different features.

One of us in glass is set;
one of us you'll find in jet.

Another you may see in tin,
and the fourth is boxed within .

If the fifth you should pursue,
it can never fly from you.

What are we?

[TTP]

I've heard this one before I think, and I might know what it is. Because I think I've heard it though I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't heard it. Just to make sure:

Are they also at the beginning of time
and at the very tip of a giant?

Can they be seen within a quitter
or come in second to itself?

Are they near the end of their fate
or just near the end of reality?


Or am I really lost?

[TWTCommish]

I've got no clue on those last two riddles! :)

[blinc]

I do believe you've got it TTP, as your "answer" contained all five elements, including sometimes the sixth! Unless, it was a coincidence? {toothy}

[blinc]

Ok, I'll tell... the answer is vowels.

[RoadRunner]

You're good, blinc. I never would have gotten that one.

[Debby]

Okay, noone is going to believe this, and I don't blame you, but honestly...I woke up in the middle of the night and was running a hundred thoughts over in my mind, and that riddle came to me, and I swear to God, I thought..."VOWELS" AEIOU......and before I could answer you told it! But thats okay :) I usually don't get them right, so I might have been afraid to say my guess anyway! Good one!!!! Have another? (I need something pleasant to think about when I wake up at 3 am...lol)

[blinc]

I believe you! Seem to have the same kind of luck over here... usually it's a great comeback line, about 2 minutes too late!

Ok.. here's another one for you then:

I go around in circles,
But always straight ahead
Never complain,
No matter where I am led.

What am I?

[Debby]

Oh my, you have really stumped me here....but let me think about it a bit! :)

[blinc]

Ok, I won't give the answer this time, til someone screams uncle! {toothy}

[TTP]

Tires on a car?
Earth?

[TWTCommish]

It's GOT to be tires - great guess. I was going over it in my head, thinking of things that go around in circles - thought of a clock, maybe the earth (not sure), etc.

[Debby]

Yes, tires was my first thought....BUT it says they always go straight ahead, and that threw me off tires, because of course tires can go backwards....so hmmmmm I am stumped, but don't tell us yet Blinc, unless tires was right, because I want to keep mulling this over in my mind....LOL.

[Debby]

This one really has me going, I must say. If it is tires....please put me out of my misery so i don't strain my brain any further trying to figure it out!!! But I keep thinking....it never complains, no matter where it is led, so maybe it is something you take with you alot, and...errrr....this is frustrating!!!!! (but i love it)

[jamesglewisf]

Sounds like tricycle wheels, but it probably isn't wheels at all.

[TTP]

Hmmm...
Electricity?
Blood?
Tornado?
Hurricane?

[Debby]

I think your reaching there....LOL

[TTP]

I got it! A mule! Those things don't go in reverse...but they complain alot so maybe not.
I'm trying here!

[Debby]

hmmmm. I don't see very many mules going in circles either. Lol

[TTP]

Oh yeah...ooops {dunce}

[blinc]

hee hee, you guys crack me up. {toothy} Lots of great guesses here, but think Karen should get it for tire... the answer was wheel!

OK, here's an old one:

When I'm clean
I'm black or green,
when I'm dirty
I'm usually white.

What am I?

[roldfiel]

CHALKBOARD!!!!!!!!!!! I think I got one!!HEHEHE!:)

[TTP]

Who got the last one?
*kicks dirt*
Someday...

[blinc]

{eek2} OOOPS!! Sorry, Sorry, Sorry TTP - I MEANT TTP GOT IT!! Yikes!
Is it safe to come out yet?

Roldfiel got the last one on the first try! Yes, it was a chalkboard! Yaaaaaaaaay!

Anyone else have one, or should I give you another riddle?

[TTP]

Yay! {mm}
It was me! {toothy}

Lets try one...I'm making this up as I go, so if it stinks...don't blame me! :)

I bring with me the day, leave with night. Without me there would be no rainbows, rain or life. What am I?

This one is very easy, but...yeah...I'm no good at making these up!

[thespian]

You are my Sunshine .... {mm}

[blinc]

By George, I think Thespian's got it mate! {mm}

[TTP]

Told you it wasn't good. I try though. {toothy}
Your go!

[thespian]

Okay - my turn!

This is a nice easy LOGICAL one for all!

Two Ducks in front of One Duck
Two Ducks behind One Duck
One Duck in the Middle

How many Ducks? (And it's not 5)

[TTP]

3?

[thespian]

And I thought that was such a good one.

Well Done TTP.

Okay, one more.

What belongs to you, is lighter than a feather, yet you can never pick it up?

[jamesglewisf]

Thespian! It is good to see you here again. I thought we had lost you.

[thespian]

No such luck. I'm the proverbial "Bad Penny" - keep turning up :D

[TTP]

Oxygen in my blood? It's mine all mine!! {toothy}
I have no clue, this is a good one.

[thespian]

Originally posted by thespian
What belongs to you, is lighter than a feather, yet you can never pick it up?

Just to make it more interesting - a contiuation of the same riddle (in other words - a clue!)

One minute it's there and the next it will go...
Will it come back? Only the bright know.

It's a bit cryptic - but good luck anyway!

[blinc]

"Bright" as in Light? As in Light bulb? {idea}

Is it an idea? It's all mine... and what with the senility that seems to be setting in, an idea is here one minute and gone the next! {toothy}

[Debby]

Well, I would say your mind, but that is definately heavier than a feather....hmmmm....your intelligence? Okay, nevermind....:)

[thespian]

Blinc,

Yes, you are halfway there. Light is important and intelligence is not!

Have fun!

[Debby]

Would it be an idea? (just reaching here)

[Debby]

Oh sorry, I just realized Blinc had already guessed that.

[Debby]

Oh wait, oh wait!! What about your sight? It belongs to you, but you can never pick it up, it comes and goes, and at night you dont have it, but as soon as it is Light you do!!! Is that it??

[thespian]

Woa Debby!

Sorry Luv - it's not even close. The answer is not nearly so abstract. In fact it's something that you can actually see.

Keep trying. Good luck!

[blinc]

Oooh, ooh, ooh! {grblob} Is it your shadow?
What belongs to you, is lighter than a feather, yet you can never pick it up?

Your shadow belongs to you, it's light I guess. It's there one moment and gone the next. Is it? huh? Is it?

[thespian]

Way to go!

The Bells ring the lights flash and Blinc has got it!

[blinc]

{grblob} OOOOH BOY! I got it! I got it!! {toothy} {grblob}

Do you have another one for us Thespian?

[Moe]

"At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen."

[Debby]

A dream? (just a wild guess) I never get these right...lol

[Moe]

no, sorry its not a dream.

[TWTCommish]

Wow, not dreams?

The stars?

[Debby]

Stars was going to be my next guess, but you beat me to it. :) I think that about has to be the answer, I thought about it at work today, and stars fits perfectly.

[Karenluvs6]

I don't want to ruin your thread, but I have a riddle that I received in an email....I don't want to start a whole new thread for one riddle, so I am going to put it here.

There is a word in the English language in which the first two
letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female,
the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman

what is it?

[Moe]

yes, stars is correct

[TWTCommish]

Do I have to, like, think of one now? Nothing comes immedietly to mind.

[thespian]

I may be way off trach here but I think the start of the word we are looking for is "Hero...". He - signifies male, Her - signifies female and Hero - signifies great male.

I do not understand what is meant by the rest of the riddle so that is as far as I got. Maybe someone else can take it from here? {confused}

[TWTCommish]

It's Heroine.

First two letters (HE) - signifies if a male.
First three (HER) signify a female.
First four (HERO) - obviously

And a Heroine in a female hero - a great woman.

I can only claim the assist on that one. :)

[Debby]

TWT, Congrats...I had the her part figured out...first two, HE, next three...HER...but after that I was stuck, so thespian, you got further than I did also! That was a good one Karen!!

[Karenluvs6]

sure thing!
good going TWTCommish.

[OG-]

Easy one, yet stumps alot..

A man goes to a hanging as a witness. He says to the person next to him:
"Brothers and sisters I have none, but the father of this man, is my fathers son."

What is his relation to the man getting hanged?

[blinc]

Ok I think I've got it... maybe... is the man being hanged is stepbrother? Same father different mothers?

[Debby]

It's the man's own son right? The witnesses son?

[thespian]

Debbie has to be right! 'Tis pretty obvious when you consider that the Witness is an only child.

[OG-]

Yea, its his son. Its easy if you read it, but it stumps everyone if they hear it orally.

[blinc]

*whaps self on the forehead*

Geesh, that was SSOOOOOO obvious. once you know the ansewr of course

[OG-]

I've got another one.

A plaentologist is searching through a cave in the mountains one day, when he walks into a room. In the room he sees two people frozen in ice. He takes one look at them and instantly knows that its Adam and Eve. How does he know?

[TWTCommish]

Adam has no Adam's Apple? He's missing a rib? Heck I dunno. :)

[OG-]

Nope

[Debby]

That's a good one, ya got me stumped.

[OG-]

It's kinda stupid, but its a tricky riddle.

[Debby]

By the type of plants that they were wearing as clothes? Maybe those plants were only found in the garden of eden...lol

[OG-]

Keep guessing.

[Debby]

Eve is choking Adam?? *it's unfair that all the curses landed on me!*

[TWTCommish]

Oh duh - Adam has no belly button.

Just read your signature afterwards - surprised that didn't give it away. :D

[OG-]

haha, not even close with that one.

[OG-]

Yea thats it chris... I noticed my signature after I posted it, but didn't want to change it.

[Debby]

That was it? They had no belly buttons? I mean. ya I get it, they were created, not born...okay.

[Debby]

It was a good one, I have to admit. Have another?

[OG-]

Yep Let me think of one...It's a classic one.

In the desert there are two men. One of them is dead, and the other one is alive. They are both holding packages. The dead mans is closed, and the alive mans is open. What happened.

[Debby]

Oh man.....you did it again! Hmmmmm.....the packages were set to go off, only if unopened....(I know, i know, not right)

[Debby]

Oh wait! What if the alive man's package contained water? ( or a fruit juice box? lol)

[OG-]

Nope.

[Debby]

****

[Debby]

Okay....I thought about this today and I have one more guess....if this isn't it, I give up. What if both men were parachuters, and the packages they were holding were their parachutes....the dead guys would of course be unopened.

[TWTCommish]

Oh man, that's great! That has GOT to be it - hence the term "package" - throws you off, because you think of a parcel or box of some sort - and tricky things like that are consist with Peter's last riddle. :)

[Debby]

Heh, heh....I was rather proud of myself for thinking of it...hope it's right!!! LOL

[thespian]

Hey OG - you stole my thunder! I was saving that one for later when for I was feeling really mean!

Debby you are correct.

Okay, here's one that is not too complicated to work out.

Archeologists find a relic they believe was used as an early trading token. In other words, one of the first "coins" in the world. The "coin" was date stamped by a crude "etching" of the date 1350BC.

Is the coin authentic or not - and why?

[Debby]

I'm not too up on my AD's and BC's....so I won't even attempt this one. I have another one too, if it's okay to have two riddles going at once...

What is it that you tear the outside off to get to the inside, then eat the outside and throw the inside away?

[blinc]

{stunned face smiley}

Oh my goodness, I've got both of these!! I don't believe it, I hardly EVER get riddles. {toothy} ok, ok... I THINK I've got 'em:

To Thespians: The "coin" was date stamped by a crude "etching" of the date 1350BC.

Is the coin authentic or not - and why?

It's not authentic because the BC on a coin would indicate they knew about Christ before he was even born!! Yes?

To Debby's:
What is it that you tear the outside off to get to the inside, then eat the outside and throw the inside away?

An ear of corn? You tear off the husk, eat the "outside" or kernels of corn on the cob, and you throw away the cob which was the inside?

[thespian]

Well Done Blinc!

I think you've been hanging around these threads way too long now {einstein} - talk about a misspent adulthood!

Yes, you're spot-on! {xmark}

[blinc]

Wow. :) That just made my day over here. :)
Thespian, I love the way you "talk", are you from England by any chance?

Ok, here's a riddle to keep you occupied:

Farmer Brown came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left. How many melons did he take to town?

[TWTCommish]

Um, I could be way off, but is this a trick question? IE: melons are not the same was WATERmelons? :)

[blinc]

Nope no tricks, it's a mathematical riddle. Is it driving you bonkers yet? huh? {grblob} is it? {toothy}

[TWTCommish]

Uh, did he start with 2 and a half melons?

[blinc]

ooooh, you're very, very close!!

[TWTCommish]

Oh DUH! Yeah, it is SORT OF tricky - you sneaky little...<EDITED FOR EXCESSIVE PROFANITY> j/k

He has 3 melons - he sells half of them and half a melon, leaving him with one and a half...or on WHOLE melon left.

Boooo - that was tricky. :)

[blinc]

Cracking up over that editing your own post bit!! {toothy} hee hee!

*still laughing*
Yes, that was the answer.
*gasp*
{toothy}

[TWTCommish]

Hehe.

Gimme a couple hours to find a riddle. I don't know any offhand, but can probably find some doozies on the web. See ya'll then! :)

[blinc]

Well we'll be anxiously awaiting!! I had to get that last riddle off the web because I couldn't think of any right off the bat either. No, I'm not giving up my source! *wicked grin*

[Debby]

Blinc, of course you already know this....but yes...it was an ear of corn......good job!!!!!

[thespian]

Originally posted by blinc
... are you from England by any chance

Firstly, thanx for the compliment. Secondly, no - I am not from the UK, but you are right in that I am not from America either. I am extremely proud to be from the country with the most beautiful flowers and exquisite climate in the world. I am from South Africa.

That Melon one was real good. You had me confused there for a while. Anyway, I see the Wizz-Kidd managed to sort it out. Well done Chris.

[blinc]

Oh Gosh Thespian, that's wonderful! I bet you do love it there, I've heard it is beautiful. It's so nice to meet people from different areas of the world - this is sooo cool!! :) Over in the Spot and Fluffy area of the forum, there's a thread about what wildlife is in your area? Would you mind terribly if I pestered you to post some of the animals you have over there? Aaagh! I can't imagine how many different animals you have then we do, I'd love to hear about it! :)

Alright TWT, where's that mind-bending riddle of yours? {toothy}

[TWTCommish]

Ugh, a database project came up and I had to work on that - and I had a small get-together thingy type thing for MovieForums, would you be willing to skip over me and have another go, Debby? I much prefer figuring them out, anyway. :)

[blinc]

Well, I'm not Debby but I've got a good one if someone would like to give it a shot?

I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud!
(Don't even go there you guys! *grin*)
I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone's dirty business.
Can you name me?

[TWTCommish]

A washer?

[blinc]

TWT you're just tooo good at these! Yes, it was a washer.
Darn, gonna have to find a really hard one!!

[thespian]

Okay Guys & Gals, let's try another one for size. This riddle has been around for a while so maybe one of you will get it quickly. I hope this works in the "Written-Text" format as well as it does in the "Spoken-Word" format.

"I have two (2) coins in my hand. Their total value is seventy (70) cents. One of them is not a twenty (20) cent piece. What are the values of each of the coins in my hand?"

[blinc]

*banging head on the wall*

Thespian... your riddles ought to come with a warning sign. "Warning, the following riddle may contain material that is hazardous to your brain"! {toothy}

Aarrgh! Not again.... Noooooooooooo! Heeeeeeeelp!!!

[Debby]

Well, we don't have 20 cent peices over here, but I'd have to say, that when you said one of the coins is not a 20 cent peice, it sounds like the other one could be, so maybe it is a 50 cent peice and a 20 cant peice....I dunno.

[Debby]

Excuse my spelling up there, I'm too lazy to go back and fix all of it!!

[Karenluvs6]

Originally posted by thespian
Okay Guys & Gals, let's try another one for size. This riddle has been around for a while so maybe one of you will get it quickly. I hope this works in the "Written-Text" format as well as it does in the "Spoken-Word" format.

"I have two (2) coins in my hand. Their total value is seventy (70) cents. One of them is not a twenty (20) cent piece. What are the values of each of the coins in my hand?"



one of them is NOT a .20 cent piece, but the other IS!!
it's a .50 and a .20 cent piece..right?

[TWTCommish]

Ugh, if that's it, I'll probably kill myself. :P

[Karenluvs6]

now why would you say that Commish?
I never get those right!

[thespian]

Debby and Karen, move to the top of the class! Well done guys.

Commish, don't even think about it! We need you here.

[Debby]

Woohoooo! I Got another one right.... :) wow...I never get anything right! Another riddle anyone??? i need something else to concentrate on, besides my life falling apart. :)

[blinc]

Alrighty Debby, this one had me going for a good day or two before it finally hit me... ya ready?

It goes up, but at the same time goes down.
Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground.
It's present tense and past tense too,
come for a ride, just me and you.
What is it?

[Karenluvs6]

oh boy....that's a toughy!
This one'll take me a little while

[thespian]

Blinc - stop gloating! I can see you there in the corner with that self-satisfied smirk on your face.

*much head scratching*

mumble...mumble..what goes up must come down....mumble..ride just me and you...mumble. Huh?

*sigh*
*more head scratching*
*attempted self-hynosis*

"You are sleepy... slleeeeppyyy.....you are dozin...zzzz"

[blinc]

{angel} Who me? *blinks innocently*
*quietly slips away*
{self-satisfied, gloating smiley}
Hee hee hee!

[Karenluvs6]

I saw this today, and I thought you 'riddlers' might have some fun with it....Here goes!

Einstein wrote the following riddle. He said that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said its not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient. Give it a try:

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners 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, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:

The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
The green house's owner drinks coffee.
The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.

The question is : WHO OWNS THE FISH?

[Karenluvs6]

Here's another one I just saw somewhere else.....

this one's easy!

What is greater than God
More evil than the devil
The poor have it
The rich need it
And if you eat it, you'll die

[thespian]

Karen - since you are effectively going to ruin my productivity today with that "Einstein" riddle, I will supply the answer to your last riddle.

On the other hand, maybe I won't.

Yes, let's gloat a bit.

Oh well, where is the old .... hey, who put that big "D" on my thinking cap?

[blinc]

{grblob} Oh, I think I've got this one finally. Is it "Nothing"?

Originally posted by Karenluvs6
Here's another one I just saw somewhere else.....

this one's easy!

What is greater than God
More evil than the devil
The poor have it
The rich need it
And if you eat it, you'll die

[TWTCommish]

I've heard that riddle before, and yes, it is "Nothing" - appparently a higher percentage of young children answered it correctly than did college students - simply because the key to its answer is thinking simply.

[Karenluvs6]

yes Blinc....it is nothing....and he is right..more of us young children answered it correctly than did college students...{rolleyes}

I thought it was cute.

[Debby]

Okay, guys.....I am stumped....I tried to think of the answer to yours, Blinc....came up with a swing, or a rollercoaster....but nothing that actually seemed to fit the riddle....and Karen....your's gave me brain strain, big time....I even had a little drawing of the houses and was starting to figure some of it out, then I just went...blaaaaaaaaaah.....and threw the notebook down....too tough for me....LOL

[blinc]

I'm with you on the Einstein puzzle Debby. I tried working on it for about a half hour... got so messed up I had to laugh. Arrgh, this is a toughy. You're soooo close on your first guess Debby, in regards to my puzzle.

[Debby]

Okay, let me go back and read it again...maybe it will come to me...

[Debby]

A teeter-totter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[blinc]

Aha! You got it Debby - great job! :)

[thespian]

Er... Excuse me butting in here, but what in tarnation is a teeter-thingy?

[TWTCommish]

It's one of those big boards where one person sits on one end and one on the other and they shift their weight and push off the ground so they can go up and down. :)

[Karenluvs6]

yeah, I know what you mean about the Einstein riddle....It hurts my brain when I try to do it myself. I just copied it...I didn't do it!!
I'm not a good riddle person....I would have to think too much.

[thespian]

Originally posted by TWTCommish
It's one of those big boards where one person sits on one end and one on the other and they shift their weight and push off the ground so they can go up and down. :)

Thanx Chris - the Penny drops!
Out here we call it a See-Saw. Why? I have no idea.

[Debby]

I have heard it called a see-saw before also....but not as much....okay, we need another riddle, I can't get Karens...lol

[blinc]

Actually teeter-totter and see-saw both are correct answers.

He teeters on the brink... he totterd on the brink and then fell.

She sees now, what he saw.

[blinc]

oooh, here's another one for you:

A "Wise King" devised a contest to see who would receive the Princess hand in marriage.

The Princess was put in a 50x50 foot carpeted room. Each of her four suitors were put in one corner of the room with a small box to stand on. The first one to touch the Princess hand would be the winner and become the new King.

The rules of the test were that the contestants could not walk over the carpet, cross the plane of the carpet, or hang from anything; nor could they use anything but their body and wits (i.e. no magic or telepathy, nor any items such as ladders, block and tackles etc).

One suitor figured out a way and married the Princess and became the new King. How did he figure it out?

[thespian]

He called her to come to him? Just a suggestion...

[TWTCommish]

I was going to say the same thing.

[blinc]

Arrgh, no gloat time at all on this one! Thespian got it on the first go. Great job Thespian! Does anyone else have one?

[blinc]

Well, ya had your chance... here's another! {toothy}

One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancells his trip. Sure enough the plane crashes and everyone dies.

The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?

[TWTCommish]

I don't know the answer - but I know of one similar to this - I call the next one! :)

[blinc]

What? Are ya saying uncle yet? No one has a guess? Well, then... there's only one thing left to say.

Nanner, nanner, neeeeeeeener! {toothy}

[Debby]

Hmmmmm...the night watchman shouldn't have been in or near his office during the Daytime, so maybe he was there stealing something...just a thought.

[blinc]

Nope! {toothy}

But you are on the right track in a way.

[TWTCommish]

I know!!! He's fired because he had a dream at night - IE: while he was on the job. He was sleeping on the job! :)

[blinc]

Yes! You hit it right on the nose TWT! He was sleeping on the job the night before... he was the night watchman! Woo Hoo! Great guess! Ok, let's have your stumper! {toothy}

[TWTCommish]

Wooho! :) Here it is:

A man gets ready to go to bed...he turns the light off and heads downstairs to get some rest.

In the morning he wakes up and goes out to get the newspaper - he picks it up and looks at the headline: he dies from a heart attack.

Yes, he died as a result of seeing the headline. :)

Why did he have a heart attack?

[thespian]

Okay Commish, I know the answer to this one. I heard it somewhere a long while ago. I won't let the cat out of the bag - we can let then stew for a while yet.

I know another "riddle" like these last two. I will post it when this one is done!

[blinc]

Erg. I'm going to copy your riddle into there so we don't have to keep flipping back and forth. My guess would be, he saw his own obituary, in a freak misprint? He saw his wife in a photo doing something wrong? Aargh! think I'm wrong on both guesses, aren't I?

A man gets ready to go to bed...he turns the light off and heads downstairs to get some rest.

In the morning he wakes up and goes out to get the newspaper - he picks it up and looks at the headline: he dies from a heart attack.

Yes, he died as a result of seeing the headline.

Why did he have a heart attack?

[Debby]

Once again I am too late...lol. I thought of the answer to your riddle, Blinc, at 4:00 in the morning when I woke up to use the bathroom. It just hit me, and I thought, duh! The NIGHT watchman was dreaming!! But I didn't have a chance to post it, so TWT beat me...oh well...

Hmmmmm that last one is a toughy. I tend to wonder if maybe your idea about his own obituary might be right, Blinc.

[Debby]

Oh wait, I know...did it say they were recounting all the votes again??? LOL

[TWTCommish]

LOL - nope, not his obituary.

The key is to think the way you did for the last one, in a sense - IE: the answer sounds pretty simple when you think about it - it's just worded in such a way as to confuse you and make you think certain things.

[blinc]

{toothy} Sounds like we have the same kind of timing... Stinky! I'll have to dig up another one for you!

[blinc]

Ooh, was it that he had a heart attack at the same time he was looking at the paper... and it was just a coincidence? erg!!

[TWTCommish]

Nope! :)

What he saw right there on the paper (headline, I believe...doesn't make a difference, though) is what CAUSED his heart attack.

The key is to think about what might give him a heart attack, and then think about how that relates to something he's done, had done to him, etc.

That's a bit of a significant hint...ah well. :)

[Debby]

What might give him a heart attack...hmmmmm....I dunno....clogged arteries? Too much stress? Over exertion? Shock? I have no clue!!

This one has me stumped...I would like to know why he was going downstairs to get some rest, instead of upstairs....don't most people sleep upstairs in 2 story houses, or was he on the couch...lol....heck I dunno.

I have read it and reread it. It is probably so obvious I will scream. But how are we supposed to know what has been done to him? All you told us is he got ready for bed and turned the light off! Hmmmmm (scratches head)


Maybe it will come to me in the middle of the night...lol

[TWTCommish]

You're on the right track! Think about what sounds odd in the riddle, and in what situation it wouldn't be so odd. :)

[thespian]

Good morning everyone (well it is over here!)

You've really got them going with this one Commish.

Debby - like the man says, you are almost there. In your second paragraph you are taking something for granted that you were not told in the story. Look at it again.

Hope you don't mind the comment Commish!

[TWTCommish]

Naw, it's okay.

[Debby]

Okay, so obviously he wasn't in a house....that must be what I was taking for granted in the story, but I still can't figure out what difference it makes if he was in a house, or at work, or wherever. And thinking about what sounds odd in the riddle and in what situation it wouldnt seem odd, well....it seems odd to me that he would have a heart attack just from looking at a headline in a newspaper...and I can't think of any situation where that wouldnt be odd....hmmmmmm.....you really do have me stumped....but I'm still thinking.

Maybe Blinc will figure this out.

[Karenluvs6]

Ok ppl...here is the answer!



There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners 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, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:

The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
The green house's owner drinks coffee.
The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.

The question is : WHO OWNS THE FISH?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

first house - The Norwegian lives in the yellow house with a cat, drinks water and smokes Dunhills

second house - The Dane lives in the blue house with a horse, drinks tea and smokes Blends

third house - The Brit lives in the red house with a bird, drinks milk and smokes Pallmalls

fourth house - The German lives in the green house with a fish, drinks coffee and smokes Princes

fifth house - The Swede lives in the white house with a dog, drinks beer and smokes Blue Masters

[Debby]

Okay, one more pathetic attempt at this....you didn't ask what the headline said....just why did he have a heart attack. Which you already told us....because he looked at the headline.

okay it's lame...I'm going nuts here....but don't tell yet....I'm still stewing over it. :)

Hey Blinc! I need a little help here!!

[TWTCommish]

Nope, that's not it. You don't need to give me any specific headline, but you need to tell me what it is about the headline that made him have a heart attack.

[Debby]

aaaaaaaaaaackkkkkkkkk......my brain is swollen....lol....by the way could you repost that riddle on this page so we don't have to keep flipping back and forth???

I will keep thinking after I give my brain a short rest.....lol

[Debby]

Oh wait....they recalled his pacemaker??? LOL ;)

[TWTCommish]

A man gets ready to go to bed...he turns the light off and heads downstairs to get some rest.

In the morning he wakes up and goes out to get the newspaper - he picks it up and looks at the headline: he dies from a heart attack.

Yes, he died as a result of seeing the headline.

Why did he have a heart attack?


TA-DA!!!

[Debby]

Thank you....now I can mull it over some more. :)

[blinc]

Does it have anything with him having shut off the light... then going downstairs?

Hmmm... the company he just invested all his savings in went bankrupt?

Was what he saw as the headline the cause of the heartattack? Or was it the act of picking up the paper and it was a coincidence that he had a heart attack at the same time he saw the headline... no, because you said he died as a result of seeing "the headline".

Hmmm... was the paper in the middle of the road, he was reading the headline and not paying attention to what he was doing? Sooo, he stepped on something like a live electrical wire that gave him a heart attack?

He read the headlines while standing too close to a microwave oven, it through off his pacemaker. He died as a result of seeing and reading the headlines, because he wasn't paying attention to where he was?

aAAAAAARRRGHHH!

[TWTCommish]

LOL

No, no, and no! :)

Reading the headline is what gave him the heart attack - he could have read the newspaper somewhere else, and the effect would have likely been the same.

There's not a big trick to this one - nothing like "he read it in the middle of the road and had a heart attack when he realized a bus was about to hit him" or anything. :)

I will say this: one or two things have been said about something in the riddle that are on the right track.

FIND what seems odd about what I said (aside from the heart attack), and try to think of a situation in where it makes more sense. That's all I can really say I suppose.

[blinc]

Well, aside from the fact that reading something in the headlines gave him a heart attack... the only other thing that hits me as strange is that he shut off the light, THEN headed downstairs to get some rest.

Most people if they live in a two story house, read downstairs and then go UP to bed. Is it a two story house? Did he go to the basement to sleep?

If so, hmmm... maybe he survived a nuclear bomb! *LOL*

OOoh, did he win the lottery? He saw he had won the lottery and the excitement was too much?

If not, you should know your safety may be an issue here shortly! {toothy}

Yer sittin' over there smirking aren't ya? huh?

[TWTCommish]

Yeah, you're on to something with the light - not everybody goes downstairs to sleep. :)

Two things.

1 - No, he did not win the lottery.
2 - If he were the only suvivor of a nuclear fallout, there would not be a newspaper detailing it. :P

[Debby]

The man is dracula....and he goes downstairs...(the basement) to sleep in his coffin....then upon waking, he momentarily forgets himself, and goes out into the bright sunlight to get the paper...looks at it...and eeeck....has a heart attack. (because of the sun)

LOL....I don't for a second think that's the answer....just thought I'd throw it in... :) ;)

[Debby]

Blinc......we HAVE to figure this one out....it is killing me.



So just to clarify this....are you asking what the headline was that caused the heart attack? No...i think you said it wasn't a specific headline....so what the heck???

[TWTCommish]

Nope, sorry: this guy is a human being and died FROM reading the headline. It's no trick: it's the news...IE: reading the headline didn't trigger a laser on the moon that shot him...he could've seen the news on TV and have a heart attack (I think the riddle would still work that way)

[Debby]

I think youre just trying to make Blinc and I go crazy...there really is no logical answer is there??? LOL

[blinc]

{dizzy}
Well, we know two things... what he read is the cause of the heart attack and there is something odd about him going downstairs to sleep.

Is it an apartment he lives in? Or is it a house?

Oh wait, there is a third thing we know....
{smash} {smash} {smash} {smash} {smash} {smash}
Ya better run Chris!!
{toothy}

[TWTCommish]

Keep guessing.

I'm keeping my mouth shut about where he lives.

This is so much fun - if I knew ticking ya'll off was this much fun, I'd have done this ages ago. :D

[Debby]

But maybe Blinc, he wasn't at home at all....maybe he was at work, and got tired and went to sleep.....there is something about going downstairs....this is irritating me!!! ARRRGGGG

[Debby]

This riddle better not be lame after all the thought poor Blinc and I have put into it!!! LOL

[TWTCommish]

I don't think so - you might, though. :) It makes sense - it's not a trick question or anything. Makes sense perfectly once you hear it.

[Debby]

I can't imagine how this could possibly make perfect

sense...even if I knew the answer....LOL.....it's too weird.

[Debby]

Could you please repost that errrrrrgggg *+&$##@@** wonderful riddle lol....so we can see it on this dang page too???? :)

[Debby]

Oh, and don't tell us the answer yet, till we say "give" LOL

[TWTCommish]

A man gets ready to go to bed...he turns the light off and heads downstairs to get some rest.

In the morning he wakes up and goes out to get the newspaper - he picks it up and looks at the headline: he dies from a heart attack.

Yes, he died as a result of seeing the headline.

Why did he have a heart attack?


TA-DA!!! (Part Deux)

[Debby]

Can you at least tell us if he is at home or somewhere else when he goes downstairs to get some rest???

[TWTCommish]

It is the place he lives in. :)

[Debby]

That's not telling us very much....he could live in a mental institution for all we know....which is where we are all going to be by the end of this riddle.....LOL ;)

[Debby]

Okay I'm sure this isn't right....but what the heck....I will say it anyway....what if.....

The man didn't have a heart attack himself....he just read about someone elses heart attack in the headline.

And what he saw in the paper...is what caused the other guys heart attack.


????????

[TWTCommish]

Uh, no, sorry. :) Just one guy: he read the paper and he himself had the heart attack.

The trick is in what he did and what he read rather than how he had the heart attack - the answer isn't anything like the sneaky possibilites you've mentioned so far. :)

[Debby]

I give up then....unless Blinc wants to give it a go.

[blinc]

I tried to come up with a different answer yesterday but couldn't come up with anything new. Arrgh, I cry uncle too.
{toothy}

[Karenluvs6]

that's a toughy.
I give up too.

[TWTCommish]

A man gets ready to go to bed...he turns the light off and heads downstairs to get some rest.

In the morning he wakes up and goes out to get the newspaper - he picks it up and looks at the headline: he dies from a heart attack.

Yes, he died as a result of seeing the headline.

Why did he have a heart attack?

Simple: he's a Lighthouse Keeper. He turns off "the light" (the big one at the top) and goes downstairs to go to bed. He wakes up, reads the headline about how many people have died or been injured in a boat crash, and realizes he is responsible: thus, a heart attack.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Karenluvs6]

{frusty} {frusty} {frusty} {frusty} {frusty}
{frusty} {frusty} {frusty} {frusty} {frusty}

[blinc]

I think we ought to catch TWT and dunk him in a vat of blueberry sauce! Yup!

Ooooooh! That was a toughy. Would have had a hard, long road to have ever got that one.

*groan*

Which reminds me... Thespian claimed the next riddle, have a feeling we're going to be banging our heads on the wall again.

Anyone have a spare helmet? {toothy}

[thespian]

... and right on cue, thespian walks on to take centre stage.

Ladies and Gentlemen! May I introduce the next riddle. This is in a similar vein to the previous riddle, but I must warn you that it is more abstract and possibly more difficult. I will therefore be of as much help as possile. I hope this works - if I see that it is getting too confusing, I will end it.

"A man is driving along in his car when the radio goes dead. He immediately pulls over to the side of the road, pulls out his gun and shoots himself in the head."

Why?

You guys may want to ask some questions to help you along!

[blinc]

Oooh, this would be too cool if it's right! I just watched the movie "The Day After" for the about the 5th time the other day. One thing that happend was when the nuclear explosions went off the car batteries, etc all went dead.

Could it be? Did he know he had been too close to a nuclear explosion so he killed himself to keep from dying a slower death?

[thespian]

Sorry blinc, not even close!

[TWTCommish]

(I've got another one in this vein as well, I call the next one! It's significantly easier, however).

Hmmm...this one is tough.

Is the key within the radio? IE: WHAT radio goes dead? A plain old ordinary car radio? :)

[blinc]

If it is a regular car radio... hmmm... does it have anything to do with the station going off the air? Not the radio itself going dead?

[thespian]

Commish, yes, the radio is all important to the riddle.

The Car Radio is a normal car radio. What is meant by "goes dead" is that no more sounds where being omitted by said radio.

Blinc, you are pretty close when you say that the station may have gone off the air. Not exactly true, however the problem is not the radio itself since that is still in perfect working order.

[blinc]

A wild guess... the guy was part of an underground broadcasting network. A secret, illegal broadcasting station. When the radio went dead, it meant that their base had been infiltrated and the government was on to them. Since the guy figured they would find out who he was from info at the station... he did himself in instead of revealing other info.

There. Now, tell me that's wrong! {toothy}

[thespian]

A very imaginative synopsis. Maybe I should get you to pen our nest stage production for us :)

Unfortunately I have to gong you out on that one. The radio station he was listening to was a normal commercial station with many other listeners.

You did however come very close to one vitally important factor whilst setting up that scenario. There's something to think about!

Remember to ask questions. Try and establish the history of the story. There is more than one factor at stake here. No quation is to stupid! At this stage you have established very little:

a) It was a normal Car Radio
b) The Radio itself is not malfunctioning
c) It was a normal Radio Station
d) The Radio going "dead" is essential to the events.

Have Fun!

[TWTCommish]

Are we allowed to ask what was playing on the radio? I'm getting the feeling that's the key here. He's part of something there.

[blinc]

Did the radio go dead as a result of something happening to the broadcasting station?

Did the guy in the car work for or know someone who worked at the broadcasting station?

Was it a legal broadcasting station? oops, sorry you said it was a normal station. So forget that one.

Did the events take place during wartime?


Well, you said to ask questions! *chuckle*

[thespian]

Commish - Yes you can ask althought the actual contents (ie music, talk, story) is not important. Your last statement is however, very accurate.

Blinc - No, nothing happned to the Radio Station. Your second question is difficult to answer without giving it away. Let's say that in the way you mean it, the answer is "No", although with a very small adjustment to the wording of the question the answer would be "Yes". Ignoring the third question, the answer to the last does not matter.

I'm beginning to think I'm being too helpfull!

[TWTCommish]

Was it a taped show of his that was taken off the air? IE: the cutoff of the show indicated that he had, perhaps, lost his job? And as such, he kills himself?

[Debby]

TWT....I would NEVER have gotten the answer to your riddle!! He worked (and lived) in a lighthouse!!!! Geez!! That was tough!!! I don't know how anyone could have gotten that!! I even asked my brother-in-law, who is a computer genious and very smart...and he was stumped on it too!!!

As for this newest riddle...I have no clues to it either...does the man in the car, by some chance OWN the radio station? And maybe by it malfunctioning and going off the air, he is losing millions of dollars in profit???? Probably not.

[thespian]

And I thought this one may be difficult.

Commish, you have hit on what is probably the crux of the whole riddle. Yes, it was a taped show of his! The rest of your synopsis is however incorrect. From here on in it should not be too difficult to work out.

Debby - welcome to the riddle. No he does not own the radio station (although it is not really relevant). Determining what exactly went wrong at the radio station is important. Good luck!

[TWTCommish]

Argh, so now I have to guess what he said on his taped show? Blech.

Well, I guess at this point it doesn't mean he was fired.

Does it mean, uh, perhaps, that he was driving TO the radio station, and was late, and so they played a taped show of his, and when they took it off, it meant he wasn't going to make it in time to do the show, and would likely be fired?

[blinc]

So we know that the show was a taped show of his.

hmmm... was he just a regular announcer on the station, or was he in a specialized field?

ok, another far out guess. He was hypnotized by a jealous rival. The rival told him taht at the end of his show, when their was dead air for a moment he would pull out a gun and kill himself. *ahem* Yes, I know...

Oooh! Was there any kind of special announcement before the radio went dead?

[thespian]

Okay, so we now understand that the show that was being broadcast was a taped show of which he was the presenter. In other words, a regular show of his which he taped beforehand and was now braodcasting in the regular time slot. The contents of the show was not at all important!

Commish - I quote a very important line from your post "he was driving TO the radio station". This is an essential factor of our story.

Getting back to the interrupted broadcast. In order to help you along, I will give a little more info. No one was involved in the ceasing of the transmission. It was an accident. The radio station is a very small community station and the presenter is also the technician et al. In other words, only the actual presenter is at the radio station at any given time.

Some food for though I trust..... (which reminds me - I'm getting hungry - ciao!)

[blinc]

Aha! {grblob}

Was he somewhere he "shouldn't" have been? Like maybe out with another woman? He told his wife he was at the station, when there was dead air he realized his cover was blown, because if he had been at the station the station wouldn't have went off the air? HUH? Is that it? {toothy}

[blinc]

You know, if he had used the tape to cover that he really wasn't at the station. The tape making it look like he was there when he really wasn't.

[thespian]

Okay, I think I can say that "that's it bar the shouting". I am not going to get fussy about the details, but yes you have it!

In fact the scenario I heard was that he had set up the tape as an alibi whilst he murdered his wife. The tape broke, making his alibi worthless, forcing him to committ suicide rather than face a long drawn out process of which the ending was now a foregone conclusion.

Well done!

Commish - over to you!

[blinc]

Well now, that makes much more sense then him shooting himself because he was caught having an affair.
Still...

Wooo Hoo! {mm} {grblob} I got one! I got one! Yaaaaaay! {blueblob}

[TWTCommish]

Makes sense. :) A bit of a stretch, since most stations have more than one person operating things. :)

Here's mine (it's easy as heck, and I'll bet you've all heard it...sorry!):

A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a glass of water - the bartender pulls a shotgun out and points it directly at the man's head - the many says "Thank You", and leaves

What's going on?

[blinc]

OOoooh, I think I know this one... not sure if I heard it somewhere before or if it's because I'm just sooooo naturally smart. *cough* ]:{ *choke* Yes, that was as hard for me to type as it was for you to read. {toothy}

[Debby]

easy as heck....sure. Dumby me here.

[dreuby]

Not being the sort of person who frequents bars {toothy}, or truthfully not being very smart, what is the answer?

[TWTCommish]

Everyone give up? Wha? Has anyone even heard this one? I've heard it several times. :)

[blinc]

I'm pretty sure I know what it is... think of the reasons why someone would ask for a glass of water and the answer should be there right?

[TWTCommish]

Sort of...

[blinc]

Sort of huh? Well, in that case maybe my guess isn't right... so, I'll go ahead and post it, cause if it's wrong I should be banging my head on the wall with everyone else! {toothy}

Did the guy thank the bartender for pointing a gun at him, because he had the hiccups? He asked for the water to cure them, the bartender knew what the problem was, so pulled the gun to scare the hiccups away?

Boy, if that's not it, my face is red! *grin*

[TWTCommish]

You got it :)

[blinc]

Oh good, for a moment there I was thinking I was on the wrong track entirely!

Hey Thespian... or Debby, or anyone. Why don't one of you start a new thread for riddles like "A riddle for you Part II" and we'll close this one down since it's gotten to be soooo long?

I like the idea of having multiple threads going though, riddles in different threads. That way if we just can't get one, we can always work on another. What about you guys, do you like having multiple riddle threads?

[thespian]

Excellent idea blinc.

I will be the first. Go to "Classic Riddles". (It's late at night and inspiration is not forthcomming!)

C U there!

[blinc]

I can't take sole credit for the idea, Jim was right in the mix too ya know. ;) heh heh

Going to go ahead and close this thread. Please anyone, always feel free to start your own thread. It's nice to have different riddles going on, so we don't always have to wait til someone gets an answer in one thread, before moving on to another riddle.

We'll just close them when they get too long then.

Thanks! :)

[jamesglewisf]

Here's the link to the new one:

http://frappydoo.com/forum/showthread.php3?threadid=831