Riddles

[Missah]

Everyone add your own riddles and answer some if you like!

-What can you put in a bucket but make it lighter? (lighter as in weight)

[Missah]

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?

[Missah]

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

[Missah]

What can you catch but not throw?

[Missah]

I have quite a few but i'll wait till people try and answer some before i post heaps of them lol

[Missah]

c'mon peeps

[maiizhigh]

-What can you put in a bucket but make it lighter? (lighter as in weight)

a hole! :D

[Missah]

a hole! :D

Congratulations!!!

[Missah]

From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I?

[Missah]

What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

[what]

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
a towel.

[what]

What can you catch but not throw?
a cold?

[Missah]

a towel.
yay !!

[Missah]

a cold?

correct again!!

[Missah]

You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?

[Missah]

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?

[Missah]

well fine then people dont answer lol

[maiizhigh]

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.
What am I?

eye?

[Hinny]

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?
1 is a hermaphrodite
From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
To the beginning of every end
And the end of every place.
What am I?
The letter E
You use a knife to slice my head and weep beside me when I am dead. What am I?
An onion.

[Missah]

1 is a hermaphrodite

The letter E

An onion.

1. wrong, all the children are boys

2. correct

3. correct

[Missah]

eye?

Yes!

[Hinny]

1. wrong, all the children are boys
pffttt. I like my answer more.

[lozzy]

pffttt. I like my answer more.
so do i.

and can't all these riddles be posted in one post? like seriously...even i'm not that much of a post whore.

[Chrissie]

like seriously...even i'm not that much of a post whore.

yeppp.................. :D

[lozzy]

yeppp.................. :D
haha.
but seriously.... i know i'm a post whore, but i don't do like 5 posts in succession.

anyways we need more riddles...

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

[what]

haha.

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?[/list]

the first one is a nose
the third one is a river

[:: katie b ::]

2nd = sponge.

[lozzy]

yes yes and yes :D

[bri]

What goes around the world but stays in a corner?



A stamp

[Missah]

so do i.

and can't all these riddles be posted in one post? like seriously...even i'm not that much of a post whore.

yeah i know but i was just getting them off the internet , not all at once so yeah thats why lol sorry

[bek]

what gets wetter as it dries?

[maiizhigh]

what gets wetter as it dries?
a towel

[bek]

a towel

obviously too easy!!! gonna get out my lateral thinking puzzle book...

You can use three identical digits in a simple addition sum so that the total is 12. You cannot use the digit 4, so whats the answer?

[maiizhigh]

tear me out
and strike my head
what was red
is black instead.
what am i?

[Missah]

tear me out
and strike my head
what was red
is black instead.
what am i?

a match?

[Missah]

a match?

or is that too obvious?

[maiizhigh]

or is that too obvious?
nah it is a match.

[Peter Pan]

whats the next line
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
????????

[Peter Pan]

A man turns out the light and leaves his house. As a result of his actions 300 people die. Why did this happen??

[Choppy]

You can use three identical digits in a simple addition sum so that the total is 12. You cannot use the digit 4, so whats the answer?

Ohh thats impossible! i REALY WANNA KNOW THA ANSWER! Ive got all the other ones cept thisd one :(

[row]

turning off the light caused a freak black-out and everone else on the island died as they had no central heating to get them through the bitterly cold night-- b/c of the black-out---- and b/c they live in a 3rd world country
?

[Hinny]

You can use three identical digits in a simple addition sum so that the total is 12. You cannot use the digit 4, so whats the answer?
11+1?

[Hinny]

A man turns out the light and leaves his house. As a result of his actions 300 people die. Why did this happen??
A boat carrying 300 people sank after crashing onto rocks. The guy turned off the light at a lighthouse.

But you do know that lighthouses are mostly useless since pretty much all boats use the GPS so this wouldn't happen, right?

[lozzy]

whats the next line
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
????????

13112221

each line is kind of describing the line above?

[Hinny]

13112221

each line is kind of describing the line above?
Looks right to me.

[bek]

11+1?

Yep! that usually stumps people!!! i can see i need to go to the next level!

What occurs once in June, once in July and twice in August???

[maiizhigh]

Yep! that usually stumps people!!! i can see i need to go to the next level!

What occurs once in June, once in July and twice in August???

the letter 'u'?

[bek]

the letter 'u'?

Get out! your too smart!! do we have the same book????

[maiizhigh]

haha. i dont have any books :D.
only my school ones are sitting next to me right now. *rolls eyes*

[bek]

haha. i dont have any books :D.
only my school ones are sitting next to me right now. *rolls eyes*

That sux!! ok i'll leave you with a tricky one to ponder while you should be doing school work....

You enter a deserted house late at night. Inside there is an oil lamp, a gas fire and a stove full of food. You only have one match however, so whicj should you light first??

[da_lozmeister]

Ok...well....the gas fire would already have a starter in it so u don't need to light it...the stove is probably electric OR the food is already cooked....

so I'm going the oil lamp.

But knowing bek..there's probably some stupid and a hell of a lot simpler explanation

[bri]

ya light the match first

[JOLENE]

i knew that one!!

[Hinny]

I'd be wondering why there's a stove full of food in a deserted house.

[bek]

But knowing bek..there's probably some stupid and a hell of a lot simpler explanation


what the?????

[Peter Pan]

950
101010
by adding one stroke to the bottom line make it equal to the top line.

[lozzy]

I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?
__________________________________________________ ________________

I live above a star, and yet I never burn,
I have eleven neighbors, and yet none of them turn,
I am visited in sequence, first, last or in between,
PRS (& sometimes Q)are my initials, now tell me what I mean
__________________________________________________ ________________

What is better than the best, more evil than demons, the poor have it and the rich need it, and if you eat it, you will die?

[maiizhigh]

What is better than the best, more evil than demons, the poor have it and the rich need it, and if you eat it, you will die?
nothing.

[lozzy]

nothing.
correct.

[row]

nothing? more evil than demonds? i guess being alone would suck

[Choppy]

I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?


Your a dictionary silly :p

[Choppy]

[QUOTE=lozzy]I live above a star, and yet I never burn,
I have eleven neighbors, and yet none of them turn,
I am visited in sequence, first, last or in between,
PRS (& sometimes Q)are my initials, now tell me what I mean
QUOTE]

Oh yeah and this one is the key seven on a phone.

[bek]

what am i?? the person who makes me does not make me for them self. The person who buys me does not buy me for them self and the person who uses me does so without knowing?

[Hinny]

what am i?? the person who makes me does not make me for them self. The person who buys me does not buy me for them self and the person who uses me does so without knowing?
Coffin/casket.

[bek]

Coffin/casket.

Hinny...your too good! you always get them!!

[Hinny]

A man walks out into the rain. It's absolutely pissing down. He doesn't have a raincoat or an umbrella. How did he manage to not get his hair all wet?

[lozzy]

A man walks out into the rain. It's absolutely pissing down. He doesn't have a raincoat or an umbrella. How did he manage to not get his hair all wet?
he doesn't have any hair?

[Hinny]

bingo

[lozzy]

I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, None suffer to have me, but do from my lack.
__________________________________________________ ___________________________________

They have not flesh nor feathers, nor scales nor bone; but they do have fingers and thumbs of their own.
__________________________________________________ ____________________________________

I got while in the forest but didn't want it. Once I had it, I couldn't see it. The more I searched for it, the less I liked it. I took it home in my hand because I could not find it. What was it?

[row]

is number 1 a heart?

[row]

nooo thats a very dumb guess

[maiizhigh]

1) dreams?
3) a splinter.

[row]

ok yes its dreams

[lozzy]

1) dreams?
3) a splinter.
yessum :)

[Missah]

yeah i would have said splinter :)

[kerrysan]

Everyone add your own riddles and answer some if you like!

-What can you put in a bucket but make it lighter? (lighter as in weight)
a hole

[kerrysan]

I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, None suffer to have me, but do from my lack.

eyes

[kerrysan]

What is better than the best, more evil than demons, the poor have it and the rich need it, and if you eat it, you will die?

nothing

[kerrysan]

A man turns out the light and leaves his house. As a result of his actions 300 people die. Why did this happen??

he lives in a lighthouse.

just realising all these have already been answered lol.

ok.

walter spent 3 days in the hospital. he was neither sick nor injured. when it was time to leave he had to be carried out. why?

the police put up notices warning the public about a certain type of crime, but this actually helped the criminals. how?

before mount everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain on earth?

[maiizhigh]

1) was he dead to begin with?
3) still mt. everest...but it was unnamed and undiscovered.

[kerrysan]

1) was he dead to begin with? no
3) still mt. everest...but it was unnamed and undiscovered.correct.

They have not flesh nor feathers, nor scales nor bone; but they do have fingers and thumbs of their own. gloves???

toms mother has three children. one was named april, one was named may. what was the third child named?

what multiplies by division?

what looks like a horse, moves like a horse, is as big as a horse, but weighs nothing?

[maiizhigh]

toms mother has three children. one was named april, one was named may. what was the third child named?

what multiplies by division?

erm...the third kid's name is tom.

and, cells?

[kerrysan]

shot.
shot.

[row]

organised crime??

[lozzy]

gloves??
correct.

[Fuel]

I have holes on the top and bottom.
I have holes on my left and on my right.
And I have holes in the middle, yet I
still hold water tight.

[i_love_wil_anderson]

didnt we already say this was a sponge ??

1. what stinks while living, but in death, smells good?
.............

2. A doctor and a boy were on a long trip together. The boy was the doctor's son, but the doctor was not the boy's father. Who was the doctor?
............

3. Take a way the whole and some still remains. What am I?
...........

4.What begins with P and ends with E and has millions of letters in it?
...............

[maiizhigh]

2. the doctor was the boys mother,
4. post office.

[i_love_wil_anderson]

5. Can you think of a crime that is punishable if attempted but not punishable is actually committed?
........

6. This is a most unusual paragraph. This writing may annoy you until you find out why it is so unusual, for you won't find a solution instantly. But don't go into a tailspin about it or go crazy, for it isn't that difficult. But you will admit that it is most unusual. This writing looks so ordinary that you might think that nothing is wrong with it. And, in fact, nothing is wrong with it. But it is unusual, and you must ask why. If you study and think about it, you may find out why, but you must do it without any coaching of any kind. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you...who knows? So start to study it now, and try your skill at finding out what is so unusual about this writing. If you can do it in half an hour, you may claim an approach to wisdom, but if you can't do it in half an hour...

[i_love_wil_anderson]

2. the doctor was the boys mother,
4. post office.
ding ding ding yatzee ! good one :) do you know 1 and 3 ?

[Peter Pan]

5 Suicide
6 There is no letter e in it?

[Fuel]

didnt we already say this was a sponge ??
possibly.... thats what i get for not reading all the entries. here's another one (and no i still havent read all the entries :p)

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

[bri]

The letter M

[Fuel]

yes... the letter m

You die and go to a room. This room is white, and in it there are 2 doors at either side(one door leads to heaven, one leads to hell.) In the center of the room there are identical twins. They look, act, and speak exactly the same. The only difference is, one always lies, the other always speaks the truth.

Rule:
You only have one question that you may ask, after you ask that question you must walk through one of the two doors.

Here is the riddle:
What is the one question you ask to find out which door is which?

[i_love_wil_anderson]

yeah all those were correct, number 1 was a pig, and 3 was the word wholesome.....

[JOLENE]

You die and go to a room. This room is white, and in it there are 2 doors at either side(one door leads to heaven, one leads to hell.) In the center of the room there are identical twins. They look, act, and speak exactly the same. The only difference is, one always lies, the other always speaks the truth.

Rule:
You only have one question that you may ask, after you ask that question you must walk through one of the two doors.

Here is the riddle:
What is the one question you ask to find out which door is which?



If I ask one twin which door the other twin would say leads to heaven which door would he say? Then you pick the opposite door for heaven.

[Shenelle]

heheheh ive had fun reading all of this! Thanks guys! Im not as smart as all of you! I think i only guessed a few of them!

As for the last one - Thats from labyrinth! :)

[JOLENE]

i know! i only watched it last friday lol

[da_lozmeister]

I love labyrinth! best movie

[Shenelle]

I used to watch that movie all the time as I was growing up! I still remember all the songs! It was great! I love Ludo :)

[da_lozmeister]

yeah so do i! i used to get very scared by it though :S. That and gremlins. GIZMO!

[Shenelle]

I got a bit scared! I got scared when he took the baby for the first time! - Also when the glass ball gets thrown down the tunnel and it turns into a machine that is going to grind up Hoggle and the girl :p hehehe

[what]

all the hands in that hole used to really freak me out. david bowie freaks me out in general.

[Shenelle]

I thought the hands were cool! Id go around talking with my hands after watching it!

*Up or Down - Which way would you like to go - Yes which way - You chose down* hehe

[JOLENE]

when i was a teenager i had a huge crush on david bowie .. the other day i was like 'what was i thinking?'

[life is peachy without me]

my god are you serious??

[life is peachy without me]

ok back on track....

It is said among my people that some things are improved by death.
Tell me, what stinks while living, but in death, smells good?

[Shenelle]

I think we have had this one before! Hrmm - and i still cant remember it!

[life is peachy without me]

damn i'll stick to jokes

[lozzy]

ok back on track....

It is said among my people that some things are improved by death.
Tell me, what stinks while living, but in death, smells good?
a pig.

[Shenelle]

ummm.. yeah - what Loz said :)

[what]

mmmmmmmmmmm. dead pig. so tasty.

[lozzy]

mmmmmm bacon. mmmmmmmmm pork.

[what]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/jennifek/pig20top20open.jpg
pig.

[life is peachy without me]

If you break me
I do not stop working,
If you touch me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter

[Shenelle]

omg - that is disgusting! Im gunna spew!!!

[lozzy]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/jennifek/pig20top20open.jpg
pig.
yum.

[lozzy]

If you break me
I do not stop working,
If you touch me
I may be snared,
If you lose me
Nothing will matter
heart.

[life is peachy without me]

yeah ok, point taken..... i suck at giving riddles :)

[lozzy]

yeah ok, point taken..... i suck at giving riddles :)
no. i'm just a genius.

[life is peachy without me]

If a man carried my burden
He would break his back.
I am not rich,
But leave silver in my track

[row]

poor little pigglet

:(

[row]

a snail?

[life is peachy without me]

yeah thats right

[life is peachy without me]

I am, in truth, a yellow fork
From tables in the sky
By inadvertent fingers dropped
The awful cutlery.
Of mansions never quite disclosed
And never quite concealed
The apparatus of the dark
To ignorance revealed.

[row]

erggh.... lightening?

[life is peachy without me]

damn it..... yup that was right..... ok i quit at this :)

[Shenelle]

Im no good at this! U could ask me riddles all day and i wont have a clue!

[row]

no... more more more!!!

[Shenelle]

more more more more more more!!!!

[life is peachy without me]

Many-maned scud-thumper,
Maker of worn wood,
Shrub-ruster,
Sky-mocker,
Rave!
Portly pusher,
Wind-slave.

[row]

i have no idea....... the weather? rain or something?

I generally find that a very confusing riddle

[Shenelle]

meh - WTF?

[life is peachy without me]

i had no idea either i had to look the stupid answer up...... i think its stupid, but i thought it might actually stump someone.....can you get it lozzy??

[row]

grr... i'll get it

[Shenelle]

come on - someone put me out of my mysery!

[row]

yeah come on peachey

just tell us

[life is peachy without me]

crap sorry i forgot all about it...... the ocean

[kerrysan]

a man died because he didnt buy enough stamps. what happened?

clues:
if he had bought the right postage, he would have lived.
he sent a package

[kerrysan]

when the woman saw him she was upset. even though she had never seen him before, she had left some food for him becuase she knew he would be hungry. but he could not reach the food because he had an iron bar across his back. he dies soon after and the woman was pleased.
what's going on?

[Missah]

a man died because he didnt buy enough stamps. what happened?

clues:
if he had bought the right postage, he would have lived.
he sent a package

Oh! Oh i think i've heard this one before...i know it, the answers on the tip of my tongue, damn it!!! ARRGHH

[JOLENE]

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?

[Neo]

ummm...purple

[lozzy]

hazel.

i have hazel eyes.

[Neo]

ooh i was thinking of a riddle today in class...lets see if i can remember how it goes:

what am I?
- I sit in groups in bars.
- my head is at the bottom
- sometimes you have to read between the lines to see me
ok i just asked my friend what he thought the answer was, and he said "a slut?" and no, that is not the answer

[row]

nuts?

[row]

beer glasses?

[JOLENE]

hazel.

i have hazel eyes.

yea .. too easy

[JOLENE]

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

this should probably be in the trivia thread .. ooh well nevermind

[Shenelle]

Meh - im still crap at these! Brin on the answers for past ones :)

[kerrysan]

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

this should probably be in the trivia thread .. ooh well nevermind

they were all invented by women.

[JOLENE]

they were all invented by women.

yep yep!

[kerrysan]

5. Can you think of a crime that is punishable if attempted but not punishable is actually committed?
........

6. This is a most unusual paragraph. This writing may annoy you until you find out why it is so unusual, for you won't find a solution instantly. But don't go into a tailspin about it or go crazy, for it isn't that difficult. But you will admit that it is most unusual. This writing looks so ordinary that you might think that nothing is wrong with it. And, in fact, nothing is wrong with it. But it is unusual, and you must ask why. If you study and think about it, you may find out why, but you must do it without any coaching of any kind. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you...who knows? So start to study it now, and try your skill at finding out what is so unusual about this writing. If you can do it in half an hour, you may claim an approach to wisdom, but if you can't do it in half an hour...
not sure if these have already been answered but oh well.

5. suicide bombing???
6. it doesnt contain the word 'the'??

[kerrysan]

ok i dont get this. its in my lateral thinking puzzles book.

question: what happened to the man who invented the silent alarm clock?

answer: he won the nobel prize.

is that for real? what use is a silent alarm clock1?!!

[Bocks]

ok i dont get this. its in my lateral thinking puzzles book.

question: what happened to the man who invented the silent alarm clock?

answer: he won the nobel prize.

is that for real? what use is a silent alarm clock1?!!

lmfao. that's pretty good.

[Neo]

By the way, the answer to my riddle was musical notes.

[lozzy]

Two bodys have I, though both joined in one, the stiller I
stand the faster I run.

What am I?

[Tribal_Drummer]

an hour glass timer

[lozzy]

an hour glass timer
indeed.