Post a riddle and your answer to the riddle of the poster above you.
My riddle:
I am blue and and aggravate countless people every year by telling them something is wrong in a language they probably cannot immediately understand.
The Ultimate Riddle Game
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Universal344 said: Post a riddle and your answer to the riddle of the poster above you.
My riddle:
I am blue and and aggravate countless people every year by telling them something is wrong in a language they probably cannot immediately understand.
BSOD? lol
Two coins make up thirty cents and one of them isnt a nickel.
theApokalypsis said: BSOD? lol
Two coins make up thirty cents and one of them isnt a nickel.
Hey, you stole that from Scrubs. The anwer is one is a quarter and one is a nickel (one isn't a nickel, but the other is :P).
Here's mine its from the Hobbit: No-legs lay on one-leg, two legs sat near on three legs, four legs got some.
smartboyathome said: Hey, you stole that from Scrubs. The anwer is one is a quarter and one is a nickel (one isn't a nickel, but the other is :P).
I sure did :D. fav show.
:lolflag:
Here's my riddle:
I follow you wherever you go, but the more of me you take, the more of me you leave behind.
takisan said: Here's my riddle:
I follow you wherever you go, but the more of me you take, the more of me you leave behind. memories? I steal money, yet few think ill of me.
smartboyathome said: Hey, you stole that from Scrubs. The anwer is one is a quarter and one is a nickel (one isn't a nickel, but the other is :P).
Here's mine its from the Hobbit: No-legs lay on one-leg, two legs sat near on three legs, four legs got some. 2=human, 3=stool, 4=cow 1? 2?
Austin25 said: memories?
I steal money, yet few think ill of me.
MS?
ubunterooster said: 2=human, 3=stool, 4=cow 1? 2?
MS? yes ok, there are three switches on the main floor, three light bulbs in the attic which correspond, you are allowed one trip from the main floor to the attic, and you have to find out which switch corresponds to which light bulb. How do you do it?
Austin25 said: memories?
Nope
Austin25 said: ok, there are three switches on the main floor, three light bulbs in the attic which correspond, you are allowed one trip from the main floor to the attic, and you have to find out which switch corresponds to which light bulb. How do you do it?You tie a string to one light switch, turn one on, tie the string to one that's off, and when upstairs, pull the other string.
takisan said: Nope
You tie a string to one light switch, turn one on, tie the string to one that's off, and when upstairs, pull the other string. no string. you turn 2 on, wait a minute or 2, then turn 1 off, then go upstairs and feel the two that are off to see which is hot.
@austin25: Ahhhh @else: I have a jar of dirt, and am more apt to have it than Jack Sparrow.
A joke, but how do you drown a blond?
takisan said: @austin25: Ahhhh
@else: I have a jar of dirt, and am more apt to have it than Jack Sparrow. someone who's grandmother is in an ern? Also I noticed you quoted Bill gates in your sig.Why?
@austin25: wrong and because it's a brillant quote.
@austin25: is it "give her a lifejacket" never heard this on before but it is a reasonable answer
To drown a blond, you put a mirror at the bottom of the pool
If an electric train is travelling east at 70km/hr with a northerly wind blowing at 10km/hr, which way does the smoke go?
East-North-East
Anyone else want to give a try at my Jar of Dirt riddle?
takisan said: East-North-East?
Try again
how about up.
Endomancer said: If an electric train is travelling east at 70km/hr with a northerly wind blowing at 10km/hr, which way does the smoke go?
Hint: a northerly wind blows FROM the north
Dat just to funny. Electric trains making smoke.... ROFLs [for the record if it were nonelectric the smoke would go SOUTH (the direction of the train would not alter direction of the smoke) ]
@Jar of dirt: no idea
Endomancer said: To drown a blond, you put a mirror at the bottom of the pool
If an electric train is travelling east at 70km/hr with a northerly wind blowing at 10km/hr, which way does the smoke go? I was going to say scratch and sniff, but that works too.
@Takisan: you have confuddled us all.
takisan said: Here's my riddle:
I follow you wherever you go, but the more of me you take, the more of me you leave behind.
Time?
ubunterooster said: Time?
no, he told me on irc. It's footsteps.
@ roo, right on both counts
Your the driver of a bus, during your shift you must keep track of how many passengers are on board At the 1st stop 3 people get on 2nd stop 2 more get on 3rd stop 4 get on, 1 gets off 4th stop 3 get on 5th stop 4 get on, 3 get off 6th stop 2 get on, 1 gets off 7th stop 1 gets on, 11 get off 8th stop 0 get on, 2 get off 9th stop1 gets on, thus completing the 1st loop, at the end of each loop the driver must sign off at the bottom. What name does the driver sign?
Funny...[ROFLs]...to easy...ROFLs some more. UBUNTEROOSTER knows the answer; UBUNTEROOSTER ※IS※ the answer
ubunterooster said: Funny...[ROFLs]...to easy...ROFLs some more. UBUNTEROOSTER knows the answer; UBUNTEROOSTER ※IS※ the answer
Correct, but you'd be surprised how many fall for riddles like this
[@ Endomancer: True, but I fail to fall within the norm]
Alas, I do not know any riddles, so all I can do is answer them. :(
A man runs from home, turns left and keeps running. He runs until he reaches another man who he avoids then turns left again and keeps running. Still running he makes a final left which brings him back home where he is met by two men in masks. Who are they and what are they doing?
Ok, I know a few easy ones. What can be held but not touched?
@Endomancer: they are playing baseball
I got to get me some tougher riddles
@Endomancer: Not needed, you are erring in the field of giving overly logical-type ones. [I do well with those]
@"What can be held but not touched?" trophy is not correct.
"What can be held but not touched?"
Someone's attention?
@endomancer: I was going for "conversation", but "attention" works as well. I'll sleep on riddles tonight, meaning I'll have more tomorrow. :D
What was the answer to Takisan's "Jar of Dirt" one?
Something to do with "Pirates of the Carribean" No idea.
@rooster: Not even close. The person with the jar of dirt is more apt to have it than Jack Sparrow.
Jar of Dirt: an item with no value in itself. Its value is derived entirely by the owner's want for it, similar to the "last place trophy"
Well, a hint is coming soon.
To a theatre near me!
※anticipates※
[gives up]
takisan said: @austin25: Ahhhh
@else: I have a jar of dirt, and am more apt to have it than Jack Sparrow.
Probably wrong but I'll give it a whirl anywho..... a gardener?
takisan said: Well, a hint is coming soon.
Hint is here /**/
Endomancer said: Probably wrong but I'll give it a whirl anywho..... a gardener?
Wrong. Good guess though. I was thinking *sand *dirt and not humus dirt.
your avatar?
Austin25 said: your avatar?
Name please?
takisan.
not even close.
gara, or however it is spelled
@taki: people HAVE been driven to suicide by riddles.
I lived longer on earth than any other man, yet died before my father. Who am I?
ubunterooster said: @taki: people HAVE been driven to suicide by riddles.
I lived longer on earth than any other man, yet died before my father. Who am I? A certain piece of knowledge that died before civilization ended?
The prize goes to austin25 with an extra a
@rooster: maybe the sky (thinking about Greek myths)
Okay, it's a bibical riddle. since Enoch [Methusalah's father] technically never died, Methusalah died first.
OK then. Who became a pillar of salt and why?
Lot's wife; she looked back at Sodom [a representation of sin] when she should have been fleeing
True.
I am a self-set grouchy ruler but have taken back what I have said about a reign lasting a lifetime. Who am I?
In the morning I walk on all fours, through the day I walk on two, then in the evening I on walk three. What am I?
A person. Anyone who knows how to survive a Greek Sphinx attack knows that one.
What goes up a chimney down but can't come down a chimney up?
♪ella, ella, ella, under my UMBRELLA ella, ella, ella♪
It takes a man 2hrs to dig a hole. How long would it take him to dig 1/2 a hole?
1hr? freaky how the numbers there seem to keep changing in my head
Endomancer said: It takes a man 2hrs to dig a hole. How long would it take him to dig 1/2 a hole?
Meaningless. There's no such thing as half of a hole.
ubunerooster is wrong for once, this one goes to Chronon
What is the flight velocity of a sparrow?
A European or African Sparrow?
Bugger! Arrrrgh.......
(But where's your riddle?)
Okay, I did not pay any bills last month and yet this months bills arrived without penalties. Why? [does this count as a riddle?]
^ You've just moved in?
What word doesn't belong in this group? that, hat, what, mat, cat, sat, pat, chat
what???
what
what gets wetter as it drys.
Ice.
why do Queenslanders drink XXXX ?
four thoose unabl two spll XXXX=beir
sxmaxchine said: what gets wetter as it drys.
A towel
Endo is correct, :(
Obviously, but where's the new riddle?
In the middle of the night a man goes outside and fires his gun. As a result he never sees another sunrise. [He was not injured in any way.] What happened?
It can be represented by sand and always moves in 1 direction you can never have it unless you take it but when your having fun it flys
ubunterooster said: In the middle of the night a man goes outside and fires his gun. As a result he never sees another sunrise. [He was not injured in any way.] What happened?
Some one puts a prison wall in the way?
@ Endo : Time @ Ubunterooster: He accidentally shot and killed Ra, who was having a quiet smoke behind the barn, and the sun never came up again.
"Only time" -Enya
no. He was and is free.
And because Ra was killed, Helios got scared and moved to Mars looking for protection, so he wasn't around with his chariot either.
Ra is fine. He did shoot someTHING, though.
He was blind to begin with
ubunterooster said: In the middle of the night a man goes outside and fires his gun. As a result he never sees another sunrise. [He was not injured in any way.] What happened?
Not blind to begin with then...
His sight is fine. The question is WHAT did he shoot.
He shot his rooster, which was waking him every morning before the sun rose.
=d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d> =d>
ubunterooster said: He shot his rooster, which was waking him every morning before the sun rose.
hmmm....
'Tis my favorite riddle when tired, seeing as I am a rooster (figuratively speaking) BTW, I tried on someone past midnight last night.
A middle-eastern king with two sons becomes terminally ill. He tells his sons that to determine who inherits his kingdom, he shall have the two of them race on camels to a city on the other side of the desert, and the one with the slower camel will take the throne.
The two wander aimlessly together in the desert for days trying to convince each other to be the first to the city. While in the desert, they meet a wiseman, and after a short chat, both of them jump on the the camels and race toward the city as fast as they can.
Why?
Anyone?
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
audiomick said: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
*speaks in a deep souther drawl*
no ideer
What's round, and alternately yellow and brown, 2 pi periodic and with a potential energy of m * a * h * sin(alpha) ?
If it is “4NH3” i'm gonna want to [do something painful to] your [end usually meant for sitting on] because I dislike being reminded of my science. :♭
ubunterooster said: If it is “4NH3” i'm gonna want to [do something painful to] your [end usually meant for sitting on] because I dislike being reminded of my science.
:♭
No, it's an ape with a banana in his hand, rolling downhill ;-))
did anybody say worms yet? for the jar of dirt / sparrow thing
I think we are supposed to be guessing the name of takista's avatar for that one, Flighty.
undecim said: A middle-eastern king with two sons becomes terminally ill. He tells his sons that to determine who inherits his kingdom, he shall have the two of them race on camels to a city on the other side of the desert, and the one with the slower camel will take the throne.
The two wander aimlessly together in the desert for days trying to convince each other to be the first to the city. While in the desert, they meet a wiseman, and after a short chat, both of them jump on the the camels and race toward the city as fast as they can.
Why?
They find out from the man that the next king of the country is going to be executed?
Oops I'm supposed to do one. I don't know that many so here is a famous one:
A man was found dead inside a glass telephone booth. The phone was dangling from its cord, and there was a hole in each of two opposite sides of the phone booth. Covering the man's arm were horrific gashes and blood was pouring out. Beside the man was a very big fish. What happened?
ubunterooster said: I think we are supposed to be guessing the name of takista's avatar for that one, Flighty.
Gaara?
JDShu said: They find out from the man that the next king of the country is going to be executed?
Good answer, but not what I had in mind.
undecim said: Good answer, but not what I had in mind.
I'll try again before I go to sleep. The prince with the slower camel gets the throne, while the prince who arrives first gets the country?
JDShu said: I'll try again before I go to sleep. The prince with the slower camel gets the throne, while the prince who arrives first gets the country?
Nope.
I just realized that the way I worded the riddle may have been a little ambiguous. (Sorry, I was typing this from memory, because I couldn't find the original on Google)
Let me offer this revision (with the entire thing paraphrased so as not to give away the answer):
A middle-eastern king with two sons becomes terminally ill. He announces that his two sons will race their camels to a city across the desert, and the one who will inherit the kingdom is the son whose camel is slowest.
The two wander aimlessly together through the desert for days trying to out-slow the other. When they stop at an oasis to drink, they meet a wiseman and have a short chat with him, then both sons jump onto a camel and race to the city as fast as they can.
Why?
They discover the distance between the oasis and the neighbouring city is so vast that if they are slow they will dehydrate or starve before reaching the city
Endomancer said: They discover the distance between the oasis and the neighbouring city is so vast that if they are slow they will dehydrate or starve before reaching the city
But wouldn't racing as fast as you can burn calories and make you thirsty even sooner?
The first one to the city becomes king and kills the second before he reaches the city, and the living son has both camels [therefore he has the slowest]
ubunterooster said: The first one to the city becomes king and kills the second before he reaches the city, and the living son has both camels [therefore he has the slowest]
But he doesn't become king until he has the slowest.
They swap camels.... :)
Ok, how about:
The prince who gets the throne is the one who's camel IS the slowest, not the one who gets there last. Therefore, if they tire their camel out by the time they arrive, their camels will be slower. The camel that is more tired or run down will be the slower camel, so the prince that is riding it inherits the throne.
lisati said: They swap camels.... :)
That's it.
What's indivisible but unimaginably large?
@tom66: A prime number.
Here's mine: Some lunatic Ballmer-brainwashed person can run Windows XP, Windows 98, and Windows NT all at the same time. They have only one laptop. How?
[color=blue]Remote desktop?[/color]
ubunterooster said: [color=blue]Remote desktop?[/color]
Nope. One laptop, one person, 3 operating systems at the same time.
Virtual machine?
[color=blue]IDK if you can run two virtual machines at once. Is he running NT inside 98 inside XP?[/color]
I wouldn't have a clue, Id never even heard of Virtual machines 2 months ago, still don't know much about them
@Endomancer: Correct, he uses a VM. They're actually quite easy to use and integrate to the host machine.
takisan said: @tom66: A prime number.
Here's mine: Some lunatic Ballmer-brainwashed person can run Windows XP, Windows 98, and Windows NT all at the same time. They have only one laptop. How?
Not what I was thinking of. The answer was of course infinity. Infinity divided by any number is still infinity.
What's red and green and spins really fast ??
pricetech said: What's red and green and spins really fast ??
A frog in a blender
Endomancer said: A frog in a blender
That was my answer,,Kermit in a blender.
[color=green]Prompted by a trolling member was this riddle? Urm?[/color]
A troll I am not, though admit to being ugly I will.
[color=green] not you was I reffering to, although ugly you may be[/color] The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Tuesday. What day is it today?
Either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday (dependent on location.)
[color=blue]Um, not quite. What day is it _in the riddle_?[/color]
The day of the moon (monday)
*Ole Korrect!*
What goes up white, but comes down yellow and white ??
Water? Steam is white and snow is yellow and white. [rofls at joke]
I live near where a Bridge Collapsed a year ago, however I could still could get across a body of water without a boat. How?
Is it winter?
Nope. It is not winter, and there's only one bridge.
Is bridge floating?
No, the bridge is not floating, virtual, or anything else that you may ask. It's just a normal bridge that broke.
The water is shallow?
Jump across the stream? Are you a bird who can fly/float across?
I live as long as you feed me, if you stop I die.
You're some weird goo organism that eats anything.
And No, the bridge crosses the Mississippi River, not really that shallow.
You could just take the bridge...
jetsam said: You could just take the bridge...But it's broken! the closest one is in St. Paul.
No, I meant with a crane and a barge. Take the bridge.
Wouldn't that be theft ?? Besides, where would you hide a bridge ??
By the way, it's an egg.
takisan said: But it's broken! the closest one is in St. Paul.
If you were a fish, you would have gone across the water without a boat before and still would do it now. Are you a fish or something living in water?
They built a temporary bride.
Who is this "they", and does she have any sisters?
utnubuuser said: Jump across the stream? Are you a bird who can fly/float across?
I live as long as you feed me, if you stop I die. Fire, not "goo".
New one, how do you combine math and agriculture?
algae culture?
A man breaks out of prison and then walks up to the guards who are upset to see him yet make no effort to arrest him; why?
ubunterooster said: A man breaks out of prison and then walks up to the guards who are upset to see him yet make no effort to arrest him; why?
He's another guard that is going home after a day of work. The guards are upset because they still have to work while he doesn't.
Not what I was looking for ( BTW, do you get upset whenever a coworker goes home first? )
ubunterooster said: Not what I was looking for ( BTW, do you get upset whenever a coworker goes home first? )
It depends. Maybe not really "upset" but it depends. If I were left by a colleague of mine in the middle of a prison riot I'd be way more than upset :P
Q: How do you combine math and ag?
A: practice + practice * practice
Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son.
Who is "that man"
ubunterooster said: A man breaks out of prison and then walks up to the guards who are upset to see him yet make no effort to arrest him; why?
The date is August 6, 1945. the man is able to break out because he is in a jail on the outskirts of the main blast-radius for the dropsite of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, and the jail has been badly damaged. The gaurds were badly wounded by a colapsing ceiling and in desperate need of medical attention. They are upset to see the escaped prisoner because they have been mistreating him for some time and know he is about to kill them.
---- Is that close?
What is blue and fluffy?
Cowπ
pricetech said: Brothers and sisters, I have none.
But that man's father is my father's son.
Who is "that man"Your son?
cbecker78 said: The date is August 6, 1945. the man is able to break out because he is in a jail on the outskirts of the main blast-radius for the dropsite of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, and the jail has been badly damaged. The gaurds were badly wounded by a colapsing ceiling and in desperate need of medical attention. They are upset to see the escaped prisoner because they have been mistreating him for some time and know he is about to kill them.
---- Is that close?No and he has broken out of many jails and is now awaiting a check from the prison
What is blue and fluffy?clouds?
ubunterooster said:
clouds?
no... not clouds. It is one of my favorites. But a groaner... :)
No and he has broken out of many jails and is now awaiting a check from the prison
Ahh... so he was hired to test the security of the prison, to see if it was possible to escape?
cbecker78 said: Ahh... so he was hired to test the security of the prison, to see if it was possible to escape?
Correct
What is the secret to life?
austin25 said: what is the secret to life?
«cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!»
There is no answer, you can only make one up.
Austin25 said: What is the secret to life?
Shh; don't tell!
ubunterooster said: Correct
Yeah! (That was a good one!)
In the middle of an open spot in the forrest a dead man is found. What happened?
You can ask closed questions about the situation.
use a name said: In the middle of an open spot in the forrest a dead man is found. What happened?
Obviously, he died
Correct!
What is the difference between a closed question and an open question?
Also, did the man know Yorick?
The answer to a closed question is yes or no. So, your question is a closed one. :) But since not all information is relevant (and therefore not known), I could answer differently.
It's not known if the man knew Yorick, in any form or shape.
Did the man die in that place? Did he get there by ground or by air? Did someone kill him? Was it an accident? Was it suicide? Is there anything around him that does not belong there?
Austin25 said: Did the man die in that place? --> Probably.
Did he get there by ground or by air? --> Good one! By air. Did someone kill him? --> Nope. Was it an accident? --> Yep. Was it suicide? --> Nope. Is there anything around him that does not belong there? --> Nope, unless you would count the stuff he had with him. Well, that's quite a step forward. :)
Is there any government issued looking id near him?
jetsam said: Is there any government issued looking id near him?
Nope.
cbecker78 said:
What is blue and fluffy?
Sigh, nobody's guessing.... so.... It's "blue fluff".
:popcorn: :D
use a name said: Well, that's quite a step forward. :)
He was in a hot air baloon, they wanted to go higher, so they threw him out, right?
Austin25 said: He was in a hot air baloon, they wanted to go higher, so they threw him out, right?
:lolflag: Nope.
Umm... [rolls eye] Didn't expect that
Could the man be described as blue and fluffy?
jetsam said: Could the man be described as blue and fluffy?
Nah.
jetsam said: Could the man be described as blue and fluffy?
Lol!
Did the man arrive at his destination faster than he expected?
Did a tree (or other object) fall on blue fluffy guy??
cbecker78 said: Did the man arrive at his destination faster than he expected?
This spot probably was NOT his destination. ;)
EDIT: But if it was, then it was a lot faster indeed.
ubunterooster said: Did a tree (or other object) fall on blue fluffy guy??
Nope.
was he wearing a backpack?
He fell and died. Now, the question,not that you can answer, is from where? Was it an aeroplane? Was it a helicopter? Was it a cliff? Was he Mario and fell in a bottomless pit, which happened to have a bottom? Did he fall? Is this too many questions? Is there anything strange about his surroundings? Is he famous?
ubunterooster said: Your son?
Yes.
cbecker78 said: was he wearing a backpack?
Most certainly not.
Austin25 said: He fell and died.
True.
Now, the question,not that you can answer, is from where?
Was it an aeroplane? Could be.
Was it a helicopter?
More likely.
Was it a cliff?
Nope
Was he Mario and fell in a bottomless pit, which happened to have a bottom?
That would be rather strange...
Did he fall?
Yep.
Is this too many questions?
Nope.
Is there anything strange about his surroundings?
Yes.
Is he famous?
Maybe only because of what happened.
Did he land in a public place?
Was he wearing a uniform?
Was the clearing natural or man-made?
Edit: Did the clearing just recently get clear?
is the said guy on the bare ground?
Is he in the Western hemisphere?
Is he in the Southern Hemisphere?
Is he nearer to the equator than the poles?
So you have time to answer all the above ??
cbecker78 said: Did he land in a public place?
IDK. The forrest might have been open for public.
Was he wearing a uniform?
Nope.
Was the clearing natural or man-made?
A bit of both. Or neither of them... Hmmm. You do have a point here, but it's hard to tell which of the two... ;)
Edit: Did the clearing just recently get clear?
Very very recent.
ubunterooster said: is the said guy on the bare ground?
Not hanging in the top of a tree. But not in the sand either.
jetsam said: Is he in the Western hemisphere?
Is he in the Southern Hemisphere?
Is he nearer to the equator than the poles? Not on the poles, otherwise it doesn't really matter.
pricetech said: So you have time to answer all the above ??
Every now and then. :)
So, something blew up?
Something blew down ???
No explosions. Sorry.
This may have already been asked; was he struck by lightning ??
pricetech said: This may have already been asked; was he struck by lightning ??
Nope.
Does it have anything to do with Aliens ??
pricetech said: Does it have anything to do with Aliens ??
:lolflag: No.
Was it in any way related to fishing?
jetsam said: Was it in any way related to fishing?
In some way, yes, maybe. I can't promise that no fish were killed for this riddle.
Is this the guy who was supposedly scuba diving and got picked up by a water bucket and dropped on a forest fire ???
pricetech said: Is this the guy who was supposedly scuba diving and got picked up by a water bucket and dropped on a forest fire ???
Yep that's him. :)
use a name said: Yep that's him. :)
...So did he drown? And did he put the fire out?
Oh, that one! My next guess was he was an astronaut whose space shuttle crashed.
Alrighty then. Now just a riddle, not a riddle about an urban legend...
On an island live a dragon and a knight. They have a healthy respect for the strength of the other, so fighting they don't. But liking each other they do not either.
On the island there happen to be seven foul-smelling poisonous wells. Each well is as deadly as the other (which is deadly). The wells are numbered 1 to 7 and an ancient legend tells (and you can trust this one) that the certain death from drinking from one of the wells can only be 'cured' by drinking from a well with a higher number. They did not dare trying this, until one day the dragon proposes that they will present each other with a cup of water which they shall drink. He who lives will have the island for himself. There's a catch though. The number 7 well is at the top of a mountain which cannot be climbed. Of course, the dragon can fly...
The knight takes up the challenge. When the day comes that they shall drink, the knight lives and the dragon dies. You might have *guessed* so, but do you know *how*?
Oh, come on! It's not *that* difficult!
Edit: does the dragon die from the poison?
ubunterooster said: Edit: does the dragon die from the poison?
Yeah, he does.
Oh, I get it. They can not get them selves the water. > they will present each other with a cup of water which they shall drink
ubunterooster said: Oh, I get it. They can not get them selves the water.
Hmmm, I don't get what you got... :confused: They give each other a cup of water that they prepared for the other. They drink it. The end of the story is that the dragon dies and the knight lives.
b/c they each must get the other the water, the dragon dies b/c the knight can not get the dragon the water from well7
Ah, ok. Hmmm, I guess I wasn't clear. They give each other the water, they will drink it, after which they can run/fly to drink from a well with a higher number to save themselves. Unless they were smart and already took some water from the higher numbered well with them. Would save some stress. Still, the dragon dies. :)
Let me add this: when the first symptoms of being poisoned occur, it's too late to save yourself.
The knight gets water from well # 1, but slips the dragon salt water.
The dragon gets water for himself from well # 7, and gives the knight water from well # 7.
The dragon feels sick from the salt water, and drinks #7 water to cure himself, but he poisons himself and dies instead because there is no higher numbered water than 7.
The knight drinks the number #1 water, then drinks the #7 water to cure himself, and lives on...
...lonely, embittered, master of an island filled with poisoned wells. As he reaches middle age, he regrets his rash actions, and wishes the dragon had lived, as any sort of company would be a welcome relief from the monotony of his days.
Fortunately you are wrong. Just days after this all happened, a beautiful lady washed ashore. The dragon would certainly have eaten her, but now he did not. They married (:confused:) and lived long and happy ever after with their 17 children and 131 grandchildren.
Whow... Somewhere this story got a bit out of control...
use a name said: Fortunately you are wrong. Just days after this all happened, a beautiful lady washed ashore. The dragon would certainly have eaten her, but now he did not. They married (:confused:) and lived long and happy ever after with their 17 children and 131 grandchildren.
Whow... Somewhere this story got a bit out of control... :shock:!:shock:!
Just to be sure: yeah, he gave the dragon a healthy dose of salt water and pre-poisoned himself.
use a name said: Fortunately you are wrong. Just days after this all happened, a beautiful lady washed ashore. The dragon would certainly have eaten her, but now he did not. They married (:confused:) and lived long and happy ever after with their 17 children and 131 grandchildren.
Whow... Somewhere this story got a bit out of control...
...and that's not even *counting* all the ones that died in tragic well water incidents!
Fortunately, Darwinian selection ensures that future generations are able to count to seven and analyze water quality by the time they can crawl.
What kind of tooth could be nearby, isn't, nor ever was, in a mouth, and involves the electromagnetic spectrum.
A sawtooth wave? (I like science)
Ooooooo good one. I was thinking bluetooth. (Even though it's not fluffy)
As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks, each sack had 7 cats, each cat had 7 kits. How many were going to Saint Ives.
All potential answers to this riddle are based on its ambiguity because the riddle only tells us the group has been "met" on the journey to St. Ives and gives no further information about its intentions, only those of the narrator. As such, any one of the following answers is plausible, depending on the intention of the other party:
If the narrator met the group as they are coming from St. Ives (this is the most common assumption), the answer would be *one* person going to St. Ives; the narrator.
If the narrator met the group as they were also travelling to St. Ives (and were overtaken by the narrator, plausible given the large size of the party), the answer in this case is *all* are going to St. Ives.
It is also never positively established if the group is going to or from St. Ives, they could be going elsewhere, or nowhere at all; perhaps they are just by the road side. This would still give the answer of one, the narrator, because we know from his narration he is definitely going to St. Ives.
However, it has been suggested the answer is zero on the assumption that the question means how many "kits, cats, sacks, wives ... were going to St. Ives?" Although the narrator clearly states he is going to St. Ives, he is not one of the kits, cats, sacks, or wives. And so, by this interpretation, the answer is zero.
from Wikipedia.
pricetech said: As I was going to Saint Ives, I met a man with 7 wives.
Each wife had 7 sacks, each sack had 7 cats, each cat had 7 kits. How many were going to Saint Ives. You were? I'll go with that one.
BslBryan said: <much snippage>
Somebody has too much free time on their hands.
Just kidding.
Good answer though.
Why is math sad? :(
ubunterooster said: Why is math sad? :(
Because noone understands?
Well, actually a lot of us do understand it. Sorry, but not correct.
Math is sad because *ars longa, vita brevis*?
Math is sad because it's always being cheated on?
Math is sad because there's no end to division?
Math is sad because the only tea in the teacher's lounge is three four year old packets of Lipton?
Math is sad because Statisticians make more money than mathematicians, and investment bankers make more money than either of them?
Math is sad because Algebraic Topology is hard?
Math is sad because it's sic and tired of going fourth and multiplying?
Well, it's mostly a pun...
Because it has too many problems ???
Correct!
Since you're in my fridge, how's the milk, butter, and eggs ??
Is that a riddle?
I don't think it is.
The art teacher at a school got called to the office. He/she arrived an hour later covered in orange paint. Why is that?