Riddles

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He who made it, didn't use it, he who owned it didn't want it, and they who carried it didn't own it

A coffin!!

 

[scoops418]

A coffin!!

lol i guess someone beat me to it

 

[i61164]

I have a riddle!

Two guys are in a cabin. One of the guys in the cabin has died. He passed away from a heart attack. The other guy does not want to be in the cabin, and he knows that he will die as well no matter what. He's free to leave the cabin and go outside, but there is something stopping him. What's their situation?

Your audience has to ask you a series of yes or no questions that could possibly hint at the answer.

When I first heard this riddle, it took me forever to figure it out, but in the end, it's pretty clever 😛

Are they conjoined twins?

 

[PublicEnemy]

I heard a variation of this: 3 cannibals and 3 missionaries need to get from one island to another. They have a boat that can only fit 2. If the cannibals ever outnumber the missionaries (on either island) they will eat them. How do they all get across safely?

Also, the answer to the funeral one is below:

you need 1 of the tree haters to ferry everyone across one at a time, starting with a tree lover, and alternating each time. that way there would never be more tree haters on one side.

that answer works for cannibals and missionaries too.

 

[i61164]

Here's one I've always liked...

You're locked in a windowless room. There are two doors on either side of the room, one door leads to freedom, the other to a fiery pit of death. Each door is guarded by a very big, very well-armed guard. One guard ALWAYS tells the truth, one guard ALWAYS lies (you don't know which is which).....you're allowed one question to ONE of the guards to try and figure out which is the door to freedom. You can only try one door, after which , if you're still in the room, the guards will kill you.....What question do you ask?

Spoiler below.





















Ask either guard "If I ask the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say?" Then take the other door.

 

[i61164]

What's greater than God, more evil than the devil, and if you eat it you'll die.

 

[Whitney]

Ask either guard "If I ask the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say?" Then take the other door.

Yep, that'd be the one to ask....

 

[i61164]

you need 1 of the tree haters to ferry everyone across one at a time, starting with a tree lover, and alternating each time. that way there would never be more tree haters on one side.

that answer works for cannibals and missionaries too.

That does not work. This is what will happen...

One cannibal and one missionary get into the boat and leave 2 cannibals and 2 missionaries behind. So far, so good. The cannibal then drops off the missionary on the new island and heads back for the others. When he arrives back at the old island he finds 2 missionaries, 2 cannibals and himself (a cannibal). Lunch is served.

 

[Whitney]

What's greater than God, more evil than the devil, and if you eat it you'll die.

no idea.....i61164, are you some kind of professional riddler....I bet you'd give Oedipus a run for his drachma....

 

[i61164]

Does anyone understand the fish riddle that was posted earlier? Why is there zero in the basket? Is it because a basket was never mentioned in the riddle?

 

[i61164]

no idea.....i61164, are you some kind of professional riddler....I bet you'd give Oedipus a run for his drachma....

I am pretty good, but I was also stumped on that one. Here's a hint: think in absolutes, like a child.

 

[BraneDoc]

What's greater than God, more evil than the devil, and if you eat it you'll die.

NOTHING. I win 😎

 

[i61164]

NOTHING. I win 😎

 

[MEG@COOL]

Blaine is a pain.

 

[PublicEnemy]

That does not work. This is what will happen...

One cannibal and one missionary get into the boat and leave 2 cannibals and 2 missionaries behind. So far, so good. The cannibal then drops off the missionary on the new island and heads back for the others. When he arrives back at the old island he finds 2 missionaries, 2 cannibals and himself (a cannibal). Lunch is served.

i was assuming the first cannibal doesn't get back on land, after rowing back, he stays in the boat, and another canibal jumps in the boat with him to go across. it works if you let that happen.

 

[PublicEnemy]

What's greater than God, more evil than the devil, and if you eat it you'll die.

poor people have it, rich people need it.

 

[myry]

Here's the only one I know off the top of my head

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every race?

 

[Whitney]

Here's the only one I know off the top of my head

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of every end, and the end of every race?

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The letter e.....?

 

[myry]

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The letter e.....?

yeah...i think it's not as obvious if it's not in writing!!

 

[redrabbit]

this is a riddle i am translating from chinese. It might not make sense.
Women get this after they are married. It can be short or it can be long. All married women can get it but they don't have to accept it. You can only get it after you are married. Some people's might be longer than other ppl's

 

[Rogue_Leader]

this is a riddle i am translating from chinese. It might not make sense.
Women get this after they are married. It can be short or it can be long. All married women can get it but they don't have to accept it. You can only get it after you are married. Some people's might be longer than other ppl's

A new last name.

 

[Rzarecta]

what's the answer to this one?

I think the answer is an airplane cabin. If the plane is in midair and the captain was the one who died of the heart attack, then the passenger would be screwed no matter what since he cannot fly the plane.

 

[vhawk]

Does anyone understand the fish riddle that was posted earlier? Why is there zero in the basket? Is it because a basket was never mentioned in the riddle?

Ya see, a 6 without its head, a 9 without its tail, etc... they all give ya 0. Its kind of a weird riddle, and it doesnt REALLY make sense, but if you look at the numbers you can kinda see what its supposed to be

 

[vhawk]

Spoiler below.





















Ask either guard "If I ask the other guard which door leads to freedom, what would he say?" Then take the other door.

When you say take the other door, you mean whichever door either tells you is the fiery pit, right?

 

[i61164]

When you say take the other door, you mean whichever door either tells you is the fiery pit, right?

Yep.

 

[i61164]

i was assuming the first cannibal doesn't get back on land, after rowing back, he stays in the boat, and another canibal jumps in the boat with him to go across. it works if you let that happen.

Sorry, that's not the answer. I can't let you across the bridge unless you give me the correct answer.

 

[i61164]

poor people have it, rich people need it.

Good call. I forgot about that part.

 

[boardchic]

I heard a variation of this: 3 cannibals and 3 missionaries need to get from one island to another. They have a boat that can only fit 2. If the cannibals ever outnumber the missionaries (on either island) they will eat them. How do they all get across safely?

Can you have more than one cannibal on an island without missionaries?

If so, then here goes (it's kind of a long answer... so i'm abbreviating M & C):

M&C take boat over (MMCC::MC); M takes boat back (MMMCC::C); C&C take boat over (MMM::CCC); C takes boat back (MMMC::CC); M&M take boat over (MC::MMCC); M&C take boat back (MMCC::MC); M&M take boat over (CC:MMMC); C takes boat back (CCC::MMM); C&C take boat over (C::MMMCC); C takes boat back (CC::MMMC); C&C take boat back (MMMCCC all on other side)

Does that work? Is there a shorter way to do it?

 

[PublicEnemy]

Can you have more than one cannibal on an island without missionaries?

If so, then here goes (it's kind of a long answer... so i'm abbreviating M & C):

M&C take boat over (MMCC::MC); M takes boat back (MMMCC::C); C&C take boat over (MMM::CCC); C takes boat back (MMMC::CC); M&M take boat over (MC::MMCC); M&C take boat back (MMCC::MC); M&M take boat over (CC:MMMC); C takes boat back (CCC::MMM); C&C take boat over (C::MMMCC); C takes boat back (CC::MMMC); C&C take boat back (MMMCCC all on other side)

Does that work? Is there a shorter way to do it?

yes, that works. but it only works for the cannibals, not the tree lovers and haters, because you can have more cannibals that missionaries on one side if as you said, you leave 1 or more cannibals by themselves, but you can't leave a tree hater by himself...
thats why i answered the other one the way i did.

 

[boardchic]

yes, that works. but it only works for the cannibals, not the tree lovers and haters, because you can have more cannibals that missionaries on one side if as you said, you leave 1 or more cannibals by themselves, but you can't leave a tree hater by himself...
thats why i answered the other one the way i did.

I agree, I don't think there's a way to do the tree lover/hater one any way other than the way you did it

 

[i61164]

Can you have more than one cannibal on an island without missionaries?

If so, then here goes (it's kind of a long answer... so i'm abbreviating M & C):

M&C take boat over (MMCC::MC); M takes boat back (MMMCC::C); C&C take boat over (MMM::CCC); C takes boat back (MMMC::CC); M&M take boat over (MC::MMCC); M&C take boat back (MMCC::MC); M&M take boat over (CC:MMMC); C takes boat back (CCC::MMM); C&C take boat over (C::MMMCC); C takes boat back (CC::MMMC); C&C take boat back (MMMCCC all on other side)

Does that work? Is there a shorter way to do it?

Excellent work.

 

[gildas]

this is a riddle i am translating from chinese. It might not make sense.
Women get this after they are married. It can be short or it can be long. All married women can get it but they don't have to accept it. You can only get it after you are married. Some people's might be longer than other ppl's

Dick?

 

[nikibean]

Just ask them,
"What have I got in my pocket?" or if you really want to frighten them, "What do I have in my pocketses?"
(See "the Hobbit" for reference...)

Okay, okay, or we can degenerate into...

What do you call a cow with two legs?
Lean beef.
What do you call a cow with no legs?
Ground beef.
What do you call a broken boomerang?
(a stick!)
Or tell them you got pulled over on the way to the interview?
("What for?!")
Well, in this state it's illegal to carry a six pack and two loaded guns (flex and then point at your stomach).

 

[redrabbit]

Dick?

No.. sick mind!!! last name is the answer

 

[shahalam]

No.. sick mind!!! last name is the answer

Technically, his answer was correct. LOL

 

[stinkycheese]

No.. sick mind!!! last name is the answer

News flash: women have last names before they're married, so that answer really is invalid.

 

[liverotcod]

News flash: women have last names before they're married, so that answer really is invalid.

Stinkycheese, try "new last name" if "last name" is giving you trouble.

It's interesting to me how *well* this translates. The riddle is obviously a double entendre - a joke. I should think that double entendres are, in general, difficult to translate so that they still make sense, because what one culture considers "naughty" can be so different than what another culture does.

 

[shahalam]

Here's a riddle my biology prof. told me the other day.

You take off the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. tricky tricky

 

[PublicEnemy]

Here's a riddle my biology prof. told me the other day.

You take off the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. tricky tricky

i know this one. but thats only because i've heard this one before.






















corn👍

 

[firebody]

hey guys, here's a riddle that was posted in the lounge a couple months ago that no one seems to find out the answer to. wondering if you guys could figure this out...

****What talks all night, calls its home the city of angels, and has 2 fathers?****

a couple of us have a guess of what it could be, but think that although it fits, it'd be a stupid answer to this riddle. so we've pretty much concluded no one yet knows what the answer to this is....anyone of you guys know???

 

[shahalam]

hey guys, here's a riddle that was posted in the lounge a couple months ago that no one seems to find out the answer to. wondering if you guys could figure this out...

****What talks all night, calls its home the city of angels, and has 2 fathers?****

a couple of us have a guess of what it could be, but think that although it fits, it'd be a stupid answer to this riddle. so we've pretty much concluded no one yet knows what the answer to this is....anyone of you guys know???

A preacher in church at night?

 

[i61164]

What is the opposite of if?