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25 Sep 02 - 11:46 AM (#791037) Subject: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nevada Click for the 'PermaThread™: List of all joke threads'Hi everyone! I wonder if anybody can help me. Riddles seem to be "The Thing" at the moment. Unfortunately, I've used all mine up. Does anyone know any good ones? Luv Emz x |
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25 Sep 02 - 11:54 AM (#791043) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons "What will go 'up a chimney down', but not 'down a chimney up' ?
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25 Sep 02 - 11:57 AM (#791047) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST The good ones are all 'bad'. |
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25 Sep 02 - 12:01 PM (#791050) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST Quite a few here |
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25 Sep 02 - 12:22 PM (#791068) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: IanC On the basis that the old ones are the best, here's a whole load of very old ones indeed.
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25 Sep 02 - 12:31 PM (#791077) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: IanC Sorry ... forgot you might want them in translation here they are in English. ;-) |
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25 Sep 02 - 12:45 PM (#791084) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: allanwill I think I've posted this one before, but I think it's brilliant. What do you call an agnostic, dyslexic insomniac? Someone who lays awake at night wondering whether there really is a DOG. (boy, it's a slow old night at work tonight!) Allan |
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25 Sep 02 - 01:05 PM (#791092) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST IanC, 'The Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book' where the riddles were translated into modern English, was edited by Paull F. Buam, and published in 1963. There are in addition others in Henry A. Person's 'Cambridge Middle English Lyrics', 1962. Many of these ancient riddles were reprinted in 'riddle' chapbooks, and books of miscellaneous poetry in the 17th and 18th century, and a few have been collected by folklorists in the 2nd half of the 20th century. There are a couple of songs in 'Pills to Purge Melancholy' that string some together and add new material to form songs. A few are given near the end of the Scarce Songs 1 file at www.erols.com/olsonw |
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25 Sep 02 - 01:43 PM (#791128) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Mr Red My maternal Grandmother used to tell this one Riddle me, riddle me roat te tote. I saw a man in a red coat, a stick in his hand, a stone in his throt. Riddle me, riddle me roat te tote. and one from the Shakespearian era (that's easy for you to say!) "What walketh upon four legs at morning, on two in the afternoon, and three of the night?" Bill Shake schollars will correct me upon my 17thC West Country Mumerset. How do you keep an idiot in suspense. all answers tomorrow! ***BG*** |
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25 Sep 02 - 01:45 PM (#791132) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Schantieman My six-year old came up with this one: What do you call a pig with three eyes?
A p-i-i-i-g.
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25 Sep 02 - 01:48 PM (#791134) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Schantieman A pig with no eyes (or possibly 'I's), is a pg, of course, and then we get into deer with no eyes and possibly no legs either. (no idea and still no idea, just in case someone's never heard them!) |
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25 Sep 02 - 03:02 PM (#791189) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,kendall Two thirds of a cross, and a circle complete; two semi-circles with an upright to meet. A right angle triangle stands on its feet, two semi-circles and a circle complete. It spells a common word. |
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25 Sep 02 - 07:50 PM (#791368) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Joe_F ObSongs: What has six eyes, but can't see? |
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25 Sep 02 - 07:50 PM (#791371) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Joe_F Three blind mice. |
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25 Sep 02 - 09:46 PM (#791423) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: kendall Mr. Red, I believe that is the riddle of the Sphynx. The answer is man. a baby, an adult, then an old man. |
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25 Sep 02 - 10:19 PM (#791436) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: khandu 1. What are the words to "Smells Like Teen Spirit"? 2. Can Dylan really sing? 3. Are Mark Knopler and Tom Petty the bastard sons of Dylan? Answers: 1. Who knows? Who cares? 2. Who knows? 3. They look and sound like it. A bored khandu |
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25 Sep 02 - 11:35 PM (#791463) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: mack/misophist My favourite is from Alice in Wonderland. "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" It's odd that so few have seen the answer in the next volume: "Neither has many notes and they're all flat". |
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26 Sep 02 - 12:22 AM (#791481) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,adavis@truman.edu Three kinds of riddles: the modern anglo-american tend to be jokes, and there are also brain-teasers or puzzles. In most societies, it's a kind of wisdom literature -- a proverb put into puzzle-form. Two interesting ones from Venda (African) tribal collection by Ian Blackling: Q: What eats with its asshole and shits death at its mouth? A: The white man's gun (breech-loader) Q: We get rid of it, but the white man wraps it in precious silk and saves it. A: Snot. |
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26 Sep 02 - 07:02 AM (#791585) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Crazy Eddie There are some good riddles of the classical sort in "Te Hobbitt", when Bilbo meets Gollum., but I don't remember them well enough to write them here.
Mr. Red: Kendall: T-O-B-A-C-C-O ? Going down a little boreen, I met my auntie Noreen. |
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26 Sep 02 - 07:18 AM (#791595) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Mr Red kendall that's what you Sphinx **BG*** but correct. Crazy Eddie Cherry and it's red. now how many beans make five? |
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26 Sep 02 - 08:31 AM (#791646) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: The Walrus at work Mr Red, "...now how many beans make five?..." Two beans, two half beans, a bean and a half and half a bean. Walrus |
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26 Sep 02 - 09:03 AM (#791669) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: kendall Tobacco is right. |
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26 Sep 02 - 02:43 PM (#791924) Subject: RE: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Frivolous Sal How do You get the guitar players to stop playing? How do you get the guitar player to leave your porch? Who hangs out with musicians? What's the difference between a saxophone and a chain saw? Where can you find a dog with no legs? What is the difference between mashed potatoes and pea soup? |
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26 Sep 02 - 07:13 PM (#792059) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Mr Red Bean, half a bean, bean and a half and two bean. I think you have some jumping beans there Walrus. I have heard other versions, more to the point how many permutations (or is it combinations) ignoring re-ordered ones can you have? Now the person who comes up with that number (and the proof) really does know "how many beans make five" (metaphorical meaning). I just had a though (really is a light going-on jobbie) but is not the lightbulb joke not a modern version of the riddle. Soundbite in length - true. But a deeper insight into aspects of our culture and commerce and how we see aspects of it than the traditional riddle discuss..... |
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26 Sep 02 - 09:30 PM (#792120) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Helen Q. What happens when a duck flies upside down?
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27 Sep 02 - 02:52 AM (#792200) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Mark Cohen My college roommate remembered this riddle but not the answer: How are a Swiss admiral and a stomach pump alike? After 30+ years I still haven't figured it out. Anybody? Aloha, Mark |
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27 Sep 02 - 08:01 AM (#792306) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons Mark Cohen: are they both working with a vacuum ? Helen: when a duck flies upside-down it "Quacks up" Mehitabel:A dog with no legs can be found wherever you left him: and The difference between mashed potatoes & pea soup is that I've mashed potatoes, but never been known to Pee soup! Nigel |
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27 Sep 02 - 09:01 AM (#792326) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Raedwulf Who hangs out with musicians? This (& the proceeding ones about guitarists) sound more like anti-one-particular-instrument jokes, rather than proper riddles. "A Drummer" is surely the answer... What's the difference between a saxophone and a chain saw? Ditto to this one. At a complete guess, "You can cut down trees with a chain saw, with a sax it just sounds like you're trying..." |
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27 Sep 02 - 09:28 AM (#792337) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Raedwulf One of two of my particular favourites from the Exeter Book of Riddles (the A/S ones that IanC gave you a link for above) Swings by his thigh / a thing most magical! Below the belt / beneath the folds Of his clothes it hangs / a hole in its front end, stiff-set and stout / it swivels about. Levelling the head / of this hanging tool, its wielder hoists his hem / above his knee; it is his will to fill / a well-known hole that it fits fully / when at full length He's oft filled it before. / Now he fills it again... |
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27 Sep 02 - 09:32 AM (#792339) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Raedwulf Sorry for the rapid double post, I've just found the other one. I didn't realise I had an e-copy! I'm the world's wonder, for I make women happy --a boon to the neighborhood, a bane to no one, though I may perhaps prick the one who picks me. I am set well up, stand in a bed, have a roughish root. Rarely (though it happens) a churl's daughter more daring than the rest --and lovelier! --lays hold of me, and lays me in larder. She learns soon enough, the curly-haired creature who clamps me so, of my meeting with her: moist is her eye! |
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27 Sep 02 - 12:55 PM (#792460) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Jimmy C If I told you that I was a COMPULSIVE LIAR, would you believe me . ? |
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27 Sep 02 - 12:56 PM (#792461) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Jimmy C If I told you that I was a COMPULSIVE LIAR, would you believe me . ? |
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27 Sep 02 - 02:38 PM (#792545) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Frivolous Sal You are right-some of these are musician of choice. I am sorry thhey are not proper riddles. How do You get the guitar players to stop playing? Put sheet music in front of them How do you get the guitar player to leave your porch? Pay him for the pizza Who hangs out with musicians? Drummers What's the difference between a saxophone and a chain saw? Vibratto Where can you find a dog with no legs? where you left him
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27 Sep 02 - 02:49 PM (#792550) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Frivolous Sal In my father's day (abt 1917) there were popular jokes going around of a type I have not seen since. I suspect they were quite risque in the time period. What is the difference between a cart horse & a war horse? A war horse darts into the fray What is the difference between a man in church and a man in the bathtub? When a man is in church, his soul is full of hope. These are the only 2 I remember from the ones he told me (and not until he was quite old - he would have thought them scandalous.) I would love it if anyone knows more of them. |
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28 Sep 02 - 02:13 AM (#792835) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Boab The difference between "Humour" and "odour"?---Humour is a shaft of wit..... [One from my pal Johnny---] Whit's the difference between a duck?---Yin o' its legs is baith the same! [ Oh gawd!!!!!!] |
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28 Sep 02 - 03:54 AM (#792857) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Mark Cohen I learned that one as: What's the difference between a stove? The more you polish it, it turns. Nigel: I think you're onto something, but it doesn't seem quite clever enough. I suspect it may be of the "soul is full of hope" variety. Aloha, Mark |
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28 Sep 02 - 05:38 PM (#793152) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons Mark: if it is going to be a pun (allowing for the fact that the Swiss Navy have much in common with the Romney Marsh Mountain Rescue Team) then it will probably turn on the word Naval/navel Although he hasn't given the answers, Raedwulf appears to be lowering the tone, but I'm sure I can match it.
1, What's long and thin, 2, What goes in dry, comes out wet, and satisfies two people ?
3, What's long and thin, slightly greasy, Nigel
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28 Sep 02 - 07:27 PM (#793205) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: CraigS Let's see who knows the difference between a) A new penny and the river Mersey b) a fisherman and a lazy schoolboy c) a trapeze and a policeman's truncheon? |
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28 Sep 02 - 08:32 PM (#793233) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Helen I can't remember this one exactly, but: What's the difference between a goldfish(?) and a goat? Helen |
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29 Sep 02 - 01:02 AM (#793301) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Joe_F One log has nine holes. |
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29 Sep 02 - 02:48 AM (#793312) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Boab "Saw a fight today between a rabbit and a pofer" "What the hell's a pofer?" "Pissing in!" |
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29 Sep 02 - 08:37 AM (#793387) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons Craig S: (c) One's for cunning stunts! Helen: A goldfish mucks about in the fountains!
My three were not a risqué as they possibly appeared,: Nigel |
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29 Sep 02 - 08:44 AM (#793389) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons Craig S: The fisherman Baits his hooks; whilst the schoolboy hates his books. The new penny is shiney bright; whilst the Mersey is Briney (salty)! Nigel |
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29 Sep 02 - 06:36 PM (#793661) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Joe_F What four-letter word, ending in K, signifies the most important form of marital intercourse? |
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29 Sep 02 - 07:51 PM (#793700) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Helen Clever Nigel! Knows the answers to my riddles and fools everyone with his double-entendres. Helen |
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30 Sep 02 - 02:09 AM (#793839) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Boab Joe F---Wedlock? |
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30 Sep 02 - 09:11 AM (#793964) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Bullfrog Jones One for football (soccer) fans: Sunderland did it in 1979, Villa did it in 1981. Who did it in 1980? BJ |
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30 Sep 02 - 01:12 PM (#794084) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Raedwulf Since everyone seems to have given up on mine. Nigel - you've got a mucky mind. How you could have imagined that the answers were anything other than 'a key' & 'an onion' respectively, I do not know... *BG* |
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30 Sep 02 - 04:27 PM (#794235) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Joe_F Talk. What plays by Shakespeare might be abbreviated as follows? Dry Wet 3" 6" 9" |
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30 Sep 02 - 07:05 PM (#794351) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Mr Red Q What do you call a colony of goats A A Billy Colony Raedwulf three gold star for the most traditional riddle - that one has a lineage back to Saxon times. Now do you have it in Anglo-Saxon? |
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30 Sep 02 - 07:17 PM (#794364) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: tremodt Why do Jewish women order "Won Ton" soup most of the time because of what it spells back wards ron |
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30 Sep 02 - 08:40 PM (#794452) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons Joe F: (assuming the " is the UK abbreviation for 'inches') 3" "Much ado about nothing" 6" "As you like it" 9" "A midsummer night's dream" Bullfrog: That one's nasty, the assumption will be that they are team name!!! Nigel |
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01 Oct 02 - 05:09 AM (#794690) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons Bullfrog: are the two mentioned the only players to have scored the 'winning' goal in an FA Cup Final that share their names with a football team ? The scorer in 1980 was Trevor Brooking Nigel |
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01 Oct 02 - 06:23 PM (#795069) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Raedwulf Mr Red - I did say they were from the Exeter Book of Riddles when I posted 'em. If you (or anyone else) really wants 'em in A/S, refer to the link that IanC put up near the beginning of the thread - that site's got just about all of the Book, I think. |
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02 Oct 02 - 04:42 AM (#795321) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Bullfrog Jones Yep Nigel - Trevor Brooking. You saw through my cunning ruse, which is why that one works better written than spoken (assuming you know how to spell Ricky Villa's name). BJ |
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02 Oct 02 - 04:43 AM (#795322) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Bullfrog Jones Sorry -- I meant pronounce Ricky Villa's name! BJ |
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02 Oct 02 - 04:47 AM (#795323) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons Bullfrog: soccer questions are unfair, it's such a minority interest. I could just as easily ask if any non-English team has ever won the FA cup, and you would think it a catch question. Nigel |
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02 Oct 02 - 08:20 AM (#795399) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Bullfrog Jones A minority interest? Think back to the lengthy threads during the World Cup! And if you were to ask that question, which of course you didn't, I'd say Cardiff. BJ |
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02 Oct 02 - 01:55 PM (#795600) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Abby Sale Joe_F: Definately "hark." A wife should hark unto her husband and all will be well. |
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02 Oct 02 - 07:15 PM (#795857) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Joe_F Right. Also, Dry: Twelfth Night Wet: A Midsummer Night's Dream. How many guacas are there in a guacamole? |
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03 Oct 02 - 12:58 AM (#795974) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: CapriUni A few of my favorites (as much because they're fun to say as diffecult to solve): Marble walls as white as milk, and skin covering all as soft as silk. In a fountain, crystal clear, a a golden apple doth appear. No doors are there to this stronghold Yet thieves broke in and stole the gold. --- Old mother Snitchet-Snatchet had but one eye And a long tail, which she let fly And every time she leapt over the gap, She left a bit of her tail in the trap. --- I went to the woods and caught it. I sat me down and sought it. Because I could not find it, Home with me I brought it. |
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03 Oct 02 - 04:24 AM (#796006) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nevada Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for your help. All my friends are finding the riddles difficult, but fun. CapriUni - I havnt got a clue what the 1st and 3rd ones are, but is the 2nd one a needle? Luv AAA x |
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03 Oct 02 - 06:56 AM (#796046) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons 3rd one could be Poison Ivy/ poison oak Nigel |
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03 Oct 02 - 07:57 AM (#796074) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Bullfrog Jones Is number three a flea? BJ |
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03 Oct 02 - 08:45 AM (#796092) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Mr Red Nigel Parsons Non-English teams winning the FA cup? answers - A) who cares B) sweet FA c) Arsenal came close with 9 foreign passport holders. Pedants may now point out it was Chelsea or Aston Vanilla (easily licked) or Preston Both Ends to which I would refer them to answer A) |
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03 Oct 02 - 09:00 AM (#796100) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Pneumony A man is in a room on his own with just a table. How does he escape bearing in mind there is no door or windows???? |
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03 Oct 02 - 09:05 AM (#796104) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Pneumony JOE F: What do you mean, One log has nine Holes????? |
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03 Oct 02 - 09:21 AM (#796119) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Crazy Eddie Capri Uni, your first is one of the riddle in "The Hobbit" that I mentioned earlier in the thread. Gollum guessed it, but i won't spoil it for everyone. Is the third one a cold?
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03 Oct 02 - 10:06 AM (#796151) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST Rubs his hands together till they're sore. Use the saw to cut the table in half. Put the two halves together to make a whole. Climb through the hole and run away. |
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03 Oct 02 - 01:51 PM (#796267) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: CapriUni Pneumony wrote: JOE F: What do you mean, One log has nine Holes????? I don't know what he means by it, but it reminds me of a riddle that I read about in a folklore dictionary once, that, if I recall correctly, came from ancient Greece: What has nine holes, that when eight holes are sealed, one is open, and whe the eight are open, the one is sealed? Hint: it's a cousin to the Sphinx's riddle... |
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03 Oct 02 - 05:09 PM (#796391) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,joshua What's the difference between a full grown bull and the James Last Orchestra? |
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03 Oct 02 - 07:54 PM (#796452) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Joe_F One log has nine holes: a human being. How many guacas in a guacamole: Avocadro's number. |
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04 Oct 02 - 01:50 AM (#796607) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: CapriUni So I was right, Joe F -- you and I were thinking the same riddle (sorta) What has nine holes that when 8 is sealed, 1 is unsealed, and then when 1 is sealed the other 8 are open, or at least openable? A human being: The 9 holes are: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, a mouth, a belly button and an anus. When the human is in the womb, the ears, eyes, nose mouth and anus are closed, and the belly button (one end of the ubilical chord, at least is open. After birth, the situation is reversed... |
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04 Oct 02 - 06:03 AM (#796677) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons You are in a remote cottage, with a wood fire built up, but not lit. You also have a kerosene lamp which needs lighting, and a gas burning stove. Unfortunately, you have only one match. Which do you light first ? You are stranded on a small desert island, and your only hope of rescue is to light an oil lamp. Unfortunately there is insufficient oil in the lamp to reach the lower end of the wick (which is short from overtrimming) how do you manage to light the lamp ? Four men in a lifeboat find that all they have left is a full packet of cigarettes, but no matches. How do they manage to get a smoke ? Nigel |
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04 Oct 02 - 09:00 AM (#796773) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST A human being: The 9 holes are: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, a mouth, a belly button and an anus. When the human is in the womb, the ears, eyes, nose mouth and anus are closed, and the belly button (one end of the ubilical chord, at least is open. After birth, the situation is reversed... So, how does this strange individual urinate? Through a nostril?
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04 Oct 02 - 11:44 AM (#796868) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: CapriUni Guest -- Re: 9 holes: Ooops, I miscounted! I was combining Joe F.'s riddle (Which doesn't count the belly button) with a version of the same riddle that does -- and in that version, there are 10 holes... Of course, by this logic, you know the answer to the riddle isn't human being -- it's a human man. Otherwise, a woman would not be able to breast feed her baby -- so we get the full compliment of a dozen. And now that I'm talking about it, I'm remembering that the metaphor of the original was "a house with 10 doors"... It's a more vibrant image -- there's generally more energy going on with a house than a log. Even today, we use the house metaphor to talk about people, as in: "The lights are on, but nobody's home." and "He has a lot going on upstairs." But we "sleep like a log." Sorry, I'm rambling... |
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04 Oct 02 - 12:01 PM (#796881) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Schantieman ... or give birth to her baby - or conceive it in the first place. Add a hole! Now there's another one - how can you add a hole?.. S |
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04 Oct 02 - 06:33 PM (#797097) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Joe_F Well, since we're now doing puzzles as well as riddles, here's another one that has to do with lights: A room has three lamps in it, each with its own switch -- but the switches are outside the room, next to the door, which is shut. The switches are all off. You may manipulate the switches in any way you like, and then are to enter the room and tell which switch goes with which lamp, without leaving the room. |
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04 Oct 02 - 08:47 PM (#797147) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: CapriUni From Schantieman: ... or give birth to her baby - or conceive it in the first place. Add a hole! You're right! How could I have missed that one? I can't honestly blame lack of morning coffee, this time... It will have to go down to a plain and simple brain stall. As for adding a hole: Simple, same way you add negative numbers. ;-) |
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05 Oct 02 - 06:26 AM (#797289) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Gurney No-one answered Mark Cohen. what is the difference between a Swiss Admiral and a Stomach Pump/Good Vacuum Cleaner? A good Vacuum Cleaner sucks and never fails. |
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05 Oct 02 - 06:37 AM (#797291) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Schantieman and '.... a human man.' Is there any other sort?! (reversion to pedantry thread!) S |
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06 Oct 02 - 12:12 AM (#797596) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,CapriUni, sans cookie (though I had some for dessert today -- Yum!) and '.... a human man.' Is there any other sort?! Sure, wolfman, spiderman, man o'war, ... etc. ;-) |
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06 Oct 02 - 09:33 AM (#797616) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Nigel Parsons My earlier ones (already partially answered)
You are in a remote cottage, with a wood fire built up, but not lit. You also have a kerosene lamp which needs lighting, and a gas burning stove. Unfortunately, you have only one match. Which do you light first ? The Match
You are stranded on a small desert island, and your only hope of rescue is to light an oil lamp. Unfortunately there is insufficient oil in the lamp to reach the lower end of the wick (which is short from overtrimming) how do you manage to light the lamp ? add water until the oil reaches the wick. the oil floats on the water
Four men in a lifeboat find that all they have left is a full packet of cigarettes, but no matches. How do they manage to get a smoke ? Open the cigarettes, throw one overboard. The boat is now a cigarette lighter! Use this Nigel
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06 Oct 02 - 09:35 AM (#797617) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Nigel Parsons Joe F: good one that, about the three lights, I'm not sure, but I think I'm warm. Nigel |
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07 Oct 02 - 05:13 AM (#798150) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Crazy Eddie JoeF & Nigel Parsons, I think I'm warm on the switches one too, but Fluorescent tubes would complicate matters!
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10 Oct 02 - 05:39 AM (#800189) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: GUEST,Bilbo Baggins What have I got in my pocket? |
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10 Oct 02 - 06:59 PM (#800694) Subject: RE: BS: Does anybody know good riddles? From: Nigel Parsons O.k. we've had no answer to Joe F's riddle about the lights, so I'll post the answer to stop the thread 'dropping out'. The question was: Well, since we're now doing puzzles as well as riddles, here's another one that has to do with lights: A room has three lamps in it, each with its own switch -- but the switches are outside the room, next to the door, which is shut. The switches are all off. You may manipulate the switches in any way you like, and then are to enter the room and tell which switch goes with which lamp, without leaving the room. SPACE LEFT FOR THOSE SEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME: CARE!!! SOLUTION FOLLOWS! SOLUTION FOLLOWS! Solution follows. In the first room, switch on two of the three light switches. After a couple of minutes, switch one of the two off. Enter the other room. The illuminated light matches the switch switched on and left on. Of the two non illuminated lights, the one which matches the switch which was 'on' for a couple of minutes will be warmer than the one which has not been switched on at all. Nigel |