Riddles

[dillybar64]

Who likes riddles?
I kind of do?
How about you?
I usually can't get them, but when I do... such satisfaction.

Here is a riddle for all who wish to try and have fun with riddles.



Riddle me this: What am I?

I am see through, yet I have color.
I am firm, however I can move.
You can mold and shape me.
What am I?

[Dogmantra]

My favourite riddle is Lewis Carroll's "How is a raven like a writing desk?" (an amusing aside: I still can't stop myself capitalising Raven and Cactus the first time I type them) because it's not supposed to have an answer. Poe wrote on both is an okay answer to the unanswerable riddle, but my favourite is "neither can be ridden like a bicycle".

[dillybar64]

Feb 28, 2011 18:51:35 GMT Dogmantra said:

My favourite riddle is Lewis Carroll's "How is a raven like a writing desk?" (an amusing aside: I still can't stop myself capitalising Raven and Cactus the first time I type them) because it's not supposed to have an answer. Poe wrote on both is an okay answer to the unanswerable riddle, but my favourite is "neither can be ridden like a bicycle".

That is a pretty great answer.

I love alternate answers.
Especially to obtuse riddles.
Like the Sphinx one.
That riddle is a giant cheaty face.
My answer to it: A dancing bear.

[Frozazen]

i like riddles that make you think really hard, but when you find out the answer, you feel dumb.

for example, there are four men under one umbrella. why did none of them get wet?

[dillybar64]

Mar 2, 2011 5:59:02 GMT Frozazen said:

i like riddles that make you think really hard, but when you find out the answer, you feel dumb.

for example, there are four men under one umbrella. why did none of them get wet?

Because they are under an umbrella?
Because they are under an umbrella at the beach on a sunny day?
Because an umbrella is a metaphor for the layout of the class system which does not inherently get things wet?

[Frozazen]

^ yeah close enough. it wasn't raining

[bokkdachicken]

Anyone hear the turtle one? Naah. That one's chilling and sad
Okay there's this one:
A guy walks into a bar and asks for a cup of water. The bartender pulls out a gun on the guy. The guy thanks the bartender and walks out. Why did the guy want water (and what happened)?

[Dogmantra]

Mar 6, 2011 2:55:09 GMT bokkdachicken said:

Anyone hear the turtle one? Naah. That one's chilling and sad
Okay there's this one:
A guy walks into a bar and asks for a cup of water. The bartender pulls out a gun on the guy. The guy thanks the bartender and walks out. Why did the guy want water (and what happened)?

He had hiccups.

[thadudette]

I like the riddle "Twenty people jumped into a pool and twenty-fore heads came up. How did this happen?"

...But that one only works if you're actually saying it, not sharing it online (as you can see by the weird spellings )

I'm terrible at riddles, which is part of why I'm so bad at Professor Layton Dx

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Okay, I got an impossible one.

There are three people on a bus. Five get on, two leave. Then three get on and five leave. Lastly, Seven get on, four get off.

What is the bus driver's name???

[bokkdachicken]

Mar 6, 2011 4:39:21 GMT @rubynooby said:

Okay, I got an impossible one.

There are three people on a bus. Five get on, two leave. Then three get on and five leave. Lastly, Seven get on, four get off.

What is the bus driver's name???

Jaisen! Okay... I have no idea.

Here's another I heard.
Romeo and Juliet are dead on the floor. Water is everywhere, as well as broken glass. The window is open. How did they die?

[njayhuang]

Mar 6, 2011 21:32:27 GMT bokkdachicken said:

Here's another I heard.
Romeo and Juliet are dead on the floor. Water is everywhere, as well as broken glass. The window is open. How did they die?

Romeo and Juliet are fish. The wind blew over their bowl and they died with no water.

[Death Eye]

Mar 6, 2011 23:56:30 GMT njayhuang said:

Mar 6, 2011 21:32:27 GMT bokkdachicken said:

Here's another I heard.
Romeo and Juliet are dead on the floor. Water is everywhere, as well as broken glass. The window is open. How did they die?

Romeo and Juliet are fish. The wind blew over their bowl and they died with no water.

I suppose it could be that...
I thought the real answer that Juliet faked her own death, Romeo killed himself, then Juliet killed herself, then Mercutio came in with a REALLY BIG glass of water, saw what had happened, dropped the glass out of shock, and opened the window and yelled to Tybalt "Hey! Come over here! You've gotta see this!"

(Haha, Shakespearean humor.

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The other one was funnier.


the answer to my riddle was Bob.

[Death Eye]

Mar 7, 2011 1:34:58 GMT @rubynooby said:

The other one was funnier.

I know... I suck at comedy. And riddles.
Or were you referring to something else?

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The fish

[Dogmantra]

Mar 7, 2011 1:45:36 GMT Death Eye said:

I know...

Bullstupid. Shakespeare is like four times cooler than dumb fish.

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Fish are funnier, shakespeare is cooler. case closed

[dillybar64]

Mar 7, 2011 1:34:58 GMT @rubynooby said:

the answer to my riddle was Bob.

Um... that isn't a riddle.
If it were a math problem on a scantron I would have to pick
E) Insufficient data

Anyway, no one seems to remember my initial riddle so in case anyone wanted to know the answer was Jello.

[dillybar64]

Mar 7, 2011 3:47:52 GMT @rubynooby said:

Fish are funnier, shakespeare is cooler. case closed

Incorrect.
You cannot say that X is cooler or that Y is funnier because that is all a matter of opinion.