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Got a riddle that will stump everyone? If so post it here.
I'll start;

If it takes six men six days to dig six holes how long would it take one man to dig half a hole?

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You can't dig half a hole

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How about this:

What is more evil than the devil, poor people have it, and rich people need it?

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nothing

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correct

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You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on a shelf, but 3 day's later it walks away. What is it?

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Yep.

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A man was outside taking a walk when it began to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

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i'm guessing he was bald

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Ughh.. Riddles.

But this one should get me one etra credit point in my English class.
How well do you know your classic literature?

"What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?"

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How far can you walk into the forest?

What can you put in a barrel, that can be seen by the naked eye, that will make it lighter (in weight)?

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you can put a hole in the barrel!!

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got it

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Halfway, any farther and you'd be walking out

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A man.
Four feet (hands and knees, crawling) in the morning of life (childhood).
Two feet in the middle of life.
Three feet (feet and a cane) in the evening of life (elderlyhood?).

Never read Oedipus, though. I heard it somewhere else.

I can run but never walk. I have a mouth but never talk. I have a bed but
never sleep. I have a head but never weep.

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(What is :p) a river

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Yep, that's the riddle of the sphinx. Retold in greek mythology and other mythologies as well. Very very famous and equally as old.

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'Walks'? wow...

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Any guesses?

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A possessed vegetable.

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nope

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nope
Don't tell me i stumped you guys.

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what walks, is edible, and doesn't have bones/meat?

Ants?

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i'm gonna guess an egg that hatches, but that might be wrong because it's probably arguable that the little chick in the egg has bones and meat 3 days before it hatches...

whatever, i love riddles :)

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but that is correct

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A bucket is sitting out in the rain. If the wind begins to blow and rain starts falling at an angle, will the bucket fill up faster or slower, or will the rate of filling remain the same?

(a) Faster

(b) Slower

(c) Would fill at the same rate

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either b or c.

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I think C.

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Right. C because the 'opening area' is the same.

I'm putting my money down on C.

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I say C as well, but that almost seems too easy....hmmm...

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It will decrease, because the wind just blew the bucket away. =)

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C is correct!

ok try this one;

if you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

(a) The ball will fall more rapidly through water 20 degrees Fahrenheit
(b) The ball will fall more rapidly through water 40 degrees Fahrenheit
(c) Both would fall at the same rate

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B. Water's a solid at 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Well.. technically.. :p

Doesn't it depend on the atmospheric pressure? Water won't freeze at certain pressures, even if it's at 20 degrees. *Nerdy AP Chem moment of the day*

So technically couldn't the answer be both? Hehe. Ok I'll shut up now :p

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correct!

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This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel:
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.

Extra credit if you know where it's from.

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Time. The Hobbit?

When is a door not a door?

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When it's ajar?

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I hate you. :p

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Very good
I suppose my signature made the extra credit pretty easy

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I got one:

A woman stayed up late one night reading a book. When she finished she went up stairs, turned out the lights, and went to bed. When she woke up the next day, she found out that a boat ran ashore and everyone on the boat died. Even though she didn't know anyone abord, she committed suicide. Why?

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She lived in a lighthouse.

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yup

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I didn't notice it, actually.

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My maker never wants me, my buyer never uses me, my user never sees me. What am I?

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That's just wrong in so many ways....:ahh:

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A coffin.

What's the difference between a grandmother and a granary?

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A private airplane is carrying three Americans, two Germans, and one French. It crashes over the border of California and Mexico. Where will you bury the survivors, in Mexico, or in California?

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something tells me the survivors would put up quite a fight if you tried to bury them

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HA!

A rooster lays a egg on the peak of the roof of a barn and both sides are sloped the same. The wind is blowing against side "A." Will the egg roll down side "A" or side "B?"

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Roosters don't lay eggs :p

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When those survivors are buried, several years later, they will be buried in their countries of origin. Except for one guy from America, who went to Bermuda on a vacation and died there.

=)

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correct!!!

Funny!!!

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A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."

The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.

In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

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The man wrote "your exact weight" on the piece of paper as he promised? :D

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Oui oui.

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Anyone planning on answering mine?

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One is one's born-kin, the other is one's corn bin.

What's the difference between a cat and a complex sentence? :-P

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I still hate you. :p

One has claws at the end of its paws, and the other has a pause at the end of its clause.

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I don't know. What?

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The spelling?

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Astronouth7303 & Bcahn836:
Maybe you two should read posts 58 and 59. Think up another one, yo.

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Here on earth it is true, yesterday is always before today; but there is a place where yesterday always follows today. Where?

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Time macine.
Black hole.
Anywhere, as long as you're taveling faster than light.
How about that 'entropy goes down' place?

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A dictionary.

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?

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eye or I

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Ooh I have quite a few -- here's one, for now!

We are very little creatures; all of us have different features. One of us in glass is set; one of us you'll find in a jet. Another you may see in tin, a fourth is boxed within. If the fifth you should pursue, it will never fly from you. What are we?

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A, E, I, O, U! ^___^ that was hard though...
Okay try this one, it's hard:
Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?
--d0ri

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A needle?

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Lisa:
That's half of it!!!
--d0ri

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A needle and thread :p

Here's another:

If you break me, I'll not stop working. If you can touch me, my work is done. If you lose me, you must fine me with a ring soon after. What am I?

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*curses the no editing in this forum rule*

Sorry, the above riddle should read: If you break me, I'll not stop working. If you can touch me, my work is done. If you lose me, you must find me with a ring soon after. What am I?

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ooh! i remember this one! it's a heart.
okay, this is a tricky one:

Always old, sometimes new, never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls.

--d0ri

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To bring this thread back to life ...

The Moon. :)

What's light as a feather but no man can hold it for long?

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Breath.

What lives in Winter, dies in Summer, and grows with its roots upward?

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The letter 'W'?

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It fits, but it's not the classical answer. Can anyone else do it?

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an icicle :D
Okay:
There is a thing that nothing is, and yet it has a name. It's sometimes tall and sometimes short, joins our talks, joins our sport, and plays at every game. What is it?
--d0ri

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Music.

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A shadow. :)

Cannot be seen, cannot be felt, cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind the stars and beneath the hills. Ends life and kills laughter. What is it?

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Dark

Keeping with the Tolkien theme:
A box without hinges, key or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

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egg? :)

Just a guess.

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very good

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I have a new one, click on the link and see if you can tell the difference between the two mountains.

http://members.home.nl/saen/Special/zoeken.html

It's in dutch but don't worry.

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i hope you'll be paying for the therapy i'm gonna need after that :eek:

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I've seen that before.

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GOD! DON"T SCARE ME LIKE THAT!!!

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Be very afraid. Worry. Don't view it.

Yes, I want my therapy paid too. And don't scare me like that.

Riddle:
So you are a bus driver and your picking up kids at a stop. The first stop you pick up 13 then drop of 7. Then pick up 31 and drop of 5 more. Then pick up 12 and drop of 22. How old is the bus driver?

The concept on that is old... but, hey, you can't have everything. :)

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Well if I'm the bus driver, then she's 16 (almost 17!), but on a side note, there are 34 kids who didn't make it to school :ahh:

What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence? :p

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Correct and time for a new fence. :)