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What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?

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Silence.

Poor people have it;
Rich people need it;
It's greater than God
And more evil than the Devil.

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Nothing.

The more of them you take, the more you leave behind.

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footsteps

A man leaves home, runs to three places and tries to return home, however he can't because a man wearing a mask is stoping him.
why is this occuring?

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He's playing baseball.

A man drives up in front of a hotel and then goes bankrupt. Why?

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He's playing monopoly.
What is the middle of middle and the end of the end?

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The letter "d."

A box without hinges, key, or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid.

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Egg (from "The Hobbit")

In the basement there are 3 light switches in the off position. Each switch controls 1 of 3 light bulbs on the floor above. You may move any of the switches, but you may only go up stairs one time. How can you determine which switch controls each light?

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You turn 2 switches on, wait a few, and turn one of them off. You run up stairs and touch the 2 bulbs that are off. The warm one is the one you turned off and the third is the cold one.

There are two fathers and two sons, how many people are there? (Not obvious answer)

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3; grandfather, father, son.

A woman has 7 children, half of which are boys. How is this possible? [no step- or half-brothers etc]

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All the kids are boys, so one half would be boys.

A man lives on the 40th floor of an apartment. Everyday he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. When he comes back he only goes as far as the 30th floor and walks the rest of the way up.
Why?

My 2000th post :)

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the man is very short and can only reach the 30th floor button .

Two brothers who live together own two cars, in both their names, one is a A Rolls- Royce and ones a Mustang. The brothers each like both cars equally but one only drives the Rolls-Royce and one only drives the Mustang, why?

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Only one of the brothers has a driving license.

He starts and ends 2 common English words. One painfull in love, One painfull in everyday matter. Do you know what 2 words It must be?

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Heartache, Heartburn

In total, how many animals did Moses put on the ark?

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None...Noah did though.

How is it that a person born in Massachusetts, whose parents were both born in Massachusetts, is not born a U.S. Citizen?

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born before massachusets was a state

I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

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[interjection...from a few riddles back!]

The second word should be headache

[/interjection]

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That works but I mis-stated the question, I should have said one olny drives the mustang and the other one only drives the Rolls-Royce. sorry, my bad


spoiler...(P.S. the answer is they are Siamese twins)

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Pencil Lead
What's a pencil :confused:

What breaks but never falls and what falls but never breaks?

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night and day

A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?

(my favorite riddle)

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The proper response should have been "The break of day and the fall of night"
Can I get a ruling? :D

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I vote for just "Day" and "Night"!

(James...he's just stalling because he doesn't know the answer to your favorite riddle...oh, wait...I'm just stalling because I don't know the answer to your favorite riddle! :rolleyes: )

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It only takes two cuts.

Day One: You make your first cut at the 1/7th mark and give that to the worker.
Day Two: You cut 2/7ths and pay that to the worker and receive the original 1/7th in change.
Day three: You give the worker the 1/7th you received as change on the previous day.
Day four: You give the worker 4/7ths and he returns his 1/7th cut and his 2/7th cut as change.
Day Five: You give the worker back the 1/7th cut of gold.
Day Six: You give the worker the 2/7th cut and receive the 1/7th cut back in change.
Day Seven: You pay the worker his final 1/7th.


Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.

What am I?

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I finally figured this one out.
The answer is SEVEN.

Decapitate me = EVEN
Truncate me = EVE
Cut me front to back = V (aka five)

My turn:
A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?

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Hehehe

Holes :P

If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left?

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None, after his first shot they will all fly away.

Only one color, but not one size; stuck to the ground, yet easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain; doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What is it?

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A shadow.

What is heavy when forwards and not when backwards?

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ton

A deaf-mute walks into a hardware store looking for a handsaw. He finds a clerk, makes a back-and-forth motion with his hand, and reads the clerk's lips to say "Are you looking for a saw?" Nodding affirmatively, he is led to the hand tool department where he finds what he is looking for, pays and leaves.
His blind friend walks in and wants a pair of scissors. How can he communicate to the clerk that he needs scissors?

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He askes the clerk for a pair of scissors. He's blind not mute.

As I was going to Saint Ives
I met a man with seven wives
The each wife had seven cats
The each cat had seven kittens
Kittens, cats and wives how many were going to Saint Ives?

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399...i think, unless you (the person going to saint ives is a wife)

Which word is the odd one out: First Second Third Forth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth

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NO! NO! I am going to Saint Ives! Just me!!! Only me!!! (one person)


ok...carry on with Lauren's riddle... is fourth / forth spelled wrong on purpose?

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Oh dang... I was beat to it.

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Second. (no letter t)

Oh, and on the St. Ives riddle, I thought the answer was 21 (shared ownership). Thinking about it, I'll take the answer of zero (the riddle only specifies kittens, cats, and wives).

What is green, has four legs, and if it fell out of a tree, would kill you?

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A pool table. Don't ask me why it's in a tree though.

Why wasn't Bertha put in jail after killing dozens of people?

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Bertha's a hurricane. That would be some wicked awesome bars though.

What is the only word in the English language that changes its pronounciation when it is capitalized?

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polish, or Polish

Two cars hit each other at an intersection The EMT's pull out one dead body yet no one is arrested. Why?

The answer to the St. Ives riddle was "1"
Name the movie that used this riddle.

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One of the cars was a hearse?

Name a rock group with four members,
All of them are dead,
One of them was assassinated.

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Wouldn't this be a rock trivia question instead of a riddle :confused:

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It's time to think outside the BOX!!! And yes it is very much a "rock" trivia question as well as my favorite riddle.

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Mount Rushmore.

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

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Time!! :D

What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?

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Coat of paint.

You do not want to have me,
But when you have me,
You do not want to lose me.
What am I?

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A Lawsuit

What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?

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to cover cows :P


If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?

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4 and 5 are 9



A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say?

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"This statement is false."

What has four wheels and flies?

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A Garbage Truck

What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?

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A keyboard!

Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?

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Jack and Jill are fish, and their water bowl fell off the counter
what's heavier, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers

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theyre both a pound

There is a red house made of bricks, a blue house made of bricks, an orange house made of bricks. What color bricks is a greenhouse made of

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Clear. Most greenhouses are made from glass or plastic, not bricks.

What moves faster uphill than downhill?

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Fire

If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

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second

what do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

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They were all invented by women.

What types of animals can jump higher than a house?

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Pretty much anything but a snake. Houses can't jump very high.

Three buddies on spring break stop by an old hotel. The clerk charges them $30 for the room; the travelers pay $10 each.
Later that evening, the hotel manager realizes the clerk overcharged the three buddies - the room should have been $25. He gives the clerk five singles and tells him to give them to the buddies.
On the way to the room, the clerk thinks, "There's no way to split five dollars evenly between three people. I'll just give them three dollars, pocket two, and nobody will know the difference." He does so.

Here's the riddle:

Each traveler originally gave $10, then got a dollar back, so they paid $9 each. 3 X $9 = $27; the clerk kept $2. $27 + $2 = $29; where did the other dollar go?

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their is no other dollar. Why would you ADD $2 to the $27 the three men paid? You subtract that & get the $25 the motel keeps. That $2 is the what the clerk skimmed for himself.

What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

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niagara falls the water corrodes the rock

im a food, and a bowling term, what am i?

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Turkey--three strikes in a row...I think

Rachel and David are twins; Rachel is the OLDER twin. Assume they were born immediately after each other, an infinitesimally small - but nonzero - amount of time apart. During a year in the course of their lives, Rachel celebrates her birthday two days AFTER David does. How is this possible?

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Rachel was born at 11:59 PM on February 28, while David was born at 12:01 AM on March 1. Every four years, leap day breaks that up.

When is a door not a door?

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That's one of my dad's favorites. When it's ajar :p



What word can be placed in both blanks?
My ____ is ____ than my wallet.

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I can think of two logical possibilities to this, but they are both probably wrong so I won't post another riddle..

A) They were born before the United States was founded, in Massachusetts Colony, therefore not a US citizen?

B) They were born in International waters onboard the U.S.S. Massachusetts?

Yeah... idk. I Just wanted to have sone fun at guessing here. :)

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cooler

When is a boat not a boat?

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When it's afloat.

A blind man, who's been blind from birth, takes a train to another town to get his sight. The operation is successful and he can see. On the way back, the train enters a tunnel and the man kills himself. Why?

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Not sure if this would be right but: the train goes through a tunnel and the man thinks he is blind so he kills himself.

He has married many women but has never been married. Who is he?

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a pastor/ preacher/ whatever you wanna call it

Who can not be associate with the word/ words high hat? (logically)

Abraham Lincoln, Travis Barker, or George Washington

p.s. back to my last riddle, yes it was forth cuz of the spelling eror

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George Washington - I believe Mr. Barker played one and Mr. Lincoln wore one.

A wild bear entered a cabin and killed a man. After the kill, the bear headed south.

What was the man's name?

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Santa Claus.

Once a man from New York City
Married 10 women, who were pretty
The marriages, all of which were legal
Yet not one died and not one lied
and no divorce or legal battle
or separation nor the sale of cattle
yet this man got off completely free
he married each and every one you see
now how could he not be on the run?
from persecution, law and wife
from being stabbed with a knife
and keeping his conscious clean all the while
he married all 10 with vicious style!

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A Preacher, Minister, Justice of the Peace etc..

What 5 letter word can have its last 4 letters removed and still sound the same?

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Also works - My lighter is lighter than my wallet.

queue

[Cleanup in Aisle 3]

The St. Ives riddle was used in "Die Hard - With a Vengeance" by Jeremy Irons' character.

The man's eyes were bandaged after the operation. He took the bandages off in the tunnel and the first thing he ever truly "saw" in his life was the same darkness that plagued him since birth (kinda sounds the same as being a Red Sox fan all your life, moving to New York, switching to the Yankees, and realizing that oh noes, you're still pretty much rooting for the same dark entity......sorry, couldn't resist......). Having been reassured earlier in the day that the operation was a complete success, he couldn't take this unexpected disappointment and thus ended his life.

[/Cleanup in Aisle 3]


What's high in the middle and round at both ends?

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Ohio

There are two fathers and two sons. What is the least number of people possible?

Sorry about the repeat.

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Three

A well-known circus performer dies and leaves a fortune to the nearest relative. A grandson was found and went to court to claim his inheritance. At the hearing, someone else proved that the circus performer was not the man's grandfather, but the man got the money anyway. Why?

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The performer was a woman and therefore his Grandmother.

How can you avoid hitting your fingers when driving in a nail with a hammer?


[Side note!!] You all need to go to the beginning and read all of the riddles! You are starting to post repeats! [End Side Note!]

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Hold the hammer whith both hands.

Which is better, an old five-dollar bill or a new one?

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maybe five new ones....

Which capitol and corresponding state, when said together, sound like synonyms for "Eden without temptation?"

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Annapolis, Maryland

An apple-less merry land (groan)


You've been sentenced to death in an obscure foreign country which has a strange law. Before the sentence is carried out, two papers -- one with "LIFE" written on it and one with "DEATH" written on it -- are folded up and placed in a hat. You are permitted to pick out one of the papers (without looking), and if you choose the one with "LIFE" written on it, you are set free. Otherwise, the death sentence is carried out. On this occasion, a mean-spirited acquaintenance of yours, bent on your demise, has substituted the paper with "LIFE" written on it with another one with "DEATH" written on it. This person gleefully informs you of what he has done and that you are doomed to die. You are not permitted to speak to anyone about this misdeed, nor will you have a chance to switch the papers or the hat yourself in time. How will you avoid certain death?

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After you draw one of the papers, swallow it. The jailer will be forced to check the remaining paper to determine what the one you drew said. The jailer will of course see a paper with "DEATH" written on it, assume you drew the one with "LIFE" written on it, and set you free.


Three surgeons and a clumsy cook go camping in the remote wilderness. The clumsy cook stumbles over the campfire as he is serving the surgeons, injuring himself and dumping hot stew on the hands of the surgeons. The cook's injuries need surgical treatment. The surgeons' injuries are minor but open. It turns out they brought the equipment necessary for the cook's surgery with them, and they can use the campfire to sterilize the tools. But there are only two rubber gloves. Because of the different surgeons' skills, all three of the surgeons are needed to operate on the cook, in sequence. How can this be done without any of them being exposed to the blood of any of the others?

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This was not the right answer.
The correct answer was: A 5 dollar bill is still more than a 1 dollar bill.
We now return you to the riddle game currently in progress :D

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/tangent That's what I was implying. Sorry for the miscommunication. There is such a thing as being too clever. /end tangent

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The tree surgeons perform the surgery one-handed, in sequence:
The first surgeon operates with the first glove inserted inside the second one. The second glove is removed, and given to the second surgeon, who then continues the operation. Both the second and first gloves are then removed from the second and first surgeons, respectively. The first glove is turned inside-out, and put on the hand of the third surgeon. The third surgeon then inserts this hand into the second glove, and completes the operation.


Captain Kirk lands on the planet of the Klingons, only to be captured. The Klingons tell him that if he tells a lie he will be shot; if he tells the truth he will be stabbed. Either way, if he makes a statement, he will be killed with a weapon. If he doesn't make a statement, he is told he will be cooked alive in a pot of oil. What's the one thing Captain Kirk can say to stay alive?

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"This is a lie."

A man is found in a pool of water in the woods, dead. He is wearing a scuba outfit. He has no serious wounds visible. How did he die?

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Food poisoning?

Sorry, but there are so many different ways to answer this question.

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He died through some physical means, not poisoning. Oh, and the forest he is in is in Southern California this year...

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Not quite. He still made a statement, and therefore was killed with some weapon. ; )

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I wasn't going to answer this one because it is too easy and a urban legend.
The guy was scuba diving in a nearby lake. A water drop plane picks him up along with a load of water. When plane drops water on fire, he also drops diver. Splat :ahh:

You have two containers. One 3 gallon bucket and one 5 gallon bucket. You also have a larger container of water.
What must you do to get exactly 4 gallons of water.

[it should have been 4 gallons. My bad. Good catch liron]

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way to easy...
fill the 5 gallons one, spill it to the 2 gallons one untill it fills it up, and there u go - 3 gallons =]
same riddle, just get 4 gallons =]

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"You will shoot me."

Why is 6 afraid of 7?

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Because 7 ate 9.

If it has a quart capacity, how many pennies can you put into a empty piggy bank?

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Only one penny and then it isn't empty anymore.

Why do statues and paintings of George Washington always show him standing?

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Because George Washington would never lie ;)

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?

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She shoots his picture and develops it.

A woman has 9 children. Half of them are boys. How can this be?

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Since this is a repeat riddle, I've asked Kate if she wants to pick another. So, lets give Kate until 7 pm on 11/13. If not! Its up for grabs! :]

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Oops. Now I'm embarrassed. :o

I checked, this one's new.

Bob and Ben are hired to watch a field. They stand on opposite sides of the field, facing opposite directions. After a few minutes, Bob says to Ben, "Stop making faces at me!" How did Bob know that Ben was making faces?

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i might be wrong, but who said they werent looking one at the other's face?
opposite sites, lookin at opoiste directions, meaning they each see the other's face.


as i dont know if htats correct, please tell me if i am and ill post a new riddle,

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My guess is that they're on a football field, and Ben's on the JumboTron.

Why does it take longer for a baseball player to run from 2nd base to 3rd than it does from 1st to 2nd?

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because he doesnt to accelerate.

u have 3 cans
one of 3 gallons one of 5gallons and one of 10 gallons
can u make the one with 10 gallons have only 4 gallons in it?

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I'll answer both.
Because there is a short stop between 2nd and 3rd :D


Fill the 3 gallon bucket. Pour the 3 gallons of water into the 5 gallon bucket. Fill the 3 gallon bucket again. Fill up the 5 gallon bucket with the 3 gallon bucket, leaving you with 1 gallon left in the 3 gallon bucket. Empty out the 5 gallon bucket. Pour the remaining 1 gallon of water from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket. Fill the 3 gallon bucket. Pour the 3 gallons of water from the 3 gallon bucket into the 5 gallon bucket leaving you with 4 gallons of water in the 5 gallon bucket. Pour into 10 gallon bucket.

My turn:

Four cars come to a four way stop, all coming from a different direction. They can't decide who got there first, so they all go forward at the same time. They do not crash into each other, but all four cars go. How is this possible

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They are all turning right.

Which creature in the morning goes on four feet, at noon on two, and in the evening upon three?

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"Which creature in the morning goes on four feet, at noon on two, and in the evening upon three?" - Possibly the world's most famous riddle, which in Greek Mythology the Sphinx asked all those walking by. Any unable to answer was strangled by the sphinx, until Oedipus answered:

Man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, walks upright during adulthood, and uses a cane during old age.


What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?

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The letter 'm' :)

I am slim and tall, Many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, But only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?

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I must have lost my extra set of "baby legs" somewhere around 3 years old, I reckon. Just plumb fell off. Only got 2 now. :D



A cigar.

An easy one...

What holds water yet is full of holes?