Riddle!

mtaman02 · #1 19-12-2003, 16:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kristina

I could be mistaken but I think you worded the riddle incorrectly. It happens often and such is the crux of the problem when people try to figure it out. I think it should be:

If that's the actual riddle, then I know the answer. If it was actually what you stated...well, can't help you there.

That might be the way the riddle is stated. The Secretary up at my job however said it the way I posted it. However the answer to it should be the same.

IF anyone else has riddles feel free to post them on here.

E. The Kidd · #2 19-12-2003, 16:59

what crime can you comit but not be punished for?

robot180 · #3 19-12-2003, 17:10

I would just like to know who actually figured out that there are three qords in the English language ending in gry. Does someone actually sit there and go through the whole dictionary tallying up the words that end in each suffix or something?

Gabriel · #4 19-12-2003, 17:32

Most UNIX systems such as Mac OS X include a list of all the words in the English language which you can grep to find all words containing gry. You can find these lists online as well.

IMDWalrus · #5 19-12-2003, 19:04

Advice to everyone: if you're trying to solve the riddle, look at Kristina's version. I think that, in the format Mike originally posted it, the point of the riddle is lost. Besides...Kristina's version is much less confusing.

KenWittlief · #6 19-12-2003, 20:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by E. The Kidd

what crime can you comit but not be punished for?

suicide :c(

"oh thats against the law where I come from too!" -Clarence the angel

RogerR · #7 19-12-2003, 21:50

how about this:

the word can be represented by 12345678
1234 is an atmospheric condition.
34567 supports a plant.
4567 is to appropriate.
678 is a name.

KenWittlief · #8 19-12-2003, 22:09

I think I know the answer

I might be mistaken?

Pat Fairbank · #9 19-12-2003, 22:12

I think so too. You are mistaken.

RogerR · #10 19-12-2003, 22:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

I think I know the answer

I might be mistaken?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

I think so too. You are mistaken.

it took 64 people (the eighth floor of my dorm), including 2 FIRSTers, 2 weeks two figure out that answer.

it takes you folks 20 minutes.

...I think i just got smoked.

robot180 · #11 19-12-2003, 22:30

Are you guys showing any answers to these, if you got them? I am going crazy trying to do these.

KenWittlief · #12 19-12-2003, 23:01

actually it only took me about 2 minutes

I looked up 'appropriate' in the Word thesaurus

there was only one 4 letter match

the rest was obvious then

haveing my name in there might have helped a little :c)

RogerR · #13 19-12-2003, 23:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

actually it only took me about 2 minutes

oh, well that makes me feel much better...

during the two week period that it took us to figure it out, I (and multiple others) got 'mist', 'take', and 'stake' on 3 seperate occasions, but never put them together.

there was an additional hint on the original:

"45 is a curt thank you."

[shrugs] i'm still stumped by that one. 'ta'? go figure...

KenWittlief · #14 20-12-2003, 08:50

ta ta!

EddieMcD · #15 19-12-2003, 17:05

Well, I was going to say gry (I've seen that very old decimal system before). But by modern standards, that is a very interesting riddle.

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