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Started by MHaji, March 13, 2009, 02:31:07 AM

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MHaji

I love riddles, but I've yet to see a riddle thread. So, here's one to start with:

Dark when it's still, and aglow when it goes -
Its eye's in its belly, its tail's on its nose.


Anybody got any others?
Ons and offs, in song form.

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Transgirlenstein

Not sure about that one.  My favorites are:

What is it no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches.  How do they manage to smoke?

What has four fingers and a thumb?

The man who builds it doesn't need it, the man who buys it doesn't use it, the man who uses it doesn't want it. What is it?
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saturnschild

Why is a Raven like a writing desk?

yeah try to figure that on out.
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And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, And I looked and behold: a pale horse. And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him. - Johnny Cash

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Sephora

I can travel around the entire world; all while staying in one corner.  What am I?

Transgirlenstein

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Sephora

Nope!  ^___^ Want me to tell you?

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Sephora


Transgirlenstein

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MHaji

QuoteWhat is it no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?

Hmm. A sixth finger on his hand? A bit out there... a prosthetic, like a hearing aid, wooden leg, or glass eye? A fight to the death? One, and only one, appeal to a death sentence? I think there're lots of answers.

QuoteThere are three men in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches.  How do they manage to smoke?

If one had a cigarette already lit, they could light off of it. Alternatively, they were struck by lightning and all caught on fire.

QuoteWhat has four fingers and a thumb?

A person with one hand? A hand with a missing digit, because the thumb is a finger? Something hand-shaped, like a glove or a wooden hand?

QuoteThe man who builds it doesn't need it, the man who buys it doesn't use it, the man who uses it doesn't want it. What is it?

Heard this one.

QuoteWhy is a Raven like a writing desk?

Lewis Carroll never gave an answer, but there are a few good ones.

QuoteI can travel around the entire world; all while staying in one corner.  What am I?

Heard this one; my initial answer, "A person who is in a perpetual coma, sleeps in a corner bed, and is highly imaginative" was deemed too morbid.

Another of mine:

Errors we'll own to, if we're wise;
What Gollum runs for exercise.
(Hint: one word, six letters.)
Ons and offs, in song form.

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Bliss

Quote from: MHaji on March 13, 2009, 10:24:02 AM

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches.  How do they manage to smoke?

If one had a cigarette already lit, they could light off of it. Alternatively, they were struck by lightning and all caught on fire.

...they have a lighter, would be my guess. *grin* Or if they want to get tricky and someone has glasses they can try to focus the sunlight.


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Only I will remain.
<3 <3 <3

MHaji

Bliss: Oooh, yes, that's a definite possibility. But I wondered what the purpose of the fourth cigarette was, in that case.
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Transgirlenstein

There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes and no matches.  How do they manage to smoke?
They throw one cigarette overboard and make the boat a cigarette lighter.

What has four fingers and a thumb?
A glove

What is it no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?
A lawsuit

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Marguerite

QuoteThe man who builds it doesn't need it, the man who buys it doesn't use it, the man who uses it doesn't want it. What is it?

A casket to put the dead in.
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Transgirlenstein

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Marguerite

I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall.
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MHaji

QuoteI have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall.

An embryo in an egg?

QuoteWhat is it no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?
A lawsuit

I wish there weren't people who wanted to have those.
Ons and offs, in song form.

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Marguerite

Quote from: MHaji on March 13, 2009, 06:20:20 PM
An embryo in an egg?

Close enough, answer was a chicken egg but it does hold the same.
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Inkidu

You're trapped in a room with stone walls, it has no windows and no door. All that is in it is a table and a wood saw. How do you get out?
If you're searching the lines for a point, well you've probably missed it; there was never anything there in the first place.

saturnschild

you use the table to make a door
The greatest thing you can ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return.-Moulin Rouge
In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living.- Walking Dead
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, And I looked and behold: a pale horse. And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him. - Johnny Cash

Ons and Offs saturn

Inkidu

Quote from: saturnschild on March 13, 2009, 07:11:03 PM
you use the table to make a door
Close. You saw the table in half, put the two halves together, and make a whole.
If you're searching the lines for a point, well you've probably missed it; there was never anything there in the first place.

MHaji

QuoteYou're trapped in a room with stone walls, it has no windows and no door. All that is in it is a table and a wood saw. How do you get out?

You embed the saw in the table and fall upon it, seeking the sweet release of death. Oh, wait, is this a children's riddle?

Huh. None of mine have been answered, or even tried, yet. We'll try another:

Strange it may be, but my prey swallows me,
Then I spew out my guts, though I haven't a throat.
Without mate or wife, I write offspring to life,
And then each one escapes, having borrowed a coat.
Ons and offs, in song form.

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MusicNeverDies

Quote from: trippingsatyr on March 13, 2009, 08:15:44 AM
Not sure about that one.  My favorites are:

What is it no man wants to have but no man wants to lose?
A bald head

saturnschild

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?

Father just told me this one.
The greatest thing you can ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return.-Moulin Rouge
In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living.- Walking Dead
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts, And I looked and behold: a pale horse. And his name, that sat on him, was Death. And Hell followed with him. - Johnny Cash

Ons and Offs saturn

MusicNeverDies

Quote from: saturnschild on March 14, 2009, 11:20:31 AM
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?

Father just told me this one.
Eye