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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 0:26:49 GMT
I am...really bored. So yay riddles! And stuff.
The maker will not use me, The buyer does not need me, The user does not see me. What am I?
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Post by tragicmagicpants on May 21, 2006 0:42:10 GMT
ummmm im thinking like a coffin or something...that could be the answer right...or i could just be morbid
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 0:50:44 GMT
Heh yes it's a coffin ^.^ Here's another:
What is broken when you say its name?
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Post by tragicmagicpants on May 21, 2006 1:06:34 GMT
broken?
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 1:09:09 GMT
Nope...
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Post by tragicmagicpants on May 21, 2006 1:09:46 GMT
muahahahah i think i have it...but i kinda cheated...got the answer from my mommy
silence?
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 1:11:19 GMT
Yup, that's it!
'Nother... What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
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Post by tragicmagicpants on May 21, 2006 1:25:11 GMT
i give up
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 1:28:07 GMT
Heh it's an anchor ^.^ Meh, I guess I need to go shower. I shall return...here's one for the road: What runs all around the yard without ever moving?
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Post by tragicmagicpants on May 21, 2006 1:59:23 GMT
a fence
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 2:19:02 GMT
Wahey, I am back and you are right! Here be another:
A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet.
The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?
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Post by batmantis00 on May 21, 2006 2:24:15 GMT
maid. mail doesnt run on sunday.
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Post by phatsassy on May 21, 2006 2:24:55 GMT
The wife
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Post by phatsassy on May 21, 2006 2:28:12 GMT
I change my answer to match yours... I am sorry I dont have a clue my brain hurts...lol
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Post by batmantis00 on May 21, 2006 2:33:15 GMT
maybe people have heard this one already. my dad told it to me when i was a little kid.
in a jungle there was a trail that had a fork, and each direction led to a village of natives. both villages loved having visitors, as it meant there would be a feast, but one village had the feast for the visitor, the other had the visitor for the feast (they ate him). The cannibal tribe put a representative at the road to direct all the visitors to his village, which upset the friendly tribe. so there would not be a war between the villages, they came to the following compromise. Both villages could have representatives at the fork in the trail. The cannibal could only lie, and the friendly native could only tell the truth.
There is no way to tell which native is from which village by looking at him.
An explorer comes down the trail and asks one of the natives one question. The native points to the trail leading to the left. The explorer smiles, takes the trail leading to the right, and that night eats a wonderful feast.
What question did he ask the native?
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 2:39:20 GMT
Yup, it was da maid... The explorer asked "Which village are you from?" The cannibal will point to the friendly village, as he must lie. The friendly villager will also point to the friendly village, as he tells the truth. So either way he will point to the friendly village!
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 2:40:36 GMT
Hm, I read the last part wrong, didn't see he took the trail the villager DIDN'T point to...hm...gotta rethink that then ^.^;;
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 2:41:44 GMT
Well I guess by the same logic he could asked which village the OTHER villager's from, and either way they'dve pointed to the cannibal village... I talk too much. That's my answer then. Heheh.
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Post by batmantis00 on May 21, 2006 2:45:37 GMT
that works too. The answer I had in mind was "If I ask the other guy which way to go, what would he tell me."
I read a series of riddles along this line (in the games section they used to have in scientific american), where this was the first, and they got progressively more complicated. unfortunately i dont remember any of the others.
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Post by b31chan on May 21, 2006 2:52:47 GMT
I love riddles like that. First I heard was the one in Labyrinth (I looove Labyrinth, David Bowie is so frickin awesome). Here's another kinda riddle: Why can't Al Smith, who is now living in Canada, be buried in the USA?
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