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some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:10 pm
by Daz
try these riddles some of them are pretty hard so read question carefully

RIDDLE 1
A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?


RIDDLE 2
A man was born in 1955. He's alive and well today at age 33. How is this possible?

RIDDLE 3
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?  

RIDDLE 4
This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out!

RIDDLE 5
When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?

RIDDLE 6
If it takes six men six days to dig six holes, how long will it take one man to dig half a hole?

answers on a postcard :D or here whichever you choose first person to get all 3 right wins a prize...i dunno a pop up ad or something i havent decided yet :D

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:10 pm
by Sock
1:  The farmer.  He carried grain, the hired hand only carried their...well..."sacks." ;)

2:  It's 1988.

3:  Crap, why'd I get up today? Damn it's today again? And...Hump day...Sh!t.

4:  You kept asking questions, and never told me anything...Nothing unusual 'bout that. ;D

5:  Can't.  ::)  Unless you're stupid or something.

6:  Half a day?   ???

How many I get right?   ;D

Sock ;D

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:58 pm
by Felix/FFDS
RIDDLE 1
Sock answered it.


RIDDLE 2
Sock answered it.

RIDDLE 3
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:28 am
by Katahu
RIDDLE 3
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?  

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.


RIDDLE 4
This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out!  

No word with the letter "e".


Felix, have you ever seen that movie "A Beautiful Mind"? ;D

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:28 am
by Tequila Sunrise
"I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it?"

That isn't a question, its a statment :P

erm 2+11=1   ???
2+11=13=1 bakers dozen   8)

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 11:53 am
by ATI_7500
erm..a dozen is 12...

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:25 pm
by Wing Nut
11:00 A.M plus 2 hours = 1:00 P.M.  ::)

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:48 pm
by Katahu
How are we suppose to know that the 2 and the 11 and the 1 are really hours of the day? ::)

Here's a good one. You're gonna love this.

Santa Clause and an honest politician walk into an elevator. The elevator reaches a certain floor. Who get's off first?

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 1:50 pm
by Katahu
PS: I didn't notice it, but I have now pass the 1,000post mark. Woohoo. ;D

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:01 pm
by WebbPA
Santa Clause.  Everyone knows there's no such thing as an honest politician.

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:17 pm
by Travis
erm..a dozen is 12...


But a BAKER'S dozen is 13.

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:36 pm
by Felix/FFDS


Felix, have you ever seen that movie "A Beautiful Mind"? ;D



I was technical advisor - for what not to do.

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:41 pm
by Felix/FFDS
erm..a dozen is 12...


To expand on Ender's statement.

As I understand it, bread was sold in total weight.  Say you bought one pound of bread, in a dozen small loaves.  Since scales may not have necessarily been available, and the penalty for "cheating" the buyer could mean the loss of life, bakers tended to throw in an extra piece, hence "baker's dozen"

(the explanation may not be accurate in the quasi-historical references, but it's the gist of how the term "bakers dozen" came about)

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:43 pm
by Felix/FFDS
[quote]Santa Clause.

Re: some riddles for ya!!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 7:36 pm
by Daz
[quote]1: