old riddle makes my brains hurt

[Jason Manley]

3 Men rent a hotel room together for $30. Later that evening, the clerk realizes she overcharged them. The room was only supposed to be $25. So she gives the bellhop five singles to give them. The bellhop pockets $2 for his troubles, and gives each man $1 back.
so this means each man paid 9 dollars, totalling $27 for the night. The bellhop has $2. Where is the last dollar?

[Sanby]

ACkkk. Brain Overloading. *fzzt crackle*

Is there an answer to this?

Sanby

[georgem]

dont work out how much the men have, work out how much the lady has

men $3, Lady, $25, Boy $2

easy!

[winjer]

The room was $25, They got $2 ripped off and $3 back. it adds up when you say it like that. Its the wording see.

damn georgem beat me :p

[bbwolf]

Heheh, I bugged a math instructor once with this and he rolled it up the same way georgem did. Did he? hmh...he pretty much explained it then and the class was, yeah, sure, but the day after nobody could recall the trick.

I bet big banks and goverments make loads of money from that trick.

[DragonGX]

Originally posted by winjer
The room was $25, They got $2 ripped off and $3 back. it adds up when you say it like that. Its the wording see.

damn georgem beat me :p


Word.

[DragonGX]

Originally posted by bbwolf
Heheh, I bugged a math instructor once with this and he rolled it up the same way georgem did. Did he? hmh...he pretty much explained it then and the class was, yeah, sure, but the day after nobody could recall the trick.

I bet big banks and goverments make loads of money from that trick.



I don't see the "trick" it's simple math skills... :confused:

[bbwolf]

me math skills??? uuuuh, ropaby a -10 on a 0 to 10 scale.

[mtw]

The trick is in the wording. Georgem lists the actual money distribution.

[Fozzybar]

haha....it's tricky, because everyone tries to calculate 27 + 2 = 29...but actually you must calculate 27 - 2 (because the bellhop ripped the 2$ off...), so the result is 25 $, like the real price for the room

[Fozzybar]

btw Jason:

did you read my pm or mail?

[Deth Jester]

Here are some other ones.. answers are below.. peace

1. A donkey is tied to a rope 10 feet long.Twenty feet away is a field of
carrots, how does he get to the carrots?

2. You threw away the outside and cooked the inside. Then you ate the outside
and threw away the inside, What did you eat? Hint: It is a food...

3. A man takes his car to a hotel. As soon as he reaches the hotel he is
declared bankrupt. Why?

4. What unusual natural phenomenon is capable of speaking any language?

5. A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds, what do you have to add to it to make it
weigh 12 pounds?

6. Before Mount Everest was discovered what was the highest mountain on earth?

7. How many times can you subtract the number 5 from the number 25?

8. What crime is punishable if attempted but not if committed?

9. What is the center of gravity?

10. What is one question you can never honestly answer "yes" to?

11. You say my name and I am no longer there, what am I?

12. A plane crashes on the border of the U.S. and Canada, where is the person
buried?

13. Think of words ending in -GRY , angry and hungry. There are only three
words in the english language. It is something we use every day. If you
listened very carefully I have already given you the answer.

14. A man walks into a square field, he walks the same speed on all sides and
all sides are even, but three of the sides take him 1 hour and 20 minutes and
the last side took him eighty minutes, why?

15. There is one word in the English language that is always pronounced
incorrectly. What is the word?

16. A boat has a ladder that has six rungs, each rung is one foot apart. The
bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15
minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at it's highest, how
many rungs are under water?

17. How much dirt would be in a hole 6 feet deep and 6 feet wide that has been
dug with a square edged shovel?

18. What goes up and goes down but does not move?

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1. The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything

2. Corn on the cob

3. He is playing monopoly

4. an echo

5. holes

6. Mount Everest

7. once, when you subract it from 25 it becomes twenty so if you subtracted it
again you would be subtracting it from 20.

8. suicide

9. the letter "v"

10. are you asleep, are you dead, do you know everything....etc.

11. Silence

12. in the ground

13. language.....the first two sentances are to throw you off, the key phrase
is "the english language" there are only 3 words in the phrase and the third is
language.

14. because 80 minutes is an hour and a half.

15. incorrectly

16. none, the boat goes up and down with the tide, duh!

17. none, it is a hole, the hole has no dirt

18. the temperature

[mtw]

I got a little over a half right on those, Deth Jester.

Here's a riddle that you may have heard before. (please don't answer if you've solved this before)

The three wisest sages in the land were brought before the king to see which of them were worthy to become the king's advisor. After passing many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each other in a final battle of the wits.

Led blind-folded into a small room, the sages were seated around a small wooden table as the king described the test for them.

"Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are not three white hats."

"I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin. The first to correctly announce the color of his hat shall be my advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded. If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I will seek elsewhere for wisdom."

With that, the king uncovered the sages' eyes and sat in the corner and waited. One sage looked around and saw that his competitors each were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their thoughts were the same as his, "What is the color of my hat?"

For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally he stood up and said, "The color of the hat I am wearing is..."

[Dan Milligan]

Its not that hard J

look at it this way.. the bellhop is kinda like having a rep. They always take 20%-30%.

Dan

[I.was.ink]

mtw: Ive never heard of this one, but im going to guess blue!

[nil]

im on the edge of my seat. my guess is that he takes off his hat and checks the colour :)

[Deth Jester]

http://www.greylabyrinth.com/Puzzles/answer007.htm

[NoUseFrAName]

From the look in their eyes he could see their thoughts were the same as his

he was thinking that the other 2 were wearing blue hats, and by looking in their eyes and seeing the reflections of 2 men wearing blue hats he could say that they were all thinking the same. Therefore, he was wearing a blue hat as well.


aiight, try this one on for size:

A man is trapped in a room with 2 doors and 2 guards. One of the doors leads directly into hell, the other directly into heaven, he's not sure which leads where. The guards know which door is which but the man does not.
One of the guards always lies and wants him to go to hell, and the other always tells the truth and wants him to go to heaven but the man does not know which guard is which.
The man is allowed to open only one of the doors, and he is allowed to ask only one of the guards a question that they must answer but he can't ask which door is which.
How can he be sure which door will take him to heaven?

-Rob

[mtw]

Originally posted by NoUseFrAName


he was thinking that the other 2 were wearing blue hats, and by looking in their eyes and seeing the reflections of 2 men wearing blue hats he could say that they were all thinking the same. Therefore, he was wearing a blue hat as well.
Nope, no reflections. Deth Jester posted the answer from where I got the riddle.

[NoUseFrAName]

yeah, saw that after I posted.....can ya get mine?

-Rob

[reeves]

Originally posted by NoUseFrAName


he was thinking that the other 2 were wearing blue hats, and by looking in their eyes and seeing the reflections of 2 men wearing blue hats he could say that they were all thinking the same. Therefore, he was wearing a blue hat as well.


aiight, try this one on for size:

A man is trapped in a room with 2 doors and 2 guards. One of the doors leads directly into hell, the other directly into heaven, he's not sure which leads where. The guards know which door is which but the man does not.
One of the guards always lies and wants him to go to hell, and the other always tells the truth and wants him to go to heaven but the man does not know which guard is which.
The man is allowed to open only one of the doors, and he is allowed to ask only one of the guards a question that they must answer but he can't ask which door is which.
How can he be sure which door will take him to heaven?

-Rob


He would ask one of the guards [doesn't matter who]:
"Can you tell me which way the other guard thinks will lead me to heaven?"

And then he would go into the other door.

one will always lie...simple logic.
True && False = False
False && True = False

Hope that was clear enough.

[NoUseFrAName]

yup, good stuff!

-Rob

[Spacey]

Originally posted by Jason Manley
3 Men rent a hotel room together for $30. Later that evening, the clerk realizes she overcharged them. The room was only supposed to be $25. So she gives the bellhop five singles to give them. The bellhop pockets $2 for his troubles, and gives each man $1 back.
so this means each man paid 9 dollars, totalling $27 for the night. The bellhop has $2. Where is the last dollar?

(i was gonna say tax at first, but thats the answer to a different riddle ;))

Its not a question of where the dollar is physically. Obviously it all adds up. The wording is what makes this a riddle; it works "forwards", but not "backwards".

(this is all in the problem) Each man paided $10 initially ($30 total). The bellhop comes back and gives them $1 each. That means they each paided $9 (9*3=$27 total). The bellhop took $2. Add that to the $27 and you only get $29. But the Bellhop has $2, the Clerk $25, and the Men $3!!! (see how it doesn't figure?)

25/3 = 8 1/3
The actual cost of the room divided by number of men.
+ $1 = 9 1/3
Add the $1 the bellhop gives each of them.
9 1/3 * 3 = $28
Multiply by the number of men.
28 + 2 = $30
Plus the $2 the bellhop took.

(atleast it think thats the answer :D)

[bat]

An antique dealer buys an old lamp for $7, sells it for $8, buys it back for $9 and finally sells it for $10. How much profit does the dealer make?

bat

[mtw]

Originally posted by bat
An antique dealer buys an old lamp for $7, sells it for $8, buys it back for $9 and finally sells it for $10. How much profit does the dealer make?

bat
Two dollars?

[bbwolf]

beeing stuck in the room with two doors and and two guards with that riddle would be hell for me allready.

My guess for the lamp is one

[NoUseFrAName]

-7
+8
=1
-9
=-8
+10
=2

so I'm going with mtw on this one. 2 bucks

-Rob

[bat]

Ah, much too easy for you lot, yes the answer is $2, via the formula that NoUseFrAName used. Try this one:

A bottle of wine costs $10. The wine was worth $9 more than the bottle. How much is the bottle worth?


bat

[tarwater]

The wine is worth 9.50, and the bottle is worth .50.
Good one for algebra.

Here's one that friend of mine told me she heard in her psychology class. It supposedly used to tell if someone thinks like a serial killer or something. Some of you may have heard it, anyway,

A woman is attending her brothers funeral, and sees a man with whom she falls madly in love with. The next day she kills her sister. Why?

[mtw]

Originally posted by tarwater
A woman is attending her brothers funeral, and sees a man with whom she falls madly in love with. The next day she kills her sister. Why?
Because her sister deserved it.

Just kidding. Is it because the woman is a doctor, and she had to operate on her sister but messed up?

[tarwater]

mtw - Hahahaha, but no. :D

[NoUseFrAName]

she sounds like a sociopath...fell in love at her brother's funeral?? I would think it'd be time to mourn or something...
She's like a serial killer, and thusly, if someone can in any way figure out a reasn why it'd be likely that she murdered her sister, this riddle is probably helping to reveal that that person has serial killer thinking patterns!

...hence the reason that it's part of a psychology class lesson! heheh

-Rob

[The Iconoclast]

I've heard this before, but I'm not gonna give away my answer. Here's some background information on the riddle.

"This was a test developed by a group of psychologists based on the teachings of the noted American psychologist, Lightner Witmer. It has been used to determine if one has the same mentality as a killer. 914 arrested serial killers took part in this test, and 904 answered it correctly.

If you answered correctly, you think like a psychopath. If not, good for you. If your friends hit the jackpot, may I suggest that you keep your distance. "

[NoUseFrAName]

I just looked it up.....turns out I'm not a psychopath! but I can definitely see how that answer would be a good indicator.

I won't say it cuz I cheated.....but it's probably worth writing it out with more detail.....

A woman is at her brother's funeral. While there she sees a man-the perfect man. He's good looking wearing an expensive suit...the woman is falling head over heels, but she has no idea who he is. Within minutes the woman gets distracted, loses sight of him, and he's gone. She doesn't know the man's name or phone number, and no one she talks to knows who he is. The next day, she kills her sister. Why?

-Rob

[mtw]

My next guess is that she gets in a car accident with her sister. Or is the only right answer one that would make me seem like a killer? Maybe I should stop guessing then.

[winjer]

I think the answer to tarwaters riddle is she killed her sister so that guy shows up to the funeral again and she can hook up with him. i dunno if that makes me a serial killer,

[tarwater]

winjer's a serial killer!
That's correct. I shortened it up a bit because I think the fact that it says that she didn't get his phone number and that no one knows who the man is slightly gives the answer away. Anyway, good job...psycho...:D

[bat]

I knew I was afraid to answer that one or think too much about it for a reason....I was still a bit off, but not by much.

bat

[bat]

In a certain lodge, each member is either Democrat or Republican. One day one of the Democrats decided to become a Republican, and after this happened, there were the same number of Democrats and Republicans. A few weeks later, the new Republican decided to become a Democrat again, and so things were back to normal. Then another Republican decided to become a Democrat, and at this point there were twice as many Democrats as Republicans.



How many members does the lodge contain?


bat

[Deth Jester]

Yeah the second story helped.. when nobody knew the person.. and he was at the Wedding.. figured he knew them.. and would come to another big event.. aka a funeral.. I don't think I am a pyscopath.. but.. maybe... :)

peace
-mike

I'll try and think of some more.. I use to know a few good ones...

[NoUseFrAName]

Bat, it's an impossibility! arg! I did like a jillion formulas and procedures, and there's no way that it's possible!

-Rob

[bat]

Originally posted by NoUseFrAName
Bat, it's an impossibility! arg! I did like a jillion formulas and procedures, and there's no way that it's possible!

-Rob

Ah, did I get you with one? It is possible, and easier than you may think it is.

bat

[Chris J. Anderson!]

The riddles in here are interesting. Here's a very easy one...

-What is a room with no walls?

[winjer]

MUSHROOM!

Bats answer is 12.


PS; IM GOING TO KILL YOU ALL

[Deth Jester]

dangint Im too slow..

winjer got them both.. ACK!

[NoUseFrAName]

12!

7 and 5......can't believe I didn't get it before....d'oh.

-Rob

[Chris J. Anderson!]

Heh, correct. Kinda stupid but I remember that Mushroom riddle from Duck Tales the cartoon.

[Deth Jester]

Ok here is a murder mystery..

One guys is dead laying on the ground next to 54 bicycles. He was shot in the chest. Why did he die?


Another one.

A man is in a building. The building has 1 door and no windows. The door is locked from the inside. He is hanging from the cieling dead in a noose. There is a puddle of water on the ground. How did he die?

Another one

A man just returns from being shipwrecked. He was on his honeymoon and his wife died on the deserted island. There were only two survivors. He and the other man are at a retaurant getting food. He orders octapus. He takes one bite of it. Then goes out side and shoots himself in the head. Why did he kill himself?

peace
-mike

PS my spelling sucks.. sorry :)

[Spacey]

Well I know this one...

Originally posted by Deth Jester

A man is in a building. The building has 1 door and no windows. The door is locked from the inside. He is hanging from the cieling dead in a noose. There is a puddle of water on the ground. How did he die?


The man was in a room mostly filled with water. He puts the noose on and waits for the water to drain/evaporate, hanging himself.

OR (just realized this is the actual answer ;) )

The man was standing on a block of ice. Ice melts, hangs man.

[mtw]

Originally posted by Deth Jester
Ok here is a murder mystery..

One guys is dead laying on the ground next to 54 bicycles. He was shot in the chest. Why did he die?


Another one.

A man is in a building. The building has 1 door and no windows. The door is locked from the inside. He is hanging from the cieling dead in a noose. There is a puddle of water on the ground. How did he die?


1.) He died from the shot.

2.) He hung himself.

[strych9ine]

I got one for you:

When thinking of words that end in -gry, angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

[Spacey]

Originally posted by strych9ine
I got one for you:

When thinking of words that end in -gry, angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is.

Originally posted by Deth Jester
13. Think of words ending in -GRY , angry and hungry. There are only three
words in the english language. It is something we use every day. If you
listened very carefully I have already given you the answer.

Its been posted :D

[strych9ine]

Well shit.

[cartoonfox]

Originally posted by Deth Jester
Ok here is a murder mystery..

One guys is dead laying on the ground next to 54 bicycles. He was shot in the chest. Why did he die?


Another one.

A man is in a building. The building has 1 door and no windows. The door is locked from the inside. He is hanging from the cieling dead in a noose. There is a puddle of water on the ground. How did he die?

Another one

A man just returns from being shipwrecked. He was on his honeymoon and his wife died on the deserted island. There were only two survivors. He and the other man are at a retaurant getting food. He orders octapus. He takes one bite of it. Then goes out side and shoots himself in the head. Why did he kill himself?

peace
-mike

PS my spelling sucks.. sorry :)


well i've heard the third one before, but the story is very different. is it something to do with he's had octopus soup before, and it tasted alot diffrent to this one, so he realises that he's eating his wife or something? ... lol sounds strange maybe, but that was the basic answer to the one i heard.

the second one has allready been answered and the first one, come one, theres not enough info. 54 bikes, bullet in chest, thats it?? lol someone tell me the answer



peace

[strych9ine]

Originally posted by Deth Jester
Ok here is a murder mystery..

One guys is dead laying on the ground next to 54 bicycles. He was shot in the chest. Why did he die?



The man cheating at a card game using a deck of Bicycle cards and was shot for it.

[winjer]

A man just returns from being shipwrecked. He was on his honeymoon and his wife died on the deserted island. There were only two survivors. He and the other man are at a retaurant getting food. He orders octapus. He takes one bite of it. Then goes out side and shoots himself in the head. Why did he kill himself?


Because he had nothing to live for without his wife

[young paddy1]

A man just returns from being shipwrecked. He was on his honeymoon and his wife died on the deserted island. There were only two survivors. He and the other man are at a retaurant getting food. He orders octapus. He takes one bite of it. Then goes out side and shoots himself in the head. Why did he kill himself?

he realised that the man was lying when he told him he was eating octopus on the island, they were eating his wife

must learn to read previous posts

[Redder]

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?

[el coro]

i think this happened to us one night in paris....-c36

[young paddy1]

you get a hovering cat and bread based product,

a more powerful hovering devic can be made by smearing chicken tikka masala on the back of a cat and throwing it into a tunnel covered in white shag pile carpet

[Deth Jester]

You guys basically got them..

First one was a block of ice that melted.. so he hung himself.

second one was A deck of bicycle cards plus 2 more to make 54 so he was cheating and got shot.

third one, he had octapus or it was called octapus on the island which was actually his wife.. so he realized he ate his wife..

peace

-mike

[mtw]

This is an interesting question that has no real answer. What would you do?

A being, who you believe to have superior predictive powers, makes you an offer. Before you are two boxes, identical in appearance. Within one box, let us call it 'Box A', there is either one million dollars or nothing. Within the other box, 'Box B', there is definitely one thousand dollars.
The being, whom in deference to tradition we will call the Newcomb Being, will allow you to either take both boxes, or just Box A.

Twenty-four hours ago, the Newcomb being made a prediction about what you would choose. At this point, it placed the money in the boxes. If the Newcomb Being predicted that you would take both boxes, it left nothing for you in Box A and the $1000 in Box B. If the Newcomb Being predicted that you would only take Box A, it would leave the million dollars in it, as well as the thousand dollars in Box B. If the being predicts you will base your choice on a random event (like flipping a coin), it will leave Box A empty.

Now you have grounds to believe that in such matters, the Newcomb Being has a success rate on predictions of about 90%.

Depending upon you choice and the being's anticipation of your choice, you could walk away with $1,000,000, $1,001,000, $1000, or nothing. If you choose both boxes, the least you could receive is $1000 and the most would be $1,001,000. This seems to be the decision which would maximize your return, while minimizing risk.

On the other hand, if you pick both boxes, chances are that the Being would have predicted this and left you nothing in Box A. Giving up an almost certain one million for a certain one thousand seems awfully foolish.

Working out the expected return, based on the Being's 90% success rate, you come up with following decision matrix:

You Choose - Box A Contains: - Box B Contains: - Expected Value
Only A - .9 x $1,000,000 - $1000 - $900,000
Both Boxes - .1 x $1,000,000 - $1000 - $101,000

It seems like choosing only Box A gives you a lot higher expected return on average, even if there is the risk of nothing. But there you stand, before the boxes, and the Being has already placed the money. There either is or is not $1,000,000 in Box A. There certainly is $1000 in Box B. Nothing you could do at this point will change what is in the boxes. Why shouldn't you just take both to be on the safe side?

The being awaits your response. What do you do?

[Deth Jester]

MTW I hope you didn't type all that!

I wanna know where this guy gets a endless supply of boxes!
:)

peace
-mike

[The Iconoclast]

Here is one.

There were three wise sages summoned to the king's court. He was going to make them compete on a test of intellect so that he could figure out who he would appoint as...uh...head sage :rolleyes: . Anyways, each sage is given a hat to wear, and they must not see their own hat. They may, however, see another sage's hat. There are two kinds of hats--blue hats and white hats. The three sages can never all be wearing three white hats, but other than this one stipulation, any combination of blue and white hats is allowed.

They walk into the room and one sage opens his eyes. He sees that the other two sages both have blue hats. There is a moment of silence and everyone was thinking. In the end, the sage speaks and says that he is wearing a hat in the color of...

Question:

What color hat is this sage wearing and how did he figure it out?

*EDIT*

In response to mtw, I would pick only A. My reason : when dealing with a million bucks, one thousand dollars is pretty much dirt. Also, logically, the being would probably think that I would pick both boxes, so there is a slightly higher chance of getting 1000000 bucks.

**EDIT**

Haha...I read this riddle here, then I told my friend about it, and I posted it here again. I just went in a circle :P

[Deth Jester]

Hey Iron.. I hate to ruin it for you but that one was already posted :(...

peace
-mike

[jermainevl]

I'm glad I had that serial-killer thing wrong.
I've been pondering about yours, mtw. Could you tell us the awnser?

[mtw]

Originally posted by jermainevl
I've been pondering about yours, mtw. Could you tell us the awnser?
Here's some discussion (http://www.greylabyrinth.com/Puzzles/answer014.htm) on what would be the best answer. It has some interesting stuff in it.

[sixBlade]

Originally posted by Deth Jester
14. because 80 minutes is an hour and a half.


Errrr.. no its not.. it is however 1 hour and 20 minutes, which would be the correct answer to the question

[bizarre]

Sandy and Randy are lying dead on the floor, naked. there is water and broken glass all around them. the window is open, and it is thundering and flashing lightning.

How did they die?

There's a cabin in the woods. Everyone inside is dead. The windows are broken. The ground is covered in snow.

How did they die?

A man lies dead in the middle of the desert. there is something in his backpack that could have saved his life, or at least prolonged it.

What's in the pack?

[blankslatejoe]

ok, i gots one fer yahs. This is officially MY riddle and it's 100% true, as in, I can say this to people and not be lying.


It goes:
"I have walked in Italy, and I have seen the statue of David. I have visited England and Germany, Denmark and France, and observed these places with MY OWN EYES. But... I have never left the United States.

How is this possible?"



For some reason anyone 5 years old or younger gets this right away. Anyone our age usually finds it a bit more tricky.

And before you ask; no, it's not a visit to the embassys, busch gardens, or anything like that.

[Deth Jester]

.."I have walked in Italy, and I have seen the statue of David. I have visited England and Germany, Denmark and France, and observed these places with MY OWN EYES. But... I have never left the United States.


Is it in a dream? *shrug* haven't heard that one before

[blankslatejoe]

ahh thats because I wrote it myself. I realized the riddle a few years ago, and it's kind of a fun thing to go around asking people.

No, it wasn't a dream, by the way. I was ACTUALLY there. I walked around amsterdam, got my picture taken in London, etc.

So... how's it work?

[Deth Jester]

Dunno

You were in your moms womb at the time... and never born yet..

*shrug*

[Deth Jester]

Ugh! I think I got it now..

YOu were never in the US to start! so you couldnt have left it!

you were born outside the US.. visited the places.. then came to the US.. ??????

peace
-mike

[blankslatejoe]

hahaha, good job jester!

i knew you were getting clooooseee when you said womb.

When I tell them they're wrong there, most people don't make the next connection.... but you did!


I was born in Petersburough, England. I visited alot of europe as a baby, and then came to the states when I was about 3 or 4.

And I've never left! :) (...yet, i still want to see all those places and REMEMBER them eventually.)


Pretty neat, huh?

[Deth Jester]

Yeah I was thinking about coming and going.. and citezenship and passports... and when I looked at my passport you get a stamp for leaving and coming back.. sort of thing... then I realized you might not originally be an American.. took me way to long to figure it out.. normally I am a lot more witty... :( Old age is getting to me! hehe

peace
-mike

[Deth Jester]

Sandy and Randy are lying dead on the floor, naked. there is water and broken glass all around them. the window is open, and it is thundering and flashing lightning. How did they die?

For Sandy and Randy.. They are goldfish... and there bowl got pushed over and busted.... that is why there is glass and water...

There's a cabin in the woods. Everyone inside is dead. The windows are broken. The ground is covered in snow.

I think the people are Ginger Bread people... But I am not sure... on that one..

A man lies dead in the middle of the desert. there is something in his backpack that could have saved his life, or at least prolonged it.

The last one I am not sure on... Im thinking he died of a heart attack.. and he had aspirin! heheh I really dont know..

Actually the first one I had never heard.. but it made sense when I was looking at my room mates aquarium.. and once I figured that one out.. I remembered the last one..*thinking outside the box* I think Blanketjoe's also got my mind rolling...

still thinking about the desert one.. though

peace
-mike

[diagetus]

Here's my attempt at two riddles by Bizarre.

A man lies dead in the middle of the desert. there is something in his backpack that could have saved his life, or at least prolonged it.

There are two things that I'm thinking the man in the desert could have used that the backpack provided. One item is covering and the other is shade(cooler temperatures). I've read that many desert travelers in the middle east wear head clothing for this very reason. You might think it adds more heat, but that is not the case. At any rate, there is something "in" the backpack. Of course there could be any number of things that the pack holds, but I don't think that would be a very clever answer to the question. There's something innate in the pack that makes it a lifesaver. The meaning of "in" and our assumptions of the meaning of the word is the key to the riddle. I'm pretty sure of that. Let me know if I'm off the mark.

There's a cabin in the woods. Everyone inside is dead. The windows are broken. The ground is covered in snow.

My guess is an avalanche killed them or they froze to death. You said there was snow on the ground, but you didn't say how much, which leaves the possibility of there being a HUGE amount of snow on the ground directly where the avalanche came through. Let me know if I've roped it or not.


Many of the riddles I'm seeing in here, like Bizzare's have to do with language errors (I believe that's what they're called). I remember a slight bit of it from my abstract logic class. The snow mystery and the water/broken glass mystery are both subject to language error. I think both of these would fall under what is called "error by omission"(or something like that). It involves leaving out words, modifiers or adjectives needed to properly express a statement.

[bizarre]

Sandy and Randy are lying dead on the floor, naked. there is water and broken glass all around them. the window is open, and it is thundering and flashing lightning.

How did they die?

ANSWER: Sandy and Randy are goldfish. good one, Deth Jester!

There's a cabin in the woods. Everyone inside is dead. The windows are broken. The ground is covered in snow.

How did they die?
ANSWER: it's an airplane cabin. there's been a plane crash.

A man lies dead in the middle of the desert. there is something in his backpack that could have saved his life, or at least prolonged it.

What's in the pack?
ANSWER: a parachute.

[Deth Jester]

I like the parachute one... hehe

I still like my Gingerbread people answer!!! hehehe :)

[blankslatejoe]

that desert one makes ya think the answer would be "water". since it would keep someone alive in the desert or at least prolong his death...

ive got to think of some more good ones...

[diagetus]

Oh well, it was worth a try. I figured Deth Jester had the first one right, so I only tried my hand at the other two. Those are some good ones Bizarre.

[fletchgirl]

hmm, I figured that the answer to the serial killer type question was that the mystery man was the Funeral Director, hence the nice suit, and why know one whould know who he was... or the hearse driver...


What is greater than God,
More evil than Satan,
The poor have it,
The rich need it,
And if you eat it, you die?


:)

[The Iconoclast]

Hmm...poison?

Nah...that would be stupid.

Theres nothing like that! :P

*EDIT*

NOTHING! I'm a genius!

**EDIT**

Although I could argue that an Indian god is worse than Satan...

***EDIT***

But I won't spoil the fun :chug:

****EDIT****

What word, expression, or name is depicted below?
GR12"AVE

This is an easy one...

[Fozzybar]

Look, who's talking!

Hey, fletchy, post some new art...

[fletchgirl]

NOTHING is right!
i considered removing the first two sentences for all beliefs, but, it's part of the riddle. :)


1 foot in the grave, eh?... still took me a minute... :D