Riddles

Postby **Kaligraphic** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:33 pm

"And Saint Attila did raise the hand grenade up on high, saying..."

Oh, wrong quote, sorry.

"And Kaligraphic then posted a thread, wherein all who were interested could gather for the solving of riddles. Each would solve in turn, and one would not turn to his neighbor and say 'know ye the answer?' for most would be stumped."

Translation: it's a riddle thread. We had one some time ago, but it's kind of stale now. Anyway, I don't think anyone came up with the answer to this riddle:

Ten men's strength.
Ten men's length.
One man can pick it up.
No man can stand it up.

(Once each riddle is solved, anyone can post the next riddle.)

Postby **White Raven** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 9:02 pm

Is it a long rope?

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:19 am

water. or a drop of water

Postby **Yeshua-Knight** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:06 am

i think i've heard this riddle before, i don't know for sure what the answer is though, so i'm gonna say a hot air balloon

Postby **Kaligraphic** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:37 am

It seems ILoveArt has got it - the answer is rope.

Okay, here's the next one:

A barrel of water weighs twenty pounds.
What must you add to make it weigh fifteen?

Postby **CephasWhite** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:40 am

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:43 am

hole(s)

Postby **Scribs** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:29 pm

A man with the same volume as five pounds of water! The excess will flow out and the man can leave and it will be 5 pounds lighter!

Postby **Yeshua-Knight** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:57 pm

Kaligraphic wrote:It seems ILoveArt has got it - the answer is rope.

Okay, here's the next one:

A barrel of water weighs twenty pounds.
What must you add to make it weigh fifteen?

heat to make a sufficient amount of water evaporate

Postby **the_lizardqueen** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:07 pm

I like Piloswine's answer, it sounds quite educated, though Mr. Smartypant's makes sense too. Ack, riddles really make my head hurt :forehead:

Postby **Hephzibah** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:09 pm

A thirsty hippo :grin:

Postby **Kaligraphic** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:23 am

Mr. SmartyPants has got the answer. You must add holes to make the barrel weight 15 pounds.

In honour of these holes, I present the next riddle:

Holes at the top.
Holes at the bottom.
Holes in the middle.
But still it holds water.

Postby **Hephzibah** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:18 am

I'd say a human body.

Holes in your head, a belly button hole in the middle, and... well yeah

Postby **Scribs** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:24 am

Either a sponge, or a can full of holes in a zero gravity environment.

Postby **Kaligraphic** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:40 am

It's a sponge.

Hmm,

Here's an old one:

As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?

Postby **Hephzibah** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:55 am

you

Edit, lol! I didnt answer the question properly

0 of each

Postby **bigsleepj** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:10 am

One person was going to St. Ives. The polygamist and his wives were just standing in the road.

Here's a tough one. Why is a raven like a writing desk?

(It's a bit of a trick question, but the answer is a pun)

Postby **Hephzibah** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:21 am

In the words of the certain wise Mad Hatter we all love,

"I haven't the slightest idea"

Postby **bigsleepj** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:37 am

Talame wrote:In the words of the certain wise Mad Hatter we all love,

"I haven't the slightest idea"

There is an answer. Someone wrote an answer for the answerless riddle. The answer is simple. If you want to answer it do not drag and scroll over the spoiler. If you want it spoiled...go right ahead. But it's not fun.

The answer is....

[spoiler]....because Poe wrote on both.[/spoiler]

Postby **Hephzibah** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:41 am

.... I dont get it

Postby **bigsleepj** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:43 am

Talame wrote:.... I dont get it

Er.....try this link.

Why a Raven is like a writing desk

Postby **Mithrandir** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:42 pm

What's grey, made of cement and howls at the moon?

Postby **bigsleepj** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:53 pm

Er...A wolf cast in concrete?

Postby **Hephzibah** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:57 am

A statue of a wolf howling?

Postby **Mithrandir** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:13 am

Just a wolf.

Postby **Hephzibah** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:58 pm

but what's with 'made of cement'?

Postby **Scribs** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:11 pm

I think OldFill has lost it, wolves arn't made of cement.

Postby **Photosoph** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:56 pm

You may be right...
Hmm.... what's light as a feather but cries when bloated?

Postby **Hephzibah** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:01 pm

I think the errors in CAA have finally begun to take a toll on OP

btw, I don't know the answer to your riddle Photosoph, so I'm going to take a wild guess and say a feather?

Postby **Mithrandir** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 9:25 pm

Oh. I just threw the "cement" in there to make it tough.

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to answer the above riddle... A set of bagpipes underwater? Or a balloon (if you hold the opening just right...)

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