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TIO · 08-21-2003, 09:53 AM

Damn! I did finish it, I'm certain! Perhaps it just didn't send before I started backtracking.

Fremen · 08-21-2003, 01:41 PM

A new riddle:

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Shpoop · 08-21-2003, 01:48 PM

yea ive seen this one... ill let someone else have a go

peacy · 08-22-2003, 02:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fremen
A new riddle:

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

I managed to spend my whole morning on this (and half of my afternoon)...

startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

And here's a new one:
Can you name 3 consecutive days without using Monday, Thursday or Sunday?

mathmo · 08-22-2003, 02:37 AM

What about yesterday, today, tomorrow

peacy · 08-22-2003, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by mathmo
What about yesterday, today, tomorrow

Ahh... OK than... Accepted...

rheemteam · 08-22-2003, 08:28 AM

I don't think I've seen an answer to this one yet:

Quote:

"whats greater than god, more evil then the devil, poor men have it, rich men dont want it, and if you eat it you will die"

A: Nothing. Nothing is greater than god, nothing is more evil that the devil, poor men have nothing, rich men don't want nothing and if you eat nothing then you die.

And here are some more (I can't make it to the forums often, so I'll post the lot in one go):

Q: I have a heart that never beats,
I have a home but I never sleep.
I can take a mans house and build anothers,
And I love to play games with my many brothers.
I am a king among fools.
Who am I?

Q: They call me a man, but I'll never have a wife.
I was given a body, but not given life.
They made me a mouth, but didn't give me breath.
Water gives me life and sun brings me death.
What am I?

I've heard two decent answers to the above one

Q: The following number is the only one of its kind.
8,549,176,320
Can you figure out what is so special about it?

Q: What is ten men's length and ten men's strength and yet ten men cannot make it stand on its end?

Whew. That's it for me.

BonesCPA · 08-22-2003, 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rheemteam
Q: They call me a man, but I'll never have a wife.
I was given a body, but not given life.
They made me a mouth, but didn't give me breath.
Water gives me life and sun brings me death.
What am I?

A snowman

cliche · 08-22-2003, 09:56 AM

I think the first is a card? Perhaps the king of hearts?

Not sure about the number other than it has all the digits (but so do rather a lot of others). It's not a square or a cube.

mathmo · 08-22-2003, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rheemteam

[snip]

Q: The following number is the only one of its kind.
8,549,176,320
Can you figure out what is so special about it?

[snip]

[/B]

The numbers are in alphabetical order:

eight-five-four-nine-one-seven-six-three-two-zero

Shpoop · 08-22-2003, 08:32 PM

how bout this:

God never sees it. A king seldom sees it. We see it every day. What is it?

rheemteam · 08-22-2003, 08:41 PM

BonesCPA: Yep, or a river.

cliche: right again.

mathmo: yes.

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Shpoop: Is it a father, or someone older than them? Something like that, anyway.

TIO · 08-22-2003, 11:11 PM

Shpop, is it an equal?

Shpoop · 08-23-2003, 09:22 AM

TIO got it

krd913 · 08-24-2003, 04:08 PM

I'm sure the cheating at cards is the right answer but let's say he stole the 54yh bike and got shot for it.

Kadath · 08-24-2003, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by krd913
I'm sure the cheating at cards is the right answer but let's say he stole the 54yh bike and got shot for it.

Welcome to the thread.

Soda_BoB · 08-29-2003, 05:16 AM

Ok I got a pretty good one

There are three worms in a line moving forward

The first worm says " There are two worms behind me"

The second worm says " There are two worms infront of me"

The middle worm says " There are no worms infront ot behind of me"

Why does he say this?

mathmo · 08-29-2003, 06:05 AM

Just looking over the previous riddles, no-one seems to have suggested an answer for this one:

Quote:

Originally posted by rheemteam

Q: What is ten men's length and ten men's strength and yet ten men cannot make it stand on its end?

Whew. That's it for me.

So, how about a rope, a tug-of-war rope perhaps???

Xell101 · 08-29-2003, 06:47 PM

Quote:

There are three worms in a line moving forward

The first worm says " There are two worms behind me"

The second worm says " There are two worms infront of me"

The middle worm says " There are no worms infront ot behind of me"

Why does he say this?

- | -

All moving one way. Or the middle worm is stupid...maybe the soviets made him numb...

Soda_BoB · 08-30-2003, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Xell101
- | -

All moving one way. Or the middle worm is stupid...maybe the soviets made him numb...

Well the answer is "he was lying" heh pretty stupid

Fremen · 08-30-2003, 04:46 AM

The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how?

rheemteam · 08-30-2003, 05:22 AM

mathmo:

Yes, a rope.

BonesCPA · 08-30-2003, 05:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fremen
The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how?

K & D? (sound it out)

TIO · 08-30-2003, 05:59 AM

Bones, I'd say it's C&Y

Soda_BoB · 08-30-2003, 07:46 AM

I agree with TIO

Shpoop · 08-30-2003, 08:46 PM

yea it is CandY

Munku · 08-30-2003, 09:57 PM

A man without eyes, saw plums on a tree
He did not take plums and he did not leave plums
How could this be?

Fremen · 08-30-2003, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Munku
A man without eyes, saw plums on a tree
He did not take plums and he did not leave plums
How could this be?

Did he remember plums? See them in his mind?

TIO, Shpoop, y'all are correct.

Shpoop · 08-31-2003, 08:02 AM

ooh its something like since he had bad sight, he thought he saw plums but they were apples and he took one or something like that, right?

Xell101 · 08-31-2003, 08:05 AM

I don't see the implication he actually did anything other than look at plums

Shpoop · 08-31-2003, 10:27 AM

"he did not leave plums"

Quietus · 08-31-2003, 12:00 PM

Quote:

A man without eyes, saw plums on a tree
He did not take plums and he did not leave plums
How could this be?

The man only had one eye. As for the rest of the riddle I'm not sure. Maybe he only took some of the plums and left some others on the tree?

"Two bodies have I, though both joined in one, the stiller I stand the faster I run."

Quietus · 08-31-2003, 12:38 PM

Messed up post, please delete...

Xell101 · 08-31-2003, 01:50 PM

Did he see the plums, go blind, and leave the plums alone?

Munku · 08-31-2003, 02:21 PM

He only had one eye. So he still could see. There were 2 plums. He took one, and left one. Therefore he didn't take nor leave plums plural.

Xell101 · 08-31-2003, 05:26 PM

...arg, I didn't think there might be wacky grammar, drats!

Shpoop · 08-31-2003, 05:43 PM

yea i was gonna say that munku, but u got to it first...

as for quietus'
a nose?
or some sort of river/ straight

Quietus · 08-31-2003, 09:43 PM

Nope... A river kind of makes sense I guess, but not what I'm looking for.

colourmeirish · 08-31-2003, 11:16 PM

i wish i found this sooner!!

this is my favorite riddle. i guess microsoft asks this to potential employees, and expects them to get it in five minutes or less.

"U2" has a concert that starts in 17 minutes and they must all cross
a bridge to get there. All four men begin on the same side of the
bridge. You must help them across to the other side. It is night.

There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at one
time.

Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must have the flashlight
with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth,
it cannot be thrown, etc. Each band member walks at a different
speed.

A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower man's pace:

Bono:- 1 minute to cross
Edge:- 2 minutes to cross
Adam:- 5 minutes to cross
Larry:-10 minutes to cross

Blistex · 09-01-2003, 07:29 PM

Answer to this is that U2 are a bunch of sellouts and decide to f*ck their fans and get drunk instead. Thus they don`t need to cross the bridge.

A plane is flying over enemy territory. It is in perfect working order and is maintaining a perfectly static altitude. The bomb-bay doors are opened over the target and the bombs are released, but dont fall towards their targets.

Why is this?

08-21-2003, 09:53 AM	#321 (permalink)
TIO Addict Location: The Land Down Under	Damn! I did finish it, I'm certain! Perhaps it just didn't send before I started backtracking. __________________ Strewth

08-21-2003, 01:41 PM	#322 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	A new riddle: There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time? __________________ Google

08-22-2003, 09:56 AM	#329 (permalink)
cliche Rookie Location: Oxford, UK	I think the first is a card? Perhaps the king of hearts? Not sure about the number other than it has all the digits (but so do rather a lot of others). It's not a square or a cube. __________________ I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones. -- John Cage (1912 - 1992)

08-22-2003, 11:11 PM	#333 (permalink)
TIO Addict Location: The Land Down Under	Shpop, is it an equal? __________________ Strewth

08-29-2003, 05:16 AM	#337 (permalink)
Soda_BoB Psycho	Ok I got a pretty good one There are three worms in a line moving forward The first worm says " There are two worms behind me" The second worm says " There are two worms infront of me" The middle worm says " There are no worms infront ot behind of me" Why does he say this? __________________ Just because you paranoid.don't mean they're not after you...- Kurt Cobain-Chopper Read Project Dolphin: Join the TFP Typing Team!

08-21-2003, 01:48 PM	#323 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	yea ive seen this one... ill let someone else have a go

08-22-2003, 02:37 AM	#325 (permalink)
mathmo Tilted Location: London, UK	What about yesterday, today, tomorrow

08-22-2003, 08:32 PM	#331 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	how bout this: God never sees it. A king seldom sees it. We see it every day. What is it?

08-22-2003, 08:41 PM	#332 (permalink)
rheemteam Upright	BonesCPA: Yep, or a river. cliche: right again. mathmo: yes. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shpoop: Is it a father, or someone older than them? Something like that, anyway.

08-23-2003, 09:22 AM	#334 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	TIO got it

08-24-2003, 04:08 PM	#335 (permalink)
krd913 Crazy	I'm sure the cheating at cards is the right answer but let's say he stole the 54yh bike and got shot for it.

08-30-2003, 04:46 AM	#341 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters. Can you figure out how? __________________ Google

08-30-2003, 05:22 AM	#342 (permalink)
rheemteam Upright	mathmo: Yes, a rope.

08-30-2003, 05:59 AM	#344 (permalink)
TIO Addict Location: The Land Down Under	Bones, I'd say it's C&Y __________________ Strewth

08-30-2003, 07:46 AM	#345 (permalink)
Soda_BoB Psycho	I agree with TIO __________________ Just because you paranoid.don't mean they're not after you...- Kurt Cobain-Chopper Read Project Dolphin: Join the TFP Typing Team!

08-30-2003, 08:46 PM	#346 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	yea it is CandY

08-30-2003, 09:57 PM	#347 (permalink)
Munku Lost Location: Florida	A man without eyes, saw plums on a tree He did not take plums and he did not leave plums How could this be?

08-31-2003, 08:02 AM	#349 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	ooh its something like since he had bad sight, he thought he saw plums but they were apples and he took one or something like that, right?

08-31-2003, 08:05 AM	#350 (permalink)
Xell101 Junkie	I don't see the implication he actually did anything other than look at plums

08-31-2003, 10:27 AM	#351 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	"he did not leave plums"

08-31-2003, 12:38 PM	#353 (permalink)
Quietus Tilted Location: Tempe, AZ	Messed up post, please delete... Last edited by Quietus; 08-31-2003 at 01:57 PM..

08-31-2003, 01:50 PM	#354 (permalink)
Xell101 Junkie	Did he see the plums, go blind, and leave the plums alone?

08-31-2003, 02:21 PM	#355 (permalink)
Munku Lost Location: Florida	He only had one eye. So he still could see. There were 2 plums. He took one, and left one. Therefore he didn't take nor leave plums plural.

08-31-2003, 05:26 PM	#356 (permalink)
Xell101 Junkie	...arg, I didn't think there might be wacky grammar, drats!

08-31-2003, 05:43 PM	#357 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	yea i was gonna say that munku, but u got to it first... as for quietus' a nose? or some sort of river/ straight

08-31-2003, 09:43 PM	#358 (permalink)
Quietus Tilted Location: Tempe, AZ	Nope... A river kind of makes sense I guess, but not what I'm looking for. __________________ "And I think it’s gonna be a long long time 'Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find I’m not the man they think I am at home Oh, no, no, no, I’m a rocket man, Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone..."

08-31-2003, 11:16 PM	#359 (permalink)
colourmeirish Upright Location: Boston, MA	i wish i found this sooner!! this is my favorite riddle. i guess microsoft asks this to potential employees, and expects them to get it in five minutes or less. "U2" has a concert that starts in 17 minutes and they must all cross a bridge to get there. All four men begin on the same side of the bridge. You must help them across to the other side. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown, etc. Each band member walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower man's pace: Bono:- 1 minute to cross Edge:- 2 minutes to cross Adam:- 5 minutes to cross Larry:-10 minutes to cross __________________ As you grow older, you will realize you have two hands... one to help yourself, and the other, to help others.

09-01-2003, 07:29 PM	#360 (permalink)
Blistex Psycho Location: Tiger I Turret	Answer to this is that U2 are a bunch of sellouts and decide to f*ck their fans and get drunk instead. Thus they don`t need to cross the bridge. A plane is flying over enemy territory. It is in perfect working order and is maintaining a perfectly static altitude. The bomb-bay doors are opened over the target and the bombs are released, but dont fall towards their targets. Why is this?