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TIO · 09-02-2003, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Blistex
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.

Not appreciated, Blistex. Take it to Music or something.

The riddle's been posed before, colourmerish.
Bono and Edge over, Edge back
Adam and Larry over, Bono back
Bono and Edge over, and off to the concert.

Props to Sleepyjack for getting it the first time 'round

As for Blistex's riddle, the plane is flying upside down.

BentNotTwisted · 09-02-2003, 09:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Blistex
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?

The plane is flying upside down.

Shpoop · 09-02-2003, 02:16 PM

ah yes quietus, i thought id heard that riddle before, and now i remember it, an hourglass.

how bout this one: I am lower with a head than without one. what am i?

Blistex · 09-02-2003, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Shpoop
ah yes quietus, i thought id heard that riddle before, and now i remember it, an hourglass.

how bout this one: I am lower with a head than without one. what am i?

A Wang?

shakran · 09-02-2003, 07:55 PM

Think you're funny, do you?

the real answer is a pillow.

Quietus · 09-02-2003, 10:41 PM

Good job Shpoop.

"Who makes it has no need of it. Who buys it has no use for it. Who uses it has no knowledge of it. What is it?"

Root_Beer_Man · 09-03-2003, 02:18 PM

If the plane RIGHT over the target when the bombs are droped then the wont hit because the bombs are moving when they fall.

TIO · 09-03-2003, 07:42 PM

Quietus, that one took me a while...a coffin

Quietus · 09-03-2003, 10:33 PM

Well done TIO.

"I never was, yet always will be. I am never
seen, yet always come. I can carry nothing, yet hold much
for some."

TIO · 09-04-2003, 09:37 AM

Easy...tomorrow!

I have a mouth, I do not speak
I have four eyes, I do not see
I have a bed, I do not sleep
Can you tell me who I be?

With thieves I consort,
With the vilest, in short
I'm quite at ease in depravity,
Yet all divines use me, and savants can't lose me,
because I am the centre of gravity
What am I?

Think of words ending 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 you use every day. If you have listened carefully I have already told you the answer.

TIO · 09-04-2003, 09:47 AM

And one of my favourites: why are 1967 pennies worth more than 1952 pennies?

BonesCPA · 09-04-2003, 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TIO
I have a mouth, I do not speak
I have four eyes, I do not see
I have a bed, I do not sleep
Can you tell me who I be?

The Mississipi River.

Quote:

Originally posted by TIO
why are 1967 pennies worth more than 1952 pennies?

Sure it is more - but on $.15 more - because that is how many more 1967 is than 1952

spived2 · 09-04-2003, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Think of words ending 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 you use every day. If you have listened carefully I have already told you the answer.

The simple answer to that riddle would be the word 'language' because of the way it was written. You would simply ignore the first and last 2 sentences and it basically gives you the answer. However this riddle has been passed around so much that there are now several variations of it each with its own answer.
Here is a good article explaining it:

http://www.quinion.com/words/articles/gry.htm

spived2 · 09-04-2003, 11:47 AM

Now here is one from me :

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word?

Shpoop · 09-05-2003, 08:29 PM

wow ive missed out on a few... but ive heard them all before except tios that hasnt been answered... and ive heard spived's so ill give someone else a chance... as for tios, i have no idea... maybe somethign about money or nothing or a pole (center of gravity, royal staffs, criminals with bars) but i have no idea

mathmo · 09-06-2003, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TIO
With thieves I consort,
With the vilest, in short
I'm quite at ease in depravity,
Yet all divines use me, and savants can't lose me,
because I am the centre of gravity
What am I?

Must be the letter v then.

Shpoop · 09-06-2003, 04:53 AM

ahhh i hate those types

mathmo · 09-06-2003, 06:25 AM

It's only because I enjoy crosswords (perhaps a little too much) that I got it.

Centre of, head of, tail of are all pretty standard in cryptics.

TIO · 09-07-2003, 11:45 PM

Well done, Mathmo and BCPA!

Soda_BoB · 09-08-2003, 04:21 AM

It's gone quite silent in here

I can't think of a riddle atm

harx3 · 09-08-2003, 09:25 PM

whatever man!!

costello · 09-11-2003, 11:30 AM

bah the only riddle out of all of these 10 pages i knew was the coffin one and got beat to it

. you folks are incredibly bright and i will continue to leech off of your knowledge to make myself sound smart when riddles come up in my conversations.

Ishamael · 07-23-2007, 06:53 PM

Ok. I have no idea how I wound up in a thread from 2003. But let's see if we can't get this going again! And if you know the answer already, let some other people have their fun!

Two bodies have I
Though both joined in one
The more still I stand
The quicker I run.

What am I?

(An easy one. From the first Elder Scrolls game, I think.)

Kadath · 07-24-2007, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ishamael

Ok. I have no idea how I wound up in a thread from 2003. But let's see if we can't get this going again! And if you know the answer already, let some other people have their fun!

Two bodies have I
Though both joined in one
The more still I stand
The quicker I run.

What am I?

(An easy one. From the first Elder Scrolls game, I think.)

A river?

Ishamael · 07-24-2007, 04:47 AM

Good answer, but nope!

mandy · 07-24-2007, 04:50 AM

was gonna go with river myself...?not too sure though.

new one...

The begining of eternity
The end of time and space
The begining of every end
The end of every place,

What am I?

quite an easy one, but this was the only one that came to mind from my school days...all I could come up with were limericks. hehehehehe

Ishamael · 07-24-2007, 05:09 AM

Nope, not river.

I learned that riddle as:

From the beginning of eternity
To the end of time and space
At the beginning of every end
To the end of every place.

Kadath · 07-24-2007, 07:03 AM

I can get mandy's, it's the letter e. I'll think about yours more, Ishamel.

shakran · 07-24-2007, 07:33 AM

Ishmael:

an hourglass.

Ishamael · 07-24-2007, 07:47 AM

Excellent!

Now, this next one is from a Magic (MtG) card. Thus, the answer wasn't printed, but I think I have it anyhoo. It's harder (I think).

I live without food
Stand without leg
Wound without force
And am harder to fight than to kill.

mandy · 08-08-2007, 01:43 AM

that one is prolly easy...but for the life of me, i cant think of anything.

healer · 08-08-2007, 07:06 AM

Damn, my brain's rusty.

Ishamael · 08-18-2007, 04:56 PM

its kinda easy, but definitely not intuitive!

flat5 · 08-20-2007, 04:59 AM

"I live without food
Stand without leg
Wound without force
And am harder to fight than to kill."

Time? (Probably wrong)

Old one. Please don't use Google to find and post the answer.
It is a perfect and famous triple pun. So many of you already know it.
---
Three brothers went into business raising beef cattle. They asked Mama what to call it. She said, "Why call it the Focus Ranch, of course."

Why?

Ishamael · 02-16-2008, 10:59 PM

Focus Ranch. Hrm.

(Hooray for rezzing old threads!)

allaboutmusic · 02-17-2008, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flat5

Three brothers went into business raising beef cattle. They asked Mama what to call it. She said, "Why call it the Focus Ranch, of course."

Why?

Focus isn't the family name is it?

Hain · 02-17-2008, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flat5

Three brothers went into business raising beef cattle. They asked Mama what to call it. She said, "Why call it the Focus Ranch, of course."

Why?

I actually said the answer in my head and didn't even notice anything by it. Checked for the real answer and went, "... Damnit."

allaboutmusic · 02-17-2008, 06:12 AM

I just googled it and am glad I did, I'd never have gotten this one in a million years. Spoiler: It's a bit of a groaner, but clever.

Kadath · 02-18-2008, 05:57 AM

I've heard it before, so I didn't have to google it. It's where the sons raise meat (sun's rays meet).

Sadly I ran out of riddles long ago, so someone else can take it.

Ace_O_Spades · 03-28-2008, 07:07 PM

I have always enjoyed this one but have never posted it here... so here's my riddle:

- I went to the forest and I got it

- I sat down to look for it

- And I took it home with me because I couldn't find it.

What is it?

09-02-2003, 10:41 PM	#366 (permalink)
Quietus Tilted Location: Tempe, AZ	Good job Shpoop. "Who makes it has no need of it. Who buys it has no use for it. Who uses it has no knowledge of it. What is it?" __________________ "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..."

09-03-2003, 02:18 PM	#367 (permalink)
Root_Beer_Man Crazy	If the plane RIGHT over the target when the bombs are droped then the wont hit because the bombs are moving when they fall. __________________ >3 Cheers for boobies!!<

09-03-2003, 07:42 PM	#368 (permalink)
TIO Addict Location: The Land Down Under	Quietus, that one took me a while...a coffin __________________ Strewth

09-03-2003, 10:33 PM	#369 (permalink)
Quietus Tilted Location: Tempe, AZ	Well done TIO. "I never was, yet always will be. I am never seen, yet always come. I can carry nothing, yet hold much for some." __________________ "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..."

09-04-2003, 09:37 AM	#370 (permalink)
TIO Addict Location: The Land Down Under	Easy...tomorrow! I have a mouth, I do not speak I have four eyes, I do not see I have a bed, I do not sleep Can you tell me who I be? With thieves I consort, With the vilest, in short I'm quite at ease in depravity, Yet all divines use me, and savants can't lose me, because I am the centre of gravity What am I? Think of words ending 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 you use every day. If you have listened carefully I have already told you the answer. __________________ Strewth

09-02-2003, 02:16 PM	#363 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	ah yes quietus, i thought id heard that riddle before, and now i remember it, an hourglass. how bout this one: I am lower with a head than without one. what am i?

09-02-2003, 07:55 PM	#365 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	Think you're funny, do you? the real answer is a pillow.

09-04-2003, 09:47 AM	#371 (permalink)
TIO Addict Location: The Land Down Under	And one of my favourites: why are 1967 pennies worth more than 1952 pennies? __________________ Strewth

09-04-2003, 11:47 AM	#374 (permalink)
spived2 Desert Rat Location: Arizona	Now here is one from me : There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word? __________________ "This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V." - V

09-05-2003, 08:29 PM	#375 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	wow ive missed out on a few... but ive heard them all before except tios that hasnt been answered... and ive heard spived's so ill give someone else a chance... as for tios, i have no idea... maybe somethign about money or nothing or a pole (center of gravity, royal staffs, criminals with bars) but i have no idea

09-06-2003, 04:53 AM	#377 (permalink)
Shpoop Curious Location: NJ (but just for college)	ahhh i hate those types

09-06-2003, 06:25 AM	#378 (permalink)
mathmo Tilted Location: London, UK	It's only because I enjoy crosswords (perhaps a little too much) that I got it. Centre of, head of, tail of are all pretty standard in cryptics.

09-07-2003, 11:45 PM	#379 (permalink)
TIO Addict Location: The Land Down Under	Well done, Mathmo and BCPA! __________________ Strewth

09-08-2003, 04:21 AM	#380 (permalink)
Soda_BoB Psycho	It's gone quite silent in here I can't think of a riddle atm __________________ Just because you paranoid.don't mean they're not after you...- Kurt Cobain-Chopper Read Project Dolphin: Join the TFP Typing Team!

09-08-2003, 09:25 PM	#381 (permalink)
harx3 Upright	whatever man!!

09-11-2003, 11:30 AM	#382 (permalink)
costello Insane Location: Tucson	bah the only riddle out of all of these 10 pages i knew was the coffin one and got beat to it . you folks are incredibly bright and i will continue to leech off of your knowledge to make myself sound smart when riddles come up in my conversations. __________________ "They don't even know what it is to be a fan. Y'know? To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts." -Almost Famous

07-23-2007, 06:53 PM	#383 (permalink)
Ishamael Tilted	Ok. I have no idea how I wound up in a thread from 2003. But let's see if we can't get this going again! And if you know the answer already, let some other people have their fun! Two bodies have I Though both joined in one The more still I stand The quicker I run. What am I? (An easy one. From the first Elder Scrolls game, I think.) __________________ The Jimmy

07-24-2007, 04:47 AM	#385 (permalink)
Ishamael Tilted	Good answer, but nope! __________________ The Jimmy

07-24-2007, 04:50 AM	#386 (permalink)
mandy Addict Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa	was gonna go with river myself...?not too sure though. new one... The begining of eternity The end of time and space The begining of every end The end of every place, What am I? quite an easy one, but this was the only one that came to mind from my school days...all I could come up with were limericks. hehehehehe __________________ The Imagination equips us to see a reality we have yet to create

07-24-2007, 05:09 AM	#387 (permalink)
Ishamael Tilted	Nope, not river. I learned that riddle as: From the beginning of eternity To the end of time and space At the beginning of every end To the end of every place. __________________ The Jimmy

07-24-2007, 07:03 AM	#388 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	I can get mandy's, it's the letter e. I'll think about yours more, Ishamel. __________________ it's quiet in here

07-24-2007, 07:33 AM	#389 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	Ishmael: an hourglass. Last edited by shakran; 07-24-2007 at 07:36 AM..

07-24-2007, 07:47 AM	#390 (permalink)
Ishamael Tilted	Excellent! Now, this next one is from a Magic (MtG) card. Thus, the answer wasn't printed, but I think I have it anyhoo. It's harder (I think). I live without food Stand without leg Wound without force And am harder to fight than to kill. __________________ The Jimmy

08-08-2007, 01:43 AM	#391 (permalink)
mandy Addict Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa	that one is prolly easy...but for the life of me, i cant think of anything. __________________ The Imagination equips us to see a reality we have yet to create

08-18-2007, 04:56 PM	#393 (permalink)
Ishamael Tilted	its kinda easy, but definitely not intuitive! __________________ The Jimmy

08-20-2007, 04:59 AM	#394 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	"I live without food Stand without leg Wound without force And am harder to fight than to kill." Time? (Probably wrong) Old one. Please don't use Google to find and post the answer. It is a perfect and famous triple pun. So many of you already know it. --- Three brothers went into business raising beef cattle. They asked Mama what to call it. She said, "Why call it the Focus Ranch, of course." Why? Last edited by flat5; 08-20-2007 at 05:16 AM..

02-16-2008, 10:59 PM	#395 (permalink)
Ishamael Tilted	Focus Ranch. Hrm. (Hooray for rezzing old threads!) __________________ The Jimmy

02-17-2008, 06:12 AM	#398 (permalink)
allaboutmusic Aurally Fixated	I just googled it and am glad I did, I'd never have gotten this one in a million years. Spoiler: It's a bit of a groaner, but clever.

02-18-2008, 05:57 AM	#399 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	I've heard it before, so I didn't have to google it. It's where the sons raise meat (sun's rays meet). Sadly I ran out of riddles long ago, so someone else can take it. __________________ it's quiet in here

03-28-2008, 07:07 PM	#400 (permalink)
Ace_O_Spades The Death Card Location: EH!?!?	I have always enjoyed this one but have never posted it here... so here's my riddle: - I went to the forest and I got it - I sat down to look for it - And I took it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it? __________________ Feh.