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    A few good riddles for everyone. (If you don't like riddles, then I quote one of Britain's funniest comedys, Blackadder, to you: "Get stuffed!" :p )

    1.
    A murderer is condemned to death. He has to
    choose between three rooms. The first is full of
    raging fires, the second is full of assassins with
    loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that
    haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest
    for him?

    2.
    A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds
    him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she
    hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
    together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
    How can this be?

    3.
    What is black when you buy it, red when you use
    it, and gray when you throw
    it away?

    4.
    Can you name three consecutive days without
    using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
    Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

    5.
    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. Try to do so without any coaching!

    7.
    (This one is interesting! There is only one correct answer, but there are in fact many answers that work. [It's meant to be that way.] Can you find the right one?)

    One is one. Two is one. 4 is one. 8 is one. 16 is not one. What are they?

    8.
    What is wrong with this page of riddles?



    edit:

    First to answer each correctly:
    1 andymushu
    2 Bucko
    3 simon275
    4 Bucko
    5 andymushu
    7
    8 andymushu

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    2: She is a photographer
    4: Yesterday, today, tomorrow
    7: Single digit numbers
    Quote Originally Posted by Crimson Sky View Post
    hahaha..."Wacky"
    -Wackello Capello

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    i will just add on to bucko

    1. the room with the lions, if they haven't eaten in three years they are dead.
    5. there are no e's in the paragraph
    8. it is missing a number 6...

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    5. Usual is something that is common. I have never read this paragraph before, therefore it is unusual to me.

    7. Single syllable words.

    8. That we're not at a party where you would get made fun of if your answers are dumb.

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    No one has number 7 right yet, but everything else is doing good...

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    3: Charcoal
    Need a sig

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    7. 1 syllable words... single digit numbers...
    "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects"

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    2. It's a picture of him. (How long does it take for film to actually develop?)
    Shoot, soak, and hang to dry. Tada, totally a photo.

    Off to lunch.

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    Default Re: Riddles!

    For number 7, here's what I have.

    One + one = Two.

    One + two + one = four

    One + two + one + four = eight

    one + eight + one + four + one =/= sixteen


    it's a pattern involving the last 2, then three, then four number-related words.



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    One + four + one + four does not equal eight - it equals ten
    I think you meant to say: one + two + one + four = eight
    which logically would make: one + two + one + four + one + eight = seventeen (not 16)

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