Who has a riddle to share?
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June 27th, 2011
Simple rules – post a riddle and the brilliant jellies here will solve it in a flash. Thanks to @blueberry_kid for inspiration
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I will start with mine
A car arrives at a hotel, money changes hands, the car moves away
What’s going on?
You just got out of a taxi.
I have something in my pocket. It is long, hard, and has a pink tip. What is it?
A pencil.
A hunter leaves his cabin on foot, travels 1 mile due south and visits a friend. He then travels 1 mile due west, where he shoots a bear. Then he travels 1 mile due north to get back to his cabin. What color is the bear?
White
A car arrives at a hotel, money changes hands, the car moves away
Blondesjon was wrong
Prostitution.
If there are three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have?
Two.
April’s mom has four daughter. Spring, Summer, Fall, and who?
Winter April!
What is served that you cannot eat?
Justice/tennis ball/summons.
What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?
A human (baby, adult, senior w/cane).
What object has keys that open no locks, space but no room, and you can enter but not go in?
Keyboard
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
A bus driver was heading down a street in Colorado. He went right past a stop sign without stopping, he turned left where there was a “no left turn” sign and he went the wrong way on a one-way street. Then he went on the left side of the road past a cop car. Still – he didn’t break any traffic laws. Why not?
Walking
What goes up but never comes down?
America’s debt.
Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
He was bald.
This thing all things devours,
Birds, beasts, trees, flower.
Gnaws iron, bites steel.
Grinds hard stones to meal.
Slays king, ruins town.
And beats high mountain down.
still working on @Stinley‘s
What does a man do on two feet, a woman do sitting down, and a dog do on three legs?
Pee
What has to be broken before it can be used?
@Stinley Your age.
@Blondesjon Time.
@Stinley An egg.
Johnny Gallop has fallen countless times while riding his horse, often causing him great pain and embarrassment. Nobody ever doubts his racing abilities, however, and everyone considers him to be a consummate professional. How can this be?
Oh, and if @Blondesjon‘s answer about the original answer isn’t correct, then I suppose it’s valet parking? Taxi seems to work just as well, though.
@Adirondackwannabe I know. It’s one of those faux riddles like “What is a four letter word, ending with ‘k,’ that means intercourse?”
@SavoirFaire I give up. I have a couple of words, but not your word I’m guessing.
@SavoirFaire it’s not valet parking either. Tis a riddle indeed.
Johnnie was a racing driver not a jockey?
Three people check into a hotel. They pay $30 to the manager and go to their room. The manager finds out that the room rate is $25 and gives the bellboy $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room the bellboy reasons that $5 would be difficult to split among three people so he pockets $2 and gives $1 to each person. Now each person paid $10 and got back $1. So they paid $9 each, totaling $27. The bellboy has another $2, adding up to $29.
Where is the remaining dollar?
@Adirondackwannabe “Talk.”
@Stinley There is no missing dollar. After the $3 is returned, the men have collectively paid only $27. The room cost $25 and the bellboy kept $2.
Three students are each asked to pick four numbers under ten and multiply them. Each student comes up with the same answer, but no two students picked the same four numbers. How?
@SavoirFaire My minds way too gutter bound to come up with something like that.
@Stinley An armored car then? Riddles are supposed to have clear answers without equally good alternatives.
@Adirondackwannabe Well, exactly. That’s part of the joke!
Why do women have legs? Have you seen the mess snails leave behind?
A farmer has 17 sheep & all but 9 die. How many are left alive?
@SavoirFaire sorry, it’s more of a puzzle then.Oops.
How about a clue: The car doesn’t have a driver
@ucme 9.
What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
The letter ‘m’
When is a door not a door?
When it’s ajar
If you had a dozen apples in one hand & half a dozen in the other, what have you got?
I used to be and still I am,
Terror sweeps, run as you may,
I can’t be free I stalk the land,
Like a creek without a way, a mournful wail as long I stay,
Still in the street but no longer mortal man.
The hell am I?
@thorninmud good stuff, well done. It maybe works better as a game in a car on a long journey…
In the London version, certainly – you buy four houses (green) then the next time you want to buy, you swap the four houses for one hotel. It’s larger and red. Like this
Ah, yes. I forgot about that.
@Stinley It’s a clever idea, and I’m sure it could be altered so as to be a proper riddle.
@Symbeline A zombie?
A man stays awake night after night, but he never feels tired. How?
@SavoirFaire Nope! le gasp
And for yours…he sleeps during the day? Is he a vampire?
@Symbeline Yeah, I should’ve known better than to guess. If you have to guess at a riddle, you’re probably wrong. And yes, he sleeps during the day (night-shift worker).
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