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So, who likes riddles? :) In this thread, I will start us off with a riddle. Who ever answers it first can ask the next riddle. If a riddle is not solved in 24 hours, then the original asker can ask a new one, or pick someone else to ask a riddle. I guess hints can be given if everyone is completely stumped too. Hope everyone has fun. :D Put your thinking caps on!
Riddle 1: You and two other guys are all applying for a job at Mcy D's. Only one of you can get the job. To get the job you have to be the first one to say what color hat you have on. The manager puts a hat on each of you. The hat is either red or black, and you have no idea what color your hat is. So all three of you are put into a room and are told to raise your hand if you see at least one red hat on somebodys head. You see that the two other guys have red hats on, so you raise your hand. The two guys also raise their hands, and look around confused with no idea what color hat they have on. What color is your hat? EXPLAIN
Your hat is red.
All mcdonalds hats are red.
the manager wants to see who will notic that everone's hats are red, because the first thought will be that mine is black when you see two red.
You are right, but your explanation is wrong. It has nothing to do with Mcy D's. There is a logical way to figure it out.
wildgoosespeeder
12-11-2007, 03:44 AM
Does it have to do with hat has 3 letters and red has 3 letters?
No, there is no real trickery used, you just have to figure it out :)
By Seeing the others confusion combined with the fact that they are wearing red hats, one may assume they are seeing the same thing you are...
Meh, I am going to give it to ya Skix :). Explanation: A= you, B and C= the other guys. Put yourself in the shoes of one of the other guys, let's say B. Now if you were B, then you would see C had a red hat on. Now if A had a black hat on, and you saw C raising their hand, then you would know that C is raising their hand because of your red hat. So since you would know what color your hat is, you would win. But no one did that, so you knew that A(you) must have a red hat on too.
Alright Skix, you are up!
A Bum, A Tramp, And A HoBo Are Ridin In A Box Car When They All Spot A Piece Of Cheese. Who Gets It?
prateek.singla
12-11-2007, 01:55 PM
Can you please ask sensible and logical riddles like the one Bert gave?
Nonnag
12-11-2007, 03:45 PM
The cheese eats itself?
It Is Both Sensible And Logical. Should Be Easier Than My Terminal Illness Riddle.
Alright Skix, maybe you should do another one. What was the answer?
Aus10816
12-12-2007, 06:14 AM
All three get it because they are the same person?
after my first guess, i'd have to say that the cheese wasn't in the boxcar, the boxcar was moving, and nobody got it because they did not want to jump out.
Everlast
12-12-2007, 08:10 PM
None because they are reading a magazine and the cheese is just a picture in the magazine. :D
Answer Quick, Answer Is Coming As Soon As I Get Home...
Zwaken
12-12-2007, 09:53 PM
The hobo. The tramp and the bum are probably to busy doing...things that a tramp and a bum would do together.
Ha... HA ha...
Thats good.
But A tramp wouldn't do that with a bum...
You need money.
Zwaken
12-12-2007, 09:59 PM
Tramp and prostitute are two different things.
A tramp would probably do it with just about anyone for free. And I doubt that she'd rather go for the cheese...
Ekoz is the closest, Not the exact explaination I was hoping for, but he got it.
Info you need to know to come to a conclusion:
A Bum: A Homeless person who makes little or no effort to find a job. a Pan handler.
A Hobo: A Homeless person who rides the rails looking for work, or simply a 100% free life. (Also known as a Yippie)
A Tramp: 3 Possible definitions.
1)A Prostitute
2)A homeless man who wanders on foot looking for work.
3)A Stray Dog
Answer 1: No one gets it because the Cheese is ouitside and the Train is moving.
This Assumes the Tramp is human.
The hobo, Knowing trains, would have found the cheese first if it was in the boxcar. However, They all Spotted it at the same time, so it has to have been outside.
For them to spot it the traion would have to be moving slowly, but Being people on a train their probably trying to get somewhere, and won't be left behind for it.
Answer 2:The tramp Gets it
This assumes the Tramp is a dog
As before, the hobo (or the dog) would have spotted it first if it was in the boxcar.
But they all spotted it at the same time because it was outside. And since they can see it, the train is moving slowly. The Bum in the Hobo stay in the boxcar, but the hungry dog, not going anywhere, just sitting in the train, has no reason to pass it up, and jumps out to get the cheese.
Alright Skix, maybe ask a riddle we can logically get, that wasn't exactly logical. You never said the train was moving either... How about a riddle with one answer ;). Just ask one that is a bit more clear please. :) :) :) Anyway, you are up again because you stumped us!
uh... I SAY EKOZ!!!!!
He came closest,
Also, if the train hadn't been moving, they would have just grabbed the cheese on the way in...
die2u2
12-13-2007, 04:21 AM
You are a contestant on the game show Let's Make a Deal, and Monty Hall has a game for you to play. On stage are three huge doors, and he informs you that hidden behind one of the three doors is a brand new sports car, behind another is a donkey, and behind another is 400 pounds of bananas. (This may seem obvious, but your goal is to get the car, not the donkey or the bananas.) He asks you to choose one door, and you will win the prize behind that door. You choose, but before he reveals what you have won, Monty reveals what's behind one of the doors you did not pick, and it's not the car. Before revealing what lies behind the remaining two doors, he makes you one final offer: if you wish, you may switch from your choice to the other remaining door. The question is: Should you switch, should you not switch, or does it matter?
Sniff Your Door. Donkeys Smell Nasty, And Bananas Are Potent In Large Numbers. A New Car Is Scentless On The Outside Unless It's On.
I will explain it as best as I can die2u2, but this answer is: it is best to switch.
Why this is: Most would think your chances when you switch are 50-50 no matter what, because there are 2 doors left. But your chances of winning when switching is 2/3 and 1/3 without switching. This is really confusing to explain, so I will give an example.
Let me show you a chart:
Prize behind.....You chose.....Monty Opens.....Switch to........Result
A...................A.............. ....B or C..............A for B or C....loses
A...................B.............. .....C....................B for A..........wins
A...................C.............. .....B....................C for A..........wins
B...................A.............. .....C....................A for B..........wins
B...................B.............. .....A or C..............B for A or C....loses
B...................C.............. .....A....................C for B...........wins
C...................A.............. .....B.....................A for C..........wins
C...................B.............. .....A.....................B for C..........wins
C...................C.............. .....A or B..............C for A or B....loses
Basically in short answer, when you pick the prize door at the beginning, switching will make you lose. But if you do not pick the prize door at the begining switching will make you win. So your chances of winning while switching is 2/3, while your chances of winning without switching is 1/3.
Do I win/get a cookie now? :)
Nonnag
12-13-2007, 12:44 PM
A...................B.............. .....C....................B for A..........wins
you should you can switch there O_o and win.
Yeah, what's your point? :)
uh...wasn't it my turn?
ok, pretend your falling from a building. there is nobody and nothing down there to save you. you have no parachute or jumping device. you are simply a person falling from a 100 story building. and below you is hard concrete. how do you survive?
blue_moon
12-13-2007, 07:11 PM
you don't. Plain and simple. Either that, you fell from the first or second story and hit the ground, breaking a few limbs. Or, its a library.
Grab the ledge while you can...
Rex Nex
12-14-2007, 01:33 AM
You dont have to survive... we are pretending.
I agree with Rex, since we are pretending that we are falling, we don't actually die.
Nonnag
12-14-2007, 12:46 PM
You said pretend ITS ALL A LIE!
rex got it first...he goes.
Thats... Stupid... You couldn't think of a answer could you?
Well...
Rex's turn...
If you won't go, I will! :)
Ok, you are looking at a picture of somebody on the wall. You make a statement about the picture. You say, "This persons father is my fathers son. I have no brothers and no sons." Who is the the person on the picture? EXPLAIN
The dude isn't in a picture, he's about to be hanged.
Jeez if you where gonna do classics I would have used Saint Ives...
uh yes I am, but it's mot the answer...
blue_moon
12-16-2007, 02:38 PM
The person is his nephew, his father is not his brother but is still his father's son because they had different mothers :). Then, the picture falls off the wall, because it just got BURNED.
He's talking about a picture of himself.
blue_moon
12-16-2007, 07:33 PM
They aren't related.
Aus10816
12-16-2007, 07:56 PM
It's HIZ son.
No, they are related. Aus, I already said in the riddle that you have no sons.
Zwaken
12-16-2007, 11:59 PM
He has no sons. But he has a Daughter. And that's who the picture is of.
It's his daughter, who is a Transvestite/Hermaphridite
Zwaken is the winner! You are up :).
Everlast
12-17-2007, 01:49 PM
Dang, I read the thread and a new riddle is already over.
Onikura
12-18-2007, 12:13 AM
So who is creating the new one? :/
blue_moon
12-18-2007, 01:58 AM
Zwaken. He awakens whenever the words "Rush" and "GIMP" are used in the same sentence.
Rex Nex
12-18-2007, 03:12 AM
Rush, I need GIMP ZWAKEN!
GRIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Onikura
12-19-2007, 03:22 AM
OMG NOEZ! I want to answer a riddle. D:
If ya snooz, ya looz :).
This one is a classic but some do not know the answer. So you are walking on a road. You come to a fork in the road. One way leads to death and one way leads to life. You do not know which way goes which. There are 2 trolls at the fork in the road. One always tells the truth and one never tells the truth. You can each ask them each one question. What question should you ask to get to life?. EXPLAIN
Rex Nex
12-20-2007, 08:13 AM
Can I go next? I won while I was gone.
blue_moon
12-20-2007, 11:39 AM
If ya snooz, ya looz :).
This one is a classic but some do not know the answer. So you are walking on a road. You come to a fork in the road. One way leads to death and one way leads to life. You do not know which way goes which. There are 2 trolls at the fork in the road. One always tells the truth and one never tells the truth. You can each ask them each one question. What question should you ask to get to life?. EXPLAIN
Is this question false?
prateek.singla
12-20-2007, 12:38 PM
If ya snooz, ya looz :).
This one is a classic but some do not know the answer. So you are walking on a road. You come to a fork in the road. One way leads to death and one way leads to life. You do not know which way goes which. There are 2 trolls at the fork in the road. One always tells the truth and one never tells the truth. You can each ask them each one question. What question should you ask to get to life?. EXPLAIN
You ask the troll: What will the other troll say when i ask him the way to life?
EXPLANATION:
Let the way to life be A and to death,B.
If ur askin the troll which always says the truth, he will say B because he knows that the liar troll will say B.
If ur askin the liar troll, he too will say B because he knows the honest troll will say A but he will tell you the wrong answer(which is B)
So, you just have to avoid the way the troll answers i.e. go through A.
They should have hired another guard troll to eat people who ask tricky questions. :)
blue_moon
12-20-2007, 07:57 PM
You ask the troll: What will the other troll say when i ask him the way to life?
EXPLANATION:
Let the way to life be A and to death,B.
If ur askin the troll which always says the truth, he will say B because he knows that the liar troll will say B.
If ur askin the liar troll, he too will say B because he knows the honest troll will say A but he will tell you the wrong answer(which is B)
So, you just have to avoid the way the troll answers i.e. go through A.
So... How will you chose? If both say B, how is that right?
If both say B then you Know Its a, because if one tells the truth, then he told you what the liar would say, and the liar would lead you wrong. And since they both agree B, then you don't have to know who's telling the truth.
wildgoosespeeder
12-20-2007, 09:56 PM
I would have asked "Are you dead?" because if both trolls are alive and one troll tells the truth and says "I'm not dead" and the other lies and says "I'm dead", you can ask the troll that answered "I'm not dead", "Which path leads to life?".
blue_moon
12-20-2007, 10:07 PM
I get it (@ Skix). No, you can't ask more than one question (@ WSG).
wildgoosespeeder
12-21-2007, 12:27 AM
Whoops! Didn't read that carefully...
wildgoosespeeder
12-21-2007, 12:37 AM
If both say B then you Know Its a, because if one tells the truth, then he told you what the liar would say, and the liar would lead you wrong. And since they both agree B, then you don't have to know who's telling the truth.
You ask the troll: What will the other troll say when i ask him the way to life?
EXPLANATION:
Let the way to life be A and to death,B.
If ur askin the troll which always says the truth, he will say B because he knows that the liar troll will say B.
If ur askin the liar troll, he too will say B because he knows the honest troll will say A but he will tell you the wrong answer(which is B)
So, you just have to avoid the way the troll answers i.e. go through A.
If b = death, both trolls answer b, one troll is always a liar and the other troll is always truthful, that makes the truthful troll a liar! prateek.singla's answer and reason is wrong! "then he told you what the liar would say", how do you know if that troll is telling the truth?
the truthfull one will tell you the liars lie, in turn telling the truth himself...
wildgoosespeeder
12-21-2007, 12:56 AM
Oh now I get it. I was making my mind work in circles. prateek.singla was right all along. Sorry about that prateek.singla!
prateek.singla
12-22-2007, 03:43 PM
I AM ALWAYS RIGHT!!
OK now my riddle:
Two cops are parked on an one-way road. The see a taxi-driver goin in the wrong direction, yet they do not say anything. Why?
blue_moon
12-22-2007, 04:10 PM
The taxi can't go any further because the cops are blocking the one way road.
prateek.singla
12-22-2007, 04:11 PM
It is a one-way road not a one-lane road. You are wrong.
blue_moon
12-22-2007, 04:13 PM
Because the taxi driver isn't on the one way road?
prateek.singla
12-22-2007, 04:15 PM
He is going in the wrong direction on the one-way road. Still wrong.
blue_moon
12-22-2007, 04:19 PM
The cops are already occupied with something else?
prateek.singla
12-22-2007, 04:22 PM
NO! They observe the taxi-driver goin in the wrong direction yet they do nothing about it.Wrong again.
blue_moon
12-22-2007, 04:24 PM
Geez... Don't get so mad.
The mountain is in the middle of the road, and the vikings started throwing cows at the cops so the taxi could slowly creep by and steal the easter bunnies.
prateek.singla
12-22-2007, 04:26 PM
Hhahaa. LOL :) But still this is not the answer im looking for.
Rex Nex
12-22-2007, 05:24 PM
The taxi will crash.
this is a highway, and the cops are on the left road, and the taxis on the right road. it's technically all one road, but it is still seprated, and could be called two roads.
What he said...
or
He's pulling out of a parking lot or something.
Thats legal...
He doesn't have to be going the opposite direction...
blue_moon
12-23-2007, 01:19 AM
this is a highway, and the cops are on the left road, and the taxis on the right road. it's technically all one road, but it is still seprated, and could be called two roads.
No, prateek.singla said the taxi was going to wrong way.
@ Skix:
No, this is in fact a road.
and the building he's pulling out of is on the road...
blue_moon
12-23-2007, 02:59 AM
I've never heard of someone who backs out on to a multi-lane one way road from a parking lot.
prateek.singla
12-23-2007, 03:13 AM
Should i tell the answer??
Aus10816
12-23-2007, 05:50 AM
yes you should...
prateek.singla
12-23-2007, 09:29 AM
Ok. Here it is:
The taxi-driver was walking (not driving a cab).
Oh...
One Sec....
STUPID! STUPID!! STUPID!!!
*Bangs head against wall.*
Why didn't I think of that???
Zwaken
12-24-2007, 08:38 PM
Sorry for being late. Here's one that I remember from a long time ago, but it's easier when you see it typed.
Sara's Dad had 3 children. One was named North, one was named South and one was name East. What was the 4th one named?
It would have been named west....
But He dosn't have a 4th child...
Once Again...
Oh...
One Sec....
STUPID! STUPID!! STUPID!!!
*Bangs head against wall.*
Why didn't I think of that???
blue_moon
12-25-2007, 12:43 AM
But Sara's dad has 3 children, so how can Sara be the fourth of the already 3 named and existing children?
It doesn't say Sara's Dad ONLY has 3 children, it just says Sara's Dad has 3 children. Then it names them. Then it asks for the name of the fourth child, so there is obviously a fourth child...
Rex Nex
12-25-2007, 11:26 AM
The answer is
Sara
Zwaken
12-25-2007, 01:34 PM
Lol, Sara of course.
It is easy when it's typed, huh? But ya, you're right.
prateek.singla
12-26-2007, 04:50 AM
Here's the next riddle:
A guy bought clothes at $10 a piece and sold them to the poor at $2 a piece, thereby suffering a loss of $8. Yet, after many years, by doing the same business, he became a millionaire. How?
he was already a billionair, and he lost money to become a millionair.
Drow Elf
12-26-2007, 06:42 PM
Ding!
We have a winner.
Everyone should make their own riddles instead of using old ones. Or I can tell the Three navy men. If you haven't heard of it or heard it, look it up.
Nonnag
12-26-2007, 06:52 PM
EHHHHHHHHHHH WRONG
It said he became a millionare, but that can mean other things then money
OR one of the homless people found a scratch card for trillions of dollars and paid the man back for his good deeds.
Drow Elf
12-26-2007, 07:07 PM
There are multiple answers. I've heard this before. You didn't say why he was wrong.
ya know what? because i was right, and drow yelled it out (no offense, drow) i think i should go, seeing as if i don't people will yell the same answer, but i was already right, so i'd go anyway. plus, i've never heard that riddle in my life. swear to whaatever god you beleive in i never have.
ok, here's mine.
a man is reading book, when he hears a sound. he walks up, checks it out, and see one of the boulders on his property (he lives in a rocky area) has rolled down the hill to the town square. seeing some of the others are liable to do the same, he rolls them into the barn nearby and locks the door. he then reenters his house, finishes his book, brushes his teeth, put's his kids to bed, turns off the light, so on and so forth, and then he goes to sleep. when he wakes up, he goes and get's the news, takes a look at the front page, and breaks out into tears, yelling "why did they have to die??? it's all my fault!!!!!"
so, the questions are, who died, how, and why is it the man's fault?
blue_moon
12-26-2007, 08:09 PM
The people died, and it is the man's fault because it was the first boulder?
no. and who, may i ask, do you mean by "the people"?
blue_moon
12-26-2007, 08:33 PM
There were people in the barn?
no. it's a logical answer.
Drow Elf
12-26-2007, 09:18 PM
I went to an international camp where everyone there (self included) was a genius. During our free time we would give each other riddles and devise logic puzzles.
Three navy men is something that you aren't supposed to type because it's answer makes no sense and it is used to take up time.
For this riddle can we ask questions?
Did he actually kill people?
no. and no. give me answers, and using those answers, deduct the right answer.
Everlast
12-26-2007, 11:45 PM
Maybe they were building a dam to keep water out with his boulders and since he took the rest away they couldn't get to the boulders and everyone drowned a horrible death.
Drow Elf
12-27-2007, 12:03 AM
Then why didn't he react immediately?
Zwaken
12-27-2007, 06:05 PM
Some of the town's people died, and it's his fault because the boulder that rolled off his property first is what killed them.
Drow Elf
12-27-2007, 08:22 PM
I repeat: Why didn't he react immediately?
He would have been able to see people under the boulder, or at least blood on the boulder.
FYI, people didn't necessarily die. It could be animals. Or a snowman.
blue_moon
12-27-2007, 08:30 PM
Yeah, they'd certainly put the depressing story of a crushed snowman or squirrel in the news. He said this was logic, so it probably isn't inferred.
Drow Elf
12-27-2007, 08:39 PM
Hey, did I say that was the answer. NO. I was putting examples out there.
TODAYS TOP STORY:
BARN EXPLODES, FOUR DEAD
The Explosion was beleived to be connected to a pentagram of Boulders in said barn...
Everlast
12-28-2007, 01:52 AM
Ok, that riddle is dumb.
Zwaken
12-28-2007, 03:36 AM
I'll agree if the answer is stupid.
Assassins/Raiders/Ninjas/Zombies/The CIA was attacking the Village. The Boulders where their only Defence...
Zwaken
12-28-2007, 05:24 PM
No, the boulders turned on the villagers when the Assassins / Raiders / Ninjas / Zombies / The CIA came, and the boulders DESTROYED their only defence...What newspaper do you read? I read the Boulder Times...We must have gotten 2 different stories.
Everlast
12-28-2007, 06:44 PM
In the words of Donkey from Shrek "I like that boulder, that is a nice boulder."
Nonnag
12-29-2007, 01:42 AM
LIES ALL LIES!!!! The real answer is............................................... Fourty Two.
Note how i didnt put 42.
Drow Elf
12-29-2007, 03:33 AM
Yay Hitchhiker's!
AJ9879872
12-30-2007, 11:57 PM
fools the answer is obviously eleventie-seven because if you cut a taco in half that means that Blue_moon can totally simulate it in gamemaker
blue_moon
12-31-2007, 12:37 AM
I found Atlantis on HGTV's gardening special.
Yeah right...
ok, none of you were right, so i'll give you a hint: it is a person who died, and the boulders aren't as important as you think.
The Barn is farther uphill then his house.
The Boulders Rolled out of the barn, and crashed through the walls of his kids rooms. Killing them instantly...
no. ok, the boulders are not the direct cause of any death. and the kids don't matter.
Everlast
01-01-2008, 02:29 AM
the boulders were nuclear bombs that the town needed to fight the evil mutated lepricons that were living in a cave near the village.
Zwaken
01-01-2008, 03:18 AM
He put his kids to bed to early, so they got mad and snuck out of the house and killed everyone.
Oh, I give up.
wrong and wrong.
Edit: i just checked the original question to see if i got all the info, and i seem to have forgotten one thing: the man lives in maine.
Stephen King accidentally killed someone by writing a story about them?
no. ok, you people aren't thinking! there are only three questions you really have to ask yourself to figure out the right answer.
Nonnag
01-02-2008, 11:24 PM
The first rock caused an avalanch?
Some cars crashed into the first rock?
Is it just cause its maine and hes crazy?(just needed a question involving maine no offense)
Man In Main
Hears a sound
Reads a book that makes boulders fall
But their locked in the barn
One fell into the town square...
He Brushes his teeth...
I see little connection with any of this...
Everlast
01-03-2008, 05:20 AM
Yeah, that is to hard, no one is ever going to get it.
Wait...
The Man Was Reading One Of Those Choose Your Own Adventure Books. The People In The Book Died Because Of The Path He Chose In The Book.
no. here, i will even GIVE YOU THE FRICKEN QUESTIONS!!!!!
1) what is so special about maine? that is, what is significant about the state?
2) is there any connection between what he does after he finishes the book and the signifigance of maine?
3) humans aren't perfect, so could he have gotten to all the boulders?
It's Uncle sam...
And he missed some of the terrorists???
blue_moon
01-03-2008, 09:14 PM
no. here, i will even GIVE YOU THE FRICKEN QUESTIONS!!!!!
1) what is so special about maine? that is, what is significant about the state?
Nothing is special about Maine. I went there, and it sucked.
2) is there any connection between what he does after he finishes the book and the signifigance of maine?
Brushing teeth and Maine have nothing in common
3) humans aren't perfect, so could he have gotten to all the boulders?
Possibly, but you said that this could all be gathered from the puzzle.
My guess is that the boulders he didn't but in the shed (because the riddle said that he put the ones liable to roll down the hill in the shed) tumbled down into the town square.
no. ok, this is how it goes.
1.) what is special or unique about maine?
a) lobster (mmmm...lobster...), lighthouses, one of 4 states that are peninsulas. that's all i can think of.
2) ehh...dun wanna say it again...
a) well...he brushed his teeth, tucked his kids in and turned off the lights...wait...lights? OMG, HE LIVES IN A LIGHTHOUSE!!!
3) did he get all the boulders?
a) no.
so what happened?
a) a boulder he missed fell, but it fell into the water! so when he turned off the light in the lighthouse, the sailors coulden't see it, their boats sunk and they drowned.
first person to post "ragtag" goes next. and i must confirm you posted it.
blue_moon
01-06-2008, 06:36 PM
ragtag, see?
no. oh, come on. this is so easy...
Zwaken
01-06-2008, 06:42 PM
ragtag
blue_moon
01-06-2008, 06:57 PM
"ragtag"
blue_moon
01-06-2008, 06:59 PM
First I need to think of one.
the answer is: you thought of one.
Red_Cracker
01-07-2008, 08:39 AM
i have one if BM doesn't not think of one should i tell mine?
Red_Cracker
01-07-2008, 10:10 PM
Okay, try this one.
A man lives in house where all the windows in all of the rooms face in the same direction. Where does he live?
blue_moon
01-07-2008, 10:32 PM
The North Pole, because no matter which way you look, it's always south. Is that right?
Yep, Thats the second oldest one there is.
Could be the south pole too... but since santa lives in greenland...
blue_moon
01-08-2008, 12:36 AM
There are six people. Three are in the room. A fourth person enters the room. The first one leaves. A fifth one enters, and the second leaves. When the sixth one enters, the third one leaves. Then the first enters, and the fourth leaves. Then the second enters and the sixth leaves. The third enters and the fifth leaves. The cycle repeats forever. How many times would this cycle have to repeat for the number of the people in the room to not be consecutive (i.e: 1,2,6 or 4,5,1?). If it helps, the cycle does not repeat more than five times.
blue_moon
01-08-2008, 01:52 AM
Nope, not even close. Read the entire thing. I can tell you didn't.
Yes I did.
You said not more than five times...
which means not greater than but possibly equal to five...
Which means you gave us the number five...
Nonnag
01-08-2008, 03:04 AM
3 3 3 3 3
1, it would happen on the first one. After 6 enters, there are 4, 5, and 6 in the room. Then 1 enters and 4 leaves. There are then 1, 5, and 6 in the room, not consecutive.
blue_moon
01-08-2008, 07:41 PM
Nope, actually. Keep trying. You got part right. Keep in mind the cycle repeats once it jumps from the end of my description to the beginning.
Hmm, I don't know then. I am stumped :(.
Red_Cracker
01-11-2008, 04:55 AM
I dont know but i'll tell one.
A man walks into a cafe and orders a albatros sanwhich. He takes a bite then with sudden realization he stands up and shoots him self in the head. Why does he do this?
prateek.singla
01-11-2008, 09:08 AM
He was a serious vegetarian and PETA was looking at him through the glass window!
Red_Cracker
01-11-2008, 09:42 AM
No. No guessing if you know this one
it was his pet albatross he was eating?
Red_Cracker
01-11-2008, 08:08 PM
Try again
prateek.singla
01-12-2008, 03:02 PM
Does he bite the albatross sandwich or some strong guys arm siiting on his right?
Red_Cracker
01-12-2008, 09:32 PM
No. Think what does he think albatrus is bad. One more detail.
He has never had albatros before in his life.
Aus10816
01-12-2008, 11:44 PM
He realized he's been eating albatross his whole life, and he liked it?
Red_Cracker
01-13-2008, 03:25 AM
Nope.
prateek.singla
01-13-2008, 04:58 AM
I give up. What's the answer?
Edit: I got the answer but I won't say it cos it'll ruin the fun. BTW the answer is tricky and you can never think of it.
Red_Cracker
01-13-2008, 05:24 AM
CLUE: He was once lost on a desert island
prateek.singla
01-13-2008, 07:14 AM
..where he ate an albatross sandwich.
Red_Cracker
01-13-2008, 07:19 AM
He has NEVER had albutros.
prateek.singla
01-13-2008, 10:41 AM
It is impossible to get the answer so I'm telling it.
Man, his wife, a friend marooned on desert island. Wife dies.
No food. Friend gives man "albatross sandwich". Rescued.
Man goes into bar and eats albatross sandwich. Takes one bite and shoots self, realizing his wife was the albatross sandwich.
Why he would go into a bar to order albatross I have no idea.
Red_Cracker
01-13-2008, 11:19 AM
In verion i heard he was maro0ned 15 years ago and he only just realized he ate her!
The next riddel teller will be the frist one to yell pang.
prateek.singla
01-13-2008, 01:23 PM
Pang! My turn:
There is a war going between 2 countries A and B. There is a single bridge joining these 2 countries. A soldier of country A has been posted to look after the bridge: He has to send back anyone trying to come into country A and shoot anyone trying to escape country A. He checks the bridge every 3 minutes (don't ask me what he does in the mean-time). A woman is desperate to go to country B (don't know why). It'll take her 6 minutes to cross the bridge, enough for the guard to see her and shoot her. Yet she manages to cross the bridge. How?
TurtleTuck
01-13-2008, 08:14 PM
Could it be that she persuaded him by "keeping him company" in his three minute off time?
Either that or she offer to help watch half way then sprinted off when he wasn't looking.
Red_Cracker
01-13-2008, 09:42 PM
Ummmmm..... *thinks deeply* She swims under the brige and the guard can't see her!
Rex Nex
01-13-2008, 11:23 PM
She walks backwords, so the guard sends her to country B
at the very beggining of the gaurds watch time, she offers to help him. when he goes off, she runs for it. at the end, he is still taking a break for another three minutes because "his" shift just ended. by the end of the break, she is at the end of the bridge.
prateek.singla
01-14-2008, 05:53 AM
Rex Nex is right. She walks forward for 3 minutes and just when the guard comes out, she starts walking backwards as if she was coming from country B. The guard sends her back. She gets to country B, marries a man and lives happily ever after ;)
prateek.singla
01-17-2008, 03:58 PM
OK next riddle please?
Red_Cracker
01-17-2008, 10:08 PM
That would be good wouldn't it.
blue_moon
01-18-2008, 01:25 AM
Why don't you answer mine, the one you skipped?
prateek.singla
01-18-2008, 04:30 AM
Blue must be the only Blit Wisest !!
Rex Nex
01-19-2008, 04:11 AM
Yes, but dont go around thinking hes god or something.
*cough*spam*/cough*
Just joking, although the random thread helped us.
wildgoosespeeder
03-27-2008, 02:59 PM
I revive this topic and substitute my own riddle.
The more something sucks, the better it gets. What is it?
Red_Cracker
03-28-2008, 06:45 AM
A vactume?
Zwaken
03-28-2008, 12:48 PM
WTF Vactume? :D
I'm guessing Vacuum. :)
wildgoosespeeder
03-28-2008, 03:46 PM
Technically you are both wrong.
Red_Cracker had a misspelling.
Zwaken is thinking of that hollow tube thing where all air is removed.
I'm looking for one more word to make this come to an end.
wildgoosespeeder
03-28-2008, 06:15 PM
Yes. The next riddle shall be [Bert inserts his riddle here].
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