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Author:  KSAT~ [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:16 am ]
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Aww, you got in before me....now I'll have to think of another one.

Author:  SnowWright [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:43 am ]
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A dead man is found in a locked room, hanging from the ceiling 4 ft. above the floor. The room is completely empty, except for a puddle of water below him. How did he die?

Spoiler: Answer
He stood on a block of ice and waited for it to melt.

Author:  Bad Player [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 10:48 am ]
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...please fix the spoiler in your quote...

Author:  Cyrus Vorazan [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:10 pm ]
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Another easy one:
a dead man was found in the center of a field. No tracks around him, no holes or whatever unusual. How did he get there?

Author:  Tinker [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:52 pm ]
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jumped without parachute

Author:  Romeo [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:02 pm ]
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Pierre wrote:
Scarred_owl wrote:
Here's another one.

A Man is granted one wish by a geine (cannot spell) , but does not know what to wish for. He decides to go to his family for advice. First, he goes to his mother. She says,
"Well, if you don't mind, sonny, I would love to see again."
The Man then goes to see his brother. His brother os very poor, so he says,
"Can you wish me up some gold? I would be eternally in your debt."
Then, the man goes to see his brothers son. He says,
"I want something to play with!!"
The Man goes back to the genie, but he has no idea what to say. He wants all of these wishes to come true.
But Hold it! There are a few ways of saying one wish that would make all of these wishes come true! Can you name one of them?
((No saying: 'I wish that my mom could see, my brother could have money and my brothers son could have something to play with.))


Wish for Infinite wishes, solved.


Critical thinking is the Key to success! :think:


there is an awnser that doesn't involve wishing for more wishes or anything like that. For people that want to know, heres the answer.

Spoiler:
'I wish my mom could see my brothers son playing in a playground made of gold

Author:  Cyrus Vorazan [ Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:20 pm ]
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Tinker wrote:
jumped without parachute


Or was thrown by someone. Correct.

Author:  AoN [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:25 am ]
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The first answer to my last riddle was correct. It's you. Now, for another riddle.

A bellboy went up to a hotel room to find broken glass, a puddle of water and a male and female who were both dead and naked. What happened?

And this isn't gross, ok? I won't give the answer yet since most people get the urge to look at them before thinking up an answer.

Author:  Bad Player [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:52 am ]
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angel_of_nature wrote:
The first answer to my last riddle was correct. It's you. Now, for another riddle.

A bellboy went up to a hotel room to find broken glass, a puddle of water and a male and female who were both dead and naked. What happened?

And this isn't gross, ok? I won't give the answer yet since most people get the urge to look at them before thinking up an answer.

This?

Author:  GigaHand [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:45 pm ]
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angel_of_nature wrote:
The first answer to my last riddle was correct. It's you. Now, for another riddle.

A bellboy went up to a hotel room to find broken glass, a puddle of water and a male and female who were both dead and naked. What happened?

And this isn't gross, ok? I won't give the answer yet since most people get the urge to look at them before thinking up an answer.

A guy broke in through the window while they were having sex and stabbed them with an icicle?

Author:  Cobblepotter [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:17 pm ]
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The male and female were goldfish. They were in a bowl of water, which fell off a table and smashed, leaving the broken glass, the soaked carpet and the goldfish left to suffocate. Also, goldfish don't wear clothes, so they were naked.

Author:  Pierre [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:46 pm ]
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Bad Player wrote:
angel_of_nature wrote:
The first answer to my last riddle was correct. It's you. Now, for another riddle.

A bellboy went up to a hotel room to find broken glass, a puddle of water and a male and female who were both dead and naked. What happened?

And this isn't gross, ok? I won't give the answer yet since most people get the urge to look at them before thinking up an answer.

This?


I'd really rather it was this...

Author:  SD-Rim_6 [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:31 am ]
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OK I have another one

The man who made it did a brilliant job. The man whom he gave it agreed, but he did not want to keep it. So he gave it to someone who did not know what it was. What was it?

Spoiler: Hints if your stumped
All three are healthy
The third one would be unhappy if he knew what he had
Criminal activity is involved

Author:  Judgemaster64 [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:34 am ]
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counterfiet/funny money

Author:  Romeo [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:56 am ]
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SD-Rim_6 wrote:
OK I have another one

The man who made it did a brilliant job. The man whom he gave it agreed, but he did not want to keep it. So he gave it to someone who did not know what it was. What was it?

Spoiler: Hints if your stumped
All three are healthy
The third one would be unhappy if he knew what he had
Criminal activity is involved


A Coffin???

EDIT: Wait a minute it couldn't be that bcuz they are all healthy...yeah it's gotta be fake money or a fake peice of art or something along the lines of that~

Author:  Pierre [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:22 am ]
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Scarred_owl wrote:
SD-Rim_6 wrote:
OK I have another one

The man who made it did a brilliant job. The man whom he gave it agreed, but he did not want to keep it. So he gave it to someone who did not know what it was. What was it?

Spoiler: Hints if your stumped
All three are healthy
The third one would be unhappy if he knew what he had
Criminal activity is involved


A Coffin???

EDIT: Wait a minute it couldn't be that bcuz they are all healthy...yeah it's gotta be fake money or a fake peice of art or something along the lines of that~


Y'know it's cheating to edit in an answer after looking in the spoiler tag. Also replying by quote just means you get to see everything in the spoiler tag before you answer.

Author:  AoN [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:37 am ]
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For the puzzle that SD-Rim_6 posted, I'd say anything counterfeit. And the correct answer was Coppo's, not anything sex-related.

Author:  SD-Rim_6 [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:28 pm ]
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All of you who said counterfeit money was correct

Onward with the puzzles

Why did the King order his army to capture birds?
Spoiler: Hints
It was not for the purpose to eat or train them
It was for military purposes
The army would capture the birds and then allow them to fly back to their nests

Author:  folizzle_! [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:44 pm ]
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Palindrome:
Swap God for a janitor, rot in a jar of dog paws.
...I didn't get that from a really old Simpsons comic, shut up.

OKAY RIDDLE TIME. (This one is probably harder when said aloud, but oh well :yuusaku: )
Two men are looking in a window. In the window is a picture of another man.
One man turns to the other and says, "brothers and sisters have I none, but that man's father is my father's son."
Who was the man in the picture?

Author:  Hylian100 [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:59 pm ]
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Simple, it is the man's son.

Author:  folizzle_! [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:04 pm ]
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Hylian100 wrote:
Simple, it is the man's son.


I knew it was too easy. :payne:
My teacher was stuck on it for ages though, and kept calling me a liar when I said it was the man's son. She must just be an idiot.

Author:  Romeo [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:12 pm ]
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Here's a riddle

The end of the universe...
The begininning of the end...
the very last of space...

what am I?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And another for good measure.

A tall white man in a pointy red hat. he stands, he stands, he stands. If he stands with a hat, he shrinks the more he stands. If he stands without the hat, he will remain the same height.

What Am I?

Author:  SD-Rim_6 [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:17 pm ]
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Scarred_owl wrote:
And another for good measure.

A tall white man in a pointy red hat. he stands, he stands, he stands. If he stands with a hat, he shrinks the more he stands. If he stands without the hat, he will remain the same height.

What Am I?

A candle

Author:  Cyrus Vorazan [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:27 pm ]
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@ Scarred_Owl
^ First one - Time

Author:  Judgemaster64 [ Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:58 pm ]
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Scarred_owl wrote:
Here's a riddle

The end of the universe...
The begininning of the end...
the very last of space...

what am I?



E

Author:  RichardZZK [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:12 am ]
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What is a little blue dot high in the sky?

Spoiler:
O3

Hahahahahahah.

[defendsfromprojectils/] :snackood:

Author:  Romeo [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:48 am ]
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Judgemaster64 wrote:
Scarred_owl wrote:
Here's a riddle

The end of the universe...
The begininning of the end...
the very last of space...

what am I?



E


Yup thats right. I didn't know it was a utube video though, lol.

SD-Rim_6 wrote:
Scarred_owl wrote:
And another for good measure.

A tall white man in a pointy red hat. he stands, he stands, he stands. If he stands with a hat, he shrinks the more he stands. If he stands without the hat, he will remain the same height.

What Am I?

A candle


Yes a candle is the correct answer.

Those were pretty easy...

Author:  Bad Player [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:08 pm ]
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Draw a rectangle with three lines.

Author:  Meenyman [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:29 pm ]
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Bad Player wrote:
Draw a rectangle with three lines.

I could have sworn I've done this at school before....
Image

Author:  Bad Player [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:45 pm ]
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lolyeah (great paint skillz btw!)

Author:  Meenyman [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:47 pm ]
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Bad Player wrote:
lolyeah (great paint skillz btw!)

Thank you! I've spent many years working on that! XD

Author:  Hahex [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:55 pm ]
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SD-Rim_6 wrote:
All of you who said counterfeit money was correct

Onward with the puzzles

Why did the King order his army to capture birds?
Spoiler: Hints
It was not for the purpose to eat or train them
It was for military purposes
The army would capture the birds and then allow them to fly back to their nests


the army realised that the birds were carrying tapewires/cameras and were sent from an enemy country. So they captured the birds, removed the devices and let them go back to there nests

Author:  Cyrus Vorazan [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:10 pm ]
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SD-Rim_6 wrote:
All of you who said counterfeit money was correct

Onward with the puzzles

Why did the King order his army to capture birds?
Spoiler: Hints
It was not for the purpose to eat or train them
It was for military purposes
The army would capture the birds and then allow them to fly back to their nests


Once there was Olga, the Knyaginia of Rus. Only one slovanian tribe wasn't under her control. So she said them to catch the birds, and tie a little piece of hot coal to them and release them, so Olga could take their independence. Birds flew to their nests under the houses roofs, and houses caught on fire, that way Olga avenged this tribe.

Something like this here.

Author:  SD-Rim_6 [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:47 pm ]
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K_V_N wrote:
SD-Rim_6 wrote:
All of you who said counterfeit money was correct

Onward with the puzzles

Why did the King order his army to capture birds?
Spoiler: Hints
It was not for the purpose to eat or train them
It was for military purposes
The army would capture the birds and then allow them to fly back to their nests


Once there was Olga, the Knyaginia of Rus. Only one slovanian tribe wasn't under her control. So she said them to catch the birds, and tie a little piece of hot coal to them and release them, so Olga could take their independence. Birds flew to their nests under the houses roofs, and houses caught on fire, that way Olga avenged this tribe.

Something like this here.

Exactly right. Except replace Olga with King Harland of the Vikings and replace Slovenian tribe with Sicilian village

Moving on
The prisoner survived because his door was left open
Spoiler: Hints
He did not escape
he just waited in prison and then he was released
Those with their doors closed died

Author:  Mina-Chan [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:31 pm ]
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He was probably chained to the wall, that's why he didn't try to escape. If the door was closed, the room would have been airtight, thus effectively cutting off any source of oxygen. So the others died in closed rooms, while he had air.

Author:  Bad Player [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:45 pm ]
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Oh, prisoner. I read it as "pioneer".

Author:  Pierre [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:17 pm ]
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Amy wrote:
He was probably chained to the wall, that's why he didn't try to escape. If the door was closed, the room would have been airtight, thus effectively cutting off any source of oxygen. So the others died in closed rooms, while he had air.


Unless it's like an old fashioned 'prison bar' cell which would totally let oxygen in.

Author:  Mina-Chan [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:29 pm ]
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Pierre wrote:
Amy wrote:
He was probably chained to the wall, that's why he didn't try to escape. If the door was closed, the room would have been airtight, thus effectively cutting off any source of oxygen. So the others died in closed rooms, while he had air.


Unless it's like an old fashioned 'prison bar' cell which would totally let oxygen in.

Yet it doesn't state that. And, assuming it was a 'prison bar' cell, solve this puzzle.

Author:  Pierre [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:33 pm ]
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Amy wrote:
Pierre wrote:
Amy wrote:
He was probably chained to the wall, that's why he didn't try to escape. If the door was closed, the room would have been airtight, thus effectively cutting off any source of oxygen. So the others died in closed rooms, while he had air.


Unless it's like an old fashioned 'prison bar' cell which would totally let oxygen in.

Yet it doesn't state that. And, assuming it was a 'prison bar' cell, solve this puzzle.


Since SD's riddles have ridiculously specific solutions...

The whole jail was about to be bombed.
The survivor was a new prisoner placed in his cell (but the door was not locked) when the alarm went off. Guards all evacuate and he makes his way out as well while all the trapped prisoners are blown up.

In a show of compassion one of the rescue teams take him on their escape boat/helicopter/plane.

Author:  Bad Player [ Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:53 pm ]
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Pierre wrote:
Amy wrote:
He was probably chained to the wall, that's why he didn't try to escape. If the door was closed, the room would have been airtight, thus effectively cutting off any source of oxygen. So the others died in closed rooms, while he had air.


Unless it's like an old fashioned 'prison bar' cell which would totally let oxygen in.

It's a lateral thinking puzzle, meaning you can assume all sorts of stuff as long as it doesn't contradict what's been stated.

(I really don't like lateral thinking puzzles. It's not about finding the solution; there are tons, and it's just about finding the specific one the person asking the riddle is thinking of >_>)

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