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TheQuailman
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Post up some good riddles or those brain-teaser scenario questions

Here are some to start off

I sit in a corner and travel all over the world...

What am I?

spring showers bring mayflowers, what do mayflowers bring?

May 31 2008 10:17PM
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pho[tog]rapher
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pilgrims!

it helps that you didnt put a space between may and flowers..
May 31 2008 10:20PM
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ECGove
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1) a stamp

2) pilgrims

May 31 2008 10:22PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7382 - Karma: 147
I turn polar bears white
And I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
And girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
And normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
And make your champagne bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle?
May 31 2008 10:56PM
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RunDMc
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^ nope
May 31 2008 10:59PM
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kepler.
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yay!
May 31 2008 11:19PM
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corona
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time?
May 31 2008 11:21PM
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sick-as-aids
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Julien, dave and kevin go to check into a hotel. The hotel manager tells them there is only one room left, costing $30. They decide to share that room for $10 each person. Later, the manager realizes the room is only $25. He calls the bell boy and tells him to give the $5 back. The bell boy decides since you cannot divide $5 by three people, he’ll take $2 for himself and return $1 to each person. So each person paid $9 and the bell boy has $2. That is 9X3=27, plus the bell boy's $2 is $29. Where is the extra dollar?
Jun 1 2008 12:00AM
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corona
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thats some trippy shit... im going to say that it needs to be $30-$5=$25.. so they three of them spent $25, plus $1 each, plus the $2 the other guy took.... that makes 30
Jun 1 2008 12:05AM
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no_steeze
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no it's the wording that's confusing
so think about it as who gets what
so in the beginning, the hotel got 30 bucks and the bellboy got nothing
after, the bellboy took 2 of those dollars, so that's only 28 bucks for the hotel
he gives the 3 back so that's 25 bucks that the hotel gets, 2 for the bellboy, and 1 back for each guy
so you add that up and it's 25+1+1+1+2=30
basically the guys unknowingly tipped the bellboy 2 dollars
Jun 1 2008 12:11AM
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corona
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makes sense, good riddle though
Jun 1 2008 12:13AM
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Dylan_
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jon and jeff were fishing one night.
they caught a huge fish that pulled jon in and, then jeff died.
who killed jeff ?
Jun 1 2008 12:15AM
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no_steeze
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the man who makes it doesn't want it. the man who wants it doesn't use it. the man who uses it doesn't know he's using it.

i actually figured this one out on my own, it's tricky
Jun 1 2008 12:20AM
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Jacuse
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a coffin. I only knew that because I heard it before. Good one.
Jun 1 2008 12:24AM
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Dylan_
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a coffin^^ ??
Jun 1 2008 12:24AM
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no_steeze
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yea
the man who makes a coffin doesn't want it, why would he?
the person who buys it isn't gonna use it, people don't buy their own coffins so it would be for a relative or friend who's died
and the person who's using it won't know because they're dead, people aren't aware of what they're using when they're dead
Jun 1 2008 12:27AM
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Dylan_
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damn you posted quicker than me
Jun 1 2008 12:27AM
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Jacuse
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haha by four seconds.
Jun 1 2008 12:34AM
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Manlenium
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Whats blonde, brunette, blonde, brunette, blonde, brunette ?
Jun 1 2008 3:02AM
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Sean...M
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Lastnight


Booyawww
Sep 16 2008 3:26PM
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Tom.
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What is the answer to this question?

A) Neither B nor C
B) None of the above
C) All of the above
D) Both B and C
Sep 16 2008 3:27PM
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Sean...M
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A?

I tried making my own


It’s one out of 26, but there are many of them, all different sizes. It can be spelled with 1 letter or 3 in two different ways. Most are able to do it, but there are some that can’t. It’s also a sound, but can sometimes be flat.


Sep 16 2008 3:37PM
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Tom.
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don't just guess.

The answer to your riddle is either C (see or sea) or T (tea or tee). I'm not sure which is a musical note, but I think its C.


Sep 16 2008 3:42PM
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k-rob
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ecstacy? haha i dunno
Sep 16 2008 3:42PM
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Sno.
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C? see, sea?
Sep 16 2008 3:43PM
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Sno.
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how'd you beat me to that? i didnt even see your post. it cant be T..."some people cant T?"...come on now...

Sep 16 2008 3:45PM
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Sno.
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whats the answer to this? I'll be really surprised if there is an answer that genuinely fits with all of those.
Sep 16 2008 3:47PM
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Tom.
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some people cannot tee.

tee as in the verb for teeing off in golf.
Sep 16 2008 3:50PM
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Sno.
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Oh ok. fair enough, and it is T that is not a musical note.

That was a decent riddle to just come up with, im gonna try oen i think...
Sep 16 2008 3:53PM
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08-Line_Rider
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Ok heres one for ya
2 coins add up to 25 cents and one of them is not a nickel??
Sep 16 2008 4:32PM
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cmeriptahoe
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Carbon
Sep 16 2008 4:45PM
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gmack24
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2 quarters? add up by 25 cents?
Sep 16 2008 4:46PM
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Sno.
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i think you mean 30 cents

Sep 16 2008 5:58PM
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j.saaaarela
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the other ones a nickel!!!
but wait, then whats 20 cents piece????
i heard something like this but it was 15 cents, in which case the other coin is a nickel, and one is a dime...
Sep 16 2008 6:06PM
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Mike34113
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Whats greater than God
More evil than the Devil
The rich need it
The poor have it
And if you eat it you'll die?

+++Karma to whoever gets it
Sep 16 2008 6:09PM
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Sno.
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i know the answer to this, but only because ive heard it before, I'm going to let someone who has never heard it before try and figure it out, unless some other idiot who has heard it before comes along and spoils it.
Sep 16 2008 6:15PM
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Bepo
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it's actually 9x3=$27 for the room, but it only costs $25, so $27 - $25 = $2 extra dollars, which the bell boy kept
Sep 16 2008 6:15PM
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j.saaaarela
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^ i have 2 guesses:
change
disease
Sep 16 2008 6:17PM
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sconniestyle
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assuming you believe in the judeo-christian concept of god and the devil as the ultimate opposites on the morality scale, the answer should be nothing.  if its not nothing, i dont know what it is.

Sep 16 2008 6:22PM
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sconniestyle
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the correct answer to this was already posted
Sep 16 2008 6:23PM
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j.saaaarela
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holy... i was just snaked like 3 times....... so ya, in the rgreater than god one....
change or disease
Sep 16 2008 6:24PM
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Sno.
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it was posted after i made that post...... .... ....

anyway, yeah, nothing is the right answer to that one. I think that's such a good riddle
Sep 16 2008 6:25PM
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cmeriptahoe
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Haha count it!!

(It better have been me or this will be a slight fail.)
Sep 16 2008 6:27PM
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sconniestyle
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here's a fairly common one

what gets wetter as it dries?
Sep 16 2008 6:27PM
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STREETS
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There are 6 birds sitting on a powerline, a hunter comes by and shoots one of the birds. How many are left on the line?

Sep 16 2008 6:35PM
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sconniestyle
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the answer to the polar bear question is "nope" and the person right below the original poster said it.

it isnt really a riddle, its more like a trick question. you were totally right in doubting that there is anything that fits the requirements of the question, i just didnt want to ruin it for you cause you were very close to getting it on your own and it frustrated me so much the first time i heard it i was impressed.
Sep 16 2008 6:38PM
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Sno.
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ahhhh....

i see! what a stupid riddle/question!
Sep 16 2008 6:50PM
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cmeriptahoe
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Damnit haha.
Sep 16 2008 6:58PM
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blunts
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none, they all flew off?
Sep 16 2008 7:04PM
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Sufferboy
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Mountains will crumble and temples will fall, and no man can survive its endless call. What is it?
Sep 16 2008 7:14PM
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cmeriptahoe
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Time.
Sep 16 2008 7:17PM
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