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Offline midnight Target

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« on: November 21, 2002, 10:17:51 AM »
A RIDDLE THAT'LL KILL YOUR BRAIN! This is going to make you so MAD!

There are three words in the English language that end in "gry".
One is angry and the other is hungry. Everyone knows what the third one means and what it stands for. Everyone uses them everyday, and if you listened very carefully, I've given you the third word. What is it? _______gry?

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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2002, 10:24:10 AM »
Viagry... southern version of Viagra..    :)

well.. ok.. but that's the way my grandma' says it!
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2002, 10:30:03 AM »
I know the answer but I dont want to spoil the fun for everybody else :D ,  I'll wait awhile and see if anybody gets it right and let you know.

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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2002, 10:31:46 AM »
It would help if you phrased the riddle correctly.  As you've phrased it, there is no correct answer.  The correct question is:

"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."

I won't tell you the answer - you'll have to figure it out for yourself, or cheat and go to this website.

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/taylor/topics/grypuzzle.htm

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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2002, 11:13:06 AM »
FA___  aka buggery

Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2002, 11:16:44 AM »
Thanks Gofaster, that does make more sense.

Offline Kanth

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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2002, 11:27:59 AM »
nice the second phrasing definately made the difference.
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2002, 11:39:41 AM »
great link

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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2002, 11:40:24 AM »
Sorry but that's a dumb riddle. Even with the corrected wording it still makes no sense.

WARNING - SPOILER.....
If you want to figure out the answer don't read past this sentence.....

There are only three words in the English language. <--- this is not factual.

There are only three words in "the English language". <--- this is the proper way to put this.

Perhaps if the riddle was spoken it makes sense.... but it doesn't in its written form... hence it's a huge waste of time. :)

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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2002, 11:43:51 AM »
That's the point, it's not supposed to be factual, imo that's the clue.

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There are only three words in the English language. <--- this is not factual.
 
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2002, 11:47:01 AM »
The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and will tell you
   whether you are qualified to be a "professional." Scroll down for
   eachanswer. The questions are NOT that difficult. PLEASE Answer the
   Question First, then scroll down to the Answer. Like it say's, their
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   The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the
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   This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in
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   2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
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   Did you say, "Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and
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   Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe,
put in the elephant and close the door.
 
   This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of
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   You just put him in there.
 
   This tests your memory.
 
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   Correct Answer: You swim across. All the crocodiles are
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   This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
 
 
 
 
 
   According to Anderson Consulting Worldwide, around 90% of the
   professionals they tested got all questions wrong. But many
   preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this
   conclusively disproves the theory that most professionals have the brains of
a four year old.
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2002, 11:47:46 AM »
That doesn't make sense to me still...

The whole riddle is predicated on a lie?

It's like me asking a riddle by saying something like "A train leaves Kansas at 3pm going 60mph heading west...."

When you don't get the answer I say "Well the train was actually going east"....

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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2002, 11:54:45 AM »
42!

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« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2002, 11:56:58 AM »
it was intended (20+ years ago) to be spoken

obviously if one read the printed version with quotes round the three words it would be too obvious.

get over it.. it's a riddle.

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« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2002, 12:03:42 PM »
37!

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42!
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