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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Platano on December 13, 2006, 02:24:04 PM
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Shoot....
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you first
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What gets longer and longer the shorter it gets?
What can peirce walls but isnt a nail?
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At birth i am tall,
At death i am short,
Winters breath is my enemy,
Who am i?
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Originally posted by macleod01
What can peirce walls but isnt a nail?
The screaming of an infant.:(
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how do u say this word
Ghati
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ill save u the brain power u say Ghati like Fish
the GH is like the gh in laugh it makes a f sound
the A is like in woman it makes an I sound
the TI is like the tion it makes a SH sound :P
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ill save u the brain power u say Ghati like Fish
the GH is like the gh in laugh it makes a f sound
the A is like in woman it makes an I sound
the TI is like the tion it makes a SH sound :P
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darnit i clicked it twice
SORRY!!!:cry
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I'm pretty sure its 'ghoti'.. its the o in women that is pronounced strange.
The a in woman is just like an a.. then it would be fash.
The o in woman is like an o
The o in women is like an i
GO TEAM
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is any one going to answer the riddles.
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orange you glad i did'nt say knock knock?
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Originally posted by E25280
The screaming of an infant.:(
close but not quite
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Whats this woman/fish thing about? Do I want to know?
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Originally posted by weazely
ill save u the brain power u say Ghati like Fish
the GH is like the gh in laugh it makes a f sound
the A is like in woman it makes an I sound
the TI is like the tion it makes a SH sound :P
got me stumped....
Heres one:
Two men in a Cabin in the woods are dead from the same cause. Both were in good health, had no quarrel with each other, were in possesion of no Firearms and no person, animal, or disease was involved in thier death. How'd they die?
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If a centipede a pint
And a millipede a quart
How much would a precipice?
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3 guys go to check into a hotel. When they walk in the bellboy say's "the room's are $30 a night". Well, these boys are lookin to party so they all want the same room so they each hand the bellboy $10. (10x3=30)
The bellboy walks up to the counter and the desk clerk says "you idiot the rooms are on special for $25 a night". He then hands the bellboy back $5 in $1 bills. Trying to figure out how he is going to give 3 guys back 5 $1 bills the bellboy decides he will give each guy back $1 and keep $2 for himself.
If the bellboy gave each guy back a $1 that would mean each guy is basically spending $9 for the room correct??
Soooo....if 9x3=27 and the bellboy kept $2 .....and 27+2=29
Where did the other dollar go?:confused: :D
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Then the rooms really arnt 9 dollars a night then? im so confused!
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My '06 takes care of all of the above.
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Originally posted by Bucky73
3 guys go to check into a hotel. When they walk in the bellboy say's "the room's are $30 a night". Well, these boys are lookin to party so they all want the same room so they each hand the bellboy $10. (10x3=30)
The bellboy walks up to the counter and the desk clerk says "you idiot the rooms are on special for $25 a night". He then hands the bellboy back $5 in $1 bills. Trying to figure out how he is going to give 3 guys back 5 $1 bills the bellboy decides he will give each guy back $1 and keep $2 for himself.
If the bellboy gave each guy back a $1 that would mean each guy is basically spending $9 for the room correct??
Soooo....if 9x3=27 and the bellboy kept $2 .....and 27+2=29
Where did the other dollar go?:confused: :D
hehe, that's a good one :)
platano, did the cabin burn, explode, or get hit by a plane?
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ok, mine:
in the mountains there is a modest little log cabin. inside the cabin is a dead body with a bullet wound to the head. the ONLY thing in the cabin aside from the body is a broken pencil. all the windows are shut and all the doors are locked. what was the course of action leading to the man's fate?
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AAAAHAWWW i got it! well almost
If a room cost 25 dollars between the 3 of them they must pay 8.3333 dollars each 8.33 repeting x 3 = 25 so its not 9 dollars a person thats not right. of im half way to solving this puzzle now to finish it!!!
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Originally posted by Bucky73
3 guys go to check into a hotel. When they walk in the bellboy say's "the room's are $30 a night". Well, these boys are lookin to party so they all want the same room so they each hand the bellboy $10. (10x3=30)
The bellboy walks up to the counter and the desk clerk says "you idiot the rooms are on special for $25 a night". He then hands the bellboy back $5 in $1 bills. Trying to figure out how he is going to give 3 guys back 5 $1 bills the bellboy decides he will give each guy back $1 and keep $2 for himself.
If the bellboy gave each guy back a $1 that would mean each guy is basically spending $9 for the room correct??
Soooo....if 9x3=27 and the bellboy kept $2 .....and 27+2=29
Where did the other dollar go?:confused: :D
:huh :huh :huh :confused: :confused: :confused:
Tax??? IRS???
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Platan0 he tricks u in the riddle by when he says the bellboy gives back 1 dollar to each of the men but 9 x 3 = 27 not 25 it should cost each guy 8.333 repeting dollars to equally pay for the room thats the first trick in the riddle there is still the second part to figuer out or i think so anyway.
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A girl is now as old as her brother will be when the girl will be double the age of what her brother was 5 years ago when the girls age was half of the sum of their current ages.
What are their current ages? ;)
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
ok, mine:
in the mountains there is a modest little log cabin. inside the cabin is a dead body with a bullet wound to the head. the ONLY thing in the cabin aside from the body is a broken pencil. all the windows are shut and all the doors are locked. what was the course of action leading to the man's fate?
He stabbed himself in the head with the pencil and broke it off trying to get it out?? :confused: :confused:
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to many riddles head spinning!!!!
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Biggles.... He used the pencil to prop open a window and a hunters shot hit the pencil breaking it in half and shutting the window. The bullet then struck the man in the head killing him.:aok
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Bucky u party pooper! lol gj:aok
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Originally posted by Husky01
Platan0 he tricks u in the riddle by when he says the bellboy gives back 1 dollar to each of the men but 9 x 3 = 27 not 25 it should cost each guy 8.333 repeting dollars to equally pay for the room thats the first trick in the riddle there is still the second part to figuer out or i think so anyway.
i was thinkin somewhere along those lines but...
this is hurting my mind :(
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Originally posted by Bucky73
3 guys go to check into a hotel. When they walk in the bellboy say's "the room's are $30 a night". Well, these boys are lookin to party so they all want the same room so they each hand the bellboy $10. (10x3=30)
The bellboy walks up to the counter and the desk clerk says "you idiot the rooms are on special for $25 a night". He then hands the bellboy back $5 in $1 bills. Trying to figure out how he is going to give 3 guys back 5 $1 bills the bellboy decides he will give each guy back $1 and keep $2 for himself.
If the bellboy gave each guy back a $1 that would mean each guy is basically spending $9 for the room correct??
Soooo....if 9x3=27 and the bellboy kept $2 .....and 27+2=29
Where did the other dollar go?:confused: :D
Nowhere.
It's deception. The $2 in the bellboy's pocket should be subtracted from the $27, not added to it. In short, the dollar you are looking for is actually in the hotel's cash register.
$27 - $2 = $25 (what was paid to the hotel) or
$25 + $2 + $3 = $30.
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No donzo i jsut figured it out but u posted first no no no!!!:cry :cry :cry lol:aok
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Originally posted by BlauK
A girl is now as old as her brother will be when the girl will be double the age of what her brother was 5 years ago when the girls age was half of the sum of their current ages.
What are their current ages? ;)
I cant get passed the 17th word :(
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Originally posted by EzzyDuzIt
At birth i am tall,
At death i am short,
Winters breath is my enemy,
Who am i?
A candle?
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yeah husky's right the guy gave them back more than he should have, which offsets the numbers...
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Hey platan0 any way u can send the squad logo to me mabey through PM when u get a chance?
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Biggles i know im re looking it over it still dosnt add uo becouse noone ever put money in the cash register which tells me the dollar isnt there...
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Originally posted by macleod01
What gets longer and longer the shorter it gets?
What can peirce walls but isnt a nail?
is this one riddle or two?
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Originally posted by Husky01
Hey platan0 any way u can send the squad logo to me mabey through PM when u get a chance?
U mean for teh avatar?
if thats the case jus right click on mine and save to ur pc then upload it...
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Originally posted by Bucky73
Biggles.... He used the pencil to prop open a window and a hunters shot hit the pencil breaking it in half and shutting the window. The bullet then struck the man in the head killing him.:aok
yeah good job, you heard that one before?
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lol durr sry my bad still to early to think here thanks!:aok
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Originally posted by Husky01
Biggles i know im re looking it over it still dosnt add uo becouse noone ever put money in the cash register which tells me the dollar isnt there...
yes... the clerk person took the 30 dollars put it in the register and gave the bellboy back 5 to give to them..
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but still he gave back 5 not 4 which is confussing the hell out of me!
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Originally posted by Husky01
but still he gave back 5 not 4 which is confussing the hell out of me!
where do u get 4 from???
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Originally posted by Platano
got me stumped....
Heres one:
Two men in a Cabin in the woods are dead from the same cause. Both were in good health, had no quarrel with each other, were in possesion of no Firearms and no person, animal, or disease was involved in thier death. How'd they die?
They both froze to death. It's winter.
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Originally posted by scottydawg
They both froze to death. It's winter.
I never said it was winter...
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They died cause of boredom?
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Originally posted by Bucky73
3 guys go to check into a hotel. When they walk in the bellboy say's "the room's are $30 a night". Well, these boys are lookin to party so they all want the same room so they each hand the bellboy $10. (10x3=30)
The bellboy walks up to the counter and the desk clerk says "you idiot the rooms are on special for $25 a night". He then hands the bellboy back $5 in $1 bills. Trying to figure out how he is going to give 3 guys back 5 $1 bills the bellboy decides he will give each guy back $1 and keep $2 for himself.
If the bellboy gave each guy back a $1 that would mean each guy is basically spending $9 for the room correct??
Soooo....if 9x3=27 and the bellboy kept $2 .....and 27+2=29
Where did the other dollar go?:confused: :D
Classic example of misdirection.
Teh men each paid $9 for the room or $27 total.
The hotel got $25 and the bellboy got US$2 so 25 + 2 = 27.
It's a trick question and the 30 is not the solution (it's the number that makes you confused).
You put the proper context on it and say each man initially paid $10 and had $1 returned to them.
Sooo.... 30 - 3 = 27 = 25 + 2.
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Originally posted by Platano
I never said it was winter...
Yes but you never said it WASN'T winter.
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Originally posted by macleod01
What gets longer and longer the shorter it gets?
The time left until you get out of work?
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Originally posted by BlauK
A girl is now as old as her brother will be when the girl will be double the age of what her brother was 5 years ago when the girls age was half of the sum of their current ages.
What are their current ages? ;)
I jus tried it a second time And i really dont know??
does this involve Algebra?
hmm lemme try some Variables...
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Originally posted by Husky01
They died cause of boredom?
:lol
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10 and 5?
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Originally posted by Treize69
10 and 5?
nope tried it..doesnt fit in to the last part of the riddle
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You can't give an abstract riddle, like "a broken pencil and a bullet wound" because riddles should give all the information to figure it out, you just need to use your mind. You can't assume there's a hunter nearby firing bullets, or what-have-you. Most riddles have just 1 answer, and if you can come up with 50+ hypothetical answers, it's not really a riddle :) My opinion.
Look, 30 bucks paid, but the price was really 25. So 5 bucks extra. He gives 3 bucks back (25+3=28) and keeps the other two (28+2=30). There's no missing dollar.
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Originally posted by Platano
got me stumped....
Heres one:
Two men in a Cabin in the woods are dead from the same cause. Both were in good health, had no quarrel with each other, were in possesion of no Firearms and no person, animal, or disease was involved in thier death. How'd they die?
Oh I get it. It is the cabin of a plane that crashed.
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Originally posted by scottydawg
Oh I get it. It is the cabin of a plane that crashed.
nice job :aok
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Yea i would have never guessed that lol
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Originally posted by Platano
I jus tried it a second time And i really dont know??
does this involve Algebra?
hmm lemme try some Variables...
It is easy to calculate if you just can formulate an equation from the unnaturally long sentence.
My mind also began boiling after a few conditions in the sentence in the initial attempts, but I solved it :)
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Originally posted by BlauK
It is easy to calculate if you just can formulate an equation from the unnaturally long sentence.
My mind also began boiling after a few conditions in the sentence in the initial attempts, but I solved it :)
Okay Einstein, let's see it.
SHow your work please ;)
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Here's one:
It happens once in a second and twice in a week but never in a month.
What is it?
And for the nerdiest amongst you:
Alive without breath,
Cold as death,
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail, never clinking.
What isss it, precioussss?
I did that from memory.
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Your sex life?? lol jk jk:aok
idk beats me what is it?
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Originally posted by scottydawg
Alive without breath,
Cold as death,
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail, never clinking.
What isss it, precioussss?
I did that from memory.
Bills??
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Originally posted by scottydawg
It happens once in a second and twice in a week but never in a month.
What is it?
It happens three times in the answer... "letter e" ;)
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Originally posted by Platano
Bills??
I guess the crossover between WWII aviation nerds and Lord of the Rings nerds is kind of small.
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the letter E, lol I've got to remember that one, it's pretty clever.
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Originally posted by scottydawg
I guess the crossover between WWII aviation nerds and Lord of the Rings nerds is kind of small.
"What do I have in my pocket?" :D
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Originally posted by BlauK
It happens three times in the answer... "letter e" ;)
I'm still waiting on your answer to the algebra word problem.
:D
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Originally posted by scottydawg
I'm still waiting on your answer to the algebra word problem.
:D
:) But I already know it... let's give others an equal opportunity to solve it ;)
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And yet no one has come up with answers for my two riddles!
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Originally posted by macleod01
And yet no one has come up with answers for my two riddles!
I asked if it was one riddle or two. You didn't answer.
What can pierce walls but isn't a nail?
Windows and doors?
What gets longer and longer the shorter it gets?
the word short?
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I apologise for not answering Scotty. Bin a bit busy! As for your answers, good, but not quite right
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Originally posted by macleod01
I apologise for not answering Scotty. Bin a bit busy! As for your answers, good, but not quite right
What can pierce walls but isn't a nail?
Sound?
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WTG! :aok Now how about What gets shorter and shorter the longer it gets?
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Originally posted by macleod01
WTG! :aok Now how about What gets shorter and shorter the longer it gets?
hey that wasn't the original riddle.
Memory?
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or other way round works as well. What gets longer and longer the shorter it gets?
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Originally posted by macleod01
WTG! :aok Now how about What gets shorter and shorter the longer it gets?
A candle??
Shorter and Shorter the longer it burns???
no???
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Originally posted by macleod01
or other way round works as well. What gets longer and longer the shorter it gets?
Time left for you to get outa work??/
Trieze sed that first...
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Originally posted by macleod01
or other way round works as well. What gets longer and longer the shorter it gets?
Stumped here.
String, or nothing!
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negativo
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Originally posted by macleod01
or other way round works as well. What gets longer and longer the shorter it gets?
Life ?
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Originally posted by BlauK
Life ?
Nice one.
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Got it! Wtg Blauk!
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A man bought a baseball bat as a christmas gift for his overseas friend and went to post office to mail it. The postal clerk told him, that he would have to pay a double fee because the bat was 125cm long. Anything that was wider, thicker or taller than 100cm would get charged a double fee.
The man left the post office, went to another store, bought a box for the bat, came back to the post office and managed to send it with the regular fee.
How did he manage this without breaking the bat?
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Diagonally. If he puts it in Diagonally in a bigger box, it could fit into 100cm
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yup ;)
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That was an easy one
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Originally posted by scottydawg
Alive without breath,
Cold as death,
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail, never clinking.
GHOTI :D
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Pst i knew that bring on the hard ones! lol
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Originally posted by scottydawg
Alive without breath,
Cold as death,
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail, never clinking.
Tree
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Originally posted by macleod01
Tree
oooh, good answer!
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Originally posted by macleod01
Tree
Seriously, you don't know this?
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Scotty, see my above post... GHOTI was revealed to be pronounced as FISH in some previous posts ;)
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Originally posted by Platano
Heres one:
Two men in a Cabin in the woods are dead from the same cause. Both were in good health, had no quarrel with each other, were in possesion of no Firearms and no person, animal, or disease was involved in thier death. How'd they die?
plane crash
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Okay here's an oldie:
Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
and
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
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Originally posted by BlauK
Scotty, see my above post... GHOTI was revealed to be pronounced as FISH in some previous posts ;)
nice one. I forgot about that post (I thought it was kinda weak).
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Originally posted by scottydawg
Seriously, you don't know this?
Lost my copy of the hobbit AGES ago. Just one I remember. Not sure if its right or not
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Scott,
a coffin and a stamp ;)
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Two of the older/traditional type:
1. "A rich man puts it in his pocket, a poor man throws it to ground"
2. "You break it if you say it"
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2. Silence
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Yup, macleod
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Similar to Scotty's:
Who makes it, does not want to keep it.
Who gets it does not know it.
Who knows it, does not want it.
Who wants its, destroys it.
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"If you want to give it to someone, you should keep it"
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"A man had only one match and he had to light up a cigarette, a lantern and a stove. Which one of them did he light up first?"
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Last one, two possible answers.
1. He can use the same match for all 3
2.The stove caus he can light both the Ciggerete and lantern from it
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Ive got a good one for you guys.
A man wakes up, sees no sawdust, and kills himself. Why?
Probably have to ask questions for this one.
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He lit first........ the match ;)
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Caf,
"The man is a midget who bills himself as the shortest man in the world, and "performs" in a travelling circus. His home is a caravan. A jealous rival has surreptitiously sawn the legs of his funiture off so that by comparison he appears taller. The effect of this is that the man mistakenly believes that he is growing. The lack of sawdust demonstrates to the man that his furniture has not been shortened..."
Seems like a variation of a blind dead man, 2 sticks and sawdust.
... seems like one can nowadays google just about anything :)
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Your Driving in your 2 seat Sports car and u get caught in an awful blizzard. you drive past a bus stop and see 3 people waiting for a bus:
1-An old lady thats about to die if not taken to the hospital immediately,
2-your best friend that saved your life,
3-the perfect woman of your dreams that if you may not ever see again,
What do you do?
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Originally posted by Platano
Your Driving in your 2 seat Sports car and u get caught in an awful blizzard. you drive past a bus stop and see 3 people waiting for a bus:
1-An old lady thats about to die if not taken to the hospital immediately,
2-your best friend that saved your life,
3-the perfect woman of your dreams that if you may not ever see again,
What do you do?
perfect woman. if he's your best friend he'll understand, and if he's saved you before he might be able to save the old woman ;)
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Originally posted by Platano
got me stumped....
Heres one:
Two men in a Cabin in the woods are dead from the same cause. Both were in good health, had no quarrel with each other, were in possesion of no Firearms and no person, animal, or disease was involved in thier death. How'd they die?
they died due to the fact that they fried their brains thinkin of silly riddles to post on the BBS? hehe
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One man turns off a one light and 1000 people die. What happened?
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At birth i am tall
At death i am short
Winters breath is my enemy
What am i
Originally posted by scottydawg
A candle?
correct:D
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Originally posted by Platano
Your Driving in your 2 seat Sports car and u get caught in an awful blizzard. you drive past a bus stop and see 3 people waiting for a bus:
1-An old lady thats about to die if not taken to the hospital immediately,
2-your best friend that saved your life,
3-the perfect woman of your dreams that if you may not ever see again,
What do you do?
ok you give the car to your friend and the old lady. then u spend the rest of the night with the lady of your dreams :aok
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Originally posted by BlauK
"If you want to give it to someone, you should keep it"
Your word / a promise.
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Originally posted by FiLtH
One man turns off a one light and 1000 people die. What happened?
Lighthouse operator.
No Lighthouse, darn passenger liner crashes into the rocks and sinks.
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what has a head and a tail and no body?
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quarter
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Originally posted by Platano
got me stumped....
Heres one:
Two men in a Cabin in the woods are dead from the same cause. Both were in good health, had no quarrel with each other, were in possesion of no Firearms and no person, animal, or disease was involved in thier death. How'd they die?
OLD AGE
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Originally posted by mussie
OLD AGE
Must've never heard...or didn't read in the thread...
plane crash ;)
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Originally posted by Golfer
Must've never heard...or didn't read in the thread...
plane crash ;)
Two men in a Cabin in the woods are dead from the same cause. Both were in good health, had no quarrel with each other, were in possesion of no Firearms and no person, animal, or disease was involved in thier death. How'd they die?
But it says no person was involved in there death... The plane would have a pilot... Hmmm I think mine sounds better :p
And no I did not read the whole thread (Yes I am a bad little boy) :P
OK Try This One:
I can carry a man and keep a ship from leaving port, Yet I can not stand up by myself...
What am I ?
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Originally posted by mussie
But it says no person was involved in there death... The plane would have a pilot... Hmmm I think mine sounds better :p
And no I did not read the whole thread (Yes I am a bad little boy) :P
OK Try This One:
I can carry a man and keep a ship from leaving port, Yet I can not stand up by myself...
What am I ?
Rope crosses my mind but I've never heard of a rope stand. Maybe leg rope. hmmmm...
What if they were the pilots. I mean it can't be old age since they're in perfect health.
duhhhhhhh
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It is rope, cuz rope Can't stand
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Yep you and golfer got it.
I could not rember the exact wording.. been a good 15 years since I read it