Bookeaters discussion

So I just thought it would be nice to have a thread dedicated to Riddles, so... Riddle away!

A box without hinges, keys or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.

Ah, I love that one. Unfortunately for you, I just watched the Hobbit for like the billionth time.

Eggs!

What has a mouth, yet never speaks? What has a bed, yet never sleeps? What runs, but never walks?

A River. Unfortunately for you, I just looked in the joke thread ;)

No-legs lay on one-leg, two legs sat near on three legs, four legs got some.

Oh this one is hard.



But I got it.


A fish is laying on a 1 legged table. A man sits on a 3 legged stool, and a dog or cat gets leftovers.

What's black when you get it, Red when you use it, And white when you're all through with it?

coal?

Yup!

Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking

Fish

Yep!


I am to thank for much creation
I am to blame for much destruction
I have killed, and yet people love me
I have saved, and yet people hate me
You need me, but I do not need you
We live together, whether you like it or not--but that cannot be, for that is an impossible feat.
Who could I possibly be?

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

Jason (Someday) wrote: "Yep!


I am to thank for much creation
I am to blame for much destruction
I have killed, and yet people love me
I have saved, and yet people hate me
You need me, but I do not need you
We live ..."

Um, I am guessing time?

Jason (Someday) wrote: "1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, sm..."

And as for this one, I am really not sure. But I think it is the Norwegian?

@Jason

Your first riddle's answer is God.

Still working on the second.

Jason (Someday) wrote: "1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, sm..."


Wait no, I got it now! It is the German who owns the fish!

The rich need me
The poor have me
And if you eat me you die

My first one is not god or time.

I'll message you for the second one.

Jason (Definatly someday:) wrote: "Yep!


I am to thank for much creation
I am to blame for much destruction
I have killed, and yet people love me
I have saved, and yet people hate me
You need me, but I do not need you
We live ..."

Um fire? or air?

Nope!

Hmm.... Water maybe?

Yes!

Olivia wrote: "The rich need me
The poor have me
And if you eat me you die"

Nothing? I think I've heard this one before, but I'm not sure...

Here is an impossible one! I bet you can't figure it out! Unless of course you googled it, but give it a shot first!


You are standing on the top one of two solid metal pillars. They are both exactly one kilometer apart from each other and they both stand one kilometer high. There is absolutely nothing around these pillars, but you have one small twig, one small rock and an unlimited supply of rope. Using only the materials named, how can you get from the top of the pillar that you are on to the top of the other pillar?

Just use the unlimited suply of rope to fill the gap and climb across

Okay, you found that one out easily.
But here is a fun test. It's not exactly a riddle, but...

http://riddles.com/all-kinds-of-riddl...

Lol, that was fun :)

Yeah, I found it pretty funny.

- What moves on four in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening?

A person.

That is the most Classic riddle ever, the one the Spinx asks in greek mythology

Yeah, but it is still a good riddle to ask. You ask the next one.

What have you got in your pocketses?

Nothing. Unfortunately most female clothes have either little tiny pockets that can hold really nothing, or no pockets at all. You?

My current pants have tiny pockets too. I lost my student ID (which gets me into my apartment) because of that. Good times. But I currently have my wallet (it's coming out ASAP…ouch) and headphones.

Miss…Waitwhat? [Taylor] wrote: "My current pants have tiny pockets too. I lost my student ID (which gets me into my apartment) because of that. Good times. But I currently have my wallet (it's coming out ASAP…ouch) and headphones."

LOL! Hopefully you either find your ID or get a replacement. ROLF! The wallet does sounds painful! XD

I actually know where my ID is -- the university emailed me and said it was in the lost and found.

Well, that's convenient.

Today is totally the last day of school for me. I am so ready for a break.

OKKAY TIME FOR ME TO JOIN THE PARTY! I have no idea if you guys will find this one easy or not.... but I thought it was pretty good when I first heard it!

Mike was walking home from work one day. When he unlocked the door of his apartment and entered, he saw the following on the floor: water, broken glass, and two dead bodies. How were the deceased killed?

I have heard something like this before. The 2 dead bodies are goldfish, the breeze that came with him opening the door, knocked over the fish bowl, the glass broke, the water went everywhere, and the fish died. The one I heard were similar but not the same, so I don't know if it right.

Here so one that took me a while.
A father and his son were driving one night and got into a terrible accident. The father was killed and the son badly injured. The son was rushed to the hospital emergency room where the doctor hurried in only to cry, "Oh no! That's my son!!" Why?

The doctor is the boy's mother. Anyone who has to think about that for very long is a sexist scumsucker.

Olivia wrote: "I have heard something like this before. The 2 dead bodies are goldfish, the breeze that came with him opening the door, knocked over the fish bowl, the glass broke, the water went everywhere, and ..."

It's funny. In my school we were discussing bias, and someone said this riddle. I felt like crap because my immediate thought was, "Oh, so he has two dads." But after discussion, Taylor, we said it wasn't sexism, it was just a bias that is in our minds.

@Saru

I like that a lot more. Let's go with that.

I'm sure, within the next 20 years, the answer will change to "It's possible because he has gay parents" and anyone who answers incorrectly will be labeled a homophobe. XD

Miss…Waitwhat? [Taylor] wrote: "@Saru

I like that a lot more. Let's go with that.

I'm sure, within the next 20 years, the answer will change to "It's possible because he has gay parents" and anyone who answers incorrectly will ..."

Hahaha, okay.

THAT'S WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH MY MIND. I was like, "Shit, I'm either sexist or a homophobe. I lose both ways."

Pardon my language.

LOL, I don't think I have ever heard that riddle before.

Under pressure is the only way I work,
and by myself is the only way I'm hurt.

What am I?

@Alina

Is it a diamond?

Yup! It probably wasn't all that hard huh?

Not as hard as a diamond. ;)

But really, I just have a talent for riddles.

And I don't.