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DanDare
05-06-06, 03:37 PM
Riddle me this;
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
DanDare
05-06-06, 03:38 PM
Correct, very fast 8)
Your turn!
I was going to go for Christmas eve, day and boxing day.
Correct, very fast 8)
Your turn!
Thanks
Nope you carry on i don't know any riddles
Biker Biggles
05-06-06, 03:43 PM
What do you get when the lunatics take over the asylum?
DanDare
05-06-06, 03:47 PM
A man walks up to you and says - "everything I say to you is a lie."
Is he telling you the truth or is he lying?
Biker Biggles
05-06-06, 03:51 PM
He's lying.
DanDare
05-06-06, 03:59 PM
Correct
He's lying. Even though he's lying when he says "everything" he says is a lie, some of the things he says can be a lie, and this is one of them.
Biker Biggles
05-06-06, 04:06 PM
Anyway---What do you get when the lunatics take over the asylum?
Madness gone politically correct. :lol:
UlsterSV
05-06-06, 04:56 PM
A cowboy rides into town one day on his horse. He arrives on Friday, spends three days in town, then leaves on Friday. How is this possible?
Filipe M.
05-06-06, 04:58 PM
A cowboy rides into town one day on his horse. He arrives on Friday, spends three days in town, then leaves on Friday. How is this possible?
Friday is the horses' name.
UlsterSV
05-06-06, 05:00 PM
No fooling you :lol:
Filipe M.
05-06-06, 05:02 PM
No fooling you :lol:
<------------ Must be my age showing :roll:
rpwoodman
05-06-06, 06:22 PM
Who can add up the numbers between 1 & 100 in their head?
Who can add up the numbers between 1 & 100 in their head?
Is it 1 + 100 =101 * 50 = 5050??? Or am I wrong? :?
rpwoodman
05-06-06, 06:30 PM
Well, certainly, I can't think of a better way of doing it!
So that's the answer I was thinking of. Congrats.
There were some great Mensa tests they used to have on the front of the broadsheets a few years back. What was good about them was that you could do them the hard way, or you could do them in about 2 seconds with the right technique.
I've got one for you....
How many seconds are there in a year??
I've got one for you....
How many seconds are there in a year??
normal or leap year? :P :lol:
If a bike is travelling at 50mph but the speed limit is 30mph and an orange from Salisbury's cost 15p how long will it take to post a letter to Scotland......
You do the maths we'll do the pizza
Xerbraski
05-06-06, 09:56 PM
If a bike is travelling at 50mph but the speed limit is 30mph and an orange from Salisbury's cost 15p how long will it take to post a letter to Scotland......
You do the maths we'll do the pizza
Is it five hours, seventeen inches and thruppence?
rpwoodman
05-06-06, 10:03 PM
Doesn't matter :wink:
From memory, 31536000 (std 24 hour day, 365 days a year). I remember working it out in a dull class when I was a teenager. Why, oh why, can't I remember the useful things in life?
UlsterSV
05-06-06, 10:04 PM
If a bike is travelling at 50mph but the speed limit is 30mph and an orange from Salisbury's cost 15p how long will it take to post a letter to Scotland......
You do the maths we'll do the pizza
Is it five hours, seventeen inches and thruppence?
Is that first class or second?
1st Recorded delivery
come one guys you should know this..
El Saxo
05-06-06, 11:11 PM
I've got one for you....
How many seconds are there in a year??
12 or 31536000, depending which 'seconds' you mean :wink:
MilleonAir
05-06-06, 11:31 PM
If an electric train is doing 75mph into a 35 mph head wind, what speed is the smoke travelling at?
If an electric train is doing 75mph into a 35 mph head wind, what speed is the smoke travelling at?
I'll set light to it to get the smoke....
A new medical building containing 100 offices had just been completed. Mark was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Mark have to paint the number nine?
A new medical building containing 100 offices had just been completed. Mark was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Mark have to paint the number nine?
11
nope... try again
???
9
19
29
39
49
59
69
79
89
99
... Something tells me I'm not thinking 'outside the box'...... :P
yer something tells me that as well :P
well I'm going to bed now 1st person to get it before 5pm on Wednesday ill buy a drink at riverhead meet.
nn
nope... try again
???
9
19
29
39
49
59
69
79
89
99
... Something tells me I'm not thinking 'outside the box'...... :P
what happend to 90 ?
only once...
El Saxo
06-06-06, 12:00 AM
20 I reckon.
including 90, 91, 92, 93, etc...
****. stupid brain. :lol:
El Saxo
06-06-06, 12:03 AM
@rse. stupid brain. :lol:
I got the same answer as you at first, it was only when you wrote it out that it clicked...
El Saxo
06-06-06, 12:04 AM
once
good point, well made :lol:
scooby2102
06-06-06, 12:55 AM
What can go up a chimney down but cannot go down a chimney up? :wink:
tinpants
06-06-06, 01:40 AM
An umbrella
DanDare
06-06-06, 08:00 AM
What American state is surrounded by the most water?
Kilted Ginger
06-06-06, 08:03 AM
ohio h2o :roll:
sharriso74
06-06-06, 08:05 AM
What can go up a chimney down but cannot go down a chimney up? :wink:
A small child working as a chimney sweep????
rpwoodman
06-06-06, 08:19 AM
What American state is surrounded by the most water?
I'd say Hawaii, as it is 100% surrounded by water, and the water that surrounds it is the biggest ocean (thus, the most water).
However, some may argue Alaska because it has the longest coastline of the US states.
is there a trick to the q?
DanDare
06-06-06, 08:32 AM
What American state is surrounded by the most water?
I'd say Hawaii, as it is 100% surrounded by water, and the water that surrounds it is the biggest ocean (thus, the most water).
However, some may argue Alaska because it has the longest coastline of the US states.
is there a trick to the q?
No you are quite correct, most people when asked say Alaska forgetting Hawaii is a US State. Sorry not criptic answer for this one.
Here's a good one: 8)
During WWII, there was a bridge connecting Germany and Switzerland, and on the German side, there was a sentry tower with a guard in it. He would come out every three minutes to check on the bridge, and he had orders to turn back anyone who tried to get into Germany, and shoot anyone trying to escape without a pass. There was a woman who desperately needed to get into Switzerland, and she knew she didn't have time to get a pass. It would take her at least six minutes to cross the bridge, but she managed to do it. How?
mysteryjimbo
06-06-06, 08:44 AM
She walked halfway and turned round.
DanDare
06-06-06, 08:49 AM
She walked halfway and turned round.
Correct:
Answer: When the sentry went into the tower, she would start to cross into Switzerland, and when he came out, she would start to walk back into Germany. When he saw her, he would tell her to turn back into Switzerland.
Anonymous
06-06-06, 01:16 PM
"If a 7-day clock goes for seven days without winding, how long does it go if you wind it?"
Filipe M.
06-06-06, 01:33 PM
"If a 7-day clock goes for seven days without winding, how long does it go if you wind it?"
7 days, then you wind it and it'll go another 7 days without... or is it a week? :wink:
I've got one for you....
How many seconds are there in a year??
12 or 31536000, depending which 'seconds' you mean :wink:
Well done! There are 12..
2nd of January
2nd of February.... etc
:wink:
rpwoodman
06-06-06, 04:46 PM
I've got one for you....
How many seconds are there in a year??
12 or 31536000, depending which 'seconds' you mean :wink:
Well done! There are 12..
2nd of January
2nd of February.... etc
:wink:
Ooh, that's below the belt!
rpwoodman
06-06-06, 04:46 PM
What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
rpwoodman
06-06-06, 04:47 PM
And the most recent US state?
Spiderman
06-06-06, 05:10 PM
What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot.
I fang yoo.
HopefullySoon
06-06-06, 05:24 PM
What can go up a chimney down but cannot go down a chimney up? :wink:
An Umbrella
carelesschucca
06-06-06, 05:34 PM
What gets wet as it dries???
I've got one for you....
How many seconds are there in a year??
12 or 31536000, depending which 'seconds' you mean :wink:
Well done! There are 12..
2nd of January
2nd of February.... etc
:wink:
what about twenty seconds? :wink: :P :lol:
20 I reckon.
including 90, 91, 92, 93, etc...
nope wrong
What gets wet as it dries???
That's a towel
There are two ducks in front of a duck and two ducks behind a duck.
How many ducks?
Anonymous
07-06-06, 07:14 AM
Three methinks.
Correct
....not always. If the two ducks in front are exactly level, duck three will certainly have two in front. But then, asking one of the leading ducks how many are behind, and the answer must be "one". So. in the case of perfectly aligned ducks, the answer to your riddle must be five.
From this, we may deduce that the question was phrased incorrectly and should either have been queried by the respondent, or have read: "There are two ducks, in a random but non-aligned formation, in front of a duck, and two ducks whose formation may or may not be perfectly aligned, behind a duck. How many ducks?"
I'm grateful to this forum for allowing me the opportunity to correct this long-held error, and feel sure that (insert usual suspect's names, including socomm, spidey, Northy, GKYD, etc etc)) will be along shortly to argue the point (although we may expect Capn Nemo to just eat the ducks).
Three methinks.
Correct
....not always. If the two ducks in front are exactly level, duck three will certainly have two in front. But then, asking one of the leading ducks how many are behind, and the answer must be "one". So. in the case of perfectly aligned ducks, the answer to your riddle must be five.
From this, we may deduce that the question was phrased incorrectly and should either have been queried by the respondent, or have read: "There are two ducks, in a random but non-aligned formation, in front of a duck, and two ducks whose formation may or may not be perfectly aligned, behind a duck. How many ducks?"
I'm grateful to this forum for allowing me the opportunity to correct this long-held error, and feel sure that (insert usual suspect's names, including socomm, spidey, Northy, GKYD, etc etc)) will be along shortly to argue the point (although we may expect Capn Nemo to just eat the ducks).
You think about stuff too much. Chill my friend and don't ponder on these little silly questions as lifes too darn Short. :wink:
rpwoodman
07-06-06, 09:49 PM
Longest word using only one row of the keyboard?
jahaddadhasafag :oops:
ok
typerwriter
rpwoodman
08-06-06, 07:57 AM
jahaddadhasafag
Thanks for the offer, but I'm now happily married. I didn't know anyone else still spoke the oggliar language any more.
:D
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