riddle or whatever

17-02-2002 7:49pm #1

Theres this guy walking down the middle of the street langers drunk after a session in the pub. The streetlights arent on, theres no moonlight showing and a car without its lights on comes speeding down the street towards yer man and hes dressed all in black. The cars heading straight for him, but at the last second swerves to avoid him. How does the fella in the car see the fella on the road?

stereo_steve · 17-02-2002 7:56pm

He probably saw him with his eyes!

Seriously though it was daytime!

17-02-2002 8:01pm

ehm.. yeah...

stereo_steve · 17-02-2002 8:12pm

Sorry I kinda ruined that one! Heres one for you!

With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
With piercing force its doles out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.
What am I?

Mercury_Tilt · 17-02-2002 8:54pm

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stereo_steve · 17-02-2002 10:10pm

Vry good! I thought it would take ags for somone to gt th ansr to that on! N ida what th answr to your on is! Any clus?

Mercury_Tilt · 17-02-2002 10:15pm

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Victor · 17-02-2002 10:38pm

hh!!

Gordon · 17-02-2002 10:48pm

There was actually a whole book written with words without the letter E. Some guy then translated the book into French and managed to write the whole book again without the letter E.

:E

Irish_Ranger_IR · 18-02-2002 11:22am

any answers for the above riddles ?
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anyone, anyone,

The_Bullman · 18-02-2002 11:27am

The only one without an answer is stereo_steves one and i think that i have it.

Puck · 18-02-2002 11:33am

Originally posted by stereo_steve
Sorry I kinda ruined that one! Heres one for you!

With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
With piercing force its doles out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.
What am I?

Warning! Answer!
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A stapler?

stereo_steve · 18-02-2002 8:23pm

It was a stapler! Heres another one.

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?

The_Bullman · 18-02-2002 8:42pm

no "e"

Stephen · 18-02-2002 8:59pm

At a guess:

The woman could walk out onto the bridge whilst the guard is inside, turn to face germany and wait for him to come out. He would probably just turn her away then and she could take as long as she likes to cross the bridge

Victor · 19-02-2002 2:02pm

Or the woman could be the guard?

Doc · 19-02-2002 2:15pm

What have I got in my Pocket?

(for all you loard of the rings fans)

_____________

Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?

stereo_steve · 20-02-2002 9:31pm

Stephen you were right. The lady walks onto the bridge for a while and then heads back towards the direction she was coming from. The guard sends her across the bridge, thinking he has refused her.

Here's the final one!

How can you physically stand behind your friend as he physically stands behind you?

Doc · 20-02-2002 9:36pm

Stand back to back.

Dr. Loon · 21-02-2002 9:17am

Originally posted by stereo_steve
The guard sends her across the bridge, thinking he has refused her.

What a stupid guard. Not doing a good job is he?

EvilGeorge · 21-02-2002 11:04am

Well, if no one has answered the first one already its because of daylight - who said it was dark ?

Not sure on the second one but its always somthing obvious.

flyz · 21-02-2002 1:49pm

An man with no eyes saw apples on a tree, he took no apples, but he left no apples... how can this be??

po0k · 21-02-2002 2:21pm

He dropped an.....E ?

Makaveli · 21-02-2002 2:50pm

if he had no eyes how could he see them on the tree

EvilGeorge · 21-02-2002 3:18pm

A not so difficult one.

A guy is carrying a barrel from one room to the next, the barrel is filled with grain, this is too heavy for him, so he puts somthing in the barrel to make it lighter - what does he put in the barrel ?

Dustaz · 21-02-2002 3:21pm

a hole?:)

Gordon · 21-02-2002 3:23pm

Helium

Mercury_Tilt · 21-02-2002 3:36pm

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Gordon · 21-02-2002 3:40pm

He woke up

EvilGeorge · 21-02-2002 4:07pm

Yes it was a hole.

A bomber is flying over germany, over its tarrget they open the bay doors hit the release mechanism for the bombs, everything is Aok - no jams or red lights but no bombs drop - why ?

Gordon · 21-02-2002 4:12pm

T'is upside down.

There is a carrot and a small pile of stones lying in the middle of a beautiful green field... why?!

Yerac · 21-02-2002 4:26pm

A bomber is flying over germany, over its tarrget they open the bay doors hit the release mechanism for the bombs, everything is Aok - no jams or red lights but no bombs drop - why ?

No Bombs on the plane to begin with??

Neil3030 · 21-02-2002 4:28pm

a melted snowman.

A prisoner trying to escape from a prison comes to two doors with a guard at each. One guard only tells lies, the other only tells the truth but he doesnt know which one does what. One door leads to freedom the other one leads to death. He can only ask one of the guards one question.

He asks one of the guard a question and using his answer he knows which door leads him to safety.

what does he ask?

Pugwash · 21-02-2002 4:43pm

He asks them what colour the door is.

Is that right?

Neil3030 · 21-02-2002 4:46pm

Im afraid not.

He can only ask one question

Asking what colour the door is will not tell him whats behind the door. Just which one is the liar.

Gordon · 21-02-2002 4:49pm

Must be something like "Are you a liar?" mixed with a question of if he is in front of the good door... maybe?

Dr. Loon · 21-02-2002 4:51pm

Originally posted by Pugwash
He asks them what colour the door is.

Is that right?

He still wouldn't know which one to go through.

The answer is to ask one guard if the other will say he has the door to freedom, so if the answer was yes, then that means...ah Jesus I'm confused, but I think that's the right answer. Can anyone explain it?

Neil3030 · 21-02-2002 4:56pm

OK OK OK i'll tell yes <SHEESH>

You go up to one of the guards and ask him "if i were to ask the other guard which door to go through what would he say?"

you then go through the other door

Reason being:

The guard who tells the truth would be telling the truth about a lie.

The guard who lies would be lying about the truth.

Simple!!:)

EvilGeorge · 21-02-2002 4:56pm

AHA it all makes sense now

You ask one of the men this question:
"What would he say if I asked him which is the way out?"
Then when you get the answer run to the other door.
Here is the logic to this:
The guy that tells the truth will truthfully tell you the lie. In other words he would say that the guy that lies would lie about the one door being the exit. Hence the other door would be the exit.
And the one that lies? If you asked him that he would just lie about it, since the guy that tells the truth would tell you the right way. Therefore he would lie and tell you the wrong way.

Neil3030 · 21-02-2002 4:58pm

Spot on George. The only problem is your time in posting!! It just looks like you copied my solution

EvilGeorge · 21-02-2002 5:03pm

I was typying it up when you stuck yours in - hmmm yours is much more simple!

Neil3030 · 21-02-2002 5:06pm

I typed mine aswell. I heard that riddle wen i was about 10 so i was wondering if id get the solution mixed up (as i usually do)

Dr. Loon · 21-02-2002 5:06pm

Ahhh, but I was pretty much spot on, except the explanation confused me, and maybe I didn't word it too well. That's a good one

Neil3030 · 21-02-2002 5:11pm

Ok heres another 1.

You are in a room and on the wall are 3 switches. One of them controls the light in the next room and the other 2 are duds.

You cannot see throught the door so you have no way of telling whether the light is on unless you open it and check BUT you can only do so once. How would you definately find out which switch controls the light.

Neil3030 · 21-02-2002 5:12pm

Oh btw was i right with the snowman one?

EvilGeorge · 21-02-2002 5:14pm

Ok lads, open this pic

Basically what we want is for a row of 4 circles going down and 4 going across by moving only one circle.

Gordon · 21-02-2002 5:16pm

Can you switch two switches at one time??

Yes Snowman in a field of beauty

EvilGeorge · 21-02-2002 5:18pm

Can you open the door and flick the switches ?

Neil3030 · 21-02-2002 5:22pm

All actions regarding the switches must be carried out before the door is opened

Gordon · 21-02-2002 5:29pm

If you throw two switches it seems that you have a 66% chance of finding the right one- if no light is on it is the unswitched switch - if the light is on it is a toss up between the two, but otherwise I'm tree stumped

Dr. Loon · 21-02-2002 5:29pm

Originally posted by Neil3030
Ok heres another 1.

You are in a room and on the wall are 3 switches. One of them controls the light in the next room and the other 2 are duds.

You cannot see throught the door so you have no way of telling whether the light is on unless you open it and check BUT you can only do so once. How would you definately find out which switch controls the light.

This is something like, you switch one switch for five minutes, then off, then turn on the second switch and open the door. If the the light is off, feel the bulb, if it's warm it was the first switch if not then it's the third one.... aha,I remember a mate telling me that one

riddle or whatever

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