Ask Me Help Desk - I've got another riddle for you.. .

Oh my! See what late night combined with a glass of wine does to me? (lol)

Forgive me J_9, I forgot to thank you too. :o Not sure you'll get this, but wanted to put it out there anyway.

KISS,

The words inside the triangle are:
"Paris in the the spring"

This is one of those brain tests, isn't it? I thought it was one of those play on words. You know, like:

Wear
_______
Black

(black underwear)

Is that it?

Anyone want to give this one a go?

A king sits at a table with three glasses in front of him. Two of the glasses are full; one with rum and one with ale. What is the king's name?

Your good. But where you got the first guess I'll never know.

You make me laugh!

I was thinking there were 2 "the"s, so, Paris in to the spring.

Or maybe it was just the wine.

All right, obviously I was effected by the wine.

I've decided the king's name is Henry. :p

The first ones were fairly easy, yes. Although the river stumped me for a minute. And the thing about the R's just flew over my head.

There are 2 letter Rs in the word corner, 1 letter R in the word room, none in house and 1 in shelter.

As for the king's name being Henry, think along these lines: Henry the eighth (King names with numbers).

No, I get the R's now. I mean when I read it, that went over my head.

Richard the III?

Ive got one

First think of the person who lives in disguise,
Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies
Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend,
The middle of middle and end of the end?
And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search of a hard-to-find word.
Now string them together, and answer me this,
What creature would you be unwilling to kiss?"

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Originally Posted by aimee_tt

And finally give me the sound often heard
During the search of a hard-to-find word.

Sh*t?

Sorry. :D

HAHA nice try but no

Actually, I've figured out part of it and am still lost on one part. Unfortunately it's the beginning I'm missing which makes it harder to just start guessing words.

What have you got for the last parts?

Oh, the last part might be wrong - I just thought of another choice which more logical should make the end of a word.

Spider!

Two men have the following conversation.

John: Hi Matt. How are your three kids? I forgot what their ages are.

Matt: Hi John. Don't you remember? The product of their ages is 36.

John: I still don't remember.

Matt: The sum of their ages is the same as my house number.

John: I still can't remember!

Matt: The oldest one has red hair.

John: Ah, right. I remember now!

How old are Matt's kids?

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Originally Posted by morgaine300

No, I get the R's now. I mean when I read it, that went over my head.

Richard the III?

Not Richard, but you are getting closer. (the III is correct)

[QUOTE=morgaine300;2465756]
Matt: The sum of their ages is the same as my house number.

[QUOTE]

I'm stuck at this part. :confused:

The letter r!

Pronounced as one letter,
But written with three,
Two letters there are and only two in me,
I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray,
I'm read from both ends and the same either way.

An eye!

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Originally Posted by ROLCAM

an eye !!

Yes.

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Originally Posted by Hexxie

Not Richard, but you are getting closer. (the III is correct)

Was there a Henry III? Well, of course there was if there was a Henry VIII. But I don't know anything about him.

The problem is that I really don't get the riddle. I don't even remember what you said that made me think of Henry. But there isn't anything in the riddle that's giving away to me who it would be.

[QUOTE=Hexxie;2467193][QUOTE=morgaine300;2465756]
Matt: The sum of their ages is the same as my house number.

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I'm stuck at this part. :confused:

It might help to know why you're stuck. Are you not getting how you could know what would be his house number? Cause you wouldn't and you don't need to.

What you have to think about is that he knows his house number but still doesn't know the ages of the sons.

Here's what I have so far:

36+1+1=38
18+2+1=21
12+3+1=16
9+4+1=14
9+2+2=13
6+6+1=13
6+3+2=11
4+3+3=10

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Originally Posted by morgaine300

The problem is that I really don't get the riddle. I don't even remember what you said that made me think of Henry. But there isn't anything in the riddle that's giving away to me who it would be.

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Originally Posted by Hexxie

A king sits at a table with three glasses in front of him. Two of the glasses are full; one with rum and one with ale. What is the king's name?

This riddle is a conundrum.

Wow, I had to look up the word conumdrum. The meaning I know is that it doesn't have a definitive answer, like my albatross puzzle. But I see it also says a play on words. I guess this is a play on words.

It did occur to me that the third glass was actually a pair of glasses like you sit on your face, or even a monicle. But you said the III was right, which could be the 3 glasses.

Does this require any actual knowledge of kings? Otherwise I think this has just gone over my head.

What is the king's name?

GUESS - Duncan

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Originally Posted by morgaine300

Wow, I had to look up the word conumdrum. The meaning I know is that it doesn't have a definitive answer, like my albatross puzzle. But I see it also says a play on words. I guess this is a play on words.

It did occur to me that the third glass was actually a pair of glasses like you sit on your face, or even a monicle. But you said the III was right, which could be the 3 glasses.

Does this require any actual knowledge of kings? Otherwise I think this has just gone over my head.

According to Webster's Dictionary, one of the meanings of
"conundrum" is a riddle who's answer is a pun.

And no, no actual knowledge of kings needed.

Would you like the answer now?

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Originally Posted by Hexxie

words?

Paris in the Spring

Edit:
Never mind didn't know there was a second page to this thread. Disregard

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Originally Posted by Hexxie

Here's what I have so far:

36+1+1=38
18+2+1=21
12+3+1=16
9+4+1=14
9+2+2=13
6+6+1=13
6+3+2=11
4+3+3=10

Morgaine,

Help me! Where do I go from here?

OK, the man has concluded from the first statement what the possible combinations of numbers were, as you did. Then with the second statement, he figures the additions with those numbers as you have. He obviously knows his own house number, right? If he knows his own house number, what reason is in there that he still doesn't know the answer?

Oh, shoot! Duh.:p

The ages are 9,2, and 2.

That one stumped me. I think I blew a gasket figuiring it out. Got stuck at that one point and just couldn't see past it.

I did get it didn't I? (Please say yes, even if I'm wrong.. . I can't keep going with it -lol).

You're correct. And no I'm not lying to make you feel better. (I hope you didn't end up in the ER with that there gasket thingy.)

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Originally Posted by morgaine300

You're correct. And no I'm not lying to make you feel better. (I hope you didn't end up in the ER with that there gasket thingy.)

Thanks for the well wishes, feeling much better now. You know how sometimes you just get hung up on something and can't see past it? I just couldn't see the forest. ;)

Thanks for getting me through it.

Looks like this thread has pretty well pooped out, but I've got lots more if anyone gets back in the mood one of these days. Just give a shout.

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Originally Posted by Hexxie

I need to come up with a difficult one for you, yet I am now tired. Alright, I'll give it one more shot:

A king sits at a table with three glasses in front of him. Two of the glasses are full: one with rum and one with ale. What is the king's name?

For Morgaine:

Phillip the III

I don't get it. Which is probably why I couldn't solve it.

Never mind. My brother had to explain it to me. But he heard it verbally. I just glanced at it and never really "read it" to myself.

OK, here's one for the language lovers:

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

Whoever gets this wins one free year of AMHD membership. :p