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  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:17 PM
    Alty
    A riddle for you
    Let's see who can solve it.

    While exploring the wild highlands of Scotland, Crazy Rob was captured by hostile wood fairies.

    Smazze, the powerful chief of the fairies told him he could make one final statement which would determine how he would die.

    If the statement he made was false, he would be boiled in water.

    If the statement were true, he would be fried in oil.

    Crazy Rob found neither of these options to his liking, so he made a statement that got him out of this seemingly impossible situation.

    What is the one statement he could make to save himself?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:20 PM
    Kitkat22

    Please don't do it?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:22 PM
    cdad

    Logic ?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:22 PM
    Aurora_Bell

    You will boil me in water?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:22 PM
    Wondergirl

    I know the answer. Ask me for it if all else fails.
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:23 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by califdadof3 View Post
    Logic ?



    He told them he liked fairies?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:24 PM
    cdad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kitkat22 View Post
    He told them he liked fairies?
    She didn't say it was in San Francisco!!
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:25 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by califdadof3 View Post
    She didnt say it was in San Francisco !!!
    :D:D:D He said okay?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:27 PM
    Aurora_Bell

    I'm sticking with "you will boil me in water"


    If they boil him in water that would make his statement true which means he should have been fried in oil. They can only fry him in oil if he makes a true statemen
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:31 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell View Post
    I'm sticking with "you will boil me in water"


    If they boil him in water that would make his statement true which means he should have been fried in oil. They can only fry him in oil if he makes a true statemen
    I'll say the same thing bella did. Do they have microwaves:eek: No wait he wanted a different kind of death. He wanted to be hung.
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:31 PM
    Aurora_Bell

    Aww shucks WG!
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:33 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell View Post
    Aww shucks WG!
    More alty more:D
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:37 PM
    Aurora_Bell

    I've got one for you guys.

    If you say my name I am no more.
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:39 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell View Post
    I've got one for you guys.

    If you say my name I am no more.
    Time?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:43 PM
    ohsohappy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell View Post
    I've got one for you guys.

    If you say my name I am no more.
    Silence
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:45 PM
    Aurora_Bell

    You're right Ohso.
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:47 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aurora_Bell View Post
    You're right Ohso.



    Darn... more:)
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:47 PM
    ohsohappy

    As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:49 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ohsohappy View Post
    As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
    Pinocchio?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:50 PM
    ohsohappy

    Voiceless it cries
    Wingless flutters
    Toothless bites
    Mouthless mutters
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:51 PM
    ohsohappy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kitkat22 View Post
    Pinocchio?
    Nope. :)
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:53 PM
    cdad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ohsohappy View Post
    Voiceless it cries
    wingless flutters
    toothless bites
    mouthless mutters
    A heart
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:54 PM
    cdad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ohsohappy View Post
    As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
    If your meeting a man sporting wood lets hope your friends with him ;)
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:55 PM
    Kitkat22

    An unborn baby?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 06:57 PM
    ohsohappy

    LOL nope to all. :)
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:00 PM
    Alty

    Bella got it. :)

    How long was I gone? I posted it, went to have dinner, came back, and 24 posts! Holy crap!

    Okay, going to look at Ohso's riddle now.
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:01 PM
    Alty

    Quote:
    Voiceless it cries
    Wingless flutters
    Toothless bites
    Mouthless mutters
    The wind?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:07 PM
    ohsohappy
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Altenweg View Post
    The wind?
    Yep
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:08 PM
    Alty
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ohsohappy View Post
    yep
    Yay! What do I win? ;)
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:08 PM
    Alty

    Okay, another one. This one's easy, just use logic.

    A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him, yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:12 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Altenweg View Post
    Okay, another one. This one's easy, just use logic.

    A horse is tied to a 15 ft. rope and there is a bail of hay 25 ft. away from him, yet the horse is able to eat from the bail of hay. How is this possible?
    The horse is ten foot long?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:13 PM
    Alty

    One especially for WG.

    The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?


    "Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honour got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby , walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "

    The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:14 PM
    Alty
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kitkat22 View Post
    The horse is ten foot long?
    No Kit. :p

    Again, use logic. There's nothing mystical about this. The horse is a normal horse, the rope is a normal rope, the hay is an average everyday bail of hay.

    So what makes sense?

    Read it again. :)
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:18 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Altenweg View Post
    No Kit. :p

    Again, use logic. There's nothing mystical about this. The horse is a normal horse, the rope is a normal rope, the hay is an average everyday bail of hay.

    So what makes sense?

    Read it again. :)
    Okay he only has to go ten feet to eat it.
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:24 PM
    Alty
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kitkat22 View Post
    Okay he only has to go ten feet to eat it.
    No. Everything in the riddle is true. The length of the rope ,10 feet and the distance of the hay, 25 feet are accurate

    Ordinary horse, ordinary rope, ordinary hay, rope 10 feet long, hay 25 feet away. The rope is tied to the horse. How is he eating the hay?

    It's really simple. Don't over think it. Go with the simple solution. Remember, the rope is tied to the horse. Hint, hint.
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:27 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Altenweg View Post
    No. Everything in the riddle is true. The length of the rope ,10 feet and the distance of the hay, 25 feet are accurate

    Ordinary horse, ordinary rope, ordinary hay, rope 10 feet long, hay 25 feet away. The rope is tied to the horse. How is he eating the hay?

    It's really simple. Don't over think it. Go with the simple solution. Remember, the rope is tied to the horse. Hint, hint.
    The rope isn't tied to anything?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:28 PM
    Alty
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kitkat22 View Post
    The rope isn't tied to anything?
    Yay!! You got it! :)
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:31 PM
    Kitkat22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Altenweg View Post
    Yay!!!!! You got it! :)
    Gosh... Okay " old one here.. "A man rides his horse to town, yet he walks".. . Easy
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:31 PM
    Alty

    Now try the Gatsby one. That one made me mad. I was looking for grammatical errors (not qualified but looked anyway, couldn't find any), or spelling (qualified but found none), and everything else I could think of. I even started to question whether the story was accurate, but that wasn't it.

    When I finally figured it out I wanted to smack my head on a desk. So simple, but something I didn't look at until 2 days after I heard the riddle.

    If you don't get it by tonight, I'll tell you. I'm hoping WG will take a look, see if she figures it out. :)

    Again, it's simple.

    Want a hint or do you want to mull it over for a bit first?
  • Jul 25, 2010, 07:32 PM
    Alty
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kitkat22 View Post
    Gosh.... Okay " old one here.. "A man rides his horse to town, yet he walks". ..... Easy
    The horse is walking while the man rides. :)

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