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dwightsteel said:
I just got all nostalgic for "Batman Forever", so I'll hit up an oldy, but a goodie:

We are five little things of an everyday sort,
You'll find us all in A Tennis Court.
the only thing I can think of (I've never seen batman forever) would be the Five vowels in the phrase "A Tennis Court" A E I O U

Spacewolf said:
I hold nothing but carry much for some, i am always promissed but never come
tommorrow.
 

ExodusinFlames

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moopMASTER 2000 said:
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I don't think that means what you think it means.
And to the OP- Good thread. Quite alot of things on here made me laugh. Not quite belly laughing, but the kind that makes you feel like a dolt when you get it.
 

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SerpentofSet said:
John the hunter went hunting in a tropical jungle when he was ambushed by cannibal natives! They tied him up and brought him to their camp. Their leader walked up to him and told him that they would kill him based on the last statement he uttered. If the statement was true, they would boil him in water. If it was false, they would boil him in oil. What can John the hunter say that will save him?
"This statement is false"
 

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Shadyjames said:
SerpentofSet said:
John the hunter went hunting in a tropical jungle when he was ambushed by cannibal natives! They tied him up and brought him to their camp. Their leader walked up to him and told him that they would kill him based on the last statement he uttered. If the statement was true, they would boil him in water. If it was false, they would boil him in oil. What can John the hunter say that will save him?
"This statement is false"
Nice answer, I wouldn't have thought of that. Here's my riddle:

You are trapped in a maze with one exit. When you reach the exit, there are two doors and two guards. One guard only tells the truth and one guard only tells lies. One door leads to freedom, one door leads to certain death. You can only ask one question, and can only ask it to one guard. What is the question that will save your life?

By the way, this riddle appeared in a Discworld novel, Lords and Ladies. The answer given, by the dwarf Casanunda, was that you should grab the weakest guard by the neck and drag him down and ask him in a firm but threatening way, "Which door is the one to get out and don't try anything funny or else...". Or something like that (cookie for anyone who can tell me the exact quote, because I can't find it and I'm too lazy to look it up in the book).
 

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Trivun said:
You are trapped in a maze with one exit. When you reach the exit, there are two doors and two guards. One guard only tells the truth and one guard only tells lies. One door leads to freedom, one door leads to certain death. You can only ask one question, and can only ask it to one guard. What is the question that will save your life?
What would the other guard say this door led to. This is because asking both guards would give you the same answer. If you were standing in front of the life door, and you asked the true guy, he would "the other guard would say this is the death door. If you asked the liar guard he would also say the death door. All you would have to do is do the opposite of what the answer is.

Spacewolf said:
I hold nothing but carry much for some, i am always promissed but never come
Rain? The riddle wouldn't make sense as clouds do hold stuff, but it is the only answer I can think of.

Sorry I don't have any riddles for you. I doubt there would be many left after 10 pages and I reckon I would just be repeating them.
 

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Markness said:
Trivun said:
You are trapped in a maze with one exit. When you reach the exit, there are two doors and two guards. One guard only tells the truth and one guard only tells lies. One door leads to freedom, one door leads to certain death. You can only ask one question, and can only ask it to one guard. What is the question that will save your life?
What would the other guard say this door led to. This is because asking both guards would give you the same answer. If you were standing in front of the life door, and you asked the true guy, he would "the other guard would say this is the death door. If you asked the liar guard he would also say the death door. All you would have to do is do the opposite of what the answer is.

Spacewolf said:
I hold nothing but carry much for some, i am always promissed but never come
Rain? The riddle wouldn't make sense as clouds do hold stuff, but it is the only answer I can think of.

Sorry I don't have any riddles for you. I doubt there would be many left after 10 pages and I reckon I would just be repeating them.
Amazing, you got mine right. I didn't think many would actually get that one, so well done :)
 

Markness

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Oh man you can find some good ones on the internet, I'm put some of them up, just ignore them if they have already popped up, (I haven't looked through this thread).

A man was to be sentenced, and the judge told him, "You may make a statement. If it is true, I'll sentence you to four years in prison. If it is false, I'll sentence you to six years in prison." After the man made his statement, the judge decided to let him go free. What did the man say? - This is similar to Serpent of Set's riddle but with an important difference, well maybe that important, but there is a difference.

Why wasn't Bertha put in jail after killing dozens of people?

What book can never be finished?

How did a guy legally marry three women in Michigan, without divorcing any of them, becoming legally separated, or any of them dying?

What row of numbers comes next in this series?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

That should do it for now. :p

Trivun said:
Amazing, you got mine right. I didn't think many would actually get that one, so well done :)
Thanks, I had to think about that one.
 

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ThePoodonkis said:
Specter_ said:
What's yellow and can't swim?
A lemon!

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks. Each sack had seven cats. Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives. How many were going to St. Ives?
two, you and the man
 

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lewism247 said:
two, you and the man
Wouldn't it just be one? He would have met him as he was going in the opposite direction. It's weird there are two deltora quest riddles on this page (the ives is similar to the raven one, and Serpant of Set's is the other riddle that was in the book).
 

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Markness said:
lewism247 said:
two, you and the man
Wouldn't it just be one? He would have met him as he was going in the opposite direction. It's weird there are two deltora quest riddles on this page (the ives is similar to the raven one, and Serpant of Set's is the other riddle that was in the book).
that's a good point, in a way it could be none because it says "Kits, cats, sacks, wives" it doesn't mention you or the man
 

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I've got a few easy riddles for you.

You buy a mouse, a mouse gets 2 babies every month, a baby mouse is fullgrown in 2 months thus being able to get babies, how much mouses do you have after a year?

I am a father's child, i am a mother's child, but i am not a son, what am i?

You're in a deep, dark jungle. You have a matchstick, a wooden stove, and a lantern. What will you light first?

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?

If I say everything I tell you is a lie, am I telling you the truth or a lie?