riddle

[Halceon]

Also:
The rungs of a 10-foot ladder attached to a ship are 1 foot apart.
If the water is rising at a rate of 1 foot an hour, how long will it take until the water to cover the ladder?

EDIT: sorry about the double post.

Unless there's a hull breach - never.

 

[Sacman]

A rich man needs it, a begger has it, if you eat it you will die. What is it?

That's a nice one.

A nice one I can answer! Is it...

Spoiler

Nothing?

no, it's cocaine we settled on that earlier...

 

[Halceon]

What can blind a man, but help him see, build cities, and tear them down?

Urm, greed? Or power?

OT: Can you trust a Greek, who claims all Greek are liars?

My bad if it's been done, I'm not reading through 11 pages.

No, and the answer to your riddle is also no.

But then he's telling the truth, so you can trust him.

I can't trust him, because he's making a blanket statement. Also "all greeks are liars" is not "all greeks lie all the time".

 

[FlyAwayAutumn]

If you have it you don't need it. If you need it you don't have it. You need it to get it, and you certainly need it to get more of it. But if you don't already have any of it to begin with, you can't get any of it to get started, which means you really have no idea how to get it in the first place. If you've never had any of it ever... people just seem to know.

What is it?

thats easy,crack

[edit]or weed

Hahaha, never thought of that one. A better question would be where did my riddle come from?

The answer is Respect. and you got it from an Old Spice commercial.

It's my favorite old spice commercial

 

[Phoenix09215]

A rich man needs it, a begger has it, if you eat it you will die. What is it?

That's a nice one.

A nice one I can answer! Is it...

Spoiler

Nothing?

no, it's cocaine we settled on that earlier...

Ok... sure, that works.

Question; If we assume that the rich aren't drug sniffing whores and that the beggers aren't drug dealers themselves... Then my answer works?

 

[TOTL_UNIALAYSHUN]

here is an easy one but feel free to add your own
"what gets wetter as it dries"
yes I know its not origanal(sp)

A dryer?

Here's one: Your a cop in L.A., who do you chase, the car who just ran a red light, or the Latino man running after the car yelling "I'll kill you."

LOL.

I love it. Bravo. I'd chase the Latino man. xD

 

[2xDouble]

It's my favorite old spice commercial

Indeed. Bruce Campbell ftw! haha.

 

[Darzen]

What do people make but do not want,buy but do not use,and use but do not know.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

You walk down a path to a City of Truth and the road splits. One leads to the City of Truth, the other to a City of Lies. You know if you go one way, it will be too late to turn around.

However, at the split there are two men, one at each road. One is from the City of Truth, and will only tell the truth. The other is from the City of Lies, and will only lie. You don't know which man if from what city.

So, what do you ask them? I know one answer.

EDIT: You can only ask one question.

 

[Halceon]

You walk down a path to a City of Truth and the road splits. One leads to the City of Truth, the other to a City of Lies. You know if you go one way, it will be too late to turn around.

However, at the split there are two men, one at each road. One is from the City of Truth, and will only tell the truth. The other is from the City of Lies, and will only lie. You don't know which man if from what city.

So, what do you ask them? I know one answer.

Simple - ask them any factual question. The liar will always lie and thus will claim that, for example, 2+2=3.

Now if you'd have said that one will always tell the truth, but the other one is not averse to lies, then it would be a different matter and, in fact, it would be unsolvable. Free will fucks up most riddles.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

You walk down a path to a City of Truth and the road splits. One leads to the City of Truth, the other to a City of Lies. You know if you go one way, it will be too late to turn around.

However, at the split there are two men, one at each road. One is from the City of Truth, and will only tell the truth. The other is from the City of Lies, and will only lie. You don't know which man if from what city.

So, what do you ask them? I know one answer.

Simple - ask them any factual question. The liar will always lie and thus will claim that, for example, 2+2=3.

Now if you'd have said that one will always tell the truth, but the other one is not averse to lies, then it would be a different matter and, in fact, it would be unsolvable. Free will fucks up most riddles.

Ah, sorry, let me rephrase my quote, I forgot to add a bit information: You can only ask one question.

It is solvable, but your answer is incorrect.

 

[Mafoobula]

The doll answer was very good, and certainly applies. Alas, the answer I was looking for was "gloves".

 

[SideburnsPuppy]

You walk down a path to a City of Truth and the road splits. One leads to the City of Truth, the other to a City of Lies. You know if you go one way, it will be too late to turn around.

However, at the split there are two men, one at each road. One is from the City of Truth, and will only tell the truth. The other is from the City of Lies, and will only lie. You don't know which man if from what city.

So, what do you ask them? I know one answer.

I remember this from Yu-Gi-Oh! The answer is, "Which path leads to the city from which you are?" The truth-teller will tell you which is City de Truth because that's where he's legitimately from, and the liar will also tell you he's from the City of Truth because he lies.

 

[Gralian]

I've got a good one for you chaps, not sure if it's been brought up yet, but...

What man loves more than life
Fears more than death, or mortal strife
What poor men have, the rich require
And all contented men desire
What misers spend and the wastrels save
And each man carries to his grave?

 

[UBERfionn]

What's in my pocket?
(Cookie for the reference)

 

[The Afrodactyl]

What's in my pocket?
(Cookie for the reference)

It's either a ring or a canoe.

Or you could just be happy to see me.

 

[Gralian]

I've got a good one for you chaps, not sure if it's been brought up yet, but...

What man loves more than life
Fears more than death, or mortal strife
What poor men have, the rich require
And all contented men desire
What misers spend and the wastrels save
And each man carries to his grave?

love?/hope?

Nope, both are wrong!

Think about each line carefully.

Spoiler: For those who can't bear it...

Nothing!
What does man love more than life? Nothing!
What does he fear more than death? Not a thing!
Poor men have nothing and the rich need nothing else
Contended men are contented and need nothing at all
Misers spend nothing because they never spend money and wastrels spend all their money so save nothing
And all we carry to our graves is nothing at all.

 

[The Afrodactyl]

I've got a good one for you chaps, not sure if it's been brought up yet, but...

What man loves more than life
Fears more than death, or mortal strife
What poor men have, the rich require
And all contented men desire
What misers spend and the wastrels save
And each man carries to his grave?

love?/hope?

Nope, both are wrong!

Think about each line carefully.

Spoiler: For those who can't bear it...

Nothing!
What does man love more than life? Nothing!
What does he fear more than death? Not a thing!
Poor men have nothing and the rich need nothing else
Contended men are contented and need nothing at all
Misers spend nothing because they never spend money and wastrels spend all their money so save nothing
And all we carry to our graves is nothing at all.

Why thank you good sir, I couldn't fathom that one for the life of me.