Riddles

[inpachi]

The Criminal Rides into town on Tuesday.
He stays at a tavern for 3 days.
Then rides out of town on Wednesday.
He didnt stay at any other bar, tavern or hotel, and didn't sleep rough.
How is this possible?

He paid for 3 days but only stayed 1!

 

[Zacharine]

The Criminal Rides into town on Tuesday.
He stays at a tavern for 3 days.
Then rides out of town on Wednesday.
He didnt stay at any other bar, tavern or hotel, and didn't sleep rough.
How is this possible?

His horse's name was Wednesday.

Correct. Or Tuesday, depending on how you want to read it.

 

[Trifixion]

What kind of cheese is made backwards?

 

[tabriaswolfe]

Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I?

- Glasses. I'm a victim of them myself

 

[LWS666]

What kind of cheese is made backwards?

edam

 

[Zacharine]

A few more from the top of my memory.

1. With pointed fangs I sit in wait,
With piercing force I dole out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming my might,
Permanently joining by my single bite.
What am I?

2. The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage.
What am I?

3. Once I was with water, full of scaly fish;
but by a new decision, Fate has changed my nature:
having suffered fiery pangs,
I now gleam white, like ashes or bright snow.

4. Without tiring it toils,
carrying loads across the muddy earth.
But despite of many things it can do,
it cannot be forced to return to the place of its birth.

5. I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold.
I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told.
I am a gift beyond measure, a matter of course.
I am given with pleasure, or taken by force.
What am I?

6. Many keys I have but usually only three locks. What am I?

 

[tabriaswolfe]

6. Many keys I have but usually only three locks. What am I?

A keyboard

 

[Zacharine]

6. Many keys I have but usually only three locks. What am I?

A keyboard

correct.

 

[Zacharine]

And a final one to add to the previous list. After this, I'd be forced to google for more and that would be against the spirit of this thread.

7. This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

 

[halfeclipse]

Snow?

nope

I'll take a guess and say the letter 'h' ?

you've got it.



A man that was not a man
Saw but did not see
A bird that was not a bird
Sitting on a stick that was not a stick
And hit it with a stone that was not a stone.

 

[Duck Soup]

You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on a shelf, but 3 day's later it walks away. What is it?

 

[Heart of Darkness]

2. The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage.
What am I?

Analogue thermometer.

I am the ruler of shovels.
I have a wife, a son,
and ten servants to wait on me.
Who am I?

EDIT:

And a final one to add to the previous list. After this, I'd be forced to google for more and that would be against the spirit of this thread.

7. This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

Grandfather clock.

 

[Zacharine]

2. The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage.
What am I?

Analogue thermometer.

Close enough. I was going for the mercury in a thermometer.

And a final one to add to the previous list. After this, I'd be forced to google for more and that would be against the spirit of this thread.

7. This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

Grandfather clock.

Sorry but no. A grandfather clock can be moved.

 

[tabriaswolfe]

4. Without tiring it toils,
carrying loads across the muddy earth.
But despite of many things it can do,
it cannot be forced to return to the place of its birth.

A wagon?

You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on a shelf, but 3 day's later it walks away. What is it?

An egg?

 

[tabriaswolfe]

7. This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

I'll guess a waterfall?

 

[Zacharine]

4. Without tiring it toils,
carrying loads across the muddy earth.
But despite of many things it can do,
it cannot be forced to return to the place of its birth.

A wagon?

No. A wagon can quite easily be forced to return to it's birthplace.

 

[Duck Soup]

You are walking through a field, and you find something to eat. It doesn't have bones, and it doesn't have meat. You pick it up and put it into your pocket. You take it home and put it on a shelf, but 3 day's later it walks away. What is it?

An egg?[/quote]

Yep!

 

[Trifixion]

A few more from the top of my memory.

1. With pointed fangs I sit in wait,
With piercing force I dole out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming my might,
Permanently joining by my single bite.
What am I?

2. The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage.
What am I?

3. Once I was with water, full of scaly fish;
but by a new decision, Fate has changed my nature:
having suffered fiery pangs,
I now gleam white, like ashes or bright snow.

4. Without tiring it toils,
carrying loads across the muddy earth.
But despite of many things it can do,
it cannot be forced to return to the place of its birth.

5. I am just two and two. I am hot. I am cold.
I am the parent of numbers that cannot be told.
I am a gift beyond measure, a matter of course.
I am given with pleasure, or taken by force.
What am I?

6. Many keys I have but usually only three locks. What am I?

7. This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

1. Stapler
2. Mercury in a thermometer
3. Salt
4. River
5. A kiss
6. Keyboard
7. Waterfall?

 

[Zacharine]

7. This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?

I'll guess a waterfall?

Correct. For some reason many seem to find this difficult. Perhaps it's because not many have visited a waterfall and can't make the connection that easily.