Riddles

[Calobi]

riddle 1:

a man is born in 1976 and dies in 1980 at the age of 27. how is this possible?

He's a dog.

Edit: Multi-posts galore.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

What starts off white and comes down yellow AND white?

I'll give the answer in an "EDIT:"

A white paint bucket filled with yellow paint?

This isn't dirty is it?

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Here's one!

How many Escapists does it take to use the Search [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.55748?page=1] Button [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.99031?page=1]?

are you lacking in post count cpt oblivious ? cuz it sure is looking like that?? or have you become the Search button "search and destroy striker"

Can people learn to read a bit further down the page before replying to something, too? You'd notice I've already answered this.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Here's one!

How many Escapists does it take to use the Search [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.55748?page=1] Button [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.99031?page=1]?

are you lacking in post count cpt oblivious ? cuz it sure is looking like that?? or have you become the Search button "search and destroy striker"

Can people learn to read a bit further down the page before replying to something, too? You'd notice I've already answered this.

yeah I'm just wondering if you're becoming a "search and destroy striker" or if it's a temporary thing because you're grumpy

It's probably the grumpiness. I'm being nicer now as it's easing off. I'll still perform my double post duties though.

Anyway, I learned something from this grumpy hangover headache-yness. Jagermeister is evil.

 

[EeveeElectro]

Towel

Well done.

I think you should change your name to Cpt Moody.

I've had a headache for 2 days. I'm allowed.

-hugs-
I've been feeling a bit crappy recently too.

And I have no riddles that are original or hard.

 

[D_987]

a man is born in 1976 and dies in 1980 at the age of 27. how is this possible?

He became "born again" through religion.

EDIT : OH, guess I should've check the whole thread...oh well...

 

[BuckminsterF]

What goes up a hill with 3 legs, and comes down with 6 legs?

Why is a raven like a writing desk?
(There are actual solutions to this)

There's a b in both.

A race?

or and r

heres one Einstein made:

1 In a street there are five houses painted five different colors
2 In each house lives a person of diffrent nationality
3 These five homeowners each drink a different beverage, smoke a different cigar, and keep a different pet.
Who owns the fish?
heare ate the hints:
1 the Brit lives in a red house
2 The Swede keeps dogs as pets
3 The Dane drinks tea
4 The green hous is on the left of the white house
5 Thoe owner of the green house drinks coffee
6 The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds
7 The owner of the yellow housesmokes Dunhill
8 The man in the center House Drinks Milk
9 The Norwegian lives in the first house
10 The man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
11 The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill
12 The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer
13 The German Smokes Prince
14 The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
15 the who smokes Belnds has a neighbor who drinks water.

 

[quiet_samurai]

This one is pretty easy.

My life can be measured in hours,
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick
Fat, I am slow
Wind is my foe.

 

[experiment0789]

What starts off white and comes down yellow AND white?

I'll give the answer in an "EDIT:"

an egg

There was a man who was on a vacation to Africa,after a few days there he was kidnapped from his Hotel room by some natives.The natives who kidnapped him said they would kill him but let him chose his death.
They told him that he shall give one True and false statement, if it was true then he would be boiled in water, if it was false he would be boiled in oil. The man didn't want to die,but after a few Minuets he prepared a statement.
What was the statement?

 

[sabotstarr]

What starts off white and comes down yellow AND white?

I'll give the answer in an "EDIT:"

an egg

There was a man who was on a vacation to Africa,after a few days there he was kidnapped from his Hotel room by some natives.The natives who kidnapped him said they would kill him but let him chose his death.
They told him that he shall give one True and false statement, if it was true then he would be boiled in water, if it was false he would be boiled in oil. The man didn't want to die,but after a few Minuets he prepared a statement.
What was the statement?

pudding.
i win

 

[quiet_samurai]

What starts off white and comes down yellow AND white?

I'll give the answer in an "EDIT:"

an egg

There was a man who was on a vacation to Africa,after a few days there he was kidnapped from his Hotel room by some natives.The natives who kidnapped him said they would kill him but let him chose his death.
They told him that he shall give one True and false statement, if it was true then he would be boiled in water, if it was false he would be boiled in oil. The man didn't want to die,but after a few Minuets he prepared a statement.
What was the statement?

pudding.
i win

This statement is false.

which is also the answer.

 

[bookboy]

What starts off white and comes down yellow AND white?

I'll give the answer in an "EDIT:"

an egg

There was a man who was on a vacation to Africa,after a few days there he was kidnapped from his Hotel room by some natives.The natives who kidnapped him said they would kill him but let him chose his death.
They told him that he shall give one True and false statement, if it was true then he would be boiled in water, if it was false he would be boiled in oil. The man didn't want to die,but after a few Minuets he prepared a statement.
What was the statement?

"you shall fry me in oil!"

also:

heres one Einstein made:

1 In a street there are five houses painted five different colors
2 In each house lives a person of diffrent nationality
3 These five homeowners each drink a different beverage, smoke a different cigar, and keep a different pet.
Who owns the fish?
heare ate the hints:
1 the Brit lives in a red house
2 The Swede keeps dogs as pets
3 The Dane drinks tea
4 The green hous is on the left of the white house
5 Thoe owner of the green house drinks coffee
6 The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds
7 The owner of the yellow housesmokes Dunhill
8 The man in the center House Drinks Milk
9 The Norwegian lives in the first house
10 The man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
11 The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill
12 The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer
13 The German Smokes Prince
14 The Norwegian lives next to the blue house
15 the who smokes Belnds has a neighbor who drinks water.

If I have worked this out correctly, the German lives in the fourth house, which is green, he drinks coffee, smokes prince, and, most importantly,has fish for pets.

 

[Scrythe]

If you have two cans of water and a large bucket, how can you put the water from thboth cans into the bucket and still tell which water came from which can?

 

[bookboy]

If you have two cans of water and a large bucket, how can you put the water from thboth cans into the bucket and still tell which water came from which can?

freeze 'em, cut the cans away. put the two blocks of frozen water into the barrel

 

[Scrythe]

If you have two cans of water and a large bucket, how can you put the water from thboth cans into the bucket and still tell which water came from which can?

freeze 'em, cut the cans away. put the two blocks of frozen water into the barrel

Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

The first few will be easy, until I can conjure up some harder ones.

You're in a car facing east, driving 100 miles in a straight line, yet you ended up 100 miles west. How is this possible?