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nitecrawl3r · 10-22-2004, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ms. Shiver

Back in medieval times, there was a man who was imprisoned in a tower by the king. On the last day before he was supposed to be put to death, the king went to see him and gave him an offer. He told the prisoner, "It's been many years since someone told me a riddle that has left me completely confused. If by the setting of the sun you can think of a riddle that I cannot solve, then you are a free man." The prisoner walked around his tiny tower room all day, trying to come up with a really good riddle. It was when he stuck his head out the window to get a breath of fresh air, that he thought of one. When the king returned, the prisoner walked over to the window, and pointed down to the courtyard, at a man who was selling vegetables. The prisoner then said, "Though I have no sisters or brothers, that man's father is my father's son. What relation am I to that man?" The king was not able to come up with the correct answer by the time the sun set, so the prisoner was granted his promise and set free. But what is the answer?

[He's that man's father. Take the phrase "My father's son" and switch it out with the word "me", because the prisoner would be "me", as in my father's son is me. Now say it again. That's man's father is me.]

And Steph was right with the riddle I posted.

Cuthbert · 10-23-2004, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Marika

A woman has two gold bars that she escaped with from...well, something or other, I can't remember. She weighs 110 lbs. The bars weigh only 5 lbs each, and they're circular. So I guess they're gold balls, but that sounded funny. For some reason, she needs to keep the gold balls, but she comes to a rope bridge that only holds 117 lbs. How does she get across with both gold bars/balls things?

[She juggled them.]

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Originally Posted by Marika

Oh, and I remember this in french:

Je suis ce que je suis
Mais je ne suis pas ce que je suis
Car si je cuis ce que je suis
Je ne suis pas ce que je suis

What am I? (sorry, it doesn't make sense translated.)

apologize if first has been posted before...my internet's slow and I'm lazy.

I am that I am
But I am not that I am
If I believe that I am
I am not that I am

Yea, you're right, doesn't make the tiniest bit of sense when translated

Paradise and Shivercide both got the barber shop riddle

Except Paradise: the neatness/messyness of the shops is actually irrelevent

lizziely · 10-23-2004, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Shivercide

Back in medieval times, there was a man who was imprisoned in a tower by the king. On the last day before he was supposed to be put to death, the king went to see him and gave him an offer. He told the prisoner, "It's been many years since someone told me a riddle that has left me completely confused. If by the setting of the sun you can think of a riddle that I cannot solve, then you are a free man." The prisoner walked around his tiny tower room all day, trying to come up with a really good riddle. It was when he stuck his head out the window to get a breath of fresh air, that he thought of one. When the king returned, the prisoner walked over to the window, and pointed down to the courtyard, at a man who was selling vegetables. The prisoner then said, "Though I have no sisters or brothers, that man's father is my father's son. What relation am I to that man?" The king was not able to come up with the correct answer by the time the sun set, so the prisoner was granted his promise and set free. But what is the answer?

[ His father. Our Tech Ed teacher told us this one at school. It took us two weeks to figure it out. Sad, aren't we?]

ryan. · 10-23-2004, 01:20 PM

[a woman ] ...................

[/quote]

Wrong, but good guess.

Marika · 10-23-2004, 03:18 PM

Right on the first one.

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Originally Posted by Fweddie

I am that I am
But I am not that I am
If I believe that I am
I am not that I am

Yea, you're right, doesn't make the tiniest bit of sense when translated :

Suis also means I follow. So

I am what I am
But I am not what I follow
Because if I am what I follow
Then I am not what I am

It's much, much easier now. "suis" means two different things, and therein was the confusing part.

Shivercide · 10-23-2004, 08:03 PM

Mike (Nitecrawl3r) got it right first. :)

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Originally Posted by lizziely

[ His father. Our Tech Ed teacher told us this one at school. It took us two weeks to figure it out. Sad, aren't we?]

If you're talking about the prisoner himself, then yes. And it took me four months to figure out. However, I was only six years old. Still kinda sad. ;)

jux · 10-23-2004, 11:29 PM

i guess no one cares about my poison drinking twins riddle so here is the answer.

a pair of identical twins were drinking from poisoned drinks. both drinks contained the same deadly poison. yet only one twin died from the poison and the other did not. why?

the poison was in the ice cubes. so the twin who drank his fast was not affected by the poison and the other twin took time to drink his drink, thus letting his ice cubes melt which released the poison into his drink. tada?!'

...ahem...

here's another one, it's good this time i promise, kind of a trick question but here it goes.

i have two coins in my pocket that total 30 cents, but one of them is not a nickle. what two coins do i have in my pocket?

nitecrawl3r · 10-23-2004, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jux

i have two coins in my pocket that total 30 cents, but one of them is not a nickle. what two coins do i have in my pocket?

[A quarter and a nickle. You only said one of them is not a nickle. Not neither of them.]

WhisperedVoices · 10-24-2004, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by jux

i guess no one cares about my poison drinking twins riddle so here is the answer.

a pair of identical twins were drinking from poisoned drinks. both drinks contained the same deadly poison. yet only one twin died from the poison and the other did not. why?

the poison was in the ice cubes. so the twin who drank his fast was not affected by the poison and the other twin took time to drink his drink, thus letting his ice cubes melt which released the poison into his drink. tada?!'

From the information given in the riddle, how are people supposed to know or even come to an assumption that there was ice in the drinks... or the rate at which the twins each drank them? Maybe you can explain it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jux

i have two coins in my pocket that total 30 cents, but one of them is not a nickle. what two coins do i have in my pocket?

[A quarter and a nickel. One of them is not a nickel.]

Koumori · 10-24-2004, 03:00 AM

A boy claims he can rush over to a lightswitch in his bedroom, flick the light off, and run back to his bed, and be in bed, asleep, even before the room actually gets dark. The bed and light are 50 feet apart. How can the boy accomplish this? Sunlight.

[Do it during the day.]

I have two US coins that equal a total of $.55 (cents). One of the coins is not a nickel. What are the two coins? (This one has stumped MANY people...i dont know why ><) One is a half-dollar. The other is a nickel.

[one nickel, one half dollar because one of them is indeed not a nickel]

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jux Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 61 Points: 102.00 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 102.00 Donate	i guess no one cares about my poison drinking twins riddle so here is the answer. a pair of identical twins were drinking from poisoned drinks. both drinks contained the same deadly poison. yet only one twin died from the poison and the other did not. why? the poison was in the ice cubes. so the twin who drank his fast was not affected by the poison and the other twin took time to drink his drink, thus letting his ice cubes melt which released the poison into his drink. tada?!' ...ahem... here's another one, it's good this time i promise, kind of a trick question but here it goes. i have two coins in my pocket that total 30 cents, but one of them is not a nickle. what two coins do i have in my pocket?

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Koumori Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 18 Posts: 32 Points: 1,542.04 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,542.04 Donate	A boy claims he can rush over to a lightswitch in his bedroom, flick the light off, and run back to his bed, and be in bed, asleep, even before the room actually gets dark. The bed and light are 50 feet apart. How can the boy accomplish this? Sunlight. [Do it during the day.] I have two US coins that equal a total of $.55 (cents). One of the coins is not a nickel. What are the two coins? (This one has stumped MANY people...i dont know why ><) One is a half-dollar. The other is a nickel. [one nickel, one half dollar because one of them is indeed not a nickel]

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