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Here’s a riddle for you, if you are not very busy and fancy figuring it out….
Acting on a tip off; the police raid a flat to arrest a suspected murderer.
They don’t know what he looks like but they know his name, and that he is inside the flat.
The police burst in and discover a bricklayer, a taxi driver, an electrician and a fireman, playing cards. Without any hesitation or communication, they immediately arrest the fireman.
How do they know they’ve got the suspected murderer?
Because he was the one holding the bloody axe? lol
If this is a lateral thinking riddle, the answer will probably be something stupid like he was the only man there, the rest were women, or something along those lines. Although I like Jacks answer better lol
well, its either the above answer, or it was an name like Barnie McGrew
His name was 'Fireman Sam' :)
what goes up the chimney down but can't go down the chimney up??
Yeah, Lee was right. I think. I actually just wanted the answer as it was an email with no answer on the bottom and it was annoying me cos I didn't knwo what it was. He he he.
a man is found lying dead in a field. next to him is a rifle. the rifle has been fired. there is no bullet wound. he has no cuts or bruises. how did he die????????
lol Dar, thats the first thing I thought of!
Heart attack? Anal probe? Old age? He was american and died of excitement when shooting the firearm? lol
Heart attack? Anal probe? Old age? He was american and died of excitement when shooting the firearm? lol
Its a good answer, but its not the roight one (what happened to Roy Walker)
what goes up the chimney down but can't go down the chimney up??
Umbrella :)
a man is found lying dead in a field. next to him is a rifle. the rifle has been fired. there is no bullet wound. he has no cuts or bruises. how did he die????????
this is a tricky one!
Lee- My mum had answered that before you :p
this is a tricky one!
it can't be, I know it....
somebody clattered him with the rifle
But he has no cuts or bruises.
hmmmm
natural causes?
shock
recoil of the rifle
do you want a clue????
its mountainous
He got knocked down by someone with HUUUUUGE (mountainous) bosoms?
He got knocked down by someone with HUUUUUGE (mountainous) bosoms?
Not that sort of mountainous!!!!!!!!!!!!
oxygen starvation
high up in the mountains the airs thiner, and when he fired the rifle, the explosives would have sucked alot of oxygen away
what goes up.. but never comes down?
oxygen starvation
high up in the mountains the airs thiner, and when he fired the rifle, the explosives would have sucked alot of oxygen away
You have got the answer right, but not the method.
He fired the rifle. the echo caused an avalanche. he got smothered & died from lack of oxygen.....
YOur go
what goes up.. but never comes down?
petrol prices hahaha
what goes up.. but never comes down?
smoke, or winnie the pooh balloons (from the fair, when a snot covered chavlet lets go of the string)
what gets bigger the more you take away from it
Stoo - the hole in a Polo (mint) :)
not just a polo, but a hole in general
your go
what gets bigger the more you take away from ita hole
I still like the idea of being boobed to death, if they had that in america, there wouldn't be many convicts claiming they were innocent..........
he is on an aeroplane or a submarine or a rocket ship
or he is at Longleat & in the lion enclosure
id have said aircraft too
What cheese is made backwards?
You are lost and alone in the woods. You stumble across an old cabin, and decide to stay there for the night. You want some heat and light, but the only things you find in the cabin are a candle, an oil lamp and a wood burning stove. You look in your pocket but you only have one match left. What do you light first?
What cheese is made backwards?
Edam
a man is standing alone in a room
but there are 5 hands in this room
how
and he isnt a freak of nature with 5 hands lol
LMAO the match lol
I got another old as the hills one...
A guy is found dead in a room with 15ft ceilings, in the ceiling is a massive hook screw, through the hook a 5ft rope is tied, with an ouse (sp?) on the other end round the 6ft tall hanging mans neck
Apart from the rope, hook, man and a small damp patch beneath the hanging man, the room is completly empty
How did he hang himself?
BTW, this isnt a murder, and no else has been in the room prior to whoever found him, so nothing has been taken out
*edit* the screw is only a few inches long
lol, knew it would be wrong lol
omg, im so dumb lol
Its lee, hes the youngest :tard: lol
The first four kids ware called la le li lo, resulting in him being the last son, which means he`s the youngest :D :thumb:
have i just invented a whole new riddle? yay! lol
not neccesarily
anywho
bloke led on his front, in a field, nothing for miles around, face down dead with a rucksack on
what happened
yer i know!!
wat goes up and down stairs without moving
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:08 AM
yer i know!!
wat goes up and down stairs without moving
a carpet :D
bannister
ok whats a 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1,000?
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:12 AM
0.0027557
same place
still aint answered mine
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:26 AM
i did work backwards and with a calculator too lol
try again, id written it wrong hahahahahaha
i know
pwned by my own riddle
what a crank
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:33 AM
100
100
Got an a in gcse googleasim :cool: lol
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:35 AM
whats full of holes and holds water?
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:38 AM
nope
although a jacuzzi is full of holes and holds water lol but not the answer i was looking for
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:48 AM
getting warmer lol
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:51 AM
well done its a sponge :)
stevenf
04-07-08, 12:58 AM
his breath
oh i was gonna say that but thought it was wrong
stevenf
04-07-08, 01:03 AM
Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
stevenf
04-07-08, 01:08 AM
she is your mother
stevenf
04-07-08, 01:09 AM
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?
NovaLad
04-07-08, 01:10 AM
Plant/Flower?
I'm crap at these.
NovaLad
04-07-08, 01:12 AM
A river
stevenf
04-07-08, 01:12 AM
yep
stevenf
04-07-08, 01:24 AM
next new riddle please
you lot need to get a room lol
A man is found dead in a desert (i dont have wierd thoughts for dead men before anyone picks up on the fact the two ive entered are about dead men lol )
Yeah so he is found dead, in a desert, nothing for miles and miles but he`s clutching a stick
How did he get there? and where did the stick come from?
Another golden oldie :p
its his whipping stick?
fell off a horse?
stevenf
04-07-08, 01:57 AM
he is blind and lost his way hence the stick
Nope neither
Stoo was closest though...
A bus pulls out of the bus station in the morning, and at the first stop, picks up 4 people.
At the next stop, 2 people get off and another 4 get on.
At the next stop, 1 person gets off, and another 3 get on.
By the next stop, there wasn't a single person on the bus. How come?
General Lee
04-07-08, 10:45 AM
The bus had a tardis.
They were all married.
:thumb:
Imagine a plane on a conveyor belt runway.....
lol
You have a single lightbulb in a room, with 3 switches in another room.
Only one switch will turn on the light, but you can only enter the room with the lighbulb once.
How do you find out which one turns on the light?
(and no you can't see under the door :) )
CoolTiger
04-07-08, 11:44 AM
the other 2 switches turn on the light in the room your in ?
General Lee
04-07-08, 11:50 AM
Theres another light switch in the room with the lightbulb in.
Open the door to both rooms so you can look through :p
Or, get a mate to stand in the room with the light, whilst you go into the room with the switches lol
OR... look through the window between the rooms lol
Here's a slightly flippant one. Stuck in an enclosed room with a table. The walls are 3 foot iron, the ceiling and floor 2 foot thick iron. No doors, no windows. You have 5 minutes worth of air. The only object in the room is a hand saw. How do you get out?
trackdaynova
04-07-08, 12:25 PM
use the saw
cut the table in half
two halves make a 'whole'
climb out through the... 'hole' lol
i dunno really, lol, just lateral thinking, thats what i'd attempt to do lol
Id saw my head off, then my spirit would be able to escape
Hopefully by this point doctors whould have found a way to bring people back to life :thumb: .......
No one has got mine yet :confused: want the answer for it?
meritlover
04-07-08, 12:39 PM
push all the switches once. and walk in.
You have a single lightbulb in a room, with 3 switches in another room.
Only one switch will turn on the light, but you can only enter the room with the lighbulb once.
How do you find out which one turns on the light?
(and no you can't see under the door :) )
Ive got it
Switch one switch on for a while, a minute or so
Then switch on another and enter the room
If the lights on, then its that switch
If it isnt, then feel the bulb to see if its hot, if so then its the first switch
If the light isnt on, or the bulb isnt hot then its the last switch?
Am i right?
Ive got it
Switch one switch on for a while, a minute or so
Then switch on another and enter the room
If the lights on, then its that switch
If it isnt, then feel the bulb to see if its hot, if so then its the first switch
If the light isnt on, or the bulb isnt hot then its the last switch?
Am i right?
Yep, thats the badger :)
A man is found dead in a desert (i dont have wierd thoughts for dead men before anyone picks up on the fact the two ive entered are about dead men lol )
Yeah so he is found dead, in a desert, nothing for miles and miles but he`s clutching a stick
How did he get there? and where did the stick come from?
Another golden oldie :p
he was in a hot air baloon which is losing height, and they had to draw straws as to who would have to jump :)
A man wakes up in a room. There are two doors, and two perches with two parrots. A sign above them says:
One of these door leads to freedom... the other door leads to certain death. The two parrots in this room can talk, and both of them know which door is which. One parrot always tells the truth, the other parrot always lies
How does the man choose the right door?
he was in a hot air baloon which is losing height, and they had to draw straws as to who would have to jump :)
Oooh close, but not the way i was told it
I was told, the man was leaning over the basket and fell, as he was falling he tried to grab onto the basket but he only managed to grab a little bit, and a stick of whicker (sp?) snapped off then he fell to his death
Just having a think about the parrot one, does he die as soon as the door opens?
OK, this hurt my brain thinking about it lol
The man asks them "which ISNT the door to certain death"
The parrot telling the truth says its the one to the left
The parrot lying says the door to the right ISNT the door to certain death, but he lies right? so that makes it the door to the left is the one to freedom??
Ive probs just gone round the houses with that answer lol
How does the man choose the right door?
By not choosing the left door.
Here's a slightly flippant one. Stuck in an enclosed room with a table. The walls are 3 foot iron, the ceiling and floor 2 foot thick iron. No doors, no windows. You have 5 minutes worth of air. The only object in the room is a hand saw. How do you get out?
Kinda reminds me of this>>>>
http://www.fasco-csc.com/works/crimson/crimson_e.php
Ive got it
Switch one switch on for a while, a minute or so
Then switch on another and enter the room
If the lights on, then its that switch
If it isnt, then feel the bulb to see if its hot, if so then its the first switch
If the light isnt on, or the bulb isnt hot then its the last switch?
Am i right?
Bang on. You've done this before :)
General Lee
04-07-08, 02:22 PM
Here's a slightly flippant one. Stuck in an enclosed room with a table. The walls are 3 foot iron, the ceiling and floor 2 foot thick iron. No doors, no windows. You have 5 minutes worth of air. The only object in the room is a hand saw. How do you get out?
Only the a team could get out of that.
Bang on. You've done this before :)
Yay!
I honestly havent heard that one before though lol :p
OK, this hurt my brain thinking about it lol
The man asks them "which ISNT the door to certain death"
The parrot telling the truth says its the one to the left
The parrot lying says the door to the right ISNT the door to certain death, but he lies right? so that makes it the door to the left is the one to freedom??
Ive probs just gone round the houses with that answer lol
Spot on :)
I could never get my head round these kinda riddles.
You ask: "Which door isn't DeathDoor?"
Parrot A replies "The door on the left is not DeathDoor"
Parrot B replies "The door on the right is not DeathDoor"
How do you discern which is liebird and which is truthbird? If Parrot A is liebird, the door on the left is safe. If Parrot B is lie bird, the door on the right is safe. Surely without knowing which bird lies you can't tell which door to take?
Someone explain to me in words of one syllable howthat works? I've seen that riddle loads of times, and never get my head round it lol
I could never get my head round these kinda riddles.
You ask: "Which door isn't DeathDoor?"
Parrot A replies "The door on the left is not DeathDoor"
Parrot B replies "The door on the right is not DeathDoor"
How do you discern which is liebird and which is truthbird? If Parrot A is liebird, the door on the left is safe. If Parrot B is lie bird, the door on the right is safe. Surely without knowing which bird lies you can't tell which door to take?
Someone explain to me in words of one syllable howthat works? I've seen that riddle loads of times, and never get my head round it lol
LMAO, wow, its really hard to explain in text hahaha, let me try..
Erm the both answers hav to be the same, grrrr i cant explain it lol damn you for making me try
I could never get my head round these kinda riddles.
You ask: "Which door isn't DeathDoor?"
Parrot A replies "The door on the left is not DeathDoor"
Parrot B replies "The door on the right is not DeathDoor"
How do you discern which is liebird and which is truthbird? If Parrot A is liebird, the door on the left is safe. If Parrot B is lie bird, the door on the right is safe. Surely without knowing which bird lies you can't tell which door to take?
Someone explain to me in words of one syllable howthat works? I've seen that riddle loads of times, and never get my head round it lol
Well, you can, but the version I heard of this is slightly different.
There are two doors; one leads to heaven and one leads to hell.
There is a man standing outside each door. The one that stands outside the door to hell is evil and always lies.
The man standing outside the door to heaven is good and always tells the truth.
You don't know which is which.
What one question would you ask both men to find out which is the door to heaven?
The answer is, 'what door would the other man go through?'
Obviously, the man who always lies would say the other guy would go to hell, and the guy who tells the truth would say the other guy would go to hell as well, so they would both say the same door. So, you go through the other one.
Is that any easier? lol lol lol
Right, I've had a good brain fart over this now I'm home and have time to think lol
The man asks them "which ISNT the door to certain death"
The parrot telling the truth says its the one to the left
The parrot lying says the door to the right ISNT the door to certain death, but he lies right? so that makes it the door to the left is the one to freedom??
Thats not right, as truthbird answered left when you asked what door ISN'T safe, which was a lie as the door on the left WAS safe.
Ok. Instead of asking them about the door, you need to ask them which one lies. Ask Parrot A: "If I asked Parrot B which door to take, what door would be suggest?". You then take the OPPOSITE of what he suggests
Assuming that the "safe" door is the left door:
If Parrot A was liebird, he would say "right" (as Parrot B would be truthbird and say "left", i.e. safe door)
If Parrot A was truthbird, he would say "right" (as Parrot B would be liebird and say "right", i.e. not safe door)
Assuming that the "safe" door is the right door:
If Parrot A was liebird, he would say "left" (as Parrot B would be truthbird and say "right", i.e. the safe door)
If Parrot A was truthbird, he would say "left" (as Parrot B would be liebird and say "left", i.e. not safe door)
ENLIGHTENMENT! :D
Its uber difficult to explain lol Walshy had the right idea but it wasn't actually 100% correct.
You would ask either parrot what the other parrot would say. If you ask the Parrot who tells the truth: "which door would the other parrot say is freedom", the truth parrot would point to the death door.
If you ask the lying parrot "which door would the other parrot say is freedom", the lying parrot would also point to the death door.
So, ask either parrot that question and the other door will be freedom :)
Edit: I need to type faster lol
This is a nightmare of a riddle! It baked my noodle for ages when I was told it. Im still not 100% sure of the answer either LOL
3 guys are travelling together when they decide its getting late and they had better get a hotel room.
They decide to share a room at a cheap hotel just to get a few hours sleep. The clerk at the desk informs the 3 guys the room will be £30. The guys scrape up £10 each and head up to the room.
The hotel clerk relizes he made an error and should have only charged the guys £25 for the room. He calls the porter and asks him to take the five extra pounds back to the men in their room.
In the elevator the porter realizes that he cant divide the £5 between the three guys evenly, so he decides he will give £1 to each of three men and pocket the remaining £2.
SO.... Each guy got a pound back of their original £10 making it £9 each for the hotel.
£9 X 3 guys = £27 they paid in total and the bellboy kept £2 making.....£29 ???
Where did the other pound go since the men originally paid £30
trackdaynova
04-07-08, 04:36 PM
It was never there in the first place ;) The good old rules of working backwards :thumb: lol
Very similar, hold both hands up front of you with your palms facing you.
Count from your right thumb, on your right hand from 10 backwards, going down you fingers.
At your little finger, on your right hand, you will reach number 6, and you have 5 fingers (4 fingers & 1 thumb) on the other hand...
6 + 5 = 11 digits in total... how freaky!
what 6 letter word begins in T and ends in T and has T in the middle?
trackdaynova
04-07-08, 04:46 PM
teapot?
An old Arab had 3 sons & 21 camels.
in his will, he left 1/2 to the eldest son, 1/4 to the middle son & 1/8 to the youngest son.......
How many did each one receive??????
Right, I've had a good brain fart over this now I'm home and have time to think lol
Thats not right, as truthbird answered left when you asked what door ISN'T safe, which was a lie as the door on the left WAS safe.
No i didnt, read it slowly :p i said the guy asked them "what door ISNT the door to certain death"
I didnt/doesnt work out in my head when the guy asks "what door is the door to safety/death" so you have to re word it
Like i said, i probs went round the houses with it lol and there is obviously a simpler answer, but thats the way my brain works so meh lol
Lee, i cant remember the answer for that, but thats a really good scam aswell for scamming bar staff, i saw it on the real hustle lol
An old Arab had 3 sons & 21 camels.
in his will, he left 1/2 to the eldest son, 1/4 to the middle son & 1/8 to the youngest son.......
How many did each one receive??????
Thats not dishing out all the camels lol
Thats not dishing out all the camels lol
all camels were dished out..........
Mowgli
1) 12
2) 6
3) 3
How I got to the answer :-
The fractions add up to 7/8. So you divide 21 by 7 and multiply up thus :-
1/2 1/4 1/8 = 4/8 2/8 1/8
21/7 = 3
3*4 3*2 3*1
I should be right.
Mowgli
1) 12
2) 6
3) 3
How I got to the answer :-
The fractions add up to 7/8. So you divide 21 by 7 and multiply up thus :-
1/2 1/4 1/8 = 4/8 2/8 1/8
21/7 = 3
3*4 3*2 3*1
I should be right.
you get the prize
woohoo!!
Every minute the cellular creature splits in two halves, each one immediately growing to the same size as the parent. In 60 minutes the multitude of amoebae completly fill their container. To the nearest minute, how much time was needed to half-fill the container?
and a simple math one. What is 50 divided by 1/2 + 10?
59 minutes of course, if it doubles in mass every minute, at 60 mins it is full, then 1 minute before that, it is half full....
i would agree at 110, the convention in maths is to do a multiplication/division before an addition/subtraction.
D'OH yeah, 59 minutes... lol
ok. next one.
a snail is trying to climb up a sheet of glass.
every hour he manages to climb 3 inches, but then rests & slips down 2 inches.
the glass is 48 inches high
how long does it take to reach the top.
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