Riddle Thread.

[BoredDragon]

A man leaps off of the roof of an eleven story building. He takes a running start and when he leaves the roof, he is traveling at 3.2m/s.

How long does it take him to reach the ground?

depends how long the elevator ride is

 

[The Thinker]

What stinks when living and smells good when dead?

Pigs, 'cause of bacon.

 

[TornadoFive]

Since no one seemed to try my other one, here's another!

There was a man who was walking. There was heavy rain and it was very muddy. The man looks back to see his footprints, but they aren't there. Why?

He wasn't walking in the rain? As in, it was raining heavily, but not where the man was?

 

[The Thinker]

A woman walks into a restaurant and orders albatross. She takes one bite, leaves the restaurant and later shoots herself in the head. Why did she do it?
A helpful hint: the woman had recently been involved in a plane crash. They had landed on a desert island, many died, and they had initially struggled to find food.

And no, it's not 'cause she didn't like the taste.

Just remembered this: The women was given meat on the island and told it was albatross. It was actually another survivor who had "mysteriously disappeared". She ordered albatross in the restuarant, and when the taste was different she figured it out and killed herself.

So it was, in a way, because she didn't like the taste.

 

[Spawny0908]

What's the thing that Always goes up but never down?

your age?

 

[EmpressZombiKitty]

Since no one seemed to try my other one, here's another!

There was a man who was walking. There was heavy rain and it was very muddy. The man looks back to see his footprints, but they aren't there. Why?

He wasn't walking in the rain? As in, it was raining heavily, but not where the man was?

It was raining heavily and muddy where the man was walking. Proving that he's making deep footprints. (It's how my dad told it to me awhile back, anyway.)

 

[godfist88]

Riddles time
Post Riddles, Answer Riddles.


In a room with only 2 exits are two guards, of which one will always tell the truth, and one will always lie, and you do not know which is which. One exit leads to certain death, the other to freedom. You may ask ONE guard ONE question. What do you ask to guarantee your freedom?

neither, both lead to death.

 

[Zechnophobe]

But... an hour and a half?

Look:

Yeah, a LOONG time working on that floor height. In my mind he spends 20 minutes finding consensus on whether the classroom is a good enough example or not, or whether they should find a national or global average.

Then someone suggests the average height of people in the nation should be normalized for.

Then after much data mining, it is agreed upon! And the rest took 1 minute or so to write out.

 

[TornadoFive]

Since no one seemed to try my other one, here's another!

There was a man who was walking. There was heavy rain and it was very muddy. The man looks back to see his footprints, but they aren't there. Why?

He wasn't walking in the rain? As in, it was raining heavily, but not where the man was?

It was raining heavily and muddy where the man was walking. Proving that he's making deep footprints. (It's how my dad told it to me awhile back, anyway.)

Was he dragging something behind him? Something that would destroy the footprints as he walked?

 

[Coldster]

What happens when an unstopable force meets an immovable object?

OR:

It cannot be heared, it cannot be felt.
It cannot be seen, it cannot be smeled.
It lies behind the stars and under hills,
and empty holes it fills.
Comes first, follows after.
Ends life, kills laughter.
Of what do I speak?

Dark! The answer is Dark! LOL I remember that from that funny cartoon.

You sir just made my day.

 

[The Thinker]

Riddles time
Post Riddles, Answer Riddles.


In a room with only 2 exits are two guards, of which one will always tell the truth, and one will always lie, and you do not know which is which. One exit leads to certain death, the other to freedom. You may ask ONE guard ONE question. What do you ask to guarantee your freedom?

neither, both lead to death.

It is stated that one door leads to freedom. No good riddle has a solution which includes the riddle teller lying.

 

[Rough Sausage]

What starts with e, ends with e, and contains only one letter?
...It's not the letter e.
Goodnight people.

 

[EmpressZombiKitty]

Since no one seemed to try my other one, here's another!

There was a man who was walking. There was heavy rain and it was very muddy. The man looks back to see his footprints, but they aren't there. Why?

He wasn't walking in the rain? As in, it was raining heavily, but not where the man was?

It was raining heavily and muddy where the man was walking. Proving that he's making deep footprints. (It's how my dad told it to me awhile back, anyway.)

Was he dragging something behind him? Something that would destroy the footprints as he walked?

Nope.

 

[Yossarian1507]

What is big, yellow, and cannot swim? (warning - this is very stupid question)

More serious one:

If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?

 

[TornadoFive]

What starts with e, ends with e, and contains only one letter?
...It's not the letter e.
Goodnight people.

An envelope! I hadn't heard that one before, so it took me a few miutes to work it out. Good one sir!

 

[The Thinker]

What starts with e, ends with e, and contains only one letter?
...It's not the letter e.
Goodnight people.

An envelope.
Goodnight.

(though technically, you can have more than one letter in an envelope.)

Edit: Darn! Not fast enough!

 

[Spartan448]

A bell rings, a man drowns, a bell rings. What happened?

 

[The Thinker]

A bell rings, a man drowns, a bell rings. What happened?

An angel gained its wings?

 

[Lawbringer]

What happens when an unstopable force meets an immovable object?

Both things cannot exist as they contradict each other.

snip

I always figured the unstoppable force would just bounce off

I think he (the physicist) said something along those lines, too. The energy being dissipated sideways so it does not stop, just changes direction.

He certainly used enough sciency jargon to sound convincing to a mere layman such as myself!

 

[Spartan448]

A bell rings, a man drowns, a bell rings. What happened?

An angel gained its wings?

Nope! Keep trying, though.