Riddle time!
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While that's true, I don't think that is one of the answers the Author (Lewis Carroll) thought of.Raven said:
Because Lewis Carroll famously didn't have an answer for it. He wrote the book and never bothered to solve his own riddle. Any answer you've heard such as (because Poe wrote on both) are just ones random people made up and therfore my answer is as valid as any otherMr.Mattress said:
Thought this one up a while ago
What is my name?
I wear a ruby in my shoulder,
I wear a sapphire on my foot,
I wear a belt of diamonds.
What is my name?
And just for fun, another one
You are in a room that is indestructible, with the walls, floor and ceiling not being able to be damaged in any way shape or form. All that you have with you is a pretzel stick. How do you get out?
What is my name?
I wear a ruby in my shoulder,
I wear a sapphire on my foot,
I wear a belt of diamonds.
What is my name?
And just for fun, another one
You are in a room that is indestructible, with the walls, floor and ceiling not being able to be damaged in any way shape or form. All that you have with you is a pretzel stick. How do you get out?
Actually, because people bugged him so much about that 'stupid' riddle (According to him), he did come up with answers! The one I remember is "They both produce notes, though sometimes they're flat".Raven said:Because Lewis Carroll famously didn't have an answer for it. He wrote the book and never bothered to solve his own riddle. Any answer you've heard such as (because Poe wrote on both) are just ones random people made up and therfore my answer is as valid as any otherMr.Mattress said:
If you hit me, I will crack, but you'll never stop me from staring back, what am I?
Yes to anyone who recognizes this, I did steal this
Yes to anyone who recognizes this, I did steal this
The letter E.Leemaster777 said:
Now a classic... What have I got in my pocket?
Naw, but here's a real one
The person who makes it doesn't need it
The person who buys it doesn't want it
And the person who uses it doesn't know it.
I had heard he made a few answers a short time after but seeing as the answer wasn't created with the riddle, I'd consider it an" unofficial" addition.... Much like how J K Rowling claimed Dumbledore was gay. If she knew it at the time then why not include it in the books themselves?Mr.Mattress said:Actually, because people bugged him so much about that 'stupid' riddle (According to him), he did come up with answers! The one I remember is "They both produce notes, though sometimes they're flat".Raven said:Because Lewis Carroll famously didn't have an answer for it. He wrote the book and never bothered to solve his own riddle. Any answer you've heard such as (because Poe wrote on both) are just ones random people made up and therfore my answer is as valid as any otherMr.Mattress said:
That post was legendary.TopazFusion said:
One day I'm going to a bar, getting drunk and whispering this riddle to someone. I only hope they give me a knowing smile as only someone who's spent some time on the Escapist could. That that riddle could be the password to some secret society.
Well, I guess that's reasonable. Still, my riddle is ruined XD I'll have to think of a new one.Raven said:I had heard he made a few answers a short time after but seeing as the answer wasn't created with the riddle, I'd consider it an" unofficial" addition.... Much like how J K Rowling claimed Dumbledore was gay. If she knew it at the time then why not include it in the books themselves?Mr.Mattress said:Actually, because people bugged him so much about that 'stupid' riddle (According to him), he did come up with answers! The one I remember is "They both produce notes, though sometimes they're flat".Raven said:Because Lewis Carroll famously didn't have an answer for it. He wrote the book and never bothered to solve his own riddle. Any answer you've heard such as (because Poe wrote on both) are just ones random people made up and therfore my answer is as valid as any otherMr.Mattress said:
A coffin.WinkyTheGreat said:
Sorry I've got none to add... Oh no, wait here's an old one -
Riddle me, riddle me, rot-tot-tote!
A little wee man, in a red red coat!
A staff in his hand, and a stone in his throat;
If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat.
(I won't actually give you a groat, it's just part of where the riddle came from)
And nevar put with the wrong end in front.Mr.Mattress said:Actually, because people bugged him so much about that 'stupid' riddle (According to him), he did come up with answers! The one I remember is "They both produce notes, though sometimes they're flat".Raven said:Because Lewis Carroll famously didn't have an answer for it. He wrote the book and never bothered to solve his own riddle. Any answer you've heard such as (because Poe wrote on both) are just ones random people made up and therfore my answer is as valid as any otherMr.Mattress said:
This one's easier when you have it written down but whatever, I'll give it a shot.
5 + 5 + 5 = 550
Add one line to the left hand side to make this true.
There's one that I like because it's both really easy and really difficult at the same time. Apparently about half of the people who hear it figure it out instantly. The answer is just so obvious to them that it doesn't even seem like a riddle. But the other half might be stuck for a long time and still not get it.
If you are one of the people who get it, don't spoil it right away.
Recently a friend told me the following story about the death of his grandfather: "My grandparents used to go to church on Sundays. One day during the sermon, which was long and dry, my grandfather fell asleep. That week he had been reading a novel about the French Revolution and began to dream that he was a rich aristocrat living in a beautiful chateau in France.
Suddenly there was a commotion outside. A mob of peasants appeared, stormed the house, grabbed him and tied him up, dragged him to the market square, where there was a platform with a guillotine set up. My grandfather was led up the stairs, a priest muttered a few words to him and then his head was placed in the cradle of the guillotine. A hooded executioner approached and reached up for the lever that releases the blade. At that moment my grandfather was snoring quite loudly, so my grandmother reached out and pinched him on the back of his neck to wake him up. This was such a shock to my grandfather that he suffered a heart attack and died on the spot."
My reaction to the story of my friend: "I don't believe a word of that. You made it up." Why did I react in this way, how did I know the story is not true?
Suddenly there was a commotion outside. A mob of peasants appeared, stormed the house, grabbed him and tied him up, dragged him to the market square, where there was a platform with a guillotine set up. My grandfather was led up the stairs, a priest muttered a few words to him and then his head was placed in the cradle of the guillotine. A hooded executioner approached and reached up for the lever that releases the blade. At that moment my grandfather was snoring quite loudly, so my grandmother reached out and pinched him on the back of his neck to wake him up. This was such a shock to my grandfather that he suffered a heart attack and died on the spot."
My reaction to the story of my friend: "I don't believe a word of that. You made it up." Why did I react in this way, how did I know the story is not true?
If you are one of the people who get it, don't spoil it right away.
Someone must have rewinded the tape, since the police has not done that.Solo-Wing said:I am bored so I must make a random thread. This thread is about Riddles! Post the hardest riddles you can think of here and see if anybody can Solve them!
A man was found dead in his house with a gun in his hand. There was a tape recorder on his desk. When the Police arrived they pressed play on the tape recorder and heard "This is it. my life is over" then a gunshot. How did the Detective immediately know that it was a murder and not a suicide?
Toughy! I doubt you people will get it! Prove me wrong!
Crashed into a graveyard.Raven said:
*Opens copy of 'The Hobbit'*
What has roots as nobody sees
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
and yet never grows?
I'm not one for astronomy so I'm just going to guess Orion for the fact of the belt of diamonds and assume that the ruby and sapphire are very clever references for the stars that make his shoulder and foot.Surpheal said:
For the second, I'm going to say that I go out the door/window I came in, since you never said the room didn't have any of those features, just that its walls are indestructible.