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Claymorez

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SultanP said:
SakSak said:
claymorez said:
Also, God is all it can be I think, which is why I didn't think of it.
You win!
Seriously? God was supposed to be the answer? How lame.

I'd like for you to show me how any god moves mountains, was there before beginning (that is to say, before that particular god began) and explain to me how god can be so limited as to be inable to move backwards.
And also how this particular god never speeds up or slows down. I'm pretty sure a god could do either if said god so wished.
You forget - time doesn't exist ergo speed being relative ceases to exist - anyway thats is what I was told when I was asked this riddle years ago
 

Zacharine

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claymorez said:
Time doesn't exist it is a measurement humans made up to record events - it only exists in a theoretical sense.
Ever heard of space-time? Time is not just a human-made concept, it is a measurable dimension like lenght or width.

God can't move backwards because he is everything
Proof please. Otherwise this remains a subjective assertion.

which means he occupies all off time as we call it
Great. So the name of your God is Universe. Because that is what we call 'everything'.

- so it has no space to move,
Space is limited to the universe. If it is universe as you are asserting, it cannot move at all: it can expand or contract but not move. Making another hint of your riddle inaccurate.

it can move forwards because his creation is changing.
That change is towards death. So if God is the universe, God can and will die. Or rather, become impotent, as no energy remains.

Also, if God is the universe, how could it be there before its own birth?

And God can destroy mountains if he could part the red sea :p
Again, proof. I could just as well assert my cup of coffee could move mountains and was there before beginning.

Your 'riddle' makes no sense, because it depends entirely on subjective unprovable assertions.
 

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DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
A knight and a dragon live on an island.
The island has seven wells, numbered 1 to 7 - the water from each well is poisoned.
The poison from one well can be neutralised by drinking from a higher numbered well.
Well number 7 is atop an unclimbable mountain, so only the dragon can reach it.
One day, the knight and dragon have a duel. They both bring a glass of water for the other to drink, and after that they are free to do as they please until one of them dies.
Only the knight survives.
What happened?
The dragon got stupid and didn't give the knight a drink from well 7, while being double stupid and didn't drink from well 7 after drinking from the cup the knight offered (which couldn't have been from well 7 as only the Dragon had access to that.)

EDIT and the Dragon forgot to actually taste what it drank, to check if he was drinking non-poisonous sea water before going to drink from well 7.
 

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DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
SeanTheSheep said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
A knight and a dragon live on an island.
The island has seven wells, numbered 1 to 7 - the water from each well is poisoned.
The poison from one well can be neutralised by drinking from a higher numbered well.
Well number 7 is atop an unclimbable mountain, so only the dragon can reach it.
One day, the knight and dragon have a duel. They both bring a glass of water for the other to drink, and after that they are free to do as they please until one of them dies.
Only the knight survives.
What happened?
He gave the dragon water from well number 5&6?
Then drank some of it himself?
Nope.
OOOOO this one is good
 

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[quote = DragonsAteMyMarbles]:
A knight and a dragon live on an island.
The island has seven wells, numbered 1 to 7 - the water from each well is poisoned.
The poison from one well can be neutralised by drinking from a higher numbered well.
Well number 7 is atop an unclimbable mountain, so only the dragon can reach it.
One day, the knight and dragon have a duel. They both bring a glass of water for the other to drink, and after that they are free to do as they please until one of them dies.
Only the knight survives.
What happened?
[/quote]

The knight drinks water from well #1, and gives nonpoisonous water to the dragon?
 

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soapyshooter said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
SeanTheSheep said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
A knight and a dragon live on an island.
The island has seven wells, numbered 1 to 7 - the water from each well is poisoned.
The poison from one well can be neutralised by drinking from a higher numbered well.
Well number 7 is atop an unclimbable mountain, so only the dragon can reach it.
One day, the knight and dragon have a duel. They both bring a glass of water for the other to drink, and after that they are free to do as they please until one of them dies.
Only the knight survives.
What happened?
He gave the dragon water from well number 5&6?
Then drank some of it himself?
Nope.
OOOOO this one is good
The knight didn't drink the water, then stabbed the dragon?
 

Zacharine

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SeanTheSheep said:
soapyshooter said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
SeanTheSheep said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
A knight and a dragon live on an island.
The island has seven wells, numbered 1 to 7 - the water from each well is poisoned.
The poison from one well can be neutralised by drinking from a higher numbered well.
Well number 7 is atop an unclimbable mountain, so only the dragon can reach it.
One day, the knight and dragon have a duel. They both bring a glass of water for the other to drink, and after that they are free to do as they please until one of them dies.
Only the knight survives.
What happened?
He gave the dragon water from well number 5&6?
Then drank some of it himself?
Nope.
OOOOO this one is good
The knight didn't drink the water, then stabbed the dragon?
It ought to be clear by now: The knight drank from well 1 before the duel, thus any poisonous drink the Dragon gave him would be neutralized along with the earlier poisonous water.

The knight also gave the Dragon a non-poisonous drink. When the Dragon was stupid enough to not check what it had drank, it went and drank from well 7 confident in that whatever it had drank would be neutralized but in reality poisoning itself and dying off.

EDIT: only problem with this is that the Dragon would have to be stupid (to not do the same trick) and the knight cunning (to not fall for any draconic trick and come up with this).
 

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SeanTheSheep said:
soapyshooter said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
SeanTheSheep said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
A knight and a dragon live on an island.
The island has seven wells, numbered 1 to 7 - the water from each well is poisoned.
The poison from one well can be neutralised by drinking from a higher numbered well.
Well number 7 is atop an unclimbable mountain, so only the dragon can reach it.
One day, the knight and dragon have a duel. They both bring a glass of water for the other to drink, and after that they are free to do as they please until one of them dies.
Only the knight survives.
What happened?
He gave the dragon water from well number 5&6?
Then drank some of it himself?
Nope.
OOOOO this one is good
The knight didn't drink the water, then stabbed the dragon?

OMG, i think i got it. The knight drinks from one of the wells(1-6) before the duel knowing that the dragon will give him water from Well 7 because there is no well 8 to neutralize posion from well 7. Dragon thinks he won but infact he cured the knight.

that has to be right

EDIT: ninja'd by saksak, DAMN you! good riddle though
 

DragonsAteMyMarbles

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ziratha said:
[quote = DragonsAteMyMarbles]:
A knight and a dragon live on an island.
The island has seven wells, numbered 1 to 7 - the water from each well is poisoned.
The poison from one well can be neutralised by drinking from a higher numbered well.
Well number 7 is atop an unclimbable mountain, so only the dragon can reach it.
One day, the knight and dragon have a duel. They both bring a glass of water for the other to drink, and after that they are free to do as they please until one of them dies.
Only the knight survives.
What happened?
The knight drinks water from well #1, and gives nonpoisonous water to the dragon?[/quote]
You got it. The dragon then drinks from well 7 thinking he's been poisoned, and dies. The knight is cured by the dragon.

Right...
There are three unmarked lightbulbs in a room.
Outside the room there are three switches numbered 1, 2 and 3.
It's impossible to see the light from the bulbs without going into the room.
How could you tell which switch corresponds to which lightbulb without going into the room more than once?
(No mirrors either)
 

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DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
There are three unmarked lightbulbs in a room.
Outside the room there are three switches numbered 1, 2 and 3.
It's impossible to see the light from the bulbs without going into the room.
How could you tell which switch corresponds to which lightbulb without going into the room more than once?
(No mirrors either)
Easy. Flip the switch number 1. Wait for ten minutes. Flip it back and then flip switch 2. Enter the room. If a light is on, switch 2 controls it. If it is off, touch that lamp. If it is hot, then switch 1 controls it. If it is cool to the touch, switch 3 controls it.
 

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DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
Right...
There are three unmarked lightbulbs in a room.
Outside the room there are three switches numbered 1, 2 and 3.
It's impossible to see the light from the bulbs without going into the room.
How could you tell which switch corresponds to which lightbulb without going into the room more than once?
(No mirrors either)
I know this one, but I can't recall the answer, it's sort of complicated, but really simple.
The only answer otherwise is to send someone else into the room and tell me.
 

DragonsAteMyMarbles

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SakSak said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
There are three unmarked lightbulbs in a room.
Outside the room there are three switches numbered 1, 2 and 3.
It's impossible to see the light from the bulbs without going into the room.
How could you tell which switch corresponds to which lightbulb without going into the room more than once?
(No mirrors either)
Easy. Flip the switch number 1. Wait for ten minutes. Flip it back and then flip switch 2. Enter the room. If a light is on, switch 2 controls it. If it is off, touch that lamp. If it is hot, then switch 1 controls it. If it is cool to the touch, switch 3 controls it.
That's it.

"A chest without hinges, key or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid."
 

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I'm sorry if this one has already been posted.

A man lives on the top floor of a block of flats.
Everyday he goes halfway up the block of flats and walks the rest of the way up the stairs.
Why?
 

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DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
SakSak said:
DragonsAteMyMarbles said:
There are three unmarked lightbulbs in a room.
Outside the room there are three switches numbered 1, 2 and 3.
It's impossible to see the light from the bulbs without going into the room.
How could you tell which switch corresponds to which lightbulb without going into the room more than once?
(No mirrors either)
Easy. Flip the switch number 1. Wait for ten minutes. Flip it back and then flip switch 2. Enter the room. If a light is on, switch 2 controls it. If it is off, touch that lamp. If it is hot, then switch 1 controls it. If it is cool to the touch, switch 3 controls it.
That's it.

"A chest without hinges, key or lid,
Yet golden treasure inside is hid."
Egg...
Simple as hell.
 

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SakSak said:
Tethalaki said:
SakSak said:
1. My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick Fat, I am slow Wind is my foe.
A Storm?
A storm is made of wind, creates wind and is served by wind. Wind is not the foe of a storm.

SakSak said:
2. Many things can create one, it can be of any shape or size, it is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time.
A Shadow?
that works, but 'a hole' was what I was after.
Actually both a hole and a shadow can not be of any shape.
 

SeanTheSheep

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dark707 said:
I'm sorry if this one has already been posted.

A man lives on the top floor of a block of flats.
Everyday he goes halfway up the block of flats and walks the rest of the way up the stairs.
Why?
Except when it rains, don't forget that bit!
It's because he's vertically challenged, and can only reach the button for his floor with his umbrella.