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Title: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 01, 2010, 08:46:30 pm
Okay, I know that this has to have been posted before, but I haven't seen it so...

I'm going to post a riddle then you guys post the answer. first person to answer correctly posts the next one and so on. I'd prefer it if you guys would wait for the person who posted the riddle to tell you that your answer is correct before posting another one.

let's start easy:

I have a thousand holes and yet I can hold water. what am I?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: techno65535 on September 01, 2010, 08:47:19 pm
Naboo
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 01, 2010, 08:48:40 pm
Naboo

???
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 01, 2010, 08:48:49 pm
Strainer.

I get wetter the more I dry.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 01, 2010, 08:49:44 pm
Strainer.

I get wetter the more I dry.

actually, It's a sponge... but I don't care.

the answer to this is a towel.

the more you take out of me, the larger I get.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: techno65535 on September 01, 2010, 08:54:24 pm
Naboo, from star wars. It has no solid core. You can take a sub straight through it to the other side. Thus it holds water but is full of holes.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 01, 2010, 08:59:49 pm
the more you take out of me, the larger I get.
A hole.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: ragnarok97071 on September 01, 2010, 09:00:54 pm
the more you take out of me, the larger I get.
A hole.
Sorta need a riddle after that answer, doncha?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: wolfchild on September 01, 2010, 09:02:28 pm
I think he is waiting to see if it is correct
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 01, 2010, 09:06:54 pm
yes, it is correct.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 01, 2010, 09:29:00 pm
You are in a house with four walls that all face south. What color is the bear outside?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 01, 2010, 09:31:35 pm
You are in a house with four walls that all face south. What color is the bear outside?
white

what can't you keep until you give?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 01, 2010, 09:36:48 pm
what can't you keep until you give?
A promise.

What does man love more than life?
Fear more than death or mortal strife?
What do the poor have, what the rich require,
And what contented men desire?
What does the miser spend, the spendthrift save,
And all men carry to their graves?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 01, 2010, 09:44:52 pm
What does man love more than life?
Fear more than death or mortal strife?
What do the poor have, what the rich require,
And what contented men desire?
What does the miser spend, the spendthrift save,
And all men carry to their graves?

Nothing, of course.


A Harpy, winged, watches coldly.
A Satyr, piping, prances boldly.
A Naga guarding, ever more.
A Golem carved as from the floor.
A Werewolf will round out the five.
Choose the right one to stay alive!

Every monster likes to eat,
But which finds Humankind a treat?
Each one dwells in just one place,
A single drink is for each race,
All have colors, one apiece,
The key is which on Human feasts.

One-half-a-goat lives in the Trees,
The Serpentine, on Half-Elf feeds,
The Hairy One fills up on Grog,
Left of the Dungeon are Cliffs Of Fog,
Cliff dwellers all drink Ale, they say,
He who eats Gnomes is fond of Gray,

Deep in the Cave, one favors Red,
In Center is the Wino's bed,
The Feathered Femme lives in the First,
The friend of Brown, for Beer will thirst,
The beast who prefers all things Blacker,
Resides next to the Dwarf-kin snacker,

Tis beside the one in Red,
Resides an Elven eater's stead,
Next to the Pit, the Flier dwells,
The Construct thinks that Green is swell,
A neighbor of the Black of heart,
Feels drinking Water is an art.

No more clues will help your plight,
So give the answer, when it's right.
Though when it's known, they'll be no doubt,
So please don't plead, don't beg, don't pout.
Divine the answer, though it's cruel,
Who eats Humans as a rule?


Spoiler: P.S. Best Answer Ever (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 01, 2010, 09:53:19 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

*flees*
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 01, 2010, 09:54:50 pm
...but you already... NOOOOOOOOOoooooo...

 :'(
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Labs on September 01, 2010, 10:16:09 pm
Ok, here's one.
 
Pete is laying dead on the floor in a pool of water and broken glass. Ther is an unbroken, open window above him with a breeze coming in. The room is on the 20th floor of a highrise and the largest building for miles. How did Pete die?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 01, 2010, 10:22:34 pm
Someone threw a vase at him from the window.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Labs on September 01, 2010, 10:24:55 pm
Someone threw a vase at him from the window.

Too high up.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: ein on September 01, 2010, 10:26:11 pm
He jumped out the open window and landed on some bottles in the street.
It's raining.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 01, 2010, 10:31:54 pm
Pete is a goldfish that used his psychic powers to choke his owner, but then accidentally punted his tank out the window of a high rise building in an alternate universe, causing him to crash into a street and drown in the water that fish don't breathe in this new and exciting world of magic and mystery.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Labs on September 01, 2010, 10:35:10 pm
He's inside. Barbarossa was the closest so far.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 01, 2010, 10:37:28 pm
A gale force wind blew his goldfish bowl off of its shelf, shattering it into a million pieces as Leprosy ate away his flesh, melting it into mere water.

EDIT: I think this one has way too many possible solutions.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Labs on September 01, 2010, 10:38:37 pm
A gale force wind blew his goldfish bowl off of its shelf, shattering it into a million pieces as Leprosy ate away his flesh, melting it into mere water.

Close enough......
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 01, 2010, 10:41:00 pm
If you say my name I am no more.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: qwertyuiopas on September 01, 2010, 10:53:29 pm
Silence?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 01, 2010, 11:35:38 pm
correct!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: qwertyuiopas on September 01, 2010, 11:50:41 pm
Fatal blue, now a query (Send, Do not), what was I?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Retro on September 02, 2010, 06:50:56 am
Oh, I knew Labs'. The goldfish one. The version I know has a cat knocking the bowl over.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ochita on September 02, 2010, 07:26:27 am
With pointed fangs I sit and wait,
With piercing force I dole out fate,
Over bloodless victims proclaiming my might,
Eternally joining in a single bite.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: wolfchild on September 02, 2010, 07:29:50 am
is it time?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ochita on September 02, 2010, 07:31:25 am
Nope
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Retro on September 02, 2010, 07:38:57 am
A stapler.

I don't have another riddle though :\
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ochita on September 02, 2010, 07:41:39 am
A stapler.

I don't have another riddle though :\
Ding Ding Ding!!!

I travel around the world but never leave the corner.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Retro on September 02, 2010, 07:45:48 am
Hm... a map?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ochita on September 02, 2010, 07:49:38 am
Nope.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: wolfchild on September 02, 2010, 07:50:34 am
Probly going out on a limb here, but

Imagination?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ochita on September 02, 2010, 07:52:30 am
Limb lost  :(
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 02, 2010, 07:57:37 am
Limb lost  :(
Would it be the Compass???

FACEPALM!!! Wrong kind a paper, was thinking about a map before...

Its a Stamp...


My Mouth is at my Foot, and my heart in my head...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ochita on September 02, 2010, 07:59:50 am
Nope, I will give you a hint.

Rain, sleet and snow.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 02, 2010, 08:01:00 am
Nope, I will give you a hint.

Rain, sleet and snow.
//points to his editted post...//
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ochita on September 02, 2010, 08:01:49 am
You ninja'd me, look at the time.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ochita on September 02, 2010, 08:02:18 am
Limb lost  :(
Would it be the Compass???

FACEPALM!!! Wrong kind a paper, was thinking about a map before...

Its a Stamp...


My Mouth is at my Foot, and my heart in my head...
A slug?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 02, 2010, 08:04:01 am
Clam!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 02, 2010, 08:04:53 am
Limb lost  :(
Would it be the Compass???

FACEPALM!!! Wrong kind a paper, was thinking about a map before...

Its a Stamp...


My Mouth is at my Foot, and my heart in my head...
A slug?
Nope, and I didn't Ninja, it was the 4th modify in hopes of catching you...

Clam!
Nope, but it could be a possible answer but still not THE answer...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 02, 2010, 08:12:35 am
Want a Clue???

Turns out I have been saying it wrong all this time....


True riddle,

I stand on one leg, with my heart in my head...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Armok on September 02, 2010, 12:27:12 pm
I hundred dragons may lay there, yet two cat's can not pass standing.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Labs on September 02, 2010, 12:29:10 pm
One tile in Dwarf Fortress of course.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ottofar on September 02, 2010, 12:36:40 pm
Want a Clue???

Turns out I have been saying it wrong all this time....


True riddle,

I stand on one leg, with my heart in my head...

Cabbage?

In case I was right,

It is thousands of miles long, but grass is taller than it.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Armok on September 02, 2010, 12:36:54 pm
correct.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 02, 2010, 04:16:11 pm
Road.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 02, 2010, 09:01:05 pm
Squid?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: techno65535 on September 02, 2010, 09:01:52 pm
The answer was cabbage apparently.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 02, 2010, 09:15:58 pm
It is thousands of miles long, but grass is taller than it.
Either a road or the Equator.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Ottofar on September 02, 2010, 11:03:46 pm
Road is correct.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 02, 2010, 11:06:35 pm
You throw away the inside,then cook the inside. After that, you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 03, 2010, 01:08:00 am
The answer was cabbage apparently.
Yeah it was Cabbage, sorry was out all day doing shopping... Either way both versions of my Riddle are correct (the second the true one) the first is saying that a Cabbage eats through its roots (foot)...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 05, 2010, 12:15:16 am
You throw away the inside,then cook the inside. After that, you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

Answer is maybe Corn, because you throw away the husk and cook the ear of corn, then you munch the outside and throw away the middle part. I don't know their names but I THINK I explained it well...

If my answer was the correct one, please answer the following riddle.

Oft I must strive with wind and wave, battle them both when under the sea.
I feel out the bottom, a Foreign land. In lying still I am strong in the strife;
If I fail in that, they are stronger than I, and wrenching me loose, soon put me to rout.
They wish to capture what I must keep. I can master them both if my grip holds out,
If the rocks bring succour and lend support, strength in the struggle. Ask me my name!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 05, 2010, 12:16:00 am
Are you an oyster?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 05, 2010, 12:18:36 am
No, not an oyster, I don't think they STRIVE with WIND and WAVE. I don't Think they need rocks to support them much either.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 05, 2010, 12:26:33 am
Yes, Corn was correct. For the previous, is it Plants?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 05, 2010, 12:30:48 am
No, it's not plants. I didn't really find the answer FROM the riddle though. I have the answer in a book. Maybe I should have tried an easier one.

Hint: This OBJECT does not always stay on the OCEAN FLOOR.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: wolfchild on September 05, 2010, 02:31:42 am
oh so it's an object, damn i was going to answer the tide
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 05, 2010, 03:00:26 am
Its Sand...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 05, 2010, 10:47:34 am
Sand is wrong, and Tide is wrong also.

Hint: Pirate SHIPS have them.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 05, 2010, 10:53:45 am
Treasure Chest!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 05, 2010, 11:09:28 am
Not treasure, the Emphasized word was SHIP.

Hint Too: Most SHIPS have them, for a reason.
Hint Also: It rhymes with Manticor.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 05, 2010, 11:14:00 am
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Are you a Barnacle?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 05, 2010, 11:41:12 am
It's not a barnacle. How does Barnacle rhyme with Manticor?

Edit: Barbossa wins! YAY!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 05, 2010, 12:09:01 pm
Oh, an anchor! I case I'm right, here's another.

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: EagleV on September 05, 2010, 01:41:44 pm
I'm following this.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Jetsquirrel on September 05, 2010, 02:03:01 pm
a shadow?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: eclipsetail on September 05, 2010, 02:03:29 pm
a shadow?
I think shadows can walk.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 05, 2010, 02:05:19 pm
Nope, not a shadow. Pay close attention to the fact that thought follows closely behind.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: eclipsetail on September 05, 2010, 02:14:55 pm
A nose.

Jenn picked a book off the highest shelf in her room. On the spine she read
       How to Jog.  She ran out of the room and opened the book but found it had absolutely nothing to do with jogging. Explain.......
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 05, 2010, 04:19:07 pm
Your mind.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 05, 2010, 08:09:26 pm
Jenn picked a book off the highest shelf in her room. On the spine she read
       How to Jog.  She ran out of the room and opened the book but found it had absolutely nothing to do with jogging. Explain.......

Wrong dustjacket.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 06, 2010, 01:16:24 am
Jenn picked a book off the highest shelf in her room. On the spine she read
       How to Jog.  She ran out of the room and opened the book but found it had absolutely nothing to do with jogging. Explain.......

Wrong dustjacket.

she has dyslexia?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: EagleV on September 06, 2010, 02:11:21 am
The title actually is "How to joggle building materials to prevent slipping". However, Jenn is a very small girl and the highest shelf is very high, so she could only read a bit of the title, as the shelf was in the way. She had to borrow a ladder to take it.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: eclipsetail on September 06, 2010, 06:44:01 am
Jenn picked a book off the highest shelf in her room. On the spine she read
       How to Jog.  She ran out of the room and opened the book but found it had absolutely nothing to do with jogging. Explain.......

Wrong dustjacket.
That's close I guess.
The answer was that it's an encyclopedia of the letters "HOW to JOG"
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 06, 2010, 12:58:05 pm
Jenn picked a book off the highest shelf in her room. On the spine she read
       How to Jog.  She ran out of the room and opened the book but found it had absolutely nothing to do with jogging. Explain.......
That's close I guess.
The answer was that it's an encyclopedia of the letters "HOW to JOG"

Wouldn't it then have something to do with jogging, in the final entry at least?

Well, whatever.  That's a pretty cool solution =)
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 07, 2010, 12:56:08 pm
I serve the healer as a shield
I'll hide a victim or a thief
A deception that you carry
In celebration or in grief

I serve the shaman as a doorway
Guard the knight in times of strife
I confer both fear and mystery
And can grant the breath of life

What am I?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Itnetlolor on September 07, 2010, 02:37:04 pm
Sounds like a chess riddle. Are you a pawn? Could be a rook as well, I guess.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 07, 2010, 03:29:04 pm
Erm... faith?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 07, 2010, 04:02:35 pm
Magic ,suckas.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 07, 2010, 05:43:20 pm
I'm afraid you're incorrect so far,
But please don't wrack your brain.
Compared to all these things, I fear,
I'm far, far more mundane.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 07, 2010, 05:53:52 pm
A... mask?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 07, 2010, 06:05:54 pm
Indeed, well done!

You have won all the high-fives. All of them.

Spoiler: Explaination (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Evergod41 on September 07, 2010, 06:37:49 pm
Very well put together, my good sir!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 07, 2010, 06:51:10 pm
If I may...
We are little airy creatures
All of different voice and features
One of us in glass is set,
And the next is found in jet
Another you will see in tin
The forth a box within
If the fifth you pursue
It will never fly from you
[/i]
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 07, 2010, 07:06:32 pm
Are we, perhaps, Vowels?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Evergod41 on September 07, 2010, 07:16:56 pm
wow, never thought of that, I was taking creatures literally...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 07, 2010, 07:21:31 pm
Are we, perhaps, Vowels?
Damn. First guess. Give a riddle.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Evergod41 on September 07, 2010, 07:23:01 pm
But he just gave one, so to prevent recursion!

Which of the following statements are true?

1. At least one of these ten statements is false.
2. At least two of these ten statements are false.
3. At least three of these ten statements are false.
4. At least four of these ten statements are false.
5. At least five of these ten statements are false.
6. At least six of these ten statements are false.
7. At least seven of these ten statements are false.
8. At least eight of these ten statements are false.
9. At least nine of these ten statements are false.
10. At least ten of these ten statements are false.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 07, 2010, 07:27:14 pm
All of them
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 07, 2010, 07:55:25 pm
First five true, last five false.

I think.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Evergod41 on September 07, 2010, 08:21:19 pm
where I got it from didn't give me an answer along with it, but I only looked after I posted, so, Vector, you win, I think...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 07, 2010, 08:26:18 pm
Which is the word in English that has nine letters, and remains a word at each step even when you remove one letter from it, right up to a single letter remaining. List each letter as you remove them, along with the resulting word at each step.

And I want to see each stage...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 07, 2010, 09:15:45 pm
Startling
Starling
Staring
String
Sting
Sing
Sin
In
I

Alternatively...
Splatters
Splatter
Platter
Latter
Later
Late
Ate
At
A

Now, for my riddle: I horseman rode into town on Friday, and stayed for three nights. He left again on Friday. How is this possible?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 07, 2010, 09:18:28 pm
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 07, 2010, 09:22:18 pm
Correct!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 07, 2010, 09:23:34 pm
Bah, I'd... I'd post some, but I actually can't remember any riddles.  Hmmm.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 07, 2010, 09:35:17 pm
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 07, 2010, 09:38:42 pm
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Ooh, I heard this one just today. A river.

Two fighter jets take off at the same exact moment. They are flying across the Pacific. One leaves Seattle and is flying to Tokyo at 480 miles per hour. The other leaves Tokyo and is flying to Seattle at only 430 miles per hour ( because of a strong head wind ). Which one will be closer to Prague when they meet?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 07, 2010, 09:39:52 pm
Neither--when they meet, they'll be at the same place.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 07, 2010, 09:41:12 pm
Correct. Of course you saw through my math-y disguise!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 07, 2010, 10:01:15 pm
What are the next THREE letters that come next???

o, t, t, f, f, s, s, _, _, _???
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: silhouette on September 07, 2010, 10:11:58 pm
e,n,t- eight, nine, ten

What's black within (as in inside)
and red without (as in outside)
with four corners round about. (self explanatory)
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 07, 2010, 11:45:52 pm
Aside from the necrotic, dessicated remains of what once passed for my heart?

My first thought was a Checkers Board.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: silhouette on September 07, 2010, 11:48:26 pm
Nope...
this one may be hard... sorta... Depending on where you live, they may or may not continue to exist there...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 08, 2010, 01:13:11 am
Is it a Newspaper???
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 08, 2010, 07:48:33 am
What's black within (as in inside)
and red without (as in outside)
with four corners round about. (self explanatory)
A brick chimney, if the bricks were red, nobody cleaned the soot, and it happened to be round. One such as the one on my house.

I don't have any more riddles, though, so someone else give one if this is right.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: silhouette on September 08, 2010, 09:26:18 pm
What's black within (as in inside)
and red without (as in outside)
with four corners round about. (self explanatory)
A brick chimney, if the bricks were red, nobody cleaned the soot, and it happened to be round. One such as the one on my house.

I don't have any more riddles, though, so someone else give one if this is right.

WINNER!

Well the "round about" just means around it and not that it is round...
It can be a confusing riddle at times.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 02:21:42 pm
i made this one myself, so no looking it up for you!
oh, i've fought kings and queens
and all there many young
my sidekick alone epic tales,
by SOMEONE have been sung...

i've fought some evil demons,
and some aliens as well
and some foes, at least,
in the very bowels of hell.

but though i've rescued my true love
many times before,
and went trekking back in time
to the ancient times of yore...


i've never done my job.

what am i?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 11, 2010, 02:25:49 pm
Time?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 02:26:27 pm
Time?
when does time have a job?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 11, 2010, 02:27:11 pm
Makes it vacuously true, doesn't it?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 02:27:52 pm
Makes it vacuously true, doesn't it?
and a sidekick?
and a true love?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 11, 2010, 02:31:12 pm
*grumbles*

Time's sidekicks are Death and Taxes, and I totally ship Time x Destiny.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 02:32:32 pm
*grumbles*

Time's sidekicks are Death and Taxes, and I totally ship Time x Destiny.
*facepalm*
it has absolutely NO hidden philosophical.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 11, 2010, 02:48:47 pm
I think it is the Grim Reaper/ Collecter of dead/ near dead souls.

But then I thought it could be greed.

I can't really think much else, but I SHALL try harder!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 02:53:18 pm
I think it is the Grim Reaper/ Collecter of dead/ near dead souls.

But then I thought it could be greed.

I can't really think much else, but I SHALL try harder!
wrong/wrong.
hint: it is all 100% literal.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 11, 2010, 03:01:52 pm
The hero of the story? That's all that I can really come up with. Though they don't fight the queens and kings, or their young. The heroes also lack time traveling.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 03:02:37 pm
The hero of the story? That's all that I can really come up with. Though they don't fight the queens and kings, or their young. The heroes also lack time traveling.
this is a hero. he has battled a king/his young, and traveled in time.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Armok on September 11, 2010, 03:11:25 pm
Doctor Who?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 03:13:46 pm
Doctor Who?
nope, oh great one.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 11, 2010, 03:43:08 pm
Makes it vacuously true, doesn't it?
and a sidekick?
and a true love?
Sidekick= Space. Much tales have been based off space.
True Love= Destiny. I believe there is a term for when you time travel and see the future, and discover it sucks, but you can't do anything about it. Thus time rescues destiny for getting fvcked up.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Leafsnail on September 11, 2010, 04:41:04 pm
Mario.

He's fought plenty of Kings and Queens, and lots of their young.

Not so sure how to interpret the next two lines, but whatever.  EDIT: Luigi's had some of his own games, right?

He's fought plenty of demons and aliens and shit.

He's rescued Peach dozens of times, and been back in time in his RPG games.

But he's never done his job - plumbing.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 11, 2010, 04:48:00 pm
What demons has he fought? ???
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Leafsnail on September 11, 2010, 04:50:19 pm
If you dig through the Paper Mario series, I'm sure you'll find some... somewhere...

I think it's probably some kind of protagonist like that in any case, who apparently has a job but is never shown doing it.

Just so someone else doesn't, I'll also suggest Link as an answer.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 04:53:33 pm
Mario.

He's fought plenty of Kings and Queens, and lots of their young.

Not so sure how to interpret the next two lines, but whatever.  EDIT: Luigi's had some of his own games, right?

He's fought plenty of demons and aliens and shit.

He's rescued Peach dozens of times, and been back in time in his RPG games.

But he's never done his job - plumbing.
this is right.
he's fought bowser/the koopalings, with shroob queen as a final boss.
i consider cackletta and dark star demons.
shroobs. need i say more?
SMB3 final world.
peach/pauline.
mario/luigi: partners in time, as well as the obscure "mario's time machine".
and he's never done any plumbing.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Criptfeind on September 11, 2010, 04:55:08 pm
Why do you think the pipes only come up when he goes though them?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Leafsnail on September 11, 2010, 05:14:24 pm
That's called "breaking pipes", not plumbing :P.

I'll make my own too.  So it'll probably be too easy.  If so, regard it as a free pass to the next person.

You may spend a long time searching for it
Even though you know exactly where it can be found

Sometimes you've already been given it already
So just need to show that it's there

Other times you'll need to get it yourself
Using that which has been provided

It can be very important to your life
Or it can be just a game


What is it?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 11, 2010, 05:17:38 pm
... Love?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Leafsnail on September 11, 2010, 05:25:28 pm
Nah, it's not that obvious.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: spitfire684 on September 11, 2010, 05:49:31 pm
Happiness?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 11, 2010, 07:23:24 pm
The answer?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Leafsnail on September 11, 2010, 07:36:16 pm
The answer?
Correct.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 11, 2010, 07:39:46 pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one
Micheal j fox has a small one
Madonna doesn't have one
the pope has one but he never uses it
Bill Clinton Has one and he uses it all the time!
What is it?...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 11, 2010, 07:57:51 pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one
Micheal j fox has a small one
Madonna doesn't have one
the pope has one but he never uses it
Bill Clinton Has one and he uses it all the time!
What is it?...

ummm... :-[
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 11, 2010, 08:14:15 pm
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one
Micheal j fox has a small one
Madonna doesn't have one
the pope has one but he never uses it
Bill Clinton Has one and he uses it all the time!
What is it?...
male genitalia, obviously.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 11, 2010, 08:16:06 pm
The answer?
Correct.
Ooh, could you explain how that works with the last line? I thought 'The Answer' would work except for that part.

What is it?...
A car!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 11, 2010, 08:31:43 pm
Nope. Much more literal. Look closely at it.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 11, 2010, 08:50:30 pm
A last name?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Leafsnail on September 11, 2010, 08:57:09 pm
Ooh, could you explain how that works with the last line? I thought 'The Answer' would work except for that part.
Probably should've been "Part of a game", but they don't always have to be completely literal.  Basically to say that it doesn't always have to be serious.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Criptfeind on September 11, 2010, 09:02:43 pm
A last name?
Madonna Ciccone
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 11, 2010, 09:11:28 pm
But in the riddle she had no last name. It could have been someone else named just Madonna.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 11, 2010, 09:38:46 pm
A last name?
We have a winrar.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 21, 2010, 11:10:24 pm
since no one posted a new riddle: My coat is shiny white, my nose is fiery bright.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 22, 2010, 12:10:06 am
Randolph the albino reindeer?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 22, 2010, 12:11:57 am
correct.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 22, 2010, 09:55:14 am
Randolph the albino reindeer?
whowhat the whatthehecknow?
i do not even know.
and i am afraid to saa-aay
my brain is now a christmas bow.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: qwertyuiopas on September 22, 2010, 03:24:55 pm
Fatal blue, now a query (Send, Do not), what was I?

Still unanswered. Hint: Technology related.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 22, 2010, 03:26:39 pm
BSOD followed by a Microsoft error report window?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: qwertyuiopas on September 22, 2010, 03:40:48 pm
Yes. I'm surprised nobody even tried answering it before.

Edit: For those who don't know:
The BSOD on earlier versions of windows occured everywhere where it occurs on later ones, plus where the later ones give the much more friendly error reports. Now a program crashing means a program crashing and not a program crashing and taking the rest of the computer with it, and the BSOD only comes out rarely if at all.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Kashyyk on September 22, 2010, 04:13:07 pm
In a cage there are a number of parrots. Each male parrot can see twice as many females as males and each female can see equal numbers of males as females. How many parrots are in the cage?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 22, 2010, 05:18:12 pm
3
Clarification: The male sees two females for himself, and the females aren't counting themselves.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 22, 2010, 08:32:51 pm
f = total female    m = total male

2(m-1) = f
(f-1) = m

f = 4
m = 3
f+m = 7
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 22, 2010, 08:42:21 pm
Science for the science god! Math for the math throne!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 24, 2010, 12:45:13 am
f = total female    m = total male

2(m-1) = f
(f-1) = m

f = 4
m = 3
f+m = 7

I can't beleive you just brought algebra into this.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 24, 2010, 12:48:43 am
Why not?  It's better than "female parrots can't count."
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 24, 2010, 08:23:23 am
i still don't know who this randolph guy is.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: EagleV on September 24, 2010, 08:26:25 am
Me neither.

However, I found this riddle in some book I was reading:

"Which herb cures all ailments?"
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 24, 2010, 09:07:36 am
thyme.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: EagleV on September 24, 2010, 09:27:57 am
thyme.

You must have read it ;)
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Neyvn on September 24, 2010, 10:19:14 am
No thats just OLD...
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: EagleV on September 24, 2010, 10:21:05 am
Oh, I see. Sorry for that then.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 24, 2010, 01:52:43 pm
Ninja time: Riddle-no-Jutsu!

Many sleep on gold in this house,
   But few men raid it.
Spears past counting ward this house,
   Yet no man made it.

Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Evergod41 on September 24, 2010, 01:54:50 pm
Earth?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 24, 2010, 01:57:39 pm
Though that sorta fits on a few counts, not quite. :3
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: ragnarok97071 on September 24, 2010, 05:31:03 pm
A cave.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 24, 2010, 08:21:12 pm
Nope, but interesting guesses so far.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Doret on September 24, 2010, 08:33:29 pm
My guess is a Dragon's treasure cave. Though it doesn't fit with the whole puzzle.
At first I thought a Temple where monks pray, but that is man made.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vanigo on September 24, 2010, 08:37:12 pm
A beehive.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 24, 2010, 08:40:02 pm
Bingo! Well done, Vanigo!

It was adapted from an old Riddle, which I couldn't find anywhere online. Good on you!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 24, 2010, 11:14:48 pm
What do I have in my pocket?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 24, 2010, 11:16:14 pm
The One Ring?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Org on September 24, 2010, 11:16:25 pm
What do I have in my pocket?
Fishes.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 24, 2010, 11:22:22 pm
Good guesses, but not correct. Because it does not entirely follow the rules of the Riddle Game, one more guess is allowed before I just give the answer.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 24, 2010, 11:23:54 pm
Nothing.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 24, 2010, 11:59:27 pm
correct!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 25, 2010, 12:14:26 am
OK, this one is old.
Alive without breath,
As cold as death;
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in mail never clinking.

Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 25, 2010, 01:21:18 am
Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure it's not what you've got in your pocketses.

EDIT: I just reread the last page.. and didn't realize I was repeating. Also, do I detect a theme here?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Armok on September 25, 2010, 08:23:17 am
a fish!

"is a question whose correct answer is a negative" is a question whose correct answer is a negative?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: dwarfguy2 on September 25, 2010, 08:43:31 am
PARADOX.

Topical logic puzzle: if an elder god devours the universe at the rate of one galaxy per second, and he's one hundred galaxies away, how long do you have to live assuming perfect interstellar travel?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Armok on September 25, 2010, 09:38:57 am
wrong
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Kashyyk on September 25, 2010, 10:48:14 am
f = total female    m = total male

2(m-1) = f
(f-1) = m

f = 4
m = 3
f+m = 7

Congratz, ur right.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vanigo on September 25, 2010, 12:06:05 pm
"is a question whose correct answer is a negative" is a question whose correct answer is a negative?
This is grammatically questionable.
Also, the answer is no. "is a question whose correct answer is a negative" isn't a question at all. Or even a sentence.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Armok on September 25, 2010, 01:41:33 pm
And Vanigo figured it out. That is the right answer!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 25, 2010, 09:52:42 pm
What did the Dalai Lama ask the hotdog vendor?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 25, 2010, 10:12:15 pm
What did the Dalai Lama ask the hotdog vendor?

Make me one with everything.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 25, 2010, 10:19:40 pm
Get it? One with everything?

Correct.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Mysteriousbluepuppet on September 25, 2010, 10:53:35 pm
I have rivers but no fish, forest but no wood, and my citys hold no people. What am I ?

Also, a personnal composition, so dont be surprised if it sound weirds.

I am downright fierce, and often come with my friends. My sight fills people with fear and rage. what am I ?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: ragnarok97071 on September 25, 2010, 11:00:29 pm
Is the first one a painting?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 25, 2010, 11:00:45 pm
It's a map.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Mysteriousbluepuppet on September 25, 2010, 11:02:31 pm
Got it.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 25, 2010, 11:50:28 pm
Second one is a Dire Beholder.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Terrahex on September 25, 2010, 11:59:18 pm
I am downright fierce, and often come with my friends. My sight fills people with fear and rage. what am I ?
ZOMBIES!!!!!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vanigo on September 26, 2010, 12:06:18 am
Wolves come to mind, but I doubt it's right; it's far too straightforward.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 26, 2010, 12:11:39 am
Think about it. The only creature that can cast Enrage with a Gaze attack is a Beholder. I'm sure of it.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vanigo on September 26, 2010, 12:15:32 am
Think about it. The only creature that can cast Enrage with a Gaze attack is a Beholder. I'm sure of it.
Even if it that were true - and I'm pretty sure it's not - beholders hate the fuck out of each other. (Admittedly, I'm not entirely up on beholder subspecies, but I'm fairly certain basic beholders don't have an enrage effect on their eye beams.)
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Heron TSG on September 26, 2010, 12:19:55 am
Sorcerer Beholders cast their sorcerer spells via gaze attacks. Therefore it could cast Enrage on something.

beholders hate the fuck out of each other.
You're right. I change my answer to 'The Eye of the Beholder'.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Mysteriousbluepuppet on September 26, 2010, 02:25:26 pm
Nay on all aspect.

Hint You only need the first sentence


Double Hint: Its geeky, so i guess if its not found tommorow ill reveal it.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: breadbocks on September 26, 2010, 04:12:21 pm
Goddamn bats. They charge you like noone's business(Fierce), and they come 20 at a time(friends).  People hate them(RAGE!!!!!!), and people sometimes dodge into something dangerous because of them(fear).
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Mysteriousbluepuppet on September 26, 2010, 04:59:46 pm
It actually can be counted like that, but it's something precise.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 26, 2010, 05:31:31 pm
It actually can be counted like that, but it's something precise.

Bees?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: ragnarok97071 on September 26, 2010, 06:05:34 pm
COMPUTER VIRUS!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Mysteriousbluepuppet on September 26, 2010, 07:26:26 pm
Nope. Nice absynthe btw.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 26, 2010, 10:36:42 pm
Nope. Nice absynthe btw.

Thank you :D
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Mysteriousbluepuppet on September 26, 2010, 11:06:31 pm
We are officially tomorrow.

Answer : The Hadouken

Down-Right Fierce, sure to be done ad infinitum and rage/fear inducing depending on your disposition. Sorry if it needed a pretty niche knowledge.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Vector on September 26, 2010, 11:07:31 pm
...

Down-to-forward punch!
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Mysteriousbluepuppet on September 26, 2010, 11:34:01 pm
Ken can explain it better than me

http://media.photobucket.com/image/down%20right%20fierce/casualweaponry/drfhead.gif (http://media.photobucket.com/image/down%20right%20fierce/casualweaponry/drfhead.gif)
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Solifuge on September 27, 2010, 12:59:40 am
I always remembered it as (Down)-(Down Forward)-(Forward)-(Punch)... though I was usually Blanka or Dhalsim. My friend always abused Hadoken as Ryu though, whenever we played, so rage-inducing is right.
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Demonic Spoon on September 27, 2010, 01:47:59 am
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."

The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.

In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Nivim on September 27, 2010, 01:56:29 am
 By telling him he weighs 1, measured in units of himself (the boy).
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Demonic Spoon on September 27, 2010, 01:58:26 am
Heh, such a awesome answer that I'll say correct. The original answer was hat he wrote "your exact weight" on the paper just as he said he would
Title: Re: Riddles Galore
Post by: Nivim on September 27, 2010, 02:08:27 am
 I probably should have come up with a riddle before answering...

"Bright as a mirror black as the sea."