The riddle thread

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:21 pm

As the title sugests, let's post some riddles, and see can anyone guess the answer.
To start off, here's an easy one for you:
What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:26 pm

Ah, the old Sphinx riddle.

A human - who crawls as a child, walks as an adult, and uses a stick in their old age.

You're in a house, and all the walls face south. A bear walks by. What colour is the bear?

Post by **Mikey** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 12:49 pm

It's white - all four walls can only face south if you're at the North Pole, and thus the animal is patently a polar bear.

I'm a vault without hinges, box, or lid, but golden treasure inside is hid.

mwhittington · Post by **mwhittington** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:00 pm

I'm just guessing here, but is it a bee hive?
The following was seen on a hardware store window:
Hardware Special
$.25 each
100 for $.75
1000 for $1.00
10,000 for $1.25
What were they selling?

Zanarkand · Post by **Zanarkand** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:03 pm

Mikey, that is an Egg.

The 8 of us move forward, and not back, to protect our king from an enemy attack.
What are we?

Post by **Mikey** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:35 pm

Zanarkand hits the nail on the head! And yours would have to be chess pawns, right? I unfortunately don't have another riddle to hand, so we'll have to wait for someone to gues whittington's.

Zanarkand · Post by **Zanarkand** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:31 am

I have another one, and from the same source. When you need a riddle, where else do you go, but The Riddler?

When you look at the numbers on my face, you won't see 13 anyplace.
What am I?

Post by **Mikey** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:43 am

Come on!

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:58 pm

When you look at the numbers on my face, you won't see 13 anyplace.
What am I?

Easy: a clock.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:16 pm

Whoops, forgot to ask my own riddle.

You are in a room with two other people. One person turns to you and, pointing at the other man, says
Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son. Who is he?

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:28 pm

Your son?

Simple one...I think

I have a bag of twenty fruit. There are equal portions of each. there are 5 apples, 5 pears, 5 grapes....what is the other fruit type?

Fruit: I am exotic, deep red and have around 600 seeds.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:30 pm

I thought nephew but I am not sure...

Nope. Close, though.

I have a bag of twenty fruit. There are equal portions of each. there are 5 apples, 5 pears, 5 grapes....what is the other fruit type?

Fruit: I am exotic, deep red and have around 600 seeds.

Hmm, passionfruit?

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:32 pm

I altered post...and nope...not far off...

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:51 pm

Your son?

Correct.

and nope...not far off...

Strawberry?

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:54 pm

Just went cold. you were pretty close with passionfruit.