The worlds first riddle!

WORM
37 days (and 36 nights)

ROMAN NUMERALS
The single continuous line (curve) was an "S" in front of IX making SIX.

Mark writes;

WORM
37 days (and 36 nights)

ROMAN NUMERALS
The single continuous line (curve) was an "S" in front of IX making SIX.



I am not an insect. However, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are not gold.

Who am I


At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit.

"Have you noticed," said the man the blue suit, "that although our suits have colours corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?"

Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct."

What colour suit is each man wearing


Did I ask this before?
Tom rode his bicycle 300 miles. Three tires were used equally in accumulating this distance. How many miles of wear did each tire sustain


Richard was riding a particularly frisky horse when suddenly its bridle came off. As they raced down the road, a screaming Richard clung to the horse's ears for dear life. Out of the corner of his eye, Richard saw a car coming, and realizing the horse was completely out of control, he panicked.

Flailing his arms about, he accidentally caused the horse to come to an abrupt halt. What could bouncing Richard have done to make the horse stop

Answers:

1)Rasputin

2)Mr Green - green, Mr Red - red, Mr Blue - blue. Not one, but all of them were wearing suits that matched their names. Of course, it could also be other pemutations if we shift each color over one.

3)Each tire had 66 2/3 miles

4) The horse had blinders?

SUITS
Red wears green, Green wears blue, Blue wears red.

TIRES
200 miles

Packages:
Zero chance of three correctly labeled and one mislabeled.

David:
Snap, Crackle and David

DOGS
Yes, What is the third dog's name.

UNCLES
X's parent's sister married Y, so Y is X's uncle.
Y's parent's sister married X, so X is Y's uncle.

White Soldiers:
Nice strike.

Shopping:
They would go shopping in five days, so Friday the 8th.

Marriage:
It is usually difficult to get a marriage license and a death certificate for the same person.

Merlin's up to his Adrianisms again!

RECTANGLES
One large rectangle contains three smaller rectangles. Each small rectangle contains three Xs. Therefore, the large rectangle contains nine Xs.

"He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five and an inhabitant of earth has six."


A vowel

"Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda"


All people who drink coffEE have two E's in their name. So she is a coffee drinker.


Whim

Gambling:
Odds favo(u)r the house, but do not guarantee that the house will win (the house will win over a long series, but a large individual bet could break the bank).

I'm glad I got up after Merlin because I'd have given the same answer to the shopping question.

Also, I'm sorry to hear that Try has been committed.

Whim, it is good to see you back, and on top form.

"He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five and an inhabitant of earth has six."

A vowel

All people who drink coffEE have two E's in their name. So she is a coffee drinker.


Moving swiftly along to Merlin who writes:

Gambling:
"Odds favo(u)r the house, but do not guarantee that the house will win (the house will win over a long series, but a large individual bet could break the bank). "

Whilst I have, "Every casino in the world would go bankrupt without a house limit on stakes. Without it, gamblers would keep doubling their stakes until they won. No matter how bad a losing streak they were on, they would eventually win."


Last, but not least Mark said, "I'm glad I got up after Merlin because I'd have given the same answer to the shopping question."

Thank you Mark, you too have been deducted a half point. :wink:


Merlin rejoins the fray and showing great concern writes, "I'm sorry to hear that Try has been committed. "

May I thank you for your kind words. My Doctor thinks if I double the medication, I will be out of here in no time. Although the padded cell is comfortable, it is most difficult to type with a straight-jacket on.

I also noticed that you only managed 3 out of four. It was the 4 out of 5 that puzzled you.




"A balm can do everything for good health. I jog, kids laugh. Many notoriously overweight people quit. Research shows, time undermines values, which x-rays your zeal."

Leaving aside grammar and punctuation, and using logic. Is there anything unusual about the above sentence




Hi! Ma and Pa told me I'd better say that all the two-letter words in this paragraph have something in common ...... or else!

What's the common factor here


How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line:
5+5+5=550

Can you figure it out


What do you add to "one" to make it disappear


What is one thing that all wise men,
regardless of their religion or politics,
agree is between heaven and earth

I'm afraid I must respectfully disagree. Your argument assumes that the gambler has an infinite amount of money, while the house's resources are limited.

One line:
5+5+5 (inequality sign) 550

Disappearing "one":
Add an "n"

5+5+5=550

Add one straight line to the +, to get 545+5=550
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It would be interesting if we would try to find new equations where also one straight line must be added or removed.

here are two examples:
III = IX - XII
V = XI / VIII


whim

Hey! How about a point for honesty?

UNUSUAL SENTENCE
The first letters of the words are A-Z.

ONE
Add 'N' to make one none.