The worlds first riddle!

WHAT TIME IS IT?
1:35 (25 to 2:00 since he didn't give an actual quarter)

EGGS
Put the eggs in separate pots.

FOUR TIMES SQUARE
An address?

Well, when mommy and daddy fish love each other very much....

Whim:

54
*3
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162

And;
Two convicts :

They start to pile up the sand from tunnelling. And when there is enough sand in the cell they escape with the help of the bed on top of the pile.

It may seem a little unfair to the casual reader as I hear Whim was the technical consultant for the film ?'The Great Escape' :wink:

Mark clears up a mystery: WHAT TIME IS IT?
"1:35 (25 to 2:00 since he didn't give an actual quarter)"

We have witnessed the birth of a new saying, namely, "Two answers are better than one"

EGGS
"Put the eggs in separate pots."

I hate boiled eggs, let's fry them instead!


FOUR TIMES SQUARE
An address?


Damn, that's good thinking!


4 Times Square is not some sort of mathematical expression, it is the address of the Condé Nast Building in Manhattan.



Merlin solved the riddle of, ?'where did the fish come from'.

The next sentence is ?'R' rated and not to be read by persons under 47.

"Well, when mommy and daddy fish love each other very much...."

My dear Merlin, would you please be so kind as to preface your replies with a health warning.
Due to the fact I laughed so much my nose was sick.




Today is an easy peasy day.


Little Johnny buys 10 trees at a local nursery. How does he
plant these 10 trees in 5 rows with 4 in each row


When asked how old she was, Mary replied, "In two years I will
be twice as old as I was five years ago." How old is she



A snail is at the bottom of a well 30 feet deep. It crawls
up 3 feet each day, but at night, it slips down 2 feet. How long
does it take for the snail to crawl out the well



Is it legal for a man in California to marry his widow's sister

Why or why not? Remember this is Ca where you can marry a fish!



My brother in law, the local bus driver, was telling me that recently
he was driving a bus full of people and no-one got off on the
way. However, at the end of the journey, there was not a single
person left on the bus. How

JOHNNY
Plant the trees at the vertices of a five-pointed star.

MARY
12

SNAIL
28 days and 27 nights

CALIFORNIA
I don't know if it's legal, but he's dead.

BUS
They were all married.

Mark continues his remarkable run of lucky guesses with another clean sweep of correct answers before breakfast.

JOHNNY
Plant the trees at the vertices of a five-pointed star.

MARY
12

SNAIL
28 days and 27 nights

CALIFORNIA
I don't know if it's legal, but he's dead.

BUS
They were all married.


How could he know all that? Still, that is all water under the bridge now. Let's kick it up a notch.


Do read this problem very carefully, as a wrong answer may otherwise result.

If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass, and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first


If 2 hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning.

What time would it be now

To what question can you never truly answer "yes"



Translate the following group of letters:
YYYMEN

Assuming a) that the buckets are large enough for the bowling balls and b) that there is water (ice) in the second bucket then the bowling ball in the 45 degree bucket reaches the bottom first.



"Is the answer to this question 'no'?"



Three wise men (3Ys men)

TIME
9:00 PM

Merlin, clever, very clever.

"Assuming a) that the buckets are large enough for the bowling balls and b) that there is water (ice) in the second bucket then the bowling ball in the 45 degree bucket reaches the bottom first."


The ball in the bucket of 45 degree F water hits the bottom of the bucket last. Did you think that the water in the 30 degree F bucket is frozen? Think again. The question said nothing about that bucket having anything in it. Therefore, there is no water (or ice) to slow the ball down...I suppose Hawaii had nothing to with it either!!


To what question can you never truly answer "yes"
"Is the answer to this question 'no'?"

Actually it could be. Another answer. I have, "Are you sleeping?"


YYYMEN
"Three wise men (3Ys men)"


Mark

TIME
9:00 PM

Nine o'clock. Since there are 12 hours between the 2 times, and
half of that time is six, then the halfway mark would have to be 7
o'clock. If it were 7 o'clock, two hours ago, the time would now
be nine o'clock.



Oldie re-visited.

There was a guy who had a Fox, a Chicken, and a bag of Grain.
He had to cross a river to get back home, but he could only take one
item with him at a time. He could only take the fox, or the grain,
or the chicken. Well, if you leave a chicken and a fox on one side
of the river while taking the bag of grain across, the fox will
eat the chicken, same thing with the chicken and the grain.
Can't leave those two alone or the chicken will eat the grain.

How do you get them all across the river safely



If Susan is 10, Arabella is 20, Richard and Neal are both 10,
but Jim is 5,

How old is Jennifer by the same system


Farmer Tom came to town with some watermelons. He sold half of
them plus half a melon, and found that he had one whole melon left.
How many melons did he take to town


A local school teacher wanted to share 703 sweets equally
between the pupils, if there were more than 20 pupils, how many
sweets did each receive

a) 1. He travels with chicken and leaves it there
M (as: Man) FG - C
2. He travels with fox, takes chicken back
MCG - F
3. He travels with grain, comes back
C - FG
4. He travels with chicken

b) Jennifer is 15

c) he took 3 melons to town and sold 2.

SWEETS
19 (or 1)

MyO, welcome back. All the children in the village have been asking after your wellbeing. Although, with 1769 posts you have obviously been busy.

You sure know the waterways .

a) 1. He travels with chicken and leaves it there
M (as: Man) FG - C
2. He travels with fox, takes chicken back
MCG - F
3. He travels with grain, comes back
C - FG
4. He travels with chicken



b) Jennifer is 15


c) he took 3 melons to town and sold 2.



Mark

SWEETS
19 (or 1) (Ha, ha)



Oldie but a goodie.

You're driving a bus that is leaving from Los Angeles and ending
in San Francisco.

To start off with, there were 32 passengers on the bus.
At the next bus stop, 11 people get off and 9 people get on.
At the next bus stop, 2 people got off and 2 people got on.
At the next bus stop, 12 people got on and 16 people got off.
At the next bus stop, 5 people got on and 3 people got off.

What color are the bus driver's eyes



On a fine sunny day a ship was in the harbor. All of a sudden the ship began to sink. There was no storm and nothing wrong with the ship yet it sank right in front of the spectators eyes.

What caused the ship to sink


A carpenter agrees to work on the condition that he is paid 2 units for everyday that he works, while he forfeits 3 units for
everyday that he does not work. At the end of 30 days he finds
that he has paid out exactly as much as he has received.

How many days did he work


It's always 1 to 6,
it's always 15 to 20,
it's always 5,
but it's never 21,
unless it's flying.

What is this



A certain large animal lives happily and thrives here on Earth.
One day, every single one of these critters is wiped out by a
mysterious disease which affects only this particular animal.
There are none left anywhere on earth -- they are all gone.
About a year or so later, they begin to reappear on Earth again.

How can this be

What color are the bus driver's eyes?

What you can't see for yourself? Oh wait, let me take off these pesky sunglasses.


What caused the ship to sink?

The captain shouted "Dive! Dive!"



How many days did he work?

18




SWEETS
19 (or 1) (Ha, ha)

I'm afraid I missed the joke (and I'm a bit tired to try to sort it out myself).

SWEETS (Ha, ha)
One sweet/child would imply a class size of 703, but it is a valid solution to the problem as stated.

Merlin worn out due to battles elsewhere still managed;

What color are the bus driver's eyes?
What you can see for yourself? Oh wait, let me take off these pesky sunglasses.


What caused the ship to sink?
The captain shouted "Dive! Dive!" :wink:



How many days did he work?
18


What is represented by:

EEGVTABLES
EGVETABLES
GEEVTABLES
VEEGTABLES


Sitting at a square table are a smuggler, a mafia boss, a bootlegger and a contract killer. Only two of these men, Mama and Kalia, are genuine criminals. The other two are detective officers posing as criminals.

Mama is sitting opposite the Mafia boss; the junior detective is sitting to the left of the smuggler and the senior detective is sitting opposite the bootlegger.

If the senior officer is not playing the role of a smuggler who is the junior officer disguised as

EEGVTABLES
Mixed vegetables

SQUARE TABLE
Bootlegger

A submarine is a boat not a ship.



You are talking about mules?

Gidday Adrian my dear, dear friend from the new land, ?'beg yours', :wink:

"A submarine is a boat not a ship."

Are you joshing with me?

A Submarine is a Warship.


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sub`ma`rine´
a. 1. Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

Submarine armor
a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water.

Submarine cable
See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph.
Submarine mine
a - See Torpedo, 2 (a).

n. 1. A submarine plant or animal.

1. (Nav.) A submarine; a ship that can travel under the surface of the water. Most such ships are ships of war, as part of a navy, but submarines are also used for oceanic research. Also called sub and (from the German U-Boot) U-boat.

2. A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
3. A submarine sandwich.


Should you prefer:

WordNet Dictionary

Noun 1. submarine - a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
Synonyms: pigboat, U-boat, sub.


Just for you:

Dream Dictionary

To see a submarine in your dream, indicates that you are cautiously exploring your emotions and examining your unconscious feelings. You still remain guarded about certain emotional issues. Alternatively, the submarine indicates that you need to adapt a different perspective and understanding. You may need to get down to the core of some situation or problem.


"You are talking about mules?"

Well, if that don't take the Anxac biscuit, abso-bloody-lutely.
The animal is the Mule. Since all Mules are born sterile, you can only get a Mule by crossing a donkey with a horse. That is how the species is able to repopulate itself.




Mark:

EEGVTABLES
Mixed vegetables

SQUARE TABLE
Bootlegger



What is the largest two-digit number that
is equal to twice the product of its digits


A bag contains 20 white balls and 30 black balls.
Four balls are randomly drawn, without replacement.
What is the probability of selecting a white ball followed by a black ball, then a black ball followed by a white ball


When the decimal point of a certain positive decimal
number is moved four places to the right, the new number is
four times the reciprocal of the original number.
What is the original number

NUMBER
36

BALLS
0.0598

DECIMAL POINT
.02

Try, old buddy. You know I don't like to argue, so I won't go into the absurdity of using an early 1900's definition in order to support your case.

I will simply state again;

A submarine is a boat not a ship.

Some guys back before WWI might disagree, but it is so.