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wu :: forums    riddles    what happened (Moderators: Icarus, ThudnBlunder, SMQ, william wu, towr, Grimbal, Eigenray)    Re: Umbrella « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Re: Umbrella  (Read 1111 times) Cathos Full Member Carpe Canum     Gender: Posts: 246 Re: Umbrella   « on: Apr 14th, 2004, 3:14pm » Quote Modify Does he take an elevator home? IP Logged Sum Arbor alien Guest Re: Umbrella   « Reply #1 on: Apr 14th, 2004, 3:20pm » Quote Modify Remove no. he lives in his house. IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #2 on: Apr 14th, 2004, 7:27pm » Quote Modify My guess is the answer is still the same:   Is Joe short? IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous alien Guest Re: Umbrella   « Reply #3 on: Apr 15th, 2004, 1:42am » Quote Modify Remove actually he is tall.   IP Logged John_Gaughan Uberpuzzler Behold, the power of cheese!     Gender: Posts: 767 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #4 on: Apr 15th, 2004, 6:23am » Quote Modify Joe has a skin condition and needs the umbrella to keep direct sunlight off of him. I used to know a woman with this problem. IP Logged x = (0x2B | ~0x2B) x == the_question towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #5 on: Apr 15th, 2004, 7:26am » Quote Modify That would be using the umbrella as a parasol..   Maybe he uses it for protection (there's shop somewhere in England where you can custom made umbrellas with all sorts of gadgets in them, though they've stopped putting hidden swords in, since that got people killed) IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB alien Guest Re: Umbrella   « Reply #6 on: Apr 15th, 2004, 9:15am » Quote Modify Remove no to both. IP Logged evergreena3 Full Member     Gender: Posts: 192 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #7 on: Apr 15th, 2004, 9:41am » Quote Modify Three guesses, with two subguesses on the first.   1) Joe is a weatherman.   a) He knows it will rain before he heads back home, so he carrys one to be prepared.   b) Joe is also a lousy weatherman.  He predicted rain for that day, even though every other weatherman laughed and predicted sunshine.  Being obstinant, Joe still carrys that fool umbrella with him.  Those who see him pity him, for he simply cannot admit it when he is wrong.   ~~~~   2) Joe sells umbrellas, and he is showing off his wares.   ~~~~~   3) Joe is moving.  He has ALL of his worldly goods with him.     EverGreenA3 IP Logged You're welcome! (get it?) alien Guest Re: Umbrella   « Reply #8 on: Apr 15th, 2004, 10:02am » Quote Modify Remove Quote: a) He knows it will rain before he heads back home, so he carrys one to be prepared.   not a bad answer but i hadn't that in mind.     « Last Edit: Apr 17th, 2004, 3:40am by alien » IP Logged Icarus wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Boldly going where even angels fear to tread.     Gender: Posts: 4863 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #9 on: Apr 15th, 2004, 3:41pm » Quote Modify Is Joe human? IP Logged "Pi goes on and on and on ... And e is just as cursed. I wonder: Which is larger When their digits are reversed? " - Anonymous raven Senior Riddler "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"   ~M. Hatter     Gender: Posts: 560 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #10 on: Apr 15th, 2004, 7:11pm » Quote Modify A few ideas for Joe and his umbrella… Joe is crazy...     Joe’s surname is Poppins, his mother is Mary...   Joe is going to a dancing performance with Gene Kelly...   Joe uses it to beat off street urchins begging for coppers...   Joe is a street urchin and stole the umbrella to sell for a loaf of stale bread...   Joe is going to feed the pigeons in the park, or walk on the coast... (beware of overhead seagulls!)   Joe is a kid and intends to float the umbrella ‘upside down’ down the river...   Joe is returning the umbrella to someone...   Joe is returning home with the umbrella from someone’s...   Joe lives in the same town as I do… “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes!”   ...the, the, the, tha, that's all folks!   IP Logged raven Senior Riddler "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"   ~M. Hatter     Gender: Posts: 560 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #11 on: Apr 18th, 2004, 3:44am » Quote Modify Darn, because if Joe wasn't human, he would have to take his umbrella with him if he was a jellyfish     Is Joe an insurance salesman, and the umbrella his coverage plan? « Last Edit: Apr 18th, 2004, 3:46am by raven » IP Logged raven Senior Riddler "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"   ~M. Hatter     Gender: Posts: 560 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #12 on: Apr 18th, 2004, 3:50am » Quote Modify Can you tell I'm on a thin line here?   Or maybe Joe is... is he a performing entertainer who rides a unicycle on a tight wire and uses the umbrella as a balancing prop?     IP Logged raven Senior Riddler "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"   ~M. Hatter     Gender: Posts: 560 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #13 on: Apr 18th, 2004, 3:55am » Quote Modify ...okay, the last post for tonight. It's 4:00 AM my time.   Did Joe break or lose his cane, so is using the umbrella for a walking stick?     IP Logged alien Guest Re: Umbrella   « Reply #14 on: Apr 18th, 2004, 8:26am » Quote Modify Remove Quote: Is Joe an insurance salesman, and the umbrella his coverage plan? it's not the right answer but you are witty.   IP Logged Speaker Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 1118 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #15 on: Apr 18th, 2004, 10:33pm » Quote Modify Boy, I thought I was on the right track, but no luck. Anyway, I figured that umbrella meant "Shadow" in French or Italian or something. But, as close as I could get was Ombra. But, there are several other languages in which it might work. So, I figured that Joe was out in the sun with his shadow. But, that did not work for the languages that I can check.     So, I figure it is for latin. Is Joe's real name Josuphusicus?     Wait. Is Joe's dog named Umbrella? ? ? Here boy, good boy. « Last Edit: Apr 18th, 2004, 10:39pm by Speaker » IP Logged They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. <Ben Franklin> raven Senior Riddler "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"   ~M. Hatter     Gender: Posts: 560 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #16 on: Apr 18th, 2004, 10:47pm » Quote Modify Hmmn, I like the dog answer... but I just drug another possibility from the depths of my brain.     Is Joe a photographer?   IP Logged raven Senior Riddler "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"   ~M. Hatter     Gender: Posts: 560 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #17 on: Apr 18th, 2004, 10:50pm » Quote Modify Is Joe's umbrella a parachute? IP Logged alien Guest Re: Umbrella   « Reply #18 on: Apr 19th, 2004, 3:09am » Quote Modify Remove Quote: Is Joe's dog named Umbrella? ? ? no.   Quote: Is Joe a photographer? nope.     the answer is simple. IP Logged Cathos Full Member Carpe Canum     Gender: Posts: 246 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #19 on: Apr 19th, 2004, 12:46pm » Quote Modify It was raining when he left, so he used his umbrella, when he came back, it cleared up, but he still has his umrella with him. IP Logged Sum Arbor raven Senior Riddler "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"   ~M. Hatter     Gender: Posts: 560 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #20 on: Apr 19th, 2004, 12:57pm » Quote Modify Umbrella, my precious...   Joe has umbrella envy.   Joe is taking his umbrella to get it repaired.   IP Logged evergreena3 Full Member     Gender: Posts: 192 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #21 on: Apr 19th, 2004, 1:34pm » Quote Modify I just had a thought about this one...   Is joe, perhaps, drinking a tropical beverage, perhaps out of a coconut shell , which would explain the umbrella?     EverGreenA3 IP Logged You're welcome! (get it?) Kazn Newbie     Gender: Posts: 45 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #22 on: Apr 22nd, 2004, 3:50pm » Quote Modify Is he is about to go to Seattle? Or did it just rain? « Last Edit: Apr 25th, 2004, 11:57am by Kazn » IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #23 on: May 2nd, 2004, 8:53am » Quote Modify Joe always keeps an umbrella in his car.  Or at his office.  Yesterday, it was raining, so he took it back home.   Or Joe IS an umbrella and Umbrella is the name of the owner.  You have never seen an umbrella go out by itself, have you? IP Logged JafJoe Newbie     Posts: 1 Re: Umbrella   « Reply #24 on: Aug 12th, 2004, 2:22pm » Quote Modify Is it Joe on the right in this picture? 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