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alien2
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A limping man whose legs hurt feels the need to sit on a chair. But when he does he is terrified. Why? There is nothing unusual about the riddle.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #1 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 5:25am » |
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He is in a forest with wolves staying in a haunted house. He has been terrified for the whole day, why would it be different when he sits down?
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #2 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 5:38am » |
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A chair in a forest? Are you crazy?
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #3 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 7:02am » |
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Because the man is limping, he carries a portable chair with him at all times?
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #4 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 7:20am » |
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No. Why would he be terrified when he sits down? Are you crazy as well?
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #5 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 8:25am » |
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Perhaps I am the one who is crazy here. I am not certain that a part of the riddle is in the spirit of English language.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #6 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 10:25am » |
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Is he terrified when he sits on a chair, or is he terrified when he feels the need to sit on a chair?
Is the chair haunted by the spirit of the English language? And is that what terrifies him? 
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #7 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 10:37am » |
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1) he will be taking a finals exam on differential topology that he did not study all that well?
2) he has bad elbows also?
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #8 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 10:37am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2016, 10:25am, towr wrote:| Is he terrified when he sits on a chair, or is he terrified when he feels the need to sit on a chair? |
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Both.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #9 on: Jul 19th, 2016, 10:42am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2016, 10:37am, rloginunix wrote:| 1) he will be taking a finals exam on differential topology that he did not study all that well? |
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I decided to accept this answer as an alternative one.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #10 on: Jul 20th, 2016, 1:08am » |
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on Jul 19th, 2016, 5:38am, alien2 wrote:| A chair in a forest? Are you crazy? |
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I am not crazy, my mother got me tested!
Finding a chair in the forest just when you need one, isn't it a bit spooky?
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #11 on: Jul 20th, 2016, 6:01am » |
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My original 'portable chair' post was a plausible explanation of how a man can find a chair in a forest in Grimbal's original 'forest/wolves' suggestion ...
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #12 on: Jul 20th, 2016, 6:42am » |
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on Jul 20th, 2016, 6:01am, rloginunix wrote:| My original 'portable chair' post was a plausible explanation of how a man can find a chair in a forest in Grimbal's original 'forest/wolves' suggestion ... |
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Pretty good. Not good enough though.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #13 on: Jul 21st, 2016, 10:12pm » |
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Sounds like an unfortunate adventure with a Ski lift to me.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #14 on: Jul 22nd, 2016, 12:46am » |
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Nice try. I remember hanging as a kid in the air for half an hour on a platter lift which broke down.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #15 on: Jul 31st, 2016, 6:52am » |
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Americans should know the answer.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #16 on: Jul 31st, 2016, 6:58am » |
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He's so fat he's afraid he won't be able to get up again by himself?
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #17 on: Jul 31st, 2016, 7:20am » |
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I like this witty answer! I like Dutch too! Well, smart Dutch anyhow.
No intended answer yet.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #18 on: Jul 31st, 2016, 7:47am » |
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Electric?
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #19 on: Jul 31st, 2016, 7:53am » |
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Electric what? Guitar? Only kidding. This is the expected answer.
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #20 on: Aug 24th, 2016, 6:32pm » |
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Moslems generally get married sitting down, so..
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Re: Bad knees
« Reply #21 on: Aug 25th, 2016, 12:30am » |
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I am sitting on a chair right now but I am terrified because no woman wants to marry me. It appears women are smart too.
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