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The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind. What kind of animal is it? I can bring a smile to your face, A tear to your eye, Or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I? What can run but never walks, Has a mouth but never talks, Has a bed but never sleeps? What am I? I am as cold as death, and not breathing air. I went to visit an old friend some days ago, he owns the kings stables in walmork. In the shop an adventurer was thinking about buying a horse. But he could not figure out if it would be a wise desission or not. You see, the horce would take 6 hours to take care of each day, and even if he would use it every day he thought that it might be faster to walk anyway. you see, everyday, the buyer visits his unkle and it takes 6 Hours to go there and back. They buyer thougt he could walk about 3 Km/hour while the horce that could travel in 11 Km/hour. How long would the trip take with the horce? (dont forget to calculate in the maintaince time of the horse!) Never thirsty, but ever drinking. Covered in mail, but never clinking. What am I? I have a few feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. When im along your site, You decide who lives or die. What am I? -I was in walmork some days ago, and I meet this boy who was angry with his master. He said that he had to carry atleast 1000 buckets of water to fill his masters 294 litres bathtub, But I corrected him with the correct amount of buckets. You see, its easy to know how many he needed if you know that the bucked could carry 14 liters of whater. How many buckets of water would he have to carry to fill the tub? I'm not a dragon, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I? I'm just a hole tied to more holes; I'm strong but not stronger than my weakest friend, and offcourse not as stiff as a pole. What am I? I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I? Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I? i´m really old but sometimes new, never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. What am I? The more there is the less you see. What is it? If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What can this be? I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I?
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #1 on: May 10th, 2005, 5:50pm » |
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on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: What can run but never walks, Has a mouth but never talks, Has a bed but never sleeps? What am I? |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I am as cold as death, and not breathing air. |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I went to visit an old friend some days ago, he owns the kings stables in walmork... |
| This one seems too obvious to me... You could buy the horse, care for it and rent it out, and use the proceeds to buy a train ticket to visit your uncle. on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: Never thirsty, but ever drinking. Covered in mail, but never clinking. What am I? |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I have a few feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. When im along your site, You decide who lives or die. What am I? |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: -I was in walmork some days ago, and I meet this boy who was angry with his master... |
| This one also seems too obvious, maybe we should beat the boy for lying and gossiping about his master. on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I'm not a dragon, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I? |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I'm just a hole tied to more holes; I'm strong but not stronger than my weakest friend, and offcourse not as stiff as a pole. What am I? |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I? |
| hidden: | Sleep, except for the first line | on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: The more there is the less you see. What is it? |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What can this be? |
| I will keep working on the others...
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #2 on: May 11th, 2005, 1:03am » |
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on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I am as cold as death, and not breathing air. |
| A fish on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: Never thirsty, but ever drinking. Covered in mail, but never clinking. What am I? |
| A fish also on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: -I was in walmork some days ago, and I meet this boy who was angry with his master. He said that he had to carry atleast 1000 buckets of water to fill his masters 294 litres bathtub, But I corrected him with the correct amount of buckets. You see, its easy to know how many he needed if you know that the bucked could carry 14 liters of whater. How many buckets of water would he have to carry to fill the tub? |
| 294/14 = 21 ? sounds too simple. Maybe you need to deduct the master's volume? on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I? |
| Maybe not sleep but sleepiness. on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I? |
| A mirror
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #3 on: May 11th, 2005, 1:28am » |
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on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote:The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind. What kind of animal is it? |
| hidden: | IIE’s Independent Investigation into Iron Isotopes Influence in Irregularities Indicating Idiomorphic Imbalance in Icelandic and Iberian Ingots (IIE = Institute of Industrial Engineers) | on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I can bring a smile to your face, A tear to your eye, Or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I? |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I? |
| on May 10th, 2005, 3:57am, Elias wrote: I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I? |
| Grimbal I like your answer to the mail riddle.
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Try theese ones then: From home to work I go, sometimes big, sometimes smal. I don´t care about rain or snow I always stay outside the door. What am I? What traps warmth, Sprays forth ice and water, Yet slips through your fingers with ease? Could you tell me how many handshakes that where made that day in that particular barn? -A group of 50 farmers met up with eachother some days ago. They all shaked hands with all of the other farmers before the meeting started. During the meeting one of those farmers started to think about how many times they accully had been handshaking that morning but he could not figure it out. He had shaked hands with 49 persons, but in total? It was to mutch to think of for the poor guy. My voice rises above the din, Sometimes catching all unaware. I never ask questions, yet get many answers. What am I? No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I? Brighter than the day, yet my light can go out at any time. Sometimes I fall but never hits the ground. What am I? A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I? When liquid splashes me, none seeps through. When I am moved a lot, l iquid I spew. When I am hit, color I change. And color, I come in quite a range. What I cover is very complex, and I am very easy to flex. What am I? Twigs and spheres and poles and plates, join and bind to reason make. What am I? I'm really old but sometimes new, never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. What am I? But he can't evict me, so here I will remain. Then one day I'm taken and ranked among my peers. Can you guess just what I am? Then you might call me dear. I´m sometimes short and long, sometimes cold and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress. What am I?
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #6 on: May 11th, 2005, 3:20pm » |
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Quote: From home to work I go, sometimes big, sometimes small. I don´t care about rain or snow I always stay outside the door. What am I? |
| A car Quote:What traps warmth, Sprays forth ice and water, Yet slips through your fingers with ease? |
| a cloud again Quote:Could you tell me how many handshakes that where made that day in that particular barn? |
| 50 choose 2 = 1225 Quote:My voice rises above the din, Sometimes catching all unaware. I never ask questions, yet get many answers. What am I? |
| telephone Quote:No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I? |
| fire Quote:When liquid splashes me, none seeps through. When I am moved a lot, liquid I spew. When I am hit, color I change. And color, I come in quite a range. What I cover is very complex, and I am very easy to flex. What am I? |
| skin Quote:But he can't evict me, so here I will remain. Then one day I'm taken and ranked among my peers. Can you guess just what I am? Then you might call me dear. |
| Is this the complete riddle? It doesn't sound like it. Quote:I´m sometimes short and long, sometimes cold and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress. What am I? |
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #7 on: May 11th, 2005, 6:20pm » |
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on May 11th, 2005, 9:06am, Elias wrote:From home to work I go, sometimes big, sometimes smal. I don´t care about rain or snow I always stay outside the door. What am I? |
| on May 11th, 2005, 9:06am, Elias wrote: Brighter than the day, yet my light can go out at any time. Sometimes I fall but never hits the ground. What am I? |
| on May 11th, 2005, 9:06am, Elias wrote:Twigs and spheres and poles and plates, join and bind to reason make. What am I? |
| But have a little trouble with twigs. on May 11th, 2005, 9:06am, Elias wrote:I'm really old but sometimes new, never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. What am I? |
| on May 11th, 2005, 9:06am, Elias wrote:But he can't evict me, so here I will remain. Then one day I'm taken and ranked among my peers. Can you guess just what I am? Then you might call me dear. |
| hidden: | your teeth, after the baby teeth fall out, the teeth come out in rank with their peers?? | Elias, can you give us any feedback on the previous answers?
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #8 on: May 11th, 2005, 10:05pm » |
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on May 11th, 2005, 9:06am, Elias wrote: A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I? |
| A coconut
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #9 on: May 11th, 2005, 10:08pm » |
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I like that one BNC, I kept coming back to a peach or a walnut... which do not work.
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Thanks for all the answers! I don't got the answers to everyone, since I got them from a game, but I'll give you them I know the answer off: I have four wings, but cannot fly, I never laugh and never cry; On the same spot I'm always found, toiling away with little sound. What am I? Answer:Windmill What can run but never walks, Has a mouth but never talks, Has a bed but never sleeps? What am I?Answer: River Never thirsty, but ever drinking. Covered in mail, but never clinking. What am I? Answer: Fish I have a few feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. When im along your site, You decide who lives or die. What am I? Answer: Arrow Im the one that death can´t find, I make you laugh, I make you cry. You will meet me more often in your older days because then i have more to tell Answer: Memory I'm not a dragon, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I? Answer: Cloud What goes up and never comes down?Answer: Age I'm just a hole tied to more holes; I'm strong but not stronger than my weakest friend, and offcourse not as stiff as a pole. What am I? Answer: Chain This thing destroys it all, birds, beasts, trees, flowers. Gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stone to meal, even kills a king. It can ruin a town, and beats high mountains down. What is it?Answer: Time Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I? Answer: Window I'm as small as an bug, as big as a dragon. I'll approach like a breeze, but can come like a gale. I'm as slow as a donkey a hot summerday, but you can't outrun me, though i never winn. What am I? Answer: Shadow I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I? Answer:Tree A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I? Answer: Coconut The more there is the less you see. What is it? Answer: Darkness Clues, information, a lot of words but still not the answer. Saying much but never the answer. What am I?Answer:Riddle
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Just some more: A warrior amongst the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword. He uses his life to defend his golden hoard. What is he? My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I'm always ready to tell a tale. What am I? What is it that you must give before you can keep it? -A group of 22 farmers met up with eachother some days ago. They all shaked hands with all of the other farmers before the meeting started. During the meeting one of those farmers started to think about how many times they accully had been handshaking that morning but he could not figure it out. He had shaked hands with 21 persons, but in total? It was to mutch to think of for the poor guy. Could you tell me how many handshakes that where made that day in that particular barn? I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. what am I? I usually wear a yellow coat. I usually have a dark head. I make marks wherever I go. What am I? I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #12 on: May 12th, 2005, 8:06am » |
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on May 12th, 2005, 6:42am, Elias wrote:A warrior amongst the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword. He uses his life to defend his golden hoard. What is he? |
| a bee Quote:What is it that you must give before you can keep it? |
| trust Quote:I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I? |
| Dentist?
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #13 on: May 12th, 2005, 9:36am » |
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on May 12th, 2005, 6:42am, Elias wrote:Just some more: My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I'm always ready to tell a tale. What am I? |
| a book. Quote:What is it that you must give before you can keep it? |
| hidden: | I think "a promise" fits better. You can give trust, and you can keep someone else's trust, but you don't need to give trust to keep trust. | Quote:-A group of 22 farmers met up with eachother some days ago. They all shaked hands with all of the other farmers before the meeting started. During the meeting one of those farmers started to think about how many times they accully had been handshaking that morning but he could not figure it out. He had shaked hands with 21 persons, but in total? It was to mutch to think of for the poor guy. Could you tell me how many handshakes that where made that day in that particular barn? |
| 231? Doesn't seem like much of a riddle. Quote:I usually wear a yellow coat. I usually have a dark head. I make marks wherever I go. What am I? |
| a pencil.
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #14 on: May 13th, 2005, 2:24am » |
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on May 12th, 2005, 9:36am, Deedlit wrote:hidden: | I think "a promise" fits better. You can give trust, and you can keep someone else's trust, but you don't need to give trust to keep trust. | |
| You can't keep trust in someone if you've never given it though.
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #15 on: Jun 1st, 2005, 8:07pm » |
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Quote:You can't keep trust in someone if you've never given it though. |
| Why can't you? I think I might possibly be able to. I mean Some people trust me even though I don' t trust then and the otehr way around. The promise thing wouldn't work either because of pretty much the same reason. At least that is what I think. hidden: | I was thinking that it could be heart but a lot of people have a heart even though they don't give it away, methaphorically. |
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #16 on: Jun 2nd, 2005, 1:26am » |
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on Jun 1st, 2005, 8:07pm, jippy wrote:Because you can't keep something you don't have? You have to give someone trust to have trust in them. And so before you can keep trust in them. Quote:I think I might possibly be able to. I mean Some people trust me even though I don' t trust then and the otehr way around. |
| So some people trust you even though they don't?!?
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Re: Some riddles
« Reply #17 on: Jun 4th, 2005, 1:32pm » |
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on Jun 2nd, 2005, 1:26am, towr wrote:So some people trust you even though they don't?!? |
| No, what I mean is that some people trust me and others don't. Also, some of the people that trust me I don't trust and some of the people I trust don't trust me.
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The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind. What kind of animal is it? Peacock I can bring a smile to your face, A tear to your eye, Or even a thought to your mind. But, I can't be seen. What am I? Memory What can run but never walks, Has a mouth but never talks, Has a bed but never sleeps? What am I? River I am as cold as death, and not breathing air. Never thirsty, but ever drinking. Covered in mail, but never clinking. What am I? Fish I have a few feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. When im along your site, You decide who lives or die. What am I? Arrow I'm not a dragon, but I can fly through the sky. I'm not a river, but I'm full of water. What am I? Cloud I'm just a hole tied to more holes; I'm strong but not stronger than my weakest friend, and offcourse not as stiff as a pole. What am I? Chain I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I? Sleep Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks. What am I? Window i´m really old but sometimes new, never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. What am I? Moon The more there is the less you see. What is it? Darkness If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What can this be? Secret I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I? Wheelbarrow From home to work I go, sometimes big, sometimes small. I don´t care about rain or snow I always stay outside the door. What am I? Road What traps warmth, Sprays forth ice and water, Yet slips through your fingers with ease? Cloud My voice rises above the din, Sometimes catching all unaware. I never ask questions, yet get many answers. What am I? Doorbell No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I to live or die And yet I do all three. What am I? Fire Brighter than the day, yet my light can go out at any time. Sometimes I fall but never hits the ground. What am I? Star A little pool with two layers of wall around it. One white and soft and the other dark and hard, amidst a light brown grassy lawn with an outline of a green grass. What am I? Coconut When liquid splashes me, none seeps through. When I am moved a lot, liquid I spew. When I am hit, color I change. And color, I come in quite a range. What I cover is very complex, and I am very easy to flex. What am I? Skin Twigs and spheres and poles and plates, join and bind to reason make. What am I? Skeleton I'm really old but sometimes new, never empty, sometimes full, never pushes, always pulls. What am I? Moon My host thinks I'm an irritation, a bother, a pain. But he can't evict me, so here I will remain. Then one day I'm taken and ranked among my peers. Can you guess just what I am? Then you might call me dear. Pearl I´m sometimes short and long, sometimes cold and sometimes hot. When displayed, I rarely impress. What am I? Temper A warrior amongst the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword. He uses his life to defend his golden hoard. What is he? Bee My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I'm always ready to tell a tale. What am I? Book What is it that you must give before you can keep it? Promise I turn around once. What is out will not get in. I turn around again. What is in will not get out. what am I? Key I usually wear a yellow coat. I usually have a dark head. I make marks wherever I go. What am I? Pencil I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I? Dentist
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Re: Some riddles
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In this order the last ones: 1. bee 2. book 3. trust 4. Is that really a riddle? 5. key 6. pencil 7. dentist
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