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Sergi and Sally where sitting in their family room one night. While Sergi was watching T.V his wife Sally was reading. All of a sudden the power went out and Sergi decided to go to bed, but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light, Sally kept on reading. How?

That one was quick,
So here another riddling trick
 
More answers than one
This one was fun
How about another
Not about my mother

What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?
 
I thought of an answer but knew it not right
Sally was in her green room on an antarctic summer's night
Because you see in that part of the world
From November to February darkness is unheard.
 
I'm not sure what "artificial light" is. Does a candle produce artificial light? How about the warm glow of a raging forest fire just a few short yards from your precious though ill-fated property?
 
naiek said:
Sally was able to continue you'll find
Sally was able because Sally is blind
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Was this answer really not correct?
I did not think it fail
Was the book Sally enjoyed that night
really not written in Braille?

edit: sorry, your response hadn't show up yet, not writing this in verse...
 
I'm waiting for a guess to the riddle I posted
Even if you feel you'll get roasted
I'll be off shortly as there is a debate
the winner of which may be our fate
 
bullinachinashop said:
More answers than one
This one was fun
How about another
Not about my mother

What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?
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The problem is that it's a joke, not really a riddle. And as such it's designed to give the answer immediately after the question, rather than giving another person a serious opportunity to solve it. So it can be much harder - sometimes nearly impossible - to "guess" the punchline.

But don't sweat it, this wouldn't be the first time ;)
 
Hey there Emjay
Just what is it you say
The joke a diversion
The quick answer nor purr'n?
 
Dan said:
Hey there Emjay
Just what is it you say
The joke a diversion
The quick answer nor purr'n?
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Oops. I was referring to his lamentation that his "riddle" had been kind of overlooked.
 
I have one for you to ponder
forgive me if it's been asked
Told to me by my grandfather
a few years before he passed:

A man leaves his home and travels for 10 miles due South,
turns and travels due for 10 miles due East,
turns and travels 10 Miles due North and ends up back at his house.
Along the way he passed a bear.
What color was the bear?
 
Look below for a picturesque scene
that the man saw. (Text hidden with the answer is below too. I wish I could play with you prose pros.)












(It's a white bear in a snowstorm)
 
The_Dog_42 said:
Look below for a picturesque scene
that the man saw. (Text hidden with the answer is below too. I wish I could play with you prose pros.)

(It's a white bear in a snowstorm)
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You might want to wiki "prose" ;)
 
Please forgive the delay,
I just got up this day,
and rhyming so early in the morning
is not my forte

But The Dog 42 is right
I hope this didn't keep you up all night
The man, he lived at the North pole,
and the bear he saw was white
 
Whats wrong with you folks
It's now been 4 days
Since a riddle was posted
And I want to play
Too bad I'm so dumb
And haven't a clue
Of how to create
A new riddle for you
So I will just "bump"
This more than fun thread
In hopes that is doesn't
Just become dead
 
Inside a hermetically sealed room there is a light bulb, and outside the room there are three switches.
Only one of the three lights the bulb. While the door is closed you can press the switches as often as you wishes.
But when you open the door, you have to say which of the three switches lights the bulb. The lack of a riddle makes me itches.
 
3 switches: a, b and c.
Assuming that the light is off:
Turn a on
wait 10 minutes
Turn a off and b on.
Open the door.
If the light is on, switch b controls.
If light is off, either switch a or c.
Feel bulb.
Hot bulb means switch a. Cold means switch c.

If the bulb was on when you started.:
light off means B controls.
light on means either A or C
If it is C, the bulb was not off for long and should feel very hot.
If it is A, the bulb was off for 10 minutes and should feel cool.

I don't know how to solve it if we don't know the initial state of the bulb.
 
bioguy said:
3 switches: a, b and c.
Assuming that the light is off:
Turn a on
wait 10 minutes
Turn a off and b on.
Open the door.
If the light is on, switch b controls.
If light is off, either switch a or c.
Feel bulb.
Hot bulb means switch a. Cold means switch c.

If the bulb was on when you started.:
light off means B controls.
light on means either A or C
If it is C, the bulb was not off for long and should feel very hot.
If it is A, the bulb was off for 10 minutes and should feel cool.

I don't know how to solve it if we don't know the initial state of the bulb.
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The top answer is what I was searching for
but your bottom answer throws my riddle out the door
I suppose I should have changed the facts to give a peek
inside the door before sealing it up to begin to seek
 
bioguy said:
3 switches: a, b and c.
Assuming that the light is off:
Turn a on
wait 10 minutes
Turn a off and b on.
Open the door.
If the light is on, switch b controls.
If light is off, either switch a or c.
Feel bulb.
Hot bulb means switch a. Cold means switch c.

If the bulb was on when you started.:
light off means B controls.
light on means either A or C
If it is C, the bulb was not off for long and should feel very hot.
If it is A, the bulb was off for 10 minutes and should feel cool.

I don't know how to solve it if we don't know the initial state of the bulb.
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Holy cow - Wow!
Is what I say now
You answered the question twice
And probably could have done differently thrice
Bioguy I haven't been lately around much
Missed many riddles, I have lost the touch
Forgive me I don't know you or whether you've been contributing
But your answer has my mind stimuliting
My mind is like a sponge that soaks up and then dumps
You ought to see my nice looking wife in pumps! (okay, corny)
Thank God LabRatBrewer still plays
And makes minds work in mysterious ways
LRB here's what I see
You are a genius and I gotta go pee.. [sounds like an Ischavio line :) ]
Bioguy look forward to more of your rhymes
And answers to riddles that are quite sublime.

Cheers LRB!!!.. :mug:
for keeping this thread going on, endlessly...
 
Today's pick
I hope it doesn't make you sick:

Like Gold and Diamonds I’m often mined
Carried by some wrapped in delicate fine
I fly to the wall with incredible speed
Apparently edible if you have the need
You may feel you know what is sought
But I’ll tell you now, its not
 
I'm guessing "Iron". I can't explain why.
It just came to mind. I didn't hardly try.

Thanks LRB for keeping us on our toes.
And everyone stay the hell out if you're writing in prose. (Emjay agrees)

Well, I'm off to bed.
I wonder could it be Lead?
 
I was off to bed but poured another glass instead.
Why not? Tomorrow we may all be dead.

With that said, I love this thread.
I'd like to drink some beers with all that have contributed.

I'll post a new riddle soon.
Maybe tomorrow about noon...don't hold yer breath;)
 
LabRatBrewer said:
This one's math so grab a bic
of course we're riddling so there must be a trick

Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40 and leave 6.
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You said it was a trick and not math
But you should have seen my taken path
Twisting numbers and I'm not that smart
This riddle is a work of art

I see you posted one more brother
For all of us riddling confused mother blunders
I'll still be trying to answer the first some day
I wouldn't be suprised if the answer comes from Emjay

Okay, I've rambled quite enough
It's what I do if I drink to much of the stuff

So now you put another out
Give me a second, I need a big stout.
Going to go back to my garage
Pretend this is all just a mirage

You know that will never happen
My brain's in a vice and I feel like a scrapping
Big words and I have no clue
Did you guys know?
My name is really Sue.
 
First I thought of a clock,
but that was not a lock.

Even though 9am is 9 hours before six in the evenings
Ten more from nine only gets to eleven dings

On the clock eleven is fifty
not forty

At my house we have a chronometer
That Caeser would have no need to remember
binary or arabic numerals
(these rhymes belong in urinals)

So when I take IX from six
X from IX
and XL from L
what the Hell,
I'm left with six which is VI
And with that, I'll just say Bye.
 
Now let us see
if you can answer this for me.

I know a word of letters three
add two and fewer there will be.
 

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