the official riddle thread

Discussion in 'Off Topic Area' started by munkiejunkie, Sep 1, 2005.

  1. Moosey

    Moosey invariably, a moose Supporter

    His wife's the lift operator? He takes the stairs because the lift doesn't come down to him, he realises that his wife would only fail in her lift-operating duties if something serious had happened?
     
  2. TomB

    TomB Train Hard, Fight Easy

    for lift operating was her life and passion? :D
     
  3. Moosey

    Moosey invariably, a moose Supporter

    Precisement!
     
  4. BoredNow

    BoredNow Valued Member

    I'm being dense I don't get this one! Can someone explain?
     
  5. cavallin

    cavallin kickin' kitten

    the guy is a dwarf so he cant reach the button number20, the highest he can reach is 10 :D

    as for my other riddle, remember he goes to see his wife and he sees she is dead, so she is still at home. he doesnt take the lift because it wasnt working (it hadnt broken down)
    so, if it hadnt broken down, yet it wasnt working, what could stop it from working?
     
  6. Moosey

    Moosey invariably, a moose Supporter

    OK, slightly grim explanation...

    She was cut in half by the lift. He sees her severed legs in the lift when he arrives in the lobby and recognises the shoes she was wearing. He goes upstairs so he can kiss her on the cheek or lips or whatever before the ambulance arrives?
     
  7. cavallin

    cavallin kickin' kitten

    no! the wife is definately entirely at home. if you try to work out the question i posted, you'll work out the riddle faster.
     
  8. Moosey

    Moosey invariably, a moose Supporter

    Got it! His wife's on life support! The lift isn't working because of a power cut which has also turned off her respirator!
     
  9. cavallin

    cavallin kickin' kitten

    well done!! you worked it all out at once :)
     
  10. Roual

    Roual Eternally curious...

    How about this one...

    At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen.
     
  11. SacredEclipse

    SacredEclipse New Member

  12. Hiroji

    Hiroji laugh often, love much

    well what a crappy answer! why didnt he just wait till he got in his flat to ring the undertakers? just to be sure?...in taking this a bit serious :eek:
     
  13. Jointlock

    Jointlock Valued Member

    Hilarious. Stop I can't laugh out loud in my cube at work.

    Seriously though, I would hope that someone on life support would have some type of a backup generator and other precautions to prevent this.
     
    Last edited: Sep 8, 2005
  14. Roual

    Roual Eternally curious...

    Ok, so maybe that one was a little easy, give me a few minutes to think up a new one...
     
  15. Roual

    Roual Eternally curious...

    Ding... got one

    I am at the beginning of eternity,
    And the end of time and space.
    You're looking right at me,
    What am I?

    :)
     
  16. BoredNow

    BoredNow Valued Member

    the letter e?
     
  17. SacredEclipse

    SacredEclipse New Member

    come on you can find better riddles than that

    heres a few (probably not much more difficult but oh well):

    1."An old man wanted to leave all of his money to one of his three sons, but he didn't know which one he should give it to. He gave each of them a few coins and told them to buy something that would be able to fill their living room. The first man bought straw, but there was not enough to fill the room. The second bought some sticks, but they still did not fill the room. The third man bought two things that filled the room, so he obtained his father's fortune. What were the two things that the man bought?"


    2."With pointed fangs it sits in wait,
    With piercing force its doles out fate,
    Over bloodless victims proclaiming its might,
    Eternally joining in a single bite.
    What am I?"


    3." 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?"
     
  18. cavallin

    cavallin kickin' kitten

    3) a tree?
     
  19. cavallin

    cavallin kickin' kitten

    1) balloons and helium :D
     
  20. SacredEclipse

    SacredEclipse New Member

    cavallin, no, not a bad guess though
     

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