Riddle Time!

[Kristen]

It's time for riddles! I'll start off with a riddle and you all have to guess the answer. The first person to get the right answer (as confirmed by the original poster) will get to post the next riddle.

Let's start off with an easy one: What gets wet the more it dries?

[Mike]

A towel.

[Kristen]

Easy peasy. Now you get to post a riddle!

[Mike]

:) We'll go with another relative softball:

I am the beginning of eternity and the end of time and space.
I am the beginning of every end, and the end of every place.
What am I?

[Kristen]

The letter E!

[Mike]

I think that took longer for me to type than you to solve. ;) Back to you for riddle #3.

[Kristen]

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What is it?

[Mike]

Less sure of this one. Time?

[Kristen]

Nope. Guess again ;)

[Mike]

Steps?

[Katie]

I liked time as an answer. Um...and steps make sense too. What I'm saying is that Mike should win.

[Mike]

Katie wrote: "I liked time as an answer. Um...and steps make sense too. What I'm saying is that Mike should win."

Thanks Katie! I hope I'm right with "steps" as I'm out of guesses that make sense and from here on would just be blitzing words that usually go with "take."

[Katie]

I thought of a few things but they don't really make sense.

[Kristen]

Steps is right! Time for another riddle from Mike!

[Mike]

What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?

[Kristen]

Ha! Trying to trick me! They weigh the same. It's the volumes that are different.

[Katie]

What she said, I've heard that one before. I wish I saw one of these first, gorram it! (wrong thread for that statement)

[Mike]

Well, yes I was trying to trick you... and did. ;) Yay for riddles within riddles! Try again. :)

[Katie]

Pretty sneaky. I cheated and looked up the answer online. The one I've heard is pound of feathers/bricks, I think.

[Mike]

I couldn't resist the extra twist. Never trust a measurement riddle from a mathematician. ;)

[Kristen]

Wow. That's clever. I am thoroughly stumped.

[Katie]

I can explain the riddle and give another one. But I didn't earn it, did I?

[Mike]

Hmm. It's not really something you can really reason out - people will either know or not. I'd say give it 'til noon and then let the fastest google poster win.

[Laura]

You say my name and I'm not there anymore.

[Katie]

Silence.

There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and never full. The third drinks and is always thirty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.

[Katie]

Mike wrote: "What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?"

It's 11 but I'll explain Mike's riddle. Feathers are measured in English pounds, which are 16 ounces. Gold and other precious metals, however, are weighed using the troy pound, which is 12 ounces. So a pound of feathers weighs more. You could say Kristen was right if you want to go by weighing the stuff on a scale but they're not measured in the same way.

[Mike]

Katie wrote: It's 11 but I'll explain Mike's riddle. Feathers are measured in English pounds, which are 16 ounces. Gold and other preci..."

Yep. For the traditional riddle, using anything other than precious metals, Kristen was correct.


There's a vague answer tugging at my mind for your riddle, but I don't quite have it yet...

[Katie]

It's tricky but don't think too hard on it. I'm not always very good with riddles because I don't break it down and consider each part. I don't want to give anything away though...

[Mike]

I want to say the four classical elements, but the last doesn't really make sense:

Water runs but never wearies
Fire eats (consumes) but is never full
Earth drinks and is always thirsty
Air... sings a song that is never good? or something?

[Katie]

Mike wrote: "I want to say the four classical elements, but the last doesn't really make sense:

Water runs but never wearies
Fire eats (consumes) but is never full
Earth drinks and is always thirsty
Air... sin..."

You're right and I didn't get the last one either. I found it online - I thought of a few riddles but they were too easy. Your turn then!

[Mike]

That last one's going to plague my brain for a while.

I'm round, but not always around. I'm light sometimes and dark sometimes. Everyone wants to walk all over me. What am I?

[Katie]

The moon?

[Mike]

Katie wrote: "The moon?"

Correct! Back to you!

[Katie]

Okay, this one is hard in my opinion. Coincidentally, it also has four men.

Four jolly men sat down to play,
And played all night till break of day,
They played for cash and not for fun,
With a separate score for every one,
When it came time to square accounts,
T hey all had made quite fair amounts,
Now, not one has lost and all have gained.
What are they?

Good luck!

[Mike]

String Quartet? played their instruments, each had a musical score, paid for their performance.

[Katie]

Oh my gosh. Yes, you're technically right because the answer is musicians. Go on.

[Mike]

Cool! My brain kind of thinks sideways in the first place, which is why I love riddles.

What is it that you can keep after giving it to someone else?

[Selena]

I have a good one, but I'll never be able to go. You people are too good. XD

[Katie]

Your word. I also think your name is a good answer.

[Mike]

Yep. And I agree, and hadn't thought of that one. Nicely done.

[Katie]

:-) Thanks. To me, at least, a name makes more sense.

What gets whiter as it gets dirtier?

[Selena]

A chalkboard eraser. :)

[Kristen]

Selena wrote: "A chalkboard eraser. :)"

I like that answer :)

[Katie]

Selena wrote: "A chalkboard eraser. :)"

Either that or the chalkboard. Bravo!

[Mike]

Kristen wrote: "Selena wrote: "A chalkboard eraser. :)"

I like that answer :)"

Me too! If it's not the right one it should be...

[Selena]

I am 7 letters long.
I'm greater than God, mightier than the devil.
Rich people need me, poor people have me.
If you eat me, you will die.
What am I?

[Kristen]

Nothing

[Selena]

Wow, that was quick.

I had a lot of trouble with that one when I heard it...

Your riddle, Kristen.

[Kristen]

I have three lives. I am gentle enough to soothe the skin, light enough to caress the sky, and hard enough to crack rocks. Who am I?

[Mike]

water? (vapor, ice)