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My favorite riddle!
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Aug 30, 2008 02:53PM
yeah, it's a mountain, the point is roots that no-one sees but it doesn't make sense. Yours was good Brigid but families grow.
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Here's another one I found! I'm having fun. XD
There was once a queen who had two sons. When she grew old and close to death she sent for her sons. “I want you to ride your horses to Jerusalem. The one whose horse arrives last will inherit everything I own.”
The two princes mounted their horses. But, since each knew his horse had to arrive last if he was to win, both sons rode as slowly as they possibly could. One was forever trying to lag behind the other. When they finally reached the outskirts of Jerusalem, both sons stopped. Neither dared go a step closer for fear of getting there first and thus letting the other arrive last and inherit the kingdom.
They sat for a day. Then two. They sat for a week and began to feel as if they’d spent the rest of their lives sitting at the edge of Jerusalem with nothing to their names. Then, suddenly, both sons had the same idea. They each jumped on a horse and rode to Jerusalem as fast as they could go. What made them change their minds and find a way to end the competition?
There is a different version of this, but I can't remember how it goes. And be careful. If you've heard this before, don't say anything, 'cause then it's not fair to the person who wants to guess.
And no one I've told this to has ever guessed right on their first try. *maniac grin*
There was once a queen who had two sons. When she grew old and close to death she sent for her sons. “I want you to ride your horses to Jerusalem. The one whose horse arrives last will inherit everything I own.”
The two princes mounted their horses. But, since each knew his horse had to arrive last if he was to win, both sons rode as slowly as they possibly could. One was forever trying to lag behind the other. When they finally reached the outskirts of Jerusalem, both sons stopped. Neither dared go a step closer for fear of getting there first and thus letting the other arrive last and inherit the kingdom.
They sat for a day. Then two. They sat for a week and began to feel as if they’d spent the rest of their lives sitting at the edge of Jerusalem with nothing to their names. Then, suddenly, both sons had the same idea. They each jumped on a horse and rode to Jerusalem as fast as they could go. What made them change their minds and find a way to end the competition?
There is a different version of this, but I can't remember how it goes. And be careful. If you've heard this before, don't say anything, 'cause then it's not fair to the person who wants to guess.
And no one I've told this to has ever guessed right on their first try. *maniac grin*
Was it because if the queen died she couldn't tell who'd get there? Um...if they tied, they'd both inherit it? I dunno.
Oh! Methinks I know it *keeps mouth shut*
lemme try and think of one that WON'T give it awaythe best one I can say it read carefully. very carefully
OH OH OH I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW!!!!!!!!!
Ooooo take a guess!
okay okay, so they said 'HORSE'!!!Whichever HORSE arrives first!!
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Sella, ov vey! i haven't checked this group in months. ><
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So (oh, I'm expanding on your idea riley!!!) at the end when they jump on a (a seems to be the key word) horse and ride as fast as they can, they take each other's horses, not their own. Because if one brother takes his brother's horse into the city before his own horse arrives in the city, he wins!
High five to riley for the unintentional working together on this riddle!
WOO HOO!!Go Roni and Riley and Roni and Riley! It's our birthdays! Go us! Go us!
Exactly! Good job, you three! You guys are good. O.k... lets see if I can think of another...
Is it okay if I post one? I have one now.
Go ahead! I want to hear this one. Lets see if I can guess first this time...
alright! Give me a riddle! cause I'm smart!
(This one is so hard! It took me forever to figure it out!)Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go?
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he dropped it?okay let me think:
3 x $10 = $30
$30-$5=$25
$25+$3=$28
I dunno.
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Wait! something...
$25 in the desk...two dollars to the bellhop, three dollars to the friends. If you subtract from the $30 the clerk was paid it works.
but let's ignore the belhop's two dollars and say they paid $28, oh nevermind, that just messes it up even more.
wait, I think I've got it! you have to subtract the $2 the belhop took from the $27 because $27 was the amount they paid, and two of it went to the belhop. so, the $27 dollars is split between the clerk and the belhop. the remaining three dollars are in the girl's pockets!
so, by doing that, you don't count what the bellhop has in the total they paid at all! because they didn't directly pay him two dollars! so really, adding correctly, it should be $25 in the drawr + $2 the belhop took= the $27 paid dollars. $27 paid dollars+ 3 returned dollars = $30!!!!
YES I GOT IT!!!
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I mean, that was annoying to figure out!
okay...riddle...riddle...
why did the turkey cross the road?
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Sella, ov vey! i haven't checked this group in months. ><
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yeah i didn't get the riddle, even when roni tried to explain the answer...i suck at math...lol XD
the turkey crossed the road because it...didn't want to be a chicken??
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Sella, ov vey! i haven't checked this group in months. ><
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Yeah, but somonella comes through raw chicken usually. It was an, er, UNINTENTIONAL, pun.
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okay, I have one.How does a legless dog cross the road. (no wheels, helpers or anything)
Clue: Take the 'F' out of 'way'
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Sella, ov vey! i haven't checked this group in months. ><
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okay i'm just going to say it.
there is no f in way!!
teehee!!! XD XD XD
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Read the sentence aloud. There's no f in way.
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there's no effen(f in) way!
I just said it out loud, near my brothers and uh ... yeah ... I hope they didn't hear that... XD
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