Conundrums, Puzzles, Logic Problems (1 Viewer)

[Nigel Tufnel]

You're watching a stage play. A banquet is in progress. The guests are enjoying an appetizer of raw oysters. Theentree consists of boiled dog.

You're asleep and dreaming.

 

[GTBilly]

My grandmother hasn't slept a day since before Christmas. Explain.

She sleeps at night?

1/2 and the other answer please.

 

[McJose]

My grandmother hasn't slept a day since before Christmas. Explain.

You mean like 24 hours in a row?

 

[Sinn Fein]

My grandmother hasn't slept a day since before Christmas. Explain.

she sleeps at night

 

[Sinn Fein]

My grandmother hasn't slept a day since before Christmas. Explain.

She sleeps at night?

1/2 and the other answer please.

she is dead

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

My grandmother hasn't slept a day since before Christmas. Explain.

She died on Christmas day.

 

[GTBilly]

My grandmother hasn't slept a day since before Christmas. Explain.

She sleeps at night?

1/2 and the other answer please.

she is dead

Yes she is, yes she did die the week before Christmas week, funeral was on the 19th but more importantly she would have found it funny as hell that she was in this riddle/joke, she was just that kind of gal.

 

[Pick]

Sorry about your grandma.

 

[GTBilly]

Sorry about your grandma.

It's all okay but thanks.

 

[CBusAlex]

FYI, "Termite Jesus" is not acceptable as an alias around here, despite this awesome avatar.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

FYI, "Termite Jesus" is not acceptable as an alias around here, despite this awesome avatar.

That sucks!

 

[Rayderr]

FYI, "Termite Jesus" is not acceptable as an alias around here, despite this awesome avatar.

Do you not remember the Purple Savior thread?

 

[Idiot Boxer]

FYI, "Termite Jesus" is not acceptable as an alias around here, despite this awesome avatar.

Excellent. Termite Jesus is not an appropriate alias, because we are all Termite Jesus. He is part of all of us. Or our houses, at least.

 

[Pick]

This thread can #### off.

 

[Pick]

What spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals, and hides at night?

 

[shuke]

What spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals, and hides at night?

Sunlight?

 

[Chairshot]

What goes up a chimney down but CANNOT go down a chimney up?

An umbrella.

 

[McJose]

What spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals, and hides at night?

One of my cats. Next.

 

[Pick]

A fly.

 

[McJose]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

 

[Fennis]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

Stephen Hawking doing stunts

 

[Sinn Fein]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

an airplane

 

[GTBilly]

What spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals, and hides at night?

A flower that closes up at night.The butter dish.

 

[GTBilly]

What goes up a chimney down but CANNOT go down a chimney up?

An umbrella.

Yep

 

[bostonfred]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

Garbage truck.

 

[McJose]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

Garbage truck.

It's a much better verbal joke (flies/flys)

 

[snorlax]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

Garbage truck.

It's a much better verbal joke (flies/flys)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly

 

[Fennis]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

Garbage truck.

It's a much better verbal joke (flies/flys)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly

the backstroke?

 

[The Future Champs]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

Garbage truck.

It's a much better verbal joke (flies/flys)

I hope so.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

A fly.

What has 4 wheels and flys?

Garbage truck.

:( It's a much better verbal joke (flies/flys)

flies is spelled flies

 

[bostonfred]

flies is spelled flies

So is flies.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

flies is spelled flies

So is flies.

ooooooooooooooooh

 

[nysfl2]

This is from Sunday Puzzle on NPR. Write down the digits from 2 to 7, in order. Add two mathematical symbols to get an expression equaling 2010. What symbols are these?

(2345*6)/7

correct.

Interestingly, you can also do the same thing by adding three mathematical symbols. Can you find this one?

 

[Foosball God]

I have many 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. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

I have many 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. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?

An arrow.

 

[Foosball God]

I have many 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. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?

An arrow.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

I have many 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. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown. What am I?

Termite Jesus!

 

[Pick]

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

 

[Foosball God]

You are trapped in a room with two doors. One leads to certain death and the other leads to freedom. You don't know which is which.

There are two robots guarding the doors. They will let you choose one door but upon doing so you must go through it.

You can, however, ask one robot one question. The problem is one robot always tells the truth ,the other always lies and you don't know which is which.

What is the question you ask?

 

[bostonfred]

Some Tolkien riddles while we wait for a proper conundrum.

This thing all things devours:

Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;

Gnaws iron, bites steel;

Grinds hard stones to meal;

Slays king, ruins town

And beats high mountain down.

 

[nysfl2]

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

Ear of corn

 

[bostonfred]

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

Egg whites?

 

[Foosball God]

Some Tolkien riddles while we wait for a proper conundrum. This thing all things devours:Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;Gnaws iron, bites steel;Grinds hard stones to meal;Slays king, ruins townAnd beats high mountain down.

Water?

 

[Sinn Fein]

This is from Sunday Puzzle on NPR. Write down the digits from 2 to 7, in order. Add two mathematical symbols to get an expression equaling 2010. What symbols are these?

(2345*6)/7

correct.

Interestingly, you can also do the same thing by adding three mathematical symbols. Can you find this one?

2/3*45*67

 

[Idiot Boxer]

You are trapped in a room with two doors. One leads to certain death and the other leads to freedom. You don't know which is which.There are two robots guarding the doors. They will let you choose one door but upon doing so you must go through it.You can, however, ask one robot one question. The problem is one robot always tells the truth ,the other always lies and you don't know which is which.What is the question you ask?

Which door will the other robot tell me to take. Then take the opposite.

 

[nysfl2]

This is from Sunday Puzzle on NPR. Write down the digits from 2 to 7, in order. Add two mathematical symbols to get an expression equaling 2010. What symbols are these?

(2345*6)/7

correct.

Interestingly, you can also do the same thing by adding three mathematical symbols. Can you find this one?

2/3*45*67

 

[Foosball God]

You are trapped in a room with two doors. One leads to certain death and the other leads to freedom. You don't know which is which.There are two robots guarding the doors. They will let you choose one door but upon doing so you must go through it.You can, however, ask one robot one question. The problem is one robot always tells the truth ,the other always lies and you don't know which is which.What is the question you ask?

Which door will the other robot tell me to take. Then take the opposite.

 

[bostonfred]

Some Tolkien riddles while we wait for a proper conundrum.

This thing all things devours:

Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;

Gnaws iron, bites steel;

Grinds hard stones to meal;

Slays king, ruins town

And beats high mountain down.

Water?

No, sorry, the answer is bears. Actually, it isn't bears or water, according to the riddle as asked in the Hobbit.

 

[Foosball God]

Some Tolkien riddles while we wait for a proper conundrum.

This thing all things devours:

Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;

Gnaws iron, bites steel;

Grinds hard stones to meal;

Slays king, ruins town

And beats high mountain down.

Water?

No, sorry, the answer is bears. Actually, it isn't bears or water, according to the riddle as asked in the Hobbit.

gollum?

 

[bostonfred]

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

I did this with Jimmy Dean frozen sausage egg and cheese sandwiches when my wife randomly decided I'd like it if we had some in the freezer. The sausage is disgusting. The egg and cheese was at least bland enough that it was edible.