Riddles

[chrispenycate]

Originally Posted by Cosmo

:0 incredible
it took me about 2 days for each of those
had you heard them before???
(if the button situation arises with me i would not leave, i would wait so the other man went out and said white, (if he had a black button that is)

The second one is a standard- I first met it in the fifties, and it's come up regularly, in various forms, over the years.

've already met a variation on the first- it took me longer to type it than work out the answer.
Sorry

[Cosmo]

you are running a race and you pass the person in second place what position are you?????????????????

[sanityassassin]

your first cosmo the answer is they are all boys the second you have just moved into second

[chrispenycate]

Originally Posted by Cosmo

you are running a race and you pass the person in second place what position are you?????????????????

second- unless I'm running one lap behind (standard for me)

[Cosmo]

one day i will baffle you both

[Cosmo]

the more i take the more i leave behind.
what am i???

[sanityassassin]

a man has a dog, a chicken and a bag of corn and is trying to cross a river but his boat can only carry one at a time if he takes the dog the chicken will eat the corn if he takes the corn he the dog will kill the chicken if he takes the chicken first he will have the same problem on the other side once he takes the second trip how does he manage to safely take all three across

[sanityassassin]

Originally Posted by Cosmo

the more i take the more i leave behind.
what am i???

a hole

[Cosmo]

does he carry the corn across the bridge and make the others walk with him???
alternatively he could take the dog after drawing a white line in front of the chicken thus hypnotizing it. he could then take the corn and then the chicken

[Cosmo]

sa it is not a hole

[dwndrgn]

Originally Posted by chrispenycate

If either of the other men had seen a black button on his back he would have known straight away that the other man would have seen the black button, and if he had had the other black button, would have known straight away that the remaining button must be white. Therefore, if the three people are assumed to have average intelligence, if one black button shows, the two others must be white, or someone would have reacted straight away. Assuming that the others are not stupid (an unsafe assumption in this world) he knows all the buttons to be white.


"If I asked your freind which door led to freedom, what would he tell me?

Ok, call me a dimwit but I've heard this second one many times and do not understand the answer. I also don't get the first one even after the explanation. Someone give me a detailed explanation so I can understand it?

The second one drives me nuts each time I hear or see it. If one always tells lies and one always tells the truth - this question, what would HE say...doesn't seem to clear it up, at least not for me.

[sanityassassin]

there is no bridge

[Cosmo]

dwndrgn
the question must go through a lie therefore it always goes through a negative so you must pick the opposite door to the one they say

[dwndrgn]

Originally Posted by sanityassassin

a man has a dog, a chicken and a bag of corn and is trying to cross a river but his boat can only carry one at a time if he takes the dog the chicken will eat the corn if he takes the corn he the dog will kill the chicken if he takes the chicken first he will have the same problem on the other side once he takes the second trip how does he manage to safely take all three across

This is my favorite riddle of all time (though I usually hear it with a boat and crossing a river...)
He leaves the corn and the dog and takes the chicken first, leaves it on the other side. Goes back and gets the corn, and takes it over. Leaves it there and brings the chicken back, leaves it on the original side and takes the dog over and leaves him there with the corn. Goes back for the chicken.

[chrispenycate]

Originally Posted by sanityassassin

a man has a dog, a chicken and a bag of corn and is trying to cross a river but his boat can only carry one at a time if he takes the dog the chicken will eat the corn if he takes the corn he the dog will kill the chicken if he takes the chicken first he will have the same problem on the other side once he takes the second trip how does he manage to safely take all three across

Rows across with the chicken, rows back, rows across with the dog, rows back with the chicken, rows across with the corn, rows back to collect chicken.