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This is how it works. I post a riddle, the next person posts the answer and a new riddle. then the 3rd poster posts the answer to that and a new riddle. etc
Get it?
Well I'll start easy:
What's black and white and red all over?

it's a newspaper! (I've also heard this one as being a sunburnt zebra)

NOTE: Dara - you may have to add a rule to state that the poster of the riddle must confirm the correct answer before the next riddle is posted

Okay............I will set one.........
I cover what's real, hide what is true, but sometimes bring out the courage in you. What am I?

There are a couple of answers that will fit.....

Another one...................

I have two arms, but fingers none. I have two feet, but cannot run. I carry well, but I have found I carry best with my feet OFF the ground. What am I?

i think the first one is FEAR. And the second one is A WHEELBARROW ??

Quoted from music313

i think the first one is FEAR. And the second one is A WHEELBARROW ??

Correct on both counts................on the first riddle you could also have used makeup, or alchohol.............

Your turn now to set one.............

ok heres one:

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

ok, a man goes up a mountain on a horse on sunday night, stays three nights and comes down on sunday.

how is this possible?

Quoted from coctosan

ok, a man goes up a mountain on a horse on sunday night, stays three nights and comes down on sunday.

how is this possible?

does he leave to go up the mountain on sunday night, or arrive on top of the mountain on sunday night..this probably doesnt help but anyways..

im thinking he comes down the next sunday..?????????

Suggestion: Maybe there should be a standard time for a winner to post. . or the 'riddler' should return to give a clue so a riddle that is harder does not bring the thread to a halt.
I would offer the suggestion that if it is not solved in 24 hours somebody can post a new one until they are answered.

Then anybody simply 'quotes' the riddle they want to reply to with their answer and the game keeps moving.

New riddle:

It is in a supermarket.

You throw away the outside and cook the inside
You eat the outside and throw away the inside.

What am I?

if it is not guessed correctly I will answer same time tomorrow.

Quoted from Gizmo

Suggestion: Maybe there should be a standard time for a winner to post. . or the 'riddler' should return to give a clue so a riddle that is harder does not bring the thread to a halt.
I would offer the suggestion that if it is not solved in 24 hours somebody can post a new one until they are answered.

Then anybody simply 'quotes' the riddle they want to reply to with their answer and the game keeps moving.

New riddle:

It is in a supermarket.

You throw away the outside and cook the inside
You eat the outside and throw away the inside.

What am I?

if it is not guessed correctly I will answer same time tomorrow.

nice idea..works better this way

i think its an ear of corn..?

You are correct!. . now. . do you have one?

Quoted from Gizmo

Suggestion: Maybe there should be a standard time for a winner to post. . or the 'riddler' should return to give a clue so a riddle that is harder does not bring the thread to a halt.
I would offer the suggestion that if it is not solved in 24 hours somebody can post a new one until they are answered.

Then anybody simply 'quotes' the riddle they want to reply to with their answer and the game keeps moving.

Good idea Gizmo

Quoted from music313

does he leave to go up the mountain on sunday night, or arrive on top of the mountain on sunday night..this probably doesnt help but anyways.. im thinking he comes down the next sunday..?????????

the man is on a horse and goes up the mountain on a sunday, and arrives the same day
stays there for three nights
the man comes down on sunday

if no-one gets it by tomorrow night i'll post the answer!

Is it that the horse stays 3 nights and the man stays seven to return on Sunday the following week?

YEah what he said

ps good ideas for rules!
and yes it was a newspaper

Deaf and dumb and blind I might be, but I always tell the truth. What am I?

Quoted from Gizmo

Is it that the horse stays 3 nights and the man stays seven to return on Sunday the following week?

nope...the answer is that the horse was called sunday!

Quoted from music313

Deaf and dumb and blind I might be, but I always tell the truth. What am I?

Certainly not our Prime Minister....lol

Quoted from music313

Deaf and dumb and blind I might be, but I always tell the truth. What am I?

ok..no one got it

It was a:

Quoted from music313

ok..no one got it

It was a:

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Your turn to post one....

ok heres another:

I am what makes men mean. What is it?

Satan?
Women?
Testoserone?

Me? Is it me?

Wait I know... It's "The other guy." It's always the other guy so I'm going to guess that too.

I have no clue what it is. I'm just trying to be silly btw, not mockin, I like riddles.

could it be the letter "a"?

Quoted from coctosan

could it be the letter "a"?

Yepp! ur turn! nice try but meandean

ok, a math one!

If

1=3
2=3
3=5
4=4
5=4
6=3
7=5
8=5
9=4
10=3

What does
11=?
12=?

Quoted from coctosan

ok, a math one!

If

1=3
2=3
3=5
4=4
5=4
6=3
7=5
8=5
9=4
10=3

What does
11=?
12=?

ok, answer to this here....

Quoted from coctosan

ok, answer to this here....

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that was a good one i thought...

ok, some riddles for all, with answers supplied

What has fingers but can't type?

What has ears but can't hear?"

What has arms but can't hug?"

What has a head and a foot but no body?"

What has a mouth but never smiles?"

What has a face but no head?"

What has leaves but isn't a tree?"

What has eyes but can't see?"

What has legs but can't walk?"

One eye always open, and still I cannot see. What am I?

Quoted from music313

One eye always open, and still I cannot see. What am I?

a needle?

A blind man with one glass eye.....................

Quoted from coctosan

a needle?

you're correct..!

I'm always in front of you, but can never be seen. What is it?

Quoted from music313

I'm always in front of you, but can never be seen. What is it?

the future?

Quoted from coctosan

the future?

Yep

Your turn to post a riddle, Coctosan............

Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match? Think carefully!!

Try this one

answer is:

ok, here's one....

What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

Quoted from coctosan

ok, here's one....

What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

is it the word 'Wholesome'?

Quoted from music313

is it the word 'Wholesome'?

indeed it is!

I can keep on working, even when broken. What am I?

Quoted from music313

I can keep on working, even when broken. What am I?

A heart.

I dont think anyone wants to play this game anymore..

Lol.
I do I just keep forgetting to reply

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

Quoted from dara

Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

Mt Everest! (It is still the tallest, just that nobody knew

)

ok, here's one.....

I met an old friend shopping the other day.
I asked her how her husband was and she said he had died!
She told me that he was having a dream he was a soldier kidnapped in Iraq and was about to have his head chopped off.
At the point when the sword came down on him she tapped him on the neck to wake him up.
Apparently the shock was so great that he died.

What is wrong with this story?

Quoted from coctosan

Mt Everest! (It is still the tallest, just that nobody knew )

ok, here's one.....

I met an old friend shopping the other day.
I asked her how her husband was and she said he had died!
She told me that he was having a dream he was a soldier kidnapped in Iraq and was about to have his head chopped off.
At the point when the sword came down on him she tapped him on the neck to wake him up.
Apparently the shock was so great that he died.

What is wrong with this story?

how would the wife know what dream her husband had if he died? is that it? i thought about it a fair bit..

Quoted from music313

how would the wife know what dream her husband had if he died? is that it? i thought about it a fair bit..

Correct!

Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than 1897 silver dollars?

do you mean the number of silver dollars or the year of the silver dollars?...or is it like a trick question??

trick q lol
it means numbers but ppl r supposed to think its date

lol oh ok..cos i first thought you meant numbers, then i thought or it could be the years..

This is a true story:

An American nightclub called the Coconut Grove had a terrible fire in which over 400 people died. Everyone had the ability to get out of the building, but they couldn't.
Why?

Because they only had revolving doors not opening out doors........fire and building codes were changed after this disaster.

What veggie do you throw away the outside,cook the inside, eat the outside,and throw away the inside?

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Because they only had revolving doors not opening out doors........fire and building codes were changed after this disaster.

yepp!

Quoted Text

What veggie do you throw away the outside,cook the inside, eat the outside,and throw away the inside?

is it corn?

Corn on the Cob...to be precise...

A man boarded a flight from England to L.A. Once on the plane, he sees a small acquaintance at the back of the plane, he shouted a greeting to this person by name and a few seconds later he was arrested. Why?

The person's name was Jack? "Hi Jack"?... and it was confusing?

Quoted from MeanDean

The person's name was Jack? "Hi Jack"?... and it was confusing?

Correct.

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, lived a man of few talents, but he was as greedy as anyone can be. He stole, he lied and he cheated only for the sake of money and his ever-increasing treasure. One day he was trying to rob a child of his money on the edge of a lake. Innocently, the child pushed him into the lake and ran to safety.

Seeing the greedy man drowning, two passing villagers tried to help him. The first one quickly said, "Take my hand and I'll try to drag you out! Don't worry, you will be safe!" The second one rushed to help as well and stated, "Here old man, over here! Everything will be fine if you give me your hand."

The old man hesitated for a second, then took the hand of the first villager. Why?

Okay I think I've heard this one before:

The first guy said "take my hand" and the second guy said "give me your hand". The second guy's offer sounded demanding and the robber was mean and greedy because when he was a kid his mother never gave him anything but always took things from him saying "give me this" and "give me that" so this played into his neurotic Freudian confusion between wanting to steal his mother from his father and not trusting his mother. The second guy's statement overwhelmed him and he reacted by instinct. He also was bitter toward his sister in retalition to being victomised by her penis envy but that didn't have much to do with it except that it contributed to his downward spiral that led to his life of crime.

Is that it?

yeah i think you got the gist of it

..but here's the answer that came with the question aswell..

The man was SO greedy, he refused to "give" his hand to the second goodhearted villager. The first villager managed to save him by telling him to "take" his hand instead of asking for it.

I was hoping you wouldn't get mad about my silly answer. I'm glad you didn't. I couldn't solve it so I googled it and then posted that nonsense hoping it would get someone else thinking in the right direction a little. I shouldn't have googled and given hints either lol

This one's pretty old and probably people have already heard it and get it right off:

You, James, and Jenny sit down at a table so that each one can see the other two. You all close their eyes and someone puts a hat on each of their heads. You then all open your eyes. No one peeked. No one can see the hat on their own head. You're all told that you all have all either had a black or white hat placed on their head, but that not all 3 of you would be wearing a white hat, that there is at least one black hat amoungst you, and you're asked what color hat you have on your own head. You look and see that James has a black hat and that Jenny has a white one. After quite a while you realise that you must be wearing a black hat. You are correct, you win lots of money, a trip to Hawaii, and you get to go to the zoo and not only feed, but pet the animals. Okay well it only mattered that you were correct. The question is "How did you know, what was your logic?"

me?! mad?!...never..!!

and i have no clue to what the answer is...its probably ridiculously easy, and i just cant get it..

It's not really easy until you already know the answer.

Hint: The fact James has not solved it is part of your logic.

ohh i think i sorta got it. is it because if jen sees james' hat is black and my hat is also black, and therefore there must be at least one white hat and so she guessed white.

And if james hasnt solve it, that must mean its because jen has a white hat and I have a black hat, and he cant decide if he has white or black hat. otherwise, IF i had a white hat, James would not be soooo confused he would guess that he has a black hat straightaway because there must be at least one black hat in the group.

sorry...i think my explanation is really confusing, but i just had to get it all out as quick as possible..

Quoted from music313

ohh i think i sorta got it. is it because if jen sees james' hat is black and my hat is also black, and therefore there must be at least one white hat and so she guessed white.

And if james hasnt solve it, that must mean its because jen has a white hat and I have a black hat, and he cant decide if he has white or black hat. otherwise, IF i had a white hat, James would not be soooo confused he would guess that he has a black hat straightaway because there must be at least one black hat in the group.

sorry...i think my explanation is really confusing, but i just had to get it all out as quick as possible..

Sounds good to me.............

Yeah that's correct.
Good job.

Cool. Heres another, i think this one's pretty common aswell:

A man was hiking in the hills for the first time and, for safety, he brings along two guides. At the beginning of the hike, the first guide said, "Keep all personal items close, stay behind me, and above all else, keep your balance around the steep dropoffs!" The second guide had never been on such a long hike and, despite the warnings, tumbled off one of the high cliffs and rolled into a valley. The second guide's spine was broken in the fall. The man and the first guide watched the fall, shrugged, and moved on. Why did they offer no help or concern?

is the second "guide" a map (or some other reference resource book) and thus its "spine" was broken in the fall?

Quoted from coctosan

is the second "guide" a map (or some other reference resource book) and thus its "spine" was broken in the fall?

I fly
I can be up
I can be digital
I may be on your side
I am in the East and the West
I wait for no one
I can be out

What am I?

im not sure, but is it 'Time'??

Quoted from music313

im not sure, but is it 'Time'??

Time it is!

woohoo!

what times what makes 12345678987654321

i have no idea...can we have a hint?

Is it cheating to use a calculator?

one possibility is 12345678987654321 x 1

L0L. You really should win on that one when you think about it.

111111111 * 111111111

I don't have time to put a riddle up though.

hahaha coctosan

MD u win

hmm another riddle.. i think this shud be quiz qs as well.
what was voted the best country to live in?????

well it should be Aus...!

A lady was out searching when she found a dead body. She screamed but not because she was unhappy. She immediately contacted the authorities yet they were not the police and became immediately rich.
Who did she contact, and why was she happy?

She found Osama's body and called the US marines and got a huge sum of money deposited into her account?

She screamed becuase she found the dead body of a mouse in her sandwhich, called the health department, and was awarded a whole bunch of money for the grossness she had to endure?

heres the answer:

She was an Egyptologist who had found the mummy that she had been looking for. She immediately contacted the museum and made a lot of money from the mummy she found.

(but this answers boring compared to MDs post)

Suppose you want to send in the mail a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is big enough to hold the object. The box has a locking ring which is large enough to have a lock attached and you have several locks with keys. However, your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. You cannot send the key in an unlocked box since it may be stolen or copied. How do you send the valuable object, locked, to your friend - so it may be opened by your friend?

You could send the box with a key in it to your friend who then sends the box back.

You then send the box back again, this time locked (your friend now has the key)

I smell, but am not an odour
I run, but am not an athlete
I can be sticky, but am not glue

What am I?

Quoted from coctosan

You could send the box with a key in it to your friend who then sends the box back.

You then send the box back again, this time locked (your friend now has the key)

yeah I think your on the right track...but heres the answer:

Quoted from coctosan

I smell, but am not an odour
I run, but am not an athlete
I can be sticky, but am not glue

What am I?

A nose?

Quoted from music313

A nose?

A nose it is!

Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?

Quoted from music313

Where will you find roads without cars, forests without trees and cities without houses?

in a map/street directory?

Which word in the English language is most frequently spelled wrong?

is it "wrong"?

You guys are really, really good at this by the way.

I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still,
I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.
You look at me often and yet you always forget me,
I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me.
Sometimes you have me for all to spare,
Yet when you need me, I am not there.
You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track,
But once you're done you can never get me back.

What am I

Quoted from MeanDean

is it "wrong"?

You guys are really, really good at this by the way.

correct...and thank you!

Quoted from Lawnbowler

I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still,
I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.
You look at me often and yet you always forget me,
I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me.
Sometimes you have me for all to spare,
Yet when you need me, I am not there.
You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track,
But once you're done you can never get me back.

What am I

I believe you would be time!

What goes around the world and stays in a corner?

A guy that's standing in a corner of a room in a plane that's travelling around the world

Quoted from coctosan

I believe you would be time!

Correct

Quoted from music313

What goes around the world and stays in a corner?

Could it be a postage stamp...??

Quoted from Lawnbowler

Could it be a postage stamp...??

Correct!

Yeah but... it could also have been a guy standing in a corner of a room that was inside an airplan.... oh fine!

haha...ok. The answer is a postage stamp AND a guy standing in a corner of a room that was inside an airplane.

nah but that was a good answer..I would of never thought of that.

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?

I've heard this one.
One of them was actually implanted into her, without her knowing, by aliens.

I do know the answer from hearing it already so I won't give it up.

Quoted from Lawnbowler

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible?

ohh I think I know..is it because all of the woman's kids are boys? So half are boys...and so is the other half?

one of them is a hermaphrodite??!

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

Quoted from Lawnbowler

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

Cmon, its pretty easy

I'm at a loss.
Maybe a hint?

Quoted from Lawnbowler

I can be long, or I can be short.
I can be grown, and I can be bought.
I can be painted, or left bare.
I can be round, or square.
What am I?

fingernails?

Rearrange the letters of NOR DO WE to make one word.

BTW...what was the answer LB??

"One word"

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

Quoted from MeanDean

"One word"

Yep. That has to be the worst riddle posted here..

Has a mouth but does not speak, has a bed but never sleeps: what is it?

correct.................your turn

Quoted from music313

Yep. That has to be the worst riddle posted here..

I got lazy too and just grabbed the first thing I found.

John, a party magician, is carrying three pieces of gold each piece weighing one kilogram.

While taking a walk he comes to a bridge which has a sign posted saying the bridge could hold only a maximum of 80 kilograms.

John weighs 78 kilograms and the gold weighs three kilograms.

John reads the sign and still safely crossed the bridge with all the gold.

How did he manage this?

does he take off all his clothes??

Does it have anything to do with him being a party magician and the bridge not being overly observant about this sort of thing?

Quoted from music313

does he take off all his clothes??

No - although it is an option, but lets assume his clothes do not drop his weight enough

Quoted from MeanDean

Does it have anything to do with him being a party magician and the bridge not being overly observant about this sort of thing?

it does have something to do his profession. not sure what you mean about the bridge (or him) not being observant??
he does see the sign and crosses according to the weight rule

I was being mostly silly and a little bit wondering.
Is it because the gold is divided into 3 peices that he takes more than one trip... not much to do with his profession but all I can think of.

He levitates the gold, and his lovely assistant, over the bridge?
He takes all the weight all at once but makes the bridge beleive that he's only taken part of the gold and then when he gets to the other side magically makes the rest appear?
Magic simply defys logic? Is that it?
He makes a string of cheesy jokes in the Riddles thread and while everyone is reading them and thinking "What an idiot" he runs across a fallen tree instead and then says "Behold! I have crossed the bridge."?

Quoted from coctosan

John, a party magician, is carrying three pieces of gold each piece weighing one kilogram.

While taking a walk he comes to a bridge which has a sign posted saying the bridge could hold only a maximum of 80 kilograms.

John weighs 78 kilograms and the gold weighs three kilograms.

John reads the sign and still safely crossed the bridge with all the gold.

How did he manage this?

he makes them disappear...then reappear after he crosses???

i think ive heard this one...but i cant remember what it is. Is there another hint, without making it too easy?

Lol...you guys are on the right track....just need to think a bit more about what John is and how he could use that to his advantage! Remember a party magician can do many tricks....

He hides it on other people without them knowing and they get it accross the bridge for him?

nope, its only him crossing the bridge!

he chucks them across then crosses himself?
this is hard

oo does he juggle the gold so he only holds 2 at a time?

L0L at the image of that.
That's a smart one too. She should win for ingenuity if that doesn't turn out to be the right answer.

Quoted from dara

oo does he juggle the gold so he only holds 2 at a time?

Yay - Dara got it right! at last

The throwing across one is also another possibility, but he's likely not to want to do that, they are gold pieces after all!

Yay!!!!
I g2g I will post one later

A man is asked what his daughters look like.

He answers, "They are all blondes, but two, all brunettes, but two, and all redheads, but two."

How many daughters did he have?

3.
1 Blonde (not including the other 2).
1 Brunette (not including the other 2).
1 Redhead (not including the other 2).

?

Quoted from MeanDean

3.
1 Blonde (not including the other 2).
1 Brunette (not including the other 2).
1 Redhead (not including the other 2).

?

Correct!

There are two kinds of people on an island you're visiting. There are "Honestbrants" who speak always the truth, and thre are "Swindlebrants" who always lie.

Three guys (A, B and C) are arguing at a market. You ask person A: "Are you an Honestbrant or a Swindlebrant?" The answer is just a mumble that you couldn't hear so you ask person B: "What did person A say?" Person B answers: "He said that he is a Swindlebrant." Person C objects, cutting in and saying: "Don't listen to person B, he is a liar!"

What group does person B belong to, Honestbrant or a Swindlebrant?

b has to be a liar because if a said he was a swindle cant then he was lying and really he is a honestcant but that contradicts itselff as if he was an honestcant he'd have to say he was hinest not a liar. so b must be lying??

Three goddesses were sitting in an old Indian temple. Their names were Truth (always true), Lie (always lying) and Wisdom (sometimes lying). There was the following conversation:
Asking the left one: "Who is sitting next to you?"
"Truth," she answered.
Asking the middle one: "Who are you?"
"Wisdom."
And at last question for the right one: "Who is your neighbor?"
"Lie," she replied.

Who is who?
Left is...
Middle is..
Right is...

Okay...

The person in the middle must be either Lie or Wisdom because Truth would have answered "Truth".

The person on the left said that the person in the midde is Truth which was a lie, we've deduced.
This makes the person on the left also either Lie or Wisdom.

Since one of them must be Truth and we've eliminated the other two as being Truth, it must be the person on the Right... who has stated the Person in the Middle is Lie which makes it the Case, leaving the person on the left as Wisdom.

So from Left to Right: [Wisdom, Lie, Truth]

Okay, an easy one to keep it moving.

What's 2+2?

Should I give a hint? *bump*

Quoted from MeanDean

Okay, an easy one to keep it moving.

What's 2+2?

I am still trying to find the "un-obvious" answer, MD

Quoted from MeanDean

Okay, an easy one to keep it moving.

What's 2+2?

lol... I'm sorry I should have just given the hint, instead of asking, so that people wouldn't be looking for the un-obvious answer. I was indeed just wanting to pass it on to someone else because finding a good riddle on the net can be hard and I wasn't finding a lot of time or motivation.

4 is correct

Two handymen were repairing a roof. Suddenly, they both fell down the chimney and found themselves in the large fireplace.One mans face was smeared with soot and one wasn`t. The one with the clean face washed his and the dirty man did not and went back to work. Why?

he's dirty and he doesnt care?

this sounds a bit racist lol

ps correct meandean!

Woohooo!

Does he have obsessive compulsive disorder and washes his face a lot or maybe he has a lot of acne or he's sort of like the guy on the Starburst commercial who has sensitive skin and cant go long outside of the bubble....
I'll be thinking of this one tonight a little.

Quoted from MeanDean

Does he have obsessive compulsive disorder and washes his face a lot or maybe he has a lot of acne or he's sort of like the guy on the Starburst commercial who has sensitive skin and cant go long outside of the bubble....
I'll be thinking of this one tonight a little.

Hahaha...not quite MD...but that ad is AWESOME!!

Makes me laugh everytime I see it.

did the man with the dirty face die, b/c the other guy fell on him, hence his face was clean??

That could of been a possibility...but not the answer that came with the riddle..

A hint is that neither one said a word..

the one with the clean face thinks that his face must be dirty also cause he looked at his partners dirty face

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

the one with the clean face thinks that his face must be dirty also cause he looked at his partners dirty face

Exactly...! well done

Heres the answer that came with the riddle aswell:

When the two men looked at each other, the clean man thought his face was dirty as well. The dirty man, looking at the first`s face, thought his was clean.

Bah... wasn't there a mirror. I imagined him washing his face in a sink.

Okay fine I just wasn't able to figure it out.

Well since I got it right - I'd best put mine in huh..

EBlah news headlines !

Today Police found a body at the base of the cliff face in NSW. Police public relations have released that the body is that of a male and indications are the man suffered blunt force trama resulting in his death. Only one peice of evidence was located at the scene, a broken match.

Police are appealing for information as to the cause of death and the reason for the match - indictations are that the cliff had some baring in this matter.

hrm...I have no idea..

He was a smoker and din't have anything to light his cigarrete with and spotted a match at the bottom. He got the cigarrete ready by putting it in his mouth and started climbing down but he fell and hit his head at the bottom. When he landed he swallowed the cigarrette and his left thumb nicked the match breaking it?

If that's not it then maybe the clue is in this part

Quoted Text

Today Police found a body

The cops did it?

Lol Nope

Ok here are some hints

The cliff has some baring

He didnt fall from the cliff

he wasnt washed up

answer = he fell - work that out and youll be on the right track

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

Lol Nope

Ok here are some hints

1) The cliff has some baring

2) He didnt fall from the cliff

3) he wasnt washed up

4) answer = he fell - work that out and youll be on the right track

thinking out loud....

ok,
from 2) he didnt fall from the cliff, but
from 4) he did fall
also,
from 3) the cliff may or may not be next to the sea

so
from 1) something to do with the cliff and him - possibly the blunt force trauma issue - his head and the cliff somehow connecting?

as to the match - im guessing something to do with nighttime/darkness and the match being broken - of course the match may be irrelevant?

The match did it lol

Sorry, I'll be serious on this one from here on out, although I haven't got a clue (again).

lol ok  -  no falling from the cliff
the cfliff only has something to do with it -  reason why

fall - think about it  if he didnt fall from the cliff where have they fallen from ?

work that out and youll see what the cliff has to do with it

ok, he crawled into a pipe, it was dark so he lit a match to see where he was...it was the inside of a cannon!...the lit match caused the cannon to go off, shooting him out of it and into the cliff face where he hit his head and died (blunt force trauma) and also broke the match??

lol. That's the best one yet

ok must I spell it out --

he FELL

to fall - you have to fall from something

yeah, i was having fun with the above answer....

my thinking is that he fell from a plane, or maybe a hot air balloon? - possibly lighting the match in the balloon causing it to explode and him dropping?

or maybe he parachuted? - but there was no sign of the parachute

it seems the match has some importance - it depends what he was using it for - a smoker, it was dark, something else?

come on people, get thinking!

Maybe just that he broke the match in the dark trying to light it, indicating no success with getting it lit, and he tripped and fell hitting his head and the cliff was ...um ... he walked into the cliff in the dark and fell... or something else simpler than what we're expecting.

Another Hint..!! We wouldnt be good detectives..

ok, i was thinking maybe there is a ladder on the side of the cliff.
the man was climbing (up or down) and because it was dark he decided to light a match to see his way...well, you all know the rest!

now after having this thought, i did a little searching and found a solution to this which is a little obscure....the important clue is that the match is very important in all this, think a little more laterally about it being broken (and nothing to do with it being lit)...also half the answer is in one of my posts above.....

about time someone put some thought into it

Well seems that unless the riddle is easy eg: "whats black and white....
you don't want to play

Spoiler

Someone else can post one if you don't want to right now.

ohh i thought coctosan got it right, with the ladder..

heres one:

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

Quoted from music313

ohh i thought coctosan got it right, with the ladder..

heres one:

A woman shoots her husband.
Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, she hangs him.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?

Something to do with laundry maybe but I don't get the shooting part specifically, except a tomato sauce accident, and I don't understand the usage "holds him" "hangs him".

Maybe someone else can use that if it's on the right track.

If you get the "shooting" part...you should be on the right track.

hmm shoots im thinking not gun but camera (shoot a picture)

Holds under water throws me thou

Hanging out well thats would go along with my camera therory ( hang the film to dry)

I know its not a gun cause they went out

yep, it is a camera..the under water part is when you develop it!

Is it a camera, and the uderwater part is devoloping it?

Susan watched as her husband boarded the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland. She then drove home from the airport and proceeded to watch a movie. About one hour into the movie there was a news flash: the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland had crashed with no survivors. Susan did not react. She just continued to watch the movie. How come?

1. She was catatonic.

2. She he used a big peice of wood to board the flight. He just ran out onto the runway and hit the tyre with a peice of wood is all.

3. He owned a hanger and was just letting the plane sleep and refuel there, boarded it for the night in the hanger.

4. Skydiver.

Here's my guess: He worked as the guy who cleaned up the planes, so he wasn't on the flight, he boarded and de-boarded and then had his lunch break at the KFC inside the airport.

lol...nup. But those are possible.

Quoted from music313

Susan watched as her husband boarded the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland. She then drove home from the airport and proceeded to watch a movie. About one hour into the movie there was a news flash: the 8:15 pm Qantas flight from Melbourne to Auckland had crashed with no survivors. Susan did not react. She just continued to watch the movie. How come?

hmmmm,

a few possibilities

1) her husband was already dead and was boarded on the plane in a coffin
2) her husband was a terrorist and was going to blow the plane up
3) susan was asleep when the broadcast came on
4) the one i think it might be - the broadcast was actually part of the movie she was watching and thus not real?

the closet one was number 4...

Hint: It was a genuine, accurate news flash.
The woman's husband had boarded the plane; however, the woman knew her husband hadn't been killed.

This was one of those moments where I opened the thread and thought, "Wait... she was watching 'A Movie' " and thought I might look halfway smart for a second but then I saw that coctosan had already posted it.

She was watching a recording?

Quoted from MeanDean

She was watching a recording?

Correct!!

The movie had been shown a week earlier. Susan had taped it onto a video and watched it that evening.

I feel smart

What do you get if you cross a Bulldog with a Shih Tzu?

No don't answer that one.
Try this:
O
N
A
I
P
Is upright piano.
and
Busines
is unfinished business

What's this one in the picture?

hrm...

I can only think of 'a splitting headache'??

Edit: Ohhh hang on... is it 'head quarters'??

It is "head quarters" YAY!

lol...i love rebus puzzles! here's a couple more

In the middle of no where is the 3rd one?

I remember the temporary one but if forgot the answer.

Okay...

Is the first one "Domino"?

I think the third one is: "He came out of nowhere"?

And I think the last one is: "Temporary Setback"?

Havent got a clue with the second one..

Quoted from music313

Okay...

Is the first one "Domino"?

I think the third one is: "He came out of nowhere"?

And I think the last one is: "Temporary Setback"?

Havent got a clue with the second one..

Correct on all 3...good work!

As to the second one....its a reference to a poem about the US revolution and has to do with a signal....

ok, here's the answer to the other rebus!

ohhh, thats a good one...

The second one is Middle Aged

Top Secret is the top one.

Tip: don't use the propeties of the image tag to put your puzzle it gives away the website of the solution

Nah, I actually guessed that

Someone, do another!

one fella leaves work he lives in an apartment, on rainy days he catches the lift to the 15th floor but on sunny days he has to walk the stairs. why ?

hrm...dont know. Hint?

hint : think about the weather

does the '15th floor' play an important part?? What happens if it was the third floor for example? No difference?

no the floor is significant

the stairs are outside?
so when it rains he takes the lift when its sunny he walks outside?

Quoted from ALLEYCAT

one fella leaves work he lives in an apartment, on rainy days he catches the lift to the 15th floor but on sunny days he has to walk the stairs. why ?

lol..this is an old one...the guy is a short person (vertically challenged) and when it rains he has an umbrella and can press the 15th button. when its sunny he has no umbrella!

here's some more rebus's