He would obviously need someones help in some way to tell the elevator to go to the 10th floor. Why would he need somebody else to press the button for him....makes no sense to me lol.

because he's too short to reach past the 8th floor button

I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

Imagination

a nose?

Damn it are you googling these?

then he should think up some originals, all answers to a riddle are acceptable, it depends on what the riddler decides is the answer.

hate arbitrary ****

a towel?

Air?

My dad told me this one. A Postage Stamp (he works for the post office)

The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

A coffin
A tombstone
A funeral

I'm thinking something in that area...?
If not, then 99.9% of 21st Century consumer products.

A coffin
A tombstone
A funeral

I'm thinking something in that area...?
If not, then 99.9% of 21st Century consumer products.

It is a coffin. Here's a new riddle:

I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

easy, penguin

Is it Egg?

why say it's part of the bird then?!?! people will autamatically think a bird HAS to be part of it.
if it's universal, then say so.

dirty riddler >_<

Yes it does and seeing how we've all googled it already I'm going to state it so we can move on
Shadow

Yes it does and seeing how we've all googled it already I'm going to state it so we can move on
Shadow

Correct! Here's your next riddle:

I went into the woods and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

Try to answer this without googling it.

^What she said

A shadow is still a part of a bird so stop whining and start guessing
P.S So mature

Meh I won't argue this point with you, it gets us nowhere

a Splinter?

Sorry I took so long. I was in school. Nice to see someone from CCP taking notice of my thread and posting the right answer. Here's another riddle to put your thinking caps to use:

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

unless it's something from the eletro-magnetic spectrum, it will have mass, and therefore weight.
if it's not light, the riddle is scientifically false

unless it's something from the eletro-magnetic spectrum, it will have mass, and therefore weight.
if it's not light, the riddle is scientifically false

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

Correction: He said "weightless" not "has no mass". Remember "mass" is how much of you there is, "weight is how much that mass weighs under gravity. Don't try and act all physic'y if your going to make basic mistakes like that

Oh and I'm going to guess Air?

The answer is:


@above replies:
logic doesn't always demand science, even though they work well together. And over-thinking an issue can often fail to see the right answer. That is the art of riddles - they help one to see that.

to make a hole, you have to remove something from the bucket, the riddle says PUTTING something in a bucket.
though we use the language in the riddle for everyday speech, it is not technically correct.

Technically you do put a hole in a bucket so stop sulking and on with the next riddle

The answer is:
A hole.

@above replies:
logic doesn't always demand science, even though they work well together. And over-thinking an issue can often fail to see the right answer. That is the art of riddles - they help one to see that.

You are correct! Here's a challenging one:

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

You are correct! Here's a challenging one:

I am the beginning of the end, and the end of time and space. I am essential to creation, and I surround every place. What am I?

The letter 'e'.


PS: "We use that in every day speech but it's not technically correct" suggests that we aren't using every day language in the formation of our riddles. If that's the desired implication then [citation needed].

You are correct! I guess it wasn't that challenging. Here's a new one:

What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?

Great the only riddle I actually know the answer to and someone else answers it

A river.

That was fast. You are correct! Here's another riddle:

The following number is the only one of its kind: 8,549,176,320. Can you figure out what is so special about it?

Try to answer this without googling it.

it contains every number below 10

That was fast. You are correct! Here's another riddle:

The following number is the only one of its kind: 8,549,176,320. Can you figure out what is so special about it?

Try to answer this without googling it.

That was fast. You are correct! Here's another riddle:

The following number is the only one of its kind: 8,549,176,320. Can you figure out what is so special about it?

Try to answer this without googling it.

The only number which uses every single number possible once, including 0.

That was fast. You are correct! Here's another riddle:

The following number is the only one of its kind: 8,549,176,320. Can you figure out what is so special about it?

Try to answer this without googling it.

Just to clarify, it is NOT that every numerical digit is used only once. In fact, there are 3,628,800 total numbers that fit that criteria using probability math. It's not the highest such number either, as that title belongs to 9,876,543,210.

My only guess is... population of Earth?

All right, I'll tell the answer so we can move on. It is the only number where it's digits are in alphabetical order.

Here's the next riddle:

What are the next two letters in the following series and why?
W A T N T L I T F S _ _

A W

It's just an acronym for the question, that one was easy.

Correct! Here's another one:

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

The room with the lions. If they haven't eaten for three years they would probably have eaten each other.

Nothing can exist unless in Jack's world unless its name contains double-lettering (cheese, door, etc.)

You are...CORRECT! Here's a new 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?

What?

That same description applies to every possible rearrangement of the digits in that number which has 0 at the end.

A wheelbarrow.

CORRECT! Here's another riddle for the day:

Two vertical 750 ft posts have 1000 ft rope stretched between their topmost points. The rope sags to within 250 ft from the ground. How far apart are the posts?

The poles would have to be next to each other.

CORRECT! Here's another riddle for the day:

Two vertical 750 ft posts have 1000 ft rope stretched between their topmost points. The rope sags to within 250 ft from the ground. How far apart are the posts?

Nothing.

not anymore

and how the hell did you manage to outlike me?

My british charm and wit

cause ya'll cooking sucks

It still tastes a damn site better than that crap you call food

Compare it to anything which is longer than it is.

You are correct! Here's another riddle:

You get lost in a dense forest and some tribal people get hold of you. Now these savage people want to make a game out of you! They hang you upside down from a tree with a rope. The other end is tied to a nail on the ground. Now, they light a small candle beneath the end of the rope on the ground. To make it more interesting, these idiots bring a hungry tiger from somewhere and place it beneath the tree and they leave. Now, the candle will slowly burn the rope, you will fall and the tiger will make you his dinner. How will you save yourself?

Come back tomorrow for the answer.

Sing happy birthday... d(^_^d )

You are correct! After the song ends, the tiger will blow out the candle and you'll be saved. But then you'll have to figure out how to get yourself down!

Here's a new riddle:

One night, a man and his wife were driving to a certain place. All of a sudden the car stopped. The man realized that he would need to pour some cold water into the carburetor. He asked his wife to sit inside the car and lock the doors, while he goes searching for the water. After sometime, when the man returns, he finds this wife dead in a pool of blood. Besides her, there was a stranger with no clothes on his body. Who was the stranger and how did his wife die?

Pregnant wife. She had given birth in the car. Stranger was their child.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the man burnt the car and walked back home with his baby. I don't know how you could drive in that thing after that.

Obviously the misdirection with the door locking, blood and stranger was working an I thought she had been assaulted and raped, but which rapist takes all their clothes off? Committing a crime in a birthday suit... And then it hit me.

Pregnant wife. She had given birth in the car. Stranger was their child.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if the man burnt the car and walked back home with his baby. I don't know how you could drive in that thing after that.

letter- it had an even amount of letters where there should be an odd amount

You are close but that's not the answer.

A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?

You are correct, Mithridates. Here's a new one:

A cowboy rode into town on Friday, stayed three days, and rode out again on Friday. How did he do that?

I will provide an answer sometime tomorrow morning.

You are correct, Zat! Better luck next time, GM Unicorn. Here's another riddle:

2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So why do they bring home only 3 fish?

Lame pocket watch? Hangover? Time zones? "Three Days" is a pub?

One fish each, three fish, means we have three people, we'll call them A, B and C.

A is B's father.
B is C's father.
(A is C's grandfather).

That's two fathers.

B is A's son.
C is B's son.
(C is A's grandson).

That's two sons.

Either that or they lose one of the fish on the way home.

What do the letter 't' and an island have in common?

That is correct! Here's another for the day:

What do the letter 't' and an island have in common?

You are correct, Zat! Better luck next time, GM Unicorn. Here's another riddle:

2 fathers and 2 sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish. So why do they bring home only 3 fish?

because the forth was not edible

Are you really so bored that you come up with these answer's, cause if you are this video could kill some time

I'd be surprised if you didn't, on a side note how did you end up with the name unicorn anyway?

They're both in the middle of water

There is a post in general discussion about it :)

You are correct! Here's another riddle:

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

Meat.

The rope is only tied to the horse. Nothing else

highly ambigous, any question could suffice. you caould simply ask which gender you are, the one that gets it correct leads to the city of truth

You approach two talking doors. One door leads to the City of Truth, while the other door leads to the City of Liars. You do not know which door is which. You are able to ask only one question to determine which door is which. The door that leads to the City of Liars always speaks lies, while the door that leads to the City of Truth always speaks the truth. You want to go to the City of Truth. What question do you ask to determine which door leads to the City of Truth?

You approach two talking doors. One door leads to the City of Truth, while the other door leads to the City of Liars. You do not know which door is which. You are able to ask only one question to determine which door is which. The door that leads to the City of Liars always speaks lies, while the door that leads to the City of Truth always speaks the truth. You want to go to the City of Truth. What question do you ask to determine which door leads to the City of Truth?

Everyone is correct! Here's another riddle to finish off your day:

Arnold Schwarzenegger has a big one
Michael J. Fox has a small one
Madonna doesn't have one
The Pope has one but he never uses it
Bill Clinton Has one and he uses it all the time!
What is it?

A last name?

:

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?

I'll tell the answer tomorrow.

The paragraph below is very unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it?
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby , walking towards that group, saw a youg girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930s.

There is no use of the letter "E" in that paragraph. In fact, that entire book was written without using that letter even once, as Wright made a conscious effort to do so.
For those that don't know, "E" is also the most common letter in the English language, making the above fact an impressive feat.

There is no use of the letter "E" in that paragraph. In fact, that entire book was written without using that letter even once, as Wright made a conscious effort to do so.
For those that don't know, "E" is also the most common letter in the English language, making the above fact an impressive feat.

You are correct! Here's one more riddle for the day:

While exploring the wild highlands of Ireland, Robert was captured by goblins. Grumpy, the chief of the goblins told him he was allowed one final statement on which would hinge how he would die. If the statement he made was false, he would be boiled in water. If the statement were true, he would be fried in oil. Sine Robert did not like either option, so he made a statement that forced the goblins to release him. What is the one statement he could make to save himself?

He simply stated "I will be boiled in water", creating a verbal paradox.
If they fried him, he would have been lying, which should have doomed him to water and the opposite entails if boiled instead.
The goblins were either confused about what to do, or intelligent enough to respect his ability to use thought under pressure, allowing his escape/release.

You are correct! Here's another riddle for you to figure out:

A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse? Give a reason.

You are correct! Here's another riddle for you to figure out:

A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck. The truck makes it half way across the bridge and stops. A bird lands on the truck. Does the bridge collapse? Give a reason.

"A bird" has an imprecise weight.

Be more specific.

Damn it Tiberius? How did I miss that?

Is it bad that I can actually remember that scene almost word for word?

No, because by the time the truck is halfway across it would have used enough fuel to drop its weight allowing the bird to land safely

You are CORRECT! Here's another riddle:

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?

You are CORRECT!

Mile long bridge. Big truck. Big, moving truck. Big moving truck needs fuel. Fuel loss accounts for minimal weight increase of bird.

Thanks, Zat. Your logic made my logic wake up.

She took his picture.

Shot - camera
Held under water - Develop film
Hang - Places on line to dry/ on wall with frame

kept a glass of water above his head

You are CORRECT! Sorry for the late reply, I was busy yesterday. Anyway, here's a riddle for the day:

A man is lying dead with a backpack on, face down in the desert. What happened?

In reply to Parson's post, I guess it wouldn't hurt to have others post their own riddles. Feel free to do so.