Riddles Galore!

[Dango-Fetish]

I, for one, adore a good contemplative riddle and decided to make this threat for all people who share a similar passion. Share riddles, solve riddles. Please post intelligent answers and don't use up space with some supposedly "witty" remarks for the sake of a few inaudible laughs. You can use riddles you've heard of, or ones you have made yourself.

Here's a (debateably) easy one I thought up to start the thread off:

"Eight crazy tramps,
commune under a bridge.
One brags about his cousin;
who met a wistful german princess.

She wore a black and red gown for the ball later that evening.
She was waiting patiently for the king to decide which suit to wear.
How many can the king choose from?"

(Not very poetic, I know)

Edit (side note): just caught a glimpse of the lunar eclipse - If you're in/near Briton check if you can see it. It's all red and eerie.

[KANE]

Is it four? Like a deck of cards?

EDIT: Wait. My answer makes no sense, it kinda disregards the first...'verse'.

[Dango-Fetish]

Correct-a-mundo

See the play on words?

"Eight crazy tramps, >>> "crazy eights"
commune under a bridge. >>> "bridge"
One brags about his cousin; >>> "bragg"
who met a wistful german princess. >>> "whist/German whist"

She wore a black and red gown for the ball later that evening. >>>"red and black"
She was waiting patiently for the king to decide which suit to wear. >>> "patience"
How many can the king choose from?"

When I first thought this up it was simply: "How many suits can a king wear?". I added the story for clues since the simple question was a bit random and empty. Perhaps the clues weren't as obvious as I'd anticipated.


Thinking up a new one... feel free to contribute.

[KANE]

Yeah I'll give it a go.

"I run but never walk. I have a mouth but never talk. What am I?"




OFF TOPIC: I saw the eclipse from here (N.I.), but it didn't look like much except a moon waning in the wrong direction.

[Dango-Fetish]

A river? Since rivers can be described as "running" and they have a "Mouth" which opens into the sea.

[Ranatama]

I think I heard that one before, and river was the answer.

Think of words ending in gry, angry and hungry are two of them. There are three words in the English language, what is the third one? If you have read carefully, I have already told you the answer.

I got someone with that one just yesterday.

Also Off Topic: I only glimpsed at the eclipse, it was kind of trippy.

[Dango-Fetish]

"gry" - too obvious. It means "small".

Here's a new one (not my own creation, but a teaser till I can think of a good, perplexing one) :

"By night they are here without being fetched,
by day they are gone; without being stolen."

[Ranatama]

Actually, gry isn't the answer.
The answer is "language". I said that, "There are three words in the English language" which is a true statement. I then followed to ask what the third word was, and of course, the third word in "the English language" is language. I didn't get it right the first time I heard it either.
The answer to yours is the stars, though.

[KANE]

Something in the sky probably. The moon or the stars or something? Probably stars, because you said 'they'.



How many holes in a polo?


EDIT: He ninja'd me^^

[Dango-Fetish]

/\ Four? One in"a" one in "p" and one in each "o"??

On a separate note:
Actually, gry isn't the answer.
The answer is "language". I said that, "There are three words in the English language" which is a true statement. I then followed to ask what the third word was, and of course, the third word in "the English language" is language. I didn't get it right the first time I heard it either.
The answer to yours is the stars, though.

That isn't a riddle. Riddles are supposed to be a series of clues using knowledge of sayings, euphemisms and metaphors. What you've got there is a "trick-question", where the answer as it is usually buried under grammatical errors (lack of inverted commas over "the English language" in this case), relation in spelling (id est: "there" and "their") or has little to no relation with what has been said.
Please note the difference.

New one:

"Sons don't fall far from me."

There are two possible answers for this... either requires the same trend of thought, so it makes no difference.

[KANE]

On a simple guess, a block? As in, "chip off the old block".

[Dango-Fetish]

Nope; on the right lines though.

[KANE]

A tree? "Apple doesn't fall far from the tree"?

[Dango-Fetish]

Yup yup.

Some more of my own:

1.

I have a head - but only one eye and one ear.
I have a birthday - but nobody celebrates it.
People just pass me around.
In the end - I am herded with others just like me.

==============================================

Another:

2.

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me; simplicity incarnate.
I am the seed of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Everything goes inside me; simplicity incarnate.

==============================================

Last one:

3.

A bishop stands in narrow a street.

Before him lies the castle of his enemies,
surrounded by sinister decor.
This is the path of riotousness.

Behind him lies his own kinsmen.
Clothed in etherial robes,
This is the path of security.

Which path does the wise man choose?

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^^ Riddles updated.

[InfernoCannon]

I'm going to guess that no.2 is Destruction/Death.

And a poke in the dark about no.3 is neither. The bishop was never wise.

I speak in the mind,
But many ponder if they hear me.

Just made it up on the spot and is quite easy.

[Dango-Fetish]

/\ 2. Incorrect.
/\ 3. It is neither - but not for that reason.

It would be nice if you could elaborate on how you came to your conclusion of riddle 2 - I am intrigued.

To your riddle :"Thoughts" was the first thing that came into mind (pun not intended).

I may be editing those last three I made in due course to make them a little clearer.

[Necrule Paen]

2.) Space

3.) Neither, in Chess the bishop takes the diagonal path

[Dango-Fetish]

2. Again, incorrect
3. Spot on. The whole "riotousness" and "security" thing was a ruse.
I guess it was when I changed the "the servant of his enemies" to "the castle of his enemies" that gave it away.

[the-caitiff]

#1 (very easy) a coin.
#2 entropy?

Eternally I am 1 to 6,
At rest I am 15 to 20,
I am always showing 5,
but I am never ever 21 unless I am flying
------------
The key to life and death is everywhere to be found, but if you do not find it in your own house, you will find it nowhere. Yet, it is before everyone's eyes; no one can live without it; everyone has used it. The poor usually possess more of it than the rich; children play with it in the streets. The meek and uneducated esteem it highly, but the privileged and learned often throw it away. When rejected, it lies dormant in the bowels of the earth. It is the only thing from which the Philosopher's Stone can be prepared, and without it, no noble metal can ever be created.

[Dango-Fetish]

^ "entropy" is incorrect, I'm afraid.

Taking a stab in the dark of yours - "15"? The first line obscures it a bit, but those are my first thoughts.

Last one updated:

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.

[the-caitiff]

You're on the wrong track. While it is a number based riddle, the answer isn't numerical. This is one of those "what am I" type riddles.

[nonjon]

Ever so slightly off topic here as I don't have it in me to guess at any of the current riddles or offer any of my own. I thought the dismissal of the "gry" riddle seemed a bit curious, but nevertheless I figured some of you may appreciate the fic that utilizes that riddle, along with a whole bunch more of the most common ones. It's a Bones (tv show) fic, not Harry Potter, and offers something of a primer for newbies to the world of riddles.

Riddles by wolfmyjic
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3368080/1/
Booth, Brennan, the Squint Squad and lots of Riddles. Need I say more? [New AN added 30 Jan 2007 to answer questions]
Complete - Bones - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,956 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 1-29-07 - Published: 1-29-07

[Kai Shek]

You guys seem like your would be interested in this game

Deathball.net (http://deathball.net/notpron/)

It gives you a picture, and looking at the picture/URL/anything, you have to get your way to the next picture. Quite complicated to begin with, but once you figure a few out, it gets easier.

[InfernoCannon]

/\ 2. Incorrect.
/\ 3. It is neither - but not for that reason.

It would be nice if you could elaborate on how you came to your conclusion of riddle 2 - I am intrigued.

To your riddle :"Thoughts" was the first thing that came into mind (pun not intended).

You're correct about my riddle, and I came to the conclusion of Death/Destruction because of the cycle. Something needs to die to sprout new life, and something needs to be destroyed to create someting new. The easiest way to explain is that tower game where you remove a block at a time (you know it, I just don't know it's name). Each block stays in the same position, and that acts as it's life span so to soeak. You move one, so eventually you rebuild the entire tower when eventually one block dies and another lives to take it's place...

Please tell me you understand.

And it fits with the protector/seed of new life.

[Dango-Fetish]

^ I understand your conclusion and you're going about this the right way. However there is a key concept that you seem to have missed.

[Aekiel]

2.

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me; simplicity incarnate.
I am the seed of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Everything goes inside me; simplicity incarnate.

Is it DNA? Or a cell?

Aekiel

[Dango-Fetish]

/\ *insert negative buzzer* Incorrect.

the-caitiff's has been the source of great vexation to me, all day. Still no good answers :(

[Aekiel]

Eternally I am 1 to 6,
At rest I am 15 to 20,
I am always showing 5,
but I am never ever 21 unless I am flying

Its a die :P.

1 - 6 numbers
15 - 20 Is the max you can get on any 5 showing faces
It always shows 5 sides
Total of all 6 numbers added together is 21 :D

I got it :D:D:D

[Litha Riddle]

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.

I would say it's time.

As for the_caitiff's last one, I'd guess it was element's.

Litha

[Aekiel]

The key to life and death is everywhere to be found, but if you do not find it in your own house, you will find it nowhere. Yet, it is before everyone's eyes; no one can live without it; everyone has used it. The poor usually possess more of it than the rich; children play with it in the streets. The meek and uneducated esteem it highly, but the privileged and learned often throw it away. When rejected, it lies dormant in the bowels of the earth. It is the only thing from which the Philosopher's Stone can be prepared, and without it, no noble metal can ever be created.

Possibly water? Though the elements is a good guess... I'm just picking at straws now :P.

[the-caitiff]

That's "The Alchemist's Riddle" from the historical Nicholas Flamel, unfortunately he didn't give us an answer in the notebooks he left behind. The accepted answer from Boyle, Newton, Paracelcus, and Agrippa (later alchemists) is Imagination. Everyone has some but the educated or rich often discard it as childish and impractical. Kids based their games around it, and it's the last comfort fo the poor. Alchemists looking for the PS need it because the obvious methods don't work and they need to experiment.

The answer of a die was correct btw for exactly those reasons.

[Dango-Fetish]

A die huh? I can honestly say that never crossed my mind. Kudos to Aekiel.
Still no correct answers for the "everting goes inside me" one.

[InfernoCannon]

I have it!

Dango, the answer is Earth. Going along the same lines as my Death/Destruction idea, everything will eventually be Earth. PLants take life from the Earth and give it back once they die. Eartbh protests us from radiation from the sun (even if it actually the Ozone layer). And Earth will eventually kill it's inhabitants no matter how much you ignore that fact.

The only other answer I have is God.

[Dango-Fetish]

^ I hate to rain on your parade (okay - that is a lie; I'm relishing it), but that is incorrect.
You can hardly describe the Earth (or God) as being "simplicity incarnate" - that is what most of these answers seem to be missing.

Due to recent responses, I believe another update is in order:

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Anything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.

=======================================

Behold! A new Riddle has risen:


You have been drawn and quatered.
You are in checkmate, my good friend,
but there is not king in sight,
no hierarchy here.
You have been drawn and quatered,
Will you fight back?
Or perhaps you should join hands with those around you?
You have been drawn and quartered.

[Leibhaftige Finsternis]

I think the answer to the first one is infinity. I'm probably not right.

Anyways, here's my riddle.

You are walking down a road to get to a town.
While you are walking, you come to a fork in the road.
At this fork there are two old men.
One always tells the truth, the other always lies.
You no way of knowing which tells the truth, and which lies.
You don't know which fork will lead you to town, but the old men do.
You can ask one of the old men exactly one question.
Which question should you ask which old man in order to get to town.

[MrINBN]

@Leib:
"What would you say if you were the other man?"

My riddles:
1
I'm at the end of all time, and the end of every place. I'm the beginning of the end, and the end of every race. What am I?
---
2
What can change a man?

[Dango-Fetish]

"Infinity" is incorrect.

MrINBN:
1. I'd say death, but this seems a little too obvious.
2. This one is pretty vague. War? Incorrect spelling? A well trained surgeon?

[Aekiel]

MrINBN - would #1 be the letter E?

What can change a man? Lots of things... I've no idea. I'm guessing its another play of words, but I'm too tired to work it out right now.

My riddle (which is remarkably easy):

What can you put into a barrel that is visible to the naked eye, but will make the barrel lighter?

[Dango-Fetish]

^ I think it is the same answer for both.

"what can change a man?" If you add "e" to the end you get "mane".

[Kai Shek]

What can you put into a barrel that is visible to the naked eye, but will make the barrel lighter?

A hole?

I remember that from an "are you afraid of the dark" episode...strange.

[Skykes]

Not Mine (riddles.com)

"I am, in truth, a yellow fork From tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropped The awful cutlery. Of mansions never quite disclosed And never quite concealed The apparatus of the dark To ignorance revealed."

I found it easy enough, which is weird as Im not that great at riddles.

[Kenshkrix]

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Anything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.

Light? The light from the stars is everywhere in the universe, so everything is inside of it. Sunlight is what creates life, and when light hits something it 'Shatters', or refracts into different colors. This is my best guess, took me about 20 minutes. Its probably wrong, but I'm not very good at riddles.

[Necrule Paen]

Not Mine (riddles.com)

"I am, in truth, a yellow fork From tables in the sky By inadvertent fingers dropped The awful cutlery. Of mansions never quite disclosed And never quite concealed The apparatus of the dark To ignorance revealed."

I found it easy enough, which is weird as Im not that great at riddles.

Lightning. Not sure about anything else.

[MrINBN]

Nobody's guessed my second riddle, but the first riddle is indeed the letter E.

[crunchyfrog]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dango-Fetish
Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Anything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate


Oh! is it a book? it has to be a book. Three reasons:

1)medical infomation is found in books which is used to protect life

2)There is a book called life universe and everything.

3) and eventually no matter what the book is made of, the spine will always split or come undone and the pages will crumble to nothing.

Dango- The red fox departs at the full moon...

[InfernoCannon]

Nobody's guessed my second riddle, but the first riddle is indeed the letter E.

I'll guess the answer to be company. A person's personailty can change due to the people they hang around with and also in the sense of the word, because more men will make man "Men".

Also, why are people still answering Dango's riddle. The answer is Infinity, like Leib said.

And now, my own riddle!

From the Ancient Greeks
To our modern day
I have been worn
And no matter what you say
It has always been for a lie

What am I?

[Dango-Fetish]

Also, why are people still answering Dango's riddle. The answer is Infinity, like Leib said.


No, I isn't. It's not a book either.

mrInBN: Is it "women"?

[Aekiel]

A hole?

I remember that from an "are you afraid of the dark" episode...strange.

Correct! Told you it was easy, and that's exactly where I got it from as well :P.

Aekiel

[InfernoCannon]

No, I isn't. It's not a book either.

mrInBN: Is it "women"?

Yeah I just realised it had "in" before it...

Now I feel like an idiot, and beginning to think that the riddle's impossible. It's likely something random, which we've all over looked. Like imagination or something else.

[Dango-Fetish]

beginning to think that the riddle's impossible. It's likely something random, which we've all over looked. Like imagination or something else.

Lol. Very true.

Minor hint: If you think it is something cryptically philosophical - have a cookie and revise your thoughts - you're digging way too deep.

[Darkside]

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Anything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.

My guess would be a wall or a a boundary of some sort. That answer seems to fit, but not quite. An Egg?

[Dango-Fetish]

Nope.
Nice answer though, I can see you've thought it through well enough.

[Aekiel]

I'm gonna take a wild stab in the dark and say 42.

Aekiel

[Zoken]

Originally Posted by Dango-Fetish
Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Anything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
A picture?

[Dango-Fetish]

lol, despite the "Life, universe and everything" reference - it is not 42, nor is it a picture.

[Necrule Paen]

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But my fate is always the same:
Shatter and Decay.

Anything goes inside me - simplicity incarnate



Light.
There is nothing known in the universe that is beyond its reach and so everything is inside its area of influence.

It is said in many nature shows that new life is in danger the most is at night because it is very susceptible to cold and it is easy for things to harm it without notice. The new life is said to be safe when dawn breaks and the warm light pours in. Light is sort of a protector of new life.

Contrary to what some would think, the same light ray is not reflected when it hits a surface. When it hits, most of the energy is absorbed by the surface while some is released as heat. In this way, light can be said to shatter. What happens next is that the energy causes the charges in the atoms of the surface to vibrate, creating another ray of light. But this ray has less energy than the first because of the loss by heat. So light can be said to decay.

From the energy that all living organisms use, to everything in the universe. In the end, light is the source of everything and so you can say that it is simplicity incarnate.

[InfernoCannon]

Humanity.

We constantly increase our knowledge of everything around us, so technically the first 2 lines fit. The next 3 lines are typical of the human race- we try desperatly to protect babies but we constantly create weapons to "Shatter and Decay". And the last line- same for the first 2

[Dango-Fetish]

Necrule: "Light" has already been said, 'tis wrong.

Inferno: "Humanity" is also wrong.

Edit: I'm updating this riddle yet again - please make it the last.

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything can go inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But when my job is done,
my fate is inevitable:
Shatter and Decay.

Anything can go inside me - simplicity incarnate

[Aekiel]

Jesus H. Christ! When are we gonna get this bloody Riddle? Its been over a week already and no one's got it. Are you gonna take pity on us soon? Cause I'm getting seriously annoyed at waiting for the right answer :P.

Aekiel

[Dango-Fetish]

Lol, perhaps...

I'll hold back a little bit longer before giving it away...

P.S. Your not supposed to "wait" for the right answer, your supposed to guess :p

[Wetnurse]

Darkness?

Everything can go inside it right? If light illuminates everything, darkness can always take it away.

[Xantam]

Life, the universe; everything.
Everything can go inside me - simplicity incarnate.
I am the protector of new life.
But when my job is done,
my fate is inevitable:
Shatter and Decay.

Anything can go inside me - simplicity incarnate
A vagina. I'm not even joking.

[Wetnurse]

A vagina. I'm not even joking.

I was thinking along the same lines earlier and I just find it too damn funny to consider it as a possibility for the correct answer.

[Dango-Fetish]

:| Umm... no a vagina is most certainly not the correct answer, neither is darkness.

[Kenshkrix]

Dango, 'Life'?
That answer is so obvious that its possible.

[Dango-Fetish]

Incorrect, I'm afraid.

*sigh*... I suppose I should go with Aekiel on this one, nobody seems to be getting any closer and It's hard to edit the riddle without giving it away completely.

"Life, the universe; everything.
Everything can go inside me -" >This is all metaphorical; it doesn't literally go inside.

"simplicity incarnate." >the bit everyone missed out. A physical thing that shows simplicity.

I am the protector of new life.
But when my job is done,
my fate is inevitable:
Shatter and Decay. >All literal. Darkside was on the right lines with this.

Ring any bells yet?

...want the answer?

..... do you?

A nutshell :)

Now I shall have to think up something equally perplexing.

Anna: You bet I was.

[That Wench]

ROFL hahaha. What a totally anti-climatic answer. Go Dango-Fetish! Bet you were laughing at everyone when they couldn't get it. :p

[Aekiel]

I knew I'd be kicking myself when I found out what it was, and I was right :P.

Good riddle, had the whole lot of us perplexed.

Anyone got any more? :P

Aekiel

[Dango-Fetish]

This is the best I could think up right now. Not sure how it will compare to the last but...

"Sing me joy, and I will bestow it upon others,
Shout anger, and I will Incur the sadness of others,
Cry out for me to travel a marathon and I will do so.

Just don't say to me: "be still".
For that would be impossible."

Zoken: Lawl! :D Good answer, but wrong.

[Zoken]

This is the wrong answer, but I need to get the wrong one off my chest before I can think of the right one...A puppy?

as for a good riddle:

Whoever builds me, Sells me
Whoever Buys me, gives me away
Whover owns me, does not know that they own me

[Aekiel]

Well I think Dango Fetish's riddle might be a storm or the wind?

No idea on Zoken's, I'll give it some more thought and get back to it.

Aek

[InfernoCannon]

Dango: Sound

Zoken: Intelligence

And now, i'll repeat my earlier riddle no one has answered.

From the Ancient Greeks
To our modern day
I have been worn
And no matter what you say
It has always been for a lie

What am I?

[Necrule Paen]

zoken: respect

blanking on the others right now

[Zoken]

I should mention that my riddle refers to an actual physical object, thusly no answers so far are correct.

Dango: A heart?

[Dango-Fetish]

InfernoCannon's answer was close enough. I was actually looking for "voices".

To answer Inferno's I'd say... "a face"?

[Necrule Paen]

Zoken: gift packaging

Inferno: a smile

[Aekiel]

Inferno - A mask? I remember having to wear those horrible masks in Classics during college, horrid they were. Gave me the creeps.

I can't quite guess what Zoken's is, but I've got an inkling about something.

Aekiel

[Zoken]

Not GIFT packaging.

[Necrule Paen]

packaging in general?

[korokuken]

Inferno - a mask, though I just realized Aekiel guessed that too... well I can't think of anything else, face paint? something that covers your face?

[Zoken]

A packaging of something specific, you need to narrow it down a lot more.

[InfernoCannon]

It's a mask. The modern part was about how people pretend to feel another emotion, lieing basically. And the Ancient Greeks wore masks in their plays.

Zoken's has now confused me though.

[Aekiel]

A present maybe? For Zoken's.

Aekiel

Woo hoo! I got one right :D.

[Zoken]

Definitely not a present.

[Necrule Paen]

Zoken: bubble wrap? Anthrax?

I am kidding.

[Mercenary]

Whoever builds me, Sells me
Whoever Buys me, gives me away
Whover owns me, does not know that they own me
Whoever builds me, Sells me
Create a coffin.
Whoever Buys me, gives me away
Needs a coffin
Whover owns me, does not know that they own me
You're dead, you wouldnt know you're in a coffin

Therefore it is a coffin.

@Dango: Is it a recorder?

[Necrule Paen]

Those who have me not, do not wish for me.
Those who have me do not wish to lose me.
Those who win me have me no longer.
What am I?

[Aekiel]

Bad luck. Nobody wants it, those who do have it want to get rid of it and those who win don't have it... Bad luck.

[Zoken]

Mercenary got it right.

[MrINBN]

What is broken every time it's spoken?

What English word retains the same pronunciation, even after you take away four of its five letters?

John is on a raft, adrift in the ocean with several other survivors of a shipwreck. The others are too weak, so he or Mike will swim to a nearby island to look for help. It is almost certainly suicidal, due to the circling sharks, but they have little else to hope for. Mike takes the lose change from his pocket and puts two pennies in a hat. He tells John that one is a 2005 penny, and the other 1975. If John picks the newer penny he can stay on the raft, and Mike will risk his life. If John picks the older penny, he must go. John has seen that both pennies were actually dated 1975, but he doesn't want to say anything, because Mike is a big guy. How does he win, and get Mike to go, without exposing him as a fraud in front of the others?

[Necrule Paen]

Aekiel: Wrong. You did not read it closely.

Those who have me not, do not wish for me.
Those who have me do not wish to lose me.
Those who win me have me no longer.
What am I?

Edit: 1. is silence

[Zoken]

MrIBN, I know the answer to the second riddle. he reaches in, takes his penny, then, before opening his hand, demands that mike take his penny and reveal it to the others. he keeps his hidden and Mike reveals he has the older one, which means that if Mike had been honest (as the others must expect) they have to assume that John has the newer penny.

[MrINBN]

Not quite, Zok. Good try though.

[Necrule Paen]

What is broken every time it's spoken? Silence.

[Wetnurse]

John is on a raft, adrift in the ocean with several other survivors of a shipwreck. The others are too weak, so he or Mike will swim to a nearby island to look for help. It is almost certainly suicidal, due to the circling sharks, but they have little else to hope for. Mike takes the lose change from his pocket and puts two pennies in a hat. He tells John that one is a 2005 penny, and the other 1975. If John picks the newer penny he can stay on the raft, and Mike will risk his life. If John picks the older penny, he must go. John has seen that both pennies were actually dated 1975, but he doesn't want to say anything, because Mike is a big guy. How does he win, and get Mike to go, without exposing him as a fraud in front of the others?

Pick a penny from the hat and "accidentally" drop it into the ocean before anybody sees it. Mike has no other option but to reveal the other penny which is also 1975. The others would then conclude that the penny that fell was the 2005. And then Mike becomes shark bait.

[Aekiel]

The word that retains its pronunciation is Queue. Take away ueue and you get Q.

Aekiel

[DarthBill]

Those who have me not, do not wish for me.
Those who have me do not wish to lose me.
Those who win me have me no longer.
What am I?

Is it a race? Or a fight to the death?

Edit:
It is often spoken of, but always after it's gone.
As long as it grows, your life shrinks.
It is ever changing, but can never be changed.

[Dark Lord Gullible]

The past. Errr, yeh.

[Dango-Fetish]

Urgh, I've been neglecting this thread. To make things a little clearer, here are all the riddles that have not yet been confirmed as correct:


John is on a raft, adrift in the ocean with several other survivors of a shipwreck. The others are too weak, so he or Mike will swim to a nearby island to look for help. It is almost certainly suicidal, due to the circling sharks, but they have little else to hope for. Mike takes the lose change from his pocket and puts two pennies in a hat. He tells John that one is a 2005 penny, and the other 1975. If John picks the newer penny he can stay on the raft, and Mike will risk his life. If John picks the older penny, he must go. John has seen that both pennies were actually dated 1975, but he doesn't want to say anything, because Mike is a big guy. How does he win, and get Mike to go, without exposing him as a fraud in front of the others?


It is often spoken of, but always after it's gone.
As long as it grows, your life shrinks.
It is ever changing, but can never be changed.

Those who have me not, do not wish for me.
Those who have me do not wish to lose me.
Those who win me have me no longer.
What am I?

[DarthBill]

Gullible got it. Past.

Still waiting to see if my guesses were right.

[Necrule Paen]

No one has gotten my riddle correct.

[madeyemoody]

Those who have me not, do not wish for me.
Those who have me do not wish to lose me.
Those who win me have me no longer.
What am I?


my dad gave me this answer.... marriage

madeyemoody

[Necrule Paen]

Its a good answer except for the first sentence, there are plenty of single people, especially women, who want to be married.

[Dango-Fetish]

Paen, is the answer "happiness"?

If you're not happy -- you generally don't want to be.
If you are happy -- you try to stay happy.

My only concern is the last line. I suppose you can't win happiness.

[Necrule Paen]

Nope. If they are not happy most people want to be happy and you are right about not being able to win happiness.

[DarthBill]

I still say that it is a battle to the death. If you're not fighting for your life, you generally don't want to. If you are, you sure as hell don't want to loose. And if you win, you don't have the battle to the death anymore. Fits all three rules.

But then again, the constitution gives me a right to free speech, but I still can't yell profanities at little children.

[Necrule Paen]

You can't have a battle to the death, you would be in one.

[Wetnurse]

Those who have me not, do not wish for me.
Those who have me do not wish to lose me.
Those who win me have me no longer.
What am I?


A lawsuit? If you don't have one then it's natural not to want one cause it's only a hassle. Those who have a lawsuit, obviously don't want to lose it. And of course, those who win a lawsuit no longer have it. It fits perfectly I guess.

[Necrule Paen]

A lawsuit? If you don't have one then it's natural not to want one cause it's only a hassle. Those who have a lawsuit, obviously don't want to lose it. And of course, those who win a lawsuit no longer have it. It fits perfectly I guess.
Ding ding ding we have a winner.

[Dango-Fetish]

I was once whole.
I was once solid.
Now I count down the seconds,
'Till my descent has ceased.

What am I?

[Xantam]

Sand or Sand in an hourglass.

[Dango-Fetish]

Tsk, 'guess that was too easy.


Always getting out of things,
even the tightest situations.
The bane of technology.
In this day and age,
I don't have a leg to stand on.

[Aekiel]

Religion or morals?

Aekiel

[Dango-Fetish]

Nope, far from it (or maybe not... ).

[Necrule Paen]

Except for the last bit I would say water.

[Dango-Fetish]

*raises eyebrow* Interesting conclusion; but wrong.

[Necrule Paen]

Heh, George W. Bush kind of fits the criteria.

[Wetnurse]

A worm?

Don't give me a weird look. I know my answer is weird enough.

[Dango-Fetish]

Rest assured that I am not sending you weird looks. A "worm" is the correct answer.

I must have exhausted myself on that "nutshell" one. I don't seem to be anywhere near the same perplexity of that one. :(


Whether evil or benign,
Whether right-wing or left,
Whether pacifist or terrorist,
Whether atheist or religious.

I am the one they all believe in.
And yet non of them do.

[Necrule Paen]

themselves?
Here is one I just made up

You turn and I am.
You go and I am.
You stay and I still am.
What am I?

Shouldn't be too hard.

[Dango-Fetish]

"Themselves" isn't correct.

For your's I'd say "Traffic lights".

[Necrule Paen]

Not the answer I was looking for but that is a perfectly good alternative answer.

[Dark Magic]

Dango-Fetish

Is the answer to yours an angel?

I'm not good with riddles, but when I read yours that was the first thought that came to mind.

[Necrule Paen]

Dango Fetish: humanity?

[InfernoCannon]

Paen, was yours actually the sun? If we stand still, we can still see sun light (even durinng the night) and the Earth revolves on it's axis "turning" and pretty much wherever you go there is still sunlight.

Dango, your's is power I guess. Terrorists think they have power over Governments, evil people have power over their minions and religous people believe God gives them poower when they die by allowing them entrance to Heaven.

My own riddle though now. (Fairly easy)

I follows,
I reflect you,
With no eyes, or mouth
Or anything else that makes you you.

I lurk in the darkness,
Hidden from the light.
But light makes me tall
Or short, or non-existent at all

[Aekiel]

Inferno's is obviously your shadow. Dunno about the other ones though, reckon Inferno got Dango's though...

Aekiel

[Dango-Fetish]

"An angel", "humanity" and "power" are all incorrect. :p

Freedom is wrong too.

[InfernoCannon]

Yeah, it was th Shdaow. However, if it isn't power all I can think of is freedom.

[Aekiel]

I have a limit, though it is not set.
Half the time I am coloured the rest I am not.
No matter the time, I am black and blue.
I am the protector of life and the shield against the dark.

What am I?

I'm calling in my right to make up a riddle, its pretty simple, so it shouldn't take long to guess.

Still no clue on the others though :(.

Aekiel

[InfernoCannon]

Aekiel, the sky.

[Aekiel]

Told ya it was easy :P.

Aekiel

[Necrule Paen]

Nope not the Sun, that would not still hold true during the night, you could see the sunlight if you have the Moon out to reflect it back to where you see it and that is not always the case and that would be sunlight not the Sun itself. Not only that but in order for your answer to work you have to be the Earth and the Sun would have to be the speaker, in which case the question would be "What am I and what are you?".

[InfernoCannon]

Paen: true, it was the first thing that leaped into my mind- probably because I was listening to the weather and was thinking 'Damn Sun'.

Dango: I think you haven't put all the perplexity you could muster into the nut one- we've just wisened up to how you and your riddles work.

Anyhow, my own riddle again. One of these days I'll make a complex one! I swear!

The Ice, The Water
The Wind, The World
Has worn me down,
Has worn me out

I was amoingst the highets peaks,
Now i'm only the highest in a country
I reached into the heavens,
But can you name me?

[Necrule Paen]

Well it is a mountain but are you looking for a specific mountain?

[InfernoCannon]

A specific one. Quite obvious if you know some Gaelic, and the montains of the world.

[MrINBN]

The answer posted by Wetnurse (http://forums.darklordpotter.net/showpost.php?p=111172&postcount=95) is correct.

[Aekiel]

Since I'm bored and I need something to do, I'm gonna revive this thread so we can get some entertainment. And since I can't be bothered to look up the other riddles, I'm just gonna make one of my own.

They say I am the strongest thing in the world,
That I can make a Leader, or destroy one.
I am hated by the rich,
But loved by the poor.
I am the bringer of death to nations where there is none.

What am I?

Still simple I'm afraid, but should make you think for a moment.

Again, sorry for the necropost, but this thread was quite amusing when it was still going good.

Good Luck!
Aekiel

[malaga]

Sounds like money to me.

Always runs, never walks,
Always murmers, never talks,
Has a bed, but doesn't sleep,
Has a mouth, but cannot speak.

An oldie, but a goodie ;)

[Nobody]

A river.

Here's another classic one: What stands on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon and three in the evening?

[malaga]

A human.

David was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

[Necrule Paen]

David is bald. Can't think of any riddles at the moment.

[Amon Amarth]

What is so fragile that when you say it's name you brake it?

[malaga]

Silence.

There is a 20 kg barrel, and something is put into it. Instantly, it is lighter than 20 kg. What was put in it?

[Amon Amarth]

A hole was put into the barrel.

What American landmark is always moving backwards?

[Necrule Paen]

The Statue of Liberty.

It is facing out into the sea and because of plate tectonics the Atlantic Sea is constantly getting larger causing the Statue of Liberty to be moving backward.

I am depended on to show the way
A constant Wanderer
Sometimes I change direction without warning
Yet still I am depended on to show the way
What am I?

[Amon Amarth]

Statue of Liberty would work but my answer was leaning more towards Niagara Falls. The rim is worn down about two-and-a-half feet each year because of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

A compass. It is depended on to show the way to travelers and changes direction without warning when you near a magnetic field. Stupid answer but it was the best I could come up with.

I am slim and tall, many find me desirable and appealing. They touch me and I give a false good feeling. Once I shine in splendor, but only once and then no more. For many I am "to die for". What am I?

[Necrule Paen]

Not exactly what I had in mind but close enough. It was magnetic north. It wanderers around year by year and every 500 million or so it switches poles completely.


I am thinking a flower. Tulip and orchid comes to mind. Mostly tulip.

My appearance says my name.
I am come from coast and coast.
Three meals a day and you would know me well.
What am I?

Rather easy I know.

[Amon Amarth]

Close but no cigar. It is long and slender, and is smoked by a large quantity. For some unknown reason they make me feel good inside. You can only smoke it once and is said to cause lung cancer. Close but no cigar.

I know I am over complicating this one, but I just can't seem to get it. Water? It goes from coast to coast and you drink it everyday.

I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire.
I wept, and then my head was cut off.
What am I?

[Necrule Paen]

matchstick.

Not water. You forget the first line. and it is coast and coast, not coast to coast.

[Amon Amarth]

I am afraid you are wrong, Mr. Paen. Matchsticks do not weep.

This one has me stumped. I am sure if I could find out what "I come from coast and coast" means then I surely could figure it out. I submit to your riddle, care to shed some light on the situation?

[InfernoCannon]

Paen, is it fish?

Now, I'm going to ressurect my own riddle.

The Ice, The Water
The Wind, The World
Has worn me down,
Has worn me out

I was amongst the highest peaks,
Now i'm only the highest in a country
I reached into the heavens,
But can you name me?

[Amon Amarth]

I am suggesting a mountain. It is eroded by the elements you stated and some reach past the clouds, signifying the heavens.

Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn,
I hang until half of me is gone.
I sleep in a cave until I grow old,
Then valued for my hardened gold.
What am I?

[Aekiel]

Sounds like money to me.

Good, but not right! :D

I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire.
I wept, and then my head was cut off.
What am I?

I'm gonna guess at a candle.

Aekiel

[Amon Amarth]

He's got it in one.

To answer Akiel's riddle, I have to say is either hope or will. I've heard someone say that a human's will to survive or protect something precious to them was the strongest thing known to man. The rich hate it because it gives those underneath them the courage to actand is loved by the poor because it is what keeps them going. When there is none you fall into a state of depression that destroys you from the inside out.

My previous riddle still stands.

[Aekiel]

He's got it in one.

To answer Akiel's riddle, I have to say is either hope or will. I've heard someone say that a human's will to survive or protect something precious to them was the strongest thing known to man. The rich hate it because it gives those underneath them the courage to actand is loved by the poor because it is what keeps them going. When there is none you fall into a state of depression that destroys you from the inside out.

My previous riddle still stands.

Correct :D.

I'll come up with a new one in the morning.

Aekiel

[The Heir]

@Necrule Paen- I keep getting food or life or something.

@Amon Amarth- Amusingly enough, my mind won't let go of 'booger' for your last riddle. It's wrong, I know, but my mind won't let me think about anything else until I mention it. Hopefully I'll get the real answer later.

[Necrule Paen]

The most important part of my riddle is the first line. That line is specifically true of the answer. All of your previous attempts ignore it or you are reading it as 'it is shaped like a fish so it is a fish', but that way of thinking is true of any familiar object which would make the line meaningless.

Some see me and want to cry.
Some see me and want to chase.
Some see me and want to eat.
And then some see me and want to shoot for me.
Yet I do not know it.
What am I?

[Amon Amarth]

To your new riddle, I keep thinking of either a radish or an onion. But the who throws it off so I'm not that sure.

[Necrule Paen]

Nope. The who is a mistake.

[Glernaj]

What is infinite yet perfectly tiny, the great destroyer yet the original builder, implacable and irresistible?

What is feared yet essential, the end and the begginning, a constant defining truth of existence?

[Necrule Paen]

The only thing that I can think of that fits is time.

[Glernaj]

Time is the correct answer to the first, but not to the second.

What is feared yet essential, the end and the begginning, a constant defining truth of existence?

[thisperson]

Is it death?

[Sirius White]

Some see me and want to cry.
Some see me and want to chase.
Some see me and want to eat.
And then some see me and want to shoot for me.
Yet I do not know it.
What am I?

I think that the only thing that I think fits, is a deer.

[Dark Lord Gullible]

He's bald.

I have a tail, and I have a head, but I have no body. I am NOT a snake. What am I?

EDIT: Holy shit am I late.

[Amon Amarth]

Your a quarter.

Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.
What am I?

[Rainstorm]

Three lives have I.
Gentle enough to soothe the skin,
Light enough to caress the sky,
Hard enough to crack rocks.
What am I?

Water perhaps?

[Niktike]

Is it a willow tree?

[The-Hyphenated-One]

I think the answer to Amon's riddle is rain, so water should do it as well.

[malaga]

I think water is more accurate than rain actually, as it needs a steady flow over a long time to crack rocks, like a river or stream.

[Glernaj]

Nah, you just need a freeze to crack rocks. Little bit of water seeps into the cracks, it freezes, that water expands, bam! Exploding rocks.

[Amon Amarth]

I don't know if this is a necro or not. If it is you can just delete this post.

Yes the answer was water. Soothes the skin during, say, a shower, caresses the sky with rain, and as Glernaj said it cracks rocks through expansion and what not.

This one hasn't had any tries and I found it to be quite the pickle:

Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn,
I hang until half of me is gone.
I sleep in a cave until I grow old,
then valued for my hardened gold.
What am I?

[Mercenary]

I would say Coal as it sits underground and than is valued when it becomes a diamond but it doesnt make sense from the "Mother's body drawn" part.

For some reason Im also thinking Uranium

[Amon Amarth]

Nope. Your cold.

[Snarf]

Really, because I was getting coal too as Mother could be Mother Nature. Hmm ... damn, I suck at riddles. I'll edit later when I think I've got the answer.

Ok, I'm getting a food, but I don't want to sound like a retard. Would you like to clarify that it is one?

EDIT: Screw it, I'm just going to say it. I believe it's cheese. It comes from Mother Nature, it is hung until the dried bits fall off, and then is sold at market. The only thing that is confusing me is the cave part. Maybe I just don't know enough about cheese. And yes, after I got my answer I wiki'd to make sure that I was correct about cheese being hung as I didn't want to seem like a total retard.

You shouldn't have added in the gold part when you made this, Amarth, it gave it away. ;)

[Amon Amarth]

And he has it in... two! I tried it out without the 'hardened gold' part, but it just didn't seem to go together. My roommate is still trying to figure it out.

Here is another:

When I'm used, I'm useless,
once offered, soon rejected.
In desperation oft expressed,
the intended not protected.
What am I?

[Necrule Paen]

Maybe its because of your avatar but toilet paper came to mind.

[Snarf]

Yes! I win, I win, I ... have no idea what the answer to your next riddle is. I'll edit, as I did before, if something comes to mind. You trying out avatars, man?

I'm getting 'an explanation,' but I'm trying to figure out a better word for it. Am I warm?

EDIT: I don't think that's right. Hold on, let me think some more. What the hell, I hate riddles.

Ok, I'm officially stumped. I'm keeping with an explanation or a bad explanation, but that's two words so I don't think the bad is needed.

[The-Hyphenated-One]

Virginity........? :)

Edit: I was thinking that too Glernaj....

[Glernaj]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess a bullet.

[The Heir]

@T-H-O - Lawl.

I keep getting an excuse or something of that sort. Twin minds think alike Kolskit.

[Amon Amarth]

Kolskit got it again. All of you were going in the right direction, but Kolskit once again dominated the riddle. Answer's a bad explanation,lie,whatever doesn't get you any make-up sex, all that rubbish.

Heres a tricky easy one:

A 16-year-old boy was driving a moped down a one-way street in the wrong direction.
A policeman stopped him and gave him a ticket.
The policeman paid the ticket himself.
What is a logical explanation for this?

EDIT: Sorry HBP, didn't see your post.

[Lorelei of the Sea]

The sixteen-year-old is the policeman's son?
Or does the moped belong to the policeman?

[Snarf]

The policeman was the boy's father.

EDIT: Damn you Lorelei!

[thisperson]

Well this might sound a bit stupid...but bear with me here.

Going down the opposite end of a one way street can only lead to bad things...the police man ran him over and killed the boy.

Wrote a ticket, and then paid it himself as a last gesture towards the boy's memory.

Or go with what Lorelei said and it was his son.

[Amon Amarth]

Right again. The fuzz was the kids dad, but I like thisperson's idea better though.

This one has been out for years and people still argue on it:

You walk up to a mountain that has two paths. One leads to the other side of the mountain, and the other will get you lost forever. Two twins know the path that leads to the other side. You can ask them only one question. Except! One lies and one tells the truth, and you don't know which is which.
So, What do you ask?

[Dark Lord Gullible]

I think, though I haven't really thought it through, you ask them what the other twin would say.

The one who is lying would say the wrong path because the one saying the truth would say the right path.

And the one who tells the truth would say the wrong path because he knows the other one will lie and say the wrong path.

So therefore they should both say the same path and you travel on the other one.

[Amon Amarth]

You got the question right, but you gimped on the explanation on why.

[Snarf]

You would ask them what the other twin would say if you asked which path was the right one to take.

The liar wouldn't tell you the direction his brother would lead you in as all he can do is lie so he would tell you to go towards the right, which is hypothetically the wrong way.

Even so, some people, who can't understand that a riddle was meant to be pretty straight-forward and they never said the liar was sneaky so it shouldn't be part of your calculations, would argue that the liar would be smart enough to understand what you were trying to do and tell you the 'truth', even though he's a liar. Idiots.

The one who tells the truth would be honest that his brother was a liar so he would also tell you to go to the right, thus leading you to the conclusion that the right side is the lost path and the left will lead you over the mountain.

[Amon Amarth]

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

Heres an easy one:

Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered, there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor. The only furniture in the room is a shelf and a bed. The house in is a remote location, away from everything except for the nearby railway track.
What caused the death of Romeo and Juliet?

[Dark Lord Gullible]

How did I gimp on the explanation?

[Amon Amarth]

My bad. You didn't, I just read your explanation wrong.

[come clarity]

Romeo and Juliet are found dead on the floor in a bedroom. When they were discovered, there were pieces of glass and some water on the floor. The only furniture in the room is a shelf and a bed. The house in is a remote location, away from everything except for the nearby railway track.
What caused the death of Romeo and Juliet?

I'm guessing that Romeo and Juliet are fish from the glass and water on the floor. Their fish tank sat on top of the shelf and fell off when the train went by on the tracks.

Forward I am heavy, backwards I am not.
What am I?

[Dark Lord Gullible]

I happen to know this one so the hard task of thinking it through is thrown ot the window.

The answer is a Ton.

Read forward it is heavy, but if you read it backwwards it spells 'Not'.

Quite clever.

[come clarity]

I happen to know this one so the hard task of thinking it through is thrown ot the window.

The answer is a Ton.

Read forward it is heavy, but if you read it backwwards it spells 'Not'.

Quite clever.

It's one a college of mine told me during lunch yesterday. This ones a bit more original:

Many things can create one,
It can be of any shape or size,
It is created for various reasons, and it can shrink or grow with time.
What is it?

[The-Hyphenated-One]

A problem? That was the first thing to come to me.
Many things create problems.
A problem can be big or small.
A problem can be solved, or become worse.

I think a group would also work, because many people create one, it can be any shape or size, and is created for various reasons.

[Snarf]

Can be driven although it doesn't have wheels. Can be sliced, yet it stays whole. What am I?

[Lorelei of the Sea]

The only thing I can think of is a human, because driven can mean determined. I'm probably way off, though.

[Snarf]

Yeah, you are completely cold, but keep thinking about it. When you finally figure it out, you'll be pissed at yourself for not knowing it ... then again, doesn't that happen with all riddles?

[Dark Lord Gullible]

I'm thinking something to do with sports, like a driving shot with a football(soccer ball) and a slice in the same way.

EDIT: Now I think about it a golf ball seems to fit it more accurately because the term is actually a drive whereas in Soccer it is just a way of saying it was a powerful shot.

[Snarf]

you got it, my friend. It's a golf ball. Oh, and no parties at my house. :D

[LogrusMage]

Can be driven although it doesn't have wheels. Can be sliced, yet it stays whole. What am I?

A golf ball? You both drive and, if you suck, slice a golf ball while playing golf.

Edit: Damn. I'm always slow.

Fine here's mine;

A woman drives her car to work everyday, and leaves her purse inside. One day, she comes back to her car and finds that her purse has been stolen. She has the only key, and she is sure she locked every window, door, the trunk, and the hood. Nothing is broken and every lock is still locked. The only thing different is the missing purse.

How was the purse stolen?

[The-Hyphenated-One]

Ya its a golf ball. God damn it, you had the answer before I even had time to try and figure it out.

You drive the golf ball, and you can also slice it to the left or right.

[LogrusMage]

Two guards are standing by a gate, one faces East and one faces West. The one facing East watches the sun rise, and smiles. The one facing West asks him why he is smiling. There are no mirrors or video cameras; there is nothing but the rusty iron gate. How did he know the other was smiling?

[The-Hyphenated-One]

1) She didn't drive her car to work? Maybe she had a sunroof.

2) Siamese twins? Twincest ftw

[LogrusMage]

1) She didn't drive her car to work? Maybe she had a sunroof.

2) Siamese twins? Twincest ftw

1) Sunroof is a window. The car was there.

2) No. Not even close.

[Dark Lord Gullible]

1) You said she leaves her purse inside, but you didn't specify whether it was inside the car or her workplace...

If it is inside the workplace, it obviously wouldn't be in the car

[LogrusMage]

1) You said she leaves her purse inside, but you didn't specify whether it was inside the car or her workplace...

If it is inside the workplace, it obviously wouldn't be in the car

She's quite sure she left her purse in the car, and locked everything with her one key. Good guess though, I never heard that answer before.

Hint: You'll smack yourself when you get it. For both of these.

[Dark Lord Gullible]

Um, she works from home so she doesn't actually drive her car anywhere and so doesn't leave her purse in the car?

EDIT: and the second one, the one facing east is standing on the west side and vice versa so they are looking at each other

[LogrusMage]

Um, she works from home so she doesn't actually drive her car anywhere and so doesn't leave her purse in the car?

No. She drives to work. Leaves her purse in the car. Locks the car. All the windows are up fully and locked. She goes to work. She leaves work. Opens her car. Nothing is different, other than the fact that the purse is gone.

[Dark Lord Gullible]

Look at my edit. Y/N?

[LogrusMage]

Look at my edit. Y/N?

You got it! They're facing each other. It's amazing how few people figure that one out... I got it the second I heard it. I didn't even think they'd be facing opposite directions in the first place. But that's more because I don't listen very well than because I'm good at riddles.

Any answers for the first one?

[Dark Lord Gullible]

The car is a convertible!

[LogrusMage]

The car is a convertible!

Ya got it! That was actually pretty quickly. I've had people spend weeks on it and never think of the answer...

[Snarf]

The pair is facing each other. You never said that they have their backs turned from each other.

EDIT: AGAIN! Jesus, stop answering before I can. You're destroying my riddle-masta ego.

[Dark Lord Gullible]

Fucking hell that was hard, I was wracking my brains for ages and then I looked outside for inspiration, and saw a convertible.

EDIT: Kolskeet, your late lol.

[Snarf]

... that has such a nice ring to it.

[The-Hyphenated-One]

You could said I was a little bit close with the sunroof, just to give me some hope. Ya big jerk

[LogrusMage]

You could said I was a little bit close with the sunroof, just to give me some hope. Ya big jerk

Where would the fun in that be? Everyone always guesses the sun roof, and I always laugh while saying a sun roof is considered a window.

:p

[Necrule Paen]

I am made from one half of an Age.
known for four scores
and needed to know another's thoughts.
What am I?

Explain each line with your answer.

[Gummy Eye Juice]

I have a face
I get wound up
I have two hands
I'm all chained up
In soft dark
I always wait
Until you wonder
Procrastinate?

Here is another one that is a lot less polished so I'm not sure if it will make much sense

At the start of lore
and end of roll
Next the middle of god
And last the end of crack
I keep everyone out
I let no one in
But if you wish to see
What it is that I huddle
Then you must straighten out
Each one of my tumbles

[Paimon]

I have a face
I get wound up
I have two hands
I'm all chained up
In soft dark
I always wait
Until you wonder
Procrastinate?

Pocket-watch?

[Gummy Eye Juice]

That's the one, too easy?

[Paimon]

At the start of lore
and end of roll
Next the middle of god
And last the end of crack
I keep everyone out
I let no one in
But if you wish to see
What it is that I huddle
Then you must straighten out
Each one of my tumbles

I have no idea but, a lock?

[Gummy Eye Juice]

Ya it's supposed to be a lock, but like I said it doesn't work as nicely as the first one.