A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils
Riddle of the Sphinx
Thu, May 8, 2008 - 2:43 PMIn Greek mythology, the Sphinx sat outside of Thebes and asked this riddle of all travelers who passed by. If the traveler failed to solve the riddle, then the Sphinx killed him/her. And if the traveler answered the riddle correctly, then the Sphinx would destroy herself. The riddle:
What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?
What is the answer to the riddle? If you cheat and Google it, you're only cheating yourself...
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Thu, May 8, 2008 - 2:52 PM
Isn't that in Indiana Jones? the one with sean connery
well regardless of where i've heard it before i know the answer ; - ) Its man, crawls on all 4's as an infant, walks as a man, and walks with a cane as an elder. |
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Thu, May 8, 2008 - 3:10 PM
Damn, didn't even get the chance to think about it...
You need to add: SPOILER ALERT! My friend's comments may give this away if you read them! tee hee!
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Thu, May 8, 2008 - 3:14 PM
Not what you think....
Who am I ?
You will know that I am coming From the jingle of my bell, But exactly who I am is not an easy thing to tell. Children, they adore me for they find me jolly, but I do not see them when the halls are decked with holly. My job often leaves me frozen, I am a man that all should know, But I do not do business in times of sleet or ice or snow. I travel much on business, But no reindeer haul me around, I do all my traveling firmly on the ground. I love the time of Christmas, But that's not my vocational season, And I assure that is because of a sound economic reason. |
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Thu, May 8, 2008 - 3:23 PM
"I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passing by..." -Van Halen
Good riddle, me likes. Here's another one... Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. Whoever knows it, wants it not. What is it? |
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Thu, May 8, 2008 - 9:46 PM
Fun
Ah, i've heard that one and know the answer, but wont post it on your blog.
Initials are: C.M. :o) |
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 9:20 AM
sorry didn't mean to spoil it for anyone! sorry ; (
here's a replacement riddle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are travelling in a deep, dark forest when, suddenly, on a dark and stormy night, you are captured by the kind-but-not-so-bright forest people. They keep looking at you and saying to each other, "It be a smart person!" You are marched to their village and seated in the square. Before you are blindfolded, you notice two other lucky souls seated in chairs facing you. Then you are told that the forest people king is about to die. He previously sent messengers throughout the land seeking the 3 smartest people. You are one, and two others have also been found. He now gives you all a task to see which one is the wisest. He tells you, "I have seated you in an equilateral triangle so that each of you faces the other two. While you are blindfolded I will paint a dot on each of your foreheads. Each dot will be red or green so that there can be any combination of red and green dots, for example, 1 red and 2 greens, or all red, etc. When I remove the blindfolds each of you must raise your hand if you see _any_ green dots, i.e. 1 or 2 dots. As soon as you have figured out what color your own dot is, tell me how you knew." So he paints a green dot on all three foreheads. When the blindfolds are removed, all three hands go up. After a long pause, the wisest person, (that's you!) say, "Your highness, I have a green dot. The reason I know this is that..." How did you know? |
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 10:26 AM
SPOILER (maybe?) to Scott's last riddle... If there was a red dot on my forehead, by process of elimination, the other two would see my red dot and realize that since they are both raising their hands confirming that someone had a green dot, that theirs must be Green. One of those two would have said something. I waited and saw that they said nothing, therefore confirming that my dot has to also be Green.. (Unless they are just really slow)... Scott?
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