riddles

[helmikaarina]

How about riddles?
Aswer one, make a new one... and later on(maybe tomorrow) come back to your own riddle and let us know if the suggested answer was right, please.

E.G.
Riddle:
If you were running a race, and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

Answer:
You would be in 2nd. You thought first place, huh? Well, you passed the guy in second place, not first.

And here comes the first one waiting for an answer:

George, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.
Bert, Karen, and Dave are drinking soda.
Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda?

 

[jmb_2006]

Elizabeth is drinking coffee, cuz she has 2 e's in her name.



'My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before the clouds; my rain dries everything it touches. What am I?

 

[helmikaarina]

Elizabeth is drinking coffee, cuz she has 2 e's in her name.

Quite right! But who will aswer the riddle above?

 

[helmikaarina]

that riddle above seems to bee a difficult one. nobody has tried to aswer it. i'm been thinking the whole day without any ideas but when i went to sauna ... there i realized... could it be a fire

first you need some firewood which rumble, then you light the fire, and get some smoke in your eyes, but the warmth of fire dryes every rain...

Someone else can try that one too, but I put the next one here - not very difficult

I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?

 

[puppy]

I cannot be felt, seen or touched;
Yet I can be found in everybody;
My existence is always in debate;
Yet I have my own style of music.
What Am I?

soul ?

The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?

"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had 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. Gadsby, 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 1930's

 

[helmikaarina]

soul ?

The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?

"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had 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. Gadsby, 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 1930's

soul is right, but who can tell what is unusual in the text above?
If nobody can, puppy you could enlighten us, please - and make another riddle for us to ponder.

 

[puppy]

i will wait till tomorrow to reveal the answer

 

[puppy]

you have to read it very carefully and think about whats missing

 

[jmb_2006]

Of my riddle, fire is not right but you're really close,...keeping trying!!

 

[helmikaarina]

JMB's riddle got it's answer with a hundred blessings in another thread. Here is a new one to ponder. And there's also puppy's question unanswered - I can't figure it out.

No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?

 

[puppy]

the whole paragraph never features the letter e

 

[helmikaarina]

OK puppy, thanks, it was so obvious. That's life, many things are there just front of your eyes and you don't see them.

Do you have another one for us to ponder?

 

[Crystal_Dawn]

A box without hinges, key, nor lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.

What is it?

 

[Crystal_Dawn]

no guesses?

 

[Crystal_Dawn]

Lord of the Rings Fans...come on now....

 

[Ittai2]

An egg

 

[Crystal_Dawn]

very good!!!

 

[helmikaarina]

And then a little bit maths:

There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

What would you say?

 

[Crystal_Dawn]

0...they wouldn't be in the directory if they were unlisted

 

[Crystal_Dawn]

if you have fifty white socks and fifty black socks loose in a drawer and you have to find a matching pair in the dark....what is the minimum number of socks you would have to get to be certain that you have at least one matching pair?