O.k. Riddle time

tukker wrote:1.A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor's son, but the doctor was not the boy's father. Who was the doctor?

2.Whats The Begining Of The End The Begining Of Eternity And The End Of Time And Space?

3.Whats greater than God
more evil than the devil
the rich need it
the poor have it
and if you eat it you will die?

4.What's colorless, and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?

im pretty sure the answer to number 4 is a hole?

Fish12 wrote:

tukker wrote:1.A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor's son, but the doctor was not the boy's father. Who was the doctor?

2.Whats The Begining Of The End The Begining Of Eternity And The End Of Time And Space?

3.Whats greater than God
more evil than the devil
the rich need it
the poor have it
and if you eat it you will die?

4.What's colorless, and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?

im pretty sure the answer to number 4 is a hole?

ya, too easy.

1) The Doctor was a woman? Hence, his mother?

2) No idea.

3) I've heard this one before- the answer is 'nothing'. Nothing is greater than god, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing, and if you eat nothing, you will surely die.

Jordo wrote:1) The Doctor was a woman? Hence, his mother?

2) No idea.

3) I've heard this one before- the answer is 'nothing'. Nothing is greater than god, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing, and if you eat nothing, you will surely die.

1) yep

3)yep

tukker wrote:1.A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor's son, but the doctor was not the boy's father. Who was the doctor?

2.Whats The Begining Of The End The Begining Of Eternity And The End Of Time And Space?

3.Whats greater than God
more evil than the devil
the rich need it
the poor have it
and if you eat it you will die?

4.What's colorless, and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?

2. It would have been easier to see it with the commas in there, but the answer is the letter E.

PKC wrote:

tukker wrote:1.A doctor and a boy were fishing. The boy was the doctor's son, but the doctor was not the boy's father. Who was the doctor?

2.Whats The Begining Of The End The Begining Of Eternity And The End Of Time And Space?

3.Whats greater than God
more evil than the devil
the rich need it
the poor have it
and if you eat it you will die?

4.What's colorless, and weightless, but if you put it into a barrel, the barrel would become lighter?

2. It would have been easier to see it with the commas in there, but the answer is the letter E.

yep

wprager wrote:

tukker wrote:
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5. ummm 5?

I'll give a hint. It's an incandescent lightbulb. The answer is obvious, the solution is not.

Still nothing?

The thing to remember is that an incandescent bulb has

Spoiler:

wprager wrote:

wprager wrote:

tukker wrote:
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5. ummm 5?

I'll give a hint. It's an incandescent lightbulb. The answer is obvious, the solution is not.

Still nothing?

The thing to remember is that an incandescent bulb has

Spoiler:

stinking spoiler... I always look at those things...even when i don't want to...

here's one:

Two babies born on the same day in the same year with the same mother and father are not twins.
Can you explain how this can be?

EDIT: 10!! whooo hooo! look out Cap'n' and Heater!

Amnesia021 wrote:here's one:

Two babies born on the same day in the same year with the same mother and father are not twins.
Can you explain how this can be?

EDIT: 10!! whooo hooo! look out Cap'n' and Heater!

triplets?

Amnesia021 wrote:here's one:

Two babies born on the same day in the same year with the same mother and father are not twins.
Can you explain how this can be?

EDIT: 10!! whooo hooo! look out Cap'n' and Heater!

Is this even a riddle? I believe I heard a story last year about a woman in Britain (or maybe it was Ireland) who had two separate births, 3 weeks apart. The babies were born on the same day in the same year with the same mother, just minutes apart, but they weren't twins because they were two different pregnancies. I forget what the condition is known as, but its a 1 in a million medical rarity. I think on top of that, she was on the pill too, which makes it all the more bizarre. Crazy world, huh?

PKC wrote:

Amnesia021 wrote:here's one:

Two babies born on the same day in the same year with the same mother and father are not twins.
Can you explain how this can be?

EDIT: 10!! whooo hooo! look out Cap'n' and Heater!

Is this even a riddle? I believe I heard a story last year about a woman in Britain (or maybe it was Ireland) who had two separate births, 3 weeks apart. The babies were born on the same day in the same year with the same mother, just minutes apart, but they weren't twins because they were two different pregnancies. I forget what the condition is known as, but its a 1 in a million medical rarity. I think on top of that, she was on the pill too, which makes it all the more bizarre. Crazy world, huh?

Bummer, I remember that story... I think they were two different races even... anywho it's called superfecundation (i think they sang about it in Mary Poppins, but don't quote me on that) and no, not they answer i was looking for :x

Amnesia021 wrote:

PKC wrote:

Amnesia021 wrote:here's one:

Two babies born on the same day in the same year with the same mother and father are not twins.
Can you explain how this can be?

EDIT: 10!! whooo hooo! look out Cap'n' and Heater!

Is this even a riddle? I believe I heard a story last year about a woman in Britain (or maybe it was Ireland) who had two separate births, 3 weeks apart. The babies were born on the same day in the same year with the same mother, just minutes apart, but they weren't twins because they were two different pregnancies. I forget what the condition is known as, but its a 1 in a million medical rarity. I think on top of that, she was on the pill too, which makes it all the more bizarre. Crazy world, huh?

Bummer, I remember that story... I think they were two different races even... anywho it's called superfecundation (i think they sang about it in Mary Poppins, but don't quote me on that) and no, not they answer i was looking for :x

was i right?

Amnesia021 wrote:
stinking spoiler... I always look at those things...even when i don't want to...

Don't worry, here's another. This time don't clicky on the spiler thingy whenever it appears:

An electrician has a problem in a new house. There is a bundle of 15 wires running from the basement to the third floor (yeah, a high-rise). Of course the wires are not labeled in any way and he needs to find out which end in the basement belongs to which end on the top floor. He's got no assistant and just very simply tools:
- a continuity tester
- masking tape and pencil (to label the wire-ends)
- a notepad to write everything down

His task is easily defined: twist pairs of wires together in the basement and use the continuity tester upstairs to figure out which ends belong together.

What's the minimum number of trips up or down the stairs he needs to do to complete this task?

wprager wrote:

Amnesia021 wrote:
stinking spoiler... I always look at those things...even when i don't want to...

Don't worry, here's another. This time don't clicky on the spiler thingy whenever it appears:

An electrician has a problem in a new house. There is a bundle of 15 wires running from the basement to the third floor (yeah, a high-rise). Of course the wires are not labeled in any way and he needs to find out which end in the basement belongs to which end on the top floor. He's got no assistant and just very simply tools:
- a continuity tester
- masking tape and pencil (to label the wire-ends)
- a notepad to write everything down

His task is easily defined: twist pairs of wires together in the basement and use the continuity tester upstairs to figure out which ends belong together.

What's the minimum number of trips up or down the stairs he needs to do to complete this task?

7.5? :D

maybe 9?

Here's one. What's between Heaven and Earth?

wprager wrote:

Amnesia021 wrote:
stinking spoiler... I always look at those things...even when i don't want to...

Don't worry, here's another. This time don't clicky on the spiler thingy whenever it appears:

An electrician has a problem in a new house. There is a bundle of 15 wires running from the basement to the third floor (yeah, a high-rise). Of course the wires are not labeled in any way and he needs to find out which end in the basement belongs to which end on the top floor. He's got no assistant and just very simply tools:
- a continuity tester
- masking tape and pencil (to label the wire-ends)
- a notepad to write everything down

His task is easily defined: twist pairs of wires together in the basement and use the continuity tester upstairs to figure out which ends belong together.

What's the minimum number of trips up or down the stairs he needs to do to complete this task?

Minimum number of trips up or down the stairs is 2.

Cap'n' Clutch wrote:Here's one. What's between Heaven and Earth?

and?

Is that too cheeky?