Warbler said:
for the record, I did not create this, I just found it on the web, and thought it was a good one.
What does man love more than life,
Fear more than death or mortal strife.
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire.
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves,
And all men carry to their graves?
Nothing.
Leonardo said:
I have a flock of red sheep.
When they cry, they all weep.
A nipple?
doubleKO said:
Leonardo said:
I have a flock of red sheep.
When they cry, they all weep.
A nipple?
no...
How many do you have, if it isn't too much too ask? I checked and I don't have a "flock" :P
I was thinking the flock of red sheep was the areola. But it was definitely a stretch.
Pimples?
No, but somehow appropriate cos you're very, very cold.
Bah! Am I Santa Claus?
:P
This is a basic maths riddle that baffled me for years when I was young (my mum would never tell me the answer):
A woman selling eggs stops at a house, where the occupant says "I'll have half your eggs, plus half an egg, and I don't want any broken ones". She stops at another 4 houses where the request is the same: "I'll have half your eggs plus half an egg, and I don't want any broken ones". After the fifth house, she has sold all her eggs and not sold any broken ones. How many eggs did she start with?
Here's one that's pretty easy without any maths. I certainly don't want to encourage any more of those type of "riddles".
A man was on his way home. He saw a masked man standing in his path holding something in his hand. He turned and ran back the way he came. What did the masked man have in his hand?
Leo - Does your response to "nipple" mean the answer refers to the "flock of red sheep" itself, rather than the "I" that has them?
I just meant that we usually have no more than two nipples, not a flock of them. ;)
doubleKO said:
darth_ender said:
Empires are built at my mercy
And in my rage they flee in a hurry
I am consumed, yet I can devour
I bring thunder when you feel my power
I am Heaven's vein to whom men pray
Yet I can bring you to the gates of Hell where Cerberus staysRain.
That's getting close, but not quite there :)
It sounds like water in the general sense.
The sky?
-I just had one of those weird moments where I wasn't sure if I spelled "sky" correctly, or if it was even a real word.
The ocean?
-I guess I should mention I'm answering ender's now, not Leo's.
doubleKO said:
The sky?
-I just had one of those weird moments where I wasn't sure if I spelled "sky" correctly, or if it was even a real word.
yeah, like gym.. what's a gym?
no, it's not the sky.
Oops!
But you're close. Ohh, so close.
Edit. oh, saw your correction just now.
doubleKO said:
You_Too said:
You cut my head without staining me red,
then cry over me when I am dead.Flowers.
Nope, sorry. :)
Jeez... I hope I got Warb's right.
Is it storm clouds Leo?
Closer.
doubleKO said:
Warbler said:
for the record, I did not create this, I just found it on the web, and thought it was a good one.
What does man love more than life,
Fear more than death or mortal strife.
What the poor have, the rich require,
and what contented men desire.
What the miser spends and the spendthrift saves,
And all men carry to their graves?Nothing.
: / you must have already known about this riddle or looked it up or you are some sort of genius. In any case, you are correct.
doubleKO said:
Bah! Am I Santa Claus?
:P
This is a basic maths riddle that baffled me for years when I was young (my mum would never tell me the answer):
A woman selling eggs stops at a house, where the occupant says "I'll have half your eggs, plus half an egg, and I don't want any broken ones". She stops at another 4 houses where the request is the same: "I'll have half your eggs plus half an egg, and I don't want any broken ones". After the fifth house, she has sold all her eggs and not sold any broken ones. How many eggs did she start with?
she started out with 31 eggs.
At the 1st house, she sold 16 eggs(31/2 + .5), leaving 15 eggs. At the 2nd house, she sold 8 eggs(15/2 + .5), leaving 7 eggs. At the 3rd house, she sold 4 eggs(7/2 + .5), leaving 3 eggs. At the 4th house, she sold 2 eggs(3/2 + .5), leaving 1 egg. At the 5th house, she sold 1 egg(1/2 + .5), leaving 0 eggs.
doubleKO said:
Bah! Am I Santa Claus?
:P
This is a basic maths riddle that baffled me for years when I was young (my mum would never tell me the answer):
A woman selling eggs stops at a house, where the occupant says "I'll have half your eggs, plus half an egg, and I don't want any broken ones". She stops at another 4 houses where the request is the same: "I'll have half your eggs plus half an egg, and I don't want any broken ones". After the fifth house, she has sold all her eggs and not sold any broken ones. How many eggs did she start with?
67?
31 is right. You are the genius here as far as I'm concerned Warb. It's clear I'm not from this page alone, but I didn't know it or look it up. I assumed knowing the answer already and posting it would be cheating.
I am certainly not a genius. For you to come up with correct response to my riddle with just one guess is quite amazing. I never would have come up wit the correct answer.