Riddles II

DiamondzAndGunz · Mar 24, 2003

I'll start the new thread out by recapping some of the unanswered riddles from the previous thread.

What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees.
Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows.
What is it?

Chuck, a bestselling author of romantic fiction, had suspected for some time that his wife Eva was unfaithful, though he had no proof. One afternoon, while Chuck was working on his latest bodice-ripper, Eva mentioned that she intended to go to the movies and would be out for a few hours. As Eva went to the door, Chuck looked at her pensively, then resumed his work. Three hours later, Eva returned, took her coat off and asked Chuck weather he wanted some coffee. When she returned from the kitchen, Chuck asked her to sit down as he wanted to talk to her.
"Eva," he said, "I want a divorce."
Can you figure out how he knew?

And here are some new ones, to start the new thread off

My thunder rolls beneath me, my lightning flares above. I dust the crust, and when I bust, all I touch will I shove. What am I?

I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I?

Six glasses are in a row. The first three are filled with milk, and the last three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so that the full and the empty glasses alternate?

Enjoy

CivCube · Mar 24, 2003

Originally posted by DiamondzAndGunz
I weaken all men for hours each day. I show you strange visions while you are away. I take you by night, by day take you back, none suffer to have me, but do from my lack. What am I?[/B]

Sleep?

Alex the Great · Mar 24, 2003

Originally posted by DiamondzAndGunz
Six glasses are in a row. The first three are filled with milk, and the last three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so that the full and the empty glasses alternate?

Move the second to first one with the second to last one. Unless you can't swap Can you?

KingWilly · Mar 24, 2003

Originally posted by DiamondzAndGunz

Six glasses are in a row. The first three are filled with milk, and the last three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so that the full and the empty glasses alternate?

Pick up the second glass and pour the milk into the fifth glass. Replace the now-empty glass back into its original position.
You've only moved one glass and now glasses 1,3 and 5 have milk and the others do not.

Bose · Mar 24, 2003

Did Eva forget that she was only wearing lingere under hear coat?

DiamondzAndGunz · Mar 24, 2003

@ CivCube: :goodjob:

@ Alex: Nope
@ KingWilly: :goodjob:

@ Bose: Nope

CivCube · Mar 24, 2003

Originally posted by DiamondzAndGunz

Chuck, a bestselling author of romantic fiction, had suspected for some time that his wife Eva was unfaithful, though he had no proof. One afternoon, while Chuck was working on his latest bodice-ripper, Eva mentioned that she intended to go to the movies and would be out for a few hours. As Eva went to the door, Chuck looked at her pensively, then resumed his work. Three hours later, Eva returned, took her coat off and asked Chuck weather he wanted some coffee. When she returned from the kitchen, Chuck asked her to sit down as he wanted to talk to her.
"Eva," he said, "I want a divorce."
Can you figure out how he knew?

[/B]

It doesn't say anything about Eva putting her coat on before she left, so she must have borrowed it from her boyfriend.

DiamondzAndGunz · Mar 24, 2003

Nope, that's not it

Yep, these ideas definately are more interesting than the solution :lol:

Skullbones · Mar 24, 2003

What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees.
Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows.
What is it?
Mountain

Chuck, a bestselling author of romantic fiction, had suspected for some time that his wife Eva was unfaithful, though he had no proof. One afternoon, while Chuck was working on his latest bodice-ripper, Eva mentioned that she intended to go to the movies and would be out for a few hours. As Eva went to the door, Chuck looked at her pensively, then resumed his work. Three hours later, Eva returned, took her coat off and asked Chuck weather he wanted some coffee. When she returned from the kitchen, Chuck asked her to sit down as he wanted to talk to her.
"Eva," he said, "I want a divorce."
Can you figure out how he knew?
There weren't any movies playing? She had lipstick on her shirt?

My thunder rolls beneath me, my lightning flares above. I dust the crust, and when I bust, all I touch will I shove. What am I?
An amusement park bumper car?

Bose · Mar 24, 2003

She had lipstick on her shirt?? Ha ha, can you get a divorce on the grounds of having an affair with your own apparel?

DiamondzAndGunz · Mar 24, 2003

@ Skullbones: :goodjob:

on the first.
Nope, and nope for the next two.

@ Bose: :lol:

I doubt it

. At least not in most areas of the planet...

Skullbones · Mar 24, 2003

Originally posted by Bose
She had lipstick on her shirt?? Ha ha, can you get a divorce on the grounds of having an affair with your own apparel?

She could be having an affair with another woman.

DiamondzAndGunz · Mar 24, 2003

Originally posted by Skullbones
She could be having an affair with another woman.

That's... err.. a very interesting idea, Skullbones. :lol:

Still incorrect, nontheless.

Bose · Mar 25, 2003

Mabey women do more shirt kissing than men...

CrackedCrystal · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by DiamondzAndGunz
Chuck, a bestselling author of romantic fiction...

The coat was covering a hickie she had. When she removed it, the hickie became visable.

K-Man · Mar 25, 2003

Maybe Chuck is just the pen name of another "C" name...Lt. Columbo. That man knows everything. He probably just deduced it from several obscure facts we don't even know!

(Just trying to add to the entertainment of those who know the answer, but for some reason, do not want to post it :confused:

. I mean, isn't the whole point of this thread to ask riddles, and then answer them?)

Turner · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by K-Man
Maybe Chuck is just the pen name of another "C" name...Lt. Columbo. That man knows everything. He probably just deduced it from several obscure facts we don't even know!

(Just trying to add to the entertainment of those who know the answer, but for some reason, do not want to post it . I mean, isn't the whole point of this thread to ask riddles, and then answer them?)

You're right. . . it can be deduced from facts not present. However, the riddle does imply the obscure facts we don't know. . . it's all there. Just gotta pay attention.

As for why I won't post the answer. . . . call me a sadist. I now understand all the fun D&G had with the infamous train riddle from the last thread. . . sorry guys. . . but it's too much fun.

Edit: I'm looking at the old Riddle thread, and it appears we still have some that need to be answered. Here goes. And if they've been answered, well, that's what I get for trying to read a thread through notepad.

I am both Mother and Father.
I am seldom still
yet I never wander.
I never birth nor nurse.

Although I exist alone, I am often intertwined with others as the threads of a spider web. When worn there's an expression that signifies you shall not leave me. A man with a name meaning knowledgeable one once said that I am part of a set of four and that I have less than ten folds.

A tourist was driving in Europe and arrived in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. Upon locating a parking space next to a lake he placed enough money in the parking meter for one hour. Two hours later he returned to his car to find a parking ticket on his windscreen.
After a little thought he came up with an idea, and in thirty minutes he was able to drive out of the city without any need of paying his fine. How did he do this?

You do not want to have it,
But when you do have it,
You do not want to lose it?
What is it?

I think that's it. I'm not entirely sure that these haven't already been answered, either. But if not, here they are.

DiamondzAndGunz · Mar 25, 2003

@ CrackedCrystal & K-Man: Turner already mentioned that those were wrong, so I'm just going to acknowledge it

.

As for why I won't post the answer. . . . call me a sadist. I now understand all the fun D&G had with the infamous train riddle from the last thread. . . sorry guys. . . but it's too much fun.

As for the other unanswered riddles, yeah, I guess I forgot about those. 3 of those are mine :lol:

. As for the Switzerland one... still thinking it over..

CrackedCrystal · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by Turner_727
As for why I won't post the answer. . . . call me a sadist. I now understand all the fun D&G had with the infamous train riddle from the last thread. . . sorry guys. . . but it's too much fun.

I answered that one correctly until D&G went and CHANGED THE WORDING! :lol:

Yaniv · Mar 25, 2003

Chuck, a bestselling author of romantic fiction, had suspected for some time that his wife Eva was unfaithful, though he had no proof. One afternoon, while Chuck was working on his latest bodice-ripper, Eva mentioned that she intended to go to the movies and would be out for a few hours. As Eva went to the door, Chuck looked at her pensively, then resumed his work. Three hours later, Eva returned, took her coat off and asked Chuck weather he wanted some coffee. When she returned from the kitchen, Chuck asked her to sit down as he wanted to talk to her.
"Eva," he said, "I want a divorce."
Can you figure out how he knew?

My thunder rolls beneath me, my lightning flares above. I dust the crust, and when I bust, all I touch will I shove. What am I?

I am both Mother and Father.
I am seldom still
yet I never wander.
I never birth nor nurse.

1: Maybe after she took the coat off, he realized she was missing some clothing, or perhaps it was inside out.

2: wind

3: tree

Riddles II

Lurking

Spicy.

or maybe just semi-great

Melbournite

Antipodean

Lurking

Spicy.

Lurking

Captain

Antipodean

Lurking

Captain

Lurking

Antipodean

Where am I?

Warlord

Deity

Lurking

Where am I?

Prince

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