Riddles To Boggle The Mind

[klitzy]

Here we go guys, I just read a riddle and I liked it so here guys. Post some more riddles here....We will see if this works out.

Wow....I never even posted the riddle and now I cant even remember it

[satori]

My name is bert, it's Sunday, what number am I thinking of?

[sil3nt]

Here we go guys, I just read a riddle and I liked it so here guys. Post some more riddles here....We will see if this works out.


Umm, Where is the riddle ?:eek:

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i71/Dontedragon/Sil3nt-Revision3-.gif

[xxxthundercatxxx]

My name is bert, it's Sunday, what number am I thinking of?

Sausage? .

[phatlip12]

Not a riddle but I love this quote:

"Procrastination is like masturbation, it feels good until you realize you screwed yourself".

[slowmtnsilhouette]

Not a riddle but I love this quote:

"Procrastination is like masturbation, it feels good until you realize you screwed yourself".

nice quote... sounds like it would be a sausage crew quote... lol..

but yeah, klitzy, wheres the riddle?

did anyone else do the notpr0n riddle site? that thing is damn hard....

[ariastar]

The day before yesterday Michael was 9 years old. Next year he will be 12 years old. What day is today?


Seriously, this one has an answer, and all the info you need is there.

[vegasgeek]

Here's one.

What is the one thing that everybody is curious about, but everyone fears?

[point5o]

The day before yesterday Michael was 9 years old. Next year he will be 12 years old. What day is today?

New Year's Day.

[bird603568]

The day before yesterday Michael was 9 years old. Next year he will be 12 years old. What day is today?


Seriously, this one has an answer, and all the info you need is there.

duh his birth day is on feburary 28

[funnelfish]

Here's one.

What is the one thing that everybody is curious about, but everyone fears?

Satori's sausage?

[satori]

Satori's sausage?

the last time it became unruly:


http://www.theconnection.org/photogallery/underexposed/images/2.jpg

[funnelfish]

the last time it became unruly:




Oh. Dear. God... What have you done?

[hive]

i hate riddles and little puzzles and shit like crosswords. i'm grossly spoiled by computers and games and how much better they are at everything.

that sounded really ignorant but it was a raw thought which i typed as it came into my head, and i will not modify it. eat that BrianGilmore, who watches Golden Girls DVDs during his Sunday brunch.

[atomusk]

if quizs are quizzical, then what are test?

[funnelfish]

if quizs are quizzical, then what are test?

testic... Dirty, Filthy Atom!!!

[atomusk]

testic... Dirty, Filthy Atom!!!

hahahahhaha, I STRIKE AGAIN!!!!!!!

***runs into the shadows and vanishes as if he was the ghost of christmas eve***

[bird603568]

***runs into the shadows and vanishes as if he was the ghost of christmas eve***

dont you mean christmas past or christmas or christmas future?

[funnelfish]

dont you mean christmas past or christmas or christmas future?

Nah... he means Chistmas Eve, the stripper he killed two years ago.

[atomusk]

dont you mean christmas past or christmas or christmas future?

no dude, wtf

[divadawg9234]

Not a riddle but I love this quote:

"Procrastination is like masturbation, it feels good until you realize you screwed yourself".
reminds me of one of my favourite quotes:
"Don't knock masterbation! Its having sex with someone you really love."

[atomusk]

Nah... he means Chistmas Eve, the stripper he killed two years ago.

fish is the only dromie that understands me, somewhat

[dicknixon]

This (http://xkcd.com/blue_eyes.html) is one of the best riddles, from one of the best webcomics.

[guano]

What's in my pocket?

[viscountradu]

what goes clop, clop, clop, clop, bang, bang, clop, clop?

[satori]

here's one for AD&D fans.

What walks on 4 legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?

[viscountradu]

here's one for AD&D fans.

What walks on 4 legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs at night?

why do i need to be a AD&D fan to know the riddle of the sphinx? it's MAN. now go throw yourself into the sea.

[soundwave2-0]

what goes clop, clop, clop, clop, bang, bang, clop, clop?

amish drive by

[satori]

why do i need to be a AD&D fan to know the riddle of the sphinx? it's MAN. now go throw yourself into the sea.

now name the campaign it was used in for AD&D... thats why you needed to be an AD&D fan.

[masherscf]

I'm standing on the surface of the earth somewhere. I walk a mile south, a mile west and a mile north and end up at the same point I started at. How many different places on earth could I be.

[soundwave2-0]

I'm standing on the surface of the earth somewhere. I walk a mile south, a mile west and a mile north and end up at the same point I started at. How many different places on earth could I be.

one..the north pole.

[viscountradu]

read this one and answer it without re-reading it: you're driving a bus through Los Angeles on a Wednesday afternoon. there are four people on the bus. at the first stop three people get off and two people get on. at the second stop six people get on and no one gets off. at the third stop two people get on and one person gets off. at the forth stop no one gets on and five people get off. what is the bus driver's name?

[masherscf]

one..the north pole.

Sorry bud, that's wrong. The north pole is one point, there are others...


PM me if you give up...

[herod]

read this one and answer it without re-reading it: you're driving a bus through Los Angeles on a Wednesday afternoon. there are four people on the bus. at the first stop three people get off and two people get on. at the second stop six people get on and no one gets off. at the third stop two people get on and one person gets off. at the forth stop no one gets on and five people get off. what is the bus driver's name?

Wesley! I have heard this before.

[soundwave2-0]

Sorry bud, that's wrong. The north pole is one point, there are others...

well it can't be the south pole cause you can't walk a mile south of the south pole. hhhmmm...it isn't a trick question with the answer everywhere is it? you would still be a mile off.

[masherscf]

well it can't be the south pole cause you can't walk a mile south of the south pole. hhhmmm...it isn't a trick question with the answer everywhere is it? you would still be a mile off.

The south pole doesn't work. It's not a trick question. It's a bar-bet question. You make someone a bet at bar that they can't answer it. There's one obvious point and an infinite number of non-obvious ones.









Hint: It's not at the south pole, but a given distance from it.

[soundwave2-0]

The south pole doesn't work. It's not a trick question. It's a bar-bet question. You make someone a bet at bar that they can't answer it. There's one obvious point and an infinite number of non-obvious ones.









Hint: It's not at the south pole, but a given distance from it.


grrr...a mile north and a mile east of the south pole????

[masherscf]

grrr...a mile north and a mile east of the south pole????

You can only move north at the south pole.


Hint: Any east-west line of latitude is actually an arc of a circle.

[soundwave2-0]

You can only move north at the south pole.

i know...you said it was a given distance from the south pole.

i said you are a mile NORTH of the south pole and a mile east. you walk that distance then a mile back north and won't you end up where you started.

grr...just tell me.

[soundwave2-0]

i know...you said it was a given distance from the south pole.

i said you are a mile NORTH of the south pole and a mile east. you walk that distance then a mile back north and won't you end up where you started.

grr...just tell me.

180?????????

[soundwave2-0]

wait...179...

[masherscf]

i know...you said it was a given distance from the south pole.

i said you are a mile NORTH of the south pole and a mile east. you walk that distance then a mile back north and won't you end up where you started.

grr...just tell me.

inviso-text

1+1/(2pi) miles north from the south pole.

[viscountradu]

not so much a riddle as a difficult question: what is a synonym for "word"?

[soundwave2-0]

inviso-text

1+1/(2pi) miles north from the south pole.

what's the difference between that and what i said about a mile north and east of the osuth pole?

my head hurts....

[masherscf]

what's the difference between that and what i said about a mile north and east of the osuth pole?

my head hurts....

if you go 1 mile north from the south pole and then walk 1 mile east, the south pole is still 1 mile dead south. If you want 1 mile south again you can no longer walk west or east. You have to actually walk west for 1 mile to fill the conditions. Therefore, you can't be at the south pole at the beginning of the second leg.

[soundwave2-0]

if you go 1 mile north from the south pole and then walk 1 mile east, the south pole is still 1 mile dead south. If you want 1 mile south again you can no longer walk west or east. You have to actually walk west for 1 mile to fill the conditions. Therefore, you can't be at the south pole at the beginning of the second leg.

i hate this now...it's stupid.

[masherscf]

i hate this now...it's stupid.

You see why drunks are such easy marks. It's not obvious at all. In fact, most people need me to sit down and draw a picture to prove it to them.

[soundwave2-0]

You see why drunks are such easy marks. It's not obvious at all. In fact, most people need me to sit down and draw a picture to prove it to them.

yeah..i need a pic casue you math equation still has me confused.

[bravestarr]

what’s odorless, tasteless, & colorless and if you put in a opened box you'd make the box lighter.

also, a black guy & a hispanic guy are riding in the same car. who’s driving?

[masherscf]

You start a a point about 1.16 miles from the south pole. Walking 1 mile south puts you 0.16 miles from the south pole.

At this position the east-west parallel is a circle of radius 0.16 miles. The circumference of that is about 2*Pi*0.16 which is within one thousandth of one mile (basically plus or minus 5 feet). You could find the point exactly if you wanted to use a better approximation for Pi.

When you walk west you complete an entire circle and return to the same path you took south.

[viscountradu]

what’s odorless, tasteless, & colorless and if you put in a opened box you'd make the box lighter.

a blackhole.

[soundwave2-0]

a blackhole.

blackhole would kill us all....just a normal hole will do. =0)

[viscountradu]

I’m a strange creature, for I satisfy women,
a service to the neighbors! No one suffers
at my hands except for my slayer.
I grow very tall, erect in a bed,
I’m hairy underneath. From time to time
a good-looking girl, the doughty daughter
of some churl dares to hold me,
grips my russet skin, robs me of my head
and puts me in the pantry. At once that girl
with plaited hair who has confined me
remembers our meeting. Her eye moistens.

What am I?

[guano]

a black guy & a hispanic guy are riding in the same car. who’s driving?

Dr. Waterman. He roles like that.

[viscountradu]

also, a black guy & a hispanic guy are riding in the same car. who’s driving?

bad racial humor is not a riddle. the answer is the cops.

[kowgod]

The other infinite number of points are any point on the line of latitude 1 mile north of the south pole. From any point 1 mile north of the south pole you:

1) Walk 1 mile south to the south pole.

2) Walk 1 mile west or east. This means, rotate, in place, along the mathematical point that marks the south pole for a "distance" equal to one mile.

3) Walk north 1 mile, and in theory, you are back at the same place.

BUT!

There are problems with this. Assuming you are implying that a 1 mile walk west from the south pole is to basically walk in a circle, well you wouldn't actually be walking in a circle. You would, in theory, be rotating along your own axis in a circle, thus no distance is traveled. So now, if you choose some arbitrary point at which to begin walking north, whose to say you will walk back along the same meridian you traveled south on? You could in theory walk north 1 mile in a totally different quadrant of the globe.

But. I think ignoring these mathematical quandaries, he is trying to say that the north pole is one point, and then there are an infinite number of points along the line of latitude 1 mile north of the south pole.

...but it's seriously flawed. Mathematically speaking, if you tried to walk east/west for one mile from the south pole, you would spin around infinitely, and never get to walk north...

Or there's the possibility that I'm really dumb. So...

[viscountradu]

before anybody can post the riddle: You don't bury survivors!

[kowgod]

inviso-text

1+1/(2pi) miles north from the south pole.

Or there's that, at which point I would argue the earth is not a perfect sphere. So... N'yah!

[bravestarr]

a young woman, while attending her aunt’s funeral, meets a young man she has never meet before. the two get to talking and she instantly falls in love with him. the funeral commences and the two say their goodbyes. later that evening she realizes she forgot to get any contact information from the young man. for weeks she is upset over this since she feels this young was her one true love.

one evening she walks into her sister’s bedroom and smoothers her while she sleeps. why did the young woman do this?

[soundwave2-0]

The other infinite number of points are any point on the line of latitude 1 mile north of the south pole. From any point 1 mile north of the south pole you:

1) Walk 1 mile south to the south pole.

2) Walk 1 mile west or east. This means, rotate, in place, along the mathematical point that marks the south pole for a "distance" equal to one mile.

3) Walk north 1 mile, and in theory, you are back at the same place.

BUT!

There are problems with this. Assuming you are implying that a 1 mile walk west from the south pole is to basically walk in a circle, well you wouldn't actually be walking in a circle. You would, in theory, be rotating along your own axis in a circle, thus no distance is traveled. So now, if you choose some arbitrary point at which to begin walking north, whose to say you will walk back along the same meridian you traveled south on? You could in theory walk north 1 mile in a totally different quadrant of the globe.

But. I think ignoring these mathematical quandaries, he is trying to say that the north pole is one point, and then there are an infinite number of points along the line of latitude 1 mile north of the south pole.

...but it's seriously flawed. Mathematically speaking, if you tried to walk east/west for one mile from the south pole, you would spin around infinitely, and never get to walk north...

Or there's the possibility that I'm really dumb. So...


yeah...what he said.

[vegasgeek]

reminds me of one of my favourite quotes:
"Don't knock masterbation! Its having sex with someone you really love."
Woody Allen style, hellz yeah.

[kowgod]

a young woman, while attending her aunt’s funeral, meets a young man she has never meet before. the two get to talking and she instantly falls in love with him. the funeral commences and the two say their goodbyes. later that evening she realizes she forgot to get any contact information from the young man. for weeks she is upset over this since she feels this young was her one true love.

one evening she walks into her sister’s bedroom and smoothers her while she sleeps. why did the young woman do this?

So that the dude will be at the sister's (niece of the aunt) funeral?

[soundwave2-0]

a young woman, while attending her aunt’s funeral, meets a young man she has never meet before. the two get to talking and she instantly falls in love with him. the funeral commences and the two say their goodbyes. later that evening she realizes she forgot to get any contact information from the young man. for weeks she is upset over this since she feels this young was her one true love.

one evening she walks into her sister’s bedroom and smoothers her while she sleeps. why did the young woman do this?

lol...is this a serious riddle?

[bravestarr]

lol...is this a serious riddle?

yeah. i learned it a psychology class. it's asked to criminals to determine if they have psychopathic tendencies. there is an answer, which if it seems logical to you, well, then you have slight a psychopathic mentality.

[soundwave2-0]

yeah. i learned it a psychology class. it's asked to criminals to determine if they have psychopathic tendencies. there is an answer, which if it seems logical to you, well, then you have slight a psychopathic mentality.

is kowgod fitting that description???

[ariastar]

New Year's Day.

Yup. Today is New Year's Day is the answer to my riddle.

[bravestarr]

So that the dude will be at the sister's (niece of the aunt) funeral?

is kowgod fitting that description???

that's the answer! and yes, he is.

[ariastar]

Here's one.

What is the one thing that everybody is curious about, but everyone fears?

Answer: death

[kowgod]

is kowgod fitting that description???

I'm not a psychopath.

I'm a sociopath...

Moo ah ah.

[ariastar]

inviso-text

1+1/(2pi) miles north from the south pole.

I love you for riddles like this.

[ariastar]

a young woman, while attending her aunt’s funeral, meets a young man she has never meet before. the two get to talking and she instantly falls in love with him. the funeral commences and the two say their goodbyes. later that evening she realizes she forgot to get any contact information from the young man. for weeks she is upset over this since she feels this young was her one true love.

one evening she walks into her sister’s bedroom and smoothers her while she sleeps. why did the young woman do this?

Easy. If he was there are the funeral of one of her relatives, he might show up at the funeral of another of her relatives.

[ariastar]

what’s odorless, tasteless, & colorless and if you put in a opened box you'd make the box lighter.

also, a black guy & a hispanic guy are riding in the same car. who’s driving?

1: Air. Air does have weight.

2: The cops.

[ariastar]

I’m a strange creature, for I satisfy women,
a service to the neighbors! No one suffers
at my hands except for my slayer.
I grow very tall, erect in a bed,
I’m hairy underneath. From time to time
a good-looking girl, the doughty daughter
of some churl dares to hold me,
grips my russet skin, robs me of my head
and puts me in the pantry. At once that girl
with plaited hair who has confined me
remembers our meeting. Her eye moistens.

What am I?

There's a creature that can satisfy a woman? That requires time, and I had no idea that there was a penis out there that lasted long enough!

[bravestarr]

1: Air. Air does have weight.

2: The cops.

answer was a hole (think someone guessed it already).


Easy. If he was there are the funeral of one of her relatives, he might show up at the funeral of another of her relatives.

yup, you've guessed the psychopath riddle correctly.

[soundwave2-0]

There's a creature that can satisfy a woman? That requires time, and I had no idea that there was a penis out there that lasted long enough!

sounds like you have dated the wrong guys...

[divadawg9234]

sounds like you have dated the wrong guys...
I second that...

[kowgod]

I’m a strange creature, for I satisfy women,
a service to the neighbors! No one suffers
at my hands except for my slayer.
I grow very tall, erect in a bed,
I’m hairy underneath. From time to time
a good-looking girl, the doughty daughter
of some churl dares to hold me,
grips my russet skin, robs me of my head
and puts me in the pantry. At once that girl
with plaited hair who has confined me
remembers our meeting. Her eye moistens.

What am I?

Possibly an onion.

If I'm wrong, and you're thinking "wtf!? an onion!?", let me know and I'll give you a window into my insanity? I dunno.

[soundwave2-0]

Possibly an onion.

If I'm wrong, and you're thinking "wtf!? an onion!?", let me know and I'll give you a window into my insanity? I dunno.

dude i totally agree...

[bird603568]

I'm standing on the surface of the earth somewhere. I walk a mile south, a mile west and a mile north and end up at the same point I started at. How many different places on earth could I be.

your at the north pole?

[ariastar]

sounds like you have dated the wrong guys...

Tell me something I didn't already know....

[soundwave2-0]

your at the north pole?

dude...trust me it is not the north pole...just leave it at that..you will thank me later.

[ariastar]

Possibly an onion.

If I'm wrong, and you're thinking "wtf!? an onion!?", let me know and I'll give you a window into my insanity? I dunno.

Uh, yes, give us some insight to you insanity.

Actually, an onion is the "clean" answer. This is kind if like the four-letter-word for a woman ending in u-n-t (aunt).

[ariastar]

Try these on for size:


1. When I go in I might cause pain. I cause you to spit and ask you not to swallow. I can fill your hole. What am I?

2. A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first. What am I?

3. I'm spread before I'm eaten. Your tongue gets me off. People sometimes like to lick my nuts. What am I?

4. I go in hard. I come out soft. You blow me hard . What am I?

5. All day long it's in and out. I discharge loads from my shaft. Both men and women go down on me. What am I?

6. I come in many sizes. When I'm not well, I drip. When You blow me you feel good. What am I?

7. If I miss, I hit your bush. It's my job to stuff your box. When I come, it's news. What am I?

8. I offer protection. I get the finger ten times. You use your fingers to get me off. What am I?

9. I assist an erection. Sometimes big balls hang from me. I'm called a big swinger. What am I?

10. I'm at least 6 inches long. I leave foamy lubrication when engaged in my job.

[soundwave2-0]

2: Wedding Ring

5: elevator


working on the others...

[r3v]

dude...trust me it is not the north pole...just leave it at that..you will thank me later.The North Pole IS an answer. The challenge is in figuring out the other answer.

(Which, btw, is not a mile north of the South Pole... you simply cannot move a mile east or west AT the South Pole. heh. The only other answer(s) is mashercf's forumla... or, in plain English: Exactly one mile North of the location where the distance around the planet, latitude-wise, is one mile.)

[bird603568]

There's a creature that can satisfy a woman? That requires time, and I had no idea that there was a penis out there that lasted long enough!

clearly youve never encounted voodoo penis. *creapy music*

[soundwave2-0]

clearly youve never encounted voodoo penis. *creapy music*

voodoo penis is one of my favorite jokes.

[soundwave2-0]

The North Pole IS an answer. The challenge is in figuring out the other answer.

(Which, btw, is not a mile north of the South Pole... you simply cannot move a mile east or west AT the South Pole. heh. The only other answer(s) is mashercf's forumla... or, in plain English: Exactly one mile North of the location where the distance around the planet, latitude-wise, is one mile.)


dude...masherscf's answer was the one i was refering to. did you miss me and him going back and forth on this thing? i said north pole first and he kept on until his solution was the answer...i still think north pole is the answer.

[klitzy]

1.Most definately a penis...Spit, swallow, holes, pain

2.Wedding Ring

3.Peanut Butter maybe?

4.Gum

Wow I just realized all of these seem really dirty

5.Elevator as he said

6.Nose

7.A Paper

8.Glove

9.No clue

10.Tooth brush

[soundwave2-0]

9 = a crane...

[masherscf]

Or there's that, at which point I would argue the earth is not a perfect sphere. So... N'yah!

Dude, do you smell you're own BS. :P

[toastmstrgeneral]

Try these on for size:


1. When I go in I might cause pain. I cause you to spit and ask you not to swallow. I can fill your hole. What am I?

2. A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first. What am I?

3. I'm spread before I'm eaten. Your tongue gets me off. People sometimes like to lick my nuts. What am I?

4. I go in hard. I come out soft. You blow me hard . What am I?

5. All day long it's in and out. I discharge loads from my shaft. Both men and women go down on me. What am I?

6. I come in many sizes. When I'm not well, I drip. When You blow me you feel good. What am I?

7. If I miss, I hit your bush. It's my job to stuff your box. When I come, it's news. What am I?

8. I offer protection. I get the finger ten times. You use your fingers to get me off. What am I?

9. I assist an erection. Sometimes big balls hang from me. I'm called a big swinger. What am I?

10. I'm at least 6 inches long. I leave foamy lubrication when engaged in my job.

1. sausage
2. cooter
3. transvestite
4. sausage
5. sausage
6. sausage
7. sausage
8. cooter
9. sausage
10. sausage

[divadawg9234]

3. transvestite

you're funny, but I think its peanut butter... the rest are right :)

[bravestarr]

1. dentist
2. a ring
3. pb
4. bubble gum
5. a lift
6. a nose
7. postman
8. a rubber glove
9. a wrecking ball
10. toothbrush

[r3v]

dude...masherscf's answer was the one i was refering to. did you miss me and him going back and forth on this thing? i said north pole first and he kept on until his solution was the answer...i still think north pole is the answer.

I read the whole thread.

How many different places on earth could I be.

Your answer was "one" and then you explained it "the North Pole". However, "one" is wrong. There's more than one place you can be to fill the criteria.

In a riddle, you can't lose sight of the question. In this case: How many...? Bird didn't answer it at all.

[masherscf]

In a riddle, you can't lose sight of the question. In this case: How many...? Bird didn't answer it at all.

The whole point of the question is that "North Pole" is so obvious that no one ever stops to think that there might me more possible answers. That makes it a perfect bar bet. You can also explain the answer quickly on a bar napkin.

It's also lesson about dropping preconceptions and looking deeper into an problem and a neat problem to introduce spherical geometry.

[soundwave2-0]

someone just tell me the friggin answer...

[masherscf]

someone just tell me the friggin answer...

infinity...

[ariastar]

clearly youve never encounted voodoo penis. *creapy music*

Voodoo penis my- oh, um.... *blushes* I shouldn't know how that works!

[ariastar]

1. When I go in I might cause pain. I cause you to spit and ask you not to swallow. I can fill your hole. What am I? (NOT a penis, as said by Klitzy)

2. A finger goes in me. You fiddle with me when you're bored. The best man always has me first. What am I? Wedding ring

3. I'm spread before I'm eaten. Your tongue gets me off. People sometimes like to lick my nuts. What am I? Peanut butter

4. I go in hard. I come out soft. You blow me hard . What am I? Gum

5. All day long it's in and out. I discharge loads from my shaft. Both men and women go down on me. What am I? Elevator

6. I come in many sizes. When I'm not well, I drip. When You blow me you feel good. What am I? Nose

7. If I miss, I hit your bush. It's my job to stuff your box. When I come, it's news. What am I? (paper is close, but not right)

8. I offer protection. I get the finger ten times. You use your fingers to get me off. What am I? Glove

9. I assist an erection. Sometimes big balls hang from me. I'm called a big swinger. What am I? Crane

10. I'm at least 6 inches long. I leave foamy lubrication when engaged in my job. Toothbrush

So there're still numbers one and seven.

[masherscf]

7. If I miss, I hit your bush. It's my job to stuff your box. When I come, it's news. What am I? (paper is close, but not right)


Not...nor dark of night can keep me from my appointed rounds.

[bravestarr]

So there're still numbers one and seven.

um, a dentist and a postman?

[viscountradu]

Possibly an onion.

If I'm wrong, and you're thinking "wtf!? an onion!?", let me know and I'll give you a window into my insanity? I dunno.

onion and penis are both correct answers.

[paulsaves]

did anyone else do the notpr0n riddle site? that thing is damn hard....

I haven't done that one but I heard of it, I did do the Antiriddle until it ****ed my brain.

[kowgod]

This (http://xkcd.com/blue_eyes.html) is one of the best riddles, from one of the best webcomics.

I figured it out. It's actually ridiculously simple once you realize it. And, it's right, there is no trickery involved.

Here is the answer in invisio-text or whatever :D

The answer is all of the blue eyed people leave on the 100th day.

You can figure this out by playing with the numbers. Let's say n = the number of people with blue eyes.

If n=1, then the 1 person with blue eyes would leave on the first night, because he would already know that everyone else has brown eyes and would automatically deduce that he is the one blue eyed person the guru was talking about.

If n=2, then BOTH blue eye'd people would leave on the SECOND night. The first night, they would know the other guy has blue eyes, but they wouldn't know for sure what color eyes they have. They DO know the other 198 people have brown eyes. So, on the second night, when they see 198 brown eyeds, PLUS the other blue eyed, they would say hey, he didn't leave! we must BOTH have blue eyes. The other blue eyed guy would logically come to the same conclusion, and they would both tell the fairy their eye color on the second night.

This repeats on and on, where n is both the number of people to leave AND the number of nights it took them to figure it out and reach that logical conclusion.

Am I right??? Mathematically, I think it's a sound argument... I hope I explained it clearly enough.

[masherscf]

I figured it out. It's actually ridiculously simple once you realize it. And, it's right, there is no trickery involved.


****Spoiler, don't read if you're still working ***




It's not that simple. Inductive arguments such as this are often the hardest to understand.

Something about this rubs me the wrong way. That doesn't mean it's not 100% correct. I understand the argument.

The n=1 case clearly is true. Mr Blue eyes would realize he was the only blue eyed guy and leave
So if n=2, Mr blues eyes #2 would know that n=1 or n=2. So when no left on the first night, he would figure n=2 and would leave the second night.

If n=3, Mr blue eyes #3 would know that n=2 or n=3, So blues eyes #4 would not expect a departures on the first night, but would expect departures on the second night if n=2. When no departures happened, he would know n=3 and would leave the third night.

If n=4 Mr. blue eyes #4 would know that n=3 or 4, He would not expect departures on the night 1 or 2, when no one left on night three he would figure n=4 and leave.


Assume that Blues eyes #k knows if k-1 have blue eyes they all leave on night k-1.

so if n=k then Mr Blue eyes #k would know that n=k-1 or n=k. So when the k-1 don't leave on night k-1 , blues eyes #k knows to leave.

The induction works, but I still don't like it.


It reminds me of the Monty Hall problem.

[viscountradu]

What's in my pocket?

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/Ringinscription.jpg

[hive]

roosters don't lay eggs.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Ha.

[viscountradu]

postman?

paperboy, actually.

[ariastar]

Dentist and paperboy are the final two answers. :)

[bcool]

****Spoiler, don't read if you're still working ***




It's not that simple. Inductive arguments such as this are often the hardest to understand.

Something about this rubs me the wrong way. That doesn't mean it's not 100% correct. I understand the argument.

The n=1 case clearly is true. Mr Blue eyes would realize he was the only blue eyed guy and leave
So if n=2, Mr blues eyes #2 would know that n=1 or n=2. So when no left on the first night, he would figure n=2 and would leave the second night.

If n=3, Mr blue eyes #3 would know that n=2 or n=3, So blues eyes #4 would not expect a departures on the first night, but would expect departures on the second night if n=2. When no departures happened, he would know n=3 and would leave the third night.

If n=4 Mr. blue eyes #4 would know that n=3 or 4, He would not expect departures on the night 1 or 2, when no one left on night three he would figure n=4 and leave.


Assume that Blues eyes #k knows if k-1 have blue eyes they all leave on night k-1.

so if n=k then Mr Blue eyes #k would know that n=k-1 or n=k. So when the k-1 don't leave on night k-1 , blues eyes #k knows to leave.

The induction works, but I still don't like it.


It reminds me of the Monty Hall problem.

Thanks alot. I had blissfully forgotten about induction proofs.:(

[masherscf]

Thanks alot. I had blissfully forgotten about induction proofs.:(

The key is that every person that sees 99 blue eyed people assumes that if they have brown eyes then all the blue eyed people will leave on night 99. So each one patiently waits until night 99. When no one leave, they figure the number must be 100 so they all leave together. The next night everyone else leaves.

[dicknixon]

Yeah, it seems like you have all grasped the Blue Eyed Islanders puzzle. The key is that all the islanders are experts at logic...

Although the link I included was from a current webcomic, I first read the puzzle when I was about 9 years old and the fact that I figured it out without any help was pretty cool for me, and it made me realise how nerdy I was.

Around the same time I was so impressed by the Monty Hall problem, but I see someone already mentioned that. I'll see if I can find any other good puzzles.

[bcool]

The key is that every person that sees 99 blue eyed people assumes that if they have brown eyes then all the blue eyed people will leave on night 99. So each one patiently waits until night 99. When no one leave, they figure the number must be 100 so they all leave together. The next night everyone else leaves.

Oh I understood your explaination, I just have unpleasent memories. In reality, though, when I eventually did solve 'em, it was some of the more rewarding math/logic/whatever...

[masherscf]

Around the same time I was so impressed by the Monty Hall problem, but I see someone already mentioned that. I'll see if I can find any other good puzzles.

Are you familiar with the Birthday problem.

It's really not a brain teaser. It's a straight forward calculation in probabilty. It's more a lesson in expectations. Finding the answer online is easy, just Google "birthday problem." The fun is comparing your guesses to the calculation.



There's a class of 20 people. Make guess at the odds that at least 2 of them share the same birthday.

[kowgod]

There's a class of 20 people. Make guess at the odds that at least 2 of them share the same birthday.

OK. This is just a guess. A logical guess, but, just a guess. I am not familiar with the problem, so, you tell me if I'm right or not :)

Knowing that there are only 365 days in a year... with 20 students in the class? I would say there's like... a 30-40% chance?

I can kinda explain how I got at that number. But, I don't know if I fully understand my own math. Still trying to think the formula through :)

Edit: I'd like to revise my number down a bit? Make it 25-35% chance? :D The more numbers I run through my formula, the lower it gets. I think I'm wrong :)

[masherscf]

This is the combination formula. It's the number of ways to choose k objects from n objects. Use this formula somehow
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/university/scit/maths/calculus/modules/topics/precalc/probabil/learn3.gif

[viscountradu]

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

Every wife had seven sacks
Every sack had seven cats
Every cat had seven kittens

Kittens, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?

[bravestarr]

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

Every wife had seven sacks
Every sack had seven cats
Every cat had seven kittens

Kittens, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?

555-0001??

[toastmstrgeneral]

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

Every wife had seven sacks
Every sack had seven cats
Every cat had seven kittens

Kittens, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?

hold on, lemme pop in die hard 3 so i can get the answer to this.

[viscountradu]

Matt's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

[kowgod]

Matt's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

Matt.

That's just bad.

[r3v]

Matt.

That's just bad.It will catch people though. It's just a shorter version of the "name the bus driver" trick.

[bcool]

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives

Every wife had seven sacks
Every sack had seven cats
Every cat had seven kittens

Kittens, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?

NONE!! at least that i know of.

[viscountradu]

NONE!! at least that i know of.

nope, nada, no ...there that's enough characters

[ariastar]

NONE!! at least that i know of.

One is going to St. Ives. I am going to St. Ives.

Of course, this doesn't take into consideration that you went faster and met up with a man also going to St. Ives, not does it mention whether or not those wives were with the man.

[bcool]

One is going to St. Ives. I am going to St. Ives.

only if you're married though right? so this would have a different answer for married women...

[darksydeavenger]

Tell me something I didn't already know....


I earned the nickname Yoda at a youth camp I worked at because my co-counselor was at least a foot taller than me.

There. Bet you didn't know that.

[viscountradu]

only if you're married though right? so this would have a different answer for married women...

"As I was going to St Ives"

no one else is going. i met a man AS I was going. he didn't go with me and neither did his family. i am the only one going. so the answer is ONE.

[viscountradu]

OK, here's another: A farmer was asked how many animals he has. He replied, "They are all pigs but two, they are all cows but two, and they are all sheep but two." How many animals does the farmer have?

[toastmstrgeneral]

These are all extremely obvious, the fact that you're arguing them makes me question a few things.

[r3v]

OK, here's another: A farmer was asked how many animals he has. He replied, "They are all pigs but two, they are all cows but two, and they are all sheep but two." How many animals does the farmer have?3.

ps: 1234567890

[bcool]

"As I was going to St Ives"

no one else is going. i met a man AS I was going. he didn't go with me and neither did his family. i am the only one going. so the answer is ONE.

but it only asked about Kittens, cats, sacks, wives. I'm not any of those, so 0.