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Post by blackfox on Apr 27, 2009 21:39:58 GMT -5
I hope this is the right area for me to share riddle with you if you are fans of the Riddler. Here is the riddle I'd like to share with you. When do you start at the end and end at the start? Maybe some of you might be able to figure it out right away. I can't wait to find out what answers you might come up with for this riddle. Good luck trying to figure it out.
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Post by batman1973 on Apr 27, 2009 21:58:10 GMT -5
^huh. you must have travelled with my Grandpa.
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Post by jlavaia on Apr 27, 2009 23:10:15 GMT -5
midnight.
you had me thinking for a bit before i finally figured it out. very good riddle and a great idea for a thread. we should keep this going and have a riddle thread where people ask riddles and people try to answer them.
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Post by blackfox on Apr 27, 2009 23:21:58 GMT -5
Batman1973 wrote
I don't know your granddad, let alone traveled with him. Is your grandfather the late Frank Gorshin ? The actor who played the Riddler. Because if he is , that would be really cool! :-) And have you figured out the riddle yet?
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Post by blackfox on Apr 27, 2009 23:32:39 GMT -5
jlavaia wrote , OOOOhh!! Sorry, jlavaia! That was incorrect. Try again! ;D
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Post by batman1973 on Apr 27, 2009 23:46:13 GMT -5
Well, a race track works sorta the same way. You start and end at the same line
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Post by jlavaia on Apr 28, 2009 1:12:34 GMT -5
^ that is correct too.
and how is midnight incorrect? it would seem that you didnt phrase the riddle properly as it leaves open too many answers. a day starts at midnight and ends at midnight. so at midnight, you start at the end and end at the start. same thing goes for a calendar year. the answer i gave isnt incorrect its just not the one out of 85 answers to this question that are correct that you are looking for.
a true riddle has one answer and there can only be one answer that fits the riddle. you either asked a philosophical riddle (which has multiple answers and all should be different from different people) or you didnt ask it right. i think you're missing a word because how it is now its philosophical. its like me asking the riddle, what's the meaning of life? everyone will have a different correct response.
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Post by blackfox on Apr 28, 2009 10:30:56 GMT -5
But it's not the answer I'm lookin' for. And it was phrased right. If you don't know what the answer is, Give up and I'll tell it to you! And how can midnight be the answer? :?
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Post by jlavaia on Apr 28, 2009 13:01:10 GMT -5
^ you asked, "when do you start at the end and end at the start?". every single day starts at midnight and ends at midnight. 0:00 is midnight's time. thats when the previous day ends and the next one begins. so midnight is when you start at the end and end at the start. you said its a riddle, not a joke. if you phrased it right, then what you asked was a philosophical riddle. it would seem that it has multiple answers since midnight fits exactly to the question and you say there is another answer. that means it has multiple answers. that means that there isnt a right or wrong answer.
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Post by batman1973 on Apr 28, 2009 16:33:38 GMT -5
^yea, I would've asked KGB but they charge a buck for the answer.
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Post by blackfox on Apr 28, 2009 18:40:34 GMT -5
Well, I'm going to give you the answer free for nothing! "When do you start at the end and end at the start?" Here's the answer: "When you're waiting in line.".
When you're waiting in line to start at the end of the line, which is the back of the line. And after you wait long enough in line. You're going to end up at the start of the line, which is the front of the line.
If any of you have some riddles for me. You want to stump me with, feel free to lay them on me.
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Post by jlavaia on Apr 28, 2009 19:20:34 GMT -5
^ no offense, but that was bad. midnight fits a whole lot better than waiting in line. especially since there are some lines that you cant get to the front of, therefore you cant possibly end at the start. did you make this one up or did you get it from somewhere? because if you got it from somewhere, let them know that their answer is wrong, and if you made it up you need to know that there can only be one answer to a true riddle, and that answer should be absolute and definitive.
good idea for a thread though. i'll try to think one up tonight and post it.
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Post by batman1973 on Apr 28, 2009 19:36:45 GMT -5
Here ya go for an easy one...A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible?
and a hint..he didn't buy it on credit
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Post by blackfox on Apr 28, 2009 21:08:14 GMT -5
Okay. I'm going to take a stab in the dark. I believe my answer is, the dude won the car in a raffle the dealer was holding at the car lot. That's my guess.
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Post by batman1973 on Apr 28, 2009 21:17:21 GMT -5
^Good guess, but no.
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Post by blackfox on Apr 28, 2009 22:31:57 GMT -5
Okay. I'll try again. Maybe this may be the answer. The man did not buy the car to begin with. Maybe that's the answer.
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Post by batman1973 on Apr 28, 2009 22:36:24 GMT -5
^No, he bought the car. Here's another hint: read the riddle closely.
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Post by jlavaia on Apr 29, 2009 1:08:46 GMT -5
Here ya go for an easy one...A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible? and a hint..he didn't buy it on credit he wrote a check.
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Post by coliv1977 on Apr 29, 2009 6:18:36 GMT -5
Here ya go for an easy one...A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible? and a hint..he didn't buy it on credit he paid in cash?
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Post by blackfox on Apr 29, 2009 22:27:16 GMT -5
Professor Crane wrote:
I'll have to go with Professor Crane's answer.
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Post by batman1973 on Apr 30, 2009 16:37:31 GMT -5
Here ya go for an easy one...A man was going to buy a $5000 car, but he didn't pay a penny for the car, how is this possible? and a hint..he didn't buy it on credit he paid in cash? Correct. He didn't pay a penny, he paid $5000. jlavaia's answer would have been correct also.
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