[Tanukitsune]

Here's a riddle I made up myself! Let's see how long it takes for someone to guess it right!

-What is a jar, but made out of wood?

We could make this a riddle thread, the "winner" puts his own riddle and so on.... Or not... I just want to see if anybody can guess this one! nobody has yet!

But since this IS an adventure forum, this should be a piece of cake for you!

[AGA]

A door.

Next riddle: How many letters are in the alphabet?

[Garyos]

Originally Posted by AGA

A door.

Next riddle: How many letters are in the alphabet?

12, if you count "the".


Don't know any riddles....

[Tanukitsune]

Originally Posted by AGA

A door.

A winner is you! So how was the riddle, good or lame?

[Ninth]

It's a well known riddle, I think. I already heard it, anyway, and it's not like I'm english or anything.

[Ninth]

Now that I think about it, I might have cross upon this one in a computer game. Oh, maybe Companions of Xanth. I though it was easy at the time.

[Tanukitsune]

Originally Posted by Ninth

Now that I think about it, I might have cross upon this one in a computer game. Oh, maybe Companions of Xanth. I though it was easy at the time.

Really? Then its true! Everthing HAS been done before and originality is dead!
But I never heard it before.... DOH!

[remixor]

Just so people know, in general riddles such as these should ideally only have one answer that makes sense. The answer to Tanukitsune's could be "a wooden jar" and the answer to AGA's could be "26"--neither was the answer that they were looking for, but both work perfectly well given the question.

[mycroft]

So you want riddles do you ?

Here's a rather stupid one.Spare me the flames please.

Smith worked for the police department his entire life.He was given a fond farewell at his retirement.There are some puzzling aspects of his career though.He never missed a day's work.Was extremely sincere in his job.Yet he was never promoted.As a matter of fact he wasn't even paid a single cent for all his life's work at the police department.How can this be?

[Ninth]

Did you read Nine Princes in Amber, Remixor? Because some guy says about the same in this series, when he's given a riddle. Good series of book, by the way, IMHO.

[Ninth]

Uh, Mycroft, is Smith a man? I mean, a human?

[Devilwoman]

Originally Posted by mycroft

So you want riddles do you ?

Here's a rather stupid one.Spare me the flames please.

Smith worked for the police department his entire life.He was given a fond farewell at his retirement.There are some puzzling aspects of his career though.He never missed a day's work.Was extremely sincere in his job.Yet he was never promoted.As a matter of fact he wasn't even paid a single cent for all his life's work at the police department.How can this be?

Is it a dog??

Touche Ninth......

[Ninth]

Thanks... altough I really had absolutely no idea the answer was a dog.

[Tamara]

Tanu: yours used to be a common joke when I was a kid, but phrased a bit better (so it couldn't have two answers)

When is a jar not a jar? Yeah, when it's a door

Both yours and beri -- I mean AGA's ( ) are [bad ] jokes rather than riddles, IMO.

mycroft's was a riddle but incredibly easy

Then again I hate impossible riddles, which they usually are if they aren't stupid easy .. so I shouldn't complain.

[mycroft]

Yes.
The answer is that smith is a police dog.I admit this one's pretty easy.
Lemme think up a head-scratcher then..

[Erkki]

Originally Posted by Tamara

Tanu: yours used to be a common joke when I was a kid, but phrased a bit better (so it couldn't have two answers)

When is a jar not a jar? Yeah, when it's a door

I still don't get it. How is a door a jar?

And is English an official language in Malta or was it the same riddle/joke in another language (umm... Maltese?).

[AGA]

When a door is slightly open, it's 'ajar'...

[Erkki]

Originally Posted by AGA

When a door is slightly open, it's 'ajar'...

Heh... I think I've actually heard this word (once probably).

[Tanukitsune]

Ok, this one is silly and lame...
but its about a game!
"Whats broken but still works?"

[twifkak]

Originally Posted by remixor

Just so people know, in general riddles such as these should ideally only have one answer that makes sense. The answer to Tanukitsune's could be "a wooden jar" and the answer to AGA's could be "26"--neither was the answer that they were looking for, but both work perfectly well given the question.

Should, but never do. For example:

One night, a boy, and his father step onto a boat for a fishing trip. It lasts until dawn the next day. Three people step off the boat. Who was the third person?

Spoiler:

It's usually spoken. night/knight

However, it's about 5 minutes worth of disclaimer to actually establish that the boat was empty, that nobody swam up to the boat during the night, that we're not talking about a species in which the male is the one that gets pregnant, ... In general, I'm just not a fan of these riddles.