Larian Studios Forums General Chat Chat (Anything) Riddles

You're right HandEFood. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> Either the word you suggested or:

<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> a map is the usual answer, but of course an atlas is a collection of maps, so is as good or better! </span>

Oh, and if you work out that one about plurals and sweet and bitter, could you give us a clue please. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> I'm trying to work it out without looking the answer up... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />

I understand the riddle, but hayfever's kicked in and my mind is dead.

One last one – also old. I’ve updated it slightly. It’s not too hard to work out what it is overall, but some of the individual parts can be tricky.

"Everyone says that I am a marvellous piece of work, but few people have counted all the strange mixture of parts that I contain:

I have a large box, with two lids, two caps, two systems of measuring, and a great number of articles that a carpenter uses.

Then I have a couple of good fish, and some small shellfish. Plus two lofty trees, some fine flowers, and the fruit of an English plant. I also have a handsome stag, two playful young animals, and a number of other small wild animals.

I have two halls of worship, some weapons of warfare, and many weathercocks. Plus the steps of a hotel, the House of Commons on the eve of a Dissolution, two students, and some Spanish Grandees.

What am I?"

Hint:
You could probably also add a hobo and two small birds (snigger, snigger…).

Some of the answers are sound puns – such as taking “Bear” to sound like “Bare” or whatever (not an example from the answer). – but most are pretty straightforward.

Hint 1:

<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> Look downwards
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Hint 2:

<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> It’s the human body. Try and figure out a few answers before you look the rest up.
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Answer:

<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'>
I have a large box (the chest), with two lids (eyelids), two caps (kneecaps), two systems of measuring (feet, and hands – a measure for horses) , and a great number of articles that a carpenter uses (nails).

Then I have a couple of good fish (soles - of the feet) , and some small shellfish (mussels – muscles). Plus two lofty trees (palms – of the hand), some fine flowers (irises – from the eyes, and tulips – two lips….) and the fruit of an English plant (hips). I also have a handsome stag (the hart – heart) , two playful young animals (calves) , and a number of other small wild animals (hares – hairs).

I have two halls of worship (the temples) , some weapons of warfare (arms, and blades – shoulder blades) , and many weathercocks (vanes – veins) . Plus the steps of a hotel (Inn steps - insteps) , the House of Commons on the eve of a Dissolution ( Ayes and Noes – eyes and nose) , two students (pupils – eyes again) , and some Spanish Grandees (Ten Dons – tendons).

And I’m sure you can make your own clues up for bums, tits, balls etc… </span>

A man is asked what his daughters look like.
He answers,
"They are all blondes, but two,
all brunettes, but two,
and all redheads, but two."

How many daughters did he have?

<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> 3 : One Blonde / One Brunette / and One Red Head. </span>

Yes, I managed to figure that out <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />! (It took me five seconds, or something like that... And I don't whant to brag, if that's what you think...)

Übereil

Oh go and have a quick shuffle Ubereil...bet that takes 5 seconds as well. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

My instant guess was that he had two daughters - both bald. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

My second guess was 2 again, both old and grey...

And my third guess was the correct answer. But were the first two technically wrong - given that nobody would ever phrase a question in such a tortuous way?
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

Here's another, which should be simple. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

A young boy was riding in a car with his father one day. Suddenly, a truck pulled out from a side road, causing a huge accident. The father was killed and the boy was seriously injured.

An ambulance arrived and rushed the boy to hospital, where he was taken immediately to the emergency operating theatre.

The duty surgeon strode in, took one look at the boy, turned deathly pale, and said in a choking voice "Somebody else please take over, I can’t do this – that’s my son".

"my son"? How come?

Hint 1:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> 20 years ago this fooled a lot more people than it does today </span>

Hint 2:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'>If Kyra_Ny didn't spot the answer, she would probably be more annoyed with herself than, say, Ubereil or I might be </span>

Answer:
<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> The surgeon is the the boy's mother - you sexist you! </span>

I SPOT the answer right away, so that answerspiler lied! I won't say more about that... I think I've seen this riddle elswere (did I spell that correctly? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />) btw.

Übereil

Christ ubereil, your heads gonna explode if it gets any bigger. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

~My instant guess was that he had two daughters - both bald.~

You wouldn't be a programmer would you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />

Only part time. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/stupid.gif" alt="" />

Actually, not at all these days. Many years ago, in the very early days of PCs I made a living for a while as a "PC consultant" which involved stuff like writing simple programs in basic, and building various things using a software tool called Delta. But I haven't done it for ages.

Fun while it lasted though. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Nobody knew anything about them then, so I'd bamboozle them with a bit of computer-speak, and dash home with all their manuals. I'd put on the coffee and burn the midnight oil reading them, and then go back the next day and do whatever it was they wanted. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Are you a programmer Rat? I bet it's a zillion times more complex than in my day. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />

EDIT:
Aaaargh! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Your chicken suddenly changed into an alien! When did that happen?

Hey!!!

I got one right this time from Kris!!!

Yippie!! Yippie!!

Kyra_Ny <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> #3 response <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

It was a bit anal wasn't it? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Kyra_Ny <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

A clever thief in the olden days was charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death.
But the king decided to be a little lenient so he let the thief choose his own way to die.

What way did the thief choose to die?

<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> The thief's choice was to: "Die of old age." </span>

Kyra_Ny <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

Got that one too (sort of) quickly. My head is about to explode...

Übereil

Mea the Paladine (yeah a female Paladine OK ) rushes over to Ube and quickly fitted a pot helmet on his head in the faint hope it would contain the enormous quantity of matter that would surely cover this forum otherwise <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />



All messages are checked by the Firefox Spellchecker ..... when I remember to click the button <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Grrr and here I am thinking of ways to kill someone that could be stopped if you steal something irreplacable in the short term.


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@Kris Yep I'm a programmer, but to be honest, nothing ever changes that much <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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I have heard men say that they would like to die at 90, in bed with a mistress, shot by a jealous husband.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Each to his own... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />

Kris your comment reminded me of that old cult classic movie: "Invasion of the Bee Women".

I thought Oh, Brother when I first saw that movie. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
But I must admit I did laugh a bit through it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Kyra_Ny <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />