Riddle Thread!

[FlamingPanther]

Right.

How about this one? it's my Uncles Favorite.

A man shoots his wife.
Then he holds her under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, he hangs her.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?


*edit
figure this about by yourselfs ( I know such a group of smart people will have no problem)
I havta get up early tuesday.

 

[ChinamanatNCSU]

<< Right.

How about this one? it's my Uncles Favorite.

A man shoots his wife.
Then he holds her under water for over 5 minutes.
Finally, he hangs her.
But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
How can this be?


*edit
figure this about by yourselfs ( I know such a group of smart people will have no problem)
I havta get up early tuesday. >>



he took a photgraph, developed it in his darkroom, then hung it up to dry

 

[FlamingPanther]

A Picture?

NO! A Map!

 

[FlamingPanther]

yes my uncle is a photagrapher.

Goodnight......

 

[Bobomatic]

she is a blow-up wife.

 

[silverpig]

Yep. It's a map.


Walk on the living, they don't even mumble, walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they?

 

[kazeakuma]

<< Walk on the living, they don't even mumble, walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble. What are they? >>



Leaves?

 

[silverpig]

Yep.

 

[kazeakuma]

Anthony and Cleopatra lie dead on the floor in a pool of water. Each suffocated to death. Yet neither for a lack of air. Near them broken glass lies. How did the die?

 

[silverpig]

They were fish. Their bowl busted.

 

[rgwalt]

What is neither fish nor flesh,
feathers nor bone,
but still has fingers and thumbs of its own?

Ryan

 

[kazeakuma]

Was probably too easy.
Here's another

What, is more powerful then God, more evil then the Devil, rich people want it, poor people have it, and if you eat too much of it you will die.
What is it?

 

[kazeakuma]

<< What is neither fish nor flesh, >>




<< feathers nor bone, >>




<< but still has fingers and thumbs of its own? >>




A gauntlet or glove.

 

[element]

<< Was probably too easy.
Here's another

What, is more powerful then God, more evil then the Devil, rich people want it, poor people have it, and if you eat too much of it you will die.
What is it? >>



This was already posted. Read the thread people! The answer is nothing.

What has not a brain cell in his head, and continues the rhyme which I have just said?

 

[datalink7]

<<

<< Was probably too easy.
Here's another

What, is more powerful then God, more evil then the Devil, rich people want it, poor people have it, and if you eat too much of it you will die.
What is it? >>



This was already posted. Read the thread people! The answer is nothing.

What has not a brain cell in his head, and continues the rhyme which I have just said? >>



Bed.

 

[element]

<< bed >>



That fits even better than the one I thought of, which is: 'one who has not read this thread'

Ok how bout: What if done to my satisfaction, is not well done?

Btw as if the lameness of these isn't a dead giveaway I'm thinking of them myself but these are at least original hehe.

 

[ChinamanatNCSU]

<< Ok how bout: What if done to my satisfaction, is not well done? >>



steak?

 

[Noriaki]

Oh god these are bad.

Hahah


What kind of can never needs a can-opener?

(for the purposes of this bad riddle, those self opening cans count as can openers of a sort)

 

[Noriaki]

Ooh forget that crap.

Here's a good one:

Jenn is facetious. She is also abstemious. She gets pneumonia. Given those clues, what is the only American tree she will like?

 

[element]

Steak is right hehe



<< Jenn is facetious. She is also abstemious. She gets pneumonia. Given those clues, what is the only American tree she will like? >>



Well it's not the family tree if they gave her those bad genes is it? Then again are those genetic?

 

[Noriaki]

Here's a new one:
Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than 1897 silver dollars?

Probably quite a lot easier, the tree one was probably very hard....

The Sequoia. She only likes words with all 5 vowels in them. The Sequoia is the only American tree that contains all 5 vowels.

 

[Kev]

<< Here's a new one:
Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than 1897 silver dollars?
>>


Because you have 1 more silver dollar. (read it as a count instead of a year)

 

[Noriaki]

<<

<< Here's a new one:
Why are 1898 silver dollars worth more than 1897 silver dollars?
>>


Because you have 1 more silver dollar. (read it as a count instead of a year) >>



Correct


How about this one:
What English word can have 4 of its 5 letters removed and still retain it's original pronunciation?

 

[Spooner]

bump for more

 

[silverpig]

queue