YAR(iddle)Thread: 3 Turtles

[InverseOfNeo]

3 turtles are crawling in a row. The first one says"there are 2 turtles behind me". The second one says"there is one turtle in front me and one behind me". The third turtle says "there are two turtles in front of me and one behind". How is that possible?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

In a circle?

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Maybe the third turtle sees both turtles in front, but he can only see one turtle's "behind"?

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Both good thoughts. Regarding Aga's circle...why wouldn't the first one say he sees one in front of him?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Turtles don't talk.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
In a circle?

Would it still be considered a row if it was circular?

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Oh I know! The third turtle (or both of the two front turtles) suck at teh counting.

 

[Black88GTA]

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
Both good thoughts. Regarding Aga's circle...why wouldn't the first one say he sees one in front of him?

He doesn't say he didn't...

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
and one behind". How is that possible?

Is that supposed to say "one behind me"?

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
and one behind". How is that possible?

Is that supposed to say "one behind me"?

Not that I am aware of. My op is exactly how I got it, with grammatical corrections.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
and one behind". How is that possible?

Is that supposed to say "one behind me"?

Not that I am aware of. My op is exactly how I got it, with grammatical corrections.

I was just thinking the last turtle could be seeing a "behind" (the one of the turtle in front of him) so there's one behind

So you're saying you made grammatical corrections? Do you have the original?

I think the answer might be:

Someone taught the turtles how to talk, but not how to count. (That's how it's possible)

 

[cubby1223]

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
and one behind". How is that possible?

Is that supposed to say "one behind me"?

Not that I am aware of. My op is exactly how I got it, with grammatical corrections.

Riddles generally rely on trick wordings, and grammatical corrections usually voids the answer.

It's like the riddle "Two coins add up to 30 cents and one is not a nickel." If changed to "Two coins add up to 30 cents and none is a nickel," the answer doesn't work anymore.

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Originally posted by: cubby1223

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: InverseOfNeo
and one behind". How is that possible?

Is that supposed to say "one behind me"?

Not that I am aware of. My op is exactly how I got it, with grammatical corrections.

Riddles generally rely on trick wordings, and grammatical corrections usually voids the answer.

It's like the riddle "Two coins add up to 30 cents and one is not a nickel." If changed to "Two coins add up to 30 cents and none is a nickel," the answer doesn't work anymore.

By corrections i mean capitalization and periods instead of commas because originally I got it as one run on sentence.

 

[IAteYourMother]

there could be a fourth turtle behind the three turtles

 

[Jeff7]

Ok, so 3 turtles are in a row. If there's a row of 60,000 turtles, it's still accurate to say that there are 3 turtles in a row. There just happen to be 20,000 3 turtles in a row.
In this case, there are 4 turtles, but the riddle only mentions the first 3.

Or maybe the last turtle is just delusional.

Originally posted by: cubby1223

It's like the riddle "Two coins add up to 30 cents and one is not a nickel." If changed to "Two coins add up to 30 cents and none is a nickel," the answer doesn't work anymore.

I'd go with this explanation.
"There are two turtles in front of me and one behind."
The "behind" refers to the turtle butt directly in front of him.

 

[oog]

how about a fourth turtle riding on the back of the third turtle? that way, it's still true that there are three turtles crawling in a row. the fourth one is not crawling.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
In a circle?

Would it still be considered a row if it was circular?

If the turtles were massive enough to curve space-time, why not?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
In a circle?

Would it still be considered a row if it was circular?

If the turtles were massive enough to curve space-time, why not?

Maybe they're just walking on a very small planet

 

[CycloWizard]

There are actually four turtles in the row. The interviewer just never counted or asked the fourth.

 

[Dragnov]

My guess is that the 3 turtles are crawling a row. The key word being a row. Not a column.

_____ ____ Turtle
_____ Turtle Turtle
Turtle Turtle Turtle
Turtle Turtle Turtle
Turtle

 

[foghorn67]

Three turtles are walking in a row. The first turtle says, "There are two turtles behind me."
The second turtle says, "there is a turtle behind me and one in front of me."
The third turtle says, "Holy sh1t! Talking turtles."