Bored?

[Akalon]

Try some of these riddles. I like riddles, I think you should too. :p :biggrin2:

1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

2. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people in the family?

3. How far can you walk into a forest?

4. Which common English word is most often pronounced incorrectly?

And if you haven't already heard this one before:

5. Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go??

[is0lized]

2) 8

i forget 5 but i heard it before

[Jan]

1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name? Johnny

2. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people in the family? 9 (counting parents)

[is0lized]

lol, whoops duh 9, not 8, i must be crazy or suck at math

[el crapo]

3) halfway...because after that you start to walk out of the forest
4) incorrectly

[LeX]

Originally posted by Akalon
5. Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go?? Damn. Now not only am I bored, but also frustrated. :mad: There's something fishy with the way this whole scene was described.... if I can only think! Argh....

[ADD]
I think something's wrong with the bolded part...

[Akalon]

Originally posted by LeX
Damn. Now not only am I bored, but also frustrated. :mad: There's something fishy with the way this whole scene was described.... if I can only think! Argh....

[ADD]
I think something's wrong with the bolded part...

Haha, yeah, that riddle is annoying & confusing even when you do know the answer :p

[[lhomme]]

Not sure but:

They should have paid $25, ($30 after the $5 refund)
Because the bellhop took $2 intended for the trio, they actually paid $27.
You dont add the $2, you subtract it.

[shizzle]

god...this is simple:
The facts in this riddle are clear: There is an initial $30 charge. It should have been $25, so $5 must be returned and accounted for. $3 is given to the 3 friends, $2 is kept by the bellhop - there you have the $5. The trick to this riddle is that the addition and subtraction are done at the wrong times to misdirect your thinking - and quite successfully for most. Each of the 3 friends did indeed pay $9, not $10, and as far as the friends are concerned, they paid $27 for the night. But we know that the clerk will tell us that they were charged only $25 and when you add the $3 returned with the $2 kept by the bellhop, you come up with $30.

[shizzle]

In simpler form, for those who want to know what about the end part, it's also simple. He says that they each paid 9$ for the room. $27. He says you add the 2 the bellhop has, and it's 29. But you dont add the 2 dollars the bellhop has! YOU ADD THE 3 dollars that they have in their pockets now! the 2 dollars the bellhop has is factored in with the 27! as in reality, they should have paid 25. Get it now? If you don't...PM me.

[shizzle]

some more:
1. Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match? Think carefully!!

2. Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river?

3. Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers?

4. What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits?

5. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

[Daniel]

1: 12 :D

2: Both kids cross the river and one kid comes back to the parents to pick one of them up and then the kid comes back to pick the other parent up.

4: 99 google-plex(I think it has a 1000 zeros in it) :p

5: I dunno....is this a riddle??

[shizzle]

No daniel Here are respones to your answers:

1. No not 12, because if so, she can have 6 blacks and 6 whites.

2. only one adult and no kids, or two kids and no adult can fit in the boat. so...no

4. what the heck? no

5. yes it is.

[Daniel]

Originally posted by Ragzz
No daniel Here are respones to your answers:

1. No not 12, because if so, she can have 6 blacks and 6 whites.

2. only one adult and no kids, or two kids and no adult can fit in the boat. so...no

4. what the heck? no

5. yes it is.

1: yes she'll be sure to have at least 1 pair :p

2: I don't care for this one, I'm too tired.

4: you said 2 digits either it's 99 or 99 google-plex(notice I used the word 'google-plex' in letters rather than digits). In the phrase:

99 Google-plex.

there is only 2 digits like you said so my answer is legit :p

[trenzterra]

Originally posted by Akalon


5. Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go?? the other dollar is with the friends.

[trenzterra]

Originally posted by Jan
1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child's name? Johnny

2. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people in the family? 9 (counting parents) how do you get nine?

[Daniel]

Originally posted by trenzterra
the other dollar is with the friends.

that riddle has already been answered :rolleyes:

[Daniel]

Originally posted by trenzterra
how do you get nine?

6 daughters + 2 parents + 1 brother = 9 :rolleyes:

[shizzle]

Originally posted by Daniel


1: yes she'll be sure to have at least 1 pair :p

2: I don't care for this one, I'm too tired.

4: you said 2 digits either it's 99 or 99 google-plex(notice I used the word 'google-plex' in letters rather than digits). In the phrase:

99 Google-plex.

there is only 2 digits like you said so my answer is legit :p

The answer is 9 to the 9th power. (9 with the little 9 next to it)

[Daniel]

Originally posted by Ragzz


The answer is 9 to the 9th power. (9 with the little 9 next to it)

9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9 = 387420489 still smaller than my number :p

btw, 9 to the 9th power is not a number, its an equation. :p

[shizzle]

but your number is just a cheat!

[Akalon]

Originally posted by Ragzz
some more:
1. Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match? Think carefully!!

2. Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river?

3. Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers?

4. What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits?

5. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?


1. 4
4. 22 :p

[LeX]

Originally posted by Akalon
4. 22 :p I thought this has already been answered.

[Akalon]

It has, my answer was just another way of interpreting the question. ;) :p

[Webdude]

Originally posted by Ragzz
some more:
1. Cathy has six pairs of black gloves and six pairs of brown gloves in her drawer. In complete darkness, how many gloves must she take from the drawer in order to be sure to get a pair that match? Think carefully!!

2. Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river?

3. Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers?

4. What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits?

5. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?

1) 13
2) Do what I did.....the kids can swim :p
3) American indian, or a woman from India??
4) Mt. Everest

You have 3 bulls in a field. A papa bull, momma bull, and baby bull. You put 5 bales of hay out for them and all the hay is gone by the end of the day...how many bales did the mama bull eat?

Here ya go, and oldie, say it fast! :D
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? I would bet that the woodchuck would chuck as much as any woodchuck could, that is, if a woodchuck could chuck wood! :p

[Ben]

You have 3 bulls in a field. A papa bull, momma bull, and baby bull. You put 5 bales of hay out for them and all the hay is gone by the end of the day...how many bales did the mama bull eat?
Uhmmmm........I donno :confused2

It ages everything
It rusts metal
It evaporates water
It is your enemy
It is your ally
What is it?

It's like a small round treasure box
With a golden treasure to be discovered.
This treasure in this box is truely a meal
What is the treasure?

[Moonman]

Some people just dont think around here. (except for webdude)
Even when mount Everest wasn't discovered, it was still the highest mountain. It has always been there, just maybe not discovered.