Paradoxes and Riddles too... for those who want to be pedantic

[Quotation]

 

1) Nothing.

 

2) 1 individual. "As I (singular) was going to Saint Ives." Heh heh, I cracked up during Die Hard, that was hilarious.

 

3) M.

 

[Quotation]

I.E. : 'That is?'

 

E.G. : Example.

 

I think......

[Ratmjedi]

riddle: which being walks on 4 at morning, 2 at noon and 3 at evening?

 

I know Tyrion already awnsered this but how many of you guy's remember this from a Batman Episode? I'm talking about the animated one and not the the new one but the old animated version?

 

I do.

 

I was just wondering

[Eldritch]

Good job Quotation! You got all 3... now I have to think up some more.

 

-Anakin

[zworqy]

This is a very scary story. Luckily enough, there's something wrong with it, so it can't be true. But what's wrong?

 

In Egypt , a man was selling carpets on a market. Business was slow, so the man got bored and fell asleep. He dreamt about the french revolution, and that he was about to be decapitated in a guillotine. Just about then his wife came to the market and saw her husband sleeping. Angered, she took one of the carpets and tapped him on his neck. (his head was bent forward) But the man thought he was being decapitated and died on the spot of a heart attack!!!!

 

 

 

And another one: There is a perfectly scientifical and logical answer to the old question: What was first, the chicken or the egg?

What is it?

[leXX]

Originally posted by cjais

A lil' bit off topic, but what do these 2 abbreviations mean:

 

I.E.?

 

E.G.?

 

And do english-speaking people just use them without knowing what they mean?

 

i.e. = id est = that is

 

e.g. = exempli gratia = for example

[leXX]

Originally posted by zworqy

This is a very scary story. Luckily enough, there's something wrong with it, so it can't be true. But what's wrong?

 

In Egypt , a man was selling carpets on a market. Business was slow, so the man got bored and fell asleep. He dreamt about the french revolution, and that he was about to be decapitated in a guillotine. Just about then his wife came to the market and saw her husband sleeping. Angered, she took one of the carpets and tapped him on his neck. (his head was bent forward) But the man thought he was being decapitated and died on the spot of a heart attack!!!!

 

 

 

And another one: There is a perfectly scientifical and logical answer to the old question: What was first, the chicken or the egg?

What is it?

 

1.

 

2. The zygote cell is the only place where DNA mutations could produce a new animal, and the zygote cell is housed in the chicken's egg. So, the egg must have come first.

[leXX]

Only the fool would take trouble to verify that this sentence was composed of ten a's, three b's, four c's, four d's, forty-six e's, sixteen f's, four g's, thirteen h's, fifteen i's, two k's, nine l's, four m's, twenty-five n's, twenty-four o's, five p's, sixteen r's, forty-one s's, thirty-seven t's, ten u's, eight v's, eight w's, four x's, eleven y's, twenty-seven commas, twenty-three apostrophes, seven hyphens, and, last but not least, a single!

[GonkH8er]

I think I'm a fool

[Sivy]

yaw thgir eht siht daer ot emit eht ekat dluow loof a ylno

[GonkH8er]

Actually I've taken the time to learn to read and type backwards... and read upside down.

 

And play music upside down... that ones pretty hard.

[Sivy]

Originally posted by GonkH8er

And play music upside down... that ones pretty hard.

 

how do you play music upside down? do you mean with gravity boots?

[BCanr2d2]

There are plenty of answers to the question about what question can't you say yes to. Any sentence that asks and is true with no response.

[GonkH8er]

Originally posted by Sivy B

 

how do you play music upside down? do you mean with gravity boots?

 

well.... read it upside down

 

 

seem this is why i changed the damn thread name to riddles too for pedantic people

[Sivy]

Originally posted by GonkH8er

 

seem this is why i changed the damn thread name to riddles too for pedantic people

 

 

 

that wasn’t pedantic, that was being comical,

 

 

this post is pedantic

 

[leXX]

1. If you are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?

 

2. What living thing has only one foot?

 

3. Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?

[Tyrion]

Originally posted by leXX

1. If you are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?

 

2. What living thing has only one foot?

 

3. Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?

 

1. The match

 

2. Erm...guy with his left leg blown off?

 

3. No fricken clue

[adillon]

Originally posted by leXX

2. What living thing has only one foot?

 

3. Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?

 

2. a dozen inch-worms?!

 

3. how can your father's only son have a brother?? 1 son means he has no brothers.

[leXX]

Tyrion - match - correct

 

adillon - no brother - correct

 

one left, think about it!

[SPY_jmr1]

well.... slugs and snails only have one foot...

 

migits are only one foot tall....

 

I guess if pogo sticks were alive, they might count:)

 

um....

 

I KNOW!!! a ruler.

 

rulers are made from wood, wood is alive.

 

rulers have the same shape before being cut out of the trees.

 

I R WINNAR!!!

[leXX]

nope

[Boba Fife]

Originally posted by leXX

 

3. Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?

 

My cousin-in-law?

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[acdcfanbill]

...and how can have a brother if your an only son?

[leXX]

Originally posted by leXX

Tyrion - match - correct

 

adillon - no brother - correct

 

one left, think about it!

 

you lot need to read threads more carefully

[zworqy]

2. What living thing has only one foot?

 

Easy, it's a MUSHROOM!!

 

 

And about the egg, that with the zygotes may be right, but here's the easy answer:

A long time ago, a being that was 51% lizard and 49% chicken, laid an egg. This egg evolved to a being that was 49% lizard and 51% chicken. Thus, the EGG was first since the first being cannot be classified as a chicken but the second can.

 

Not many seemed interested in my first riddle, but here's the answer:

If the man died instantly, how the f*** could i know what he dreamt??

 

BTW, what does 'pedantic' mean in this context? Usually it means that you're always cleaning your house or something, but that doesn't quite apply here...